The Straits Times, 11 November 1948

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1948. it PRICE TEN CENTS.
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    THREE -FOURTHS OF CITY OVERCROWDED
    515 1 'Intolerable Housing Found In Singapore Social Survey TH REE-quarters of Singapore's city population and two-thirds of its households are overcrowded, says the Social Survey of th« Social Welfare Department which is published today. After investigating 4,955 households m the Municipal area, the Suivey finds that
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    RUBBER RECORD EXPECTED
    203 1 RUBBER RECORD EXPECTED From Our Own < <>n t->pondent LONDON. Wed. II'ORLD production of natuf T ral rubber this y>\ir will in-lude what Is expected to t) new record output from M iluya of 700.000 tons and |Q from Indonesia, says Inanclal Times. r 1949 preliminary estlmites show production will
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    17 BANDITS KILLED
    42 1 SEVENTEEN terrorists were killed during the past 24 hours, said an official communique late last Bight Johorr operations on Sunday, it added, resulted In the deaths of 12 suspects and not seven as originally reported. Story m Pate SKVKN).
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    DEFINITION OF TERMS
    142 1 Definitions used :n the report are as foliout: ROOM: A partitioned spac*. Kitchens used for sleeping icere not claused as rooms but "space". CUBICLE: A room is held to be a cubicle if the partition does not reach the ceiling. SPACE: A sleeping place without any ordinary
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    Money Problem
    1507 1 "If we take those acutely overcrowded and those living In space, together, as living m conditions which In most parts of the world would be regarded as absolutely intolerable, we find 30 per cent or more of the households which comprise very nearly half the population (even m
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    The Survey In Other Pages
    57 1 The Straits. born Chbtese ps*v I Households analysed page t Mr. McNe.ce Explain*; vagc 4\ Fucts about education page 5 Man who worked out the table<t page 5 Dr. T. H Sllcock revieics survey oage 6 big bus ness men fir--per cent illiterate paye ?o
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    Rice-Hungry Mobs Roam Nanking Streets
    260 1 NANKING, Wednesday. DICK-hungry mobs roamed Nanking streets today, smashing into food shops, halting and searching trucks and cars m a frantic search for food. Th» v'tnaHnn m Phlnu'c iur aiiuawuu ill v, lima a capital appeared to be deteriorating rapidly. American officials said they considered
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    "TRUMAN FOR MOSCOW"
    64 1 LONDON. Wed. MOSCOW Radio last night broadcast a Tass agency despatch from Washington quoting an unconfirmed report m the Washington Times Herald, that Mr. Truman may go to Europe for talks with Stalin. The report added that Mr. Truman was hoping that Stalin would, m turn, visit
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    CHINA AID QUESTION REOPENED
    216 1 CHINA AID QUESTION REOPENED LONDON. Wed. I'HE United States Secretary of State (Mr. George Marshall" conferred yesterday with China's United Nations delegation chief, Dr. T. F. Tsiang. The future extent of American military and economic aid to Nanking was reported to have been discussed m the light of a new
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    Industries Go Back To Germans
    105 1 Industries Go Back To Germans FRANKFURT. Wed. WEST Germany's massive key coal, steel and iron industries will be handed back to the Germans "to work for Germany." the British and American military authorities here announced today. The Germans themselves will decide whether the industries shall be publicly or privately owned,
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    REPATRIATION
    50 1 PIETERMARITZEURG, Wed. —The Natal Provincial Congress of the United Party today passed a unanimous resolution declaring that the South African Government should take all possible steps to arrange 'a round table conference with the Governments of India and Pakistan to achieve the repatriation of Indians m South Africa.— Reuter.
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    MANCROFT LEADS THE ATTACK
    180 1 LONDON. Wed. LORD MANCROFT. opening the debate m the House of Lords on Malaya today, criticised the Government's policy as having been "vacillating, complacent and unrealistic." The welcome improvement m the position m the last few weeks had been due. lie said, to the invoking of
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    Dato Onn To Discuss Defence
    187 1 Dato Onn To Discuss Defence LONDON. W«d. DATO Onn, expects to discuss questions of Malayan defence at the British War Office before he ends his visit to Britain on Nt>v. 18. He told Reuter today he has been promised tl>ese discussions. He has already had full discussions with Colonial Secretary
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    Royal Ba by's Title
    136 1 Royal Ba by 's Title LONDON, Wed. pRINCESS Elizabeth's baby, expected within the next few days, will be known as His Royal Highness the Prince of Edinburgh or Her Royal Highness the Princess of Edinburgh. The King decreed this uy I widening the effect of m 1 edict made by
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    'JAPANESE NOT WANTED"
    61 1 ANBF.RRA. lla'a Immigration Minister, Mr. Calwell, today reje rted >» Japanese new- SUg- gesUon that 20.000.000 Ja- panese should be illoweil to 1 settle In New Guinea. •Japanese will not be i tolerated m Australian tortes Including New o and the Islands he Japanese will ate >
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    DR. STJKKER FLYING HOME
    58 1 BATAVIA. Wed. Dr. Btlfcke;\ after conferring wiih his advisers who arrived at not n from Jogjakarta this afternoon, decided to fly Lo I*he Hague tomorrow morning, .i Dutch spokesman said The Dutch Foreign Minister conferred on Friday arid Saturday with Republican Premier Dr. Mohamed Hatta, but
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    Siam May Ask More For Rice
    80 1 From Our Own one pjntlrnt BANGKOK Wed I ed sources reveal Lhat 8 am may raise the question ot the price of rice tor nex year, despite the recent statement of ;he Minister ot Commerce that Siam would not ake iulvan age of the
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    COMPANY MEETING
    775 2 THE GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, LIMITED Or ENGLAND The annual general meeting of thr General Electiic Compuny, .united of England was held m |M Oct. m London. S.r Harry Railing (the chair- 1 man i said that .he trading profits JiM-l'H*d wer e substantially higher Than those of the
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      Antiquated Scottish Laws To Be Formally Abolished
      168 2 LONDON, Tuesday. THE Government has Introduced a Scottish Criminal Justice Bill to abolish formally such mediaeval punishments (which still exist m theory) as the drawing and quartering of hanged men, the treadmill and the crank. r Drawing and quartering m Scotland, for traitors
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      CONSERVATIVE COWS GO PINK
      92 2 LONDON, Wed. THE polities of cows came under discussion by the Commons when Mr. E. P. Smith (Conservative) asked the Minister for Town and Country Planning (Mr. L. Silkin) why his department was advising farmers at Ashford to paint cowsheds pink. Mr. Silkin answered: "No such
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      Luxury Taxes
      54 2 NEW DELHI, Wed. The Government of India, as part of its antl-lnflatlon policy, has increased duties on beer, brandy, whisky, tobacco, cigars and cigarettes, gold and silver plated ware, toys and games requlslties. It has reduced the export duty on cotton textiles from 25 per cent to 10
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      Greetings
      48 2 MOSCOW, Wed.— Greetings on the occasion of the 31st. anniversary of the Russian Revolution Include messages from: Mr. Walter Nash (New Zealand, Finance Minister); M. Pierre Dupont, (Prime Minister of Luxembourg); Slgnor Palmirc* Togllattl (Communist Party of Italy); Mr. Harry Pollltt (Communist Party In Britain.)— A. P.
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      Paris Again
      28 2 NOEL COWARD, British author and actor, was taken HI m Paris a few days before his debut on the French stage m his play "Present Laughter."
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      Panama Banquet
      35 2 LONDON, Wed. Panama will give a State banquet In honour of King George and Queen Elizabeth when the battleship Vanguard taking them to New Zealand and Australia stops In the Panama Canal. Reuter.
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      F.D.R. Memorial
      36 2 LONDON, Wed— The British Government has erected a memorial plaque to the late President Roosevelt in Westminster Abbey, to be unveiled by Mr. Attlee and Mr. Winston Churchill. Mrs. Roosevelt will be present.— Reuter.
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      Prize Money
      53 2 LONDON, Wed. Prize .money of £4,500,000 will be 1 shared by officers and men of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines who spent 180 or more days' sea service during the war. For persons who are or have been members of any of iwe air forces, £1,250.000 will
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      Jets For France
      42 2 PARIS, Wednesday. The Controller of Air SudDlles (Air Marshal 81r William Alex Cory ton; heads a delegation to discuss with French Government officials the manufacture In France, under licence, of British type Jets for the French Air Force. Reuter.
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      No Sympathy
      40 2 WASHINGTON, Wed.— The United States Government has little sympathy with Canberra's request to return to Australia those Australian women who worked In the Philippines with the United States armed forces and who are now In the U.S.— U.P.
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      BARE MINIMUM
      17 2 STOCKHOLM, Wed. SWEDISH models struck for $1 an hour minimum wage for posing nude yesterday.—U.P.
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      766 2 NOTICES SINGAPORE TURF CLUB UNLIMITED SWEEP UNLIMITED SWEEP TICKETS may be purchased at th« Course on Race Days at the booth provided on the Sunken Lawn adjacent to the TOTE BAROMETER BOARD. I Tickets for the current days Sweep will be on sale until 4.15 p.m. Ticket* for the Second
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      707 2 NOTICES EXPORT CONTROL The attention of exporters is drawn to a notification m the I Federation of Malaya, Government Gazette, dated 11th November, 1948 wherein the exportation from the Federation of Malaya to the I Colony of Singapore by road, rail or air of most Imported manufactured goods is authorised
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      267 2 NOTICE Whereas Mr. R. W Mann. Accountant of The Texas Co (China) Ltd.. has proceeded on transfer. Notice Is h-reby given that the substitute fower if Attorney dated September 2. 1947 granted by The Texas 00. (China Ltd.. to Mr. R. W. Mann has been withdrawn and cancelled witn effect
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    JAP AIMS ON SINGAPORE
    629 3 To jo Tribunal Tells Of Plot TOKIO, Wednesday. DEFERENCE to a Japanese Cabinet decision taken m September 1940 to capture Singapore was made today m the International Military Tribunal judgment. The Tribunal today found Tojo and 24 other Japanese war leaders guilty of conspiracy to wage
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    WAR STARTED IN MALAYA
    77 3 TOKIO. Wed. JAPAN began her aggressive war against the Western Powers m December 1941. not at Pearl Harbour, but at Kota Bahru. the International Tribunal declared today. Japanese warships shelled the beaches at Kota Bahru at 2.40 a.m. (Toklo time) on Dec. 8. 100 minutes before
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    East Must Have Peace To Get Prosperity
    189 3 NEW YORK, Wednesday. THE I.S. I nder-Secretary of the Army (Mr. William Draper) said yesterday that prosperity could come to the Far East only "if peace and tranquillity prevail, if production can increase, and if foreign trade can exchange the raw materials of
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    Congressman Indicted
    71 3 WASHINGTON, Wed ft/|K J. Parnell Thomas (Republican), chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on UnAmerican Activities, was indicted yesterday on a <harge of conspiring to defraud the Government. And today it was announced that the committee had dropped virtually all plans for investigations during the rest of
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    WEATHER BEATS PLANE SEARCH
    52 3 BERNE, Wed. Weather yesterday forced abandonment of an aerial search of the Swiss Alps for a twoengined chartered British ulane, which disappeared on the night of Oct. 29 while flying from London to Milan. It was carrying eight passengers, most of them Aus- 1 traliajis Australia
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    Industrialist Dies
    31 3 LONDON. Wed. Lord Bearsted, British industrialist, who was chairman of Shellmex Company, died at his home near Banbury, Warwickshire, on 1 ,nday night. He was 66 years old.— A.P.
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    Fewer Strikes In India
    61 3 NEW DELHI. Wed.- Industrial relations m India have improved since last year. Official figures show that the loss In production m term of man-days lost was reduced by half during 1948. In January, the textile workers of Ahmedabad struck work for 10 days demanding admission of
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    TALKS ON EXPROPRIATION WITH BURMA GOVERNMENT
    139 3 LONDON, Wed. SIR Stafford Cripps, Chancellor of the Exchequer, was questioned m the House of Commons yesterday about the value of British firms and property expropriated or scheduled for expropriation by th-.» Burmese Government. He replied that the British interests concerned were negotiating with
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    Commonwealth A Family—Attlee
    304 3 Commonwealth A Family Attlee LONDON, Wednesday. IK. ATTLEE, without referring specifically to any iTI Dominion, said last night that constitutional advances m the Commonweath had brought about "adaptations of the relationships between the various units." t Speaking at the Lord Mayor of London's annual banquet, Mr Attlee said that constitutional
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    WINDING UP
    77 3 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Wed. 1 MEETING of Malayan n Rubber Estate Owner* company approved the winding up of the company. The company was formed to expedite recovery m Malaya after the liberation, and during its short existence arranged transport for 1,000 planters and administrators to Malaya.
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    CHINESE ILLITERACY
    713 4 Few Educated In English WHATEVER justification there was m the past for believing that Straits-born Chinese did not take to manual occupations and were predominantly clerks no longer held true, it was stated m the Social Survey report of the Singapore Social Welfare Department, published this morning. More
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    FACTS ABOUT THE SURVEY
    211 4 WHY IT WAS UNDERTAKEN: Because the Department of Social Welfare wanted more facts about the problems with which it had to deal m order to plan its work comprehensively and economically. WHO UNDERTOOK IT: The field work of the Survey and also some of the work
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    Singapore Helps To Stop Dollar Leak
    261 4 TTHL shipment of goods 1 United States and ot cannot now be made thn dollar proceeds are del Foreign Exchange Contr This represents the majoi step which the Hong Koni Government, m co-ordin-ation with Singapore authorities, has taken to prevent the loss of dollars
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    Kidnap Tale Of Terrorist
    154 4 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. "DREPOSTEROUS balder- dash" was how the Fede- > ral Counsel described a kidnapping story with which Lim Ah Tong attempted to explain why he fired a shot at a coffee shop proprietor In Saiding. For having an unlicensed firearm,
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    Analysis Of Colony Family Life
    767 4 '|Hih Social Survey conducted by the Singapore Welfare Department found that the average size of households, of all races m Singapore, was 3.90 persons. If, said the survey report, difficulty was experienced m visualising .9 of a person, the figure could be interpreted to mean
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    Report Is First Of Its Kind
    167 4 THE first of its kind m the I 1 Commonwealth ''olonial territories, on such a scale, was how the Secretary for i Social Welfare (Mr. T. P. F. McNeice) described Singa- i pore's Social Survey report at a Press conference yesterday. The Social Survey
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    FLOOD MENACE PLANS
    170 5 Protection Of Kuala Lip is A FLOOD emergency scheme for Kuala Lipis has been drawn up by the Pahang Government to meet the possible menace of flooding during this month, December and January. Details of this plan have already been issued to the population. The people have
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    Income Tax Deductions For Children
    132 5 Income Tax Deductions For Children THE income Tax Office has issued a statement detailing qualifications for deductions to be made in respect of children. The child must not be married; must be under the age of 16 or receiving full time educational instruction or serving under articles or indentures. Deductions
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    $700 COLONY BURGLARY
    78 5 Burglars who broke into the Leedon-road house of Mr. C. Woodbury-Sowter, Singapore manager of Francis Peek and Co. Ltd., early on Tuesday evening stole cutlery and other articles valued at $700. When Mr. Woodbury-Sowter returned, shortly after midnight, he found the back door ajar. A silver cigarette
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    GUA MUSANG
    42 5 The British Adviser. Kelantan state s that Gua Musang was recaptured by a mixed force of Malay Regiment and Police from Kota Bahru and not by Shaw Force a* stated m our issue of Nov. 6. Shaw Force recaptured Pulai.
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    Great Future For Malays
    147 5 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Wed. THE retiring British Adviser A Perak (Mr. Innes Miller) said today that the new Federation of Malaya constitution had opened a great future for the Malays, not only in administrative careers out in all other spheres of life of the
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    MISSION GIFTS TO ISLANDERS
    108 5 j Over 200 inhabitants of I, Pulau Brani have received I gifts of clothing, and shoes j I from the Seventh Day Adven- j tis; Mission. A total of 400 i.ems have so far been issued. Distribution, which started j last Sunday at Pulau Branl, !is
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    JAPANESE SHANGHAI 'BETTER'
    109 5 JAPANESE SHANGHAI 'BETTER' CONDITIONS in Shanghai Vj today are worse than they were during the Japanese occupation, says Arthur Goldschmidt, a 62 year old German war refugee who is now in Singapore. After spending the past nine years in Shanghai, Mr. Goldschmldt is being sent back to Germany by the
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    COLLECTION OF NIGHTSOIL
    77 5 The Town Cleansing Deipartment of the Singapore (Municipality is now m a position to carry out at least an alternate day collecjtion of night-soil from all premises situated within the areas under Municipal jurisdiction. I Anyone living m this area who does not receive such service should
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    HOME BUILDING
    51 5 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.— Pleading guilty to selling gamsu without a licence at Senai, for which she was fined $20, Soh Ngiang Soli, told the Magistrate today that her home was burned down by terrorists and she was trying to earn money to rebuild her
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    Special Gas Stoves For Eastern Women
    320 5 By Our Woman Correspondent AN official of the Singapore Gas Department said yesterday that plans are m hand m England to manufacture gas-stoves capable of holding the rounded-bottom type of pots and pans favoured m Singapore. More Singapore housewives favour cooking by gas today
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    More Boys Than Girls Go To School
    326 5 More Boys Than Girls Go To School PCTS and figures on education revealed In the Social Survey Report: Most pupils are In vernacular schools 71.6 per cent. Boys are In the majority, both In the vernacular and English schools, the disproportion being greater in the former. Malays and Malaysian wage
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    GIFT FOR CHILD AID
    172 5 BRITISH territories in the Far East have been allocated U.S. $550,000 (about $1,000,000 Malayan currency) from the International Children's Emergency Fund. This sum is apportioned as follows:— Hong Kong $130,000, Singapore $40,000, Federation of Malaya $150,000, North Borneo $130,000, Sarawak $70,000 and Brunei $30,000. The Fund
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    Chance For 2 Students
    68 5 TWO names will be submitted from Singapore for scholarships available In Canada for students from war-cevastated countries of South-East Asia. Under the Joint auspices of the Canadian Council for Reconstruction and the United Nations Educational, Social, and Cultural Organisation, study facilities will be provided for those
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    TOWN HALL LET
    26 5 PENANO, Wed.— The Perrang Municipal Commissioners have agreed to let the first floor of the Town Hall to Government at $550 a month.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Thur. Nov. 11, 1948 THE MALAY FORCES
    958 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Thur. Nov. 11, 1948 THE MALAY FORCES At the Press conference on the emergency m Kuala Lumpur last week Major- General Boucher was asked if he could make a statement on the progress that had been made with the enlargement of the Malay Regiment, promised last
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    Fifty Years Ago.
    181 6 From the Straits Times of Nov. 11, 1898 Notice is hereby given that, under Sections 35 and 37 of the Municipal Ordinance No. XV of 1898. an election of one Commissioner for Rochore (No. 4) Ward of the Town of Singapore, (Mr. Wm. Nanson, Esq., retiring by
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    IS THERE A CONSCIENCE IN SINGAPORE?
    1229 6 IS THERE A CONSCIENCE IN SINGAPORE? TODAY the Social 1 Survey of Singapore, begun just over two years ago, is issued to the public. It is not a volume to be lightly passed over. There may be those who feel that this Is Just another Government report, or who may
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    The Lost Souls Of Penang
    501 6 THIS is the story of 4 the "Lost Souls" of Penang Some 15 years ago, a group of intellectuals of the town met at the house of a friend. They enjoyed the evening ro much that they decided they would gather every Friday night to
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      Balancing The Budget: The Municipal Way
      404 6 WITH reference to yo.ur headline on the front page last Saturday "SINGAPORE NEEDS MORE MONEY"— I need more money and my future plans are threatened by deficit. I find a $45,000 deficit m my draft personal and family budget for 1949, and must seek
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      TAXING THE PLANTER
      188 6 WOULD like to agree 1 with your correspondent "XXX" of Port Dickson m a recent letter m which he protested about the duty which has been added to whisky m the Federation. I feel most strongly that this is gratuitous and un-called-for at such a time. As
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      837 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. BIRTHS FELL: On 9th November, »t Kuala Lumpur, to Gwen. wife of Charles Fell, a son. TESTANA: To Joyce wife of F C. Pest ana, at K.K. Hospital, oi. Nov. 9th. a son. Mother and sot doing well. TO JEAN. <nee Andersen). v, of Arthur Locke, M.C S.,
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      123 6 "One pair of eyes last a lifetime You can chew with fake teeth, walk with a wooden leg, but never can lou see with a blind eye." This does not mean that we are m danger of (joins blind but a warning that we should not neglect the care of
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      71 6 From his first feed of COW A GATE Baby shows pleasure and contentment he lovea It 1 And the Mother too watches with delight the regular and natural growth of strong firm bone and sound healthy flesh. Yes. he'll be ready to take his place just now m what we
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    17 TERRORISTS KILLED IN A DAY
    706 7 Successes By Gurkhas, Scots From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. CEVENTEEN terrorists were killed m the past 24 hours said a communique late tonight. Gurkhas killed three more terrorists and arrested several others yesterday during clearing-up operations m the hills near Chemor, 10
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    19 7 IN SINGAPORE: The Sultan of Trenrranu and the Tenffku Ampuan who are m Singapore on holiday. Straits Times picture.
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    MEETING TO SETTLE STRIKE
    223 7 MEETING TO SETTLE STRIKE HPHE Singapore Assistant A Commissioner of Labour (Major A. S. Roman) will preside at a meeting today between representatives of the General Lighterage and Transport Company and the Lighter Workers' Union m connection with the strike of 200 lightermen. Major Roman told the Straits Times yesterday:
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    32 7 Kb ALA LUMPUR, Wed. Sukumaren pleaded guilty m the First Police Court today to a. tempted suicide by drinkIng iodine and was bound over to be of good behaviour lor six months.
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    THEFT BY A GUARDSMAN
    97 7 Guardsman Thomas Herbert Jackson, of the Grenadier Guards, was convicted jesterday m the Fourth Po- lice Court of theft of $80 (n a house m Beach Road on Oct 12 The Magistrate (Mr. M. H. MacDougab sentenced him < to simple imprisonment un'Jl tha court rose
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    POLICE GUARD ARMS DUMP
    83 7 Singapore police are guarding a vacant piece of land be- tween Tlong Bharu Road and i Alexandra Road, where they i yesterday found 16 handgrenades and 10,000 assorted rounds of ammunition. A further search today Is expected to yield more arms and ammunition. The Singapore C.I.D.
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    K.L. Municipal Budget Surplus
    375 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. KUALA LUMPUR'S Municipal Commissioners today approved for passing at their next full meeting, a Municipal Budget showing a surplus of $98,269 and balanced by increases m general assessment, licence fees and service charges, and containing provision for expanded Municipal
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    They Missed The Boat
    93 7 WHEN the American freighter Steel Navigator arrived in Singapore yesterday from Bangkok, she was without four members of the crew. The men had miased the ship after shore leave. Members of the crew told the Straits Times yesterday that the men made a desperate attempt to
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    Guest Of Honour
    34 7 The Alumni Association ot the King Edward. VII College of Medicine, Singapore, held ltg usual monthly dinner at Adelphl Hotel last night, with Dr. Llm Boon Keng as guest of honour.
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    Priority For Housing Urged
    190 7 (GOVERNMENT should give increasing priority to housing development m the rural areas, said Mr. Balwant Singh (Rural West) speaking on the adjournment at Tuesday's meeting of the Lr*lslatlvt Council. Mr. Singh's maiden speech before the Singapore Legislative Council contained these points: Increased facilities should be provided
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    RAF CASE: ALL FIVE FOR ASSIZE
    202 7 RAF CASE: ALL FIVE FOR ASSIZE THE five accused in the R.A.F. generators case Sgt. A. G. Forest, Cpl. R. Hurst. David Wolf Ginsberg, G. E. R. Morris, and L. A. C. M. E. Perezwere committed for trial at the Assizes at the conclusion yesterday of the preliminary inquiry in
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    Colony Official Off To Asian Labour Talks
    175 7 'THE Singapore Deputy Labour Commissioner x (Mr. G. W. Davis) leaves by air today for Colombo as Singapore's delegate to the International Labour Organisation's Asian Preparatory Conference On Labour Inspection Services. The conference will take place at Kandy from Nov. 15 to Nov.
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    SPECIAL CHARGED WITH EXTORTION
    80 7 Mok Choon Hoe. a young Chinese special constable pleaded not guilty yesterday m the First District Court to a charge of bavin* extorted $30 from Teng Ec Plew. a coffee shop proprietor In Phillip Street on Nov. 8. AJS.P. Mr. A. H. Frew, prosecuting said Mok
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    GurkhaVCFights The Terrorists
    227 7 From Our .tail Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. LIGHTING the terrorists today is a Gurkha 1 sergeant who finds them easy meat compared with the Japanese, against whom he won the Victoria Cross. He is Sergeant rulbahadur Pun. of the 2/6th Gurkha Rifles, who In the present terrorist
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    CHINA CITIES CUT OFF
    45 7 The Chinese Government Radio Administration has advised Singapore tha. communication with i.he following Chinese offices is suspended until fur her notice. The offices are those at Chefoo. Chenghsienho (Chengchowho). Kaifeng. Lovang, Mukden, Shihkiachwang, Tslnan and m the north-eastern provinces of China.
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    SingaporeConference
    60 7 Representatives of the Nanyang Chinese Exchange and Remittance Association met m Singapore yesterday morning. A conference will be held at the Tanjong Rhu Club at 10 a.m. this morning at which the members will discuss payment of a deposit for a remittance shop licence required by the authorities. Fluctuations
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      Malayan Towns Of Today—5
      24 8 Malayan Towns Of Today— 5 The picture at the top shows a general view of the town of Alor Star. Above: The Supreme Court.
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      HUNTING CROCODILES IN LOWER PERAK
      1474 8 HUNTING CROCODILES IN LOWER PERAK I DID quite a lot of crocodile shooting up and down the Perak and Bernam rivers when serving m the Forest Department, at Teluk Anson m the Lower Perak district, and made a study of these creatures, obBerving their habits, shooting many, and rearing young
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      ALOR STAR
      338 8 A LOR STAR— the stream with the Stak tree (Star lfl a corruption of Stak)— the capital of the biggest rice growing State m Malaya, has m 30 years grown from swampy Jungle to the collecting centre of a vast rice growing and rubber producing area. The name
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      87 8 HIGH CLASS AERATED WATERS LimeJuice&Soda/|lp ESTABLISHED 1904 OINTMENT So easy to apply and relieve the pain: V Reduces risk of germ infection. A For Abscesses; Blisters; insect Bites. OpfaUutunla Boils; Burn* and Scalds; Conjunctivitis; Trop.cal Cuts; Dhoby Itch: Eczema Sores- Ulcers: Wounds Available from all Leading Dispensaries and Drug Stores
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  • FROM A SINGAPORE BOOKSELF
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      Wavell And Glubb Pasha
      624 9 LORD WAVELL. By R. J. Collins: (Hodder Stoughton, $18). STORY OF THE ARAB LEGION. By Glubb Pasha (Hodder Stoughton, $15). THE military life is one with which all of us have been forced to become very familiar m some form or other this century of "The
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      A Mixed Bag
      473 9 "EIGHT FOR ETERNITY" Is the latest of Cecil Roberts' huge output of novels (Hodder and Stoughton. $5.70). Its setting— Monte Casslno during the last war— has more originality than the pattern of the novel which may be described as "The Bridge of San Luis Rey" In modern
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      Indian Days
      115 9 MY INDIAN YEARS. By Mardinge of Pensburst. (Murray, $6.30.) lUHY m 1948 Lord Hardinge of /enshurst produces his memories of when he was Viceroy of India over the years 1910-16 is difficult to understand. They deal with a period when his office was critical. Indian nationalism was then
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      New Books At The Library
      403 9 I'HE following new books will be added to Raffles Library. Singapore. within the next few days: Approach to Mu^ic < Lawrence Abbott). John Martin (Thomas Bali ton>. Beyond the Burma Road (A. H. Brodrick), Antique Jewelry and Trinkets (Fred W. Burgess), White of Mtrgen (Maurice
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      According to Culbertson
      307 9 In today's d>al North gave an exhibition of how not to bid! South, deal-"-Both sid-s -''lerable. NORTH. •A A S •A Q 1 ♦A 5 <| 10 6 S WEST. KAST. i i; H m 9 < V 10 «XII »KJ«3 «64X ♦K854 J 7 2 SOI'TH.
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      195 9 UPTONS *CEYLOMTA GREEN LABEL TEAS IBOLK IMPORTEBSt HENRY WAUCH A CO LTD SINGAPORE. PENAKQ. ETALA LUMPUR. IPOH II il i rll a 111 REFRIGERATION Refrigeration provides the only means of bringing food to Singapore and safeguarding both locally produced and imported food until it reaches the consumer About three quarters
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      112 9 IBOIUIRNAVIITaV STAM I N A < I \SI4 O l£jSg|v%2*i2'l'd[=S^?Sl ft CHOCOLATt PLAVOUWNG t\ m& I w!sOBRANI[ 'THE smoker of a good Turkish cigarette never smokes too much. He or frequently she derives too much pleasure and satisfaction from a few to become a chain slave to the many. Sobranie
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      190 9 STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD .r, ST." 1 Khool (6) CROSSWORD No. 33 I Th« dust wa.droD perhaps 2X Set 18. <6>. 24 »nd IS A fort<fle»Uoo's j I s I I s I IB} 4 I* I I* I J7J 7 I I* n HeTo'rgei cb^Tl7). B^tie"^".'"'^'? '"I I 1 Si
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    ONE TOWKAY IN 20 CANNOT SIGN NAME
    216 10 ONE TOWKAY IN 20 CANNOT SIGN NAME rTVE per cent of Singa- pore's professional and big business men are illiterate, and of the medium business owners Id per cent are illiterate. Some of the five per cent are women who have inherited landed property, reports ihe Social Welfare Department Social
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    84 Per Cent Said "No"
    192 10 AN extraordinary state of x affairs was revealed by: one question asked m the Social Survey undertaken last year by the Singapore Social Welfare Department. The question was: "Would \ou be prepared to move Into; an Improvement Trust House at Balestier Estate if offered to
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    THEATRE MONEY FOR POPPY FUND
    34 10 The Poppy Day Fund has beneft.ed by the sum of i $701 donated by the Lido Theatre. Kelanan rrom the I proceeds of the film "The i Laughing Lady
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    Singapore Diary
    134 10 TODAY M.Y.F. W«>k Concert at I-'air-fV-Id Chapel Nell Road 7.30 pin V.MC.A: Lawn tennis 5 p.m.. commercial classes 5.30 p.m. gymnastics and kte p fit class 8.14 p.m.. lending library 7 p.m. choU practice for men 8.15 p.m. East West Society. Talk by Pi of N. S. Alexander
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    SINGAPORE RENTS
    98 10 AVERAGE rent* m Singapore shown by the Social Survsy are: Part of a room 3.40 One room 510.90 Two rooms $21.30 Part of a cubicle I 2.9S One cubicle I 9.60 Two cubicles $17.95 Space 3.35 In calculating these averages, persons paying no rent were included, and $70
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    $4,200 TO PRINT -$3,600 REVENUE
    63 10 THE report tost Si.JOO to print. Against this, there is an expected revenue of 53.600 resulting from the Kale of about 1.500 copies at S3 per copy, after allowing for the nominal 20 per cent. di> count to booksellers. The supplementary expenditure to meet the
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      174 10 lie Prcos m TteWM Kiki Cactus Kid Jack Krllv Sam ~4~ 4 JUST FOR LAUGHS, THRILLS St ACTION f W^m *W*V JOHb vi&^S j^^l Hp iiJJ^i \iC i ISTS presents EODIE ALBERT GALE STORM la STARTS TODAY! r^LrIAMBRM w^*um BRITISH PICTURE THAT DESERVES HIGH PRAISE "DAYBREAK" IS A FILM OF
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      350 10 RADIO MALAYA 3.0^ K -vu; 9 ■"> Burmese; BAO|O CByLOM fi .w^.. AD Englten. New 10.00 Book Dt RADIO CEYLON SINGAPORE Verse: 10.20 iusical Interlude- (17.73 or 15.12 mc/») <*2U kt-» I »t i ntt/si 10.30 Radio N ws Reel- 10 45 12 00 In Lighter Vein; 12.30 11) 53
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      TIN CO. CHAIRMEN WANT EXPORT DUTY REIMPOSED BY MALAYA
      346 11 TIN CO. CHAIRMEN WANT EXPORT DUTY REIMPOSED BY MALAYA From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Wednesday. TWO leading tin industrialists have made strong criticisms of the Malayan Government's action, against the advice of the industry, m removing the additional export duty on tin concentrates They are Messre. J. H. Rich and
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      Stock-Pile As Price Stabiliser
      213 11 Stock-Pile As Price Stabiliser From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Wed. FIGURES ranging from 200,000 tons are freely mentioned m connection with United States stock-piling needs, says the Metal Bulletin. Prom th ordinary industrial viewpoint, says the magaiine. there seems ilttl c ground for maintaining ttm tin Is really In short
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      COAL MINING IN BORNEO
      99 11 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Wed. j HINT that the imO- known coal mining firm Powell Duffryn may engage m coal production m Borneo uas given by the chairman (Mr. E. L. HannJ at the annual meeting m London Referring to Powell Duffryn Technical Services, he
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      MALAYAN SHARES
      170 11 From Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Wed. COME minor price increases were recorded m the Tin section of the Malayan share market today. The market was quietly steady. Price changes announced by the Malayan* Sharebrokers' Assoclatloi. were INDUSTRIALS Buyer Seller 8.8. Petrol 39 3 40 3 Fraser it, Netve
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      PRODUCE MARKET
      42 11 From A Market Correspondent WITH an improvement In the price of copra on the Singapore market, the f.o.b. quotation for coconut oil bettered yesterday Yesterday's changes were: Coconut Oil: $97. Pepper: Muntok white $187; Sarawak white $186; Lempci.g black $165.
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      PUNGAH TIN DREDGING
      222 11 PUNGAH Tin Dredging received £138,387 m settlement of Us claim orf the Siamese Government on account of tin-ore extracted from the property during the war and m sock at the start of the war. The proceeds of tin-ore coutrl- buted to the buffer pool were also collected
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      London Stock Exchange
      174 11 LONDON, Wed. MONDAY'S upward trend on the London Stock Ex- 1 change was not continued yesterday. Markers were generally quiet and occasionally slightly lower, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Rubber shares were higher. Tins unchanged to lower. Trading m Oilt-edgeds was small j and produced no major movement,
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      Singapore Rubber
      215 11 Singapore Rubber 'INHERE were practically no A price changes In the Singapore rubber market, which was kept fairly steady throughout, yesterday. The market was quiet at the close. Closing prices yesterday were: No. 1 sheet f.o.b. buyers 40 cents, sellers 40 4 cents; spot i loose buyers 40 cents, sellers
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      Pahang Consol, Tin
      19 11 |)AHANG Consolidated Company I m October treated 9.400 toa«s and produced 100 tons of tin concentrates.
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      SHIPPING IN PORT
      158 11 SHIPS m port alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday godowns I m brackets) were: Main Wharf: Steel Navigator (31-32). Soudan (35-36). Myrmidon (38-37), Adrastus (38-39). Charon (40-41) Manchuria (42-43). West Wharf: Astyanax (1-2 > Rfngara <3>. A)ax <6-7>. Asphftlion (8-9). Olenogle 1 13-14). Korea i U5-16).
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      236 11 PRESIDENT LINES General Passenger Agent tor Northwest Airlines SAILINCS TO NIW YORK. AND BOSTON via INDIA FCTPT b M IDITf RRANFAN PORTS The SS President Cleveland and SS President Wilson I r America a Fmest Post War Luxury Deep rr nks Suitable For fZV* ■luxurious' oassenger' serv.ee Utex And Cotoflut
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      303 11 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINCS TO CONIININT/ SAILINCS FROM SCANDINAVIA U H SCANDINAVIA. CONTINENT I Loadirt it Singapore Port Swettenhim Penano. m.s Manchuaria" Codowns 42/43 ror Aden fort Said. Cenoa ma "Korea" Codowns 15/16 TANGIER CASABLANCA Antwerp. Kotterdam Hamfor Manila. Hong Kong. a<trg osioi o CoiKenhoirj h Shanghai Kobe Yokohama. Copenhagen
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    W. Indies 294 For Three
    236 12 W. Indies 294 For Three NEW DELHI, Wed. A MAGNIFICENT unbroken fourth wicket partnership of 267 runs by Walcott (152 not out) and Gomez (99 not out i has placed the West Indians m a strong position In tnelr first Test against India which started here today.. At close of
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    TEACHERS WIN
    32 12 The Slrgapor* Teachers' Union defeated th? Raffles Institution by two goate to nil In a hoclcey match played at the lastitutlon ground ye -torday. Scorers wer*: Shegram and Da\id Tambyah.
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    24 12 Today: High Water. 7.30 a.m. (7ft. 31n>, 845 p.m. '7ft. 21n.>. Tomorrow: High Water. 8.11 a.m. < 7ft. 71n.». 8.00 p.m. < 7ft. 51n.«.
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    $15 MILLION TURNOVER IN ONE YEAR
    351 12 $15 MILLION TURNOVER IN ONE YEAR Singapore Turf Club's Records By EPSOM JEEP THE Singapore Turf Club handled an all-tfme record turnover of $15 million m its first year of racing since the war. Singapore racegoers gambled $7,210,000 on the hand-operated tote $5,220,000 on the unlimited sweeps; $1,850,000 on the
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    38 12 TODAY HOCKEY: Combined Service* t. Combined Civilian*— S.B.C; Combined Civilian women v. Combined Service* women S.C.C.: SUB. Police v. O.H.Q. FARELF Tftfiffltn; 0.H4Signal Heft, v. Johore C.C.— Johore Bahru. RUGBY: Spore United t. RAF. Seletar— Jalan Besar Stadium.
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    S.C.C. Backs Paved Way For Easy Win
    507 12 r PHE Singapore Cricket Club backs were m great form yesterday when they beat H.M.S. London by 22 points (two goals, two tries and two penalty goals) to five points (one goal). But the fact that the sailors scored m almost the very
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    RUGGER DRAWN
    29 12 The Nee Soon Garrison R.F.C. 2nd team drew 11 -all with the Far East Defence Secretariat Ist team In a rugger match played at Nee Soon yesterday.
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    Kota Raja Beat RAF Combined
    382 12 Kota Raja 4, R.A.F. 1. KOTA Raja, the 1948 B.A.F.A. Oup winners and Dlv. II League Champions, gained m easy four-one win over the Combined R.A.F. XI m a friendly soccer match at Jai lan Besar Stadium yesterday before nearly 2.000 spectators. The civilians held
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    S.C.F.A. Team v. R.A.F. Combd.
    100 12 THE S.C.F.A. team to mm R.A.F. Combined In a soccer match to be played at Jalan B«sar Stadium on Sunday at 9 p.m. will be selected from the following: Swee I. m Swang (capt). Chu Che* Seng. Ec Yuen Meng. Thon« Ola Sang Cht-am Kirn
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    R.C.Take Honours In Drawn Game
    463 12 OUTSTANDING MffonaMMCa by Ronnie Barth, the Singapore Recreation Club's right fullback. Salleh. the Raffles College centre- forward, and Brian Matks. the! College right fullback, were the b-.-t features o( a first team hockey encounter between the two teams o.m the S.R.C. padang yesterday. The Cluo
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    Class 3 Has Best Free H'cap Record
    516 12 By EPSOM JEEP 4 1.1. indications are that a small and weak field will A contest the Three-Year-Old Free Handicap race at Buklt Timah on Saturday and, with Sir Galahad out, Sweet Memory has gained m favour as the likely winner. Sweet Memgiry
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    SCC Women Beaten For First Time
    318 12 A last minute goal gave tne Changi Lad!«s' iloclt«y Club a three-two victory ov«r th« Singapore Cricket Club's Women's hockey XI m a game played on th« padang yesterday. This was the S.C.C women's first defeat of the season. Chang: owed their success to
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    RSGC Officials Elected
    56 12 f*KE election of office bearer* at the 94th annual general m««t:n« of the Royal Singapore Golf Club held yesterday resulted a* follows: President Mr. R. Craik; captain Mr. H. M. Alexander; vicecaptain Mr. 4. A. Beavig; commkttt, Messrs P. H. King, W. Munro; R. Renton, A. T.
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    S.H.A.U. WIN 1-0
    36 12 r pHE Singapore Hospital A.ssUU 1 ante' Union, scored a onenil victory over the Khalsa Association yesterday. In a hockey match played at St. Gorges Road. Swee Lim Swang scored the only goal.
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    Navy Finished With 13 Men
    409 12 »T»HE Royal Navy and the R.A.F. drew, three points x each (a try and a penalty goal respectively) after a hard and muddy struggle m a Singapore Rugby Union pentagular tournament game at the Naval Base yesterday. This performance was especially creditable as far as
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    NEE SOON WIN 18-5
    206 12 DICTATING play almost throughout the game. Wee Soon Garrison beat the Singapore Police by 18 points (three goals and a try) to rive point* (a goal) m a game of rugger at Thomson Road yesterday. Nee Soon opened the scoring midway through tha first hair when
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