The Straits Times, 27 November 1948

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 WELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1948. PRICE TEN CENTS.
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    ATLANTIC PACT: U.S. TO BE IN
    277 1 ATLANTIC PACT: U.S. TO BE IN WASHINGTON, Fri. fTHE Truman Adminisx nation with powerful Republican backing, is preparing to begin crucial talks m anticipation of an Atlantic alliance Against the expansion of Soviet power. These discussions may start In Wash.ngton next week. Britain, Prance. Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg hjpve
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    COLONY ELECTORAL RIGHTS TO ALL
    652 1 Commissioners Decide To Amend Voting Rules CINGAPOKE Municipal Commissioners decided at a special meeting yesterday to recommend to the Government amendments to the Municipal Elections Ordinance which will permit any adult who has been resident within the Municipality for the past year to register as
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    PRAISE FOR THE POLICE
    60 1 MR. T. W. Ong, speaking at the Singapore Municipal Commissioners meeting yesterday paid a tribute to the Police Force in Singapore. He said they should be given every encouragement of promotion and likewise every recognition. Mr. Ong said at the present time, both officers and men
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    THREE YEARS LATE
    77 1 MANILA, Fri.-A few Filii plno farmers must not know that the war is over according to Manila newspapers. Two actors were dressed m Japanese uniforms waiting on location m Central Luzon for the cameras to start recording a nlm based on the last war. Two farmers shuffled
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    AW BOON-HAW'S GIFT AT H.K.
    51 1 HONG KONG. Fri.-When the Salvation Army opened Its new home for the rehabilitation of wayward girls, the Governor of Hong Kona (Sir Alexander Grantham) paid tribute to Aw Boon-haw. Tiger Balm King' 'without whose generosity the opening of this home would not have been possible."—
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    ASST. MANAGER MURDERED
    133 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. VfR- George Alexander Swanson, 36 year old assisI tant manager of Johore Labis Estate, was shot j dead at 10 a.m. this morning and a Malay special constable was slightly wounded when they were ambushed by at least 10 bandits.
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    Sergeant 'Shook'The War Office
    145 1 Sergeant 'Shook' The War Office VINE months ago, Sergeant Welch of Gillman Barracks, Singapore, applied to the War Office for permission to have his wife and family out with him. The War Office agreed. But they did not realise at the time that Sgt. Welch had eight children and that
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    GREEK P.M. HAS RELAPSE
    60 1 ATHENS. Fri.— The Greek Premier Themistocles Sophoulis. 87. had a second heart ittack yesterday. Because of his relapse, the co-ordinating council named two acting Deputy Premiers. Deputy Premier Constantine Tsaldaris. a Populist, is m Paris at the United Nations meeting. The two acting deputies are Petro
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    LAWYERS BANNED
    64 1 KHARTOUM, Fri. Nine prominent Egyptian lawyers, who defied a Sudan Government ban and left Cairo this morning m a specially chartered aircraft, were today re- fused permission to enter the Sudan to defend Sudanese charged m connection with recent disturbances at Atbara on the Nile. When their plane
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    DOCK BLOWN UP
    31 1 HAMBURG, Friday.—Water shot 250 feet into the air when I British naval engineers today began blowing up Wilhelms- haven's 800,000 ton dry dock, the largest m Europe. Reuter.
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    Govt. To Investigate Crossed Kris Movement
    136 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday INVESTIGATIONS have been made by the Federa- tion Government into the alleged new Malay badge the Union Jack and crossed krises reported to be the symbol of a new movement of Kelantan Malays. The Government, it is
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    550 BANISHED SINCE APRIL
    35 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. THE number of banishments approved since April 1946, was 550, said the Chief Secretary (Sir Alec New bout) at a Press confer- ence today.
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    BRADDELL'S MISSION
    81 1 COLOMBO, Fri. SIR Roland Braddell who passed through Colombo on his way to England, said there wag no political situation m Malaya. The so-called rebellion of Chinese Communists .vas confined to bandits m iso- lated places and the posl- tion was now well m hand. Terrorists had almost
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    GETTING BACK TO NORMAL
    93 1 SAN FRANCISCO, Frl. i Terms for settling the waterfront strikes on the east and west coasts today cleared the way for an early resumption :of normal American shipping. Negotiatcrs m the 86-day CIO longshore strike on the Pacific Coast announced the settlement terms last night Earlier
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    MAJORITY UP
    42 1 GLASGOW, Thurs. The Conservatives held the Hillhead division of Glasgow today m a by election. Figures: T. G. Galbralth (Cons.),! 16,060, A. MacNair (Lab.) i 7.519. Cons, majority 8,649. 1 The Conservative majority m the General Election was 6,363. Reuter.
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    SPAAK AGAIN
    20 1 BRUSSELS. Frl.— M. Spaak, the former Premier, has again accepted the mandate to form a new Belgian government.—U.P.
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    Killers Unidentified
    30 1 TOKIO, Fri.— Two Japan- ese were shot to death and five others were beaten by a pair of unidentified American soldiers last night at Sapporo 'm Hokkaido.— A.P.
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    Australia Chose Him
    44 1 From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE, Friday. MR. 00l Kee Hock, 30-year-old Malayan Chinese has been appointed ornithologist to the Australian Government's Antarctic expedition to Heard Island. Mr. Ooi graduated with honours m zoology last year at the University of Western Australia.
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    KING AT COUNCIL
    39 1 LONDON, Fri.— The King held a Privy Council at Buckingham Palace today for the first time since it was announced he was suffering from an obstruction to the circulation through the arteries of the leg. Reuter.
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    Tojo Execution Rumours In Tokio
    222 1 Tojo Execution Rumours In Tokio TOKIO, Fri. rumours that To jo and his six colleagues sentenced to death will be executed tonight were renewed late this afternoon when two American cars, possibly carrying official witnesses, were seen to enter Sugamo Prison. A passenger m on was identified as Col. V.
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    14 GERMANS HANGED
    48 1 MUNICH. Fri. Fourteen German war criminal^ were hanged today at Land&berg prison. The executions brought to 87 the number ol men executed m group* ut nine to 15 on seven consecutive Fridays for the killing of concentration camp inmateg and American prisoners of war. A.P.
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    SENT BELCHER WHISKY
    305 3 To Aid Refugees, Says Distiller LONDON, Friday. CIR Maurice Bloch, a distiller, faced a barrage of questions about making gifts when he resumed evidence today before the tribunal investigating allegations of corruption in Government circles. He insisted that cases of sherry, burgundy and whisky he had sent
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    Admit Israel Says Bunche
    119 3 PARIS, Fri. DR. Ralph Bunche, acting United Nations mediator in Palestine, yesterday urged U.N. to recognise Israel as a State, admit her as such to U.N. membership and call on Arabs and Jews to negotiate on the Holy Land issue. The Arabs, said Dr Bunche, would
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    U.K.'s PURPOSE SUSPECTED
    61 3 ROME. Fri. The Rome newspape; Giornale d'ltalia yesterday accused Britain of striving to build a new empire defence strategy based on Cyrenaica. Malta, Eritrea and the Sudan. This, it said was the reason for British opposition to Italy's administration of her former African colonies. The British plan
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    DESTROYERS FOR INDIA
    33 3 LONDON, Fri.— lndian na- al ratings, arrived at Tilbury today from Bombay to take over three British destroyers —Redoubt. Raider and Rotherham—which are being tiansferred to the Indian Navy.— Reuter.
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    EIGHT TO HANG FOR SPYING
    34 3 PRAGUE. Fri.— Eight persons were sentenced to hang for alleged murder and spying on the orders of the United States army counterintelligence corps. Six were sentenced m absentia. U.P.
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    NIAGARA POWER
    23 3 TORONTO. Fri— A hydroelectric plan that may cost U.5.5150.000,000— t0 develop additional power from Niagara Falls— will be started immediately.— A.P.
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    MARRIED AFTER 40 YEARS
    56 3 MONTREAL, Fri. MRS. Elizabeth Marlow, aged 72 of Ealing, Middlesex, England, arrived In Montreal yesterday to marry George Slade (66) to whom she was engaged more than 40 years ago. Their engagement was broken off and both married. Last June, Slade's wife died and he contacted
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    Kashmir: An Informal Promise
    156 3 Kashmir: An Informal Promise PARIS, Fri. WHILE India's Defence Minister was claiming Indian Army successes in eastern Kashmir, the United Nations Kashmir Commisi sion told the Security Council that India had informally I promised not to take military action. An Indian Army communique said that the direct line connecting Kargll
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    REBELS FORM NEW GOVERNMENT
    47 3 CARACAS, Fri. Venezuela's military forces, which seized control of the country on Wednesday In a swift and bloodless coup, announced yesterday that quiet prevailed thrughout the nation. The military Junta chose eight civilians and three army officers to form the new Cabinet.— A.P.
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    RUSSIA WILL BAR ENTRY TO U.N.
    42 3 PARIS, Fri.-Mr. Vishlnsky (Russia i yesterday told the United Nations Political Committee he would vote against Australian proposals requesting the Security Council to grant United Nations membership to Italy, Portugal, Finland, Transjordan, Eire and Ceylon. A.P.
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    EIRE NOT FOREIGN TO U.K.
    224 3 LONDON, Fri. THE Prime Minister (Mr. At1 tlee told Parliament yesterday that Britain would not regard Eire as a foreign country after her repeal of the External Relations Act, which has hitherto bound her to the British Crown. Eire had stated that she recognised the
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      Grasshopper-Eaters Take To Fainting
      111 3 mm mmmmmmit NEW YORK, Friday. CCHOOL authorities m Ava, Illinois, have threatened to expel students practising "red out", the latest high school fad m which teen-agers hold their breath until they faint. The ban came after Miss j Earline Ward of Ava High School passed out
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      Negro Elected
      28 3 PARIS, Fri. —M. Gaston Monnerville, Radical Socialist (Moderate,) was yesterday elected President of France's Council of the Republic, the Upper House. M. Monnerville Is a Negro.—A.P.
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      R.A.A.F. Friends
      26 3 DARWIN, Fri.—Marshal of the Royal Air Force Lord Sholto Douglas arrived m Darwin by air yesterday to "see my Australian friends of the R.A.A.F."—A.P.
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      No Threat
      34 3 LONDON, Fri.—The President of the Board of Trade, (Mr. Harold Wilson) told the Commons yesterday that the new Anglo-Japanese trade agreement entailed no threat of unfair competition for tht British textile Industry.—A.P
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      Press Ban
      45 3 KARACHITFri.— The Hindustan Times of New Delhi has been banned m Pakistan for six months. The Minister of the Interior said: "Ever since the birth of Pakistan this newspaper has carried propaganda calcujlated to embitter relations between the peoples of the two Dominions."—A.P
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    58 3 DESIGNER: Mrs. Ivo (Renee) Parrish, who holds a diploma for costume designing, is the woman behind the many lovely Edwardian costumes that will be seen m the Stage Club's production of Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of being Earnest." The play will be staged at the Victoria Theatre, Singapore, on Dec.
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    Designs Dress For Stage Club
    368 3 By Our Woman Correspondent WOMEN taking part in the Stage Club's latest production, Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest," coming to the Victoria Theatre on Dec. 9, 10, 11 and 12, will wear late Edwardian costumes in the full glory of bustles, ruffles, parasols
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    M.P. QUERIES MALAN PLAN
    85 3 LONDON. Fri— The Secretary for Commonwealth Relations (Mr. PhiliD Noel Baker) told Parliament yesterday that the South African Government had so far made no official representations to the British Government about the future of the British protectorates of Swaziland and Basutoland. British policy remained unchanged. He
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    'PUT CHINESE AT EASE'
    246 4 Mr. Yap Accepts Onn 's Assurance THE statement of the Mentri Besar of Johore, Dato Onn bin Ja'afar, that during his discussions with the British Government m London he had spoken for Malayans and not only for Malays, has "taken a load off the minds of
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    HOUSING RACKET ALLEGED
    159 4 CERTAIN Singapore landlords were making a paying racket out of constructing new buildings and holding out for tea-money, declared Mr. Yap Pheng Geek, at the meeting of Municipal Commissioners yesterday. If this racket continued and the Municipality at the same time insisted on ejecting people from unauthorised
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    One Day Off A Week
    109 4 One Day Off A Week CINGAPORE cabaret host•s esses are likely to be affected by Select Committea recommendations on the Colony's Weekly Holidays Bill. The committee was appointed by the Legislative Council to examine and re- port on the Bill. It has supported the principle of the Bill— to grant
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    APPOINTMENT
    26 4 Dr. E. S. Montelro. Medical Officer. Malayan Medical Service, has been appointed to act as Associate Professor o' M i.cine at the College nf 1»«.UC1IM.
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    Singapore Diary
    286 4 TODAT Vs Men's Club. FHlowsh.p luncheon. Cecils Restaurant. 1.1 p.m. I Union Benevolent Society, annual general meeting, office of Boustead and Company. 1.30 p.m. The Young Men's Muslim Association. Ungku A. Axlz or Some Economic Principles f-v Amateur Politicians." All Malajc Muslim Missionary Society. 31 [Lorong 12, Geylang.
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    Generators Case Opens At Assizes
    444 4 IN this case, very much turns on the statements m the nature of confessions alleged to have been made by the, accused." said Mr. S. H. D. I Elias, m the Singapore Assize Court yesterday when the R.A.F. generators case was called be- i fore
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    FLOW OF NEW COINS STARTS
    66 4 Two hundred and fifty I thousand cupro-nickel coins were issued to the public m Singapore yesterday. There was a continual i flow of coin changers at the Treasury all day. The new coins are m denominations of five, ten and !20 cents. With the one
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    A Detective Is Afraid
    102 4 A DETECTIVE corporal with nine years' service (Leong Thim i was yesterday sentenced by the First District Judge < Mr. E. P. Shanks) to two years' rigorous i:nprisonnient. Together with Tham Fook he was found guilty of extorting $300 from a goldsmith. Tham Fook was sentenced
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    DIRECTOR IS ACQUITTED
    70 4 Quek Tiam Song, director ol Thong Whatt Thiam Kee Llmlted was yesterday discharged by the Singapore Seventh Police Court Magistrate (Mr. R. J. C. Walt i. He was on tentative chargM of having cheated the j East Asiatic Co.. Hooglandt Co.. and Anglo French Bendixens to the
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    Jamboree Stamp
    50 4 MALAYAN SCOUTS will i use this stamp to send home their letters from the Pan-Pacific Scout Jamboree, to be held m Australia from December 29 to l January 9. The letters will be posted from a special post office at thr Jamboree site. Yarra Brae. Wonga Park. Victoria.
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    TIME TO PAY INCOME TAX
    131 4 PMPLOYEES are to be ailow- ed to pay this year's income tax m six equal monthly instalments deducted by employers until June 30. On receipt of assessment, the taxpayer must notify the Income Tax Department Immediately if he wishes to take I advantage ol this
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    Rubber Mills Forced To Close Down
    178 4 rpfM) Singapore rubber mills have been forced to x suspend work and one will operate only part-time from Dec. 1. Altogether 862 workers are affected Shortage of raw materials and the recent sharp drop In the rubber price are the two reasons. Workers involved
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    THE MAN WITH 2 IDENTITY CARDS
    59 4 SINGAPORE police are seeking a Buyanese who is reported to be m possession of two identity cards, both of which bear the same thumb-print but have different photograph* attached. This is the first case of its kind reported. The C.I.D. chief 'Mr. E t.
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    IDENTITY: POWER TO ARREST
    236 4 IDENTITY: POWER TO ARREST SINGAPORE'S C.I.D. chief (Mr. E. V. Fowler) said yesterday that from Dec. 1. any member of the police force from the rank of corporal upwards may arrest persons found without identity cards Power to make such arrests, he said, was contained m the Emergency Regulations which
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    China Society Planned
    116 4 t A NEW society, to foster and rl increase appreciation of Chinese culture, is being formed m Singapore with a membership open to all races A prelirmnary meeting to discuss the formation of what will be called The China Society will be held next Tuesday. Nov. 30,
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    SUPPORT FOR S.A.T.A.
    61 4 Singapore Anti-Tuberculo-sis Association has received $1,918 as a result of a performance by the Kwok Sing Musical Association. A further sum of $595 will be paid to I S.A.T.A. as soon as the aceoontg are completed. Other recent donations: Sahboo Singh $10: Mrs. M. Scott. Raffles Girls
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    70 TERRORISTS KILLED
    736 5 Chiefs On Three Weeks 'Fighting From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. MORE than 70 bandits— including some of the 1U murderers of Mr. S. Harper Ball and Mr. Simpson— were killed m the Federation m the last three weeks, said the G.O.C. Malaya (Maj.General C. H.
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    55 5 CHINESE ARTISTES m Singapore Rave charity ,/ious m aid of the United Nations A ppeal for Children on Thursday at the Great World. Picture shows Miss Kwan Kirn Hong and Lee Siew Meng of the Kwok Sang Musical -ind Dramatic Association m a s cene from an ancient Chinese play.—
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    REPATRIATION BY CONSENT
    115 5 REPATRIATION BY CONSENT From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. THE Chief Secretary (Sir Alec Newboult), told a x press conference today that, apart from the regulations giving the Government power to remove certain persons from the Federation, there was the additional "voluntary repatriation." This wao open to anybody on
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    321,000 PLANTING WORKERS
    168 5 THE total plantation labour 1 force in June this year was about 321,000 workers of whom 161,000 were Indians 87,000 Chinese. 56,000 Malays and 17.000 Javanese. This is stated in the annual report of the Malayan Planti ing Industries Employers' Association. The report says that there has
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    FLOOD RELIEF IN SINGAPORE
    84 5 The question of floods m Singapore, the causes and means of tackling them, should aever be lost sight of, said Mr. Sandy Pillai, yesterday. He was speaking at the Singapore Municipal Commissioners and enquiring what was being done to relieve flooding m Singapore. The Deputy President,
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    CLUB DANCE
    36 5 The Royal Singapore Flying Club will hold a supper dance from 8 o'clock tonight m the club. This will be the first dance since Air Day and since the new floor has been laid.
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    The Week In Rubber
    208 5 FjESPITE the large decrease v m Malayan production of 13,835 tons for October, the rubber market has sagged further, says Lewis D Peat's weekly report. It is difficult to reconcile the above figure. It U likely that a big adjustmefft may be made next month. The
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    Police Pay: Why British Sergeants Get More
    113 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. CALARIES paid to British: sergeants In the Police Force were fixed m relation to salaries offered m other) forces m need of men, said the Commissioner of Police (Mr. W. N Gray) at a press conference
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    Gaol, Cane For College Theft
    148 5 II ASS AN bin Mohamed tl Ali and All bin Raes, iccused m the Medical College hold-up last January, were found guilty and sentenced m the Singapore Assize Court yesterday by Mr. Justice Taylor. Hassan was given eight years' rigorous imprisonment and twelve strokes of
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    DEATHS
    40 6 BUNS Arthur Henry D>'J^'ins B- las. »t General Hospital, on 28th Nov. 1948 Funeral at Bidadari this evening. t-WANSON: On 26th Nov.. at Labis. Johore. George Alexander. Assistant Manager Johore Labis F--ta'e brlonginß to the Socfln killed by terrorists.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    37 6 :id Mrs. Nk Lip How of 180 Parir Paninnsr Road wishes r. thank all relatives and friends vhn sent fi'fui of condolence, wrraths scrolls, l'"t cars and attended the funeral of their mother Tan Pek Nov.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., Nov. 27, 1948. THE COLONY'S DEBTORS
    569 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., Nov. 27, 1948. THE COLONY'S DEBTORS Now that Budget Day is over and gone in both Singapore and the Federation, it may be as well to call atten- tion to one little-known aspect of post-war Malayan finance, and that is the Colony as a creditor.
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    A Hard Case
    237 6 Last Saturday there appeared in the Straits Times the report of a case in which a High Court judge in Singa- pore held that as the law stood at present it was obligatory for the executive to forfeit any motor or other vehicle in which contraband was
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    Green No More
    305 6 Some months ago it was predicted in these columns i that one of the consequences of building the projected Asia Insurance Company's skyscraper at the corner of Finlayson Green and Raffles Quay would be that the Green would have to be sacrificed for a car park, and
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    Federation Studies—14
    12 6 Federation Studies 14 —Photograph by c. A. Gibson -Hut. PASIR MAS, KELANTAN
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    A European Woman Visits Her Amah
    942 6 A European Woman Visits Her Amah |UY sewing Amah, a fat old lady who has gone by the name of "Fatty Amah" m our household for years she used to sew for me before the occupation but who's true name is, I believe, Ah Moy, had not turned up for
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    Fifty Years Ago. STRAITS COPPER COINS
    394 6 Fifty Years Ago. STRAITS COPPER COINS From Straits Tune* of of Nov. 27, 1898: WHAT With prohibited yen and debased copper, the Straits currency wow offers itself very obviously to the comments alike of business men and of theorists The partial demonetization of the yen has further aggravated the inconvenience
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      121 6 'One oalr ot eyes '■<. last a lifetime You can chew wltb false teetn walk with a wooden leg. but never can »ou see witb blind eye This does not mean '.hat we are In danger of going blind but a warning that we should not neglect the care of
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      252 6 From An Asian Husband (Written afie, <c i;^ Hamlet' at the cinema). To wed, or not to wed? That is the question— Whether 'tis nobler m the mind to suffer The sullen silence of a cobwebbed room, Or seek elsewhere a cheerful, comely maid And, by a wedding, end it?
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    YAP'S PLEA FOR MARKET HAWKERS
    700 7 "Right Thing But Wrong Way 9 CTRONGLY criticising the use of force m demolishing unauthorised premises at a meeting of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners yesterday, Mr. Yap Pheng Geek quoted his wife, who had witnessed one of these "smashing raids.** His wife, he said, was
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    53 7 EDWARDIAN GROUP:. Annette Moore (seated) and left to right) Betty Alken, YoLande Massey and Tonic Witt* In the Edwardian costumes designed for them by Renee Parrlsh. They are taking part In Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Belnf Earnest" which the Staje Club is producing at the Victoria Theatre next month.
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    40 7 \IKSKS AS MANNEQUINS: An effort to brighten up nurses' uniforms was made m London with a fashion show at a Kensington hospital. Nurses were the mannequins and matrons the judges. Nurses admire the new type of hooded cape. Renter picture.
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    450 Guests At St. Andrew's Dinner
    245 7 A JOKE than 450 guests a post war record for the event attended the Singapore St. Andrew's Society celebration of St. Andrew's Day at Raffles Hotel last night. According to tradition the Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, and Lady Gimson and other distinguished guests, Including
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    Wounded Man Going Home
    78 7 From On Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. NINETEEN TEAR OLD Leslie Joseph Whitehouse, R.A.S.C. private, who was seriously wounded m a bandit ambush m Cameron Highlands, will have to return to England to undergo more operations. He will probably travel back with his mother, Mrs. Nellie
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    M.P.I.E.A. Uncertain
    112 7 'THE annual report of the 1 Malayan Planting Indus-; tries Employers' Association deprecates the tendency to Introduce m Malaya social machinery existing m European countries. "Social machinery which has been developed m the West as a result of stress and strain over a prolonged period is not necessarily
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    4 Bandits Attack: Only One Escapes
    245 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. fiSLY one of four bandits escaped when they fouf ht v a police party at Buloh Kasap near Segamat yesterday. The police killed one man, wounded and captured a second and captured the third unhurt. The man
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    Captain Who Refused To Give In Tells His Story
    454 7 J^KiHT years ago, a young French naval officer, Andre Jubelin, escaped from a Saigon prison, stole a plane and flew to Kota Bahru. Today, he is the Captain of the 20,000-ton French aircraft-carrier Arromanches now riding at anchor m the Singapore
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    Army Deserters Became Auxiliary Policemen
    109 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. TWO cases have occurred where Army deserters 1 obtained employment with private firms, said the G.O.C. Malaya District (Major General C. H. Boucher) at a Press conference today. "They became members o/ the Auxiliary Police and that is
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    SCOUTS TO BE ENTERTAINED
    52 7 Malaya's Scout .-on i indent for the Pan-Paciflc Jamboree In Australia is expected to leave Singapore on Decemoer 8. On December the boys will be "ntertained by the Australia and New Zealand Association m Sin^a-mr* at s tea Darty during which they will see coloured filou
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    DAWN RAID BY POLICE
    53 7 Five Chinese alleged to have recently arrived in Singapore from Senal, Johore, were arrested under the Emergency Regulations in a dawn security raid by police at Bullm Estate, Chua Chu Kang Road yesterday. Three of the Chinese had Tohore identity card*, and two had receipts for
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    Birmingham Scores Over Singapore In Housing Drive
    316 7 Birmingham Scores Over Singapore In Housing Drive rOMPARATIVE housing figures for Singapore and a town of similar size Birmingham, England were quoted at yesterday's meeting of Singapore Municipal Commissioners. Mr. D. Robertson, said there were 225,000 privately-owned dwelling houses m Birmingham a» against 30,000 m Singapore. There were 55,000 f
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    New U.S. Envoy In Singapore
    216 7 FE new United States Con-sul-General m Singapore, Mr. William R. Langdon. former political adviser to the United States Occupation Forces m Korea, arrived at Kallang last night from Bangkok. Mr. Langdon succeeds Mr. Paul Josselyn who left Singapore In September. Among the party which ;net
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    Kuala Lumpur's Unwanted Dogs
    1319 8 Kuala Lumpur 's Unwanted Dogs "FEMINA" WRITES ON.... l^UALA Lumpur, Friday. The little publicised, hard working Malayan Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is more than a year old now and the public will hear of its good work for the first time at the first annual general
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    Advice To The Housewife
    274 8 FROM A MARKET NOTEBOOK UOUSEWIVES who buy potatoes are advised not to pay more than between 16 and 20 cents per katl, states Radio Malaya m its weekly review of Singa pore food prices. Stall-holders at Orchard Road are m the habit of charging between 20
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      398 8 CHRISTMAS at the CATHAY RESTAURANT CHRISTMAS EVE Special Cala Night with Novelties. $7 per head, inclusive. CHRISTMAS DAY Old English Dinner with Noveltiet. Extension to 1.00 am $7/- p«r BOXINC DAY (27th) Special Cala Night with cracken, balloons, souvenirs «tc, $8/- p«r head NEW YEAR'S EVE Crand Cala Night and
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      198 8 See this WORLD fAMOUS TRADE MARK °*-JZ2Sl§§~ The riNEST BICYCLE BUILT to-day t^^^mM? 'World's largest affc/fl n& THE HERCULES CYCU //-^■Ll 11 MOTOR COMPANY LttT ML JSt^?-^-^ lIRMINOHAM. ENGLANi \N^^ JFJ Tin •HERCULES' J-Spntf H«t famtut 'HERCULES' Cyclt fo+ ttrim, to now availabl* on orf nadtl. »r at a sepor«M
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES NOVEMBER 27, 1948 Straits Times SATURDAY FORUM
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      The Aristocracy: A Malay Warning
      433 9 The Aristocracy: A Malay Warning iv li n reierence 10 trie interview wnicn uato Onn gave to your London correspondent, a report of which was published on Nov. 15, may I be allowed to make a few remarks? We, the commoners, knew that when he went to England, Dato Onn
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      Reparations And Trade
      84 9 NOW that Japan is to b< allowed almost un restricted Imports from anc exports to sterling arei countries, why do we nol cause them to impose i small, special tax or duty on all goods entering and leaving Japan for a predetermined number of years, th« entire
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      TWO-CENT PROFIT: $415,440
      136 9 I AM a chain smoker and I buy my cigarettes In packets. Recently the duty was mc- mm il m the Federation and the price per packet Is now Iling at :!5 cents. Before t lie duty .«.as increased the selling was ;{0 cents. The duty was
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      CLEANING THE DITCHES
      117 9 IIfHAT has happened to the anti-malaria gang of labourers who used to come around periodically to clean out the ditches of vegetation etc.? They have not been seen a:ound the Teluk Kurau area. I Hve. for some little while. With the rainy season *e:l CO water la
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      Over-Strain
      73 9 REST leave up to a maximum of five days per month has been recently granted by a certain group of estates to their staffs who are working under great strain m the present emergency. The attention of Selangor Planter's" Visiting Assent should be drawn to this new concession, which
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      LOGIC ON AN ESTATE
      180 9 LOGIC ON AN ESTATE j^HE letter under the x heading, "A COUN-TRY-MAN S ANGER," by "Selangor Planter" reminds me of a point of logic I encounterted in my school-days. It ran thus A cat is an animal. A dog is also an animal But is a cat a dog. or
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      Amnesty: Planter's Opinion
      330 9 THERE appears to be a section of public opinion in this country which is thinking in terms of amnesty for the wicked murderers who are hiding in th? jungle today. The c<)inion seems based on the lines that many of these murderers would return to a peaceful
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      IN KUANTAN
      56 9 WOULD you kindly draw attention to the necessity to station Military Police in this State? Some members of the Armed Forces are meting out punishment to a section of the i population on the slightest I provocation. Their methods savour of a legacy of the military police and
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      "Classical" Music On The Air
      233 9 ON a Monday night recently the Blue Network of Radio Malaya reached rockbottom in weakness and inanity when they presented a programme showing the dance orchestra's interpretation of "classical" music. A certain amount of entertainment value might I suppose, be wrung once again from this
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      INTERFERENCE
      110 9 IT is unbelievable that Malaya, reputed to be well ahead m the process of rehabilitation, should be found lacking m the methods adopted to combat radio interferences. I refer here to "man-made statics" which are on the Increase and are a bug bear to the radio far. These ilerfererces
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      Reckless Driving And Electric Horns
      226 9 \JR. E. J. Skinner fears 1 wrote "from theory only and not from experience." Let me calm his fears: I have driven thousands of miles in Singapore. Perhaps the nom de plume misled him. It may be that if the pedestrian knew he would not
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    New Look In The Straits Chinese
    62 9 "it is a popular notion tn.it the local barn ChiacM 'sometimes called the Straits Chinese) do not take to manual occupations and are predominantly clerks. Whatever justification for this belief In the past it no longer holds true. More than half the localborn Chinese
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      143 9 "SUCK. SMOOTH, SOPHISTICATED JOAN CRAWFORD IS SEEN AT HER BEST" (DAILY HERALD) TODAY FOUR SHOWS PjA^fSl IJQN& 9m PHONPfiPH^ ciiawTohd m£b A S DANA i ANDREWS zM™ HENRY 1L.,/^ W i U Nil A jr sz&v, I RUTH WARRICK MARTHA STEWART PIGGY ANN GARNER CONNIE MARSHALL NICHOLAS JOY ART BAKER
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      311 9 VICTOR SILVESTER'S BALLROOM ORCHESTRA A GAL IN CALICO TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS PB 331 ft THEY SAY ITS WONDERFUL I OOT THE SUN IN THE MORNINO FB 3325 I OOT LOST IN HIS ARMS HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN '''B 3328 ROSE IN THE BUD AT SUNDOWN FB 3341 VICTOR
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      439 9 a! IS! 35 Mu-t pia>»r.- o>>- so nccus- tomed to Kadng up to ct-rtain I honours or combinations of hon- ours that it is difficult for them to reverse tire process and lead I away from those same cards, i Considerations of tinvng. how1 tmr. make this a vital departure
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      257 9 'with a sp?de a^d r< d Vw club to* aid lu.s king. Wwi v.on and promptly made an attaci on dummy's remaining entry, the heart ace. Declarer won n bis own hand, but the handwriting was DO the wall! When the second club was led toward dummy. I West went
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    London Stocks
    359 10 LONDON, Fri. EXCEPT lor a few items, the London Stock Exchange was Idle yesterday, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Rubbers and Tins were unchanged to lower. A premium of nine-sixtaonthi was established for the new Southern Rhodesia three per cent. Loan. Other Gilt-edged stocks remained steady to occasionally firmer.
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    PERAK PLANT DIVIDEND
    41 10 pERAK Rubber Plantations' trading profit for the year to Mar. 31 amounts to £7,677. A transfer to reserves of £11.500 would leave a carry-for-ward of £2.757. A dividend of five per cent, is recommended (nil) the previous year)
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    BUYERS LACK FOR MALAYAN SHARES
    861 10 From Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Friday. ABSENCE of buying support in the Malayan share market caused a further easing of prices today. Price* quoted by the Malayan Sharebrokeri' Association today (prices of Rubbers mostlv nominal) ware: LOANS Municipal Spore 3>4% 1948 100.71 101. 76 S'pore
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    The Produce Market
    140 10 From A Market Correspondent WHITE PEPPER eased In price on the Singapore produce markets yesterday. Some business' wa> transacted In Lingga sago ■flour at around $19. Yesterday's quotations Included: i Rice Unclassified: No 1 $64; 2 $54: 3 $48: 4 $44: 5 $28; unpolished $27. Coffee; Bali
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      London Rubber
      54 10 No. 1 R.8.8. c.i.f. European basis ports. In pence, nlosinu: Nov. 24 Nov. 25 Dec. buyer 10 15/16 10% Dec. seller 11 1/16 10% Dec. -Jan. buyer 10 15/16 10% Dec. -Jan. seller 11 1/16 10% Jan. -Feb. buyer 10 15/16 10% Jan-Feb. seller 11 1/16 10^ Market:
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      New York Rubber
      20 10 In U.S. cents closing, nominal. Nov. 24 Nov. 25 1 R.S.S. (Spot) 21% Closed —Straits Tlmca Service.
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    Wharfside Shipping
    101 10 SHIPS m port alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (godowns m brackets) were Main Wharf: Telemachua (8637). Olenfoy (38-39), Asphalion MO -41). Hal Hsan (43-43). West Wharf: Marudu (6). Bennevis (8-9). Marella (13-14), Java (15-16). Empire Dock: Gorgon (17-18), Gamarla (19-20). Meredith Victory (23-24). Johannes Maersk (25-26).
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    B. BORNEO PARA
    43 10 JJRTTISH Borneo Para Rubber's trading profit to Apr. 30, in* eluding proceeds of sales before prewar, amounts to £1,092. Brought In debit £2.87P, directors' fees £100, leaving debit £1,887; less tax reserve £1.723: forward debit £164, subject to directors' fees.
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    GOOD YEAR FOR THORNYCROFT
    47 10 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Frl. OUR Smgapore branch has had a very satisfactory year. We continue to Improve facilities and equipment" said Sir John Thorny, troft, chairman of John I. Thornycroft and Co., m his speech at the annual meeting m London.
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      225 10 PRESIDENT LINa^S Ceneral Passenger Agent t> Northwest Airlines SAILINCS TO NIW YORK AND BOSTON via INDIA, ECYPT M EDITERRANEAN PORTS. I The a.s. President Cleveland and Willamette Victory S pore Dee. 20 t Rodent Wilson, Americas P. Sham Dee. 29 Finest Post-War Luxury Liner*. D 0.,..,,, n.» 11 Fa!t Luxurious
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      250 10 EAST ASIATIC LINE iAILINCS FROM SCANDINAVIA/U.S lA UN sicAN2IN CC A OVIO VlA ININT/ CONTINENT Loading at Singapore Port Swettenham Pening m.s. "Kambodia" due abt. Oe*. 8 m.s "Lalandia" due abt. Nov. 29 for Colombo. Aden, Port Said. for Saigon Bangkok Alexandria, Cenoa, Marseilles, Tangier, Casablanca, Antwerp, Rotterdam. Hamburg, Oslo,
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    14 Years To Realise Ambition
    400 11 By CHAN TIN WENG SIXTEEN years ago two sprightly schoolboys from the same form in the St. Xaxiers' Institution, Penang, caught the critieal eye of the sportsmaster by their prowess on the playing field. The sportsmaster rightly predicted a bright future for these two lads.
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    Johore Malays To Form Hockey Assciation
    131 11 From Our Own Correspondent Johore Bahru. Fri. A meeting open to all interested will be held on Dec. 2 with a view to forming a Johore Malay'; Hockey Association. This association when formed will be affiliated with the Malays Hockey Association of the FederaHOB
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    C.Y.M.CA. TEAMS
    76 11 The following will represent the Chinese V.M.C.A. against the R.A.F. Seletar at table tennis i at Seletar today: Loe Meng Kong. Lee Soo Chee. Leong S«?ow 800, Toh Choon Poong. Lav Br.ong Hoo. Chang Kow Thye, Ong Kay Ann, Lav KVng Poh. Against Mansfield Sports Club on Monday
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    CHINESE Y.M.C.A. BEAT BOYS' CLUB
    72 11 «PHE Chinese V.M.C.A. beat the Queen Street Boy's Club three-two at table tennis. Rtfults (Chinese Y.M.O.A. players mentioned first): Leong Scow 800 lost to Chan Kwok Fai I—3, Lav Buong Hoo lost to Mok Koi.g Hin i o—3:0 3: Lee Soo Chee beat Shong Chai
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    Plays Last Game For Penang Today
    350 11 By GUNN CHIT THYE WHEN Penang meet Perak today, star centre-half Tirlok Singh will be making his final appearance for the island this season, for this hockey wizard is leaving for Singapore directly after the game and from there he will proceed to India.
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    TONIGHTS WRESTLING
    114 11 THE main attraction at the Great World Arena tonight is a coat«t between King Kong and Jeji Goldst-in of Palestine. Goldstein made an impressive I debut last week. Experienced and strong, he has i the physique and trie ability to give I the Hungarian a tough battle. I
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    Member Of The First Blues' XV
    380 11 By ROY FERROA ''I 'HE only active Singapore X All Blues' player who was a member of the original XV formed in 1934 and is still playing this season for the last time is a husky, bustling Chinese by the name of Ng Wood
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    The Man Behind Negri's Revival
    382 11  -  E. D. MEYER By WHEN the Negri Sembilan State Rugby team began Its programme for the current season with a great victory over the Selangor Combined Services by 30 points to nil a few weeks ago at Seremban, there was one player in that side
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      255 11 EVERY '<Zl BIT IS \SB TRUE! Ksjk i iimw io the 1 4frdfr *J!a m STREET", "13 Rl X fc^Sw^"* JL^ MADELEINE \M> ffTfTTwilV Llfl "BOOMERANG"! jj^MH^^rjl CFF IT "^^RICrIARD CONTE <d LEE J. COBB TODAY <!M! M HELEN WALKER [ll* ;< L mmm I 11 A.M.. 1 45, 4.15.
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      213 11 4fT^3| B| IMMORTAL TIMES -4^£>^^^^— .^^J ♦!•">— Starring KATHARINE lIEPBI'KN as Clara S. humunn PAUL HENREII) as Robert Scliimi inn ROBERT WALKER as Johanna I'nhrns HENRY DANIELI. as Fran? l.isz' a love stor, exq.. that >l-«.-.» had to set it to 20 immortal musical masterpieces of: SCHUMANN, BRAHMS and LISZT!
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      97 11 RADIO MALAYA SINGAPORE 1.00 Carroll Gibbons; 1.30 New:-; 1.50 Interlude; 2.00 Light Mualc; 2.30 Swing Time; 3.46 Pot Pourri: I.M So.-.gs of the Range; 4.0U Theatre Orchestra; 4.30 Dance Music; 4.40 Singapore v. S«langor Hockey; 6.00 Close; 8.15 News; 8.20 Sports Round-Up; 8.30 Grand Hotel; 9.00 Have a Go; 9.30
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      100 11 .10.00 Film Album; 10.30 Britiab Band Parade: 11.00 Night Club: 11.20 And So To Bed; 11.30 News ClOSP. BBC OVERSEAS 19 61: til: 30. M and 44 SI V30 World Affairs: 6.00 Music While You Work; 6.30 The News: 7.00 The Show Must Oo Or*: 7. SO From The Editorials:
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      96 11 nun's Music: 9.15 Talk; 9. 20 Waltz Time; 10.00 Australian News: 10.30 British Star Dance Band: 11.00 Australian News: 11.30 Australian Artists Perform' 11.45 Cine*. BFBBS 6.77 Mc,§. 11.85 Mc/i. 15 30 Me/a t.«9 Mc/i per second 4.SS London Dames; ft. 30 British Characters; 6.00 Symphony Concert; 6.30 Home News
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    LAW TEIK HOCK IN THOMAS CUP TEAM
    559 12 Meets WongPeng Soon Tomorrow By LEE SIEW YEE I AW Teik Hock, the Penang badminton champi on, will go to England as a member of the Malayan Thomas Cup team. This was announced last night by the president of the Badminton Association of
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    Govt. Hopes Malayans Will Win
    90 12 Go vt. Hopes Malayans Will Win THE Singapore Government hopes that the Malayan badminton team, which sails for the United Kingdom on the Carthage next Thursday, will have a successful tour and that it nill bring the Thomas Cup to Malaya. This is stated m a letter from the Colonial
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    Line Nets Six Goals
    276 12 SiA goais oy une enaDiea the G.H.Q. Signals Regiment to trounce KhaLsa Association "B" team by six goals to one m a game of hockey at St. George's Road yesterday. Khalsa, however, were not entirely to blame for their defeat, considering that they only managed to
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    117 12 Kaffle-. C'ullegp I'nioii beat he Medical College I'niou by two goals to one m the anunal College hockey match played on the Singapore padang last week. Below is a photograph of the teams: liontßow: (Left to Right) Tan Yoke Wan OH D Rashiro (RCU). Ho Lian Kee <MCV) James Peter
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    LETTER TO SPORTS EDITOR
    545 12 Weight-lifters Must Always Be In Trim I T WELCOME the opportunity provided by Mr. Chiang 1 Ha Sun's letter appearing m your issue of Wednesday, Nov. 24, to enlighten him and others who may be m the dark of the circumstances which decided the Singapore Amateur
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    53 12 Wieve Wolters (15} years), Singapore Swimming Club junior champion (left) with J. B. Mitchell (16), men's 400-metre S.S.C. champion, who will take part m the junior swimming gale at the S.S.C. today, starting at 2.30 p.m. They are competing for the junior championship cup presented by Mr. J. A. Gagan.
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    Revised Rugby Teams Today
    77 12 THE following is a revised list of players for today's annual rugger on the Slnga- pore padang between Scoti land and The Rest, kick-off at 5 p.m. REST SCOTLAND Garry Humphrey* Aldous Roper I Rodick Mclnroy Homer Pennell j Busbridge Oates I Leslie Jonei Frama Wilson
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    R.N. POLICE WIN
    30 12 R.N. Police "A" beat R.A.P. (Sembawang) seven-nil m a game of hockey played at the Naval Base yesterday. Scorers were Mahmud TTor (3) and Bhajan Singh (4).
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    Sports Diary
    78 12 TODAY HOCKEY: Singapore v. Selangor S.C.C. padanr, 4.45 p.m.; Spore Colts t. R.1.— R.1. ground; Johore C.C. v. C.S.C.— Johore Bahru. RUGBY: Scotland v. Rest— S.C.C. padang; O.H-Q. Signal Re&t. t. Spore En*. Reft; R.A.F. Seletar v. Pfllce SeleUr. SOCCER: Kota Raja t. S.C.F.A. Jalan Besar Stadium. SWIMMING:
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    Kota Raja To Meet SCFA
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    Morris, Miller Hit Centuries
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