The Straits Times, 5 November 1947

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 IK. MI PAGiES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1947 PRICE TEN CENTS
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    INQUIRY INTO DEATH FALL
    70 1 Police have requested the Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. J. Porter, to defer the inquest on Mrs. Margaret Patricia Burns Cuming until her sister arrives from Australia. Mrs. Burns Cuming, aged 37, a welfare worker, fell 40 feet to hr death from her window on the top
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    WARTIME U.S. ENVOY'S SUICIDE
    302 1 WARTIME U.S. ENVOY'S SUICIDE Winant Shot In Head With Pistol CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE, Tuesday. MR. John G. Winant, war-time United States Am- bassador to Britain, shot himself with a pistol at his home here last night. He was 58. Apart from Mr. Winant only his private secretary and a maid
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    68 1 The Sultan of Pahang puts his signature the final one— -on the letter which the rulers of the Malayan Union are sending to Princess Elizabeth and Lieut. Philip Mountbatten with the wedding gifts of richly embroidered Malay costumes. The Sultan of Pahang signed the letter m Kota Bahru on Monday
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    Gunman Uses Soap To Remove Bracelets
    136 1 Gunman Uses Soap To Remove Bracelets A SINGAPORE gunman yesterday rubbed soap into a woman's wrists m order to pull off a pair of gold bracelets. The house m which she lived m Biong Lim Park was entered by two gunmen last January and SI. OOO m cash and valuables
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    CHOLERA FIGHT
    44 1 ROME, Tuesday. The Italian Commission of Public HeaLn decreed today that all port w irkerg m Naples, Genoa and other Important Italian seapor.s be vaccinated at once to "proti(\" Italy frcm cholera. Similar measures will be taken at all airports. U P.
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    GIANT SHIP IN RESCUE BID
    65 1 NEW YORK, Tuesday. The liner Queen Elizabeth is speeding to help the ship Maria Carlotta, which has reported that she Is sinking 640 miles from Newfoundland. The size and registry of the Maria Carlotta are not known. The Queen Elizabeth was last reported 100 miles
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    NEW WALCHEREN
    44 1 THE HAGUE. Tuesday. The I Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee and Mrs. Attlee, who arrived here last night, today attended a ceremony of "replanting" Walcheren island, Holland, flooded m October j 1944, to clear the Germans from the approaches to Antwerp.— Reuter.
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    SUB Chief Back Today
    121 1 •THE chairman of the Singanorp Hirbour Rnarri Mr x poie n.uDoui Boaid Mr. Henry Bastvii, is expected to arrive m Singapore today or I<.morrow aftt-r sr^ndinjr'four i nth* 1 lmv.. ;r.'i?n<rionH Dlnntns leave m England. il isten will be able to make! a <■ imorehensive statement
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    PATEL GOES BY AIR TO KASHMIR
    143 1 NEW DELHI, Tuesday. SARDAR Vallabhai Patel, Deputy Premier of India, and Sardar Baldev Singh, Defence Minister, left here this morning by special plane for Kashmir, where Indian troops, rushed by air to the fighting front, were reported advancing towards Baramula, a township m the
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    Boy Attacked By Python
    82 1 From Our Own Correspondent. KUALA TRENGGANU, Tuesday. A Malay boy looking after a herd of cattle was attacked by a 14-foot python at Kampong Tian Bahru. The python coiled itself round the boy's leg and tried to drag him to its lair. The boy clung to
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    Rubber Reaches 40¼ Cents
    115 1 RUBBER with a fresh spurt yesterday reached 40 ,4 cents per lb, buyers for No. 1 sheet f.0.b., the kvel at which it last stood m the first few days of May this year. The highest price which It reached this year was 45 cents. The
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    Winant-The Man
    421 1 WinantThe Man A GENEVA hostess once said of John Gilbert Winant: "Whenever Winant enters a room everyon e somehow feels better." This Is one of many remarks and stories about the late U.S. Ambassador to Britain which indicate his warm humanity and sympathetic personality. In his home town of Concord,
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    SPOTLIGHT ON THE PRINCESS
    363 1 I SCHOOLCHILDREN were among i O record crowds which flocked i to Raffles Museum yesterday to see Singapore's golden casket wedding gift for Princess Elizabeth. More than 16,000 people of all races double the record number of visitors on Sunday— saw the casket. They put $90.65
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    NEW U.S. MOVE THREAT TO TIN SMELTERS
    490 1 NEW U.S. MOVE THREAT TO TIN SMELTERS From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Tuesday. THE grave threat facing Malayan smelters and the Malayan tin industry if Britain agrees to American proposals for the removal of the export duty on Malayan tin ore and so put America m control of the tin
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    TEXAS CITY TIN OUTPUT
    87 1 The Longhorn Smelter at Texas City last year smelted 43,000 tons of tin. This year it is expected that the probable output will be 40M00 tons. The intake of tin from Bolivia has fallen, but m January, this year, the United States signed a contract4o take
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      Ransom Demand Foil 25,000,000 Lire
      124 2 Ransom Demand Foil 25,000,000 Lire PALERMO, Sicily, Tuesday. CIX hundred carabinieri using armoured units and field tanks have arrested 500 persons in an island-wide search for Leonardo Vitrano, a wealthy Palermo industrialist who was kidnapped by Sicilian bandits several months ago, police officials announced yesterday. The industrialist, one of the
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      27 2 Mr. Henry Wallace, former U.S. Vice-President, removing his shoes before entering the Mosque of Omar m Jerusalem. Mr. Wallace is touring Palestine as a journalist. A.P. Photo.
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      Newsman Expelled
      54 2 BUDAPEST, Tuesday.— Mr. Jack Guinn. Associated Press correspondent at Budapest since January, 1946, was notified by the Hungarian Government yesterday that he must leave the country within 24 hours, or face charges of "espionage and smuggling ou; of criminals." Guinn hopes to leave today for Vienna by United
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      Elephant Ban
      49 2 COLOMBO, Tuesday. The Government of Ceylon has prohibited the export of live elephants m order to protect them from "the dangers of exploitation for commercial purposes." It is learned that large scale export of crocodile skins will also not be permitted pending investigation of export figures.— Reuter.
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      Shipping Strike
      67 2 LONDON. Tuesday.— A total of 10 ships were rendered idle In London yesterday by sympathy walkouts of crewmen, as leaders of striking Liverpool seamen called for a nation-wide strike to enforce their demands. Strike leaders claimed that 700 men were now out m London. The strikers were demanding
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      Voted—£10
      66 2 Voted £10 BIRKEMHEAD, Tuesday. Pleading guilty to impersonation at the Birkenhead Municipal election. Albert Rowland Junior was finea £10 or as an alternative one month at Birke.n'head yesterday. The prosecution said tne man's father was 111 and the son trltd to- vote for him, but was recognised as having voted
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      Curfew Imposed
      86 2 NAIROBI. Tuesday.— A midnight curlew has been imposed in Magadishu, Italian Somal;h nd, after disturbances betw-iin Somalis and Arabs. Eiffht Arabs and one Somali were killed aind 26 Arabs and 22 Somalis wounded. The rioters were dispersed by the Somali gendarmerie, but later looting broke out, mostly in
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      Fire Damage
      111 2 LO.iijO.W Tuesday. —The recent forest fire at Wareham Dorset, was the worst in the state woodlands for more than five years and the damage caused amounted to €11,500, the Forestry Commission announced this morning. The fire which burned for several davs destroyed 246 acres of Dine trees. Forest
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      Army School
      50 2 HARROGATE, Tuesday. White visiting the Northern Command yesterday Field-Mar-Montgomery :>• by CKr.eral S r Montagu;: St pf ord. G.0.C.-in-C Northern Command, inspected the new army apprentices school here which, by 1950, is intended to be one of the biggest m the country with provision for training 1,000 boys.
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      Nazis To Hang
      65 2 NUREMBERG, Tuesday.— Four top-ranking Nazi concentration camp officials, including Lt.-Gen Oswald Pohl. were yesterday sentenced to be hanged, after a United States military court here had found them guilty of participation m war crimes, crimes against humanity, and membership of a criminal organisation. They were tried with
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      Unnerved
      98 2 SCILLY ISLES. Tuesday I Heavy seas and gale-force winds yesterday prevented the rescue of a labourer who had lost his nerve from the s'orm-battered Bishoa Rock Lighthouse, the loneliest spot m the United Kingdom. rising straight out of the Atlantic seven miles west of the Scilly Isles. The man,
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      "No Civil War"
      82 2 PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday. "There is no civil ./ar m China, only a fight of democracy against Communism," says Arch- bishop Paul Yu Pin, of Nanking. The Romam Catholic leader, who came to the United States recently on the first flight of the Chir.u National Aviation Corporaiion, declared m
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      Indian Art
      89 2 PLYMOUTH, Tuesday. Rare! Indian art treasures were given an easy passage througti the customs when they arrived here yesterday m the fleet auxiliary vessel, Wi.ve Monarch. intended ior an Indian art exhibition at London's Royal Academy next month, the precious cargo included specimens from lindian museums and private
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      To Wed Begum
      101 2 PARIS, Tuesday.— Marcel Mollion, chief Social Inspector of the Freeh National Railways Company, announced yesterday that 'he is to marry the Princess Nawab Begum of Cambay, cou .vi to the Agt Khan, m Paris on Thursday. i/i. Ktolllon denied reports m the iTrefcefc c-reaa th?t he had
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      1091 2 NOTICES NOTICE OF REMOVAL DUE TO the Chinese Salesmen Association having taken back their old premises. 448 Raffles Quay, we shall be removing to the floor upstairs. 44C Raffles Quay, on the 7th November, 1947. Tan Lian Huat St Co. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Tenders will be received at the Offics of
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      375 2 NOTICES SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. Tenders are invited for the rent of hoarding area 272 square yards at Gas Works facing Kallang Road, for the period of one year. Specification and Tender Form from Municipal Secretariat. Deposit $100/- (refundable). Tenders which close at 12 noon on 2nd December 1947, should be deposited
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      264 2 fIERE is a cigarette with a pedigree. II was first made for a Russian Grand Duke who insisted on the finest Turkish leaf and displayed a novel ta.ste m design His black gold tipped cigarettes have since become fashionable wherever the fashionable are also connoisseurs. They are beautiful mild cigarettes
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    "SECRET REPORT" ON CHINA
    518 3 "SECRET REPORT" ON CHINA Paper's Story of U.S. Military Plans MAN Chiau Jit Pao, the China Democratic League's Singapore newspaper, published yesterday what it claimed was an authentic outline of Lt.-Gen. Albert Wedemeyer's secret report calling for a gigantic American-financed industrial and rail development programme for south and west China
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    49 3 THE Postal Authorities advise that Light Air letters may be sent only to the following countries m Europe:— Cyprus, Eire (Irish Free Sta'e), Gibraltar, Great Bri am and Northern Ireland and Mala. The Light Air Let.er Service extends to many other countries. Any Post Office can provide full details.
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    Terrorists Shoot Two Policemen
    136 3 JERUSALEM, Tuesday. TWO British policemen were 1 seriously wounded one with three bullets m the stomach when a carload of terrorists raced down Allenby Street, Tel Aviv, last night with guns blazing. This is the first attack on British personnel since the British evacuation was announced.
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    SIAM'S WAR DAMAGE PAYMENTS
    134 3 From Our Staff Correspondent. PENANG. Tuesday.— Individual amounts to be received by British mining companies under Slam's $1,250,000 offer of war-damage compensation might be published in due course by the companies concerned, the Association of British Commonwealth Mining Interests in Siam announced in a statement today.
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    LADY GENT ON SERVICE
    133 3 LADY Gent last night appealed to the women of Malaya to enrol with the Women's Servic e League. In a broadcast address Lady Gent said even a short time devoted each week to the work of the Service was of value. Already voluntary work was be-
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    Gaoled For Attempt To Sell Grenades
    128 3 Gaoled For Attempt To Sell Grenades nrHREE Indians, Mydin bin i 1 Yarasai, Kumaran and Razak Kachu bin Mydin, were yesterday found guilty of being m unlawful possession of 1,094 hand grenades and 1,080 hand grenade detonators at the Sinpra^ore Assize Court. The first accused was sentenced to five years'
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    SINGAPORE DIARY
    230 3 TODAY: Exhibition of the wedding gilt to Princess Elizabeth, Silver Room, Raffles Muftum, 9 am to 5.30 p.m. Charity sale of nandwork by Convent schoolchildren, in aid of Convent Chinese School Building Fund. School premises. Conven: of the Holy Infant Jesus, Victoria S.reet, until 7 p.m. Rotary, Mr.
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    RICH GOLD STRIKE
    119 3 JOHANNESBURG, Tuesday. npHE Middle Witwatersrand I Western Areas Ltd. goldmining company has reported an exceptionally rich gold rtrike m the Loopstad district of the Orange Free State, about 40 miles west of the rich Obendaalsrust field. As a result the Middle Witwatersland gold shn es have jumped
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      312 3 SPORTS JUST ARRIVED SYKE'S BADMINTONS SYKE'S HOCKEY STICKS SYKE'S ZIGZAG FOOTBALLS ROSE CO., LIMITED. 86. North Bridge Road, Phone: 6396 Singapore. MONTHLY CALENDARS DATE BLOCKS 1948 A S PEC IALIT Y LIANG BROS. C 0. f Stationers, Printers. Etc 9. Chulia St. Singapore. PHONE: 7706. Tel. 2423. TEAK Large stocks
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  • Obituary
    DEATHS
    81 4 MACDONALD. At Edinburgh, suddenly, on 13th October. Norma. aeel ]4 ci-arlv loved only dauchter of Mr. ji- d Mrs. D. E. M. Mac Donald. f< nneriv of Nesri Setnbilan, now at Twante. Burma. Toleeraphic news have lust been received of the death of Mrs. Joseohlne Frances Delilkan m Ceylon
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    PERSONAL
    45 4 You have only 16 days m which to Rive your donation to the Princess Elizabeth Dollar Fund. Do it to-day. Payment may be made at any Post Office, any branch of the Chartered Bank or direct to the Hon. Treasurer. The Treasury. Kuala Lumpur.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Wed., Nov., 5, 1947. SCAPEGOATS IN DISPATCHES
    1151 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed., Nov., 5, 1947. SCAPEGOATS IN DISPATCHES A news-agency message from London published in the Straits Times yesterday stated that the official dispatches on the Malayan campaign are now in the hands of the printers and will be published early next year. After General Percival, G.O.C.
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    29 REDS SURRENDER TO NANKING
    102 4 29 REDS SURRENDER TO NANKING NANKING. Tuesday.—Complying with the order to the Garrison Headquarters, so far 29 Communists In Nanking have registered with headquarters and announced their withdrawal from the Communist Party, the Headquarters Information Director. Mr. Yu Tao revealed today. They have been guaranteed their personal safety and security
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    VACCINE AGAINST T.B.
    835 4 Some time ago we published m this page a n article describing tests which are being made m the United States with the anti-tuberculo6is vaccine known as B.C.G. Today we report similar experiments which are being made m Great Britain and on the Continent. This article is
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      Paperchases For Food Parcels: Rules Of The Game
      398 4 PERE have been several i letters in your paper recently from people complaining of the trouble in getting permits to send food parcels to Britain. All this trouble can be avoided :f the following procedure is followed: Write to the Registrar of
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      $50 RENT FOR ONE ROOM
      161 4 OEVERAL people have injj quired from me the rent I am paying for tbe room which I have been occupying for the last 21/2 months. When I told them it was, $50 per month, they shook their heads remarking that it was hard to believe.
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      VISITORS AT THE HOSPITAL
      198 4 I VISITED the Singapore General Hospital to see an inmate m Ward 6 and was surprised when the attendant posted outside th e ward reI fused me admittance. I I noticed along the passage scores of persons waiting to I 'isit patients m this ward, but
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      THE CEYLONESE TROOPS
      262 4 IT was gratifying to read your editorial on the Ceylonese troops on Oct. 31. What has taken place recently is nothing compared to what has taken place in military camps of other units at other times. It was a storm in a tea-cup. Ceylonese are no s.
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      MR. HEASMAN'S STAFF
      228 4 T WAS interested to obseive II that Mr. Hoasman has returned to Malaya, as I would like him to disclose whence he will obtain staff of the requisite calibre at the salary figures shown m his draft report on income tax. I do not know on what
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      755 4 CLASSIFIED AUS T-ie Straits Times editorial deot wiccm s information rczardine 'orthmmlnj weddines. A form setting out trip information usually reoulrfd will oe sr"t on reaucst. Mr. Mrs. C. P. Ambler Mr. J:imcs Wilsoi opo p c. M S. "ORANJ^." OAKELEY At Kandine Kerbar HnsDital on November 4th. to Diana
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      209 4 R«rorJs for Daneinff! VICTOR SILVESTOR Strict Tempo Orchestra. 3176 Gotta Oe this or that -Q8 I'll se? you aeain -W 3193 Love steals your heart -W You couldn't te sweeter -QS 3218 If I had a Wishing Rine -SFT Tomorrow s forever -GS 3219 The Memory of a Waltz -W
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      107 4 FOR YOU^iNSUfifA^ $EQIMAEMENTS THE COMMERCIAL DUION CROUP:- Commercial Union Asaurance Co, Ltd. ~y Union Assurance Society, .Ltd. (London) Palatine Insurance Co., Ltd. WJ^fj^f Liverpool Victoria Insurance Corp: v.' British General Insurance Co. Ltd. Branch Offices:— jpqh (P.O. Box 47 SINGAPORE fjtel:s74) C. W. WARREN J. B. REID Pentnf RepreseiUtiTe; A.
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    REHABILITATION COMBINE HAS DEFICIT
    424 5 REHABILITATION COMBINE HAS DEFICIT MREOC's "Hard Core" Of Goods From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Tuesday. THE chairman of the Malayan Rubber Estate Owners' Company, Sir John Hay, has intimated a deficit m the company's operations. In a statement prepared for the company's annual meeting on Nov. 26 he says the
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    Gaol And Rotan For Extortion
    128 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. ♦'MANY people paid money HI to extortioners m the Village and I did likewise for my own safety," said Mr. Tan Tiong Hong, a Chinese rubber dealer, at the Selangor Assizes, today, when he accused a young Chinese
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    Prices For Land Too High?
    133 5 Prices For Land Too High? BUYERS of land m Singapore appear to be few. The reason given by "land-hun-ters" is that sellers still demand boom prices. Nine lots of land were offered for sale by public auction yesterday by the Singapore firm of Nassim and Co.. auctioneers, appraisers and estate
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    82 5 A view of the exhibition and sale of hand-worked articles made by Singapore convent schoolgirls, teachers and orphans. It was photographedyesterday at the Convent of the Hpjy Infant Jesus, Bras Basah Road. Today is the last day of the exhibition. The proceeds of the sale will go to the convent
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    CONTROL OVER TOBACCO ENDS
    75 5 Control over the prices for cigarettes and tobacco of all brands have been officially removed m Singapore but remain m force m the Mala\an Union. The removal of cigarette and tobacco price cortrol adds another item to the lengthening list of commodities which rnvc bean decontrolled
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    SHOOTING BAN IN JOHORE
    67 5 From Our Own Correspondent. JOHORE BAIIRU. Tuesday. From the first of this month the shooting of all kinds of game bird.*, deer, rasa and kijang. within the State U prohibited. The prohibition will be effective until thr end of the year. The restriction has been imposed
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    CRIMELESS MONTH IN HARBOUR
    145 5 CRIMELESS MONTH IN HARBOUR THROUGHOUT last month,! 1 no ca£es of rice looting or pilfering m the Singapore Harbour were reported, the Superintendent of Port Police. Mr. H. F, C. Rodda said yesterday, Mr. Rodda said October's "nil" crime sheet was the most encouraging for some months. During October there
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    COOPERATION IN CHINA
    116 5 A talk on Vac Chinese Industrial Cooperative Movement was given by Dr. W. H. Fisher at a meeting m the Singapore Cooperative Stores Society premises yesterday. Dr. Fisher is one of three members of the International Committee for Chinese Industrial Cooperatives now visiting Singapore. The other two
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    MALAYA FEARS SMALLPOX
    82 5 Mass vaccination agains'. smallpox is m progress m the M* lay an Union. In the week ended October 25, 4Q cases of smallpox were reported of which six were fatal. The corresponding figures for the previous week were 24 cases and six deaths. There was one death
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    67 5 The manager of the Cafe de Luxe. Singapore, J. Johannes, was fined $50, or three weeks' simple imprisonment, m the Third Police Court yesterday for Being m possession of two bottles of Naafl whisky on March 21 this year. The licensee of the cafe, Woon Ah Sai, was also fined
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      Foong Kee Prepares To Deal With Prowling Tigers
      169 5 From Our Own Correspondent KUANTAN, Tuesday. A CHINESE, Foong Kee of Tanah Puteh, is buying up brand new kerosene tins to bang to ward off prowling tigers. He is not interested m old tins. He says they make too little noise. f
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      Charity Dance
      100 5 THE Old Franciscans of Singapore will be holding a dance at the Malay Volunteer Headquarters, S.V.C., Beach Road, on Saturday, Nov. 8 from 8 pm to 1 a.m. m aid of the Pamadasa Memorial Fund. The purpose of this fund is to erect a new wing to the
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      $30 For Shooting Protected Birds
      95 5 TWO Chinese, Teo Guan Yong and Lee Meng Hwee, were fined $30 each or three weeks' imprisonment when they plead- i ed euilty m the Third Police Court yesterday to shooting protected birds m Pasir Panjang on Oct. 1. The summonses were issued on complaints
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      NAAFI Gift
      98 5 rpHE«AAFI has donated $1,514.75 X to the Selangor Boys' Home, m Kuala Lumpur. This was announced at the Committee held last week m Kuala Lumpur. The meeting decided to ask the Central Welfare Council to see that of the $100,000 it has earmarked for the anti-tuberculosis campaign, a
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      40 5 i-.nr.iia Yap and Violet and Dorothy Shaw, pupils of a Singapore dance studio, m a Spanish dance. They will appear at the Capitol Theatre at 11 a.m. on Nov. 15 and 16, m shows sponsored by the Rex Children's Club.
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      Malay Fishermen Caught By Crocodile
      56 5 Prom Our Own Correspondent ENDAU, Tuesday.—Talib bin Duamin, an 18-year-old Malay fisherman, was caught and killed by a crocodile at Sungei Anak. Endau. Using a casting net he was out In his boat with a friend. The crocodile lashed out with its tail and unseated
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    Immigrants Decide To Break Fast
    271 5 PHINESE immigrants on a hunger strike at St. John's v Island, Singapore, broke their fast yesterday. They did so after a re-visit by the Chinese Consul -General, Dr. VVu Paak-shing. The hunger strike beganthre e days ago when immi-j grants were detained for a 14
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    'USE JUBILEE FUND FOR CLINIC'
    282 5 TH2 Singapore Progressive 1 Party, m a statement i:- ued yesterday, urged Government amendment of the Ordinance governing the Silver Jubilee Fund so that the money involved could be used to establish a T. B. clinic. "The Progressive Party," says the statement, "advocates the release
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    NEW ROLLING STOCK FOR MALAYA
    438 6 Rehabilitation To Be Speeded Up From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. TO speed up rehabilitation of Malaya's railways, delayed by material and other shortages, 965 goods wagons of various types have been ordered from the United Kingdom. Some of the new wagons are already
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    Made Radio Under Jap Noses
    188 6 Made Radio Under Jap Noses From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. THE King has approved the 1 bestowal of the following honours for the Malayan Union: British Empir c Medal to Sergeant Thomas Alfred Dineen of the F.M.S.V.F. and to Mr. Lloyd Beresford Chin Fen, W/T operator, Force 136.
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    PONTIAN ROAD GANG CHARGE
    149 6 JOHORE BAHRU, Tuesday.— Tan Teck Long, aged 22, a carpenter, nas oeen arrested m connection with the hold-up of a car on Oct. 6 at the 15.h mile, Pan dan Road, when the passengeis were robbed of $180 m cash. He was charged In Court yesterday
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    SOLDIERS SENT TO PRISON
    59 6 Sentence of nine month's rigorous imprisonment each was passed by the District Judge, Mr. E. P. Shanks, yesterday on two BORjs, Sylvester Gregg and Derek Callon, for dishonestly disposing of five table fans worth $350 on Oct. 13. They were alleged to have broken Into the
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    APPOINTMENTS IN MALAYA
    115 6 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday.— I Mr. J. O .J. Samuels, M.B.E., of Broomiielld Lodge, Broomfield Road, Chelmford, Essex, has been appointed to the Colonial Service as an Assistant Controller of Telecommunications Wireless) in Malaya. Born in Malaya, Mr. Michael Killick. of 3 Hereford House,
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    SAMSU IN TUBES
    56 6 Tan Pang, a Chinese, was fined $150 or three months' rigorous imprisonment when he pleaded guilty In the Third Police Court yesterday to possession of two gallons of samsu at Sembawang Road on Oct. 27. The samsu was In two rubber tubes m a basket attached to
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    PLEA FOR FREE FLOW OF RUBBER
    192 6 From Our C r tmespondeni LC* >N, fuesday. r single it could make bigger contributions to solving the problem of the dollar gap than the resumption of the free flow of rubber and tin to the United States, stated the Daily Telegraph yesterday. The
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    U.S. TIN THREAT
    342 6 Continued from page 1 bf jn of the greatest value, especially to the Chinese section. Acceptance of the American proposal as it stands "must result m the eventual elimination of the Malayan smelters, leaving the U.S. m control of the tin market m Malaya with serious repercussions
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    S'PORE GOVT. WATCHING
    57 6 Commenting on the speech made by Mr. H. Ashworth Hope, chairman of Kramat Pulai, In London, the Singapore Secretary for Economic Allairs, Mr. Andrew Gilmour, said the Singapore Government had had the matter under consideration for some time. The Government fully appreciated the position, he said, and
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      109 6 A letter from Britain; 10.45 Short <b Sweet; 11.00 Music in Miniature; 11.30 News; From Today's Papers; Feature Programme "Guy Pawkea." RADIO SEAC 8 a.m Music; 8.45 Morning Star; 9.00 Light Orchestral; 9.45 BBC Dance Band Production; 10.45 Educational; 11.00 Critique; 11.30 British Band Box; 12.00 Week's Composer; 12.15 Roof
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    LONDON STOCKS
    421 7 LONDON, Monday. rHE result of the municipal elections encouraged some marking up of prices on the London Stock Exchange today, but failed to bring any expansion of business, the prospect of a budget in the near future restricting new enterprise, says Reuter's financial correspndent. However, rubber shares again
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    Dow Jones Averages
    20 7 Nov. 1 Nov. I Stocks 64.68 64.7; Industriab 182.48 182.6! Raits 48.66 48.51 Utilities 34.88 34.8! A.P.
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    Singapore Share Prices
    850 7 From Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Tuesday. TIN shares again provided the main in terest of the market, and business was 1 brisk with rising prices. Industrials were report- ed as steady but rubber still failed to attract interest in spite of the rise in the price of
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    PEPPER MARKET QUIETER
    327 7 Produce Market From Our Market Correspondent rE pepper market has quietened down. At $92 per picul, Lampong black has suffered a drop of S1.50 since last, week. Prices for white pepper remained stationary, yesterday. Coffee was dull. Repeated sellers' offers have evinced no interest in the buyers.
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    RUBBER
    62 7 The Sln^aoore Cnamber ot Commerce Rubber Association's prices at noon yesterday were: Buyer* Sellers Cta. Ott. oer lb. er Ux ¥o. 1 R 8.8. Spot loose nominal 39 40 4o l RS.S lob in bales Nov. 40% 40% 2 R.S.8 tob in bales Nov. 39% 39% to. H R.S.8
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    U. S. FUTURES
    44 7 NEW YORK, Tuesday.— Rubber futures closed 20 to 55 points higher yesterday. Sales totalled 76 contracts. December 21.60 U.S. cents a pound bid: March 20.29. May 19.55 bid; July 19.29. Number one ribbed smoked sheets 23 Vi cents nominal. A. P.
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    EXCELLENT ENTRIES FOR BT. TIMAH
    465 8  -  "TRESPASSER" Preparations For Coming Meeting By ALL indications point to a highly successful resump- tion of racing at Bukit Timah next week, when the first post-war meeting opens. I learn from the secretary of the Singapore Turf Club, Mr. C. A. Niven, that the entries
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    Chatster's "Hat-Trick"
    60 8 Chatster's "Hat-Trick" Cbatster (Bagby) won his third successive race at Penang hist Saturday m the 81-furlong event for class 1 horses. Double Aries (Woods) was second and Mardi Gras (J. Donnelly) third. Pat (Turner), the champion Penang griffin, being led m by Mr. C. P. Liston after annexing the Kedah
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    LIEN HWA WIN THIRD GAME
    107 8 BANGKOK, Tuesday. I J V HE Lien Hwa footballers maintained their unbeaten record here today by beating Phra Nakorn team 5-2 m their third game here. The tourists are playing against another Bangkok XI on Thursday before proceeding to Hongkong. The tourists highly impressed local
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    THIS MONTH'S S.S.C. EVENTS
    174 8 THIS MONTH'S S.S.C. EVENTS rniiE S.ngapore Swimming Club A will hold a number of races for children on Nov. 20, Princess Elizabeth's wedding day. The following is the programme: 10.30 a.m.: girls and boys under 6 years (1 breadth*; 10.40 a.m.: girls under 10 years <l breadth); 10.50 a.m.: bey.-,
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    Strong Defence Saves Police XI
    70 8 Strong Defence Saves Police XI STRONG defence saved the Singapore Police hockey XI from defeat when they met the V.M.C.A. yesterday on the Thomson Road ground. The game was drawn one-all, after the V's had led one-nil at half-time. The Police goalkeeper, Bulat, was m brilliant form, effecting many fine
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    NEW WORLD RECORD
    50 8 HILVERSUM, Tuesday Helivan Vliet, Dutch woman swimming champion and holder of several world records, sot up new world figures last night by swimming the 400 metres breast -stroke m 5 mm. 56.8 sec. This beats her own record of 6 Mm. 8.4 sec. established last Dcrabcr. Reutti
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    BROWN STILL THE BEST OPENING BAT
    657 8  -  ALEX C. GROWDER From v A BRISBANE, Tuesday. OEVEN Australian Test piayers took part in the first Sheffield Shield match of the season, which was completed here. Australia's probable opening pair, Brown and Morris, both showed good form. Brown, who was out of the
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    Sports Diary
    99 8 IODATI RLGBY: Army vs. Royal Navy (five-cornered competition), Jalan Besar stadium, 5 p.m.; S.C.C. "A" vi. Police, padang, 5.15 p.m HOCKEY: Singapore Hornets vs. S.C.C., padang, 5.15 p.m.; S.R.C. vs. Ceylon Sports Club, SRC, 5.15 p.m. RIFLE SHOOTING: Singapore Gun Club weekly shoot, Setetar Range, 5.15 p.m. SINGAPORE
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    Victorians Lose To Johore School
    109 8 jwnunt, D/mnu, luouaj. IN a thrilling inter-school hockey match, the Johore English College defeated the Victoria School, Singapore, by the odd goal m five. Harbans Singh, a 15-year-old boy, and Hamdar. for the College showed promise of becoming first-class players. Soon Hock m the Vdctorians
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    HOCKEY TEAMS
    197 8 'pik touowl i selected v. represent the Singapore Cricket Club at hockey against the Singapore Hornets at the padang today at 5.15 p.m.: Pother, Haig, Daniels, Burton, Scheltus, Geeks, Machin, Smart, Tabor, Piercey, Read. Umpire: Mr. Reeves. The following will represent the Ceylon Sports Club against the Singapore
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    MONTREAL BOUT
    27 8 MONTHKAL. Tuesday. Johnny 3rece tf m ntrMl retained the welterweight cha uonship of Canada today >y winning 12-round decision over lis toun-mate, Harry Hurst— UP.
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    Army, Navy Clash In Rugby Today
    308 8 By Our Rugger Reporter FAST, keenly contested and exciting rugger is anticipated this evening, when the Army and Royal Navy fifteens kick off for their fixture m the Singapore five-cornered competition at the Jalan Besar Stadium. Both sides are very strong and include several
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    Crowd Boos Champion
    119 8 jLONDOtf, Tuesday. CLIFF Anderson, featherweight champion of British Guiana, who was once loudly acclaimed by the British boxing public when he was unfortunate to lose an Empire title fight decision, was the object of the crowd's derision at the Albert Hall last night. Anderson, after being warned
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    SINGLEGOAL DECIDES
    168 8 A solitary goal scored by H^rry Fang m the first half enabled the Singapore Chinese Recreation Club to beat the R.A.F. Tengah, by one goal to nil m a hockey match played at Hong Lim Green yester- day. The Chinese were the more thrustful team, but did not
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    JOHORE HOCKEY XI TO PLAY MALACCA
    79 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Tuesday.— An inter-State hockey match against Malacca has been definitely fixed for Nov. 14. This will be the first inter-State hockey match that Johore has ever played. The venue of the match will be Malacca. There will be an inter-district match at
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    S.C.C. "A" vs. POLICE
    72 8 The following will represent the Singapore Cricket Club "A" team against the Police m their ***** fixture on the padang today at 5.15 p.m. W. C. Bainbridge, R. M. Nelson, J. Hacking, W. Rodick, C. M. Quaylo; C. Nelson (Capt) H. B. Wilson, B. North, K.
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    Melbourne Cup Won By Hiraji
    225 8 MELBOURNE, Tuesday. A TREMENDOUS crowd of more than 100,000, including the Indian cricket team, saw Mr. F. W. Hughes' Hiraji (Nizami-Dubach), a 12—1 chance, win the £10,000 Melbourn c Cup, Australia's premier and richest race, run over two miles here today. Carrying 7st. 111 b.,
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    JOHORE DISTRICT TEAM WIN 5-0
    129 8 JOHORE DISTRICT TEAM WIN 5-0 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Tuesday. pLAYING their lirst hockey mate!. m Johore, the Ceylon CM. P. were defeated five -nil by the Johoro district side on the Trade School ground Soon after the start Stft. Collins, trapping the ball off a free hit,
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