The Straits Times, 9 November 1948

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS.
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    CHIANG: WAR TO BITTER END'
    445 1 New 'Fighting Cabinet 9 To Be Formed NANKING, Monday. DRESIDENT Chiang Kai-shek declared today that war with the Chinese Communists would be fought to the bitter end, and brushed aside all talks of a negotiated peace. "There is no ground for any compromise," h« told
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    "ROYAL BABY THIS WEEK"
    188 1 "ROYAL BABY THIS WEEK" LONDON. Mon. |>HITONS generally be- lieve Princess Elizabeth's baby probably will arrive at Buckinsiham Palace on Saturday or Sunday. The Princess is m excellent health and spirits. Borne >f rho excitement attendant on the birth of her Mm child has penetrated the Palace, to her evident
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    ON HOLIDAY
    13 1 KEY WEST (Florida). Mon: President Truman is on holiday lure. -U.P.
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    Rice Price "Panic" In Shanghai
    282 1 Rice Price "Panic" In Shanghai SHANGHAI, Mon. r EAR panic reigned among l| Shanghai's 5.000.000 Chinese population today when rice was virtually unobtainable, even at the fantastic price of 900 gold yuan "U.S. $225 at the official exchange rate 1 per bag of 170 pounds. This is a rise of
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    Troops Kill 14 Bandits In Malaya
    775 1 IIEAVY blows against the terrorists were reported yesterday. Troops killed 14 bandits eight in Johore, five in Perak and one in Selangor. Combined forces of Seaforths and Royal Artillerymen shot dead seven and wounded one in a sweep in the MuarLengga area of Johore.
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    BISHOP WILSON BACK
    43 1 THE BISHOP OF SINGAPORE, the Rt. Rev. John Leonard Wilson (right) and Mrs. Wilson, who returned to Singapore yesterday from Britain. The Rev. Max t.regory (left) the new Archdeacon of Singapore, greeted them. Story m Page Seven— Straits Times picture.
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    MARSHALL—TRUMAN TALKS
    202 1 MARSHALL— TRUMAN TALKS WASHINGTON. Mnn. VI R. Marshall, the U.S. SeITI cretary of State will probably return here this month to report to President Truman on the United Nations meeting at Paris and review outstanding American foreign policy problems. It seems probable that one of the things Mr. Truman will
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    PASSENGERS' ESCAPE
    51 1 MELBOURNE. Mon.-Nine-teen passengers and the hostess ecaped with minor injuries when an Australian National Airways plane crashlanded m mist-shrouded Mount Macedon, 18 minutes after the take off. killing the pilot and co-pilot. The DC-3 Kylla-bound from Melbourne was destroyed by fire after the passengers had scrambled to safety.—
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    Indonesian War Clouds Warning
    280 1 BATAVIA, Monday. AN appeal to the Tinted Nations Security Council to take "quick, effective steps" to deal with the Indonesian situation "before it is too late" was made yesterday by an Indonesian commentator broadcasting from the Republican Jogjakarta Radio. Netherlands Army headquarters today reported four clashes
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    DE GAULLISTS' VICTORY
    35 1 PARIS, Mon. Gen. De Gaulle's sweeping victory In yesterday's upper Chamber elections have helped him on the way to his objective of forcing a new general election, r°'itical observers considered today. Reuter.
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    GANDHIKILLER ADMITS GUILT, COLLAPSES
    264 1 NEW DELHI, Monday. UATHURAM Vinayak (iodse, (iandhi's mm* m sin, today admitted his guilt, then fainted and collapsed m the dock. He later recovered and continued reading a typewritten statement which covered 80 foolscap pages. Before he collapsed Godse declared: "I had no companions 1 alone
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    Archbishop Returns
    19 1 NANKING, Mon. Archbishop Paul Vu-pin returned to Nanking today, after a short tour of Siam and Malava»-U.P.
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    EISENHOWER BEGINS HIS STORY
    131 1 YESTERDAY the SingaX pore Free Press began serialisation of General Dwight D. Eisenhower's war book "Crusade m Europe." The book itself is not being published until December, when the first trade edition of 150.000 copies will be followed by a 750.000 edition for the Bonk of
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    TRIBUNAL CLEARS MINISTER
    252 1 TRIBUNAL CLEARS MINISTER TOKIO. Mon. •I 'HE International Military Tribunal for the Fir East today virtually cleared Mamoru Shigemitsu. (Ambassador to Britain from 19:f8 to June 1941) of having conspired to wage war In the third day of reading the Judgment, the Judges blamed the Imperial advla i i Marquis
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    "PALAWAN MASSACRE"
    76 1 YOKOHAMA. Mon A US. Eighth Army Military Commission today sentenced one Japanese to bang, another to life Imprisonment and six others to a total of 30 years' hard labour for their parts m the infamous "Palawm massacre" of Americans m the Philippines The massacre occurred on Dec 14.
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      Sea Lion Chases Launch Mile Up Sydney Harbour
      171 2 SYDNEY, Monday. CEA lions and sea leopards m Sydney harbour are worth money. Taronga Zoo authorities are offering £25 for each one delivered alive and flipping. So far no-one has collected. The animals are a daily feature m newspapers. They have been
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      CINEMA STORY IN REAL LIFE
      52 2 LONDON. Mon. BOLTON (Lancashire) police arrested Mr. Joshua McClellan while he was taking his wife to the pictures and charged him with offences including a £2.484 safe robbery. Later, a court awarded him costs. It was stated that another man. bearing a striking resemblance, had
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      Airways Strike
      19 2 PARIS, Mon.— A 24-hour strike of pilots and crew members yesterday paralysed Air France long-distance lines.— A.P.
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      Burma to Berlin
      40 2 LONDON Moa. MajorGeneral G K. Bourne, head of the British Services Mission In Burma, will be transferred i next year to Berlin. He will succeed MajorGeneral E. O. Herberc. who will be transferred to London. —A P
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      Executed
      55 2 MADRID, Mon— A firing squad executed two Communist leaders who were convicted by a military tribunal of taking part In the murder of 54 persons.— UP. (As the Communist Party has been banned In Spain since 1938. the two men must have been among the hundreds of political prisoners
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      Indian Talks
      28 2 LONDON, Mon. Representatives of Indian political and student organisations In London will hold a conference next month to consider the proposed new constitution for India.— Reuter.
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      Remembrance
      41 2 LONDON. Mon. Becouse of rain and cold wind, fewer than 5,000 persons stood In Whitehall as King George VI placed a wreath of popples at the base of the Cenotaph at the end of the traditional twominute silence yesterday. Reuter.
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      Vodka By Air
      34 2 LONDON, Mon. About 1,200 diplomats and others lammed the Soviet Embassy In London drinking cases of vodka, flown specially from Moscow, to celebrate the 31st anniversary of the October Revolution. U.P.
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      Royal Deputy
      38 2 LONDON. Mon. Princess Margaret, deputising for the Queen for the first time on such an occasion, yesterday unveiled a stained glass »v:ndow m Westminster Abbey m memory of citizens of Westminster killed durinc the war. —Reuter
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      Persians Resign
      30 2 TEHERAN, Mon.— The Premier (Abdul Hossein Hajir) and the entire Persian Cabinet has resigned because of lack of co-operation from the Majlis (Parliament) m passIng essential bills— U.P.
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      655 2 NOTICES MALAYAN BREWERIES LIMITED (Incorporated In Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Fifteenth Ordinary General Meeting of Malayan* Breweries* Limited will be held at the Office* of Messrs. Evatt Co.. N.T.S. Building. Singapore, on Wednesday Bth December. 1948. at 12 noon for the following purposes: 1 To receive the
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      278 2 POLICE GOT THE (BLACK) BIRD CANTON, Mon. CANTON blackmarketeers are using homing pigeons to carry financial blackmarket and other illegal quotations. This evasion of economic police squads was discovered when one of the pigeons fell m the hands of the police. Recently the police here made extensive sweeps against underground
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      165 2 GREAT WORLD GLOBE 7 7—9.15 •♦COWBOY A THE SENORITA" Tomorrow: "BODY It SOLX NEW WORLD 1.1 DO 7—9.137 9.13 "CALL OF THE SOUTH SEAS' Plo«! "ROMANCE ON THE RANGEROYAL .I—7 30 "RAJA MUKTHI" (m Tamil) From Grandpa dou n to schoolboy John W light's is right they can't go wrong
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      391 2 ACRAWATTE A PERFECT BLENDED TEA from THE ACRAWATTE ESTATE CEYLON AGENT: f gasl?afcw»- J^mtr st»z»-, gt^« M' i '*>' SINGAPORE •^HUAUriUMPUH PENANC The World Smiles With You Everybody Itkes a pair »f sparkling eyes that radiate happiness and friendship. Smile to make irlenrts md smile to keep them. A Dad
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    NORTH KOREA RISING
    288 3 Desperate Move, Says Seoul SEOUL, Monday. AFFICIALS of the South Korean Republic said today they had received reports of mass uprisings m Soviet-occupied North Korea m which 6,000 or more Koreans have been killed. The Home Minister, Mr. T. Y. Yoon, told reporters that he believed the
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    Director Accused Of Cheating
    541 3 Director Accused Of Cheating A 32-YEAR-OLD Hokkien, Quek Tiam Song, director of Messrs. Thong Whatt Thiam Kee Ltd. appeared before the 1 Singapore Seventh Police Court Magistrate (Mr. R. J. C. Wait), yesterday on three counts of cheat- ing. involving a sum of $253,982. It was alleged that "he money
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    FLOODS CUT FOOD SUPPLY
    50 3 KARACHI. Moa Pakistan. which normally has a surplus In foodstuffs, is adopting austerity measures to tide over the deficiency caused by recent floods. The Governmeit of Pakistan is confident >f satisfying the minimum demands of its nationals and does not expect any starvation or famine.— A.P.
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    SCAP AUTHORISES JAP SILK SALES
    32 3 TOKIO. Mon— SCAP foreign trade office announced today that sale of Japanese silk fabiirs for delivery during the first quarter of next year had been authorised. —UP.
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    Fog Hits Airlift
    56 3 BERLIN. Mon. THE worst fog of the winter blanketed B-r|in yesterday and blotted out both fields used by the olanes of the Allied airlift. Last night the ceiling lifted a little and the planes began landing at Ga'ow on a reduced schedule, coming m at six instead
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    U.N. Saves Ten Greeks From Execution
    193 3 ATHENS, Monday. THE Greek Government announced last night that it had postponed the execution of 10 merchant seamen, scheduled for today. The 10 had been convicted by a maritime tribunal last week of subversive activity. 'Dr Herbert Evatt of Australia (President of the United
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    Record Post-War Rice Crop Hopes
    189 3 Record Post- War Rice Crop Hopes WASHINGTON. Monday. yHE Department of Agriculture announced yester1 day that the world rice crop for the 1948-49 marketing year "will be about 98 per cent of the prewar production and the largest harvest since the end of the war." I The 1948-49 estimate of
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    STRIKERS YIELD TO PRESSURE
    86 3 STRIKERS YIELD TO PRESSURE SYDNEY, Mon. I^HE Communist-led Miners i Federation yielded to Government pressure today and called off the coal strike which has been m progress throughout New South Wales. The miners were asked to resume their jobs tomorrow. The decision represented a complete backdown of the union, which
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    Ship Strike May End
    107 3 SAN FRANCISCO, Mon. THE Congress ot Industrial Organisations' Longshoremen Union and the Union of Mari>-° Cooks and Stewards yeste. uay announced they had accepted a new formula for the resumption of peace negotia.ions m the 67-day-old west coast maritime stike. The union'! announcement represents the first
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    "JEWS, ARABS TALKING PEACE"
    170 3 TEL AVIV Mon. JEWISH sources said yesterday that direct peace negotiations on Southern Palestine were under way between representatives of the Egyptian and Israeli Governments. •An ofi.. i i Egyptian spokesman m Paris denied that such talks were being held. Au horitative United Nations sources also
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    24 3 FOREIGN SECRETARIES of Britain and China, Mr. Ernest Bevin and Dr. Wang Shih-chen. after lunch together at the Chinese Embassy m London. A.P. picture.
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    COMMISSION REJECTS OCCUPATION BUDGET
    352 4 CINGAPORE Municipal Commissioners have rejected, on technical grounds, a $20,300,000 budget covering Municipal expenditure for the four years 1942 to 1946. Included in the budgei and back pay to interned t are rehabilitation grants and non-interned Municipal officers The decision \."3s made during the private session
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    29 4 HY HAZELL, who is reputed to have the longest legs m British films, is seen being measured for tights for the part of Dick Whittington m pantomime. Reuter photo.
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    Christian Bros. For University
    167 4 From Our Staff Correspandent PENANG, Mon. SO that they can have suitaable qualifications, all Christian Brothers who intend to take teaching as their vocation will m future be sent to the University of Malaya. The Brother Assistant Superior (Rev. Brother Lawrence OToole), now on an Inspection
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    HOTEL CASHIER ARRESTED
    39 4 A cashier at Raffles Hotel, Sarkies Martyrose Arathcon, was charged m a Singapore Court yesterday with falsification or accounts and criminal breach of trust of $88,920 73 belonging to* the hotel Bail was fixed at $5,000.
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    NEW CARETAKER
    44 4 From Our Muslim Correspondent The former caretaker of the Muslim cemetery at Bidadari. Upper Serangoon Road, has gone on leave prior to retirement. The new caretaker is a Muslim clerk transferred from the Municipal service. He has already assumed his new duties_
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    FAREWELL TEA
    61 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon.The Girl Guide Ranger and Brownie officers m Johore Bahru entertained Mrs. R. G. Heath, the District Captain to a farewell tea on the eve of her departure to Kuala Lumpur where her husband has been transferred. Mrs. H. E. MacKenzie. the District Commissioner, thanked Mrs.
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    AFTER FIVE-MILE WALK
    13 4 CHIK NAM (left) with her nicer Hasna m Broga market,
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    FOR BREAKING UP
    48 4 The Admiralty is calling tenders for breaking up 14 former Japanese warships which have been lying at the i Singapore Naval Baso for more than a year. Scrap from the vessels, which are of approximately 1.000 tons each, will be «ent to the United Kingdom.
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    Chik Nam's 2 Sons Make Her Feel Proud
    140 4 Chik Nam 's 2 Sons Make Her Feel Proud AN old Malay woman, Chlk Nam, who sells fruit la Broga market place, 25 miles from Kuala Lumpur, has two reasons for feeling proud. One of her sons, Mokhtar Mohd Yasin, is In Eneland studying social welfare Another son, Mohd Khalid,
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    COLONY MONEY REPORT
    149 4 COLONY MONEY REPORT CURPRISES are believed to I be m s.ore when the Select Committee examining Singapore's 1949 drat; e.sti- mates presents its reeommen- daMons and report at todays j j meeting of the Legislative i Council The Financial Secretary (Mr. J. D. M Sml:h» will formally move the adoption
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    Higher Rank For Malays Urged
    204 4 From Our Malay Correspondent OKOMOTION for Malay officers of the Malay Regi- ment is urged by Itusan Melayu m a leading J article discussing the prospects of Malays m the fighting forces. The paper says v.-hile the Malays welcome the recent announcement, on the promotion
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    Cambridge School Certificates
    68 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Monday. —The oral English examination In connection with the forthcoming Cambridge School certificate examinations will be held m Johore at the following centres: Nov. 14, at the Government English Schools at Muar and Batu Pahat; Nov. 15 and 18 at the English College Johore Bahru.
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    REDUCTIONS JUSTIFIED
    412 5 Lighter Dispute Board's Finding ]N its award published yesterday, the Arbitra- t ion Board on the labour, dispute between the General Lighterage and Transport Company and the Lighter Workers' Union says it is satisfied that the Company is justified m reducing the number of its lighters and crews.
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    SUSPECTS MAY BE FREED
    170 5 SUSPECTS MAY BE FREED THE Advisory Committee under the chairmanship of Mr. Justice Brown, set up In Singapore to consider objections made by people detained under the Emergency Regulations, has recommended m 12 cases that the appeals be allowed. These recommendations have been sent to the Governor of Singapore. They
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    24 5 MALACCA, Mon.— R D. R. Genga, Food Price Control inspector, was drowned yesterday dur.ng a picnic at Pulau Undan lighthouse off the Malacca coaat.
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    AWARDS FOR SCOUTERS
    156 5 I P O H, Mon.— Nineteen j Scouters were presented with j long service decorations at St. Michael's Institution to- j day by the British Adviser, I Mr. J. Innes Miller Among the recipients were the As- sLstant Commissioner of Scouts for Malaya, Mr. H. R. Hertslet
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    Johore Timber Merchants To Form Federation
    141 5 PREPARATIONS are being made by 30 Chinese timber merchants m Johore to form a Federation of Timber Traders, which will include traders and suppliers, sawmills, and transporters. A nine-man preparatory committee has been appointed for this purpose The Federation will find ways and means
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    31 5 CHAIRMAN of British Overseas Airways Corporation, Sir Harold Hartley (right) seen chatting to Sir Ralph Hone, Deputy Commissioner General, at a cocktail party at Raffles Hotel, on Saturday Straits Times picture.
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    DUTCH PICTURES OF WAR GRAVES
    51 5 The Dutch War Graves Authorities have sent to Singapore photographs of the graves of civilian internees who were buried m Muntock Cemetery, Banka Island. Netherlands East Indies. The photographs may be claimed by relatives, who should address their Inquiries to Army Graves Registration. Nee Soon,
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    Colony's First Malay Woman Reporter
    381 5 From Our Woman Correspondent SINGAPORE'S first Malay woman reporter, Miss Rosewita -tßuang) binti Haji All, believes that Malay girls should ignore custom sufficiently to keep abreast with higher education and to take up business and professional careers. But she is also conservative enough to frown
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    FIRST MALAYAN C.W.S.
    228 5 FIRST MALAYAN C.W.S. From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. MALAYA'S first Cooperative Wholesale Society was formed m Kuala Lumpur yesterday. The proposal was first j made by delegates at the All-Malayan Co-operative Societies Conference held m March this year. Presiding at yesterday's meeting, Mr. J. W. Shepley appealed to
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    MILE-LONG CORTEGE
    92 5 From Our Own Correspondent TELUK ANSON, Mon.— Traffic-jams were caused at several inter-sections as hundreds of people thronged the sidewalks yesterday to watch the mile-long funeral procession for Towkay Tan Cheok. The 83 -year-old landowner and businessman died last Monday. The cortege was the longest seen m Teluk
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    N.S SENDS 6 TO JAMBOREE
    86 5 SEREMBAN, Mon. Negri Sembllan's contingent of six Boy Scouts for the South Pacific Jamboree In Australia will be led by Mr. L. V. De Souza, Assistant District Commissioner for Wolf Cubs The contingent, which will sail from Singapore on Dec. 18, will consist of the
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    25 6 Mr. L. S. Dodd. wishes to thank all !r;end.s who sent floral tributes nn(* messagea of sympathy on the Occasion of his recent bereavenun"
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    DEATH
    30 6 SICARSON.— At Rasa Estate, cii Bth November. 1948. Norman f.Tlmmy> Searson. aged 26, n^urdered by terrorists Funeral a r Cheras Road Cemetery. X.L.. 4 30 pm Tuesday. 9th November
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tues., Nov. 9, 1948. THE WORKER'S WEAPON
    1067 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues., Nov. 9, 1948. THE WORKER'S WEAPON As a study in relationships between employers and employees in Malaya under the new conditions which have arisen since the war, the j report of the British trade union mission merits more detailed study than was possible in the
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    Fifty Years Ago.
    69 6 From the Straits Times of Nov. 9, 1898 The Colonial Engineer the Master Attendant. Mr. C. Stringer, and Mr. Tan Jtak Kirn have been gazetted members of the Government Commission to inquire into the t raffle, etc. m the Singapore River. The scope of inquiry includes Ihe
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    Federation Studies—12
    15 6 Federation Studies —12 Photograph by C. A. Gibson-Hill KUALA SELANGOR, FROM ACROSS THE SELANGOR RIVER.
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      An Englishwoman Writes To Singapore
      1210 6 An Englishwoman Writes To Singapore The following letter has been received from a woman reader of the Straits Times who is at present living m England. In it she refers to a letter on life at Home and m Singapore from a woman m Singapore wh eh was published In
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    Newspapers In Utopia
    411 6 TN your leader of Nov. 5, you expressed considerable surprise at the result of the American Presidential election, and pointed out to your readers the "dangers of political diagnosis and prophecy", as published by the leading American newspapers. The pathetic faith of the public m black hiaroglyphics
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    A Medical Inquiry
    187 6 Why It Musi Be Held IT would have been more appropriate if the correspondent who wrote m your columns on Mr. C. C. Tan's speech at the last Council meeting hud signed himself, "An innocent abroad." Does he not knmv that a hospital employee who speaks out
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    A CUBICLE IN CHINATOWN
    170 6 T AM sick of reading time and again m your correspondence columns complaints about housing problems. The present place wnich I occupy is a cubicle at the rear of a kitchen, which costs me $20 per month. The moment dawn breaks people start cooking and the
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    PRIORITY" CLAIM
    52 6 WITH reference to Mr. H. K. Rodgers* letter In Monday's issue, I would suggest that all claims by persons who have already reached the age of 65 years —and there must be a considerable number should be treated as immediate claims and givon priority according to age. OVER
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      726 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. The engagement was announced on 1.11.48. between Miss Poh Qicee Lian, eldest daughter of Mr. Mrs Poh Ouan Cheng Mr. Lee Chay Ann, eldest son of Mr Ar Mrs. Le P Soo Hock. MCKENZIE BENNETT. On October 16th. 1948. at St. Chand's Church, Longsdon. Staffordshire, Alexander, only son
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    S.'E.A. Rice Shipments Fixed For This Year
    125 7 BY THE end of this year, all South-East Asian recipients will have received approximately 93£ per cent of their total 1948 rice allocations from j Burma, Siam and French Indo-China. On Saturday, at a meeting m Singapore, the I.E.F.C. Sub-Committee on Rice for
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    293,743 CARDS ISSUED
    251 7 U? to Sunday, a total of 434,983 application forms had been received m Singapore's central registration office, and 293,743 identity cards had been issued. Four more temporary registralon centres will close on Sa'urday They are numbers 5, 9, 50 and 58 situated at 2C6 Changi Road; Market,
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    CYCLIST DIES IN COLLISION
    82 7 A Chinese an-emer 32-year-old Lim tlo Sing, was i killed yesterday morning In I a collision witn a iorry m tow at. the si c of f Hf- iew Chang] airfield. Urn was one >i f ive Chin se workmen, all >n cycles, who were knocked
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    RAF CASE: ANOTHER SURPRISE
    132 7 FURTHER tentative charges were preferred against three of the accused on the last day of the hearing of evidence m the RAF generator case m the Ninth Police Court, Singapore, yesterday. Sgt. Alexander Greenock Forrest and Corporp.i Ronald Hurst were tentatively charged with the theft of
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    Malay Stars In New Film:
    86 7 Malay Stars In New Film SHAW Brothers' fifth Malay film is being made with several of the stars of their former successes. Roomai Nor. hero m the Shaw Brothers' Malay film Chinta. Is appearing In Noor Asmara (Light of Love) opposite Kasmah Booty of Chempaka fame. In the new film,
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    JOHORE SCOUTS' CONTINGENT
    79 7 From Our Own Correspondent MUAR Mon. District Scout Commissioner for Johore and deputy Camp Cnief for Malaya <Y. M. Syed Esa bin Alwee) will lead Johore Scouts contingent to attend the South West Pacific jamboree at Melbourne. The two scouts selected from Muar are Azhar bin Ahmad
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    GOES ON LEAVE
    38 7 TELUK ANSON, Mon.— Mr. J. J. P. Daves, resident engineer, Huttenbachs Ltd., Teluk Anson, has left for the United Kingdom on leave. He has been succeeded by Mr. H. R. Pyper, from the Penang office.
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    Bishop Wilson Back In Colony
    321 7 yHE Bishop of Singapore, the Kt. Rev. John A Leonard Wilson, who was recently appointed Dean of Manchester, arrived m Singapore yesterday by the Blue Funnel ship Astyanax from England to make arrangements for the change over. Bishop Wilson, who was accompanied by his wife,
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    CONSUL GOES SHOPPING
    97 7 FE Chinese Consul m Medan, Mr. D. J. Lee, made a compulsory shopexcursion when he arrived m Singapore yesterday afternoon by plane from Batavia. He discovered, on arrival m the Colony, that a case with his personal clothing had been placed aboard the wrong aircraft and had
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    Lectures On English
    105 7 FE People's Education Association will hold a second series of extension lectures entitled "The English Language" by Professor G. G. Hough of Raffles College, Singapore. There will be five Tuesday lectures m the series: 1. English and its Eastern relations (Nov. 16). 2. English and its German
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    40 Oilmen Confer
    111 7 FROM all parts of the western hemisphere 40 executive officers of Stand-ard-Vacuum Oil Co., have come to Singapore for a v/eek of discussions which are described as educational Talks began at the Sea View Hotel yesterday. Each officer's statistical chart and picture of his business area is
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    OIL EXECUTIVES MEET
    28 7 MR. J. B. NOLAN, Standard Vacuum Company's South African manager, speaking at yesterday's conference, at the Sea View Hotel, of oil executives.— Straits Times picture.
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    SEARCH FOR MISSING WITNESS
    141 7 PHOTOGRAPHS of FLgnt Sergeant John Rickard. missing witness m the R.A.F. generator case now being heard m the Ninth Police Court, have been flown >ut from England and copies are to be widely circulated m Singapore and the Federation. There Is still no news of Rickard.
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    QUICK ACTION BY POLICE
    219 7 QUICK ACTION BY POLICE From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. WITHIN a few minutes of two shots being fired, two Special Constables, a mobile police party and an Hussars officer were on the spot. This was stated m the Supreme Court here today when Lim Ah Tong, a Hailam.
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    ARREST OF HIRE: MP TO QUERY
    353 7 AUESTIONS may be asked x m the House of Commons abjui the arrest and detention of an Englishman (Carlton Hiret m connee ion with alleged gun running. When v second application for a writ of habeas corpus was made m the Singapore Supreme Court
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      116 7 NOW OPEN! OH THE SECOND FLOOR We have a really wonderful exhibition of Toys for boys delights for girls Crack s for "Big-uns" and "Little-uns" Meccano trains for "Dad" and dolls for "Mum" Indoor Games for children and Grown-ups (Snap for instance) Wood Toys, Woolie Toys, Tin Toys, for Girls
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    RUSSIANS MAY GO TO ECAFE TALKS VIA SINGAPORE
    209 8 LHJl'KThEN Russian delegates may soon pass through Singapore on their way to the Economic Council for Asia and the Far East conference which will be held in Lapstone, New South Wales, this month. Singapore will be a jumping-off centre from which 50
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    $23,000 For Red Cross In Sarawak
    308 8 Kuching Notes From Our Kuchinc Correspondent THAT over $23,000 is to b« 1 provided from headquarters funds for the Sarawak branch of the British Red Cross was announced at the quarterly meeting m Kuching last week. A letter from London said that £1,400 would
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    EXAMINATION IN RELIGION
    65 8 The first annual religious examination of the Buddhist Sunday School, conducted ry the Pali class of the Singapore Buddhist Association, was held on Sunday at 263, Outram Road, by Y.M.B.A. Colombo, Ceylon. Mr. B. T. de Silva. acted as an examiner appointed by Y.M.B.A. Colombo. Fifteen candidates,
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    JOHORE EXAMS
    48 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— The annual examination of the Johore Malay Schools begin tomorrow for standards four five and six and on Nov. 21 for standards one. two and three. The examination for standard six boys, for which there are over 150 candidates, will be conducted centrally.
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    BOYS' BRIGADE PRESIDENT
    23 8 Mr. J. M. Fraser has been elected president of the Sin- gapore Battalion of the Boys' Brigade for next year.
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    Singapore Diary
    106 8 TODAY Singapore Legislative Cuunc 1 Meeting at Victorial Memor'al Hall 10 a.m. Singapore Music Circle: Gramophone recital at Katong Bow Club, Halg Road. 8.30 p. m Singapore Stamp Club: Annual General Meeting at Capitol Restaurant 5 p.m. TOMORROW Alumni Association of King Edward VII College of Medicine m
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    Govt. Buys 100% More Perak Padi
    193 8 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Monday. /GOVERNMENT has purchased 243,000 more piculs of padi from Perak padi planters so far this year than it did during the whole of 1947, it was officially announced today. This represents an Increase of more than 100 per
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    MR. TUDOR ON THE EVIL DAY'
    147 8 A SINGAPORE bank mana/v ger told the Strait* Times yesterday that, judging by the many exhausted bank accounts at the end of each month, some people were going to find it difficult to meet their income tax. The income tax authorities have not yet
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    Pistol In Drain
    24 8 A Eurasian boy found an unserviceable pistol In a irain m the vicinity of St. Joseph's Institution, Bras Basah Road, yesterday.
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    According To Culbertson
    310 8 A clear picture of the defenders' distribution is essential to the declarer m many deals. In j the following case. South could I have secured that picture without risk or difficulty. West, dealer. Neirhfr ■de vulnerable NORTH X 10 9 ♦K8 7 2 A 10 4 ♦A
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      204 8 £M 1 2,000 jHik —but the •KANGAROO' Service takes them m its stride K^fll As Maluva Decumc- inoie.i- nini» air-mimlfd. mure- md -n.rf travellers fly the "Kangan**" muten n» Constellation and Flying Hour ro Australia uui h« United Kingdom For over 12.<M)i> pmmamen even km Q.E.A.-8.0.A.C..'* rrienciK. pwinalined «rvic« Bakes
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      320 8 STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD ».TJ>rlllert art often Intended but not New Year <8>, V/XWO aX to (7). 26. And Hint (anag.) (8). I U 1 I" fcUUU* I U 1 a 1 7 4. It did teem a crima (7). 27. Part that i» turned Into I II I I I
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    From an estate bungalow
    743 9 r\NK of the marvels U of the East to a European is said to be the exotic Mowers. But how many of these exotic flowera are ever seen? The orchid hnnter has many a disappointment and you may pass the same Fpbt hundreds of times and
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    Malayan Homes And Fashions
    139 9 Malayan Homes And Fashions AJ\Rf>. Malcolm MaciTl Donald, wife of the Commissioner General, is posed against a Chinese screen m her dining room at Bukit Serene. With her flair for the simple line and sparing use of colour, she achieves the Molyneux look even m the most informal of afternoon
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    A Mem In The Kitchen
    1147 9 "WELL," I thought, "It's about time I took the plunge. We've been married four months now and the little woman has not lifted a finger to provide he) 1 lord and master with any little i delicacies to please the palate. Cookie has done it
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      37 9 W. X] iQi~ Co i. m Oi^ f I many Doctors recommend LACTOGEN when babies are deprived of breast milk. LACTOGEN closely resembles mother's milk m composition, nutritive value and digestibility. |a Jactogei/ \yPBß\v A NESTLE PRODUCT
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      395 9 mtik* -'l(i° in o to STURDIKR HAPPIKR with these healthgiving tablets A irowin» child needs Calciun «no npuapitufM mmvi mirO* ooncs. -suund ceeth. taleo front nuaak >< <kio irnutMat Vm he «ood of man> living m jnuntno vherr -he .lun.iir nih. mm acknowledged u> oe Jchcicni id thcae rv»,iv-nuiiciin B
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    Our London) Letter
    1745 10  - Our London) Letter Air Mail By TELLS OF THE AMUSING SIDE OF LIFE....GIVES A COMPARISON WITH PARIS BRINGS YOU THE WEEK'S GOSSIP....AND RE.VEALS A CLOSELY GUARDED SECRET. LONDON, Oct. 26. I IFE m London this week haa been amusing rather than inspiring. Indeed, the paper* have made quit* big headlines
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      172 10 j^M»^ jtt. 11—2—4.15—8.30—9.15 Chow Suen In ■f^ (KOH NOI CHEE KOH) m m Mandarin TOMORROW I j^ jhgUi You'll meet Radio's R.ive (iir: /f jf *>X JwX^. m her first picture! Z^\ Vjjgy^ iJ^i DORIS DAY T<f.i§ She DAY namitt! j%± y^w DWIMousI DAYlightful! THUNDERING RIDERS! A RIIMM l\<; TM'i
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      218 10 11 a.m.; 1.45: 4.15; DjMlT IT WWlTi.' 6.45 and 9.30 p.m. rf. +*>' *oscma«y d«camp -^fr— I— M» A I iiiversal Pirturc KW| R%V/«I\1| Pcrfpctlv Air-Cnnditioned JviilnAi LKlr.V^Ji at 78 F F<)r Comfort! U, THE GLORYsM i^ ROARING t^w^ BRAWLING l^Sfc MILES OF n~~ RIVER!... MEN. ..BOLD AND DARING -WOMEN...
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      384 10 If I T I r Ik Mg V f v SP --4 '■•'Ifff'v ~m RADIO MALAYA [9.30 Burmese: 10.00 The Story Rhythm in the Sun; 12.45 H #id of Dr. Priestley; 10.30 Radio Melodies Are Sweet; 1.30 Newt: SINGAPORE Nrtwsreel: 10.45 The Tuesday 1.40 Music for You; 2.19 Close. Talk;
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      Malayan Breweries' Profit
      124 11 Malayan Breweries Profit MALAYAN Breweries report a net trading profit of $733,897 for the year to June 30, 1948. With income from investments and subsidiary company of 9947,064 and balance brought forward from last year of $317,000, the profit and loiss appropriation account credit amounts to $1,997,961. From this total
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      PRODUCE MARKET PRICE CHANGES
      77 11 From A Market Correspondent THERE were a number of a changes on the Singapore produce markets yesterday but little business was reported. While the price of copra bettered slightly, coconut oil quotations eased. Pepper quotations continued to slip. Yesterday's changes were: Copra: Sun-dried $32 80; Mixed
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      TIN OUTPUTS
      62 11 Austral Malay AISTRAL Malay Tin announces the following Oct. returns: lUmponf Kamunting- Tin Dredging 578 hours run. 115,000 ruble yards dug. 392 piculs of tinore recovered. Thabawleik Tin Dredging— 49B hours, 147,000 cubic yardi, 537 piculs. Austral Amalgamated Tin Asam Kumbang section. $97 hours, 9.700 cubic yards, M
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      Takuapa Valley
      73 11 TAKIAPA Valley Tin Dredging announces that In October: Dredge Takuapa No. 1 worked 642 hours, covered 150,000 cubic yards and won 117 piculs of ore. Dredge Takuapa No. 2 worked 601 hours, covered 140.004 cubic yards and won 336 piculs of ore. The estimated value of the total
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      RUBBER STEADY, QUIET
      115 11 RUBBER STEADY, QUIET ITTLE business was transit acted yesterday on a Singapore rubber market which was steady and quiet. j Closing prices yesterday were: I No. 1 sheet f.o.b. buyers 4O'/i cents, sellers 40}; cents; spot loose buyers 40 cents, sellers 40 7b7 b cents, per Ib. The Singapore Chamber
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      Malayan Share Market: Tins Prominent
      212 11 Malayan Share Market: Tins Prominent From Our -Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Monday. HPHE Tin section of the Malayan share market was irregular to higher today, while Industrials were inclined to ease slightly. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were INDUSTRIALS Buyer S«lln Good wood Park 1 57 V 4
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    MINING PROGRESS GOODBUT PLANT STILL NEEDED
    879 11 Austral Malay Tin Group REHABILITATION of the tin mining industry m Malaya has progressed steadily, with a distinct increase m production. But many companies are still held up by the non-arrival of essential plant and equipment from overseas, according to the chairman of Austral
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    Ships At The Wharves
    82 11 SHIPS m port alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharve* yesterday (godowns In brackets) were: Main Wharf: Muncaster Castle (31-32). Myrmidon (36-37 1 Turks Head (38-39). West Wharf: Astantx (1-2), Rengam (3), Pernfleld <6-7). Kam- par (10-lli, Glenogle (13-14). Rimau 115-16). I Empire Dock: Lake Chllco '1718),
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      1165 11 MANSFIELD «c CO., LTD. (Incorporated m Singapore) BLUB FUNNEL LINK STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO., SAILINGS FROM UK b USA LTD "At, B y:^'',rm UU U Kk.-::;.K k.-::;.. C-C -C IJ C2 WISI COAS7 MALAYA Adrastus" due from UK. Nov. 10 "Mcntakab 1 for Malacca Nov 9 "Furymcdon" due from UK Nov
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      244 11 PRESIDENT LINES Ceneral Passenger Agent foi Northwest Airlines SAILINCS TO NIW YORK. ANO BOSTON •ta INDIA F.CYPT M EOITERRANEAN PORTS The SS President Cleveland and SS r» B ffv»ni President Wilton CARCOCAIRE Americas Finest Post War Luxury 1 Prevents Cargo Damage caused by Liners Sweat and avoids many Un- i
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      315 11 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINCS TO CONIINENT/ SCANDINAVIA. Loading it Singapore. Port Swettenham b Penang m.t "Manchuria" due abt. Nov 9 tor Aden Port Said. Cenoa FANCIER CASABLANCA. Antwerp Kotterdam Hamburg. OSIC Gothenburg Copenhagen m.i "Selandia" due abt. Nov 13 j- Madras Colombo. Aden •>ort Sudan Pert Said Canoe MARSEIIIFS Anfwero
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      1020 11 McALISTER <Sc CO., LTD. (Incorporated m Singapore) CLLBRMAN m BUCKNALL KLAVENESS LINE HAVRE. LONDON. ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM b HAMBURC CANAOIAN "ACIFIC PORTJ Accepting eaiep tor US North Atlantic Ports Canada via Colombo Accepting cargo for Central 0 South CITY Of POONA American Ports Spore P. Sham Penane Due In Pert II
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    KRAMER, RIGGS MAY PLAY IN SINGAPORE
    584 12 KRAMER, RIGGS MAY PLAY IN SINGAPORE A ccompa n ied By Pails, Segura TACK Kramer, Wimbledon champion m 1947 and the present world professional tennis champion, will play m Singapore early next month, if the efforts being made by a group of local sportsmen are successful. Kramer, who is officially
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    Barker Scores Only Goal
    154 12 A SINGAPORE Recreation Club XI gained a one-nil i victory over thf Singapore Teachers Union m a fame of hockey played on the S.R.C. padang yesterday. The goal w&« aopred by N. Barker m th 4 iWojid half after the Teftohwi bad held territorial advantage throughout
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    KHALSA WIN BY ODD GOAL
    76 12 A LUCKY goal midway :n the session enabled the Khalsa Association to beat the Medical College by f w> goals to one m a game of hockey played on the Khaku ground. St. George's RoaJ, yesterday. The Medicals opened ihe scoring In the first half
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    WAAF HOCKEY XI
    52 12 THE w.a.a.f. hockey team to meet the S.C.C. women a XI at 5. 1S p.m on the padang tomorrow will be: SO Clews; LACW Cook, Mrs. Witt; Sgt. Nuttal. Sister McMillan. Sgt. Dowdeswell; F O Billows. Sgt. Woodbury, Sist3r Caygill. Mrs. Catley, Mrs. Crompton. V ACW waiter,
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    Sports Diary
    42 12 TODAT HOCKEY: I.A. v. K. N. Police —Fairer Park; S.C.B.C. t. C9.C. Hong Lim Green; R.I. Past v. Present R.I. ground. RUGBY: St. Andrew's School t. Raffles College— WoodsvlUe. BADMINTON A BASKETBALL: Chinese V.M.C.A. 5 p.m. weight lifting 7 p.m.
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    UNITED RUGBY XV
    128 12 THE following havt beeri seleotcd to wprasent Singapore United against RAF. Seletar m a charity match at Jalan B«Mr stadium at jM6 p.m. on Nov. 11 to aid of the Poppy Day Fund. Abdul Rahman (Kota Rajah); L. Hlbbert (Police), We* Leong Sow iSO.R.C). Nla* Molid. Shah
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    Chinese Defeat SCC "B" 15-13
    559 12 "THE Singapore Cricket Club *'B" team were A Somewhat surprisingly beaten by the Straits Chinese Recreation Club by 15 points (three goals) to 13 points (two goals and a penalty goal) m a game of rugger played on the S.C.C. padang yesterday afternoon. r Cause
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    It's Make Or Break For Woodcock
    215 12 LONDON. Monday. BRL'CE Woodcock's fight against Ameilcan Lee Save Id at Harringay Aims. London, on Dec. 6 will make or break the British heavytri-inht champion's chance of get' ing a tilt at <he world heavy weight I Hie. It will be Woodcock's toughest test
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    New Jockey Arrives Today
    533 12 JOCKEY L. Healey, a light J weight from West Australia, arrive^ today on the Charon to ride for Trainer Ollie Davies. Healey can make 7.2. Jackie Jones, hitherto attached to Davies, will ride as a free-lance. GRAND Prix 11, beat stayer the Malayan Turf last season,
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    Odds Against Us In Thomas Cup
    364 12 INDIAN CAPTAIN SAYS Straits Times Special Correspondent LONDON, Monday. r^EORGE LEWIS, captain of India's Thomas Cup badminton team who are now on their way to Canada, whom they meet m the first round of the Cup at Toronto on Dec. 3 and Dec. 4,
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    Billiards, Table Tennis Finals
    103 12 AT 7.30 p.m. today at the V.M.C.A. Orchard Road, the finals In j the table tannU competition for the Khallk Cup and billiards com1 petition for the Farelf Cup will be held. Finalists m the table tennis competition are Yong Men Kiang and William Fung, while
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    Women's Hockey Team Selected
    432 12 THE Singapore Civilian women's XI to meet the Combined Services (women) m a hockey match In aid of the Poppy Day fund on Thursday was selected after a trial game on the Singapore Cricket Club padang yesterday. The team is: Miss M. La Brooy; Mrs. A.
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      42 12 lAs^U^>NtSS WATCHES £j GRAND PRIX BERNE Z9/4AfDUNLOP] 1 FORT (I; dunlop THE DUNLOP RUBBER ZQ. (MALAYA) LTO. O p jT From Eugene O'Neills Famous Stage Play NEXT CHANCE An mn«rmw" tfolfday. \gffird»k> HUSTON MORGAN lEHKINS W SQr^l METRO OOLOWVN MAYS! (HGTUR« U
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      33 12 SINGAPORE TIDES Today: High Water, 5.02 a.m. «6 ft. 9 In.), 3.25 p.m. (7 ft. 6 in. i. Tomorrow High Water, 6.29 a.m. (7 ft. 0 in.), 4.59 p.m. i7 ft. 1 in.>.
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