The Straits Times, 30 December 1948

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1948. PRICE TEN CENTS
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    "HOSTILITIES ENDING TOMORROW"
    554 1 Dutch Reply To Security Council PARIS, Wednesday. UR. Jan Herman van Royen, Netherlands deleA gate, told the Security Council tonight that "hostilities m Indonesia are m course of being terminated." "In any event hostilities m Java will, as far as Netherlands forces are concerned, cease at the
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    ISRAEL INVADES EGYPT
    89 1 ISRAEL INVADES EGYPT PARIS. Wed. InK U. 1.1 troops invaded 1 Kgypt tod.iv. the British (1 I'K'ite told ihr Security found! this afternoon. He slid that according to telerrSßM from the British F.nihassy m Cairo. Jewish fereei were now within hevptian territory. Me said that Jewish foreei were now within
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    FAROUK CHIEF MOURNER
    225 1 CAIRO, 1 KParouk headed the mourners today t the for the funePasha Egyp- nlster, issassl••d:»y. was the first tlm m his•ha: an Egyptian King, inert! of CJ;m.s Br i :i talute us the Ita procession reets of Cairo. re hundred thousand p.uple watched the proces- m .vart
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    K.L.M. Still Hoping
    90 1 THE X.L.M. office m Singapore Is still accepting bookings for 1949 on the Singapore-Amsterdam route, despite the suspension of flights from last Thursday when India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon banned X.L.M. air-liners flying over their territories. A spokesman of XI.M said yesterday that some Singapore bookings to
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    The Picture That Caused An Incident
    201 1 LONDON, W*d 1'HE British had their first glimpse yesterday of Prince Charles with hU eyes open by way of a photograph In the French Press. The picture wanned their hearts. It also sent blood pressures skyrocketing in the world's news picture agencies. At the
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    RITA, ALY LEAVE
    26 1 LONDON, Wed.— Prince Aly Khan, Rita Hayworth and her four-year-old daughter left Croydon airport, today in the Prince's private pJane for Switzerland. Reuter.
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    ASHIDA BAILED
    41 1 TOKYO. Wed. -The form-r Japanese Prime Minister, Hltoshl Ashida, was released today on bail from prison, whore he has been detained o.i charges of being Involved In the government scandal which brought about the fail of his Cabinet.— U.P.
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    EAR DISEASE
    32 1 LONDON. Thurs.— The British Medical Journal estimates that 2,500,000 Englishmen -five per cent of the population—are suffering from ear disease. The Journal calls for an organised scheme of treatment.— A.P.
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    "SPECULATE" SAYS TRUMAN
    170 1 K.aNSAS CITY, Wed. D .iDENTTnirau'i teiused f iborata today on his surprise statement yesterday 1 thii .-itain leaders" m Rus that -?itain leaders m Russi i were "exceedingly anxious' to settle differences with I the United States. He was approached by re1 poner; at the end of
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    BANGKOK FIRE: 10,000 HOMELESS
    109 1 From Our Own Correspondent BANGKOK, Wednesday. "VFARLY 1.000 slum houses were destroyed and |i damage estimated at 8,000,000 ticals was done when the second flr c within a week swept through part of Bangkok yesterday. More than 10.000 people, mostly Chinese, were rendered homeless. Tne Siamese
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    SNORTER WORRIES U.S. NAVY
    136 1 SNORTER WORRIES U.S. NAVY WASHINGTON, Wed. THE United States Secretary of Defence (Mr. Forrestal) disclosed today that he had ordered "all possible acceleration" m the search for a weapon to defeat the menace of the Schnorkelequipped, high-speed submarine. In his annual report, he described the problem of the snorter submarine,
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    EDEN TO VISIT MALAYA
    40 1 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Wed. Mr. Anthony Eden hopes to visit Malaya In February on his way to Australia wi*.h Commander Noble M.P. Final arrangements have not ho rr ide ye' Straits lane s copyright
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    Successes, Say French
    51 1 SAIGON, Wed. THE French Army today announced successes m two operations m this area. The Army's Pre 33 section said a Vietnam regiment was "cut to pieces' 30 miles south of Saigon. 'Several hundred Vietnam soldiers were killed while trying to flee In sampans," the announcenvnt said.—
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    Chiang Meets His Chiefs
    220 1 Chiang Meets His Chiefs NANKING, Wed. AN emergency confer- ence of President Chiang Kai-shek's military leaders tonight presaged important developments m China* ftitur Observers predict »ha( Chiang and hla top miliu.-y men may decide on one >r three courses: 1. That Nationalist Ch lost and the only thing left h»
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    Promise And A Warning
    75 1 Promise And A Warning SHANGHAI. Wed. /CHINESE Communists .n v mimeographed circulars have promised protection •<• United States nationals -»nd their interests, but warned they considered aid to rhe Nationalists a "hostile act. Both the reassurance and warning were included m th« circulars mailed to Ameriem and other foreign firms
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    FASHIONABLE
    40 1 LONDON. Thurs. Fancy waistcoats, so popular with the beaux of Queen Victoria's reign, have made a colourful comeback In Britain. Costing over £4 each, they may oust the pullover because the extra pockets are so handy, tailors says.— Reuter.
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    GOOD CUSTOMERS
    40 1 LONDON, WidV- Australia is Britain's best customer for cars. The United States ranks second. Board of Trade figures shov that Ar.-.-tralla bought 39.218 cars during the first nine months of this year, while ike U.S. bought 15,848.- -A.P.
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      No Tobacco —So Naked Natives Walked 300 Miles
      122 2 No Tobacco So Naked Natives Walked 300 Miles DARWIN, Wednesday. naked Myall aborigines, men, women and children, arrived at Darwin m December from central Arnhem Land after a 300-mile trek for tobacco. They were accompanied by hundred of dogs. Officers of the Native Affairs Department took the Myalls into a
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      Icecap Rescue
      29 2 WASHINGTON, Wed, Twelve American airmen, marooned on a Greenland Icecap, some of them for three weeks, have been rescued by a Dakota speclall/ equipped with akis. Reuter
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      New Boswells
      43 2 LONDON, Wed.—Commemorating the death of Dr. Samuel Johnson In 1784. the Boswell Club of Chicago exchanged greetings by telephone with the Johnson Bociety In London. Speeches at a commemoration service at Westminster Abbey were amplified through the hall m Chicago. Reuter
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      Ostrich's Appetite
      49 2 MANCHESTER, Wed —Postmortem examination of an ostrich m a zoo here disproves the theory that these biros can digest anything. Among visitors' offerings found In Its stomach after sudden death were: copper coins, a tlnODener. a meat-skewer, a teaspoon, screws. 47 tin tacks and 37 nails. Reuter
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      Ceylon Airport
      27 2 WASHINGTON. Wed. A United States Civil Aeronautics Administration airport specialist (Mr. Francis J. Rnody) is m Ceylon making a 10-week survey of Ratmalana airport.— Reuter.
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      Ahead Of Fashion
      28 2 ropmar ior town or counirv is this jaunty felt in linden green with matching hand and binding: seen at a recent London show. Reuter picture.
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      Stronger Beer
      41 2 HAMBURG, Wed. Germans are to be allowed to have stronger beer provided I the farmers deliver enough I barley. The Military Government has allowed an increase 1 from .5 per cent, alcoholic content to three per cent A P.
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      In France Again
      47 2 LONDON. Wed.— Mr. Wins- i ton Churchill has left London for a private visit to the south of France where he artll con- tlnue work on his war memoirs. He will be 'he guest of the magazine Life and the New York Times.— Reuter.
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      Hunting Mishap
      23 2 LONDON. Wed.— The Earl j of Lewes, heir to the Marquess 1 of Abergavenny. was sariouslv I Injured while huntdne. Reuter.
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      Japs Act Dumb
      72 2 TOKYO, Wed— More than 9.000 former Japanese servicemen have made their homes In the mountains of Formosa. They have married native women and support themselves by farming and hunt- ing. This was reported by Mr. Iwao Shigematsu, a Japanese businessman, who accom^ panied a Chinese Government mission
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      Golf Deceiver
      60 2 LONDON. Wed.— A London firm has evolved a rig-out which can be changed from a lounge suit to a golfing suit m 60 seconds. The suit has an elastic strap m the trouser turn-upa which enables them to fasten below the knee like plusfours. Two "secret" pockets hold
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      New P.& O. Route
      27 2 TOKYO. Wed.— A new MS-senger-cargo ship between Japan and United Kingdom has been 'nau suraied by the P. O. Sfr-am Navigation Company.- Reuter
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      Not So Tame
      25 2 LONDON. Wed.— Swaraj .jn Indian lion tamer, was m?u'ed durin? hi* ac* wl**i l h— 'inns m a circus at Bolton, Lancashire.—Reuter.
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      The Young Idea
      45 2 LONDON. Wed SEVEN Hertfordshire coeducational schools are to teach their pupils how to become "model" husbands and wives. A furnished flat—bedroom, living-room and kit*hen will be fitted In each school for lessons on some of the practical problems of married life. Reuter.
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      950 2 COMPANY MEETING Malayan Tin Dredging WAR DAMAGE COMPENSATION «*A DAMNING INDICTMENT" •TILL TIME TO REDEEM MISTAKE MR. H. ASHWORTH HOPE'S ADDRESS The thirty-seventh annual general meeting of Malayan Tin Dredging, Ltd., was held on Dec15, at the registered office, 73, Chap.side, London, E.C. MR. H. ASHWORTH HOPE, iinlimon of the
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      854 2 and avoid making anothoi n.ajoi mistake In relation to that country. LORD ELIBANKS CRITICISM As Lord Ellbank said "If It were not so monstrously unfair to Malaya, It would be almost laughable to think that any Government could put forward such proposals In all seriousness —and yet His Majesty's Government
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      665 2 NOTICES CAMERON HIGHLANDS HOTEL C 0. v LTD. Patrons of the Hotel are notified that a system of Military Convoys between Tapab and Cameron Highlands has been ar- ranged and further particulars can be obtained on application to the Manager of the Hotel It Is, of course, undesirable to give
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      639 2 NOTICES NOTICE This is to Inform the general public tihat the Ikatan Bangsa Indonesia (The All-Indonesia i League), Singapore la officially I approved by the Registrar of Societies, Singapore. All Indonesians -and others m!- terested, please write to the re- gistered office 511-J, Jalan Eunos, Singapore. General-Secretary, Ikatan Bangsa Indonesia.
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    PLEBISCITE TO END DISPUTE ON KASHMIR
    209 3 KARACHI, Wednesday. OOURCES close to Muslim leaders here reported yesterday that India and Pakistan Jiad reached complete agreement to end the year-old Kashmir dispute. It is believed that the agreement covers three points, one of which is that a plebiscite would be held under
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    Britain For Palestine Cease-Fire
    116 3 Britain For Palestine Cease-Fire PARIS, Wed. ORITAIN has called for an Immediate cease-fire In southern Palestine and the withdrawal of Israeli forces In the Negev. J"he British delegate (Mr. Harold Beelay) submitted that this would be the first st# in restoring the authority of the Security Council and of the
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    PRINCESS FOR U.S.: REPORT
    69 3 LONDON, Wed.— The London Star reported yesterday that Princess Margaret might take a personal holiday m the United States next year. Buckingham Palace officials deny knowledge of any such plan. "It is known," the Star, "that she would like to visit the United States, and many
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    TWO BABIES IN MISSING PLANE
    34 3 MIAMI, Wed. A twinengined DC-8 charter plane, carrying 29 passengers, is missing on a flight from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Miami. Two babies are among the passengers. A.P.
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    NEW FLIGHT RECORD BID
    34 3 WICHITA (Kansas), Wed Capt. William P. Odora wili attempt a record light plane flight non-stop from Honolulu to New York next month The Honolulu-New York h :> is 5,000 miles.— A.P
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    CUT WRIST WAS "ACCIDENTAL"
    50 3 NEW YORK, Wed.-Faye Emerson Roosevelt, actreMi wife of Mr. Elliott Roosevelt.! yesterday denied that she tried to take her own life after a Christmas party. Mrs. Roosevelt cut her left wrist badly with a rcizor blade m her bathroom. It was purely accidental." «h said.— UP-
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    U.S. Withdrawing Part Of Army From S. Korea
    291 3 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. FHE U.S. Army said last night that it was withdrawing a "portion" of its force from South Korea, and there were indications that it might be reduced by as much as a half. The Army announced plans for a "general
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    "Bad Form, Prokofieff," Says Composers' Union
    125 3 "Bad Form, Prokofieff, Says Composers' Union MOSCOW, Wednesday. "pHE Composers' Union severely criticised Serge x Prokofieff, one of Russia's best contemporary composers, yesterday for the "formalism" expressed m his new opera, "Tale About a Real Man." The union complaint— prin- ted prominently In Izvestla— said that Prokofleff had not abided
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    Lover (17) Kills 4, Wounds 8
    77 3 MANILA, Wed. rUR persons were killed and eight others wounded when a 17-year-old lover ran amok with a pistol m a bar m Rizal city. The youth, Andriano Tirona, fired his run at his friends while they were enjoying a drink at the bar.
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    U.K. GOVT. CHANGES A WAITED
    143 3 LONDON, Wed. •THE King and the Prime Minister (Mr. Attlee) alone know with certainty the impending changes m the British Government. Principal interest is m taej Defence Ministry. The much criticised Defence Mi- nister (Mr. A. V. Alexander) may be transferred from it to I
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    YEN EXCHANGE RATE SOON
    56 3 TOKYO, Wed. Officials of the Japanese Government's Economic Stabilisation Board said yesterday that there was a strong possibility that a single international exchange rate for the yen might be fixed before April 1. They based their statement on the Cabjnet's decision to organise a council to
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    Biggest-Ever Tax Dodger
    56 3 TOKYO, Wed. JAPANESE tax officials J yesterday -announced that they had discovered the biggest tax defaulter on record. He had evaded payment of 200,000,000 yen (about £200,000) to the Government. Judicial authorities are now investigating the Daido Woollen Goods Company m Tokyo, alleged have evaded tax payment
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    Canada To Buy New U.S. Jets
    158 3 Canada To Buy New U.S. Jets OTTAWA, Wed. CANADA'S defence pro- gramme next year will be the largest m her peace-time history, with the emphasis on jet aircraft, improved antisubmarine vessels, airborne forces and troops trained m Arctic warfare. Announcing this yes f erday, Mr. Brooke Claxton (Canadian Defence Minister)
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    NEGRO SUES U.S. ARMY
    105 3 PHILADELPHIA, Wed— A 25-year— old Negro who served m the war as a Merchant Marine deck officer yesterday filed an action m the Federal Court against his call-up into a "segregated" U.S. Army. Such service would cause "embarrassment, pain, aneulsh and loss of personal dignity," Devreaux
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    SHANGHAI-TOKYO WEEKLY BY AIR
    38 3 SHANGHAI, Wed. The China National Aviation Corporation announces that it will start a weekly ShanghaiTokyo service on Jan. 7. A DC-4 will make the stthour trip to Tokyo every Friday, returning on Saturday. A.P
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    EIRE TO EXPAND ITS FOOD PRODUCTION FOR EUROPE
    143 3 EDE DI BLIN> v,' IRE could Increase her meat and egg production for Britain and Europe by 60 per cent and cut her dollar deficit from U*****,000,000 to US$l l,OOO,OOO m 1952, said the: Minister for External Affairs r 8e ZDZ D
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    Cardinal Faces Plot Charge
    297 3 Cardinal Faces Plot Charge BUDAPEST, Wed. CARDINAL Mindszenty, Primate of Hungary,, who was arrested during Christmas, was accused by the Hungarian Government last night of plotting to set up an American-sponsored Central European Kingdom "after a third World war, when Hungary is occupied by Western forces." A communique issued by
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    113,000 VACANT JOBS IN AUSTRALIA
    108 3 CANBERRA. Wednesday. WHERE are 113,300 vacant jobs m Australia. This 1 was disclosed recently by the Minister for Labour (Mr. John Holloway) when he spoke on the Commonwealth's labour shortage. Mr. Holloway said that there were jobs going for 71.000 men and 42,300 women He
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    RURAL BODIESSTUDY URGED
    205 4 OTl'DY of one of the new Chinese agricultural communities and of a new Malay rice-growing community preferably at Changkat Jong, Batu Arang. and the Grik valley above Lenggong is recommended to the Federal Government by Dr. Raymond Firth. i Professor of AnthropoiJgy at London University, Dr Firth
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    45 4 PENANG TRADE FAIR: General view of the entrance to the Penapg Trade Fair which opened on Christmas Eve at the New World. The Lum Alk Furnishing Co'« pavilion, which won first prize for the best decorated stall, is m the background. S. K. Faye picture.
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    28 Youths Volunteer For Islam
    277 4 28 Youths Volunteer For Islam MALAY NEWS From Our Malay Correspondent TWENTY-EIGHT youtha who attended a religious lecture meeting at a mosque In Geylang were so impressed by the speaker that they immediately volunteered their services m the cause of Islam. The speaker was Maulana Abdul Aleen Slddiqi, fonnder of
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    26 CHINESE ADVISERS
    59 4 The Singapore Chinese Advisory Board will be revived I early next y«ar with Mr. Mr. E. C. S. Adkins, (Secretary for Chinese Affairs) as chairman. The 26 members will represent as far as possible I all sections of the Chinese community All Chinese unofficial members of the
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    100 Malayans At The Jamboree '
    433 4 100 Malayans At The Jamboree From Our Own Correspondent MELBOURNE, Wednesday. TEN thousand five hundred Scouts from 11 countries 1 assembled today at Wonga Park, 20 miles east of Melbourne, for Australia's biggest jamboree. Malaya's contingent, numbering just over 100 was the largest from overseas. At their first sight of
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    COLONY RICE RETAILERS PROTEST
    93 4 CINGAPORE rice rrlail rs are protesting to wholesalers against a new scheme under which the retailers must pay for the rice allocated them for distribution to the public before delivery is taken. The disput« over he method of payment h.-s been going on for some time.
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    90,000 TONS OF SIAM RICE FOR MALAYA
    245 4 90,000 TONS OF SIAM RICE FOR MALAYA From Our Own Correspondent BANGKOK. Wednesday. MALAYA has been allotted 90,000 tons of *V* Siamese rice, for the first six months of 1949, by the International Emergency Food Council m Washington. This information has been given officially m, Bangkok. Other allocations of Siamese
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    Siam Trade Mission For Australia
    107 4 Siam Trade Mission For Australia BANGKOK Wed. DRASOSUK Suksawat, who led the Siamese delegation to the ECAFE conference m New South Wales, yesterday urged the Siamese Government to send a trade delegation to Australia as early as possible. He said that Austiaiian officials told him they would welcome a trade
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    370 Schools Too Few
    138 4 OVERCROWDING m Singapore Chinese schools is as acute as m English schools, and there appears to be no solution until more schools are set up. Because of the lack of space, expansion of school compounds is very difficult, and the only solution seems to be an
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    DATO ONN AT MUAR UMNO
    94 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. THE Muar branch of UMNO J entertained Dato Onn Mn Ja'afar to dinner at the Muar Club at the week-end when 425 people were present. Sheik Abu Bakar bin Yahdya, the branch president, said the branch hoped that Dato Onn 'a visit
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    NEW MAGISTRATE FOR K.L.
    76 4 From Oar Own Correspondent KLUANO, Wed.— lnche A)! bin Hassan aged 32, the Kluang magistrate, is being transierea to Kual Lumpur and will take up his new duties, on Jan. 3. Inche All came to Kluang a year ago. He is preparing for his law examination
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    BULLET-PROOF VEST 'SAMPLE' ARRIVES
    84 4 A2B-lb. American bullet-proof vest, sent to Singapore by the New York branch of a High Street firm as a sample for planters and Federation- au- thorities, has arrived by 8.0.A.C. flying boat. It is at present being held by the 8.0.A.C. authorities until Mr. T. V.
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    MANAGER KNEW ONLY LITTLE OF ACCOUNTS
    318 5 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Wednesday. ALTHOUGH recommended to manage the Taiping branch of Whiteaways by a former Ipoh manager, Edward Nunn told the court today he knew little of accountancy. He was giving evidence m the case m which he and a former-
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    BROOKE ASKS ABOUT BAN
    142 5 The ex-Rajah Muda of j Sarawak (Mr. Anthony Brooke) has written to the I Commissioner-General (Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald) to ask when the ban on his vlstiing Sarawak. North Borneo and Brunei will be lifted. Mr. Brooke says he wishes to visit these countries and asks
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    Warrant For Arrest Of Soldier
    156 5 Warrant For Arrest Of Soldier A WARRANT for the arrest of Pte. S. Cardwell. Regimental Policeman, attached to the R.A.S.C. camp. Pasir Panjanf Rcmd. was issued by the Singapore Coroner, Mr. Choor Singh, at tho close of an inquest held into the death f.f Pte Kaleb bin Awang, who was
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    An Unwanted Legacy
    114 5 The Municipality is trying to get rid of part of a legacy of nine tons of sulphur, 45 cases of carbon, 171 demijohns of hydrochloric acid and 805 lbs. of demi-john corks left by the Japanese. The Municipal Secretary (Mr. W. W. Duncan) said these were dumped
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    Change Of Address
    23 5 The Boon Yew Association will move to its new premises at No. 61 (first floor) Club Street, Singapore, on Sunday.
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    Singapore Diary
    81 5 TODAY Filipino Association, luncheon party In honour of Rlzal Day, Prinre's, 280 Orchard Road, 12. 50 p.m. V's Men's Club, annual geoend v.v ting. V.M.C.A.. Orchard Road, 5 p.m. You.ig People's meeting. Beth' -da, Bras Basuh Road, 6 p.m. Christmas Variety Concert, Brit ish Council Hall. S amford
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    FIDELITY POLICY
    67 5 l It will cost the Singapore Municipal Commissioners $1,271 next year to pay for I fidelity guarantee insurance covering Municipal employees handling and responsible for I cash to a total security of approximately $235,400. f A committee of Commis- sloners has unanimously approved the acceptance of the r
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    46 5 MALAYAN SCOUTS IN AUSTRALIA: Members of the Malayan contingent to the Pan-Pacific Jainbonr, which opened yesterday at U'onga Park, near Melbourne, seen on board the* Mactsuycker on their arrival at Fremantle. The Malayan group Is the largest of the ovr-rseas contingents attending the Jamboree.— AlS picture.
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    Had 'Acting' Post Since Pre-War
    142 5 Had 'Acting' Post Since Pre-War From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. AFTER holding the appointment m an acting capacity since 1939, Haji Mohamed bin Haji Hassan has been promoted and confirmed as 1 Chief Health r Inspector.! Johore. His colleagues m the Health Department entertained him at a tea-party
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    FINED $5 FOR TRESPASS
    65 5 A 28-year-old Chinese, Loi| Chee Sam, pleaded guilty yesterday before the Third Police Court Magistrate (Mr. M. H. MacDougal) to trespassing into the compound of the residence of the Commissioner of Police (Mr. RE. Foulger) on Dec. 28. Lol was arrested by a police constable while
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    ACCUSED HER HUSBAND
    71 5 Charged m the Third Police Court yesterday with having stolen a fowl on Dec. 27, a 31-year-old Chinese woman, Lim Ah Poh. told the Magistrate, "It was my husband who caught the fowl." When called up, the husband denied having anything, to do with the alleged theft.
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    HOUSING MOTION POSTPONED
    76 5 Mr. Yap Pheng Geek has decided to postpone the I motion he originally proposed to bring up before the meeting of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners tomorrow asking the Commissioners to suspend further action m the demolition of unauthorised I dwelling houses His proposal also required the Commissioners
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    JUDGMENT TODAY IN COLONY CURRENCY CASE
    1001 5 JUDGMENT TODAY IN COLONY CURRENCY CASE npHE Public Prosecutor said m a case m the Singapore First District Court J- yesterday that it was illegal for a Singapore firm, acting as agent* for a firm m a hard currency country, to make payments >n Straits currency and charge up the
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    New Sisters Are Not Excited
    569 5 By Our Woman Correspondent nPBERE was little outward show of excitement from -L the nine local nurses who will be appointed sisters on Jan. 1. I Some preferred to say nothing at all. others said, "we have waited long enough," while one or two wno
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    46 6 MR. CHAN KOK CHYE AND PAMILY tender their heartfelt thanks to those who so kindly «*nt wreaths, telegrams, letters of condolence, paid night visit, rendered assistance, and those Who attended the funeral of the late Mrs. Chan Kok Chye nee Nancy Mary Chla Yew Neo.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Thur., Dec. 30, 1948 THE COUNCIL AND INDONESIA
    716 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Thur., Dec. 30, 1948 THE COUNCIL AND INDONESIA The crux of the Security Council's dilemma m handling the Indonesian problem is that it has yet to make up its mind on what can be done. At the first meeting the American delegate, Dr. Jessup, claimed that
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    The Casualty List
    262 6 The year is closing without, unfortunately, any real indication that the Communist terrorists and their gangster allies are on their way out. Propaganda material and cyclostyled news-sheets found m bandit huts tell that terrorist morale is falling, while the daily reports of operations against them are continuous
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    Fifty Years Ago
    159 6 From the Straits Times of Dec. 30, 1898 Scarcely a day passes, a correspondent points out, that representatives of the public and the rikisha-pullers do not come into conflict m the police-courts. The cases which reach the courts are those In which men are concerned, and when
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    EUROPE PLANS FOR 1949
    1346 6  -  ANDREW SHONFIELD By TUB have now a dear picture of the economic plans of the Marshall countries for the coming year. There is going to be a big, all-round increase m output m both agriculture and industry. This Is not Just a pious hope set out
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      The Blood Bank: Have We No Public Spirit?
      544 6 r |^HE people of this city expect to have a good hospital service, but a good service is not entirely dependent upon the efforts of the Medical Department or of the staff of the hospitals. There are many ways m which the
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      THE BAN ON MR. BROOKE
      271 6 lit ANY of your readers iT1 who remember the front page headlines m the Straits Times announcing the ban on Mr. Anthony Brooke's entry into Sarawak will, I feel sure, be gratified by your decision to give iresh I publicity to a matter which, by
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      VOTERS AND MR. LAYCOCK
      163 6 T NOTICE from the 1 Statement of the Poll, published m the Gazette Supplement of April 23, that the honourable Councillor for North-East was elected with a total of 2,221 votes. Using his own figure, then, of 940,750 persons being the population of Singapore, it might
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      CONGRESS: IS IT TOO LATE?
      90 6 T ALWAYS thought, and 1 still do, that the Singapore Regional Indian Congress, unlike the Progressive Party of Singapore, is an association, of Indians and as such is a communal organisation. It may be pointed out at this juncture that the S.R.I.C. decided to contest
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      THE DEPUTY PRESIDENT
      63 6 YOU reported recently that Mr. J. R. Hill had been appointed to be Deputy President of the Municipal Commissioners during the absence of Mr. W. L. Blythe. Mr. Hill is not an M.C.S. officer but an employee of the Municipal Commissioners. I wonder if it is not
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      COMMUNITY LABELS
      135 6 T WOULD like, a s a friend lof the Straits-born Indians, to say that it would be a calamity if they allowed the present tendency on the part of their "India-conscious" countrymen to disturb the one-community spirit which Singaporeans have hitherto been able to enjoy. Mr. K. V.
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      661 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. LUCY— At Bungsar Hospital, RL., on 28th December 1948, to Dorothy (Tommy), wife of H. P. De O. Lucy Twin sons. All well. CHANDRA wife of T. R. P. Dawson, Supplies Dept. H.Q. KU, gift of a son, on Monday |7th— Both well. SITUATIONS VACANT VACANCY EXISTS for
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      231 6 CRIME V^rimina! investigation is today a matter of science and the chemist, more than any other scientist, is the man on whom the detective relies. For instance, minute traces of poison can nowadays be identified and the quantity estimated accurately. Chemical and biochemical tests of a bloodstain show the species
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    EIGHT RESCUED AFTER COLLAPSE OF HOUSE
    442 7 2 Feared Still Under Debris A 50-year-old Chinese woman and her 10-month-old grandchild are believed to be missing following the collapse of the back portion of a three-storey shophouse m Upper Chin Chew Street, Singapore, yesterday morning. The house, situated m the heart of
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    SIX 'TECH' STUDENTS Ist. CLASS
    195 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. PUR students gained first class passes m civil engineering and two m teleCommunication engineering In the diploma examinations of the Technical College held this month. The first class diploma winners m civil engineering were: R. C. Bhandari, Ong
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    SOLDIERS SEE OLIVER TWIST
    35 7 About 150 soldiers yesterday went to a showing of the film Oliver Twist at the Cathay. This was arranged by Sgt. J. J. Begley of the Army Educational Centre, Singapore District.
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    HARIRAYA MOVE IN MALACCA
    97 7 From Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Wed. A MOTION "that this Council recommends that an additional day be observed as a public holiday on the occasion of the Muslim festival, Hari Raya Puasa," was carried at today's Settlement Council meeting. Inche Sudin bin Abdul Rahman, moving the
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    $3,450 TO SCHOOLS
    74 7 THE Singapore Regional Indian Congress has decided to give $3,450 to Indian educational institutions m Singapore This money was raised by the women's section of the congress through a concert last year. Of the total, $1,600 will go to the Tamil Education Society which runs 34 schools.
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    ESTIMATES PASSED
    47 7 From Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Wed.— The Malacca Service Estimates of $5,362,073 for 1949 were passed m the Settlement Council today. Mr. C. F. Gomes said, before the Estimates were given a third reading, that Councillors should have been given more time to study them.
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    Forced Into Water But Continued Firing
    217 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. 'THE story how a Malay sub-inspector and conx stables travelling on a raft fought a gun battle with bandits by jumping into the water and resting their elbows and rifles on the edge of the raft was
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    16 Reds Captured In South Kedah
    494 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. SIXTEEN bandits were captured and one shot dead m further military-police operations m South Kedah. I police m an acid jar hidden m the blukar m the Lansan area of Jalan Patah m Johore Bahru. Following up
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    CURRENCY CASE
    367 7 CURRENCY CASE (Continued from page 6) lity to pay. Mr. Frew: But you entered it as a liability?— Yes, m the hope that it would be paid. The agreement does not cover expenditures of this nature. Making further replies, Mr. Saussotte said that Montors were acting as agents for Neuss
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    96 HOUSES EMPTY AT END OF OCT.
    61 7 The monthly report of the Singapore Ratepayers' Association show? that at the end of October there were vacant m Singapore 39 bungalow and compound houses., four terrace houses, eight shop houses, 30 flats, two upper floors over flats, seven other dwelling houses, five
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    CUSTOMS OFFICER
    20 7 TELUK ANSON, Wed.— Mr. D. B. Coney has assumed duties here aa the Senior Customs Officer, Lower Perak.
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    Colony Doctor For Australia
    200 7 DR. Au Kee Hock, a medical officer In Government service, has been selected by a Singapore selection board for a Senior Fellowship m research or further training m 1949 offered the Colony by the Australian Government last October. Dr. Au has specialised m ear, nose and
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    Blake Fund $4,143.95
    84 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. CURTHER donations ler ceived today have Increased the B!ake Fund to $4 143.95. Latest donors are: Inche Othnian Abbas $2, Anonymous $2, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. J. Richards, $20, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Hannigan $10, Mr. C. A A. Raub $10, Wing-Commander
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    Offences May Be Compounded
    132 7 nOWERS to compound certain minor road traffic offences are given to the police under new rules to the Road Traffic Ordinance which come into force m Singapore on Saturday. A Deputy Commissioner of Police or any other police officer not below the rank of Assistant Superintendent
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    2-Hour Sea Search Fails
    60 7 A Chinese deck passenger lost his life when he Jumped overboard from the Sirdhana between Rangoon and Singapore. Passengers who arrived at Singapore yesterday told how they saw Lam Yoon Fook throw himself into the sea. Several lifebelts were thrown into the sea and a lifeboat
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    ABUSIVE TO CONSTABLE
    65 7 Ordered by a Malay constable m Balestier Road on Dec. 28, to ply his trade elsewhere, a pork-seller, Ng Ah Ngee, told the constable to return to the Police Depot for further training. "You don't know your job," Ng told the constable. He added abusive words m
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    Opposes S.T.C. Fares Increase
    227 7 Opposes S.T.C. Fares Increase i SINGAPORE Municipal j Commissioners are asking the Government to refuse the Singapore Traction Company permission to raise its bus fares. The Legislative Council has still to pass the relevant Ordinance. This is the Singapore Traction Ordinance, amendments to which were read a first time m
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      FOOD FROM ASIA'S WARM TROPICAL SEAS
      1327 8  -  E. BANKS By m The Sarawak Gazette THE Bay of Sarawak has over a hundred fishing stakes, jongkats, jeremals and others, which places it high as local fisheries go but scarcely m the front rank. The prize must go to the estuary of the
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      The Lims Of Melbourne
      704 8  -  BETTY GILL By A CHINESE family from Singapore which has been m Australia over the past six years has become a part of the Australian way of life. The family is that of Mr. Leonard Llm, formerly captain m the Australian Army, his wife and four
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      "Hot-Gospeller" Of The Empire
      1171 9 LIFE OF LORD LLOYD. By Colin Forbes Adam. (MacMillan, London.) THIS is a record of Lord Lloyd's public life. No analysis of character is attempted, and, m spite of the use of his Christian name throughout, the extracts from his letters and the accounts of his
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      GENIUS OF OLD CATHAY
      598 9 THE GAY GENIUS. By Lin Yu-Tang. (Hefhemann $9). If ERE is the first biography m English of an outstanding Chinese, Su Tung-po, who lived three hundred years before Chaucer. By writing it, Lin Yu-tang has made a very substantial contribution to Western knowledge about China which
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      553 9 I In this scientific bridge age, terested in befuddling the oppogoud players rarely use psychics, nents than In starting out with for the simple reason that they his perfectly legitimate bid at two cannot often hope to fool their diamonds. Generally speaking, adversaries. In today's deal, how- this sort of
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      London Stocks
      379 10 i LONDON, Wed. AUIET but firm conditions x ruled most sections of the 1 London Stock Exchange when It reopened yesterday after the Christmas recess. Ollt1 edgeds, however, showed a i few small declines, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Provincial support for Textiles and Electrical Equipment shares resulted m
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      Lingui Tin: A Loss
      216 10 LINQUI Tin In the year to Aug. 31. 1948, lost $22,320. After including $18,368 spent on rehabilitation at the mine and directors' fees of $2,000. the balanc« at credit of the profit and loss account is $228.tJ25. Hie directors recommend that tnis uiould be carried forward.
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      SHIPPING AT THE WHARVES
      89 10 SHIPS m port Alongside the Slngapore Harbour Board wharves Wes Wharf: Bengam (2). Rajah kab (38). Olenartney (9«-J7), yesterday (godown* In brackeU) Brooke (3), Oorgon (6-7). City of Japara (17-18), Soudan (1-S) I were- Luclmow (10-11), Kampar (12-13), Pkmia (44). Main Wharf: steel Director (33- (14),
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      MARKETS STILL AFFECTED BYTHEHOLIDA YS
      163 10 From Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Wednesday. IJOLIDAT atmosphere continued to affect the 11 Malayan share market today. Business was on a restricted scale with prices changing on very narrow lines. p Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' association were INDUSTRIALS Bayer Seller Alex Bricks
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      Singapore Rubber
      196 10 Singapore Rubber 'I HE Singapore rubber raar- ket, after opening slightly below Tuesday's levels, steadled up yesterday afternoon on the reserves of sellers and moderate inquiries. Prices finished much the same as Tuesday's. Closing prices yesterday were: No. 1 sheet f.o.b. buyers 36 cents, sellers 36Vi cents; spot loose buyers
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      PRODUCE MARKET
      47 10 From A Market Correspondent r*PER prices dropped further on the Singapore produce marlceW yesterday. Very little opMmlsm was apparent m the commodity. Conditions were generally quiet. No other change was re: orted Pepper quotations charged to: Muntok white $205; Sarawak white $204; Lampong black $185.
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      NIPAH MALAYA WINDING UP
      211 10 I From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Wed. i NIPAH Distilleries of Malaya, at I an extraordinary general meeting m London, unanimously agreed f to wind the company up voluntarily and to appoint Mr. H D. i I Langford (of Henry Waugh 4c 1 Company) liquidator. The
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      New Scudai PROFIT OF $7,077
      181 10 New Scudai PROFIT OF $7,077 NEW Scudai's profit for the year to Mar. 31, 1948, was $7,077. With the balance from last year ($24,797) this gives $31,874 which the directors recommend should be carried forward. The chairman (Mr. O. F. Smith) says investments amount to $93,340 (as last year). The
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      Kuchai Tin: 10% Div.
      204 10 KUCHAI Tin's profit for the year to Sept. 30, 1948. was $257,026 With the balance of $217,024 brought forward from last year less $3,060 reserve for pre-war debts, this gave a total of $470,: 990 for disposal. The chairman (Mr C. P. smith) says m his
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    MINERVA & SKYSTREAK UPSET
    1446 11  - MINERVA SKYSTREAK UPSET EPSOM JEEP Three Horses Score Doubles By PENANG, Wednesday. UINERVA (late Prince Vimala) sprang a big m surprise to pay $127 m Penang today, the third day of the Penang Turf Club Xraas-New Year meeting. Skystreak paid a handsome dividend of $74 when he beat the well-backed
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    Dividends and Sweeps
    906 11 RACE ONE 1. STAR RANGE Sit, 17 ($26 each): Nos. 567; 111; 793; I. ALPHA $7 224; 215; 49; 975; 266; 370. I. CATHERINE 91* Extra Sweep: No. 399 (9171); Worn by 2, 1, neck. Tine 1 388 ($85); 238 (947). Stnrters min. 12 1/5 sec. (ft
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    West Indies Held To Draw
    233 11 West Indies Held To Draw JL/IUTT CALCUTTA, Wed. '|*HE West Indiea drew with the Governor's XI yesterday m their three-day cricket match here. West Indies 255 (C. Walcott 97, Chowdhury 6 for 105), and 124 for two wickets (G. Carew 52); Governor's XI 315 (P. Roy 101 not out, B.
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    MAY FIGHT DAVE SANDS
    71 11 SYDNEY. Wed. VETERAN Dutch middleweight Bep Van Klavcren. now 39, and on hia way to Australia with his family, may meet Australian triple champion Dave Sands. Van Klavoren last fought m Sydney In 1935-38 when he lost two decisions to Jack Caftoll. Despite his n«e, Stadiums
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    U.K. Rugby Results
    63 11 LONDON, Wed. RESULTS of yesterday's Rugby Union matches were: Bath 6, Lianelly 0; Leloester 9. Barbarians 8; Bristol 14, Old Merchant Taylors 6; Northampton 26. Rugby Cardiff 22, Watsonlans 3: Ponty. pool 26, Pontypridd 3; Gloucester 30, Universities A.U. 5; Bwaneea 8, London Welsh 0. Rugby League
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    MALAYAN TO ATTEND CRICKET CONFAB
    316 12 MALAYAN TO ATTEND CRICKET CONFAB Rajasooria For Meeting In India From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. MALAYA will be represented at the Asian Cricket A Conference to be held m Calcutta on Jan. 5. Malaya's delegate will be Mr. R. P. S. Rajasooria, president of the Selangor Cricket Association,
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    42 12 X \KII\KA MCOIT, Olympic tUtin* ski tin? rhaml»i»n from ana.l i, makes a partial back bend as she >l»ins on ihv ice during a rehersal at the Roxy Theatre, ork City, ulu»ro she is appearing In her professional debut.- -A. I. pholo.
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    63 12 ARSENAL T. HUDDERSFIELD: An anxious moment for Huddersfield as Mills, the Yorkshire team's goalkeeper, is caught out of position. Hayes, the Huddersfield rightback (nearest camera), heads the ball towards his own goal, but luckily it hit the upright, to give a corner for Arsenal. The match which
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    VICTORIA SCHOOL v. CUSTOMS
    46 12 'J'HE Victoria Bchool hockej team to play t^.s Federal ion Customs XI today will be- Suar Tim; Amln, Ravilal, Zainal. Bala G Chla: Kwong Joo, Soon Lock Chin Hui, Chek Kan«. H. Singh Reserves: Harold Tan ar.d Ens Bok. Umpire: Mr. Mahadeva.
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    SCC Arranging For Malayan Gallery In MCC Pavilion
    431 12 SCC Arranging For Ma lay an Ga llery In MCC Pavilion /y\ the initiative of the J arrangementi are m tn Malayan Gallery furnished new M.C.C. War ."Mem tiuarteis »f the cricke i he S.O.C. President. I i <: the animal meeting Gilmour said that some outsi ndlng am.' rom
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    Oldfield To Replace Lost Photo
    88 12 Oldfield To Replace Lost Photo TALKING to veteran Australian Test cricketer. Bert OldtiHd m Sydney recently. Mr. A. Gilmour, President of Singapore Cricket Club. mentioned that the Club had lost its photographs of the Australian team which toured Malaya m 1927. Bert immediately offered to pet and present a copy
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    Rugby Referee To Report Both Teams
    333 12 A VERY unpleasant Rugby match ended at Naval Base yesterday with a win for R.A.F. Changi over Naval Base by five points (a goal) to nil. Yeoman Martin, the referee, stated after the game that he was reporting both teams to higher authority for
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