Malaya Tribune, 3 November 1949

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    59 1 MALAYA TRIBUNE PfOP/J Tds Tribune" LARGER SALES THAN ANY AFTERNOON PAPER IN MALAYA Phone 3811/3 Nine Lm Published siynultaneously at Si ngapore, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh a nd Penang. EIGHT PAGES. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1949 PRICE TEN CENTS. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE E. Maurice Qlover, Malaya Tribune Office, 143
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    MYSTERY OF THE BIG JAP ORDERS IS SOLVED
    266 1 Tribune Staff Reporter (SINGAPORE market circles are still mystified by local Press reports (not the Tribune's) that Japan has ordered "large" quantities of Malayan rubber, 18,000 tons of copra and 10,000 tons of sago flour. The Tribune is in a position to
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    U.K. UNDER INDIAN PRESSURE ON BAO DAI
    150 1 A.P. LONDON. Wed.—A Foreign Office spokesman said today that Britain "has not seriously considered" recognising the regime of Emperor Bao Dai in Indochina. He explained that Britain so far has not received a formal request for recognition, and is to get one until
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    Tropical Storm Kills 27
    66 1 U.P. and A.P. MANILA, Wed. Twenty-seven persons were reported killed in a tropical storm which swept through the On tral Philippines today. The Philippines Herald reported that all 27 fatalities took place in Cebn, Hollo and Occidental Negros provinces. Two persons were drowned and several electrocuted,
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    HALF THE RACE WAS CORKED
    60 1 U.P. SALEM. New Hampshire. Wed.—More than half the horses which ran a race nt Rockingham ***** last week were 1 tampered with." tract offivai.- (hscbffd toda}'. 'They said investigation revealed that sponges were inserted by someone in the nostrils of five of the nine horses
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    GENERAL ELECTION
    85 1 CALVERLY SAYS JULY 6, 1950 U.P. LONDON, Wed. -Labourite Lord Calverly said in the House of Lords today that the general election will be he'd on July 6, 1950. Newsmen cornered htm immediately after he finished speaking. He refused to say whether his prediction represented the decision of
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    I DON'T THINK SO—McNEIL
    53 1 A.P. LAKE SUCCESS, Wed. The British Minister of State. Hector McNeil, said he did not believe a British election would be held next July 6th as predicted by Lord Calverley in the House of Lords Wednesday night. Mi. McNeil said "I believe Premier Attlee will make
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    P.C. WOUNDED
    41 1 SEGAMAT, today. A police constable was seriously wounded when a gang of about ten bandits ambushed a bus in which five regular pc'ice were proceeding to inspect tlie reservoir at Kebun Bahru at the 32 mile Segamat—Muar Road yesterday
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    Smile PLEASE Doctor!
    56 1 Mr. Loke Wan Tho took the arm of Dr. Lim Koon Keng, Singapore's Grand Oid Man, t introduce him to the camera eta eo«Kt*vl pa-iy at Mr. Loke's home last .light. A'so In the picture are Mrs. F.N. Lloyd Williams (Nonl Wrignt of Radio Malaya), Mrs. Lim
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    Reply To Malayan Request Fixed For Nov. 15
    181 1 Reuter. LONDON, Wednesday. A STATEMENT on whether Malaya is to have its own representative on the International Rubber Study Group is to be made in Malaya on November 15, Colonial Secretary Arthur Creech-Jones told Parliament today. Mr. Kenneth Pickthorn. Conservative, had asked
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    HUNGARIANS REJECT U.K., U.S. CHARGES
    83 1 Reuter. BUDAPEST. Wed. The Hungarian Government announced tonight it had categorically rejected American and British charges that Hungary had violated the human rights clause of the peace treaty. A Hungarian Government spokesman said a verbal note had been delivered to the British and American legationi
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    IT'S YOUR GUESS
    45 1 LONDON, Wed. vapour Member of Parliament David Grenfell, who had recently toured Israel, said today that the Israeli people were friendly to the British people fcrt not to one British statesman. "I must leave it to you to gjess which," he added.
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    ELIZABETH'S NEW SECRETARY— SLIM, DARK MAN
    137 1 A.P. LONDON. Wed. A slim dark man will enter Princess Elizabeth's life soon. He will be her new Private Secretary. At present Princess Elizabeth is without a Private Secretary, a man who handles all her major engagements. John Colville. who had the job is
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    COUNTERFEIT GANG HELD
    61 1 A.P. ATHENS. Wed. The Piraeus police chief announc ed today the arrest of a 13--man ring counterfeiting British gold sovereigns, made of 10 instead of 22 carat gold. The counterfeiters mad? profits totalling £25,000 out of their deals, the police chh'f said. He declared that they manufactured
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    RUSSIAN ENVOY
    25 1 U.P. BERLIN. Wed. Gregori Pushkin, chief of Russia's diplomatic mission to the East German Republic, arrived here today to take up his post.—U.P.
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    HOPE FOR MERCY
    24 1 A.P. LONDON, Wed. The British Government expressed the hope today that Greece will show mercy to its captured Communist rebels. A.P.
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    HUNT FOR SEA MONSTERS
    126 1 Reuter. COPENHAGEN. Wed. A Danish expedition is expected to set out next year on a two-year world cruise to probe hitherto unexplored ocean depths in a search for "sea monsters" and oth r creatures unknown to man. Dr. Anton Bruun, leader of the expedition, said that
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    REDS TRAP 15,000 TROOPS ON LIUCHOW
    157 1 U.P. HONGKONG. Wed.—Tho Chinese Communists were oelieved today to have completed the isolation of Liuchow Peninsula on whicn some 15,000 Nationalist troops are trapped. Cable communications wero severed with Kwangchowwan, former French leased territory on the peninsula ani banks here quit accepting remittances. Shippers
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    GREEK SAILORS ARE PERCHED ON A YARDARM
    100 1 A.P. BALTIMORE. Wed —Three Greek sailors continue tc defy rain-chiliy temperatures and the United States Government They remained perched on a vardarm. 50 feet above the decks of the Panamanian freighter. Aristocratic, all yesterday. U.S. Immigration officers want to send them back to
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    UNION BEGINS
    31 1 U.P. LONDON, Wed.--Chaudhri Khaliquzzman, President ef the Moslem League, said today that the Cairo conference of the Arab League was the beginning of real unity among the Arab States.—U.P.
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    UNION EXPELLED
    24 1 AP. CLEVELAND, Wed.- The Congress of Industrial Organisations today expelled tne United Electrical Woikers. the largest of its socallcd left-wing pinons.— .AF.
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    French Rush Men, Planes To China-Vietnam Border
    219 1 Reuter. SAIGON, Wednesday. The French authorities in Indo-China are throwing powerful reinforcements into the seaport of Moncay on the ChinaVietnam border and the surrounding Tongking territory, which the victorious Chinese Communist armies are expected to reach next week. Military circles estimated today that
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    RUSSIAN AMITY
    27 1 Reuter. LONDON, Wed. Prime Minister Karl Eagerholm said today the most important object of Finnish foreign policy was friendship with Soviet Russia, Helsinki Radio reported.—Reuter.
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    Red China Invited To Jap Peace Treaty?
    105 1 STOP PRESS A.P. LONDON, Wed. Britain favours inviting the Soviet Union and the new Chins** Communist Government when it is recognised—to par* ticipato in writing a peacs treaty for Japan, British Informants said today. However, Britain Is ready to proceed with a peace
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    MR. LOKE WAN THO SUES THE LONDON DAILY MAIL
    880 2 TWO libel suits—one in Singapore and the other in London-filed by Mr. Loke Wan »10, the well-known Singapore cinema owner, against the Associated Newspapers Ltd., Mr. Frank Owen (editor of the "Daily Mail") and Mr. Lachie McDonald, tlie correspondent of the
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    Aussie Wheat Men Here
    84 2 Here are the Australia* wheat men, who are nou ia Siagapore to n\ with t*o\ ernnu*nt and trader how Mala 1 a can bu> wheat through normal I trai«* channels. The> I admit their wheat lt> dearer than the Canadian 1 ane. But we will eon»-
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    WELFARE DANCE IN SEREMBAN
    55 2 Kuala Lumpur. Wed —The Central Malaya Sub District Wfl] be holding a Welfare Dance at the Negri Sembilan Dance Hall. Serxmiban on Ncv. 17. Dancing will commence from 9.00 p.m. Proceeds of the Dunce wIU go to the Service Welfare Fund. Admission win be $2 for
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    2 Saved In Sea Drama Off Pulau Bukom
    216 2 Steamship's 222-ton m.v. ,m fK btraits and thTS^s^S^ ihe rescued men Lee Cheok Khoy, 27. of No 7 rw y oo treel aßd Choon Chan. 32, of No. 1/ Jurong Load -hao gone out to a three miles out at and were
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    THE ECAFE FILIPINOS RETURN BY CLIPPER
    147 2 THE Philippine ECAFE delegation he'd up in Singapore for 72 hours because of plane c.i ay be among tne first passengers to fl" via Pan-American Clipper to Manila today when plane returns to the oaDital. The delegation drove up to Tengah airport. lfi mile*
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    4,868 People Still Wait For Their Telephones
    243 2 f. KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. FEDERATION Chief Secretary, Sir Alec Newbolt told the press today that 4,868 people have applied for telephones and 3,000 of these have p] ready been on the waiting list for more than a year. Shortage of cables and equipment,
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    Names Of Dead Specials
    220 2 Ruair, Lump-.-:. Wl4. Tne names of the five Specials killed today in the ambuah in the Bstltgng area are Suleiman bin bbl, Ramli bin Ah-. bas. Mohnmcd bin A,, bin Sani and Abdul Ratr bip Awang. The woundid Specie! is All bin Abdul Rahman. These Specials
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    COOK-BOY SAW MURDER, PIRACY
    280 3 (Tribune Correspondent) MALACCA, Wednesday. ALLEGED confessions made by the three accused to the Magistrate at Klang were read out in the High Court yesterday at the trial on a charge of piracy of three Chinese, Ang Hoay Eah, Phun Fatt Chee and lim Soo Cho. The
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    NEW M-G-M CHIEF FOR SINGAPORE
    148 3 MR. HARRY BRYMAIN, until recently General Manager of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer organisation in the West Indies (with headquarters at Trinidad) is flying to Singapore with his wife and two children yo cake over thr. M-G-M office here. Mr. Bryman, who succeeds to«» late Mr. J. Applestone,
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    Masked Men Bob Widows
    31 3 Four masked Chinese robbed two Chinese Widows of $862 in cash and jewellery at their attop house in Geylang Serai at 2.80 a.m. yester- J day. I
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    VARSITY FUND
    46 3 Thiough the kindness of the management of the Happy World, the University of Malaya Endowment Fond has been augmented by $3,806.60 being proceeds *rom gate receipts to the Singapore Progress Exhibition and Tjade Exhibition and lumble sales of goods donated by the various exhibitor?.
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    MALACCA SCOUTS
    33 3 MALACCA, Wed. Toe chairman of the Malaccca Central District Boy Scouts' Association is now Mr. J. L. Chambers in place of Mr. R. Gibson who has left Malacca i on transfer.
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    Remembrance Day Parade And Traffic
    276 3 REMEMBRANCE Day this year will he observed 11 on Sunday, November 6. A. Remembrance Service will be held at the Cenotaph in the morning at which H.E. the Governor and 35 other officials including bervice cS and members of th* Consular Corf* will lay wreatJis.
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    CADET CORPS COMMISSIONS
    71 3 The Governor has been pleased to approve the grant;; of Honorary Commissions as Cadet Officers to Mr. T. O. Acria with the rank of Ga« et Second Lieutenant in the St. Patrick s School Cadet Corps of the Volunteer Force Ordinance, and to Mr. M. A. MaHal
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    RATIONING OFFICES
    53 3 In order to iacilitate Oae residents of Upper Serangoon. Ponggc' and Tampenis areas, the Mobile Rationing Unit will he stationed at No. 849, Upper Serangoon Road < Coffee-shop I near the Tampenis Bus terminus every Thursday frcm 9.30 a.m. to r2.80 p.m. iriwtesad of the Chinese School. Ponggol
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    IMPERSONATOR
    33 3 Chung Wai Cheong was sentenced to five months' hard labour by the First District Judge yesterday after he was found guilty of impersonating a customs officer at Tras Street on Sept 22.
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    FEEDING THE POOR
    26 3 MALACCA, Wed. There will be feeding of the poor at the Sikh Temple, Malacca, on Saturday on the occasion of guru Nanak's Birthday.
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    BAZAAR TO RAISE FUNDS FOR SCHOOLROOMS
    70 3 More than a thousand people are expected at the bazaar organised by the Methodist Schools and churches of Geylang at 52 A'junied Road on Saturday. There will be plenty of on sale besides a iurable sale, handiwork sale p provision store ~nd a fishing
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    WOMAN ROBBED ON JUNGLE PATH
    78 3 For robbing $3 and four *ggs from a woman fn a deserted jungle path. L4m Tian Chai, 35, was sentenced by the First District Judge yesterday to one year's rigorous imprisonment to be fallowed by two years' police supervision. The robbery was stated to have
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    HE STOLE CARD: CHARGE
    57 3 Chua Ah Mok. »39, was charged in the Second District Court yesterday with stealing $20, an identity ca*d and a fountain pen from Ganga Pan RajlaJl at Jalan Besar Stadium on November 1 tit 5.45 p.m. Chua pleaded not gsdlty. He was offered bail of $250
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    Schoolgirls' Chair Aid Cathedral Fund
    35 3 Seniors of the C.&Z.M. 6. rendering an item at i ih concert at the Briti&a <D«¥icU HaU, on Tue«- nigUt, in aid oi the i St. Andrew's Cathedral Fand. I
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    Friend's Trunk Had False Bottom—Court Told
    155 3 Friend's Trunk Had False Bottom— Court Told 4 TEXTILE dealer, Bulchand Vaswan, appeared in A the Second District Court yesterday on a charge of being in possession of 15 lbs. of opium. Pulchand claimed trial. Tt wa« stated that when landed at Tengah from India on Sept 21, j "-jstoms
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    FAMILY PLANNING CLINICS
    87 3 The Family Planning Association is opening the following three clinics this week where married women may get advice on family planning. Queen's Dispensary, 671 Geylang Rd: Mondays, 4-7 p.m. Union Dispensary, 347 North Bridge Rd., Wednesday, <-7 vjoa. Victory Dispensary, 316 South Bridge Rd: Fridays, 4-7 pj».
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    CHRISTMAS GIFTS AT BAZAAR
    133 3 The Singapore Presbyterian Church, Orchard Road, are a Bazaar on Nov. 5 at 3 p.m. in the Tomlinson Hall (adjoining tne Church* and the grounds of the church, in order to raise funds for the renovation and rebuilding of the church servants' quarters which are in
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    RURAL BOARD
    25 3 The next monthly mecun;; of the Rural Board wih be held on Thursday, November 17, 1949, at the Land Oince, at 10.00 a.m.
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    RIFT IN THE LUTE
    801 4 INHERE would appear to be a rift in the Cecil Street lute, for a considerable divergence of opinion has sprung up between the Straits Times and its sister paper the Singapore Free Press This family quarrel—if that is not too harsh a word—has arisen over Japanese
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    $ DRIVE: U.K. EXPORTERS ARE NOT SO OPTIMISTIC
    1081 4 DRIVE: U.K. EXPORTERS ARE NOT SO OPTIMISTIC WITH Midwestern enthusiasm In his husky, voice Philip Duham Reed exclaimed "Yes Sir! I'd love to have the job of merchandising British goods in America." "That would include the selection of products, specifying the quality, and fixing the price right. After that, I'm
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    It Pays Not To Keep Your Hair On
    404 4 lIUMAN hair is selling: in Britain at very high prices. London's Soho is the central market for this commodity which mostly comes from abroad. When processed it sells at from £1 to as much as ±10 an ounce. In a recent raid
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    Fighting In China May Be Over In Two Months
    912 4 Reuter. SERIOUS fighting on the M mainland in China's long drawn-out civil war will be over in two or three months time, according to military observers in Hongkong e y make this forecast with the proviso that little is accurately predictable
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    ...But A $ Envoy Will Soon Go To The U.S.
    790 4 ...But A Envoy Will Soon Go To The U.S. A.P. SIR Leslie Rowan is one of the very few Britons who still has the Bond Street look that graced the London male in more prosperous days. He is impeccable, but no clothing dummy; well pressed but casual. He is also
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    Banned From Big Union Posts
    229 5 U.P. CLEVELAND, Wednesday. THE CIO convention here today shouted its approval of a proposal to pick out all communists and pro-communist officers from positions of power in the union. The convention voted overwhelmingly to change its national constitution to forbid the communists and leftwingers from
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    RETRENCHED MEN TO STAFF FLOATING HOTEL
    106 5 Reuter-AAP. TOKYO, Wed.—Railwaymen discharged last summer under the Government Railway Corporation's personnel retrenchment plan may soon be staffing a former passen-ger-steamer-turned-hotel. The Government has announced that it intends to convert the 7,080-ton Kongo Maru, which used to ply between Shimonoseki in Western Japan and
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    LEOPOLD AGREES
    35 5 Reuter. BRUSSELS, Tues. King Leopold of Belgium has agreed to a referendum on his return to the throne and to abdicate if he secured less than 55 per cent of the votes. —Reuter.
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    Marriage Causes Strike
    62 5 A.P. ROMFORD, England, J Wed. A wedding led to a strike here, Jack j Murton a meat loader was married and went off ni a three-day honey- iin»)n. His three teilow loaders I <.r a meat supply depot j asked for a substitute. When one failed to
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    Over 1000 Wanted Patricia
    101 5 Reuter-AAP. SYDNEY, Wed.—Ten-days-old Patricia slept soundly in a Sydney court while a magistrate "convicted" her on a charge of being a neglected and destitute person. Patricia was found abandoned in the back of a motor tiuck after birth, and police efforts to find her parents failed.
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    CEYLON ALSO HAS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
    107 5 Reuter. COLOMBO. Wed.—lllegal immigration into Cey'on continues apace despite the barriers and restrictions placed against such entry. It is stated that large numbers of such immigrants land in North Ceylon regularly, either by boat or fast motor-launch. The landing beaches in North Ceylon are deserted
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    BURMA'S RICE PRODUCTION GOES DOWN
    99 5 Reuter. RANGOON, Mon. Burma's rice production next year will be down considerably because disturbances have prevented rice planting in large areas, U By Syan, Burmese Minister of Agriculture, said here today. He told reporters that the outlook for the rice trade was "not very encouraging."
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    CARMELITES REOCCUPY KENT FRIARY
    79 5 A.P. AYLESFORD, Wed.—The CarmeHte friars come back yesterday to the Friary m this Kent village from which Henry VII drove their Order 111 years ago. Ten monks. English, Irish, Spanish. Dutch and Maltese, moved through Aylesford in a singing procession to take up the vigil of
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    SEARCH FOR HIDDEN POUNDS STEPPED UP
    241 5 LONDON, Wednesday. If ORE and stricter searches of people going abroad are to be made by the Customs to check the smuggling of currency notes, it was disclosed yesterday. Not more than £5 sterling may be taken out of the country, and until recently
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    ENVOY EVACUEE
    29 5 Australian Ambassador to China, Mr. K. Officer was met by many friends when he arrived in Hongkong recently. Above he is seen talking to one of them.
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    Actor's Estate Wins Court Tax Battle
    155 5 A.P. LONDON, Wed.—The estate of MGM actor Leslie Howard, won a\ court battle over the income m a .9 I tax bureau yesterday. The British Government wanted to collect normal income tax on money earned by three of his firms after his death. The
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    MRS. WATSON STABS HERSELF
    84 5 U.P. SAN PEDRO, California. Wed. —Mrs. Elaine Watson. 36, sailed for her native England today despite the fact that she had stabbed herself with a pair of scissors on Monday because "I can't face the dull and utter misery of England today." Facing deportation with her
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    Engel was no Angel
    57 5 U.P. CHICAGO, Wed. Sigmand Engel, 78, wooer of lonely widows, was found guilty on Tuesday of swindling Mrs. Re&eda Corrlgan, 40, red-haired Chicago widow of her l!S$8,700 liie savings. The jury deliberated only 65 minutes. Engel faces one to ten years in prison but his attorneys
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    THE MISLEADING SIGNBOARD
    65 5 A.P. HOLLYWOOD, Wed. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie studio barbers were mystified one quiet day when patrons suddenly began lining up outside the shop. Business had never been so good. The crowd left just as quickly when a barber spotted a sign outside the door It read: "Special shave 10
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    MANILA FIRE
    26 5 A.P. MANILA, Wed.—A down- s town fire bu;ncd up an estimated US$2OO.OOO worth of property and licked at the branch office of Mackay Radio.—/.P.
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    'TRY THE HUMAN TOUCH' SAYS NEHRU TO WORLD POLITICIANS
    130 5 U.P. SAN FRANCISCO, Wednesday. DRIME Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of India today appealed to statesmen of the world to try the "human touch" in attempting to settle the globe's political problems. Declaring that too many problems were settled by politicians "functioning in
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    CZECH WOMEN GO TO SCHOOL FOR STALIN
    87 5 A.P. PRAGUE, Wed. Czech women are going back to school as a birthday gift to Premier Stain. And. acrording to Education Minister Zdenek Nejedly, give the Russian leader on the best present they can his 70th birthday in December is to "accept Stalin's
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    THESE MIGRANTS KEPT THE SHIP CLEAN
    112 5 AAP. SYDNEY. Wed —Migrants who reached here recency in the Goya apposed a "captain of morals" and a "captain of cleanliness" foi the voyage from Naples to Australia. A Hungarian Doctor or Philsoph\ held the mora's po<?t and unaei h;S the 89? migrants formed
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    BABY'S CRYING ROOM IN CHURCH
    100 5 Reuter-AAP. BRISBANE, Wed. A babies' "crying room" was opened in a Brisbane church recently. Babies can cry without the congregation hearing, and mothers can see and hear the ser vice while staying with their babies. A -oudspeaker relays the minister's voice, and the music and
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    ROY CONCEDES TO EXPERIENCE
    79 5 Reuter. Dudley, Worcestershire, Wed. Capt. Roy Farran, who flew from Southern Rhodesia to be considered as a prospective Conservative Parliamentary candidate, announced tonight that he is withdrawing in favour of his only rival, "a more experienced politician." The 28-year-old Captain, who has been marked for death
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    BRICKS SALVAGED
    43 5 A.P. WARSAW, Wed. Four hundred thousand re-usable bricks were salvaged daily from the rubble of Warsaw during the first week of September —"The month for the rebuilding of the capital"— according to "Gazeta Ludowa," the paper of the Polish Peasant Party—A.P.
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    'LAND ARMY' IS DEMOBILISED
    158 5 A.P. LONDON, Wed —An army of girls in riding breeches and trim green sweaters who for 10 years had helped Britain grow more food were ordered to be demobilised yesterday. The girls are the Women's Land Army, recruited at the start of the war to fill
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    JAPAN SET FOR PRIVATE TRADE
    141 6 Reuter. TOKIO, Wednesday. A EASIS for resumption of normal private trade A between Japan and the rest of the world was laid yesterday when 11 Japanese banks, 10 foreign banks and one tourist company received authorisation to handle foreign exchange. Previously all foreign exchange transactions
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    RUBBER MARKET
    86 6 The rubber commw! itmarket was extremely quiet yesterday with very little business parsing. Closing prices in cents per pcund were Bavers Sellers No. 1 Nov. RSS 44 44% No. 2 Ncv. RSS 42?* 43 No. 3 Nov. RSS 41 41 On registered tender: Jan.-M*.r. 44 U 44 V
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    AIR MAIL
    80 6 i Mail* are expected from Aden. Afghanistan. USA. Europe. Africa, South America, Azores West Indies. Canada. Great Britain, Eire. Iceland. India. Pakistan. Tibet. Turkey, Australia. Pacific Islands. Ceylon. Medan. Padang. Thailand. Sourabaya. Ipoh. Kuala Lumpur, Penang Taipeng and USSR. Mails for Adea. Afghanistan. U.S.A.. Europe, Africa, South America.
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    Along The Godowns
    58 6 Feramoor (44); President Polk (42/43); Martsuyrker (40/41); Bosaik (44); Slrdhana (38/39); Seroei (39); Tejcalberf 136/87); AntUochus (33/34); Benaven (17/ 18); Phr»*ti« (19/20); C. MfLeod (21/22); Wairata (23/ 24); Castleville (25/26); Hopeville <2"/28>; Bennevis (29/30); VwWtX (E.SJE.D. E.); Sloterdijk 15/1«); Kelau (15); AeJieaa (13/14); Tyndareus (11); Meerkrrk (8/9»;
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    Prices Lower
    27 6 Singapore Wed. All sections of the S share market remained dull and quiet. Where business was done it was 1 "7* at lower levels. 3^-
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    Airways Profits
    93 6 A.P. LONDON. Wed. British European Airways maoe a profit of six shillings and oight pence for every passenger carried in July, August and September, the B.E.A. chairman Lord Douglas '>f Kirtleside announcea on Tuesday. Total profit for the period estimated on an average of 3.202 passengers carried per
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    SEA MAIL
    28 6 Mails are expected from North Borneo. Labuan. Brunei. Mm Thailand and the Federation. Mails for Java, Western and Eastern Australia will close ai the G.P.O. today.
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    Share Quotations
    798 6 Singapore, Wed. INDUSTRIALS Buyers St Hers Atlas Ice 15.50 16.50 Alex. Bricks Pref. 2.i0 2.50 Ord. 2.15 2.22 8.8. Petrol 34/6 35/6 B.M. Trustees 7.50 8.50 Con. Tin Smelt Pref. 21/3 22/3 Ord. 15/6 16/6 E. Utd. Assur. 40.75 41.75 Est. Trust Ag. 7.00 8.00 Fed. Dispensary 6.50
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    Glenealy to pay 5 per cent
    228 6 GLENEALY Plantations Ltd made a profit of 115,304 for the year ending June 30. 1949. The directors recommend a dividend of 6 per cent less income tax. The profit added to investment income, sundry revenue, t-xcess income tax provision and the balance brought forward
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    PRODUCE MARKET
    79 6 Copra and coconut oil were still firm markets in Singapore yesterday. Copra sellers asked $35 per picul f.o.b Nov.-Dec and buyers bid $34 to 434' Coconut oil was dull though firm, with not much overseas inquiry in evidence. Sellers were not offering. Coffee which was a bit weak
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    AUSERALIAN WHEAT TOO COSTLY FOR CEYLON
    186 6 Reuter. LONDON Wed. Western Germany and Japan have both applied to join the lnteinational Wheat Council. it v/as learned from a usually leliable soince at the Council's second meeting which opened in London today. It was believed that both applications would be ap-pi-oved. since
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    ACTRESS DOES WINNING RUN AT BUKIT TIMAH
    676 7  -  MILLWALL SHOWS GREAT 1 IMPROVEMENT By ALLAN LEWIS ]V ITH 87 local horses entered out of a total of 152 for the Singapore Turf Club's Winter meeting, there was plenty of activity at Bukit Timah this morning when official training started. MILLWALL, who
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    SCOTLAND TEAM TO MEET WALES
    88 7 Reuter. GLASGOW, Med. Scotland introduce a new r.ght-wing iw» their football muich again*! Wales at Mampden fart, t»usgow, next Wednesday. Lidded, Liverpool, and Celtic, repince VVaddell Anaon on the right wing. iho oiiiv omer change compared with the aido which beat ireland H--Z at Belfast
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    SEET KIM CHENG B.P.
    72 7 A badminton match will be played between Se*»t Kirn Cheng X '< J f>nd Import Export badminton team on Saturday, at 2 p.m. at the S.C.S.A. Hall. T*B--sensohn Road. Following will represent Seei Kirn Cheng 8.F.: Lim Kee Tim. Tan He* k Swee. Sect Cheng Hua
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    JOHNSTON OUT
    67 7 Reuter JOHANNESBURG. Wed—The r.'outh Airu-an Ou-ket Board or Control have advised thy? Australian Board ot Control that a Ism player snouki be neni to join the Australian touring taau jn ihe Union in view of the mi*haa of Bill Johnsion. Johnston, who was lajured ta r. laottrf accident
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    Rovers Avenge Last Year's Defeat
    217 7 THE Rovers, who were beaten 3—l by the Singa--1 pore Recreation Club last year, avenged their defeat yesterday, when they beat their old opponents by a similar margin in the S.A.F.A. Cup competition at Jalan BesarStadium. In the first half S.R.C. had the better of
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    CASTLEVILLE WIN
    19 7 M/s Castleville defeated S a H<tp*villo hp mv*n goals to on»--«2 soccer si «s*lur.g itaiium sn WediwaMlay,
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    The Champ Meets A Wrestler
    56 7 JOE LOUIS shaking hands with Wong Bock Lee, a wrestler of Guam, after an exhibition bout at Guam recently. Local wrestling promoters are trying to get Back Lee to come to Singapore for a serein of engagements. Buck Lee is a cousin of Wong Bock
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    Arsenal To Play Fulham For The First Time
    299 7 Reuter. LONDON, Wednesday. TWO local derby games between London teams arc outstanding features in next weekend's soccer fixtures. One wiil be a tussle between the now ail-con-quering Arsenal and the newly-promoted Fulhum, who meet for the first time in a football league
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    POPPY DAY SOCCER MATCH
    43 7 The. Ex-Service Association of Singapore wtti play soccer Ith the Singapore Cricket C!ub on the S.C.C. padang tomorrow at 5.30 p.m. in aid Of the Poppy Day Furul Tickets priced at each are obtainable from Robinsons or the S.C.C
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    S.C.C. 'A' XV OUTPLAY CHASERS
    93 7 The S.C.C. "A" XV beat tlie Singapore Chasers by 12 points (three tries. one pena'ty goal) to nil en the padang. yesterday. The game was scrappy. I Cattside opened accounts for I the Club side early in the I game with a try, and few
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    The new horses may mean end of cheap importation
    199 7  -  By ALLAN LEWIS THIRTEEN new horses appear in the latest 3.R.A. 1 classification list. The most outstanding of these is BIG SURPRISE, dk. b.e.g. by Borcfezudour from Penelope Ann. Big surprise is the conqueror of that good Sterope. who won two
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    Well Bred
    273 7 JAZZ PKINCESS b.Am.m by Princecjuillo from Jiggetyjig Is the other American bred horse here at the molenfc. Although she is American bred she was sent out by Bert Kerr of Duhlin. CARACALLA (late Buckler's Hard) br.e.g. by Panorama from Honey Pound, rius horse is one of the best
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    MANILA TO INVITE GALAXY OF STARS
    169 7 Reuter. MANILA, Wednesday. THE Philippines will hold a World Golf Champion--1 ship in which the world's leading professional golfers are expected to participate, including Bri tain's and America's champions. Prizes amounting to $17,500 will be at stake, and the tournament will be held from
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    W.R.A.C. FORCE S.C.C WOMEN TO 1-1 DRAW
    202 7 Tm ft.C.C. Wemea H tea:, drew Mac-all wit* the W.K. A C in a hockey matrk the Ptfdanf yesterday. Despite poor stiekwork anl < ombination the same was not without its thrills. The S.C.C. were first to ooen the score when in the
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    NOURSE TO LEAD S. AFRICA
    54 7 t*>H \KNKMtI K(. Vied. Dudley Nuursf, win. capt slued South Africa againurt En stand lust year, has been appointed captain tor all Aye test* against Australia. Noarae has pla>ed to «4 tent. and hin 221 against Australia in tfISJ at the highest individual score by
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    WEMBLEYS TRIUMPH
    23 7 ■Saying en the home «*rt iaat :<witura«y Wembley 11. P. beat Swing ii. P. by 10 games t» ose at- nadminton.
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    STATE MATCH OFF
    21 7 The state hookey match !><•' ween Singapoio rjvi "I has boon cancelled ;>..■ the latter could not make ihe ui;>.
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    Ipoh Races To Start On Dec. 3
    84 7 PERAK Turf Club's final meet in* for 1949 is scheduled for December 3. 7 and 10. Tho Club is catering for CLaeses 3 anil 4. CLASS III: First Run 5 Furs. Str. or 8i Furs. Second Run. 6 or 9 Furs.; Stakes: Ist.
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    New Jockey
    131 7 W. SPOWART, 21-year-old Jackey Irom Pertli West Australia, has arrived in Singapore to ride for Jack fcpeneer's stable. Spowart recently finished his apprenticeship under R. Able to tide at 8.00 he should do well in his new job as the Spencer establishment have quite a lew likely new
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    ST. ANDREW'S SCHOOL RUGGER
    151 7 The first and second leamn of St. Andrew's, School will asset Johore English College teams at i-ugger at Woodsville todo:-. Tlie fit. Andrew's teams are: 2nd. XV (at 4.00 p.m.): Lo Chong Yew; Yap Yean Chong, Low Yeow San, Charles Van, R. Nenbrottner: Ronald Tan, Yee
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      71 7 V. -you ¥IYOUK SECRET IS I Till W6PS F JIMMY OCT TH' PICkcTo *i u 5O YOU SEE HOwTTI'M VQU TO!.D MSI riini "V THAT SAFE, JO JO! J3| JO-rfowKON THE LAKE AND* WHEN HE GOT HOME 50AKIN IT 15 WITH ME AN' WJOJO IT HELPS TO J CIIKLY I
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    DUTCH SIGN OFF IN INDONESIA
    363 8 Eighth \mv State Since End Ok* War U.P. and Reuter. THE HAGUE, Wednesday. THE Dutch today signed away their 300-year rule over Indonesia and made the Indonesian Republic the eighth new state in the world since the war. After almost five years of bitter and
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    A Victory For The United Nations
    275 8 Reuter. LAKE SUCCESS, Wednesday. CIR Benegal Narsing Rau, chief of the Indian delegation to the United Nations, said here todiy that his country was particularly pleased at thi result of the Dutch-Indonesian talks as India hid played a considerable part in the happy conclusion.
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    $10,000 For Welfare
    58 8 Kuala Lumpur. Wed. Malacca Welfare Week ha« realised a net nrolit of $10,--064.58 cents Details of profits are as follows: Inter-State Football Match $714.85 cents; Fun Fair $2.476.25 cents; Variety Concert $680.74 cents; Dance $769.8 i) cents; Mandarin Cinema show $5.05 cents; Tamil Cinema show $261.40 cents;
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    Sadness, Joy In Batavia
    116 8 Reuter-AAP. BATAVIA. Wednesday. SILENT groups tonight gathered around radios in every club. cafe and hotel in Batavia listening to Tne Hague broadcast of the plenary session of the conference called to decide the future of Indonesia. In a few kerbside cafes the working class quarters small
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    ROBESON TO PRESIDE AT PEACE CONFAB
    83 8 BOMBAY. Wed. Paul Robeson, the Negro singer, will preside over the AltIndia peace conference in Cal cutta this month, the central office of the All-India Trade Union Congress announced today. The conference will open on Nov. 24 and last four day?. A State Department
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    ADMIRAL'S OATH
    17 8 WASrtilNCriOiN, Admiral Forrest Sherman took the oath as Chief of tne U.S. Naval < oration:; tonight.
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    Margaret DOES Smoke
    57 8 U.P. LONDON, Wed. —Any lingering doubts that Princess Margaret smokes were removed today. She DOES. The Princess attended a Halloween ball at the swank Dorchester Hotel last night. After the dinner she accepted a cigarette from her escort, the Marquis* of Blandiord, thus confirming what rsritish columnists
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    Tribesmen Will Not Let Khama Leave
    227 8 Reuter SEROME, Wednesday. fHOUSANDS of Bamangwato tribesmen assembling here under great trees today decided not to let their chosen chief Seretse Khama leave the capital to attend a British inquiry into his fitness to rule them after his marriage to a London typist. The
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    LONDON SHARES
    136 8 Reuter. I LONDON. Wed. A ?cattered firmness marked the s'art of the new account in the London Stock Exchange today. Small buying of Briiish Government "tocks produced gains of up to 3/Bths per cent. Industrial equities were firmer where mentioned. Weak ipot in the industrial market were Cable
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    HERE COMES THE BRIDE!
    50 8 Miss Elizabeth Maureen Robins, (L/jghter of Brigadier and Mrs. C. G. Robins, leaves the St. George's Garrison Church at Tanglin under an arch of officers' swords after her wedding yesterday to Major John Boulter, M.C., Royal Artillery. Brigadier Robins is in charge of administration, Singapore District.
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    CALL TO CURB TASS ACTIVITIES
    165 8 A.P. LONDON, Wednesday. I ORD Vansittart demanded today that the British Government curb the activities of the official Soviet news agency Tass. A British Court of Appeals ruled last June 27 that Tass has diplomatic immunity and cannot be sued for libel. Lord Vansittart, a
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    SAFARIS BOOM
    49 8 Reuter. NAIROBI. Wed. A boom in East Africa safaris wa* reported here today. Companies which organise tne hunts say they are booked right up to the end of 1951 by tourists, chiefly Americano from whom they hope to get tens of thousands of dollars next year. Reuter.
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    JAPS FOR U.S.
    28 8 Reuter. TOKYO, Wed —A hundred Japanese are to be offered one-year study courses at United States colleges General Douglas Mac Arthur's Headquarters announced today —Reuter.
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    BROOKS SHOWS UP WELL
    246 8 MR. F. W. Brewer. President of the Singapore Boxing Association, and members oi the press visited Joe Diamond's Training Camp vt AlJunied Road yesterday to :e Boy Brooks, Harry Cam?', el and Sam Langford in training fcr their fight on Nov. 11. Mr. Brewer was very
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    'ENTLRELY UNREAL' —NEHRU
    211 8 Reuter. SAN FRANCISCO. Wed. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Piimc Minister of India, has dismissed as "entirely unreal" any suggestion of his being appointed as a mediator between the East and the West. The Indian Prime Minister, who was the guest of honour at a dinner given by the
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    SPAIN, PORTUGAL PLEDGE HELP BOTH WAYS
    203 8 U.P. MADRID, Wednesday. INFORMED political circles said today that Spain and Portugal have made an oral pledge to assist each other in case of a military aggression against the Iberian peninsula. The pledge was said to have been exchanged between Generalissimo Franco and Portuguese
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    WIFE GOES TO COLLEGE FOR HUSBAND
    66 8 A.P. CHICAGO, Wed.—Because he wants a degree, Lee Hon sends his wife to college in Cnicago. Hon is too busy woiking at the hours when lectures are held, so he obtained permission to send Mrs. Hon along with a recording machine. She puts the
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    'NO LONGER EUROPEAN'
    61 8 Reuter. ADELAIDE, Ved.—Entry of India, Pakistan and Ceylon into the British Commonwealth meant that it would "no longer reflect a predominantly European outlook" Dr. Herbert Evatt, Australian External Affairs Minister, said here today. Nor, he added, would the Commonwealth "tend to preoccupy itself with predominantly European problems."
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    FRENCH COOKS FOR ENGLISH
    36 8 OTTAWA, Wed. The Commonwealth Secretary Mr. Philip Noel Baker, said at a prers conferonce yesterday that he wanted to exchange iO.OOO British cooks for 10,000 French cooks to boost Britain's tourist trade.
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    F.A.O. Recommends Co-ops For Asia
    205 8 U.P. NEW DELHI, Wednesday. Food and Agriculture Organization conference at Lucknow closed today after the almost unanimous adoption of resolutions designed to speed the growth of co-operative throughout Asia. Only two abstentions were recorded as the delegates approved a long list of recommendations submitted by
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    'Phones To Fight Terror
    58 8 BATAVIA, Wed—Estates in Java and Sumatra are to fight terrorism with the aid of radio telephone, reports Aneta the Dutch news agency. A number of estates in Java and Sumatra will shortly be equipped with receiving and transmitting wireless sea so that planters can immediately warn
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    WHAT'S ON TODAY General
    155 8 PUBLIC DEBATE: St Andrew's School v. St. Mar-art-t School, Sophia Road 3 p.-n MALAY FIRST AID u v Kota Raja Malay School Victoria Street 5.30 p.m. YOUNG PEOPLE'S MEETING Bethesda Bras Basah Road 6 p.m. BELIGIOUS EDUCATION' Lecture by Rev. T. R. Doraisamy. Short Street, 7.30
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    Cinema
    199 8 CATHAY: "Three Godfather? with John Wayne at 11. 1.45. 4,15, and 9.30 p.m. A L H A M B R A: "Heavenly Souls" (Mandarin) with Butteruv Wu Hwang Tan Fun*? and PaJ Yuen with 1.45, 4.15, 6.45 and 9.30 p.m. PAVILION: "Once Upon a Dream" with Googie Wither? and
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    Sports
    33 8 SOCCER: Indian Touri?ts v. Combined Europeans. Eurasians and Indians Jaian Bcsar. HOCKrY: Poli-* v. BO»>CA Thomson Aoaa. HUGGER: Singapore A-van* v. University Bukit tiriah rtonO. S'. School vs. o** English College. Woodsvilte.
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