The Straits Times, 15 December 1948

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1948. PRICE TEN CENTS.
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    BOYS SEE ORPHANAGE MURDER
    1099 1 From Our Staff Correspondent Terrorists Kill Man Who Devoted His Life To Children KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. THE terrorists last night murdered 31-year-old Mr. A. M. Blake, superintendent of the Serendah Boys' Home. And fn the ruins of his burned-out bungalow today, th« boys— all orphans— dug
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    FILM OF ROYAL BABY
    151 1 FILM OF ROYAL BABY LONDON, Tues. FIRST newsreel films ol the baby son of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh will be taken after his christening tomorrow. The Archbishop of Canterbury will baptise the prince at Buckingham Palace. The King spent his 53rd birthday today quietly at Buckingham Palace
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    PURCHASES FOR SIAM RAILWAY
    40 1 LONDON, Tues.— The Siamese trade mission, which is m England to spend £15,000,000 on British products, will make most of thp purchases for the Royal Siamese Btate Railway, a Board of Trade spokesman said yesterday.— UP.
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    INDIAN LEGATION
    14 1 NEW DELHI. Tues.— lndia and Rumania have decided to establish legations. Reuttr.
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    Jap Shipping Strike
    32 1 TOKYO, Tues.— More than 40.000 seamen today continued their five-day walkout In the third round of the strikes as 448 ships were tied up m 46 ports.— U. P.
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    NO HOPE, SAYS GOOD OFFICES
    260 1 NO HOPE, SAYS GOOD OFFICES BATAVIA, Tues. 1HE Good Offices Comx mittee, in a cablt to the Security Council in Paris flatly said today that it sees no possibility of bringing the Dutch and the Republicans together. A special report on recent direct talks between ministers In Batavia and Kalioerang
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    "BLAKE FUND" FOR CHILDREN
    143 1 A FUND is to be opened to help Mr. Blake's orphans. Shortly before he was killed by the bandit*. Mr. Blake expressed the wish that any money that might be spent on floral tributes in the event of his death should be used to help the
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    HORSES END AS "STEAKS"
    63 1 LONDON, Tues.— According to the News Chronicle eight In ten horses sold in Britain are for meat and end up as "steaks" in black-market cafes. Investigators report that 750,000 horses were sold for food this year and that some heavy breeds face extinction. High prices paid
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    ROMANCE DURING BUDGET DEBATE
    132 1 TOKYO. Tues. THE Japanese Finance Minister (Mr. Sanroku Izumlyana) resigned today after a complaint by a middle-aged woman Member of Parliament that he made Improper advances to her during the budget debate. Miss Harue Yamashita sent Parliament into an uproar when she arose this morning and
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    Clash Over New Chinese Cabinet
    275 1 SHANGHAI, Tuesday. PREMIEK Sun was reported today to b« meeting with increasing difficulties in effort* to form a new cabinet as Kuomintang peace and diehard elements continued a behind the scenes struggle for key positions in the Government. I Chinese political circles said Dr. Sun
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    BUKU MERAH
    60 1 THE Straits Times has completed the dispatch of forms seeking information for the Singapore section of the Buku Merah (a Singapore and Malayan Directory) which will be published in the near future. If yon liave not received a form, either write to the Straits Times or telephone No.
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    8,000 MILES TO SEE SON
    64 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues Within five days of receiving a War Office telegram stating that his presence was required at the bedside of his son lying dangerously ill m Kuala Lumpur from wounds received from bandits, 57-year-old Mr. Cyril Hawksworth, of Church Gresley, Burton-on-Trent, has arrived.
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    WARMEST EVER
    20 1 LONDON. Tues. Today was the warmest December day on record In London. Temperatures reached o9 degrees Fahrenheit.— Reuter.
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    Stanley Followed Me, Says Dalton
    605 1 Stanley Followed Me, Says Dalton LONDON, Tues. MR. Hugh Dalton, former Chancellor of the Exchequer, told the London tribunal probing alleged corruption in Government circles today that Sidney Stanley had followed him into the street at their first meeting and offered him a post in a big business concern. Mr.
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      Born in Cave, Cot Carried On Mule
      168 2 Born in Cave, Cot Carried On Mule LONDON, Tuesday. HAVID James Hughes, 13-month-old baby born in a cave in China, where his parents have been doing medical work in Communist-held areas, has arrived here after travelling thousands of miles strapped in a cot on the back of a mule, and
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      Forewarned
      25 2 CANBERRA, Tues.—Buildings to resist atom bomb attacks are included m a £A6.000.000 Post Office construction and modernisation orogramme for the State of Victoria. Reuter.
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      Border Trouble
      53 2 BRUSSELS. Tues.— Pickets guarded the frontier today when 60.000 Belgian workers, who cross into France daily, went on strike against a French order preventing them taking more than half their earnings back to Belgium. The French Government offered to allow the Belgians to buy whatever food they wanted
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      Actress Thanked
      41 2 NEW YORK. Tues.—Citation of an award presented to Miss Beatrice Lillie. the British actress, for the entertainments during the war said that "her inexhaustible cheerfulness under adverse conditions became a valuable contribution to the morale of the soldiers." A.P.
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      Battle Not Mock
      69 2 LONDON Tues.— Two m;» went to court here to claim I damages for injuries received from sword and pike as a result of the Battle of Prestonnans between Jacobites and Hanoverians m 1745. The i-ase arose out of the production of a film. "Bonnie Prince Charlie." m
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      Officer's Word
      43 2 MUNICH. Tues.— The former German Field Marshal Albert von Kesselrin*. sentenced to life imprisonment by a British court for war crimes, is spending a few days' leave on his word of honour that he will return to confinement on Monday. A.P
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      Dirty Work
      30 2 LONDON, Tues.— More than 150 British students have volunteered to spend their Christmas vacation doing dirty domestic work m hospitals m London. Manchester and other big cities. Reuter.
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      SILENCE IS NOT GOLDEN AT U.N.
      43 2 PARIS, Toes. rIE newspaper France Soir estimates that each word at the 12-week Paris session of the United Nations Assembly cost 53 cents (U.S.) The total oratory amounted to 10,000,000 words. Total expenses were 1.700,000,000 franca A.P.
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      1302 2 NOTICES IMPORT CONTROL" TIN PLATE EX U K. 1. Any Arm wishing to obtain from the U.K. tlnplate for their own manufacturing purposes during the period Ist April to 30th June, 1949. should apply In writing to the Comptroller of Cus'oms. Kuala Lumpur, stating: A) Quantity (m tons) required during
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      567 2 NOTICES "notice ESTATE OF UN UAN CHIOW (f), LATE OF KOTA BHABU, KKLANTAN. Notice is hereby Riven that creditors and others having claims analnst the Estate of the abovenamed deceased should give notice thereof In writing to O. W. De 8!lva ft Co., Advocates ft Solicitors, Kota Bharu. Kelantan. Solicitor
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      94 2 NOTICE PAR EASTERN Music School 20th anniversary concert, Victoria Memorial Hall, 17th Dec. Ml Invited guesta are asked to be seated by 8.25 p.m. as no seats can be reserved. Concert commences punctual'y at B. SO p.m. SHIPPING NOTICE NEDERLAND LINE R< TAL DUTCH MAIL NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES M.V. "TABIAN"
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      266 2 OPENING TO-DAY 3 Show: S. «.15 A »15 p RonuuMe Adventure v M-G-M't "THE ROMANCE OP ROSY RIDGE" itorrinc Van Johnson mad Introducing Janet Le%h GREAT WORLD GLOBE 7 Jig "PRISONER OF SHARK ISLAND" Tomorrow: "CHINTA" NEW WORLD UDO 7— 9 15 "CRI WOLF" Tomorrow: "LAW OF THE TROPICS" Plus!
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    ABDULLAH OPPOSED AS "KING OF PALESTINE"
    191 3 AMMAN, TRANSJORDAN, Tuesday. KING Abdullah's Parliament yesterday unanimously approved a plan to unite hjs 30,000-square-mile kingdom of Transjordan with Arab Palestine. Both Houses passed the proposal, first made at the Palestine Arab congress at Jericho earlier this month, after the Premier explained that it
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    66 3 MR. WALTER GRAEME ANDERSON, who at the time of his death at the age of 74 recently was Kelantan's oldest European resident The manager of Tanjong Batu Estate. Clu Kelantan. Mr. Anderson was an Unofficial member of the Kelantan Council of State and Chieftain of the Kelantan St. Andrew's Society.
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    Four B.O. T. Convictions
    49 3 riOCR employee* of the r Board of Trade have been convicted of bribery or corruption since July 1945 and discharged, the President of the Board of Trade (Mr. Harold Wilson) said In a Parliamentary reply yesterday. Mr. Wilson did not give any further particulars.— Renter.
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    Wulkan Asks Churchill For Help
    55 3 LONDON, Tues. MARCUS WULKAN, brother of Sidney Stanley central figure m the investigation into alleged corruption m British Government circles announced m New York yesterday that he had appealed to Mr. Winston Churchill to raise hi the House of Commons the "unwarranted attacks" made against
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    Textile Fake Alleged
    83 3 NEW YORK, Tues. JOSEPH Mandell, 48, fur firm vice-president, has been arrested and charged with receiving over US$lOO,OOO from bogus textile shipments to China and India. The District Attorney said Mandell was paid for shipping "short lengths" of cotton u> the Far East In fact he shipped
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    ARGENTINE MEAT DELIVER v SLOWS
    85 3 LONDON, Tues. Britain is to have Immediate "serious discussions" with the Argentine Government over the recent falllng-off In the rate of shipment of Argentine meat to Britain. The British Food Minister (Mr. John Strachey) said last night in Commons: "So long as the meat supplies
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    PORTUGAL WILL STAY IN INDIA
    124 3 PORTUGAL WILL STAY IN INDIA LISBON, Tues. »|»HE Minister for Colonies 1 (Senhor Teole Durate) last night reiterated Portugal's intention of maintaining her sovereignty In Portuguese India. The Minister, who was speaking at the institution of the new Governor of Portuguese India (Commander Quintanlla Mendoca Dias,) said that the position
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    Newfoundland Union
    36 3 ST. JOHNS, Tues.—A move by seven members of Newfoundland's last legislature to prevent union of Britain's oldest colony with Canada was dismissed m the Supreme Court 48 hours after union was signed at Ottawa.—Reuter.
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    NO INVASION' -NICARAGUA
    66 3 MANAGUA, (Nicaragua), Tues.— Nicaragua in a note to Costa Rica has formally denied charges of invasion by Nicaragua The note said that as soon as it was known that revolutionaries had crossed into Costa Rica, Nicaragua took all measures to prevent further Incidents. On the same day,
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    EGYPT KNOWS NOTHING OF MORE BRITISH NEAR SUEZ
    138 3 CAIRO, Tues. NOKRASHY Pasha, Prime Minister of Egypt, told the Senate last night his Government had no Information that Britain was increasing her troops in the 8ue* Canal area. Fouad Serag el Din Pasha, secretary-general of the Wafdlst Party and leader of
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    SHIP DISASTER INVESTIGATION
    54 3 SHANGHAI, Tues.-On-the-spot investigation of the sinking of the 2,000-ton evacuation ship Klangya which sank a fortnight ago near Woosune with a loss* of 34>OO lives, will start today. The Investigators are due to visit the scene of the disaster this afternoon They i will be accompanied by
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    Italy Agrees To Let U.K. Rule Cyrenaica
    167 3 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. ITALY: has offered to consent to British control of Cyrenaica as part of a compromise settlement on the fate of the Italian pre-war colonies. This was reported in Washington today. i The Italian Ambassador to ;he U.8. was said to have
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    Acute Crisis In Asia, Says Dr. Evatt
    240 4 PARIS, Tuesday. THE United Nations Assembly President (Dr. Herbert C. Evatt of Australia) said yesterday that East-West tension had been reduced, but added: "It would be a tremendous mistake to neglect the Far East and the Pacific, where at present the crisis is
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    M.Ps' Gift To Ceylon
    37 4 LONDON. Tues. Parliament yesterday authorised four Members to go to Ceylon with the mace and Speaker's chair which the House of Commons is presenting to the Cf>' 'on House of Represen lath ..>.-Reuter.
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    72 4 THE PRESIDENT of Rotary International (Mr. Angus Mitchell) chats with the Com-missioner-General (Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald) at a dinner given by the Singapore Rotary o! ub a E I£f1 £f Ho M on M °nday night. The Commander-in-Chief FARELF (General Sir Neil Ritchie) is on the right. It has been
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    India:So Much Done So Soon
    93 4 LONDON, Tues. THE Chancellor of the Exchequer (Sir Stafford Cripps) said last night that when history looked back on those short months since the partition of India, Judgment would be one of wonder that so much was achieved in so short a time He spoke
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    Singapore Diary
    135 4 TODAY C.V.M..* speech class, 99, Bras En ..hi ucad, 5.30 p m Wr;!ey Guild. Mr. R. a. Goodchild 0.1 "Early English Drama 4, Port Canning Road. 8 pjn Medical College Alumni Association, clinico-pathologlcal meeting Department of Pathology Genera) Hospital, 8 p.m. All doctors and dental surgeons are welcome.
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    Christmas Treat Over The Air
    229 4 Christmas Treat Over The Air "fHRISTMAS Fair," an all star Christmas variety programme organised by Radio Malaya, will be broadcast between 5.30 and 9.30 p.m. on Christmas Eve. The public Is invited to attend the broadcast which will be recorded next Saturday In the Victoria Memorial Hall, Singapore, at five
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    CHAP JI KEE
    34 4 A woman named Ng Oh was fined $150 by the Second Magistrate (Mr. R. W. P. Rule) yesterday for abetting the management of chap Jl kee. Inspector Noordin bin Talib prosecuted.
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    Christmas Dinner
    25 4 The Gregg Shorthand Writers' Association of Singapore will hold a Christmas dinner at Wing Choon Yuen Restaurant on Dec. 18 at 7.45 p.m.
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    CONCERN OVER MALAY YOUTHS IN CHINA
    208 4 From Our Malay Correspondent TOHE Chinese Consul-General in Singapore (Dr Wn x Paak-shing) is asking his Government for full information concerning two Malays now studying on Chinese Government scholarships at the National Central University, Nanking Dr. Wu was told by Utusan Melayu that letters
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    PETROL: NO CHANGES
    310 5 Supplies Are Still Limited CINGAPORE petrol rations for the first quarter of the New Year will be little changed from this quarter. An official announcement last night said that the supply of petrol was still limited. The Government has adopted the recommendations of the Petrol Rationing Policy
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    30 5 SINGAPORE WEDDING: Mr. T. X Nedungady of Singapore and Srimathl J. Leela Kumar! (daughter of Sri Janardanan Pillai of Johore who were married at Hindoo Road, Singapore. Straits Times picture.
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    Malay New MENACE TO RACIAL HARMONY
    263 5 Malay New MENACE TO RACIAL HARMONY I TTUSAN MELAYU, the U Singapore Malay newspaper, In a leading article on Monday, describes the move to withdraw Penang and Malacca from the Federation as a "destructive step, with evil consequences for the people of Malaya." The paper fears that such a movp
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    Blind Singer On Radio Malaya
    418 5 By Own Woman Correspondent BRAIN fever, which made him totally blind at the age of six, did not prevent Tan Eng Ann, of Malacca, from enjoying life and music. Yesterday, at 39 years I of age, he sang over Radio Malaya with the Chahay a
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    TO HANG ON AMMO CHARGE
    113 5 TO HANG ON AMMO CHARGE From Oar Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. pHENO KOI was sentenced v to death today by Mr. Justice Laville on a charge of being In possession of six rounds of ammunition. The prosecution said that a police patrol searching near the 25th mile Pontian Road
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    NO TREASURE: STILL DIGGING
    50 5 After 10 days' digging for "treasure" in Stamford Road, Singapore, there 1* still no sign of the "heavy box" which is understood to be the object of the search by the Municipal Engineer's Department. Municipal and Customs officials inspected the site yesterday, but refused to comment.
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    Film Magazine Aids TB War
    74 5 Lavish illustrations of films and film stars covering 25 pages are contained in the Cathay Annual (1948-49) now on sale in Singapore at $2 per copy. All proceeds from this magazine will be donated to the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association. SATA'S war on tuberculosis is reviewed
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    Indian Publicity Staff
    40 5 Mr. S. D. Kalelkar. Information Officer of the Government of India, will leave today by air for New Delhi. Mr. P. M. Raman will be in charge of Indian Information services till Mr. Kalelkar's return in January.
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    Rubber Imports In 1948: 300,000 Tons Expected
    81 5 IMPORTS of rubber into Singapore and the Federation of Malaya this year will probably touch the 300,000-ton total reached last year. Over 275.000 ton* of rubber have already been Imported In the 11 months to Nov. 30. November import* totalled 22 905 tons—about
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    PENANG RUBBER EXPORTS RISE The straits Times
    84 5 PENANG RUBBER EXPORTS RISE The straits Times From our suir Correspondent PENANQ. Tues. RUBBER export* from Penang increased oy about $1,500,003 last month., The total value was $18,034,245 compared with the previous month* figure of $16,563,747. Statistics for November show that America was the chief buyer with 9.128 ton* ($7,620,002).
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    Singapore, Wed., Dec. 15, 1948. UNECONOMIC COMMISSION
    713 6 Singapore, Wed., Dec. 15, 1948. UNECONOMIC COMMISSION The Lapstone conference of the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East has ended, in the phrase of one seasoned observer of its performances, in "futility and frustration." Contributing to the frustration were the high hopes expressed in the opening stages of
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    The War In China
    342 6 In the Peking area, as well as north of Nanking, events moved swiftly yesterday against the Nationalists. Communist armies are now closing in on the old capital from four directions, while in the south hope is having to be abandoned that the two army groups which
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    U.S. SALARIES
    30 6 WASHINGTON. Tues.-Pre-sident Truman has asked Congress to raise the salaries of Cabinet officers from $15,000 to $25,000 a year anrt to increase salaries of other high officials.— Reuter
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    THE INQUEST ON COAL
    1184 6  -  RICHARD DENMAN By of The Economist LONDON, Dec 8. AS the long le^islative process for nationalising British steel goes on there have appeared no less than three reports on the results of the nationalisation of coal. First, there are the recommendations of a committee appointed last
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      The Straits Chinese: Duties Of A British Subject
      379 6 THE letter by "Fourth Generation" on the future of the Straits Chinese, in your issue of Dec. 11, is thought-pro-voking. The correspondent appears to be courageous and outspoken and there is much to be said for the stand he has taken. His
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      SPFCIAL GRANTS FOR X'MAS?
      113 6 II AS the Joint Tribunal f 11 set up to consider r claims for special grants c In respect of volunteer I forces L.D.C., S.V.C., etc. r completed its task, and if so, when can payments b be expected, and if not, will a member' of
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      CARDS ON THE ESTATE
      249 6 DEGISTRATION ia In full swing m this district, and so our thoughts are turned to reflecting on, its effects. It seems evident that the bandit can get his card as easily as the respectable citizen, and this can hardly be avoided. My wife was prompted to
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      SCHOOLMASTER DIRECTORS
      87 6 VUE reference to Mr. H. R. Cheeseman as the Irst schoolmaster m the listory of Malayan education to be appointed Director of Education is lot correct. That distinction should i?long to Mr. R. W. Hullett. M.A., a former Principal of Raffles Institution who succeeded Mr. J. B. Elcum,
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      ENFORCING A ROAD LAW
      223 6 T AM glad to see that an1 other reader has also, written to you on lorries with no mudguards There is a simpler way to enforce the law than the one suggested by him, I however. Every vehicle owner In the Colony will receive later this
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      OVER $320 IN PENSION
      109 6 pOR nearly two years I have waited patiently for something from the Government, but now I realise that my hopes have been in vain. I am a pensioner drawing more than $320 per month. I do not receive a single cent of what is known as
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      828 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. BIRTHS REYNOLDS— To Joyce, wife of O. W. Reynolds on 11th Decembsr at Honrkong, a son. Both »-ll IOCKYER— On Dec. 7. at Port Dlcfcson to Pauline, wife of Major E. A. W. Lockyer, The M.'lay Regiment a son. TO LILIAN, wife of doctor B. 8 R. Alfred,
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    700 COLONY MEN FACE DISMISSAL
    400 7 Sago Factories Closing Down A BLEAK New Year faces between 700 and 800 labourers employed by Singapore's seven sago factories. They have just been told that because of a temporary suspension of purchases by the United Kingdom, the factories will have to close down next
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    70 Per Cent. Have Had Pay Arrears
    136 7 OEVENTY per cent, of Singapore Government servants have received their arrears of pay, it was announced yesterday. 01 the remainder, said a Government spokesman, some could expect to get their arrears of pay before Christmas. Others would have to wait. Government was pushing
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    New Cargo Vessel
    150 7 THE 9,000-ton Surat, x second of lour cargo vessels to be completed tor the P. and O. Service between the United Kingdom and the Far East, arrives in Singapore on Saturday. The Surat's sister ship, the Boudan, has been in service since the middle of the year.
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    Cigar Men To Strike
    48 7 A STRIKE notice has been given to Singapore's three Indian cigar-manufacturing factories by their 38 Indian cigar rollers as a sequel to a proposed wage cut. The strike notice handed by the Singapore Cigar Workers' Union to the managements of Thevar Co., R. V.
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    A.C.S. Plans For Future
    174 7 SINGAPORE will have an Anglo-Chinese Secondary School, Dr. H. H. Peterson, the Principal of the Anglo-Chinese School said last night. He was replying to the toast of the school, proposed by Mr. Chin Teck Huat, at the graduation dinner of the* 120 Senior Cambridge students of
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    MONEY FOR SATA
    43 7 The Singapore Anti-Tuber-culosis Association has benefltted to the extent of $1,918 from a scries of performances given by the Kwok Sing Musical Association. A further sum of $595 will be paid to S.A.T.A. as soon as the accupants are completed.
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    Two Inquisitive Bandits Killed
    486 7 From Our Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Tuesday. SECURITY forces shot dead two Chinese bandits at a coffee shop m Ulu Temiang village near Seremban this morning. The two bandits, it was stated, had been coming to the village (or some time just to collect their dally newspaper.
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    Spitfires Bag 10 Bandits
    32 7 AIR H.Q., Ma ay a reports that 10 bandits were killed as a result of a recent attack by Singaporebased Spitfires on a bandit camp in west Johore.
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    CHANGE OVER FORCRUISERS
    77 7 H.M.S. Belfast, described as Britain's most modern cruiser, passed through Singapore last week en route for Hong Kong. She recently received a silver bell from the citizens of Belfast. The cruiser, which was virtually rebuilt after having struck a mine early in the war, was refitted at
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    Indian To Die For Bus Killing
    166 7 UAZARAT NOOR, a young northern Indian, was sentenced to death by Mr. Justice Jobbling, in the Singapore Assize Court, yesterday. Hazarat i was unanimously found guilty of the murder of a Chinese trolley bus conductor, Chua Chwee Bock, on Feb. 19, at the corner
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    DISPOSALS BOARD: NO REPORT
    250 7 Generators Case r VHE prosecution case is exJ- pected to end today in the R.AP. generators case in the Singapore Assize Court. Witnesses yesterday Included the general manager for Shaw Bros. Ltd., (Lee Tun Kee) who told Mr. SUD. Ellas, defence counsel for the four airmen,
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    Wanted The Best Food
    122 7 A 13 year-old boy asked the Fourtn Police Magistrate (Mr. M. H. MacDougal) yesterday to send him to the Clementl Road Boys' Home and not to the Saltation Army Boys' Home. Koh said food at the Clementl Road Home was better and he could learn a
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    U.S. CARRIER TO CALL
    104 7 One of the United States most modern and largest alrcaft carriers, the Tarawa, Is expected to arrive in Singapore on a courtesy visit on Saturday. The carrier left Hong Knng yesterday fo Singapore and is being accompanied by the destroyers, Hawkins and Buckley. The vessels will
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    Shipwrecked, 3 Lived For Month On Coconuts
    305 7 Shipwrecked, 3 Lived For Month On Coconuts THREE young Filipinos, sole survivors of a crew of eight m a native sailing boat which was wrecked off the coast of the Philippines, landed m Singapore yesterday. They are Alfredo Garcia, 20 years of age Pedro Mabini, 30 years, and Danel Ofiana,
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    FORGERY CASE FOR TRIAL
    70 7 Two Chinese, Low Ah Chew and Yap Kim Chan, were committed for trial by the Singapore Seventh Police Court Magistrate (Mr. R. J. C. Walt) yesterday on three charges relating to forgery. The charges are having counterfeited 50 cent currency notes, having counterfeited the notes, and
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    Identity Cards Must Be Carried
    131 7 THE Singapore C.I.D, Chief (Mr. E. V. Fowler) yesterday repeated his warning that peoplt must carry their identity cards with them. Many people stopped at police road blocks had left their cards in their houses Police had to detain thes* people temporarily ynd check at
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    TWO MORE FACE MURDER CHARGE
    95 7 Another two Indians appeared before the Singapore Seventh Police Court Magistrate (Mr. R. J. C. Wait), yesterday on a charge of having murdered Doralsamy and Marimuthu, employees of the Singapore Dairy Farm They were Sangaram and K. Oopal, who were arrested by the police on
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    INCOME TAX ASSESSMENTS MAY BE DELAYED FOR A YEAR
    156 8 INCOME TAX ASSESSMENTS MAY BE DELAYED FOR A YEAR AT the present rate of dealing with Singapore income tax forms, the last assessments for current payment will not be sent out for another 18 months. At present, only 700 forms are being dealt with every week— and 50,000 to 60,000
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    61 8 PETER PAN: A scene from Dean's School production of Peter Pan presented at the Victoria Memorial Hall last night for the UJJ.A.C. Appeal. Wendy (Jenipher Parks) is seen emerging from the Darling House the Lost Boys have built for her and is greeted (from left) by Michael (Charles Tweedie) Peter
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    Work Sought For Malay Vagrants
    110 8 Work Sought For Malay Vagrants THE Malay Welfare Council is trying to find employment for Malay vagrants now under detention or to return them to their kampongs In the Federation. Fourteen vagrants had been detained since the beginning Of the year. Inche Darus fihariff, secretary of the Malay Welfare Council,
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    "BAN HORNS IN CITY" PLEA
    65 8 The Chairman of the Singapore Traffic Advisory Committee (Mr. P. Kinsey) has asked the Colonial Secretary to introduce legislation prohibiting the use of motor car horns in the city area. Meanwhile, the committee decided at a meeting last week to enforce more rigidly the existing
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    956 SCREENED AT ROAD BLOCKS
    56 8 Singapore police detained seven Chinese suspected of secret society activities after "screening" 956 people in security checks in various parts of the Colony on Monday The checks were carried out in Holland Road, Mandal Road, Tarn penis Road and the 12i mile, Bukit Timah Road.
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    Decision Reserved In Currency Case
    275 8 ]t|R. H. D. Mundell, defending Messrs. Montor, Ltd., 1Ti said in the Singapore First District Court yesterday that the B.M.A. Proclamation under which his clients were charged with Infringement of Finance Regulations, took away from citizens their right to trade. i r—_ Mr. Mundell went
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    MALAYS SNUB NEW PHIBUN MOVE
    102 8 From Our Malay Correspondent THE Utusan Melayu reports from Kota Bharu that the Greater Patani Malay Organisation (Gabongan Patani Melayu Ray a), which claims to represent Patani Malays, has rejected the latest concessions of the Siamese Prinio Minister (Field Marshal Phibun Songgram) to the Malays
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    Johore Weekly Letter
    234 8 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. (INLY another 14 miles of v roadway remain to be completed after which It will be possible to motor along the east coast from Johore Bahru to Kuantan in Pahang. Already plans are afoot to establish a bus service from
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    Customs Made A $16,000 Tobacco Haul
    234 8 Customs Made A $16,000 Tobacco Haul From Our Own Correspondent PARIT BLNTAR, Tuesday. AS the result of a Customs raid and seizure of 3,900 1 b. of Siamese tobacco valued at $16,000 and quantities of chandu and samsu, a middle-aged woman and her stepson appeared m the District Court. Cheng
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    They Still Believe In Fairies
    192 8 They Still Believe In Fairies SOME 50 children of Dean's School, Singapore, helped the United Nations Appeal for Children with a refreshing presentation of the children's classic, Peter Pan, in the Victoria Memorial Hall last night. J. M. Barrie's delightful play about the wonder boy, has an abundance of those
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    ACCIDENTAL FIRE IN SMOKEHOUSE
    56 8 From Oar Staff Correspondent IPOH. Tues.— Believed to oe accidental, a fire destroyed a smokehouse full of rubber on Klabang Estate. Chemor. last night. Damage Is estimated at $1,000. Guards from nearby estates ?nd a Hussar armoured truck patrol went to the scene. The Kinta fire
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    TO DIE FOR REVOLVER IN SHOP
    87 8 TO DIE FOR REVOLVER IN SHOP From Oar Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Tues. rUND guilty of possession of a revolver. Lee Kim Plew, 24-year-old shopkeeper at Kampong Batu, was yesterday sentenced to death by Mr. Justice Callow at the Supreme Court. "Conspiracy" The revolver was found among some boxes at the
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    ON TRANSFER
    45 8 The Rev. B. W. Dales, Vicar of St. Christopher's Church, Johore Bahru, will shortly be leaving the pariah on transfer. A farewell party will be held at the Church on Thursday, Dec. 33, at 4.30 pjn., to enable parlshoners to bid him goodbye.
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    "Post" Teachers To Take Final Exams
    100 8 nnHE first batch of Normal X Class student-teachers to complete, their training by a correspondence course will take their final examinations next July. The Singapore Director of Education (Mr. A. W. Frisby) told the Straits Times that a correspondence course for student-teacheri In Isolated
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    'INGENIOUS FRAUD BY NIMBLE BRAIN, SAYS COUNSEL
    401 9 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Tuesday. THE trial of the former European manager, and chief clerk of the Taiping branch of Whiteaway Laidlaw, on a charge of criminal breach of trust in respect of $16,005, was resumed in the Ipoh District Court today
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    TWO TIGERS IN SINGLE NOOSE
    57 9 KUANTAN, Tues. r'O young tigers dangling by their forepaws from the one wire noose greeted the letter of the trap near the Kuan tan aerodrome on a recent morning. The most he had expected was one wild boar. Special constables were called to shoot the
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    TIN PLAN DETAILS WANTED
    222 9 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Tues. DEMAND that the nature of the proposed International tin regulation scheme should be disclosed will receive general support In the producing Industry, says the Daily Telegraph. The writer refers to the scheme now being considered by member Governments of the
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    Court Told Of Gang Robbery
    117 9 A GANG of Chinese entered the Oriental Telephone and Electrical Company's store in Holland Road, held up the jaga at pistol point, and took away 10 crates of tiles valued at $500. This was alleged by the prosecution in the Singapore Seventh Police Court, yesterday
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    Trust Houses At Balestier
    124 9 NEARLY 300 artisans' quarters and 27 gingle-storey-ea shophouses costing; $700,000 will be completed thl« month a Balestler by the Singapore Improvement Trust. Mr. E. J. Tan, head o. the contracting firm, said It was likely that occupants would draw water from public stand-pipes and make their
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    Barter Ship Leaves
    92 9 'TEN tons of damaged rice is 1 included m a $250,000 barter cargo which left Singapore for Rengat m East Sumatra yesterday. Textiles form more than half the cargo, which is carried by the s.s. Hong Ann. This is the first barter trip to the Republican port
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    POLICE OFFER $3,000 REWARD
    62 9 From Our Staff Correspondent Penang police today offered a $3,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of two Chinese wanted in connection with the murder oi a detective. Kok Kee Telk, !a a coffee shop at Balik Pulau Village on Nov. 30. Kok Kee Teik
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    AMED EXTRA ADC
    46 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— Lieut. Tunku Osman bin Tunku Mohd Jewa, of the 2nd Battalion, Malay Rtgiment, has been appointed to be an extra aide-de-camp to the High Commissioner, m place of Capt. Raja Lope Noor Rashld. who has been appointed his honorary aide-de-camp.
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    BABY KILLED
    36 9 KUANTAN, Tues.— Hot water from a teapot fatally scalded an eight-month-old Chinese baby who was being carried m the arms of his 13-year-old girl cousin. The Coroner returned a verdict of death by misadventure.
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    London Stocks
    322 10 LONDON, Tuei. A PREMIUM of ss. per share was established when dealings started yesterday In Austin Motors' new shares on the London Stock Exchange. Both Rubbers and Tins were featureless and unchanged. Trading m Austins was active and provided almost the only bright features m an otherwise colourless
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    The Produce Market
    138 10 From A Market Correspondent A continued lull In the Singapore produce markets was reported yesterday. Hardly any Interest was shown. No important transactions were recorded. Yesterday* quotations Included: Rice Unclasslfled: No 1 $64: 2 $54: 3 $48: 4 $44: 5 $28: unpolished $27 Coffee: Ball old quality
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    MALAYAN SHARES: LITTLE BUSINESS
    797 10 From Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Tuesday. LACK of interest still prevailed m the Malayan share market today. Business continued to be written on a very small scale. Prices quoted by the Malayan Sharebrokera' Association today wove: IWDPITEIaUJ LOAN8 Municipal S pore 3 hi. 1848 100.71 *****
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    Singapore Rubber
    224 10 npURN-QVER waa moderate on the Slingapore rubber market yesterday. The market opened slightly below Monday's closing prices but steadied towards midday on some fairly good buying. In the afternoon the market was again quieter and slightly easier. Malayan foreign Imports of rubber during November were 22,905 tons, a
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    SHIPPING IN PORT
    103 10 CHIPS irr port alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (godowns In brackets) were Main Wharf: Noreverett (3132). Queen's Victory (33-34). Kertosono (36-37). Laomedon (42-43) West Wharf: Rajula (1-2). Islander (3). Bnplre Passmore (8). Olaucus (6-7). Chinese Prince (10-11). Astyanax (13-14), Idomeneus (15-16). Empire Dock: Charon (17-18).
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    Anglo-Oriental Tin Outputs
    75 10 ANQLO-ORIENTAL (Malaya) announces the followlnf Novem ber outputs of tin concentrates, m piculs: Ampat Dredging 391 Batu Selangor Dredging 329 Berjuntal Dredging 475 Jelapang Dredging 1,100 Kamuntlng Dredging 8.147 Klarfg River Dredging 468 Kramat Dredging 640 K. Kampar Tin Fields 1,44* Kuchai 300 Larut Tin Fields 1.010
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    COLONY LEAD THE FIELD IN HOCKEY
    556 11 Play Two Games This Weekend By RALPH MODDER A COMPARATIVE survey of inter-State hockey results m the Federation and Singapore this season shows that Singapore are the strongest team of the year. Before Singapore first started thinking seriously about their inter-State matches and even
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    42 11 BRUCE WOODCOCK (right), British heavyweight champion, and 32-year old Lee Savold of America «chale hands after the weighing-in for their fight at Harringay arena, London, which was held on Dec. 6. Woodcock won on a foul In the fourth round. Renter photo.
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    Arsenal To Meet Spurs In F. A. Cup
    510 11 T»HE draw for the third round of the English F.A. x Cup has brought together those two famous North London clubs, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur, for the first time hi the history of the competiThis tie should produce the outstanding match of
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    Singapore Inter-Club Golf Scores
    573 11 Singapore Inter-Club Golf Scores THE following are the full scores In the inter-club golf match between the Royal Singapore Golf Club and the Island Club on Sunday at the Island Club, which the R.S.Q.C. won by 16 3 4 points to 13%. H. M. Alexander (S) D. (Sen 0; R.
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    Australia May Miss Davis Cup
    111 11 Australia May Mi ss Davis Cup MELBOURNE. Tuesday IT is still doubtful wnefher Australia, runners-up last year, will contest the 1949 Davis Cup. The uncertain *.y on this point, expressed earlier by some officials, was confirmed at a meeting of the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia today. The President. Sir
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    BBBC Asked To Introduce 'NoFoui'Rule
    362 11 LONDON, Taw. A CONTROVERSY similar to that which raged nearly 20 years ago and resulted in the United States introducing the "no foul rule" has ben provoked by the disputed disqualification of the American heavyweight, Lee Savold, in his recent fight with Bruce Woodcock, the
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    SHELL S.C. v. THE REST
    93 11 ■pHERE will be a friendly match m draughts between the Shell Sports Club and the Rest at the Chinese Swimming Club on Sunday at 11 a.m. The teams will be: SHELL 8.C.: Llm Cheng Bak. Koh Hock Chye. Urn Eng Hoe, Tay Chong Ann and
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    IT'S A HARDER JOB NOW,SAY CUP MEN
    294 12 IT'S A HARDER JOB NOW,SAY CUP MEN One Past Swindin 'Must Practice More And More From Le« Si«w Yea, Straits Times Staff Reporter with Cup team aboard Carthage ADEN, Tuesday. THE Malayans face a stiffer task in their first 1 Thomas Cup match than has been expected. This is the
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    40 12 TOMMY YAROZ (right) of Monaca, Pennsylvania, ISA takes a close look at J-»k« Lamotta's feet as he comes m with a rtfht uppercut during their 10-round boat at Madison Square Garden, New York. Lamotta won on points. A. P. photo.
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    Records Broken At Perak T.C. Meeting
    320 12  -  EPSOM JEEP Turf Topics ...By Epsom Jeep By IPOH, Tuesday. T*HE winning owners' added money pool for the 1 Perak Turf Club December Meeting amounted to exactly $90,000 or $3,750 per race the highest for a race meeting at Ipoh this season. Sales In
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    26 12 ARSENAL'S goalkeeper, S wind m, fails to save from Oakes, Manchester City's outside-right, during: (heir match at Highbury. The result was a one-all draw. Renter photo.
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    412 12 FIGHTING ag ain»t a stubborn defence, which waa aided by wretched ground conditions, the Arm; lid well to score a three-one victory over the Singapore Cricket Club at hockey on the padang yesterday. They owed much to the fine opportunism, dash md speed of diminutive Army
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    SCRC Score Thrice In Three Minutes
    376 12 S.C.R.C 4; Ne e Soon H.C 0. TWO goals each by Kee Pow and Hon Yam gave the Singapore Chinese Recreation Club victory over Nee Soon Hockey Club by four clear goals in a hockey match at Hong Lim Green yesterday. After conceding a
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    49 12 TODAY HOCKEY: S.R.C. V. C.S.C.— SRC; Victoria School r. Customs Farrer Park. S.C.C women r. WAAF— 8.C.C. RUGBY: S.C.C. 1st. T. 8.C.C. "A" S.C.C; Nee Soon Garriaon RFC. t. RAF. Tenfah— N«e Soon; R.A.F. Changi t. Police Thonuqn Rd; R.E.M-E. BmM W Shop* t. G.H.Q. Sir Rert.
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    S.C.C. "A"XV
    38 12 The following will represent th» B.O.C. "A" team against th« SCO. first team at rugger on the pa dang today: Mclntosh: Oates, Tucker, Sanders, Warne; Crew*, Evam; Cocks. Pughe, de Franck, Parry, Guest, Gerahty, Newton, Stutchbury
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    S.M.S.U. TEAM
    43 12 The following will represent the Municipal Services Union hi a friendly table tennis match against the Chung Hwa Institution at 7. 50 pm. tomorrow: Leow Cher Yourrg (rapt.), Chan Mun Cheok, Loe Meng Kong, Ong Eng Tin 1 Cheong Yew Pan.
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    29 12 Miss Fair Ida Ho Lye Toh, "Miss Singapore" ot 1947, who has entered for this year* Singapore body-beautiful competition which will be held on Dec. 18 and O*c. 19.
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    MCC Held To Draw By Transvaal
    221 12 JOHANNESBURG, Tuesday. •TRANSVAAL kept the M.C.C. bowlers toiling all day 1 yesterday when they gained a first innings lead of 47 in the match which ended in a draw— the third drawn game of the tour. Stumps were drawn after Cliff Gladwin had finished
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    19 12 The Malayan Civilian and Services Rugby teams which met at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. The Civilians won 12 91
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    Victoria Win By 8 Wkts
    261 12 Victoria Win By 8 Wkts MELBOURNE, Tues. VICTORIA beat Queensland by eight wickets n the Sheffield Shield here today. Queensland, all out for VJB3 m reply to Victoria's 436. were dismissed for 227 In their second innings, leaving Victoria to get 77 In two hours. Victoria scored 79 for cwo
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    25 12 TODAY: High Water, 9.25 a.m. (9ft. lln), 10.49 p.m. (Bft. 5iR) TOMORROW: High Water, 9 S| a.m. (9ft. Sin). 11.30 pm. (Bft. 7in).
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