The Straits Times, 5 December 1946

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    20 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY TWKI.VK PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1046 PRIt'F HI CKN'IN
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    HOPES FOR UNITY OF GERMANY
    425 1 White Paper On Fvision The Times Diplomatic Correspondent LONDON, Wednesday. I II K Whiie Paper giving the text of the Anglo-Ame-rican agreement for the economic fusion of the '.tritish and I'nited States zones in Germany begins ud ends w ith expressions of hope that the
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    GERMANS WILL CO-OPERATE
    117 1 The limes Correspondent BERLIN, Wed.— The news of the signing of the Anglo-Amiri ttt agreement will be regardea throughout Germany as the first development in Allied policy after months cf s a?nation and uncertainty. Reaction in the British zone will be simpler and more spontaneous than elsewhere.
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    NEW PERIOD OF HISTORY
    109 1 Kr.im the Time>,. I ondun Mr Dslton's announcement of the White Paper in the Commons said to have be»un a new m Oermany's l Lstory. From the po.nt of virw o: Bri- tain, burdened with heavy responsibilities and conscious of her strained resources, it will be
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    BOMB KILLS TEN
    53 1 VIENNA. Wed. Eight Austr an I work, ri and tw i RUSSJ .'n Id I n wi r kil'ei wh- n a fir.', lit toco; the r breakfasts besides a railway me near Amstetten station, between Lin7 and Vienna, exploded a bomb shallowly buried there s nee
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    CHALLENGE TO FRENCH COMMUNISTS
    128 1 PARIS, Wednesday. THE French Communist Party's bid to head the new Government was challenged today by the moderate Popular Republican Movement and the rightist Radical So cialist Party announcement that they would abstain from voting for M. Maurice Thorez for the Premiership. M. Thorez would require
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    22 INJURED IN GIANT LINER
    103 1 SOUTHAMPTON. Wed. TWMH-tv-two passengers, wire injured ha the Cunard-White Star rta-j!-ship Queen Elizabeth, the world's biggest ship, when she ran into a westerly gale with seas runn;j.g 40 feet high as she was approaching the English .cast yesterday o:i her voya^i' across tne Atlantic from
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    INDIAN DELEGATE TO MOSCOW
    88 1 NEW DELHI. Wed.— The Government of India has appointed Mr. K. P. S. Menon, AgentGeneral for India in China, as ts special representative to visit Moscow and discuss with the Soviet Government a rran sements •preliminary to the exchange of d plomatic- representatives' between the Soviet
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    Queens Of The Sea Meet
    80 1 Ihc two Queens of the soa the Queen Elizabetn and the Queen Mary met at Southampton as the Queen Mary completed her last trio before guinz into temporary retirement for refitting: so that she can take her place as a passenger ship again on the
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    Attlee Confers With Jinnah
    178 1 LONDON, Wednesday. jUR. Attlee held an eleventh-hour, and apparently not encouraging, conference today with the Muslim League leaders, Mr. Jinnah and Nawabzada Liaquat Ail Khan, in an effort to break the Hindu-Muslim deadlock. The Imli-.n leaders, according to an informed source, told the Pi une Minister
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    Many Chinese killed In Viet Name
    121 1 PARIS, Wednesday. PIFTY Chinese civilians were killed and 23 injured during the recent Franco-Viet Nam fighting in the Chinese quarter of Haiphong, in northurn French Indo-China, it VU announced in Hanoi today b_, a delegation from the Chinese Consulate-General on its re turn from
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    STALIN REPORTED "VERY ILL"
    37 1 STALIN REPORTED "VERY ILL ISTANBUL, Wed.— The Turkish newspaper Tanin said today that it had received reports "from informed sources" saying that. Marshal Stalin was very ill. No such information is available in other quarters here UP.
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    LAST BRITONS LEAVE CHINA
    84 1 SHANGHAI, Wed.— The last British armed forces left Chinese soil when the final cont'nger.t of the Royal Air Force personnel attached to No- 200 staging i cst. sailed aboard the 10,000-ton British freighter-transport Bonaventure. The staging post was established in Shanghai through th? courtesy of the
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    FIRING IN BOMBAY
    32 1 BOMBAY, Wed— The police fired six rounds during the night to disperse rlotinp: crowds in two areas of Bombay, the Bombay Government announced today. No one was injured. Reuter.
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    N.E.L SHIPBUILDING PLANS
    275 1 BATAVIA, Wednesday. THE Netherlands Indies Gov. ernment is planning an extensive construction programme of ships and small water craft of all types to replace war time losses. In the inter-island field the KPM Company is ono? more operating between r.ll principal ports of the Indies archipelago, though
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    MALAYAN RAIL SERVICES CUT NEXT WEEK
    440 1 MALAYAN RAIL SERVICES CUT NEXT WEEK From Our Staff Correspond on 1 KUALA LUMPIR, Wednesday. AWING to the serious lack of coal in the country, the v Malayan Railway is drastically curtailing li i passenger service from Monday. In addition, on the settlement of the Malayan Collier e.i coal-mine strike
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    Tedder In Singapore Today
    146 1 Tedder In Singapore Today Mar.- ha 1 ol the Royal Air Force Lord Tedder is a peeled ti> arriv«' at Seletar b/ R.A.F. Sunderland aircraft a 1 approximately 5 p.m. today. Lord Tedder's party w II Ind Lady Tedder and Mr Rum phreys-Davis He will be met by the Air
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    MORE STATUE PROTESTS
    125 1 LONDON. Wed. Miss Murjoric Lawrence, the opera singer, .i ■<> Mr. Augustus Job", the famous Brir!sh painter yea erdaj the chorus of protest Britain's proposed stand!: of Prudent Roosevelt Hisa Lawrence wl crippled by Infantile put sad In a lefcr to "Xi cm I did, 1 am
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    CARRIERS HIT MINE
    40 1 BATAVIA. Wd. 7ourfenpc--ons were killed and ten injured when two Ne'hrlancLs Bren-?un carriers struck a mine on a road east of Padant*. on the west coast of Sumatra the Netherlands Ea.st Indies army communique stated today. Reuter.
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    HOLIDAYS LEAD TO PEACE
    173 2 HOLIDAYS LEAD TO PEACE LONDON, Wednesday. PLANS to interchange 100,000 holidaymakers among European nations in 1947 to further world peace policies were broached yesterday at the opening of a three-day international conference of 15 European delegates of the World Friendship Association. In a cable to the United Nation* Educational Scientific
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    TO PROSPECT IN ANTARCTIC
    116 2 CANBERRA. Wed— Australia :s likely to send an expedition uj the Antarctic In the first ha t o 1947 to investigate the possibility of developing minerals and fishing resources, according to government circles in Canberra. It is believed in Canberra tt.at a special committee now COCS--dering
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    U.S. BANS OVERSEAS FREIGHT
    393 2 Except Food And Fuel: To Save Coal WASHINGTON, Wednesday. THE United States Government in a series of drastic measures precipitated by the coal strike, which is crippling economy, has banned all freight foi overseas except food and fuel. A complete embargo on international parcel traffic cuts
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    Mr.MACDONALD IN CANADA
    92 2 OTTAWA, Wed.— The Gover-nor-General of Malaya, Mr. Malcolm MacDonsld, arrived from Britain by air yesterday for his marriage on Monday. Accompanied by his bride- 10- be, Mrs. Audrey Fellowes Rowlev of Ottawa, who met the aircraft in Montreal, Mr. Mac Donald said' "I came here for just
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    FIGHT OVER UNO HQ
    93 2 NEW YORK. Wed. Has.; a and Yugoslavia promise a las* -ditch fight to have the Uni'.od Nations headquarters established in the New York area. Yugoslav Dr. S. Gabiilovitch predicted in an interview the biggest battle yet, when the Headquarters Committee meets to act on the sub-committee
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    'NATIVEPEOPLE MUST BE ASKED'
    85 2 'N ATIVE PEOPLE MUST BE ASKED' LONDON. Wed— Mr. Heroert Morrison, Lord President of the Council, told the House of Oommons yesterday in reply tO question that if any propo-sai tor the transfer to the Union of South Africa of Becliuanilahd. Swaziland and Basutoland U put forward. Britain wouH r.ot
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    LATE TO THE FEAST
    33 2 LONDON, Wed— The Food Minister, Mr. John Strachey, announced today that about onesixth of 11,500 tons ot turkeys ordered from Argentine will not arrive in time for Christmas UP.
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    UNRRA Close Down Begins Next Week
    210 2 UNRRA Close Down Begins Next Week WASHINGTON, Wednesday. THE meeting of the 48 nations of the U.N.K.R.A. Council here next week will mark the official beginning of the liquidation of the largest relief effort the world has ever known. In Drenarlng to close its books, U.N.R.R.A. will try to find
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    CHINA TO TAKE OVER DAIREN
    106 2 PEKING. Wi-d.- Reports prevalent for v fks that Chinese Government troops would take over control of Rursian -occupied Da:ren. the great port of Southern Manchuria has drawn a statement from Govfn.ment military authorities thnt the tiansfer would be made soon. Chinese Nationalist troops und?r General
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    AUSTRIA BEARS LESS BURDEN
    119 2 Vienna. Wed.- The occui cost lo Ai'str a will [a 1 .-liar,] y next ytar. toUowlsg th decuoi taken yesterday by the All tU Commission to fix the <ou a ,i per cent of the ai stnan budiet compared w.lh 30 per c?nt of thbudget in
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    NOTES FOUND LYING IN ROAD
    72 2 LONDON. Wed: -Police aie trying to find the owner of £9, 0j in large denomination rotes touri'i in a bundle lying ct the entran c to works in Romford Road, Fore it. Gate, near London. The money yas taken Ly the finder and deposited in
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    PITCHBLENDE MINES
    44 2 CALCUTTA, Wed— R adi o active mines in Gaya district In Bihar province are likely to t>? developed soon. These mind arr rich in pitchblende, niobium, tentalum and monazite and there have been enquiries regarding their potentialities from the United States.— Reuter
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    CRIPPS GIVES COTTON PLAN
    274 2 MANCHESTER, Wednesday. A COMPREHENSIVE fiveyear plan for rebuilding Groat Britain's cotton industry in order to raise production despite a drop in manpower below prewar levels, was announced yesterday by Sir Stafford Cripps, President of the Board of Trade. Sir Stafford to!d a meeting of representatives of
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      750 2 TENDERS. TENDER NOTICE. iiiul.ts are mMted for the operation within SHanijor of 132 Vehicles (»9 T ip;wrs. 33 x 3 ton lorries) for a period from 15 Jan. 1947. ■feMaj to quote should apply to the Oftire of the D.D.S.T. HQ Mm lava Command for a form o! Tender Tenders
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      797 2 TENDERS. H.M. NAVAL VICTUALLING YARD, H.M. DOCKYARD. SINGAPORE. Tenders are invited for the purchase of 30.124 lbs Coffee. Delivery to be taken ex V.8.0. Store. Trafalgar Street, Singapore, where samples may be seen. No warranty is given or implied as to condition. Tenders in sealed envelopes marked "Tender for Coffee"
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      797 2 NOTICES. $2 50/— REWARD: For information leading to the recovery of 2 x 5.000 gallon cylindrical Storage Tanks. Si/c lii' 6 x 8' with yne manhole on top and one at end. Apply Frascr E»t"»U.\ Kulai. Jehon THE BASSETT RUBBER CO., LTD. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thjit an extraordinary gananU
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    SIR JOHN HAY EXPLAINS M.R.E.O.C.
    584 3 COMPANY NOT TO BE WOUND UP THE work of the Malayan Rubber Estates Owners Company, Ltd. carried out in negotiation with the Ministry of Supply "in conformity with an official procedure which did not always seem well tuned to the need for rapid decision and
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    GAOL FOR SEPOY IN WINE CASE
    180 3 GAOL FOR SEPOY IN WINE CASE THE Second District Judge, Mr. T. T. Russell, in convicting Sepoy Dayal Masil on a charge of criminal breach of trust of I 120 cases of Naafi wine yesterday, said he did not believe for on c moment the sepoy's allegation that h e
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    $6,000 CLOTH CHARGE
    141 3 TWO Chinese. Wong Kirn Lee and Harry Yeo were charged with having dishonestly retained 29 caies of military cloth valued at about $6,000. which was stolen property, before Mr. Tan Thoon Lip, yesterday. A Bombay-born man, Roz. who had been convicted earlier for helping to dispose of
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    SMOKER FOR 35 YEARS GAOLED
    128 3 LIM Toh, a 62-year-old Chinese, pleaded guilty to two charg cs. of being in possession of ->ne pound of opium and 10 tahils o f chandu. and of possession of four opium pipes and smoking lamp, before Mr. Tan Thocn Lip at the First District
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    ONE YEAR OLD
    27 3 The Malayan Democratic Union will celebrate their first anniversary wi'h a tea party tomorrow at 5 pjn. at the Liberty Cabaret, North Bridge Road,
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    YOUTHS FACE DEATH CHARGE
    68 3 TWO Chinese youths, both aged 17, Boon Cheng Hwa and Boon Kirn Hwa. were produced in the Fourth Police Court yesterday when a charge of comn.itting robbery of $350 cr|, and causing the death to a Chinese, Ng Yeoh Han. on the night of Nov. 27
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    FAR EAST SHIPS OF HIMALAYA TYPE
    557 3 LARGEST and most up to-date pasnenger-cargo liner ever designed for the P. and O. Steam Navigation Company, the 29,000-ton Himalaya, now under construction at the company's shipyards in Britain, is a successor to two other ships by that name which played a prominent part
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    In Cold Storage Till May 1, 1947
    91 3 THE usually solemn atmosphere of the Third Police Court aas disturbed yesterday when a half-consumed boiled lobster wrapped in a sheet of paper was produced as an exhibit in a case in which a ,'O-y »r--"H Chinese, lniu Kong, claimed trial to stealing
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    Died Under Anaesthetic
    165 3 A verdict of death due to a j "respiratory failure while under anaesthesia" was recorded by the Coroner. Mr. W. (J. Porter, at the conclusion of an inquiry into the death of a 45-year-old Malay, Mydin bin Haji Ilamid yesterday. Daud bin Hassan who Ue.i:noed himself as
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    BUS CONDUCTORS IN STRIKE AFFRAY
    126 3 i POUND guilty of voluntar.ly 1 usin? force on a Green Bus 00. i conductor. Tan Kirn Pong, on l{cv '<. at the junction of BukJt Tim'ah and Balmoral R:ad. thr.^e Chinese, also conductors of the sam^ company. Tay Ker.g Sang, Lim Tian Sang and
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    ALLEGED THREAT
    61 3 Alleged to have threatened a Ma;ay woman, Mayoh binte ""■man. with injury to her per•son with a knife on the night Dec. 2 at Kampong Bahru Road, an Indian-Muslim. K. Mohamed Abdullah, was produced in the Fourth Police Court and had the charge explained to him. He was
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    DIVERS SURVEY SUNKEN DOCK
    403 3 Straits Times Reporter I*HE future of Singapore's giant £1,200,000 floating dock at Seletar will be decided within th e next fortnight following the completion of an intricate under-water survey of the dock now being carried out by salvage experts and divers from Fleet Salvago Following the
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      314 3 JUST ARRIVED BRJ T I S H MA D E Gentlemen's SHOES BY LEADING MANUFACTURERS in BROWN SUEDE BROWN CALF BLACK BROWN GRAIN FOR OFFICE WEAR AND HEAVIER MODELS FOR GOLF AND ESTATE WEAR ALL SIZES 7 TO 11. PRICES 25-OO TO 32-5O OBTAINABLE FROM ROBINSON co ltd JSJT/ET The
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    AN ENGLISHMAN'S HOUSE: BUT WHOSE CASTLE
    2653 4  -  InniKWorth. Week-end with a vanishing race of men —By OUR LONDON LETTER LONDON, Nov. 19. I SOMKTIMES think that the country which is best worth living in is that which offers you the most compensations for well, living there. On this premise it might
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    SKY-SCRAPER FOR BANGKOK
    89 5 From Our Own Correspondent BANGKOK. Wed. PLANS for what may be Bangkok's most modern building have been drawn up for a vacant site in the centre of the city, and construction is to start as soon as financial backing is obtained. The owner of the property Is
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    SOLDIERS ATTACKED
    25 5 HANOI. Wed— Three French soldiers patrolling the streets of Hanoi on Monday night were wounded by a hand grenade thrown by Vietnamese.- -Heuter.
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    GURKHAS PATROL PANGKOR
    285 5 Police Commissioner Visits Riot Area From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. 1£ AMPONG Sungei Pinang Ketchil on Pangkor island, scene of a serious riot between two Chinese factions on Nov. 18, is a dead village today with its fishing industry, which served the greater part of
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    MERCY PLEA DISMISSED
    196 5 From Our Own < <>• t'spondent ALOR STAR. Wed. T'.VO appeals wore disu.ls.sed in I the Malayan Criminal Court af Appeal whirh sat in Alor S'.ar yesterday presided f-ver by i Chief Justice Of the Malaya:. I'nion, Mr. Justice Willan. The first appellants were H:*s- ■U9 bin
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    FATHER, SONS, MOTHER KILLED
    141 5 From Our Own Correspondent KLANCi, Wed. I verdict of murder by some unknown persons was return- < d by Ch e Abdul Aziz bin Tahir, A.D.0., Kuala Selangor, who sal as coroner, when he held an inquest into the death of a Sikh watchman, an Indian
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    CONVICTS ESCAPE
    59 5 soociiow, wed Thirteen con's today e.s aped, early in the morning, from Soochow District Court gaol by a tunnel. Two were rcaptured including a convict rving seven years for manughter. Th« chief was dismLssed for I I dcagnet was own for tie recapture of Li-hen. !iow is 60
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    N.S. TRADERS DONT WANT CONTROL
    156 5 N.S. TRADERS DONT WANT CONTROL From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Wed. PEXTILE merchants in Negri I Semb i 1 a n backed by Chinese and Indian Chambers of Commerce, have sent appeals to the Governors of the Malayan Union and Singapore and the Resident Commissioner and Price Controller of Negri
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    GOLD FROM THE SEA
    57 5 3OMEAY, Wed.- -With the recovery recently of three more gold bars worth approximately $10,000 each, from Bombay harbour docks, into which they were sunk in the explosion oi 1944. a total of 38 bars, with a total aggregate value of approximately $422,218, have been j brought
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      453 5 < In a great many cases declarers must rely on favourable breaks, iut in a deal like today's it is merely a question of correct .■cchnique South, dealer. Both sidp.< v.'ln^rable. NORTH K J 5 S 10 7 5 A Q 10 6 4 WEST EAST 10 752 «QB6 VQI6
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      224 5 returned the heart four; South ducked and West won with the nine. West continued hearts, laying down the queen, which he \-:os permitted to hold, and the n«xt hear", load was taken by South Nov.- the club king -was cashed, followed by the ace and queen, i but West showed
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  • Obituary
    OBITUARY
    38 6 BREINGAN, R. A. W. (Alastalr) the only beloved son of Norah and Da<ld Preingan (Sungel Tukang Estate) died i.n 30th November at General Hospital. Queensland, fr.m injuries received following an explosion whilst serving with the Australian Army.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    36 6 ACKNOW LEDGMENT Mr. O. K V. Panlcker of Kerala r>'sp*>ns;!ry thanks all relatives and fri'-Mris who attended the funeral and ■rnt WNBtIM for the late Mr. T. S> John who passed away on 2nd Df-emb^r. 194R
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Thursday, Dec. 5, 1946. Ourselves And The Union
    1073 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Thursday, Dec. 5, 1946. Ourselves And The Union A pledge that he would devote his efforts to "promote sensible and practical co-operation between the Malayan Union and Singapore in all the interlocking business in which we are necessarily engaged" was given by Sir Edward Gent at
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    GERMANS 'DID NOT TRY ATOM BOMB"
    77 6 HAMBURG, Tucs.— Prof. Otto Hahn, Germany's leading atom expert, told a press conference in Hamburg today that German atom scientists during the war never worked towards maxing an atomic bomb, but concentrated aU their energies on using atomic power for Industrial purposes. Even in
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    Singapore's fight against inflation
    1277 6  -  T. H. SILCOCK LIVING STANDARDS MUST COME DOWN By Professor of Economics at Raffles College WHEN the problem of new taxes for Singapore is discussed at all, it is usually treated as if it were solely a problem of raising enough revenue to meet the Colony's
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      "Pyke Tapioca" For Heaven-born
      546 6 "Pyke Tapioca" For Heaven-born WHLN Mr. Pyke offered toi the locally-recruited Gnv eminent servants a chu'ik cf tapioca in the form of the Pyke allowance, it was a; comedy to the Heave n-bons Now when this ?am< chunk 1 is offered to them, they complain that it is taste!t?s! If
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      A Malay Letter In Ironical Vein
      76 6 1 COMPLETELY concur with the opinion expressed in your leading article The Labourer And His Hire It is true that the average tota: monthly income of a European Government employee 'salary, MacGregor Bounty, allowances.' etc.) exceeds $1,000, but in the present Hard times it
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      "Necessities"
      131 6 COST-OF-LIVING aliowance* are paid to Asiatic government servants to help in ex penditure on bare necessities. It does not seem economically justifiable that the European government servant should be paid a cost-of-living allowance, remembering that expenditure on necessities remains, within limits, constant, and assuming also that the salary of
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    $60 PROTEST: EUROPEANS MAY RESIGN
    263 7 $60 PROTEST: EUROPEANS MAY RESIGN Improvement Trust Staff Memorandum Straits Times Reporter THE European staff of the Singapore Improvement Trust have notified their chairman, Mr. L. Rayman, that they propose to resign if they cannot be granted a cost of living allowance above the Government maximum rate of $60 a
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    SUM RICE SHIPMENTS SHOPPED UP
    230 7 SUM RICE SHIPMENTS SHOPPED UP Straits Times Reporter QHIPIfKNTS inl Singapore J and Malaya of Governtnart imported rice h^vc been «xci'ptionally good within the l;st wei-k or two. This may b partly attributed to the effect of the "three per cent" induce n.tiit scheme on normal SiaGovernment exports. Th S
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    PUBLIC LECTURE
    42 7 Under the auspices of the Mission Cultural Section there will be a public l<>cture on Saturday, at C.20 p.m. Mr. D. W Devaraja will speak on "Nationalism and Rationality. Mrs. Loh Poon Lin. Presldcm of the Y.W.C.A Singapore, ill preside.
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    1,000 CASES AT ANIMAL IN FIRMARY
    157 7 1,000 CASES AT ANIMAL IN FIRM ARY THE Singapore Animal Infirmary in Kampong Java Road has treated 1,000 cases of sick and injured animals since It re-opened in July. Cases have Increased from 32 In July to 354 in November. The Municipal Veterinary Surgeon. Mr. J. A. Forbes, yesterday appealed
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    NEW STORE HONG KONG AIR SERVICE
    118 7 ANEW air service between Hong Kong and Singapore via Bangkok will be inaugurated by Cathay Pacific Airlines on Dec. 9. A regular weekly service is proposed. The company which is registered in Hong Kong already operates a service between Hon<* Kong and Sydney va
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    SIX REGISTERED TRADE UNIONS
    52 7 The first six Trade Unions to be registered under the Trade Union Ordinance of 1940 are: Singapore Transport Vessel Workmen Association, Singapore Hire Car Association. Singapore Chinese Electric Saw Millers Association, Singapore Clerical and Administrative Workers" Union Malay Seamen's Union of Singapore and trie Indian Bakeries
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    Cathedral Wedding
    19 7 Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Patton after their wedding at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd yesterday.
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    APPORTIONMENT OF S.S. REVENUES
    300 7 IN a statement on how common assets and liabilities are to be apportioned, following the separation from Singapore of territories formerly included in the Straits Settlements, the Straits Times is officially informed that "it is not anticipated that there will be any difficulty in getting out
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    YESTERDAY'S WEDDINGS
    141 7 YESTERDA Y'S WEDDINGS Osborn Pattern THE wedding of Mr. George Walter Patton, of Singapore, Malayan Manager of Messrs. Carreraa Ltd.. and Miss Edith Victoria Osbon;. of Purley. Surrey, took place at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd JTWfc rray afternoon. The bride, who carried a bouquet of tawr.y pink flowers,
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    Mountbatten Replies To Gent
    129 7 Mountbatten Replies To Gent LORD lloontbatten and Gen. Sir Montagu Stopford have replied to messages sent to them by the Acting Governor-General. Sir Edward Gent, on the disbandment of S.E.A.C Lord Mi unt batten's message reads: "Everybody in South East Asia Command was imbued with the idea of helping the
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    LOAN SOCIETY REVISIONS
    106 7 IN order to cope with the pro- blems resulting from the occupation, members of the Singapore MuniciDal Thrift and Loan Society Ltd.. will consider a large number of revisions to their bylaws at the half-yearly general meeting of the society to be held in the Municipal Board
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    TODAY'S BUDGET PROCEDURE
    366 7 •TODAY is Singapore Councils 1 Budget Day when Mr. Nelson Jones, the Financial Secretary, will lay before the Advisory Council the draft estimate of revenue for the coming year and the Government's proposal for raising the revenue to r.ie^t that expenditure. This begins a procedure, which is
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    C.B.E. FOR FORCE 136 COLONEL
    356 7 Awards For Malayans From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednes. ;IV FOUR Malayan police officers, a Ceylonese itetoff ;m«I hi* wife, over 40 Chinese and 10 Malays have receiw.l decorations in recognition of their gallant and distinguished services whilst "engaged in special operations in South
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    IN MEMORY OF 1941-45 LOYALTY
    162 7 IN MEMORY OF 1941-45 LOYALTY THE Chinese and other Civilians ot Malaya who were siain <y ihe Javanese in the recent v. tl c were not forgotten in Uw Remembrance Day at the Onotaph, Whitehall. Mr. 11. T Gordon Robry -known in Singapore and lohose before the war— -has written
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    SMALL CRAFT FIRE
    25 7 A fl which broki a small near Cl'flord Pier li t nigh' I by the F:iv B. f> I'nc rr"fi v. !)>c.
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    3 8 The Modern Home
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    PLASTICS IN THE HOME
    171 8 TWO thousand .year* of pIM« ti<- history from the HI atnral plastics by the an is-r.l I- ;;> pti.ins to the glitlir.i'i;. til'iuriil plastic homts of Hrilain tn-tlay— and toinono.v ik illustrated ll Britain's Bnl i<ig aU-plastiM r- liiliit 'on. uliich has < pi-ni-d in (tic
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    MALAY WOMEN IN NEW MALAYA
    969 8 MALA Y WOMEN IN NE W MALA YA THE emancipation of Malay woman is one of the most remarkable aspects of post war Malaya. For the first time in their history they are taking part in public and political life and their menfolk have welcomed their help. This great advance
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    30,000 MEDALS ON S.A. TOUR
    95 8 DJO problem for the King before he leaves on his South African tour is :he presentation of 30.000 medals for war-time gallantry. H e plans to send 25.000 of them by post, but at least 3,500 awards will need to be made at Buckingham Palace
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    A TIMES LEADER
    549 8 A TIMES LEADER A third leader in The Times, London, which should be of interest to housewives and sportsmen is given below: HEART of oak, heart of gold, heart of stone— all these are tolerably familiar expressions, but heart of tapioca we had never heard of and now we have
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    SUNFLOWER DIARYMAID
    47 9 SUNF LOWER DIARYMAID I lu\ shupt-ly Rroup of Goldwyn •iris begin Uh ir morning < hons in th>-ir rtreamory-creamery by •nii.l tli.- praisrs <>f th.-ir r>r<;(iu(t. They .:re featured in •■The Kid From Brooklyn", Samuel (ioldwyn'.v rumrdy mu>ieal in Ti'ehnirolor whieii stars the nations ton comedian, Danny Kaye.
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    Robert Young And The Wolf
    119 9 D' BERT YOUNG has a pretty nood idea now of how any man who grabs a Ton by ii would fed. While filming scenes at June hi the High Sifrras for KKO Radio's "They Won't Bethe star was pred with a pair of wolf eubt
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    John garfield learning the hard way
    591 9  - John garfield learning the hard way Sheilah Graham By Johnny tells me. If they had told him he would spend a million and ft half dollars on anything in the days when he lived in the poorer section of New York's East Side, Garfield would probably have fainted or Jeered.
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    ANN RICHARDS ON MOVIE CRICKET
    309 9  -  Ann Richards. "> Australian actress. IT takes a little time, but we're training the Yanks. For instance, the Publicity Department at Eagle-Lion Studio, for whom I'm working in "His Bridal Night," found out that I'm the only woman member of the Hollywood Cricket Club. "We'll
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    SOAP BOX STAR FIND
    79 9 TILBZRT Klecan, the Sau U Diego lad who won the National Ecap Box Derby and then cracked two vertebrae in an accident following his victory, is out of the hospital and getting ready for hs movie debut. He is now rebuilding hs soap box racer which
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    Sitting Pretty
    37 9 1--T-— < BAUNDBBS. discovered in rfKtTjtJfa, s. C. by a t. i -.11 sioui. is bring trained by ParamouM fcr film stardom. She appeared in "0.5.5.," whi ch starred Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake and William Beodix.
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    THIS WEEK'S FILMS IN SINGAPORE
    343 9 ••rAKAVAN" is the picture open- ing today at the Cathay, and i 5 another Gainsborough success of the type of "The Wicked Lady' with a certain appeal to a wide audience. Stewart Granger has the leading role, and afier his performance in "Madonna of the
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    DISTRICT SOCCER LEAGUES BEGIN MATCHES
    843 10 Services Sports Notes (By Our Services' Correspondent) THIS week has seen the beginning of the long-awaited District soccer leagues with most units watching each other's form with rather more than ordinary interest. Only a few matches have been played so far this week and these
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    AIRMEN WIN DULL GAME
    431 10 rONTRARY to expectations, yesterday's tcurnament rugby match between the R.A F and the Army, turned oat to be one of the dullest games yet played Against 13 men for most of the time, alter injuries had depleted, the Army side, the R.A.F. *on 17 points (Real
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    ROCKLITES' FOOTBALL
    94 10 The following have been Invited to play footboll for the flocklites' Sports Party against the H.Q. Base Supply Dcixrt. RASC. at "A" Ground (Polo Ground), Thompson Road on Sunday at 4.45 p.m. Transport will leave Katoug Christ Church at 4 p.m. Players and supporters are requested to be
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    Conda To Meet Dara Singh
    160 10 UEAVYWEIGHT wrestling at- traction between Jeff Ocnda and the 6ft. lOin. Punjabi Dara Singh, will now take place on Saturday at the Great World arena over 10 rounds, on a winner take all basis. A local sportsman has offered a silver trophy to the winner.
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      BOXERS ACCEPT CHALLENGE
      78 10 In the Straits Times of Nov. 21. 1946 Jagir Singh, the Ipoh boxer, issued an "open challenge" to any boxer in Malaya at specified weights. On behalf of the undermentioned boxers I accept thi.s challenge: Boy Karim, 116 lbs--8 rounds; Little Loone, 124 lbs 8 rounds; Tiger
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      Bromwieh And Long In Final
      117 10 MELBOURNE. Wed. 'I 'HE Australian pair John Bromwich and Colin Long reached the final of the Victorian lawn tennis men's doubles championship when they defeated two me:..bers of the U.S. Davis Cup team Jectc Kramer p.nd Ted Schroeder 6-4. 6-3. 4-6 and 6-3. The Australians
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      High Prices at New market
      107 10 LONDON, Wed. CLEVEN horses in training Irom Frank Butters' stable owned by the Aga Khan or in partnership with Prince Aly Khan made a total of 28,550 guineas at the Newmarket bloodstock salas today, four going to the British Bloodstock Agency for expoxt. The highest
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      C.S.C. TABLE TENNIS
      73 10 The following are ties in the third round of the men's open singles championship at the Chinese Swimming Club on Sunday at 2.30 p.m. Sim Boon Hoon vs. Heng Chiang Boon. Tan Koon Jim vs. Ngo Beng Huck; Eugene Bong vs. Ng Yew Wing; Tan Soo Kirn
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    Negri Chinese Lose 4-1
    189 10 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Tues. DLAYING with several re- serves, the N.S.C.RC. were well beaten by four rohLj to one when they met the 6th Field Ambulance XI at soccer today. The exchanges were even during the first half but several good opportunities at goal
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    GOOD PROGRESS IN INDUSTRIAL SECTION
    311 11 By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Wednesday. rOOD business was reported in the Industrial section J of the local market this morning. Wearnes had shown a slight improvement and business was done at $18. Business was also reported in Raffles Hotels at $2.87 1 2 and
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    Produce Prices
    365 11 SINGAPORE, Wednesday. TODAY'S produce prices were: RICE: Siamese No. 1. SIIO. No $M. No. 3 JDO PI LOU RICE: Siamese JOO. Kedafa $75. RICE NOODLES: No. 1 Siamese l.». Kedah $6«. Indo-Chim $«4. China $9«, Local No. 1 $80. No. 2 $7t. RICE FLOUR: Siam $M. COPRA: S«ndried
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    RUBBER PRICES
    62 11 SINGAPORE. Wed. THE Singapore Chamber of Com- mJ^t Rubber Association's daily rubber prices today were: Cte. VU. per ill per Ib. •a. i ess. Spot Loose 41 \'j. 41*4 1 R.S.S. fob in bales 42% 43 «o. 2 R.S.S. fob In bales 4»H U\ <a 3 R S
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    TIN ALLOCATIONS
    64 11 LONDON, Wed. y*INAL allocations of tin metal for the second half of 1946 were announced by the Ministry of Supply. The allocations Include India 2.275 and Ceylon 40. both long tons. The amounts include quantities already allocated It was also announced at the recent meeting of the Combined
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    SHANGHAI MONEY
    27 11 SHANGHAI, Wed.— Todays quotations on the Shanghai blackmarket exchange were: U.S. dollar C.N. M.BOO Gold C. N. J273.000 Hong Kong dollar C N. $960.— UP
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    Rubber Needs Immediate Assistance
    224 11 «OST rubber estates and companies are nearing the end of their reserves and unless a much greater measure of financial assistance and relief from taxation is received, the Malayan rubber industry will be unable to pay its way, and many estates will be forced to close
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    PEPPER TRADE RESUMED
    138 11 NEW YORK. Wed. 'TRADING in black pepper futures, suspended since July 1, was resumed on the New York produce exchange on Tuesday. March 1947 delivery after opening on a bid price of 40.25 U.S. cents and an offering at 48 cents sold at 44 cente per pound
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    UNITED MALACCA RUBBER ESTATES
    81 11 > HE report of the directors of the 1 United Malacca Rubber Estates. Ltd.. for the period ended April 30 1946 shows a credit balance of $32.053 98 which Is being carried forward. The area of mature rubber is 2.268 1 acres and immature 54 acres.
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    32 11 TODAY: Hirh Water: 7 41 am. 8 ft; 8.03 p.m. 7 ft. 8 in. TOMORROW: Hijrh Water: 8 23 a.m. 8 ft. 5 in; 908 p.m. 8 ft. 4 in.
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    Along The Singapore Waterfront
    305 11 Along The Si ngapore W aterf ron t SHIPS' positions In Singapore yesterday were: MAIN WHABF Godor.-n 31-32: Samldway, dlschargLng carf,... Grxlown 33-34: Dilwara (personnel). Godown 35-36: Empire Tyne, discharging cargo. Godown 38-39: Samgara, discharging cargo. Godown 42-43: Marella. loading cargo for Sydney. WEST WHARF Godown 1-2-3: Ascanuis (personnel Godown
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      314 11 Q jirjlO MA] AVA 945 P m Discussion: Local affairs; 9.00 pm. The Jazz society; 930 pm. Jnt/lv^ Kl Aljft I M 10.00 p.m. Picture Parade; 10.10 p.m. Great composers; 10.30 p.m. Radio c:_______ Dance Music; 11.03 p.m. News Head- newsreel: 10.45 p.m. Australia vs. £n"oingapore llnes and c:o8< D.>wn.
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    SCOREBOARD
    189 12 \l STKALIA IST. INNS—64S ENGLAND IST INNS. Hulton b Miller V. .'hbrook r Barnes b Miller Edrich c McCool b MiUer 16 Comp.on lbw b Miller 17 I! nond lbw Tosh ark ik;n c Tallon b MUler Yardl-y r Tallon b Toshae> 29 Gibb b Miller 13 Voce n<
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    Toshack Was Factor In Aust. Win
    187 12 IT v.as Toshack's in-.proved bowling today which brought abcut England's d^vrnfall in the first Test here accoring to the former Australian Test player Victor Richardson. He says that assisted by the condition of the j v. xlcet. which was worse than yesterday. Toshaclc bowled
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    FIRST TEST TO AUST. England Lose By Innings
    522 12 Four Runs In First Test From Norman Preston, Reuter's Special Correspondent with the MCC team BRISBANE, Wednesday. AUSTRALIA have won the first round in the fight for the Ashes. Ten minutes to 5 o'clock this sunny afternoon Toshack held the first return
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    RECS BEAT DEVONS 3-0
    248 12 THE Singapore Rccs yederday beat the Is: Battalion Devonshire Regiment by three noals to nil in a game of hotkey played 00 the padani,-. The Rers were deflnite'y a i sup -r; or side frcm the start and made many raids on the Devons' I lical
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    Good Amateur Fights
    229 12 rLOORING his opponent twice within a minute, hard -hitting Swift <Cfn. 40 Armd. Bde Wksps.> punched Murphy (Capt.. R.A.O.C Amn. Depct) to a standstill, In Murphy's corner to win on a technical knockout, in the second round of the amateur welterv.ol?ht chnmpionship fight at Kanpy World Stadium
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    84 12 the Singapore Inter-Services and Police amateur boxing tournament, whior 1 saw a number of bright scraps Ust night. Murphy and Swift met after having won their respective semi-finals earlier in the cening. v/hen Swift eliminated Walker (P. 0.. H.M.S. Gambia) on n
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    England's Problem Was Insoluble
    583 12 England 's Problem Was Insoluble By W. M Woodfull, former Australian Test Captain BRISBANE, Wednesday. ENGLAND faced an almost insoluble problem at the outset today and after catching England on a bad wicket for two successive days, Australia could not have hoped to hold the Ashes, if she was unable
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    M. C. C. Team For Next Match
    59 12 BRSSBANK, \td. THE M.CC. Team to mcl Queensland Country XI at Gympie in a two-<lay match on Dec. 7 and 9 s: Variil»y (captain) Smith. IlardstarT. l.angvi:Ue. Pollard, Evans, Fisblock. Gibb. Voce, Compton and Ikin. This will be fMMck'k O-st ?n--pearance since he
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    MIKE JACOBS 18 SERIOUSLY ILL
    79 12 New YtVK. Wea. AMERICA 'd lead.ng touiig p o- t- moier Mike who ;la tl Llie most v or.d h?avy*efiht t tit figh's in r?cenr years, it stated by the hoop.tal late this evening to be in •grave" condition. Jacobs collapsed after suffering from a
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    INDIANS vs KRANJI
    80 12 A team to represent the Indians against the Kranji Wireless Telegraph S'-ation at soccer to be played on Sunday, will be selected irom th> following: O. M. Angullia. P. Ram^o, s. D. Williams, A. Rahini, Krishnasamy Paul Davis. Samad. A. Vijeyretnam. IM. Angullia. Haroon. D. Marimuthu. S.R.S.
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    AMICABLE B.P.
    74 12 The following players has been selected to represent the Amicable Badminton Party "B" Team against the Vet Badminton Party "B" team in a friendly badminton match of five singles and two doubles to be played on Sunday at 3 p.m. Richard Quek. Yap Yew Ken<j. Sim Yong Mok,
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