Singapore Standard, 7 November 1950

Microfilm: NL2277
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    18 1 Singapore Standard it H A SL VOL. NO. 523 SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1950. 12 PAGES TEN CENTS
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    Attack On Visa Rulings Unfair, Explains
    414 1 Attack On Visa Rulings Unfair, Explains new Mala\an >i>a regulations as lhe oi <1 -i animation ;i«;am>t the Chinese applies i<» all traveflen, is "not only damaging to lhe haraonj of the oniiuunitN was the robust reply the Singapore Government ma Ie to certain Colony Chinese leaders, and to recenl
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    Tin £1,130 Per Ton ON London Mart
    33 1 Tin £1,130 Per Ton ON London Mart i>\ anofthei I lutno vestcrday •t. IP sl looted v_ s v. < an m i t week increased than v per ton threat ot the X
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    Withdraw India Told
    52 1 Withdraw India Told The asked nment to troops se and route j ap "a! of a Peking rd here -aid the j Ana no Indian j ryantse j had beconcera and a." rnmenl he had a Chinese of the two trade b an trade tati jned j under Tibet and
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    GBS Lies Among Familiar Surroundings
    60 1 Picture shows the celebrated playwright George Bernard Shaw lying on his death bed m the room m which he died on the morning of November 2. Amoiiß the framed pictures on the matlepiece is one of Josef Stalin (first one riirht from the clock). A
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    Russia's Newest Jet Seen
    230 1 WITH THE FIFTH AIR FORCE HQ I\ KOREA. Nov. 6 (UP)— Russia's newest and deadliest jet lighter. MIG-15. attacked United Nations forces m Korea today from bases m Manchuria, a Fifth Air Force spokesman said tonight. The spokesman said the swept hack wing jet, which operates
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    Chinese Reds "Invade" 3 S'pore Schools
    104 1 Standard Stan' Reporter SINGAPORE Chinese Reds had a busy time on Sunday night when they visited three Chinese high schools and plastered their walls, classrooms and posts with Communist slogans m red paint, scattered pamphlets and even went to the extent of staging a
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    Quadruplets Born In British Guiana
    36 1 GEORGETOWN, Br. Guiana, Nov. 6: (Renter) Quadruplets were born yesterday to the wife of Philip Sultan, a labourer of the village ot Plaisance on the east coast of the Demerara River.
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    STANDARD'S POLICE FUND UP BY $52
    225 1 CONTRIBUTIONS totalling S">2 were received yesterday for The Singapore standard Police Fund, which is being raised for the benefit of police victims or their families daring the emergency. The Fund was opened on Nov. 5 with donations totalling $201, and it now stands at
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    Taxi Rolls Down 55 Feet; None Hurt
    87 1 Standard Stall Reporter AN unoccupied taxi rolled down a grass incline from a height of 55 feet and crashi d into the foot of a hillock m Penis Hill shortly after nine o'clock last night. The taxi-driver, a Chinese, having parked his vehicle
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    55 1 photo. As usual, a large crowd waited and saw th royal procession, headed by the King and Queen, riding m the Irish State coach drawn by four Windsor greys, followed by a Sovereign's escort of the Household Cavalry, leaving the Buckingham Palace on October 31. The occasion was the state
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    UN Forces Establish Solid Line
    159 1 TOKYO. Nov. 6 (ReuterAAP)— United Nations troops after four days of bitter fighting had today established a solid defence line m northwest Korea from the mouth of the Chongchou River half across the peninsula. Interference from their reinforced enemy, whose forcesinclude Chinese, had died down
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    Burglars Remove Goods From Shop
    67 1 Standard Staff Reporter A SHOPHOUSE m Telok Ayer ■^••■r was burglod early yesterday morning and goods to the value of about $4,590 were removed. The burglary was discovered only at 9 o'clock when the shop was opened for business. The articles stolen included 104 boxes
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    Peking Warns US Against Use Of A-Bomb
    83 1 HONGKONG. Nov 6' (UP) The Chinese Communist radio today warned the United States that the use of the atom bomb m Korea could bring a counter-blow to American cities. As dispatches from Red China told of ominous acti vities m Manchuria, the Peking
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    US Presents Red China's Korean Case Before UN
    440 1 US Presents Red China's Korean Case Before UN LAKE SUCCESS, Nov. 6— (AP).— The United Nation* today faces the gravest crisis m its five-year history what to do about the reported intervention oi Chinese Communists m the Korean war. A U.N. decision to lahel the Red China (Government a<r«;ressors and
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    King Suffering From Lumbago
    44 1 LONDON. Nov 6 (AP) King George VI has a painful but not serious touch of lumbago, a Buckingham Palace spokesman disclosed today. The ailment developed after he carried out an inspection of troops m cold weather at Winchester last Friday.
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    MacA. Sends Report On Chinese To UN
    438 1 LAKE SUCCESS, No*. 6 (Renter) Geo. Dongfas Mac Arthur m a special report la tin* I ntseri Nation* today announced that his forces m Korea were fighting Chinese Community units. report stated thai I l .ted Nations forces v. "presently m hostile contact
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    Britain May Drop Peking Recognition
    190 1 Britain May Drop Peking Recognition LONDON. Nov. 6 (AP) Qualified informants reported today Britain is thinking of cancelling its recognition oi the Chinese Communist government. The Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin who is said to oppose such action is expected to make an important statement on Anglo-Chinese relations today or
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    53 1 Mrs. Agnes Elizabeth Jaasea (<>3), bedridden with paralysis for four and a half years receiving Holy Communion from Rev. Father de Souza during th** High Mass sung m honour of the Statue of the Lady of Fatiina. specially for the sick. The service was held at St. Joseph's Church com
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    Last Minute Surprise At Nomination Day
    642 2 Last Minute Surprise At Nomination Day Standard Staff Re-porter APPARENTLY because the Wall clocks m tlic Municipal building were five minutes faster than the Radio Malaya ami Clock Tower time, an Independent candidate, Mr. Hasanali Jivabhai, was not allowed to file m his Nomination Papers for this? years Municipal elections.
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    Nov. 18 Is Foulgers' Departing Day
    173 2 Nov. 18 Is Foulgers' Departing Day HIS term of office as Singapore Commissioner of Police completed. Mr. R. E. Foulger started yesterday on the first job of his new career as Deputy Inspector-General to the Colonial Police. He flew to Sarawak, and will go on to North Borneo, on a
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    Hopeful..,
    27 2 Photo. I An Indian woman kneeling m the enclosure for the sick, for whom a special service was held at the St. Joseph's Church yesterday. Standard
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    7 Years For Haying Arms
    140 2 7 Years For Haying Arms TAN Ah Su, a young Chinese who completed a term ot four years imprisonment iast year for gang robbery, was sentenced to another term ot seven years by Mr. Justice L. E. C, Evans m the Singapore Assize Court, yesterday. when he was unanimously found
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    Hints To Voters At Labour Rally
    401 2 Standard Staff Reporter MIL FRANCIS THOM VS. at a Labour Tarty election rail beld at Fairer Park last night, asked voters to win for themselves lhe benefits ami facilities which were accorded to the British people !>> their Labour Governincut. Thomas, the Party's preudenl
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    WILL SPEAK ON DEEPAVALI
    73 2 MR D N ANAND, Information Officer, Government of India, will speak on "Significance of I•■ ep a i" on Thursday, Nov. 9 at 5.20 p.m. at the Samaj Hall m 42, Rowel] Road. Singapore. The Arya Samaj, Singapore, (Incorporated m India) will celebrate Deepavali and Rishi
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    NADRA FUND
    31 2 AT ihe committee meeting of the Indian Muslim Association m Selangor recently. i1 was decide I to donate $200 rds the Che Nadra < Berth i Hertogh I Adabi's case.
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    Candidates And Their Symbols
    151 2 TIIK follow ine are the 16 candidates und their election symbols I ity W;ml: .1 w Jnaubhoj dud a candle. W V Majul (l.ah.) Cat M.ik I'ak She* (in»i.) Penknife. .i.iinn ai.is .1. Mfht.i (iiui Ballding. (Electorate total: .i.3*»'» >. Boehare Hani: C. K. Dasaratha RaJtLab.)
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    HISTORY OF THE 6 MUNICIPAL WARDS
    345 2 THE 16 candidates for the Singapore Municipal elections are »«|»r«-a<l among the six wards: City three Independents ami one Labour; Rochore two Independents ami one Labour; North. South and Jui*>t One Labour and one Progressive each; ami W<*st one Independent, one Progressive and one
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    Police Officer Fined For Causing Hurt
    150 2 A HEATED argument between two lieutenants of the Federation Police Force, regarding their respective services during World War II led to blows, it was stated m the Singapore Second District Court yesterday when Lt. Harold Cooper Stead, admitted causing hurt to Lt Arthur W.
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    They All Hope For A Miraculous Cure
    452 2 They A ll Hope For A Miraculous Cure Our Lady 0£ Fatima Service For The Sick IN A Mitali dido-lire in-i<l< lhe COMfMNHMI <>f tin >t. Joseph*?. tJurrcli, Victoria Street, Sifigjapn***e t 7"> men. women «iii<l children, some blind, some crippled and others *rerj sick gathered yecterdhrj Morning i i
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    Programme For Today
    280 2 Standard Staff Reporter 6 am 7 a .TO Two Low liasses at SS Peter and Paul Church. Queen Street. 8 a.m.: High Mass, followed by Benedictioo and Consecri I d the Immaculate Heart ol Ui 9 a.vi.: The Statue ol the Pilgrim Virgin will be borne m
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    20 MONTHS FOR HAVING OPIUM
    49 2 TWENTY months 1 imprisonment was imposed on Goh Poh m the Singapore Second District Court yesterday he pleaded guilty to proc 1 11 27 lbs of opium for sale. Another Chinese, Kng. Luan Kee was acquitted of a charge of possession of the opium.
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    3 Men And A Gallon Of Petrol
    69 2 TWO MALAYS fined $150 m the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday after they were found of stealing one gallon of petrol. A Chinese was so fined $150 for retaining the petrol. In addition all the a< were ordered to serve one day's simple
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    DAYLIGHT ROBBERY
    31 2 standard Man Kepurter A CHINESE reported fa thi Singapore Police that be was waylaid and robbed of $1,364.--50 by three Chines*.- cyclists m Jalan Sultan, on Siaidaj I afternoon.
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    Europeans Form 90 Per Cent Of Donors
    189 2 $500*000 SAT A Fund Standard Stall Reporter NINETI per cent of the contributor- to the 5.>00.000 hnildiii'i fund for the Singapore \niiTubereulosie Association's new treatment «•< nice arc Europeans. Chinese form only a very small percentagi although 83 per cent of those who
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    PROMISES TO MARRY GIRL HE DESERTED
    47 2 PROMISES TO MARRY GIRL HE DESERTED twi n I*o., See I. H mmm m,! 1 _rv v !,,M sailed th. i„ Magistral!!. "■"■J Be. aS !l(lh. s I His fiai tion condition th I with his y five M, [nspe pros* marry ti girl See then b<
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    Asks To Be Sent To China
    8 2 Asks To Be Sent To China CHARG] D
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    19 Charged With Gambling
    20 2 19 Charged W ith Gambling SEVEN": two Mah the S. at N Thi fined $25. Th ed ti a poned.
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    10 Cents A Month Scheme To Fight Tuberculosis
    796 3 Standard Stall Correspondent K V V V LiyPLR, Mob.— lf employers and their employees m on Horn he Federation generally adopted a proposal to contribute voluntarily 10 cents a month to the ontributory scheme sponsored by the -*9^m2 fwP lhe *>f Tuberculosis,
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    Commandos Have 26 Dead Bandits fo hew Credit
    383 3 S :-.i Stat! tJorrrs|H*ndenl X! LI HPI K. Mon. The thin! Commando a! rimes, have verj prom! record »»i achievement] m lhe aghl against bandits m Malaya. trolling, ted for c been the most jst lime.ance an be ad of days ise,
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    13 3 ft Mrs. Lai 'I! >ag l at Batn Ibe bride Misa l.m Sicu
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    Lotteries For TB projects
    72 3 Lotteries For TB projects .ortly E itive -e- j I a proper- j it of the the Tuberculosis c council toRlhat the -t been .Id be l to 1 the for i- I .s procommittee nd for- <* 000 L4BOI revs RATION ■UR, Mou, dion crease of 1948 total of
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    Alleged Theft Of 4 Cannons
    74 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KLANG, Mini. —Four brass annons which decorated the pound of the Istana Mah- the former home oi the tan ol Selangor, m Klang, Ii sappe ured. In this connection two In- Raman and Kalimuthu, ired before Raja Zainal, rged with the theft
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    Toddy Tapper Acquitted
    104 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— Tee Se on 1 .Magistrate. Inch" Ac. ir, today acquitted and discharged an Indian toddy tapper. Sil -nam. on a iol being found m pos.'i oi 2-1 '2 gallons of ivr::iented toddy without a permit. Kassip ai kampong. Tiie order was
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    Indiscriminate Rubber Tapping
    107 3 Indiscrimina te Rubber Tapping KUAL LUMPUR, Mon Smallholders m Trengganu C urry a portable ladder when they go out tapping their rubber trees. This is used to find tappable bark out of reach of the tapper on foot. This, according to the anreport of the administration for 1949, is due
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    500 Apply For51 Govt. Quarters
    159 3 Standard Staff Correspondent EPOH, Mon. The largest single hatch of Government quarters to he huilt m Ipoh during lhe postwar period *ill In* ready tor occupation m about three months time, The Standard learns today. They number ">I m all and comprise three class and
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    31 3 Photo MRS. GERALDA Rozarie. wife o> Mr. Rozario, Government pensioner, celebrated her ."Oth birthday recently at Rampong Pandan, Kuala Lumpur. Picture shows Mrs. Rozario cutting her birthday cake.— C. F. Larm
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    PORT DICKSON COURT BRIEFS
    80 3 Standard Staff Correspondent PORT DICKSON. For causing hurt to an Indian woman. Rajoo was sentei to nine months' imprisonr by the President of the Sessions Court. Inche Azmin. An Indian detective, was alleged to have attemi to accept illegal gratification of $50 from Arujunam acquitted and
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    'Pirate Driver' Fined $100
    58 3 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Malay car driver, Rossan bin Hj Yusuf was charged m the Police Court here for plying his car for hire and for carrying passengers m his car without a licence. Roslan pleaded guilty to both the chargi s and the Magistrate, Inche A.
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    Playground Insurance Suggested
    120 3 Standard Stuff Correspondent r iTTViPTIB K1 A A runng as to who should be to* any egal habi- 1-.:;:.. i using the pubhi play pi ided «br the an alternative, to get insurance Ito rover tho <^^iSSm i,;c more c:uut).e p.c t>.^iouno. rnu'd remain and not abancould
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    Pawned Watch He Found
    76 3 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— A young Indian Muslim of Bukit Meldrum. Johore Bahru. Mohamed bin Mohidcen, wafound guilty of theft of a wrist-watch, valued at S2r> belonging to Chai Saw Sung. Mohammed said that while sweeping his room, he found j the wrist-watch and he pawned it
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    Youth Leadership Course Planned Early Next Year
    345 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— The Malayan Youth Council has planned a youlh leadership course for eurlv next year. Youth representatives from all over the Federation, numbering, it is estimated, over 67 will be invited to ihis course, which will he held
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    Explains Need For Centre In Penang
    253 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMP! R, Mon. A $200,000 community centre scheme for Penang was mentioned before Cue Centra] Welfare Council at Kuala Lumpur today. The centre will cater for street boys withoul proper amenities of club life, of -which there are about 55,000
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    Govt Warning To Shopkeepers, Must Cooperate
    278 3 Govt Warning To Shopkeepers, Must Cooperate IPOH, Mon. The question of uaaiting considerably the hoars of trading for shop* In certain locality of the Stale of Perak lia* reeeiitl> heen under consideration by the authorities. In view of reports of Losses incurred by shopkeepers m the Kuala Pilah District of
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    Malacca To Have New Aerodrome
    113 3 MALACCA airstrip should be ready for the scheduled services of Mal&yM Airways by the ni iridic of next year, said the Assistant Director of CM vil Aviation. Mr. I). \V. Bui nett-Rae yesterday. It will be modelled after Ipoh ■erodrome. Construction will romraeace after the
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    Transfer Of Funds Approved
    181 3 KUALA Lt.uPl'R. lion. The Central Welfare O noil today transferred about $4< from the British Legion Weifare Funds which had been held under its trust to the ExSen A sociation of Pensions to dependan- i those either killed or injured m the fight against the bandits
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      382 3 If F E DE RATJ-^J^^^^ I tonese) 3, 6.30 and 9.15 p.m. SEREMBAN-Today sum a and c ken^ m Cathay: Lights of Santo Fe and' 2.30, M 5 and 9.30 p.m. Bells of Capistrano 12.45, 6.45 SELiXCOR-Today and 9.30 p.m. Metropole: Sunehre Din (Hindi) Majestic: Awful Truth 12. 3. 7
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    Appointment Of Asst. Registrar Is Urged
    226 4 Appointment Of Asst. Registrar Is Urged Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Mon.— The atten- of the Government to I c •'urgent necessity*' ol appt intan Ass stant Registrar to ist Mr. HAL. Peel, the Registrar m George Town and north-east district, m dealing v. b run licati ins for Federal <
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    221 Cured Of TB In P. Jerejak
    206 4 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG .Men.— A total of I I patients has been admitted sum c the ing ol tubercu- losis wai I P Jerejak on Sept. it;. m to Oct 22. I• This was disclosed m a v. rit U d answer
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    49 4 Malayan dance champions: Left— Mr. Vincent Goh and Lucy Chong of Penang who won the 1931 Ail Malayan professional ballroom championship held at the City Lights, Penang on Saturday. The champions secured first places m waltz and quick-step. Right: Mr. Yonne Yap and partner of Malacca who were runners-up.
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    JOINT CONCERT
    38 4 KOTA BAHRU, Mon— A conceii m aid of the Poppy Day Fund will he put up jointly by Ismail English School and the Government Girls .School on Nov. 9 a* the Ismail 'English Si hool Hall.
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    No Phone Shortage When New Building Is Ready
    280 4 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Mon. Penang's new telephone exchange building should l>e ready by February, l 4 >">2. and all lhe equipment for it i» now ready for installation. This was disclosed m a written reply lo questions put forward by Dr.
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    Hospital, Malaya House For Mecca Pilgrims Urged
    377 4 Hospital, Malaya House For Mecca Pilgrims Urged Standard StafT Correspondent SEREMBAN, Mon. A hospital for Malayan pilgrims to Mecca and a Malaya House for them ai two uiggestiona Tuan Sheik Ahamad, Federal Coun< ;!or. made m the course of an interview to The Standard 'ouay. He commented upon the unsatisfactory
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    Govt Not Responsible For Floods
    148 4 Standard St.ifl orrespondent PENANG, Mon.—Government was not responsible for the upkeep of the banks of the Sungei Pinang River for purposes of flood control. "If private persons build their houses m areas which were liable to flooding and this area has never been anything else
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    Red Flags In Penang
    98 4 Standard Staff Corresponden PENANG. Mon— One Co? munist flag was seen hanging the top of a cocojuit tree m Balik Pulau area by some sidents there this morning. The police soon arrived n the scene and pulled down he flag. Another Red flag was i jrted
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    4 Bandits Killed
    52 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— Four bandits were killed m the Ft deration yesterday, three of them m Selangor when security forces contacted a party. Of three bandits who were wounded one was captured A Bren gun. a rifles, a Japanese pistol, two grenades and a quantity of packs
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    Poppy Day Dance
    27 4 KOTA BAHRU. Mon. A very enjoyable dance m aid of the Poppy Day Fund was held at the Union Club, Kota Bahru last week.
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    CUSTOMS RAID: 2 HELD
    59 4 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Mon. A party of seven Customs outdoor oiticers raided two houses here between J) a.m. and 1130 a.m. today and arrested two Chinese for allegedly having cnandu and smoking outfit. The first raid was m Tye Sin Street when a middleaged Chinese
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    29 4 Mr. Low P.di San and parted of Singapore v\ ho CUK third Ka the All Malaya* professtoaaJ ballr— Caaampiea ship held at ('its I ients Pea ■ng oa Satardaj
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    Official Motto For Penang Adopted: 'United And Loyal'
    372 4 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Mon. The adoption of "Bersati Dan Setia" which when rendered into English is "United And Loyal" was adopted as the official motto for the Settlement of Penanjr when put lo the vote at the fourth meeting of the
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    Report On Port Being Prepared
    183 4 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Mon. A report on Penang Port improvements at Weld Quay and Sungei Pinang was made by Sir Bruce White. Wolfe Barry Partners, Consulting Chartered Engineers m October, 1947. at the requesl of the then Government of the Malayan Union. This was
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    No Special Body To Hear Bribery Cases
    61 4 Standard Mafl < itrr< spondenl I*l- N >|<m. (,<im riimtiil i« .tl all lioe and BBXJoaf to lake acti«.:i. either In diseiplinarj procedure ar rriminal m canes arhere aUnurd auVneea «»f briber** and are Irr-.m (it to it- no ion of 1 public
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    Contractor Blames Rain
    113 4 Contractor Blames Rain IPOH M A Government toddy contract* r, S anipiilay. was tine I I nrce monl imprisr; M tl Che Bahaudin this morning when he was v. l- i on a charge of being responsible for the acts of v. .a of his emplo 1 It v.. crged
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    Had Kapak. keris
    21 4 KOTA BHARI'. MonH am bm Ismail and bin Kundor were fine h for carrying kapak and eight keris.
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    To Approach Govt For Sugar
    69 4 To Approach Govt For Sugar Standard Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN. Mon.—Cofteeshop keepers met here today lo discuss the price control on coffee and tea. They felt that owing to the high prices of milk, sugar and cofl'ce beans. it was difficult to sell tea and coffee within the controlled price. They
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    Speed Traps May Be Set Up Anywhere
    289 4 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Mon. Speed irajM and mobile patrol**, each MMinsting of two .olice niotor-ryclists rare licinjr employed m check speeding, Mates tin* written reply to a quotion (.ml forward by Mr. Hnshinri inn Awang, who asked the Government to explain what
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    INDIAN HEMP FOR ASTHMA
    47 4 IPOH. Mon.— A 30-year-Indian. Kannappan, who told Magistrate Che Bahaudin that he lit eded .India:, hemp as medicine for his asthma, was fined SI OO or one month imprisonment. Kannappan pleaded guilty to a charg of having three paoktl. of the banned dn
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    Penang Hindus Can Register Marriages
    243 4 Mamiard Mall Correspondent PENANG, Mon. A rr-eaolution moved l>> Mr. V K. Menon thai the Hindu Marriafe Registration Fnartwral of the Federated Malay Slates «fi<»tihl be extended or thai legislation similar to that -enactment shonU Im introduced to provide for the registration ol Hindu marriages
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    FOUR NEW COUNCILLORS WELCOMED
    42 4 FOUR NEW COUNCILLORS WELCOMED Btaniati BM I m members one unoffi at the fourth m third session of S< tleraent C afternoon. They are Sen;. D i ement S Strang. and B who i Penang Chu r they oath, the or. Mi
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    KL Army Driver Fined In Ipoh
    8 4 KL Army Driver Fined In Ipoh K.I Ji
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    Chambers Will Discuss New Rubber Export Levy: Concern Over Increases
    360 5 Chambers Will Discuss New Rubber Export Levy: Concern Over Increases !uiM Chambers of Cummerop decision can be expected earl) esentationfl to lie malt* to the Federation Government against its ing rubber export dot} as from Jan. I. 1951, The Standard U. sentatives of the Singapore. Chinese and Indian Chambers of
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    35 5 The wedding of [ache Hasiiini bin IdrLs to Che' Fat i mah Bee binte Ma m, daughter of the late Mr. Maiden, took place at No. 138 Koon Senjr Koad. on Sunday. Nov. 5, 1950.
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    BACK FROM UK TRAINING
    54 5 Standard Stall Reporter THREE Singapoi i leer Corns officers returned to the by BOAC Argonaut after a thiin bomb-disposal m U.K. They that the co was very comprehensive. It held m a military establishment m Kent. The officers are Lieut R. S i S. L. ge
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    Call To Youth TO Study UN Activities
    103 5 Call To Youth TO Study UN Activities >o. Seen gmg about a solution, had complicated the social and economic problems ol the nations. Mrs Khoo has just ret irned an extensive threemonth tour of India and Ceylon Speukmg on the role playe Christianity m world youth movements, -Mrs. Khoo said
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    54 5 Picture by M T 5-jySL *&^-#*&J*n* U t hy V P Na r is torching past after the 2nd annual inspection. i- Jwu v D < m« a P° re Base district) who had earlier carried out the In-wettaa, Behind i m lOfces IS tat ftetwria School principal. Mr. K.
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    CLERK JAILED 18 MONTHS IN TRUST CASE
    333 5 A 33-YEAR-OLD clerk. Tong Kirn Cheong, who was described by his counsel, Mr. Pat Johnson, as having jumped fc from the frying pan into the fire," was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment by Mr. Justice Cox Evans m the Singapore Assize Court yeeterdav.
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    Exhibition By Women Artists
    95 5 Exhibition By Women Artists THE Singapore Art Society will again present an exhibition of paintings by four women artists. The exhibition will be held at the British Council Centre m Stamford Road on Nov. 18 to Nov. 26. The artists are Mrs. Phyllis Mackenzie. Mrs. Geraldine Horton. Miss Naomi Kirby
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    AT HALF-MAST
    30 5 FLAGS will be flown at half-mast from all public buildings m Singapore tomorrow the day when the funeral of the King of Sweden will take place m Stockholm
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    LIEUT. GEN. POETT
    28 5 LIEUT.-GEN. J. 11. N. Poett. Chief of Statl. Far East Land Forces, returned to Singapore yesterday by Qantas Constellation after a short visit to London.
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    50 5 picture. Mr I t "\s mmia> former President of Ike Labour Pariy of Singapore who is now member cf the Party's election campaign com mil tee, was the main speaker at the election rally held at Farrer Park last night. He recently returned from leave m the Tnitcd Kingdom Standard
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    Direct Link With FIC, Thailand
    161 5 A DIRECT link by railwaj between Cambodia^ Thailand and Malaya is a "special problem* arhieh can be solved In the Inland I ranaporl < ommittee among it* efforts to improve th** inland transport facilities <»i countries m \>ia and the Far East. This Committee, which
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    LSI HOLIDAY
    39 5 The offices of the I .•< General m Sing i will be closed on Thursday and Friday, the former being a public holiday iDeepavali*. the latter the h d sian N; Holiday li i Pahlawan (War Heroes" Day
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    MALAYANS CHOOSE LAW FOR CAREER
    251 5 DESPITE the fact that Malayan Government il encouraging Government °cholar<; to take up other profi m law, m ■.!■;> N per lnt of I nti now In lorn have i rhosen a as thi tn r. said TW. Ong. president of Straits Cinnese Br. ciation.
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    MONTHLY MEETING
    48 5 A monthly meeting of Singapore District Society of the Corporation of Cert;: Secretaries will be held at tht British Council Hall this c\ i ing at Q.'aO p.m. A film will be shown B l the meeting entitled 'lance" a film on the pi 1 motive
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    Uneasy Street
    697 6 DUBBER producers who expected to get into easy street as a result of the boom m rubber have a rude shock. Tiie Federation Government, whose hands have a en itching to get at a few dollars', has devised a nev. formula fur increased rubber duty which would nel
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      273 6 Preference For Ex-Servicemen s r There are today m die Colony and m the Federation a large number of ex-service-men, locally released, v..iking m the War Department m vario i technical and clerical parities. Ah oil is a recog n i s c d fad that amo ex-servicemen are hi§
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      Favouritism Over Co-op Loans
      639 6 Favouritism Over Co-op Loans Sir: Tn an article m your issue of the 2nd inst., it was stated that loans m a cooperative society are granted only to friends of committee members m most cases und that the committee is itself composed of nine members drawn from only four out
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      No Tenders Were Called
      225 6 Sir: Mr. Loke Weng Chee's reply to the critics of the Housing Society published m your columns on Wednesday last, is not convincing. At a time when land m the Pulasan Road area was being offered for sale at 40 to 50 cents per sq. ft.,
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    679 6  - For Your Believe It Or Not File PENANG S. C. OEI by i(H v ill perhaps remember ilmt >nmr lime r'i.-<>, wrote about the seemingly incredible occurrence inside a lar<i<> building here when n rock had moved by itself and was eventually found t>n the roof-garden to the consternation oi
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    Chinese Schools Must Be Given Direct
    373 6 Chinese Schools Must Be Given Direct BY the time the Colonial Office Adviser on Education, Sir Christopher Cox, completes his tour of Singapore one? the Fedsrotion, he will have heard Help of th< tany probl< fronting the ec icat authorities ana 'he pie m this- country, [n apore, recently, he
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    Steering The R.I.D.A.
    104 6 Steering The R.I.D.A. THE President ol F M.S. Chambi r Of Commerce. Mr. C. Thornton had some advice to offer to the Government and the Rural I i dustrial Development Authority when he spoke at the annual dinner of the F.M.S. and Penang Chambers of Commerce recently. As a commercial
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    16 6 I "Servin' strung liquor to a three-vt»ar-old, hull! Blimey! You'll cop it for this!"
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    Review of Views
    277 6 Review of Views Breach Of Promise WARTA NEGAHA reminded Dutch *Ajveramenl ih;a tii i was approaching foi il to I I over Arian < Dutch West NGuinea! to the new Indonesian government The Penang Malay n.:ily claimed the Dutch had agreed to So thai (hiring the round table conference at
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    MACA, ACCUSES RED CHINA May Have To Attack
    222 7 MACA, ACCUSES RED CHINA May Have To Attack Manchuria Bases To Save Allied Army rOklO, Nov. 6 (11 Gen. Mac Arthur declared today that the n.nn.t inlerw nt.on m the Korean nar is "one of the worst oi mteriiational lawlessness" anil indirectly asked the pennistMOfl to take counteraction against Manchuria
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    War May Spread To Japan
    21 7 War May Spread To Japan ten. a Gen. kses m r the Cor,' ar, -'.s ,t mean Rata ,m ti niD
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    3 7 Undeclared War' Seen
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    Manchuria Prepares
    12 7 Manchuria Prepares ieet S L T .N. h Paral- news, ani d
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    Filipinos Capture 165 N.Koreans
    30 7 tokvo. Nov, (AP):— The 10th Pi Battalion m Korea captured 165 North Korean prisoners un the 24-hour period ending noon on Sunday. Filipino >1 ep cd.
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    37 7 photo. photo. A.P Rudoff IMeil. 26-year-old West German, who has confessed m the British zone to the murder of nine women and a man. He said he killed his women victims with iron bars and axes. A.P
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    UN Army Escapes Red Trap
    124 7 UN Army Escapes Red Trap SB a (AP): I V rowly elud\ Red trap m north-west a. stabilised their mi gainst what Gen. ca led "a new "alien Con> ,:-;a. Gen. Mac Arthur s communiijur said that "our present ■ISSioa is limited to the destruction ot ismsc forces now arrayed
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    N. Koreans Remove Power Plant
    183 7 TOh^O, Nov. t> (UP) The North Korean Communiat radio at Sinuiju, which has been oil the air for I the pa-t week, this morning announced thai the Changehin power plant near Shesin reservoir has been coni- pletrlv dismantled to keep it from falling into "enemy
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    Cycling Is Popular
    28 7 rae revival vi cycling tn Bnl tail* has reached a postwar peak. I with three million more cyclists m Ibe r ads than m 1939.
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    Great Value Of English Language In Education
    61 7 BOMBAY, Nov. ti I Keuteri India should take to Knylish as it is one of the most important cultural streaam of the modern world and India would benefit immensely by keeping English as a living language m the country for higher cultural and
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      38 7 The University of California, conducting research m the injury and damage caused by increased air pressure or blast, has fotmd that first damage as bursting ol ear drums Next comes lung haemorrhage, then other internal haemorrhages. A. P
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      51 7 Wood spear shafts, believed to hi ye bee. made about 5,000 8.C.. found near Lovelock, Nevada. haVe led scientists to believe man first' settled there between 7.000 and 9.000 years ago. Then the area was abandoned because it got too drj and was reoccupied until 2,500 or 3.000 years ago.—
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      S'hai Security Move Affects Foreigners
      146 7 HONGKONG. Nov. 6 (Reu-ter-AAP) The first r \r~-' tion of foreign residents m Shanghai since the p oiiticaj changeover I*3 months ago is now m full swing. It is estimated that there arc some 8.000 foreigners there, including 4.000 Russians and 1.000 stateless people, compared
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      62 7 American disappointment over apathy of other nations to the da g< r of Russian ggression was exp essed m Rangoon by Mr. L S. F-'i iklestein, a member of the Institute of Pacific Rela lions. He told a Burma Council of World Altai rs meeting that American interest m South-East
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      38 7 Israel has lodged a protest with the U.N. acting Chief-of-Staff m Palestine against what it called Jordan interference with the bimonthly supply convoys to the a ael demilitarised zone on Mount Scopus on Jerusalem's north-eastern fringe.— R euter
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      50 7 Fr» tropica! Manila, lohere night temperatures seldom drop below 70 degrees, fur coals have appeared for sale m fashionable ladies shops. The Manila Bulletin asks, "What i$ the Port Control Administration doing, letting m fur coats when tee are short of milk for babies and motorcar tyres lor transportation?" A.P
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    Chinese Is Captured
    52 7 photo. U.S. (.apt. Warrej J. Ros-jngram Questions a Chinese pnsoner, Private l>i Tsu, following his rapture near Kujang, North Korea. South Korean military police are shown m police background and lower right, Captain Rosengram serving with Korean Military Advisory Group attached to the Renuhlie of Korea's Sixth
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    A Threat Against Hongkong
    115 7 A Threat Against Hongkong HONGKONG, Nov 6 (AP) The pro-Communist Ta X Pao today made a veiled but unmistakable threat against igkong. In an editorial, reporting the third meeting m Canton of the; 'People's Representatives Con- ference," said the current meeting has "special significance"' now that the "American imperialists are
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    French Make Appeal For Indo-China Aid
    158 7 F rench Make Appeal For Indo-China Aid SAIGON, Nov. 6 (1 P) French Minister Jean a loiirneau has appealed to the democratic world i<» help defeal the rebels m Indo-China ami said thai l>oilt French and > ietnam forces probably Mronld i>« increased to meet the Communists 1 ne*a attacks.
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    US Talking Of World War III
    50 7 WASHINGTON, Nov. 6. <AP i" Republic have urged Lhe election of a Republican Con ess m torn r /'s eie; Lion J tw< -p r 5 gov ernm< nt m v C unist intervention m Korea leading to a "ghastly orld v\ ar lil"
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    Outstanding Woman
    61 7 War correspondent Marguerite rliggins of the New York HeraldTribune, who has jus; returned to America Irom Korea, has been named the outstanding woman reporter, of the year by the New fork Newspaper Women's Club Two Australian Mustangs were damaged but returned to base safely when the squadron again
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    Nepal, Menaced By Tibet Invasion, Asks US For Arms
    347 7 CALCUTTA, Nov. As disillusioned India j outward)) maintained an appearance of calm m nW face of the Chinese (oniniunist mhli toward Lba-a. capital of invaded Tibet, the Premier and (]omniaii<l«r in-Chief of Nepal, buffer state between Tibet and India. i> reported
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    Accord Near
    37 7 BELGRADE, Nov. 6 'UP a The Yugoslav Government has broadly hinted that a diplomatic accord" with Greece is imminent by disclosing that it is preparing to return an estimated 90 Royal Greek civil wai prisoners
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    'The Gravest International Significance'
    105 7 'The Gravest International Significance' .i v Nov. 6 (AP TS m ti.- i m Korea have Chines Ri divisions are lighting tin N ■es and are li res ible Eor th* ej i allies m the past w. Sou. EG i offi <a t asl r Can tvisions are m
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    250,000,000 Children Are Starving
    94 7 250,000,000 Children Are Starving LONDON, Nov. 6 (Ren a world has 251 i I starving children, the I v > E .a tonal, Scientifi H i tural Organisation (UNESCO) irts. In Europe alone, CO.OOo I I children m 12 different < i b are m need ol help, mai bi
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    Rubber & Tin Prices Keep On Spiralling
    178 8 Rubber Tin Prices Keep On Spiralling Standard SUIT Reporter MALAYAN rabbet* aad tin j»ri«er* kopt on spirallfaMj iipwanlr* to rooonl bUgbtl yostorday, tho m rial quotations al ,v">.'*7.25 por pioul being .<_._."> hi«hor than the pro\ious hijihost price. while lir-l ratio rubber dame at $2.10 por lb., na- improvement of
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    PRODUCE MARKET
    84 8 ALL SFCTIONS ol the Singaproduce mark- I rday it oil attracted little interest at quotations unchanged the •>• md level, witb being reported. Cop] had buyers al S4.i and I r mess result: prices were slightly quiet market. P per picul yesterday Betel Nat $29 (Split), S2T ra
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    98 8 Picture above shows the slim covered conveyer belt system of the Archipelago Breweries Company over Alexandra Road. The 192--foot ''bridge" links the bottling plant m the background with the bonded store. Brewery will hold an official opening ceremony of the "bridge" on Nov. 18. The other picture shows the interior
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    Mexico May Sell Cotton To Japanese
    145 8 MEXICO CITY Nov. 4 (UP) Trade sources said today that the N ti »nal Harvester Association is taking the 'necessary steps' to obtain Government permi a for the export of between five and ten million dollars worth of Mexican cotton to Japan. Negotiations are
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    MALAYAN SHARE PRICES
    799 8 S lAPORE Mon— Prof it.uking arising from an absence is advices and the news resulted m ier quotations m today. Closing quotations were: B iycn Sellers T R S 1.80 1.90 Ord 197) 2.05 Atlas Ice 11 y< j BB Pc 35. 9 309 M Crustee 700
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    UK Prices Are Stable Despite Devaluation
    486 8 ASSUMPTIONS that prices m Britain would ri»e steepl) after devaluation have proved unfounded. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Hugh Gaitskell, lias given Parliament details showing how these fears have not been justified. "What has happened is wnai Sir SI a: a a Cripps
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    UK Earning More Dollars From Shoes
    179 8 LONDON. Nov. 6 (AP)—Britain is exporting 3,000 dozen pairs of hoots and shoes to the United States per month and 2-000 dozen pairs a month to Canada. Harold Wilson. President ot the Board of Trade, announced these figures at a Lon n gathering of
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    Record World Demand For Fertilisers
    115 8 Record World Demand For Fertilisers LONDON. Nov. 6.— (Router) World usage of chemical fertilisers has risen to record levels, according to a Comtr >nwealth Eaon miic Committee survey published today. The report. '"Survey of the Trade m Fertilisers/ was addressed to the Trade Minister of Britain, Canada, Australia. New Zealand,
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    Types Of Rice To Be Imported
    114 8 St mdard Staff Correspondent PENANG, lon. I:; a j. ttei addressed to the Chinee Chamber of Commerce Senior Customs Oflieer. Import Export Control, Mr A.W.S. Sim. pointed out thai considerabla doubt appeared to have existed as to the types of rire which might be
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    FREIGHT MARKETS
    37 8 THE KOREAN war has created a keener demand for ships to carry essential commodities, with the result that freight markets are now m their firmest position since May. 1949, the Ch^mhAr nf Shipping reported. A.P
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    Indonesia Gets Wheat Allocation
    151 8 THE REPUBLIC ot I ionesia has deposited its instrument of acceptance under the 45-ooun-try U^ternational wheat agreement and thereby is eligible to purchase wheal against its annual quota of 75,000 metric tons. With the acceptance of Indonesia under the agreement, the wheat purchase quota of the
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    US$ Value Jumps In Hongkong
    105 8  -  FRED HAMPSON By AP Correspondent BONGKONG, Nov ♦>— Hongkong's moaej market, super-sensitive to trouble, reacted strongly to threat of a war m which this Colony might be an early victim. The U.S. dollar jumped to HK$6.53 the highest since August 1949, when the British pound
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    Steel Is 'Cheaper Than Dirt'
    312 8 Steel Is 'Cheaper Than Dirt' SAX FRANCISCO, Nov 6 CAP)— The head of America. Largest steel company says one of the principal reasons tor current shortage ol the I metal is that "steel is Uterauy cheaper than diit." "Stee! il 50 cheap today that few people can sffbid to use
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    Synthetic: Jobs For 5,000 Men
    125 8 Synthetic: Jobs For 5,000 Men CLEVELAND Ohio, <t*Pj The Govermnent's decision to re-open all w nrld War tl synthetic rubber u-t< ilities U ci eate an et I [mated 5 William S. Richardson. President of the B.F Goodrich Co, said today Richardson warned thai the man-made rubber product programme calling
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    HYDERABAD RICE
    33 8 One an< million acre of rice land m Hyderabad ar to bo sown with improve varieties of seeds. The objectiv is to pro 0 tons c additional rice m three years
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    Hilling Money Exchange Bates
    108 8 EXCHANGE rates now m m c as supplied by the Malayan Exchange Banks Association, are as follows: Transaction* Vftt T:»'1o Chn^ qnr Blftlß trf RnalttarS 'r -Strau dollars only honGaOno, Nov. B.—(Special BUndard Be t■■ Ini prices on the Hongkon* Exchange today were: HKSI6.IS to £1
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    October shipments Of Rubber An All-Time Record: 119,162 Tons
    218 8 INCREASED shipment* of Malayan rulilier to < Una, ih. Hongkong resulted m last nionthV lanarlS from thi- Milan j time high roeord figure of 119.162 tons compared v, September and 110.627 tons m August. Malayan ant^Mnentri increa-ed from 32.2H8 tons m
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    UK Stock Exchange Unsettled By Korea
    97 8 UK Stock Exchange Unsettled By Korea LONDON Nov. 6 I ter)— The London Sa i unsettled by new- 1: a and show read es today. The volume of over, was small but persistent and most na. i en uvourih Fins, tbbers and ppers on protit -taking but rubbers wi 1
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    US INDUSTRY
    38 8 W ASH I N rON, 1 aer): G 3 I I air- year military j ime to StaU 0 5 tO Gei Late ltd igh i tal ack" vt civilian industry caused by arm troh I
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    SHIPPING, AIR CHARGES NOW PAYABLE IN YEN: JAPS ISSUE NEW RULES
    194 9 P6 (Reuter-AAP) Payments for port charges, tonnage dues, and other I reign V< >els and aircraft m payable m yen instead of m foreign aider new :a dilations issued by i Exchange Control Board. C ectioDS for passes gei
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    Admiral's 'Thank You' To S'pore
    16 9 Admiral's 'Thank You' To S 'pore •ion for SinNaval i visit I r j-eatly aer- "aion
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    27 9 Direct Link To Indonesia Fa oncerns ting with Lines to p r n rd ng harbour -pace habilitated ents to acDutch liners arrivals trad* c are arms."
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    13 9 picture. Usa pa neatei ship Onda. lying alongside a SißSacorc nharf ve^iPr. Standard
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    FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN AD.
    60 9 NEW YORK. Nov, 6 (AP)— :be British Travel Associal n is going all out to promcr.e the aval of Britain and to m U rest Arnerieans m visiting it next year. F< instance, the latest copy of Life Magazine carries a full I age colour advertisement
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    Flying Saucers Again!
    142 9 LONDON. Nov. 6 (Ri iter) An object which could not be entifii by speed, shape or tig iting as an aircraft was today reDorted over London airport travelling at great speed. Asked about the mysterious b idy wait h several peop c de< tared was a '"flying
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    Flying Saucer Buses: Latest
    97 9 Flying Saucer Buses Latest Flying saucer buses are the answer to growing traffic congestion m cities says designer George F. Miller, of Chicago. Illinois. ISA. This artist's conception shows Miller's sauce r-shawcd, 100 passenger ai r bus, which is 0!> feet m diameter and I6| feet high. It would weigh
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    Ocean Is Returning Home Soon
    187 9 Ocean Is Returning Home Soon Standard Shipping: Reporter AFTER A BUSY five weeks j ferrying Naval personnel, planes and stores between Singapore. Hongkong and Japan (for Korea), the 13,190--ton light Meet carrier Ocean arrived at Singapore Naval Base yesterday for a brief two days' visit. Then England, Home, and Duly
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    WHY TOURISTS VISIT MEXICO
    322 9 \i WRISTS ARE now visit- ing Mexico to the tune of close to half a million a The? il go just because Mexico is now so easily accessible to the Pa rific by Pan American World Airways i ilea They go because no matter what theif
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    Lost Connie Found Near Mont Blanc
    104 9 GENEVA. Nov. 6 (Renter)— The following official statemerit was issued m London today by Air India International: "The wreckage of the Constellation airliner reported missing; lon Friday November 3 while; flying between Cairo and j Geneva has this afternoon been I sighted from the
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    CLAMP DOWN BY U.S. ON SHIPS NEWS
    94 9 WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (Reuter )__The American Customs service has clamped down on disclosures by its information offices of arrivals and departures oi ships their destinations and cargoes. The Customs Bareau said ■•< wvc.-av that the ban was "to •protect the security of the
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    Back On Far East Run Alter 10 Years
    453 9 THE LLOYD TRIESTINO, Italy's most famous shipping line, whose white-painted luxury liners slipped m and out of the liarhours of the East and Far East before Mussolini went to war, has returned to Singapore alter a long absence* The first ship to
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    PEKING ROBINS
    24 9 A PHILIPPINE Air Lines j p'.ane yesterday had aboard 11 crates of Peking robins consigned to European zoological gardens and bird fanciers
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    97 9 Shivering m London recently were three air stewardesses from China who haw been fiving m the Far East but after the evacuation of Canton and Shanghai were en ga«ed by BOAC to fly on their Argonaut Service between Hongkong and London. All three speak English Chinese. Spanish, Portuguese, and other
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    FLYNN-TARGET OF POISON PEN WRITER-IS FURIOUS
    681 10  -  Louella O. Parsons by I lOLLYWOOD, Nov. G. Errol Flynn. rarin'. tearin' mad over obscene letters mai ed U) Hollywood writers by a girl m Jamaica, talked trans-Atlantic telephone to his lawyer m Hollywood to b .1 I Una vicious gossip to te s
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    Its lough Going For Hollywood's Call-Girl
    358 10 HOLLYWOOD Nov. (J The most thankless job m Hollywood is held by the girl who gets the stars out of bed. T'ne "wake 'era up" telephone operators can show no mercy, no matter how late her clients may have been up the night before.
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    GLAMOUR!
    57 10 One of the song-and-danee high spots m "liv if i a tie Words"— M.G.Ms n»'\v biographical musical I based on the lives and songs of Bert Kalmar and Harry Baby). The film has a hi? cast of stars, including Fred A-lairc Bed Sketton, Vera-EUen, Arlene Dahl, Keenan Wynn. Gale
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    615 10 TURNTABLE Topics DISC-JOCKEY" \jAG A RET WHITING >L (Popular Vocal) My Foolish Heart (A): I'll Never Slip Around Again (B). .with Jimmy Wakely. (Capitol Cl *****). This is indisputably THE outstanding record of t'ne week, if not the month. Both numbers are among the most popular hits of to-day. and
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    LEADING LADY
    33 10 Kuiiuaiiii. Bomb.t} -iHtnTB leadin-i lady ot Iht- K.un (lopal group ol Indian dancers, currcnlly app«aring al London's Adclphi Thealrr. strikes a classic ptwSC durinc rehearsals for an A>m>< •iaict' Press caaoeramaß.
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    Republic's Novel Western Series
    161 10 HOLLYWOOD. Nov. ti: Republic Studios, m association with the newlyformed production company. Vail c y Yisia. Inc.. has launched a new Western series with nn entirely novel idea behind it. The idea is to intro d v c c two juvenile players as the stars of
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    EVEN CABINET MINISTERS DON'T GET THAT MUCH
    94 10 (CANBERRA. Nov. 6— -Pointing out that radio quizmaster Bob Dyer's salary of £A3:,000 a year was £A4.000 a year mure than was paid to all Cabinet Ministers combined, Queensland Labour Member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Edmonds asked for an amendment of
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      678 10 ON YOUR RADIO RADIO MALAYA SINGAPORF i ist Metres an* i Hi ireul ENGLISH PKO(.KAM.Mt: m n.«s; lo.:,!) lor the Schools; I p.m lie Radio Orchestra; 1.30 New-: 1 15 Dance Mu-n »i p.m. Pro gramme Summary: 6j02 Listeners Choice; 8.45 i aited Natio is feature; pm News, Singapore Share
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    BLUNDER' THAT WAS NOT RECTTFIFTI
    700 11  - BLUNDER' THAT WAS NOT RECTTFIFTI H. L HOPKIN ECHO OF JAPANESE INVASION bbvn ,i .-ops up fnintin' H-** > include I ivI the riey-BeU eived S f c •v Officer did the f.owrnrarn' r, ull> b u li t "i tnt m did wnree with StMK, and the 3 d.d
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    304 11  - SHANGHAI STILL CENTRE OF LIGHT INDUSTRIES BOB SUN By Noi PA D spite the i apatawja ighaj is still iadastiies I bhm ratic" i 1 isrj Rus be a-* re x BM f.u tor a m« ir.me Mu.nu ardered •T.d that ant Ie rnm»*nt no pri*l ate uil..ri, t'» pur-
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    348 11 LONDON Letter a likely contender for the Empire nuddle-weighl title held :y jaA another man ol coknu*— Dave San is ol Australia. But Buxton was much to<j *faod for him. and rr/OuTl well on points over ten ro tads. :s an interesting commenry on the va. ions which pn Lin
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    Far Masqueraile Balls
    54 11 Photo). Paris ♦showed a eoHeetion of bisaie masks to the general public recently. 1 hoc two. by Paris luiidrtlif I and makeup .utist Feniand Aubr> fashioned m th* 1 forms ol bat and a drai;onfi>. are intended to give a neu twist to mas au c r
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    KIDNEY STONE IS PAINFUL
    456 11  -  Edwin P. Jordan By M. D. "ATAjVY people who have experienced different kinds of painful illnesses claim thai passing a kidney stone is the worst of all. At any rate there is no doubt that someone who has had this difficulty never wants lo go through
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    77 11 'HATHAM, (England) Nor. ti B gle -Major v;j. Goddard of the Royal Marine! has a red face but not through blowing his bugle. The Bugle-Major to have sounded the final ietn at" .a Chatham arl en 'he Marines quit that town a training centre but a
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    MOVERS CLEAR FIRST HURDLE
    421 12 4 More Six-A-Side Matches Decided FOUR more matches were decided m the S.A.F.A. six-a-side soccer tournament at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. There was more keen play but no surprises. Rovers Sports Club, a much fancied team, cleared the first hurdle, but were not very impressive m
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    20 12 Picture showing the competitors from Chung Una Public School. Port Dickson, at the recent First post-war District inter school sports.
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    CIVILIANS JUST BEAT SCHOOLBOYS
    202 12 SEREMBAN, Mon.— A Combined Civilian XV, captained} by Barcroft, the Scottish international, did well to defeat a Combined Schools team b_. 1 1 points (a goal, try and a drop j goal) to 8 points (a goal and, a try) on the King George V School
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    HK CAGERS WIN AGAIN
    51 12 BEFORE a crowd of nearly 800 the Hongkong Union basketball team beat Tong Kong team of Singapore at the Happy World Stadium last night by (jl points to 27. Hongkong led 16 points to one m the first quarter. This was the second game of the
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    26 12 A. K. Omar. 1948 All India 100 mile cy; -"mr champion who won the Malayan 50--mile road race which was run off on Sunday m Ipoh.
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    Victoria Makes Fine Recovery
    569 12 Victoria Makes Fine Recovery MELBOI RNE, Nov. (> (Reuter) With stands ol 72 a i l'2i) for lhe -ixth and seventh l nirkets respectively R. Howard (I 2."*> not out). Lan Johnson (36) anil Douglas Ring (75) >a\<il th* state. B ley, whi 'he day figures i r 45. was
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    PADANG RUGBY ENDS IN DRAW
    74 12 A BRILLIANT try by Darrock m the second half enabled the Singapore Cricket Club to draw with the Royal Military Police m an exciting rugger match played on the Padang yesterday. Royal Military Police took the lead m the seventeenth minute when Marchman kicked a
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    Commonwealth Lead All-India
    191 12 Commonwealth Lead All-India NEW DELHI, Nov. 6 (Reuter) Bruce Dooland, Australian Test player completed a century for the Commonwealth touring team on the third day of the *'Tesf' against India here. There was again heavy dew this morning when the Commonwe ilth resumed their innings at 174 for six wickets.
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    Recs Beat BODCA
    72 12 ON THE SRC padang yes- terdav the Singapore Recrea- tion Club beat the BODCA by two goals to one. Midway m the first half Barker put his side one up with a stiff grounder. On resumption BOD rallied strongly and a good pass by Rudh Singh to
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    Minstrel Boy Again Gallops Well At KL
    241 12  -  Oil IE DAVIES By ALTHOUGH light rain fell again on Sunday night rendering the going soft, some useful gallops were done on the second track at Kuala Lumpur yesterday morning* i Besl workout was the 37 2 5 I for three by Minstrel
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    SOSC TO SEEK AFFILIATION
    147 12 THE Singapore Olympic and Sports Council is to apply for affiliation to the Asian Games Federation with headquarters m New Delhi, India, before considering the question of j sending Colony competitors to the Asian Games next year. This decision was reached by the Council at its
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    KUALA KANGSAR NARROWLY BEAT PENANG CHINESE
    317 12 PENANG, Sun.— Two goals scored by Taju Arus m the second half enabled the Kuala Kangsar District XI to score a narrow win over the Chinese Recreation Club by the odd goal m three m a hockey match played this afternoon on the Victoria
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    670 12 Malayan RAF Draw With Army -Navy ARMY NAVY were lu<*k\ to ware honour* m theti e\hil>iti<i soccer match against Royal Air Force (Malaya) played at tin r _> I .hi (Changi) yesterday. A Miap goal Icm than Ivm» minute* before lull time through in*iile rijilit Day gave \rm\ Na**\ a
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    Chinese Beat Customs SC
    190 12 PLAYING with only ten men. S.C.R.C. narrowly boa' the Customs Sports Club by a solitary goai. scored by Harry Fang, the Centre-for-ward, on the Hong Lim Green yesterday. SCRC forwards played up well, especially the Lim SwangHon Yam combination on the j right flank, while Chin
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