The Straits Times, 3 November 1948

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1948. if PRH'E TKN CENTS
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    U.S. VOTERS TURN OUT IN THOUSANDS
    413 1 Heavy Poll Reported In Big Cities NEW YORK, Tuesday. VOTERS turned out early m large numbers to decide who shall sit m the White House for the next four years. By hundreds of thousands the} 1 came out to vote m weather ranging from
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    MUSO MAY HAVEBEEN EXECUTED
    119 1 BATAVIA. Tues. A DUTCH Army comi tnunique today said that a report from Mad' ■"■> confirmed th^ death of the Communist leader Muso who headed the brief revolt against the Indonesian Republican Government. Muso was captured and ill >t during a fight near Pon >r<)go on
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    INDIA RAISES RUBBER PRICE
    51 1 NEW DELHI. Tu»»s- The Government of India have rased the ceiling prices of 11 gmups of raw rubber by 12 rup<>e s per 100 pounds In response to planters' demand for higher prices. The new prices which became effective or Nov. 1 were announced officially today.
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    Indo-China's Low Rubber Output
    35 1 PARIS. Tues.— lndo-Chinese rubber production, which before the war frequently cxc "dt'd 100,000 tons per year, lias fallen to 28.500 tons, according to official French statistics published here today. Pi uter.
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    They Voted At Dawn By Lamplight
    177 1 HARTS LOCATION (New Hampshire i. Tues. DV flicking kerosene lamp, *>ten registered voters m this White Mountains settlement marked their ballots m dawn today— then reportad the naItion's flmt Presid-nMal elections returns. The vote was Truman one. Dewey 11. Two absentee ballots accounted for
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    CYCLIST DIES
    25 1 A Javanese cyclist, aged about 30, died m hospital yesterday shortly after being m collision with a military lorry In Pasir Panjang .Road
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    UN Delegates Await News
    107 1 PARIS. Tues.— The United Nations went through th« usual words and motions today but thoughts of the delegates were on the American election. Many delegations planned i to obtain returns from Press and radio reports. The united States group will receive report* over a j loud-speaker
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    SPECTATORS
    73 1 MANILA. Tues. TX>R the first time m more r than 50 years the Philippines will have no direct stake m the outcome of the American Presidential elections. But independence has not dulled the keen interest Filipinos are showing m the outcome of the campaign. President Quirlno has declared that
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    SEPARATISTS FOILED
    155 1 I i .v Our Own Correspondent BANGKOK. Tues A SEPARATIST movement m Slam's north eastern provinces has been foiled by fhe arrest last week-end of six Siamese politicians charged with plotting against i the stale. Premier Phlbul Songkhram revealed today. Premier Songkhram said the conspiracy was to have
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    23 1 <.I KKIIAS REST to eat cor.* on the cob after a patrol at a former terrorist hideout near Sungei Siput. Straits Times picture.
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    Europe Must Unite To Resist Reds: Cripps
    235 1 LONDON, Tuesday UIR STAFFORD CRIPPS, Britain's Chancellor of V the Exchequer, stressed m Parliament yesterday the need for economic co-operation among Western European nations m resisting Russia's "cold war" and international sabotage by Cominform agents u Re A umln the debate of the
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    STRIKERS IN GUN BATTLE
    127 1 PARIS, Tues. piFTEEN men were re- ported wounded m a clash between troops and miners, and several acts of sabotage were disclosed today as security forces resumed clearing strike bound French pits after yesterday's Ail Saint's Day 24-hour truce. According to the French News Agency the
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    HORSE WAS TOO BIG
    68 1 LONDON, Tues.— The King and Queen, accompanied by Princess Margaret and the Duke of Edinburgh, were present last night at the Royal Variety Performance given at the London Palladium. The Crazy Gang offered a toy horse to the Duke of Edinburgh— for the nursery —but the
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    MADEPARACHUTE OFFER AT 82
    46 1 JERSEY, Tues— Lord Portsea, who at 82 offered to make a parachute landing m the German-held Channel Islands and throughout ths war appealed to the Government to allow him to take a food ship to fellow Islanders, has died m Jersey.— Reuter.
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    $900,000 FIRE
    22 1 KARACHI, Tiles. -Fire destroyed about 3.000 bales of cotton estimated to worth nearly $900,000 m the Karachi Putt Trust Yard.—Reuter.
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    Chiang Faces A Cabinet Crisis
    300 1 NANKING, Tuesday. /CHINA'S economic calamity, gathering momentum v from the collapse of the Nationalist military campaign m Manchuria, has forced a Cabinet crisis which promises no solution m the immediate future. Premier Wong Wen-hao U told a hostile Legislative Yuan today that he U determined
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    39 1 OPENING OF PARLIAMENT: Judges m their robes and distinguished visitors leaving Parliament after the ceremonial opening recently by the King. At the extreme left is Liaqat All Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan and the Begum AH Khan. A.P. picture.
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    Task Force At Tsingtao
    99 1 PEARL HARBOUR Tues.— 'THE United States Navy Task i Force 38 of the Pacific Fleet has arrived at Tsingtao. Chlra Its presence there has no connection with the worsening situation m China's civil war. said Admiral Dewitt Ramsey, Pacific Fleet commander. The visit of the carriers
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    MUKDEN BEING BOMBED
    131 1 MUKDEN BEING BOMBED NANKING, Tues. MUKDEN'S 2.000.000 inhabitants are still being bombed, apparently by Chinese Goverament planes, according to reports reaching here. These reports also say that the city i» wiuiu^i water or electricity. While today's u.iicia! despatches still reported continued fighting inside Mukden, advices from foreign Consuls m the
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      Verdict In Longest Trial In History
      153 2 TOKIO, Tuesday. ■TPHE International Military Tribunal for the Far A East will convene here on Thursday to pronounce judgment upon Hideki Tojo and 24 other former Japanese military and political leaders, it was officially announced here today. The tribunal had adjourned for six months,
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      Patience
      43 2 TOKIO. Tues. Japanese radio stations broadcast a full Japanese version of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta "The Mikado" today for the first time m the country's history. For the past 63 years it has been banned as deroeatory to Japanese royalty.— U.P.
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      Crashes Kill 19
      25 2 OKLAHOMA. Tues. Separate air crashes Involving two military planes nnd one civilian-operated aircraft today claimed 19 lives m Oklahoma and Texas.— U.P.
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      Royal Nurse
      47 2 LONDON. Tues Princess Elizabeth has chosen a Lancashire nurse. Miss Mabel Anderson, to attend her at the birth of her bar/ this month. She will assist Nurs? Helen Maud Rowe of London, who attended the Duchess of Kent at the birth of Prince Michael. A.P.
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      LEGLESS MAN PROUD OF FEAT
      75 2 SYDNEY, Tues. A LEGLESS ex-soldier has travelled 1,200 miles from Brisbane to Cairns (Queensland) by wheelchair. It took him two months and 17 days. He is Mr. Frederick Yeowart, aged 54, who lost both lets just below tht knee m France m 1915. He is
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      Back To 1939
      30 2 BERLIN. Tues Telephone links between Germany and India. Ceylon. Pakistan. South Africa, Australia and New Zealand, cut off on the outbreak of war, have been restored.— Reuter.
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      Whales Went To See
      40 2 GLASGOW, Tues Two whales worked their way up more than 20 miles of the River Clyde to within a few hundred yards of the centra of the city. Many Glaswegians gathered to see the show.— A.P.
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      Ban On Spain
      33 2 LONDON, Tues.— Members of Parliament cheered when the Under -Secretary for Foreign Affairs (Mr. Christopher Mayhew) announced that the Government did not contemplate any change In policy with Spain.— U.P.
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      720 2 NOTICES "notice Notice ls hereby given that I have this day revoked the Power of Attorney dated 24th day of March 1948 given by me m favour of Max Menahem, 8 Bencoolen Street, Singapore. The said Max Menahem is no longer authorised to act as my Attorney under the aforesaid
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    TENSION IN BATAVIA
    456 3 Stikker Max Ask For A Pledge BAT A VIA, Tuesday. TENSION was mounting here today in expec- tation of vital talks this week between Dr. Stikker, Dutch Foreign Minister, and Dr. Mohammed Hatta, Republican Premier, on the three-year-old dispute between the Dutch and Republicans and, in particular,
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    REFUGEES HELD
    37 3 GENOA, Tues.— Four Jewish refugees were held by Genoa police yesterday during inquiries into the finding of hidden arms and an unlicensed wireless station on a 2,000-ton Lallan ship bound 1 for Tangiers.— A. P.
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    'Feudal Crack-Up' In Hyderabad
    236 3 NEW DELHI, Tuesday. 4 HIGH-RANKING Indian Government official yesterday described events m Hyderabad as the cracking up of a 250-year-old feudal system, m favour of "the people's voice and the people's will." I "What is happening m Hyderabad today," he said, "Is nothing less than a
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    45 3 l HIS is the flag: of Russian- dominated North Korea an emblem of red, white and blue stripes with a circle of white bearing a red star. The flag m the picture was shown to 5.000 Koreans m Japan at a mass meeting;. A.P. picture.
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    ECLIPSE OF SUN
    53 3 LONDON. Tues— Adverse weather m some parts of the southern-hemisphere on Monday hampered scientists observing an eclipse of the sun. The eclipse was total m part of the Pacific and Central Africa, and partial m Australia, parts of Northern India, the Arabian Peninsula and North and Sou.h
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    NEHRU ON HIS WAY TO INDIA
    225 3 PARIS. Tu?s. THE Prime Minister of India < Pandit Nehru), who left for India today, will convey to the Indian Government and Constituent Assembly the various proposals for future Commonwealth cooperation that were put him at the London Prime Ministers' Conference. Informed sources are
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    32 3 KIT* JOHNSON, thr actrtss who sustained a mysterious hrain injury m her Hollywood apartment. She was m a coma for two weeks and nearly died. Police believe the injury was accidental. I
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    BRITISH STAY IN GERMANY
    183 3 BRITISH STAY IN GERMANY LONDON. Tues. DRITAIN did not contem0 plate evacuating Germany, the Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs (Mr. Christopher Mayhew) told the House of Commons yesterday. Mr. Raymond Blackburn had asked whether the remarks on Oct. 27 of Gen. Sir Brian Robertson (British Military Governor m Germany) 1
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    LOSS FOR LUCE
    37 3 NEW YORK, Tues.— Claire Booth Luce, playwright, actress, retired politician and wife of Time-Life publisher Henry R. Luce, was robbed of jewels worth $35,000 yesterday. Burglars entered her room at the Waldorf-Asterla hotel.— U.P.
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    Rival To The Queens
    33 3 WASHINGTON. Tues. Tenders are being called for a U5565,000,000 passenger liner, of 48,000 tons designed to ply the Atlantic as fast as the Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary.— A.P.
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    Arab Legion's New Air Force
    48 3 AMMAN, Tues. wriNG Abdullah of Transjordan mentioned the "new Royal Air Force" of the Arab Legion today m his speech from the throne at the Transjordan Parliament. This is believed to be the first definite disclosure of an Arab Legion Air Force. Reuter.
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    PERU REDS BANNED
    116 3 LIMA (Peru). Tues. THE Government military I junta has outlawed the Peruvian Communist Party and banned any political ac- tivity by powerful Left-Wing Peoples' Party. By a constitutional mandate the Peruvian Communist Party U declared illegal and the Peoples' Party is not permitted any political actlTity. The
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    JEWS REFUSE TO QUIT THE LEBANON
    187 3 LONDON, Tuesday. ISRAELI forces yesterday refused United Nations truce observers' requests to withdraw from newlywon positions inside the Lebanese border. In heavy fighting on SaturI day and Sunday, the Jews 1 routed the Arab Liberation Army m north Palestine and occupied strategic heights and
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    CHINA BUYS MORE U.S. ARMS: 'NOTENOUGH"
    217 4 CHINA BUYS MORE U.S. ARMS: 'NOTENOUGH" WASHINGTON, Tuesday. THE United States yesterday approved the purchase by China of a further $5,0<H),000-worth of arms, out of funds already allocated. This was m addition to the $105,000,000- ivorth already scheduled and left only $15,000,000 of the $125,000,000 voted by Congress for military
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    FAO Office To Be At Bangkok
    74 4 WASHINGTON, Tues. BANGKOK, will probably be th<> site of the Far I as( oftiro of the United < Nations Food and Agricul- j ture Organisation. Its selection has been madr .subject to confirm*.- I tion at the FAO meeting which begins on Nov. 15.
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    Education In Korea Is Inadequate
    97 4 WASHINGTON. Tues. KOREA'S educational system Will take at least a atton to r*>ach adequacy, according to Dr. H. S Weber. tin American educationist j just back from service m Korea. The system will be all right when the rising genera- tion comes into power." yesterday.
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    U.S. ANTI-RED INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM IN ASIA REPORTED
    114 4 HONG KONG. Tues MAI.AYA, India. Burma, and Indo-China are to be union* the operating areas c' a "far-flung political intelligence set-up" now planned by the United States. according to a Chinese Communist radio report. Anti-Communism Is given as the new organisation's reason. The
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    'I WILL WIN' SAYS MAO
    191 4 BUCHAREST. Tues. MAO TZE-TUNG, chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, told tho Communist nations of Eastern Europe yesterday that his armies would eventually control all China. Writing In the Communist I International Information I (Com inform) Bulletin, Mao said his forces now occupied 907.000 square
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    Suspect Is Questioned
    41 4 AN OFFICER m the Army of Republican Java Interrogates a Communist suspect (right) hi the recentlycaptured Communist stronghold of Madlun. The suspect was picked up during raopping-up operations that followed the fall of the town— A P. picture.
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    Shanghai Business Breaks Down
    182 4 SHANGHAI, Tuesday. DUSINESS practically ceased here yesterday when the Government abolished the price ceilings with which it had hoped to bolster up the never-very-secure gold yuan. i With the old official ceilings abolished, prices fluctuated wildly at level* anywhere from 300 to 500 percent above those
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    New Test And Treatment For Diabetics
    154 4 WASHINGTON. Tues 1 NEW form of insulin for diabetics and a new and quicker blood test designed to help detect many of America's estimated 1.000,000 "hidden" victims of the dlaease were described here yesterday, by Dr. Priscilla White, internationally known authority on diabetes. The
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    MALAYAN REDS' FAILURE
    182 4 MALAYAN REDS' FAILURE LONDON. Tu.s. HJ|R. Kenneth Picktl om (Cons.. Cambridge University i m Cor^ day queried a statement m which the Foreign Secretary (Mr. Bevint said on Sept. IS that Communists m Malaya had failed to influence the workers. Mr. Pickthorn Baked to what period Mr. Bevm nterred when
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    WHY SPERRLE WAS FREED
    57 4 NUREMBERG, Tues.—Nuremberg tribunal Judges who acquitted Field Marshal Hugo Sperrle said yesterday that his acquittal was "based on the record In the -rase and nothing more." They were replying to charges that Sperrle's acquittal was due to Franco's Intervention and that Sperrle would go to Spain
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    U.S. Experts May Aid Malayan Trade
    176 4 U.S. Experts May Aid Malayan Trade From Our Own Con espon dent LONDON, Tuesday. TTOE possibility of American experts being used m Malaya to assist m expanding the production of raw material is being discussed here. mis possiDiuty is suggested by a report that discussions are proceeding between the Colonial
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    BANK APPEAL
    46 4 LONDON. Tues.— The Judi- 1 clal Committee of the Privy Council has granted the j application of the Commonwealth Government for leav* to appeal to the Privy Council against a decision of the Australian High Court which has prevented nationalisation of _Australian banks.— Reuter.
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    ROMMEL MURDER STORY
    113 4 ROMMEL MURDER STORY WASHINGTON Tues A FORMER Nazi general confessed to American investigators that he arranged the murder of Field Marshal Rommel on Hitler's orders, a new Army book on war crimes said yesterday. The new volume was the last of a series on "Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression.'* It contained
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    To Teach The Japs
    37 4 LAKE SUCCESS, Tues The United Nations Educational. Scientific and Cultural Organisation will start work m Japan with the approval of General Mac Arthur As m Germany, a policy of re-education will be attempted.—U.P.
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    Rice Commission Urged: 'Ration Affects Malaya Terror'
    202 5 Rice Commission Urged: 'Ration Affects Malaya Terror LONDON, Tuesday. WHEN the Food Minister (Mr. John Strachey) said m the Commons yesterday that Malaya's rice ration was unlikely to be raised next year, Mr. Walter Fletcher urged Government to send out a special commission of inquiry. Mr. Fletcher (Conservative) asked for
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    16 5 FEATHERS for fashion are the distinctive note of this autumn beret shown hi London. Reuter picture.
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    DOCTORS' PLACE IN MALAYA
    120 5 THE important and respon1 sible place held In Malaya by the alumni of King Edward vn College of Medicine Is stressed editorially In the first issue of a Malayan medical Journal, published by the Alumni Association yesterday. Called "The Proceedings of the Alumni Association of the
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    PARENTS' $2 LESSON
    74 5 PARENTS' $2 LESSON From Our Malay Correspondent Malay parents, In the Assistant District Officer's office at Jelebu (Malacca) last week-, were fined $2 each with the option of a week m prison for neglecting to send their children to school. This Is the first time since 1900 that parents have
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    DOUBLE INQUEST IN SINGAPORE
    169 5 The Singapore Coroner (Mr. Choor Singh) yesterday held a Joint inquest into the deaths of Mr. Arthur John Tite. 43-year-old Singapore branch manager of the Shell Co., and a 35-year-old Chinese woman, Tham Yeok. Mr. Tlte was found dead at the steering wheel of his car
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    HINDU FESTIVAL
    48 5 The Hindu staff of Malayan Railway, Singapore, will observe the Sathurthi festival at the Sree Senpaga Vinayagar Temple, Ceylon Road, tomorrow from 530 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. There will be a special Abishegam (Holy Bath) and Pooja (Worship) ceremony and all Hindus are requested to attend.
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    Architect To Pay Costs
    139 5 jtf R. F. W. Brewer, the Singapore architect, was unsuccessful m his claim for $15,000 against Mrs. Foo Hong Toon, of Napier Road. Mr. Justice Brown, m the Singapore Supreme Court yesterday, gave Judgment for Mrs. Foo, with costs. Mr. Brewer claimed the money as having
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    CHILDREN GET NEW CENTRE
    230 5 CHILDREN GET NEW CENTRE MOUNT Erskine Children's Social Centre was formally handed over to the Social Welfare Department by the Army yesterday morning. Nearly 200 children were present at the Ann Slang Hill site to which the Maxwell Road centre was moved. Lady Gimson, wife of the Governor of Singapore,
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    Poppy Day Service
    164 5 DEMEMBRANCE Day service at St. Andrew's Cathedral on Nov. 7 begins at 10 a.m. but the congregation is asked to be seated by f1.45. Opening prayers will be read by the Rev. J. D. Bartlett, R.N., and the lesson by Lt.-Col Darby, of the Salva;ion Army. The
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    'Undesirable' Hotels Control Move
    213 5 rpo check the "mushrooming" of Singapore hotels, A recently established mainly for undesirable uses, Mr. Lim Yew Hock (Nominated Unofficial) la pressing his proposals for stricter control of hotels by asking the Government to form an inquiry committee immediately. He has suggested that this committee should
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    MYSTERY MISSION
    111 5 THE Malay Union, Singa- pore, has sent the following telegram to Dato Onn bin Ja'afar, Mentri Besar of Johore, who is now on a visit to London: "Malay Union, Singapore, wholeheartedly support your mission and pray for >our success." The telegram was signed by Inche Sardon bin Haji
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    BUS OVERTURNS INTO DITCH
    69 5 A Chinese driver, a conductor and a passenger had a narrow escape when a private company bus overturned Into a ditch yesterday. It was trying to avoid an oncoming military lorry at the 5% mile, Thomson Road. A Chinese cyclist also escaped injury when he collided
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    27 6 The family of late Hi Bong Kirn Shin wishes to express their Jieartfrl, thanks to all friend* and relatives who sent wreaths, paid Vtato attended .funeral
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Wed., Nov. 3, 1948. THE NOOSE OR NOTHING?
    1031 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed., Nov. 3, 1948. THE NOOSE OR NOTHING? It is understood that the security authorities m Kuala Lumpur are strongly opposed to surrender terms at this stage of the emergency. They agree that an amnesty will have to come sooner or later, that that is the
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    Fifty Years ago
    122 6 From the Straits Times o) Nov. 3, 1898 At a meeting of the Penang Municipal Commission on the 28th October, the President, Mr. J. T. Kennedy, read a letter from Government, suggesting that the 10 per cent, allowance granted to Municipal servants be made a part of
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    Economic Sportlight on the News
    1310 6  -  RICHARD DENMAN By WHA T IS THE NE W FRANC? London, Oct. 27. THE long expected 1 readjustment m the exchange value of the franc has been made m a manner which makes the whole operation difficult to understand. To begin with there are difficulties
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      When The Dyaks Go 3ack? Sarawak Doubts
      616 6 When The Dyaks Go 3ack? Sarawak Doubts ON Sept. 7, you published in your columns a letter from the Rev. P. H. H. Howes, strongly criticising the use of what he called "Dyak Headhunters" in the war against the Malayan terrorists. Father Howes condemned this policy on moral and ethical
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      "A DENIAL OF RIGHTS"
      203 6 INJUSTICE is being com- mitted in the name of Justice if, as appears, any person with a single criminal conviction is automatically rejected for service as a special constable. The suggestion by "Estate Manager" that this may deprive estates of valuable guards shows how serious this
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      MR. RODGERS' SCHEME
      171 6 IN his recent letter, Mr. W. L. H. Morrison stressed the point that the P.A.Y.E. Scheme does not specifically provide for claims of elderly folk to be included in the "Immediate Class." Paragraph 12 of Mr. Rodgers' Memorandum provides for the immediate payment of "all minor claims
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      810 6 CLASSIFIED ADS To Katharine, wife of Peter Ball at Kandung Kerbau Hospital ci; 31.10.48. a daughter. To Ann, wife of Peter Norman o: Shell Company Malacca, daughter. Patricia May on Sunday Slst October. 1948 SITUATIONS VACANT WANTED —Experienced linotype operators Must be first class men And experienced m Jobbing work.
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      59 6 HOHNER HARMONICAS! Chromatic Models:— rhromonlom. 2(0/40 40 reeds. $15.00 Super Chromonlca 2(o^/48—48 reeds. $21. SO "64" Chromonlca. 280/64—64 reeds. $27.60 Diatonic Models:— Puck 20 -reeds. $3 50 Echo— 2o-reeds. $4-50 Echo— 2B -reeds. $4 50 Echo— 32-reeds. $6.50 Preciosa 40-reedß. $8.00 Postafe 50 cts each extra. Cash with order only.
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      26 6 ®Sfe@D KAJLA MAZOO loose.leaf books visible records strip indexes maching accounting ledgers maching accounting safes ♦V. McMULLAN CO. Basement Union Bldg Entrance Union Lane .Tel. *****
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    HANDED OVER TO DUTCH, CHARGE
    754 7 Remarka ble Case Says Counsel "THE facts of this case are highly remarkable. 1 The Executive, having arrested a British subject m British territory, transferred him to a foreign power and then refused to answer questions." Mr. S. H. D. Elias, counsel for Carlton Arthur
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    $26,400 TIN THEFT ALLEGED
    240 7 $26,400 TIN THEFT ALLEGED TxN ingots, totalling 132 pieces valued at approximately $26,400, which were, said to have been recovered from the sea bed off the Singapore Harbour Board, featured m a case m the Seventh Police Court yesterday. Mainlined Noor bin Som was alleged to have stolen rive puces
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    To Register At Special Centres
    153 7 To Register At Special Centres SPECIAL registration centres for Muslim women only, are now open m Singapore. They are at the houses, 5, Lorong 37, Geylang, and 167, Arab Street. Seven centres In areas where registration is nearly complete are to be closed. The centres to be closed will not
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    Large Opium Find In Ship
    65 7 IN a routine search of the Dutch Shell oil tanker Paula on Monday, Singapore Customs officials found 165 pounds of opium worth $66 000 on the illicit market —hidden m the forepeak tank. The ship's carpenter has been arrested. The Paula was on her way
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    U.S.S.R. SHIPS LOAD RUBBER
    46 7 Two Russian freighters berthed alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday to load 14,800 tons of rubber at Singapore and Malayan ports for Black Sea ports. The General Chernakhovsky will load 7.800 tons while the Vtoraja Piatilettea w ll take 7,000 tons.
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    GURNEY IN KELANTAN
    72 7 From Our Own Correspondent KOTA BAHRI Tues. THE HiKh Commissioner of the Federation of Malaya (Sir Henry Gurney) arrived here by air on Saturday afternoon. He was met by the Sultan of Kelantan. the Mentri Besar (Inche Nik Ahmad Kamil bin Mahmud) and the British Adviser (Mr.
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    THIS IS WHAT YOU WILL HAVE TO PAY
    298 7 INCOME tax declaration forms are going out m 1 Singapore, and many people are wondering what they will be expected to pay. Here is a guide: Single men will pay tax on salaries from $3,500 a year at which figure the tax
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    52 7 A CARELESSLY-DROPPED CIGAREITU. it is believed, detonated the drum of carbide which exploded yesterday morning and nearly wrecked this welder's shop m Jalan Sultan, Singapore. Fifteen-year-old Tan Kirn San of Geylang Serai, was killed by the blast. The empty carbide drum is on the right, next to the partition. Straits
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    BARBED WIRE—34c. PER LB.
    222 7 BARBED WIRE— 34c. PER LB. MAXIMUM prices for barbed wire were Gazetted In Singapore yesterday at 34 cents a pound for galvanised wire and $1.30 cents a pound for aluminium barbed wire. Traders are required to 1 keep records of the kind and quantity of barbed wire at) any time
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    New Uniforms To Meet Their Chief
    520 7 W From Our Woman Correspondent OMEN members of the St. John's Ambulance Brigade will wear smart new grey uniforms when, together with male members, they meet the Commissioner of the Brigade (Overseas) Sir James L. Meprnan. in Fphnnn- year membership of 3,000 men and
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    Lutheran Talks
    71 7 DR. E. A. Schiotz, secretary of the National Lutheran Council's Commission on Orphaned Missions, who is on his way to Republican Sumatra to attend a conference of the Batak Church, is at present m Singapore. After he has been to Sumatra, he will go to Batavla to attend
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    5 Shot Dead In 2 Ambushes
    350 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMFIK, Tuesday. SINE terrorist, three Malay Regiment privates and v a police constable have been killed m two ambushes a few miles north of Kuala Lipis, Pahang Yesterday aft?rnoon. a dolice patrol was attacked at TanjoriK Pisang One constable
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    'INQUIRY NOT HELD' OFFICER
    225 7 WO court of inquiry into 1 an apparent loss of ifour vehicles from Nj. 2 Base Radio Repair Depot Paya Lebar was held while he was m charge of the Depot, Squadron I Leader C. E. G. Tomkins, told the Ninth Police Court Magistrate (Mr. E.
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    161,000 CARDS ISSUED
    35 7 Singapore's registration scheme is weil under way. Up to Monday night, comple.ea application forms received at the Central Office m Beach Road to.alled 2841%. Identity cards issued to .he public numbered 161,209.
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      69 7 THAT MAKE GARDENING EASIER Garden Spades 7.95 Garden Forks 6.50 Ladies Garden Spades 2.25 Forks 2.25 Short Handled Trowels .95 Short Handled Forks .95 Garden Rakes 12T-14T-16T 1.25 Dutch Hoes 4" .90 Grass Sickles 3.00 Scythes 39" Complete with Handle 14.50 Edging Knives 2.75 Parangs 3.75 Secateurs 3.25 Weed Grubbers
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    WHISKY DUTY GOES UP
    268 8 Federation Only: Colony Unmoved From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. WHISKY importers m the Federation of Malaya are now paying $1 a bottle more. New import duties yesterday raised the Customs tax from $75 to $87 the case of 12 bottles. A Singapore Customs official
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    29 8 M£N of the Devonshire Regiment and a police party plan their next move near a Communist hide out they had burned down "somewhere m the Federation." Strait* Times picture.
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    No Sabbath In Islamic Religion
    227 8 No Sabbath In Islamic Religion Muslim Notet From Our Muslim Co-respondent IN view of demand of the Federation Malays for the substitution of Friday In place of Sunday as a holiday, the views of Maulana Mohamed All, translator of th« Holy Quran into English, will be of lntersst. Maulana Mohamad
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    NO MAINS: NO POWER
    78 8 CINGAPORE Improvement Trust artisan quarters built since the war are without individual water and electricity supplies because of a shortage of mains, an Improvement Trust official told the Straits Times yesterday. The shortage hat prevented water and power reaching the Trust estates, the largest of which
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    Perak Names Twelve For Pacific Jamboree
    201 8 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Tuesday. PERAK will be represented at the Pan -Pacific Jamboree m Australia by 12 scouters, rovers and scouts. These 12, who will be part of the Malayan contingent which sails from Singapore on December 18, are: D.S.M. Ooi Eng
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    34 8 ONE of the passengers aboard the liner America, which left Sputhampton for New York, was Mr. Peter Scott, son of the famous Arctic explorer. He took with him this Russian redbreasted goose. Reuter picture.
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    ST. FRANCIS INSTITUTION
    74 8 From Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Tues.— The Assistant Superior General of the Christian Brothers (the Rev. Bro. L. O. Toole) called at St. Francis Institution m his survey of the Order's Institutions m Malaya before going to Australia. At a tea party the guests included the Resident
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    MANILA ROCKED
    18 8 MANILA. Tues.— An earthauake rocked Manila and It*, suburbs during the week-end for five seconds.— ReuUr
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    MALAY PRESS ON IMMIGRATION
    396 8 From Our Malay Correspondent TWO Malay newspapers, Warta Negara of Penang and Utusan Melayu of Singapore, have published leading articles on immigration into Malaya. Warta Negara calls for stricter measures against Illegal and undesirable immigration. Th» paper says the desire of the Malay* U not only
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    Municipality To Register On Nov. 10
    212 8 MALACCA LETTER From Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Tueg. NATIONAL registration in the Municipality of Malacca will start on Nov. 10. Some hundreds of authenticates are being appointed. All Chambers of Commerce, i commercial firms and association have been asked to nominate authenticates. Individuals have
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    NO REPLY TO MUSICIANS'DEMAND
    182 8 NO REPLY TO MUSICIANS' DEMAND CiENIOR Radio Malaya ofii- dais would not comment yesterday morning on the demand made by the Singapore Musicians' Union that m future all broadcast relays from hotels and restaurants should be paid for. The decision was reached at a previous union meeting The Director of
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      349 8 WWW I ~a Coolino as the whispering vCoddo#trf .Ti. wind that gently plucks the petals from the roses m an English Ji dawn. So immediate m its appeal Mi English lavender is still the happiest |j|||L fragrance for all daytime hours. /|/|l||u| And nowhere will you find finer, truer English
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      269 8 Van heusen fi% COLLARS tf^^ks^^X Mad* m om pi*o« with- B oat mum si th* fold. J HIM yf mr or#n on a ourvs) to I i T_w fl fiw natural contour of V J t\ 4w i pr»v«nts bnokHng and l/'s"w^^ I I rSf^ ir Had* ia fir* styles
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    CULTURAL LIBRARY: MALAY PLAN
    204 9 A SINGAPORE Malay Journalist has published two books preparatory to setting up a Cultural Library, to be composed of a wide range of works relating to science, philosophy, politics, history, literature, medicine and art. He is 34-year-old Inche Mohamed Salehuddin. a senior member of the editorial
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    RAN LOTTERY $3,000 FINE
    75 9 A party of detectives caught 20-year-old Ng Geok Choy. of M 4 Victoria Street, with chap jt kee schedules amounting to more than $14,000 on June 10 at Blanco Court. Yesterday, the Second Police Court Magistrate (Mr. L. C. Goh) found him guilty of canying on
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    Enthusiastic Performance
    109 9 Last night the "Pancha I Warna," a group of Malay and Indonesian players, gave a show m the Victoria Theatre to raise funds for the Malay Students' Aid Organi1 sation. There were many attractive things about this collection of Items which ranged from the classic Javanese to modern
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    Singapore Diary
    149 9 TODAY C.E.Z.M.S. St. I— mi School, combined debate St Andrews .School. WoodsvUJe 245 p.m. The motion is "In the opinion of the House, the sole career of a woman must be the Home." Singapore Urban Co-operati o Union Limited, meeting of manai^ ment committee. Municipal BuiHing. 5.15 p.m
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    Champion Bullocks On Show In Colony
    209 9 j npHE hind and fore quarters of six prize Australian I Hereford bullocks are now on display at the Singapore Cold Storage branch m Orchard Road. The carcases are from the champion pen of six Here- fords which recently won the first prize at
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    johore weakly Letter
    181 9 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. CULTIVATION of food m !V* Johore has begun to de1 cline, according to recent figures. Total of foodcrops. it was revealed, Is now 39,422 acres. Corresponding figure a year lago was 44.718. This means a drop of 5,296 acres. Main
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      254 9 cMe $e*t \Alotatcucle m tke l/Wt/t/ Again TRIUMPHS with 1948 Senior Manx Grand Prix In a sensational finish. Crossley (498 Triumph) won the Senior Manx Grand Prix with a time for six laps (226| miles) of 2 hi. 48 min. 30 sec, speed 80.628 m.p.h. UNITED ENGINEERS LTD. SINCAPORE KUALA
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      234 9 ENGLAND'S flj CIGARETTti |Mfl Magnum ll.lb/irr ■>!)■. i,n \V/ J^^9 V (Singapore Pricosi j s^^|l^^ Made witL unLurried rare from the best Virginia leaf by a firm whose skill m blending tobacco has been famous for over a tentury, these are cigarettes of no ordinary flavour. For those who appreciate
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      665 9 S.uih considered himself an only about five honor-tricks aj innocen: victim in toJays deal, against the -.lightly higher rewhereas in fact lie was the major qulrements for a sound opening culprit. of that nature. South, d aler 61nc« North *^id actually shadBoti tit* v.l-e-bp. «1 hLs opening bd, he could
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    London Stocks
    346 10 LONDON, TUM. EXCEPT for Iron and St*»l share*, which were fairly active, the London Stock Sixchange was idle yesterday, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Rubbers wer« unchanged to lower. TinJ declined. News of Government military setbacks In China brought one-point lomes ln Chinese bonds. Small decline*) appeared ln OUt-edged
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    The Produce Market
    176 10 From A Market Correspondent 'THERE ,wu fair demand toi 1 sago flour on the Singapore produce market* yesterday Business was done at slightly Improved quotation*. Other changes Included a draatic drop In peppor prices. Yesterday > quotations included Rice Unclassified: No. 1 $64; '2 $54; 3 $48:
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    SHARE DEALINGS WERE MEAGRE
    840 10 From Our jtfjwfcet Correspondent SINGAPORE, Tuesday. BUSINESS In the Malayan share market today was difficult and meagre with the holiday up-country. Thert were few price changes. Prices quoted by the Malavan Sharebrokers Association today war# INDUSTRIAL* Bm Seller AtlM IOf 14.00 19.00 AI«X Brick* Prtf. a.
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    Singapore Rubber
    195 10 OPENING quietly steady yesterday, the Singapore rubber market eased m the afternoon. Business was on a restricted scale because of the holiday up-country. The marker closed steady but quiet. Closing prices yesterday weie: No. 1 sheet f.o.b. buyers 40% cent*, sellers 40 7 5 cents; spot loose buyers
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    SHIPPING IN PORT
    117 10 SHIPS m port alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (godowns ln brackets) were: Main Wharf: Steal Executive (33-34). Salong (37). Ball (38-39), Taksang (40-41). City Of Poona. (42-43). West Wharf: Lake Chiko (1-2), BuritßlrJe (4-6). Silvermaple (8-9) Vtoraja Platllettea (10-11). Empire Dock: Nordfarer (19-20), Tung Song
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    GOLD YUAN DEVALUED
    130 10 SHANOHAI, lues. "THE Chin* gold yuan wai tormerly devalued at 455 p«* cent, against the Taiwan dollar In an official communication from the Premier (Mr. Weng Wen-hao) to Oovemor Wei Tao-nr.lng of Taiwan, quoted by the official Central News yesterday. A thousand Taiwan dollars art now equivalent
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      237 10 PRESIDENT LINES Cenerai r>assenger Agent toi Northwest flu I— SAILINGS TO NEW YORK. AND BOSTON via INDIA fCYPI M EDITERRANEAN PORTS Pr., Harding Spore. Njv. 3 tARCOCAIRE P.nan2 N.« 8 Prevents Largo Damage caused cy Passenge, spaceTvSn.bi.' \o Colombo Sweat an d b a v °Lo^ anY Bombay, turooean Portt
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      298 10 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINGS FROM SCANO.NAVIA/U i IUM SiM?OINAVU CONTINENT Loadmt; at Singapore Port Swettenham Penana i m.s Nordtarvr' Codowns 19/20 I tor Madrat Colombo Aden. m.t "Korea duo abt Nev. 10 Port Sudan. Port Said Cenoa, for Man,!.. HXong. S'h... Kobe i Yokohama Copennagen i m.t "Manchuria" due abt.
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    BATTT II BEST BET AT K.L. TODAY
    818 11 Punters Should Fare Better From EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. gATTI 11, a runaway winner on Monday, is my best bet at Kuala Lumpur tomorrow, the third day of the Selangor Turf Club Oct.-Nov. meeting. This speedy little mare has struck her true
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    Straits Times Selections
    159 11 EPSOM II U' CALL BUT POINTKR 01.01 H M HOUR SCHOLAR EACE I: PATCH I X.IS p.m. Scholar Colour PaUh Colour Patch Sir Junta Sir James I CreTentabauffhey mill II BATTI I! BATTI II RACE I: Pratllin 1 PrattUn' fratllin' 245 p.m. Locksmith Perambulator Perambulator WADDLE DEVON
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    Today's Race Card
    1179 11 From EPSOM JEEP BELOW are the acceptances at Kuala Lumpur today, the third day of the Selangor Turf Club's Oct. -Nov. meeting. The double tote events are on races three and four and seven and eight and the Big Sweep will be drawn on race eight. Race
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    APPEAL IS UPHELD
    200 11 SYDNEY, Tues. AN appeal by three racing men who were warned off on September 8 on a charge of having doped the racehorse Dick Turpln was upheld by the Victoria Racing Club committee m Melbourne after a hearing which lasted six days. Those involved were Mr. Sid
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      210 11 THEY'RE TOGETHER AGAIN! Be "'"5 M They dance and m I HERBERT WILCOX'S s»v^i GAY ROMANTIC I Plui/ MARCH of TIME; "TEACHERS CRISIS" TODAY I II a.m.— 2 p.m.— 4.15 6.30— 9.11 Phone 5159^T AIR-CONDITIONED United Artists' B^B^MHHi^B^BB sifc ACTION-LOADED S^RB^B thru ler R^iyli'B R>if LAST DAY! tfffß^ 1.45; 4.15;
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      145 11 Radio Programmes RADIO MALAYA SINGAPORE «2t tea. US 01 1 X uc/t.1 10.55—12.00 English School* Broadcast; 1.00 Radio Orchestra: 1.30 News; 1.45 Rhythm Parade; a. 15 5.45 Selangor Races relayed from Kuala Lumpur; 8.15 News; 8.20 Interlude: 8.30 Listener* Post; 9.30 News; 9.45 Barrdstand; 10.15 Chief Inspector French's Cases; 10.30
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      157 11 I Newareel; 9.45 Gilbert And Sul- livan; 11.00 Books To Read; 11.15 The Theatre In London: 11.46 Balance of Europe; 12.00 Celebrlty Recital; 13.30 Ck»e down RADIO CEYLON •17.71 or 15.lt mc/D 12.00 Music for the Million; 13.30 Sports Roundup; 13.45 Yours for the Asking; 1.40 Grand Hotel; 3.15 Close;
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    OUTSIDER WINS MELBOURNE CUP RACE
    301 12 OUTSIDER WINS MELBOURNE CUP RACE Judges Call For Photo Of Finish MELBOURNE, Tuesday. THE 66 1 outsider Rimfire, by Enfleld out of Mizar, won the Melbourne Cup here today m the record time of 3 mm. 21 sec, despite a heavy track and so caused the biggest upset m Australian
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    F. & N. SOCCER XI
    64 12 F. N. SOCCER XI rE following have been invited to play lor tht F. Ac N. Sports Club XI m a friendly soccer match with H. M. Customs XI today at Farrer Park. Play starti at 5.15 p.m.: Hamld; J. Nonls and Awang Chik: Bronham. Amatsah and A mi: McKeatt,
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    Howe Found To Be Lame
    105 12 MELBOURNE. Tues. HOWE, six-to-four favourite m the Melbourne Cup, was found to be lame when he returned to the scales. Ridden by Harold Badger, Howe was thoroughly hemmed m along the back of the course. Badger thought Howe would win coming into the home turn
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    IPOHYMCA WIN 1-0
    201 12 From Our Own Correspondent KfJALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. pLAYINQ with grim deter- mination, th« Ipoh V.M.C.A. beat the Kuala Lumpur V.M.C.A. by one goal to nil In their annual hockey encounter <Jja the Y'J Brickfields' sports ground today. Missed opportunities were many. The home tfam threw away many
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    McCorquodale May Not Run Next Year
    470 12 LONDON, Tuesday. A I ASTAIR McCorquodale, the Scottish sprinter and A.A.A. 220 yards champion, who has been awarded the C. N. Jackson Memorial Cup for the outstanding British athlete of the year, may not be seen on the track next season. He said this
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    Race Course Cup: Ist Round Draw
    191 12 Race Course Cup: Ist Round Draw THE following qualified for the Island Club's Race Course Cup golf competition and the draw and starting times for the first round on Saturday afternoon are: 3: H. Tooke (6) v. L. Newbould (10): 3.05: M. C. V. Marti* ,14) v. D. A. T.
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    Race Card And Selections—P. 11
    165 12 Race Card And Selections— P. 11 S. F. Ho (12) BS— l2— 7B; J. Wilson (12) 88— 12— 7«; C. Y. Koh (12) 88—12—76; W. O. Atkinson (14> 90—14—76; K. Jones (5) 82—5—77. "B" Division: Lo Ching Ye« (24) 93—24—69; J. A. M. £d« (24) 96—24—72: Lim Kirn Chtu (24)
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    223 8.0.D. BEATEN
    36 12 In a friendly soccer match at I the Alexandra Road ground on 1 Monday, the Buonavista Sports Club soccer team trounced 223 i8.0.D. four-nil. I Ttiiamser, Salahudd'n. Sapee I Dollah were the scorers.
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    Sports Diary
    81 12 TODAY HOCKEY: S.H.C. v MCI. SRC; G.H.Q. Signal K,gi. r 19 Air Fmn. Sig. Reft.— Tanglta; R.N. Police v. Nee Soon H.C.— SHetsr; Raffles College v. In- dian Aim. Collfge round: Spore Colts H.C. v. 8.0.D.C.A. —SI. George's Rd: Khalu Assn. v R.A.F. Srletar St. George's Rd. RUGBY:
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    Seow Retains Badminton Title
    365 12 Seow Retains Badminton Title From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA. Tuesday. 'I DRILLING badminton was witnessed last night at the Stellar Hall. City Park. when Charlie Scow, Malacca's singles champion, retained hU title for the second year m succession since the liberation. Before the war Scow had been champion for many
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    Probables Too Good In Trial
    393 12 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. DROBABLES, with the cream of the State's back 1 division, were too good for the Possibles m today's first State Rugby trial played on the padang. Probables won by a goal and two tries (11 points) to nil.
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    30 12 Champion jockey Gordon Richards, riding: Drapa (on left) just failed to win the Wheatsheaf Stakes at Sandown Park from his rival Edgat Britt on Valley Forge after a thrilling race.
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    Rovers To Celebrate
    118 12 THE Rovers Sport* Club. Singapore, will celebrate their success m winning the 1948 S.A.F.A. league competition with a dinner on Satur- day. Nov. 6, at the Tal Tong Restaurant, Happy World at 8 p.m. The celebration will continue on the following day with a picnic at No.
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