The Straits Times, 28 October 1949

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1949. PRICE TEN CENTS
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    1,000 DEAD OF PLAGUE
    60 1 KK. JAKARTA. Thurs. MOIU. than 1.000 lives have been lost in Jogfakarta residency, where p! '.eiic is ragtal In the southwest part of the residency the outbreak hin beta particularly serious. More victims are being reported in various districts. The Republican Health Minister. Dr. Surono. said
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    'TOO LENIENT,' SAYS ANDERSON Money Policy Attacked In Commons
    338 1 LONDON, Thursday. CIR John Anderson, wartime Chancellor of the Exchequer, opened the second day today of the Commons debate on the £280,000,000 economy cuts, criticising the Labour Government for its "too generous and too lenient a policy on sterling balances." Sir
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    105 1 TiIJ Commissioner-General. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, with three Dyak chieftains, Jingott, Jugah and Sibat, have been his guests at Bukit Serene for the last two nights. The Dyaks arrived on Tuesday on an invitation by Mr. Mac Donald extended when he stayed in their longhouses in Sarawak during a fishing
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    Britain And U.S. Blame The Soviet
    110 1 LAKE SUCCESS. Thurs. BRITAIN, the United States, France. China and Canada declared yesterday that secret atomic talks have failed because the Russians put national interests above world security. The accusation was contained in a formal report of closed conference! held with the Soviet Union
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    SUPPORT FOR BIDAULT
    56 1 PARIS. Thurs. French Prrmier-De.signate. M. GeorBidault, Popular RepubD leader, was yesterday red of Radical and Socialist support in his bid to end the country's three U old political crisis. He will face Parliament tomorrow with a full cabinet list and if he gets a vote of confidence
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    SHIP ON FIRE
    22 1 SAN FRANCISCO, Thurs. A Chinese passenger ship U ourning between Formosa and the Chinese mainland. Globe Wireless reported today—A.P.
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    CONVICTS REVOLT
    22 1 TRIVANDRUM. Thurs. Communists in the Central State gaol here revolted against warders and police and injured 51 persons.— Re uter.
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    Slim In Talks On HK Defence
    120 1 HONG KONG, Thurs. >T»HE Chief of the Imperial 1 General Staff. Field Marshal Sir William Slim, arrived in Hong Kong today for highlevel, talks about the defence of the Colony and the overall British position towards the Communists throughout Asia. Field Marshal Slim, accompanied
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    GANDHI KILLERS TO DIE NOV. 15
    73 1 NEW DELHI, Thurs.— The I Home Ministry announced today that N. V. Godse and Narayan Apte will be hanged on Nov. 15 for the assassi- nation of Mahatma Gandhi in January, 1948. Godse and Apte were convicted of the assassination conspiracy and sentenced to
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    MINE CAVES IN
    28 1 BERLIN. Thurs. Sixtyfour German prisoners of war were killed and 150 seriously injured when a mine caved in near Kattowitz. Poland, on Oct. 18.— U.P.
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    'Tin Agreement Is Reasonable Basis'
    262 1 COLONIAL OFFICE VIEW From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Thursday. THK Ministry of Supply interim tin agreement is 1 considered by the Colonial Office to be a reasonable basis on which to work out a difficult problem. It Is understood that the position has been complicated
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    Government Stocks Slump Again
    188 1 LONDON, Thursday. DRITISH Government securities slumped again on the London Stock Exchange this morning, after an early half-hearted attempt to extend yesterday's late rally. War Loan, the biggest issue, rose, five shillings and then fell 25 shillings. At one time the authorities seemed to be considering
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    U.S. BARTER PLAN
    31 1 WASHINGTON, Thurs.— The Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson, indicated the United States is considering bartering one million tons of American wheat for Indian manganese and mica. A.P.
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    MALAN WAITS AND WATCHES
    39 1 BLOEMFONTEIN, Thurs.— Dr. Daniel Malan, South African Prime Minister, declared today he was "waiting for an appropriate moment to make representations to the British authorities for the incorporation into the Union of British protectorates." Reuter.
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    SIR HUGH LLOYD GOING HOME
    85 1 THE Air Ministry announ1 ced last night that Air Marshal Sir Hugh Lloyd, Commander-in-Chief, Far East Air Forces, is to become Air Officer Com-manding-ln-Chief, Bomber Command, in February, 1950. Sir Hugh will be succeeded by Air Vice Marshal F. J. Fogarty, with the acting rank
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    Red Force Destroyed
    96 1 HONG KONG, Thurs. GEN. Chen Yi's Communist forces which landed on Kingmen Island seven miles east of Amoy last Tuesday morning were "entirely wiped out." according to a communique from General Chan Cheng's headquarters in Taipeh. The communique said that Gen. Chen Yl landed two full divisions
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    'ASIA CANNOT BE WON BY FORCE'
    246 1 CHICAGO, Thurs. PANDIT Nehru today warned the United States that it would be making a "great mistake" if it thought that Asia could be won to the Western side of the cold war by force alone. Mr. Nehru said Asia could be won to
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    ECAFE BID FOR TOURIST DOLLAR TRADE
    457 1 ECAFE BID FOR TOURIST DOLLAR TRADE FkELEGATES from 12 of the 13 member countries of *J ECAFE at the Singapore conference yesterday voted in favour of and adopted a resolution encouraging tourist traffic as a dollar earner for Asia and the Far East. Mr. S. S. Nemtchina (Russia) who had
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    ARMY BUDGET
    23 1 ROME. Thurs. Italy's largest post-war military defence budget, amounting to nearly U*****,000,000. was approved last night by the Italian Senate.— A.P.
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    MORE REDS OUT
    28 1 REYKJAVIK (Iceland) Thurs. Latest returns in this week's general elction showed today the Communists had lost two of .their ten seats in Iceland's Parliament.— A.P.
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    Churches To Meet In Bangkok
    136 1 Churches To Meet In Bangkok GENEVA. Thurs. WORLD church and missionary leaders will meet in Bangkok, in December to plan evangelism in the wartorn Asian continent, the World Council of Churches here announced today. Their meeting, the first joint conference of East Asian churches with delegates from the World Council
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    ARMY AUSTER MISSING
    62 1 Radio Malaya interrupted its programme last night to announce that an Army Auster aircraft was missing and asking any person with information to report to the nearest police or military. The machine was on a flight from Mentakab. in Pahang. which it left at 3.45 yesterday afternoon,
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    'No Russian Could Chew Gum—It Soothes'
    253 2 'No Russian Could Chew Gum It Soothes Manila Replies ToE.CA.F.E. Delegate MANILA, Thurs. ]\/|OST gum-chewing Manilans did not miss a chomp over the caustic remarks by the Soviet Minister, Mr. S. S. Nemtchina, at Singapore 1 on the quantity of Philippine imports of chewing gum from the United States The
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    30 2 ALAMEIN REUNION: Field Marshal Lord Montgomery (left) and Mr. Winston Churchill, the guest of honour. at the Eighth Army's annual Alamein reunion held in London on Oct. 21. A.P. picture.
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    SUPER WORKER FOR WALL ST.
    54 2 MOSCOW, Thurs. THE Russian Literary Gazette declares that the American comic strip hero. Superman, who defies bullets or locomotives with his bare hands and impenetrable hide, is designed to make fascists out of children, depraving them so they can he more eas lv handled by
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    NY PRESS ATTACK ON NEHRU
    221 2 NEW YORK, Thursday. pANDIT NEHRU, India's Prime Minister, was 1 today attacked by the New York World Telegram for describing the Communist war in China as a "farmer's uprising." The editorial quoted. Mr Nehru's remarks at a news conference in Ottawa and called attention to
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    MURDER CHARGE
    37 2 ATTRACTIVE brunette Mrs. Yvette Madsen. aged 22, who has been charged with murdering her husband, U.S. Air Force Lieut. Andrew E. Madsen (below) in the living room of their home near Frankfurt, Germany. A.P. pictures.
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    Submarine Buzz-bombs Off Hawaii
    118 2 PEARL HARBOUR, Thurs. iTUiE United States Navy has 1 announced that two submarines will launch seventon guided missiles off Hawaii on Nov. 7 to show they '-ap deliver the atomic bomb if war comes. The missiles to be fired are the 30-foot "Loon," an imitation of
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      Girl In Hospital Eats First Meal For Year
      278 2 LONDON. Thursday. A 12-YEAR-OLD girl who stopped eating while in the United States over a year ago suddenly asked the nurse in a London hospital for a bacon sandwich and then for chicken. Her mother said that Vivien Leicester had "grown to
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      25 2 SIR I.AURKNCK Ol I VII X seen carrying the Picturrsoer film tropbv which was awarded >o him recently for hut work in "Hamlet." pill lire.
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      End Of Implacable
      42 2 LONDON, Th.n*.— H.M.S. Inplacable, veteran of the baulr of Trafalgar, will not become an Ostend Maritime Museum U M suggested by a Belgian i paper. The Admiralty rep' led that the cost of repair would !:e too great. A.P.
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    STATE BANKS NOT ELECTION ISSUE
    136 2 CANBERRA, Thuxs. VT ATIONALISATION "ofo f banking will not arise as an issue In the Australia general elections in Decem ber, Dr Herbert Evatt, Attor-ney-General, said yesterday. He added that legislation for the nationalisation of banking could not be na»ie legally effective in Australia Dr.
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      794 2 NOTICES W. HAMMER CO.. LTD. REMOVAL NOTICE Will our Customers please not* that we will be removing to out, new office at B, Pullerton Road, Singapore, on the 1st November. Our Telephone Number 6218 remains unchanged. NATURALISATION Notice U hereby given that KARMAN. BIN KASSIM of 397, CORONATION RD., SINOAPORK.
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      347 2 NOTICES NOTICE NOTICE Is hereby given that 1 by an Indenture made Between Cheong Chong Tew and Madam Ng Ngan NuL the said Madam Ng Ngan Nul Is no longer the wife or under the protection of the said Cheong Chong Yew. AND NOTICE Is hereby further given that the
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      727 2 NOTICES AUCTION SALE OF Valuable freehold land situate at Denting Lane, Singapore, area 6 acres 0 rood 03. S poles. To be held at our saleroom, No. 10 Chulia Street. On Wednesday, 2nd November 1949, at 2 30 P.M. (Full particulars and plans will be issued). Messrs. Tan, Rajah St
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      360 2 NOTICES THE MALAY REGIMENT TENDERS are invited for the Washing and Laundering of uniforms, mosquito nets etc. of personnel of Units of The Malay Regiment In the Port Dickson area and id the State of Pahang for one year to commence from 15th November, .1949. Tender forms can be obtained
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    Help To Colonies Must Go On, Cripps Tells Commons
    640 3 LUNUUN, rnursaay. THE Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Stafford Cripps, told Parliament yesterday that Britain could not afford to give further loans or credits to other countries except in very special cases. But Colonial development and investment must be continued because
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    'PARTY GAME' COST $50
    82 3 I rom Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Thurs.— "lt was my birthday and T Ir. ted wreral of my friends to a party a1 which we had a ittle game to pass the time." That was 60 -year-old Boh EUong'a explanation when charged befoie the Segumat Circuit
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    Bevin Says 'No Greece Decision Yet'
    101 3 LONDON, Thurs. Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin, told Parliament yesterday that a dcci- sion to withdraw British troops from Greece had not I been taken. "It will come before the 1 Cabinet at an early date and the whole thing will be gone 1
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    BISHOP OF BORNEO
    35 3 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Thurs.— The Rev. N. E Cornwall of the Universities Missions to Central Africa will be consecrated I Bishop of Borneo at West- minster Abbey on Nov. 1.
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    U.N. Action Urged To Aid Under-Employed
    132 3 LAKE SUCCESS, Thursday. npHE majority of speakers in the Economic Com- x mittee yesterday urged United Nations members to take individual and collective action to solve problems of "under-employment" of farmers in under-developed countries. i Delegations from Ira j, Mcx- ico, Belgium, Egypt and
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    WIRE TIRES FOR RUBBER ROADS?
    44 3 londun, rnurs.— a uruisn lyre firm has developed a non-skid tyre with steel coi] springs to aid the usual tread. The springs are embedded in the tyre during the treading. The company, Tyresolea Ltd., calls the invention "Wyre-soles." A.P.
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    ROYAL HATS
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    U.S. HAS NOTHING TO BEAT COMET
    144 3 NEW YORK, Thursday. DAN-AMERICAN Airways officials said yesterday that they might buy the British jet De Havilland Comet airliner "when they are further developed and ready for production." "Tn riatp Amprinan nanrm- I To date American manufacturers offeV nothing to compare with this fine
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    LAVENDER ST. MURDER CHARGE
    50 3 LAVENDER ST. MURDER CHARGE A 32-year-old Tamil, V. Saminathan, appeared In the Singapore Third District Court yesterday on a tentative charge of murdering a 25-year-old woman, Sivagamy, by stabbing her with a jack Knife in a cubicle in Lavender Street last Tuesday. Saminathan was remanded in custody for 24 hours.
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    COMPENSATION QUERY
    79 3 COMPENSATION QUERY LONDON, Thurs. Commander Allan Noble, Conservative, asked in the House of Commons last night whether in view of the decision to terminate the essential regulations in Malaya under which power to claim compensation for requisitioning was given, the Secretary of State for Colonies would extend the time for
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    JULIANA MAY PRESENT FREEDOM TO INDIES
    253 3 JULIANA MAY PRESENT FREEDOM TO INDIES THE HAGUE, Thursday. T»HE Indonesians, after their four-year dispute with the Dutch, may soon receive national sovereignty from Queen Juliana of the Netherlands personally at a ceremony in the 700-year-old Knights Hall in The Hague. The date for what should be a colourful ceremony
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    RUSSIANS ARE NOT HAIRY: JUST OLD
    68 3 HONG KONG. Thurs. \IK. Paul Paddock, former itl U.S. Consul at Sovietoccupied Dairen. says that Chinese residents in Dairen originally referred to the Russians as "hairy barbarians" but the Reds soon put a halt to that. The Chinese populace has now been ordered to
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    Jap Goods Do Not Worry U.S.
    104 3 WAsmwuiuJN, inurs. a leading spokesman for big business in Washington expressed the opinion that removal of floors under prices of Japanese exports would have little effect on American industry He said the great disparity between Japanese and American labour wage rates would provide "good
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    ERRANT BARBERS
    23 3 MUAR. Thurs.— Four Chinese barbers who conducted their business on footpaths without licences were each fined $6 by- the Muar Magistratp
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    Editor Seeks To Reform Newsmen
    49 3 NEW YORK. Thurs.— Tiie late Miss Rachel McDowell, j religious news editor of the New York Times, left the New York Newspaper Guild US$3,OOO to distribute literature against profanity among newspaper employees. This was disclosed when har i will was filed yesterday.— A r.
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    Madame's Gesture Solved A Problem
    190 3 Madame's Gesture Solved A Problem NEW YORK, Thurs. MRS. Eleanor Roosevelt in her latest instalment of her memoirs, "This I Remember" in McCall's Magazine, says that President Roosevelt once 3,sked Madame Chiang. "What would you do in China with a labour leader like John L. Lewis?" "ihe never said a
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    FOUND RUBBER ON MUSH ROOM SEARCH
    71 3 From Our Own Correspondent MUAR, Thurs. Sentence was postponed when six women pleaded guilty in the Muar Magistrates Court on charges of theft of 60 iratis of scrap rubber valued at $8 belonging to Bukit KatiJ Estate, Gresik. Each was granted bail of $100.
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    Elections In Burma Delayed Till March
    162 3 RANGOON. Thursday. DIRMA will hold her long overdue general election l next March. The constitution, which stipulated that it should be held within 18 months of January 1948 when Burma was granted independence, was amended to allow the present Government to remain in power
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    PERSIA AND U.K.
    42 3 sian Prime Minister. Mohammed Malagha Saed, saw Mr. Ernest Bevin, the Foreign Secretary, for what usually well.informed quarters say was a visit connected with the recent Persian decision to close five offices of the British Council in Persia. Reuter.
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    Overseas League
    38 3 The Overseas League, Fax East branch in Singapore, will hold an Armistice Day dinner and dance at Raffles Hotel on Nov. 11. Tickets at $6 each are obtainable from the acting secretary, P.O. Box 674, Singapore.
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      209 3 CHRISTMAS PARCEL special suggestion from MARY HEATHCOTT ot the "Sunday Times" We wrote to Mary Heathcott asking her upto-th« minute expert advice on what would be most welcome in Britain this Christmas Her? is a parcel based on her suggestions: Currants, sultanas and raisins, 16 oz tin of each Fruit
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    $1,400,000 FOR SEWERS IN COLONY NEXT YEAR
    170 4 $1,400,000 FOR SEWERS IN COLONY NEXT YEAR yyilKX the Municipal Commissioners meet next Monday, they will be asked to approve the expenditure of .51 ,4 17,600 for the laying of main and minor sewers in Singapore. This expenditure will cover the 1950 sewerage programme for the Colony. Several big building
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    18 4 Is Ml MOI1I). Duhalan. an A iliic teacher, and (he Htsn.ih after their wedding in Kuala Lumpur recently.
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    SQUATTERS FLOODED
    127 4 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH. Thursday. \IOKE than 100 women and children were evacuated when 85 of the 176 squatter families in the I resettlement area of Pantai Remis were badly i affected by seven days of floods this month. j At yesterday's meeting of the Perak Chinese
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    60 4 MX. G. C. BANSAL (extreme right), the International Chamber of Commerce observer to the ECAFE meeting in Singapore, gave a luncheon party at the Cathay Restaurant yesterday to the Conference delegates, observers, staff and others. Picture shows from left: Mr. ornelio Balamaceda (Philippines). Mrs. Jogindra Singh. Mr. J. A. Thivy,
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    REPAIRS TO PHONE CABLE
    83 4 Repairs to a Shell Company telephone cable between Singapore and Pulau Samboe. arje now being carried out by the Cable and Wireless cable) ship Retriever. The work constitutes the i first major repairs to the; cable since the war. after its' misuse by the Japanese dur-
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    THREE NEW POLIO CASES
    86 4 1 Frwn Our Staff Corresyooieiit i KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Three cases of poliomyelitis, i one in Perak. one in Selangor and one in Pahang, were reI ported in the Federation dur- I ing the week ending Oct. 15. i The previous weeks total 1 was three
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    DOG OWNERS
    49 4 A meeting of those who wish to join the Alsatian Club will be held at the V.M.C.A.. Singapore, on Sunday at 5.30 p.m. So far. 41 applications to join the club have been received, and it is hoped that more owners of Alsatians will rapport the club.
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    MODERN JOGET-A WELFARE MEASURE
    47 4 From Our Ma lay Correspondent rDEKN ronggeng may be going north with official approval as a means of providing employment for Malay waitresses. Utasan Malayu reports that welfare leaders in Kuali> Trenffgana are consideringi dering its introduction and that no opposition is expected.
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    $100 Tickets For Varsity Stage Show
    116 4 Fr*tn Out Staff Corrrspomicut KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. TOHE best seats at a Chinese 'J stage show in aid of the University of Malaya Endowment Fund In Kuala Lumpur next month will cost $100 The show is to be given In the Chinese Assembly Hall
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    FOR THE COCOS ISLANDS
    45 4 Mr. A. H. Robson. assistant Financial Secretary. Singapore, has been appointed [CiTil Administrator for the jcocos Islands. 1 Mr. Robson. who has been attached to the Financial (Secretariat for the last 18 months, will relieve the present administrator. Mr. De Banzie
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    ENGINEERING
    48 4 Mr. D. I. Greere, senior j lecturer of the Government Evening Schools in marine and mechanical engineering, will address senior students of St. Andrew's School. Singapore, tomorrow on engineering courses in Malaya, and I how the Association of Eni gineers is assisting local men to enter profession.
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    TWO CHINESE TO HANG
    92 4 Fran Oar Staff Cirr lyirttnt KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. THE Federation Court of Appeal today upheld the death penalty imposed on Yong Kee and Sing Meng for possession of firearms. Yong was convicted of possessing a revolver at the 3rd mile, Labu Road, in Perak. While being
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    Party To Delegates
    34 4 A party for the Indonesian delegates to the ECAFE conference in Singapore will bt held at 73 Sultan Gate, Singapore, on Sunday at 7J< p.m. Hosts will be the AllIndonesia League.
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    3 NEW SHIPS FOR TOURIST TRADE
    91 4 3 NEW SHIPS FOR TOURIST TRADE THE belief that Singapore I is a centre of much tourist attraction in Asia i has encouraged the Ame- rican President lines to I build three large new ciui- sing liners each capable of carrying 22S round-the-world passengers which will call here regularly from
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    Malaya Hospital Charges 'Anomaly'
    122 4 Malaya Hospital Charges 'Anomaly LONDON. Thurs JIIR. Walter Fletcher (Cons. complained in the Housi of Commons yesterday tha owners of rubber estates ii Malaya were charged for eacl of their labourers admitted ti government hospitals, vhere as mining labourers were treated free in the third class 1 wards. He asked
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    Ewin Appeal Fails: To Serve Prison Term
    239 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. 'THE appeal of a 22-year-old British police sergeant, George Frederick Leonard Ewin, against a conviction and sentence of five years' rigorous imprisonment, was today dismissed by the Federation Court of Appeal. Ewin was charged with culpable
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    STUDENT TO FLY TO NEW YORK
    187 4 > Fran Oar Stall (.'•ri r-pouui i t KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. SIX secondary school pop ll In the Federation will' be I interviev -d at Kuala Lum- put to Meet one as Ihe delegate <a tli^ New fork Herald-Tribune fonv^i [or I high schools.
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    CLOTHES TRAIL MAY HAVE BEEN DROPPED TO AID POLICE
    200 5 Mystery Of 82 Missing Sakai From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. THE mysterious disappearance of 82 Sakai during a bandit attack on Tanjong Rambutan police station near Ipoh on^ Oct. 19 is still unexplained. But police parties who followed the
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    'ACT NOW' CALL AT VARSITY
    242 5 PHOFES3OR B. P. Adarkar, leader of the Indian detention to ECAFE, speaking at the University of Malaya's inauguration yesterday of its economics seminar, called for a "comprehensive programme of ftctfcm" for the economic development of the undevelOT> d ruens of Asia. Want, ignorance, squalor, disease
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    DANCE TEACHERS
    62 5 Officers elected for the Institute of Dance Teachers are: President, Mr. C. H. Chan; vice-president, Mr. Chua Eng Cheong; secretary, Mr. Matheson Sinn; assistant secretary, Mr. Leonardo Siddons; treasurer. Mr. Victor Ong; auditor, Mr. C. N. Wong; committee. I Messrs. Koh Swee Kjat. Tan Gee Teng, M. G.
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    TAMIL SCHOOL
    32 5 From Our Own Correspondent RAUB, Thurs.— The constmction <>; the new Tamil School in Raub is ncaring comnletion and the opening of th* «**vi >i win n take dIp;" in November.
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    $500 BOND FOR K.L. EUROPEAN
    105 5 $500 BOND FOR K.L. EUROPEAN KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. A EUROPEAN employed in a Kuala Lumpur firm. 29-year-old M. F. E. MacGregor. was today discharged In the Sessions Court on a cheating offence, on condition he entered into a bond of $500 in two sureties for a period of two years.
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    THE RUSSIANS PLAY HOSTS
    95 5 THE RUSSIANS PLAY HOSTS Vodka For The Guests VODKA and Russian caviar were served at the cocktail party given by the U.S.S.R. delegation to the fifth session of the ECAFE at the Sea View Hotel last night.Jto fellow delegates and ECAFE staff. The Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson, and
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    Husband Drank Sulpuric Acid
    105 5 LEE Chan, wife of a 56-year-old tinsmith, told the Singapore Coroner that a few days before her husband's death he nppeared to be very worried and complained of bad business. Lee Chan said that she and her husband. Lim Chwee Siok. lived at Syed Alwi Road.
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    COURT TEACHES 2-HOUR LESSON
    59 5 BECAUSE 16-year-old Teoh Cheng Ean was not admonished by his father when summoned for cycling without lights, he spent two hours in the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday. The Magistrate, Mr. C. F. Seston. ordered Teob to stay in court until noon to learn his lesson
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    New Price For Tin Sold Since Sept 19
    143 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. PRODUCERS" of tin-in-ore 1 who have sold their ore since Sept. 19 to licensed tinore buyers or smelters at a price equivalent to £553.10 a ton should now approach those to whom they made the
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    VACCINATION CLINIC
    65 5 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH. Thurs.- A vaccination clinic will be opened by the Medical Department In the District Hospital here on Nov. 2 to enable the public to obtain international certificates or vaccination and innoculatlon. The clinic will be opened t/hrce days a week, on Mondays. Wednesdays
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    N.S. CEYLONESE
    37 5 imni Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Thurs. The Negri Sembilan Ceylonese Association will hold a meeting on Oct. 30 to discuss ways of increasing the N.S. Ceylonese contribution towards the University of Malaya Endo- ment Fund.
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    ...And Debate Began Over 2 Words
    480 5 It's Foggy, Says Mr. N. BECAUSE a sentence in the draft resolution on trade, tabled before the ECAFE conference in Singapore yesterday, was described by Mr. S. S. Nemtchina (Russia) as "foggy and likely to lead to misconception," he moved an amendment that it
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    One Of O.S.P.C.'s Killers Shot
    234 5 From Our Staff Correspondent Xl ALA LUMPUR, Thursday. ANE of the bandits who killed the O.S.P.C. Batu Pahat, Mr. Eric Freeborough, earlier this year, died after being shot by police operating in the Bukit Payong area of Batu Pahat on Tuesday. The bandit ran from
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    Singapore Diary
    94 5 .Y.W.C.A., 8, Part Canning Road, Mandarin lessons for Town Wayfarers and Plcneen., 3.30 p.m. CHINESE V.M.C.A.. 107, Eelegle Road, Board of Directors' meeting. 0.30 p.m. GRAMOPHONE RECITAL, British Council Hall, 5.30 p.m. MALAYAN VfiGETARIAN SOCIETY, monthly informal meet ng. 8, Cairnhill Road, 6 p.m. DISTRICT METHODIST YOUTH FELLOWSHIP,
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    $100,000 BAIL IN BANK CASE
    79 5 PENANG. Thurs.— Lim K^m Cheng, a Penang Merchant, was today granted a f resh bail of $100,000 on an amended charge of "having agreed" to cheat the Bt-.nk of China of $72,000 by inducing .It to deliver the money to him and others "upon your
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    OUTNUMBERED 2-1, GURKHAS ATTACK
    125 5 FOR gallantry and bold initiative In leading two men against a party of six armed bandits, a young Gurkha. Lance Corporal BombahaduT Ral of the l/10th Gurkha Rifles, has been awarded the Military Medal. Four of the bandits were killed and two wounded. After completing six
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    IN MEMORIAM
    36 6 IN MEMORY of the late Mrs. jmephlM Miry Pestana (nee Ollvelro) who died on 29.10.48. A Roquiem Hitrh Mass will be held :,t St Joseph's Church, at 8.30 I m on 29 10 49.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Fri., Oct. 28, 1949. An Interim Offer
    1024 6 More than five weeks after the pound was devalued, the British Ministry for Supply has announced the price that it will pay for Malayan tin from the date of devaluation until the free markets open on November 15 in
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    THE JAPS HAD A GOOD IDEA
    149 6 PEOPLE never pause to think, when smoking in a bus, of the inconvenience caused to other passengers by the smoke they exhale. Nor do they consider the danger of scorching someone's neck or burning holes in his shirt in a crowded bus. Another point
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    THE WAR WITHIN A WAR IN WEST JAVA
    1471 6  - THE WAR WITHIN A WAR IN WEST JAVA HUGH LAMING By Reuter's Special Correspondent in Indonesia TASIKMALAJA (West Java): A SECRET war Is beA Ing fought round this town, a war in which few know who is friend or foe, a war in which few prisoners survive. It Is a
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      655 6 IN all organized society it is a serious criminal offence to tamper with the currency, the reason being that, by so doing, the currency of such a country becomes debased by the application of Gresham's Law, which says that bad money drives out
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      The Perils Of Collyer Quay
      96 6 FT your leader today yon say that a central "island" is badly needed for the safety of pedestrians between the two lines of traffic along Collyer Quay, now that central parking has been prohibited. In my opinion an overhead bridge like that over the railway
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      THE C.I.D. AT TRADE UNION MEETING
      291 6 THE C.I.D. AT TRADE UNION MEETING if R. H. C. McQueen, New Zealand's Commissioner for Apprenticeship and a delegate to the recent I.L.O. Conference held in Singapore, is reported to have said in New Zealand that the greatest hurdle to be overcome in Asian countries is the backwardness of the
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    315 7 To Fit More Local Men For Key Posts THE Governments of the Federation, Singapore and North Borneo are considering the question of building and running a police college for South-East Asia, preferably in Singapore. Such a college would train police officers to take up senior posts in the police forces
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    RUSSIAN PARTY A HELP
    264 7 A N announcement that the Soviet delegation were giving a party last night for their fellow delegates at the ECAFE conference helped to sway the t.;ilanee against a suggestion that the conference should in- ot again yesterday evening. With only today and tomorrow left before the
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    BEE IS BLAMED
    54 7 KWIPAK. Ihurs.— Sgt. C. A. Williams of the Kampar Po ice was x quitted of a h.irc** of inconsiderate driving in Kampar after ■tattatg he knocked down a cM-list because he was kill ing. a bee in the car. The bee's corpse was inspected bv Inspector Din.
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    Boys Kept In Prison
    121 7 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. BECAUSE their parents would not have anything to do with them, three Chinese boys charged with theft had been kept in civil prison since their arrest. This was stated in '.he Sessions Court today when the boys were brought
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    On Poetry Mission
    140 7 VICE-president of the Poetry Society of Great Britain. Sir Eugen Milllngton-Drake is visiting Malaya in the course of a tour of the Far East. His tour is being undertaken as a contribution to the promotion of cultural relations with countries in the region. A 35-year-old diplomat. Sir
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    GAOL FOR THEFT
    28 7 Sentence of one month's rigorous imprisonment was imposed on a young Chinese, Tarn Hong, by the Singapore Second Police Court magistrate for theft of $100
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    TICKET SALES TOP $16,000
    153 7 TICKET SALES TOP $16,000 Music Festival ANOTHER $500 worth of seals was taken up yesterday for the Singapore Festival of Music, sponsored by the Straits Times and the Music Circle, in association with Radio Malaya. Total bookings stood at $16,000 last night. While the sale, of tickets and bookings for
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    New Trade Mark Plan
    94 7 THE pre-war trade marks are possessed by the Custodian of Property, and the use of such trade marks by firms or corporations other than the pre-war owners may constitute infringement, the Straits Times was told. The Custodian also refers to suggestions for Joint registration of trade
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    JAP FREIGHTER PASSES THROUGH
    59 7 A Japanese freighter, the Jakaruta Mam, passed through Singapore yesterday with a cargo of 8,980 tons of Indian white rice for Japan. She is the first Japanesemanned cargo vessel to call at Singapore since the war. The Jakaruta Maru remained in Outer Roads for eight hours
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    SINGAPORE CHINESE WEDDING
    31 7 MR. JASON YEO, former liaison officer in the Chinese Air Force, and his bride Miss Lira Lay Kirn, who were married in Singapore on Sunday. Raffles Studio picture.
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    THEY'LL WEAR RAGS
    70 7 TTiHE annual Hallowe'en "Hard Times" party will be 1 celebrated by the American Club of Singapore tomorrow from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. the next morning. Hallowe'en is the eve ot AH Hallows, the festival of All Saints, and it actually falls on Oct. 31. At tomorrow's
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    JAVANESE HAD FALSE NOTES
    60 7 A Javanese. Saman bin Ha]i Ismail, was sentenced to three years' rigorous imprisonment in the Singapore Assize Court yesterday by Mr. Justice Gordon-Smith on a charge of unlawful possession of 200 counterfeit Netherlands East Indies 25 guilder notes. Wong Ken Han and Tahlr bin Wok. similarly
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    WANTED IN PENANG
    57 7 When he was ordered i|' the Singapore Fourth Police Court to be returned to Penang under police custody, Mohd. Shariff bin Ibramsah asked: "Must I be handcuffed all the way?" There was no answer from the Bench. Shariff is wanted by the Penang police for alleged criminal
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    UNLUCKY 13
    20 7 Singapore police on Wednesday arrested three alleged secret society gangsters, one chap-Jl-kl promoter, and nine gamblers, all Chinese.
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    RECITAL
    16 7 There will be a gramophone recital at the British Council Hall at 5.30 p.m. today.
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    A FIRE IS PUT OUT...
    124 7 HUNDREDS of people dashed tc Stanley Street yesterday morning when they saw billows of white smoke issuing from the chimney of a three-storeyed house in the area. A fire-engine and a radiopatrol also r ashed to the scene. But if the crowd had expected to
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    OPIUM SEIZURES
    41 7 Opium seizures in Singapore this year have totalled nearly 4,400 lb., but in recent months the average seizures have dwindled. Last month's seizures totalled 220 lb.. Including one lot of 106 lb. in a concrete tank In Holland Road.
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    Student Bodies To Wind Up
    129 7 STUDENT associations in a number of Chinese schools in Singapore have decided not to apply for registration but to wind up their activities. This decision follows a circular from the Education Department Informing them that student associations come under the Registration of Societies Ordinance. In
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    LAWYER MAKES A PROTEST
    311 7 A SINGAPORE lawyer, Mr. R. H. Green, stated in the Third District Court yesterday that his client had been arrested and charged before the prosecution had taken a statement from the principal witness. Mr. Green was appearing for Edward Kuhn, a Swiss national, who was facing
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    RECORD HAUL OF TOBACCO
    80 7 TOHE Singapore Customs X Department made theii biggest tobacco seizure of this year when they seized more than a ton of dutiable leaf at Katong yesterday. Duty payable on the tobacco is estimated at $10,500. Three Chinese were arrested. A Customs official gave his opinion that
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    VICTORY FOR UNO IN S'PORE DEBATE
    285 7 Only Way To World Peace gY 201 votes to 87, a motion that "only the United Nations and its specialised agencies can bring about world peace" was carried at a debate held under the auspices of the East West Society in Singapore last night.
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    ARMY DRIVER CONVICTED
    86 7 Sentence against Private W. Nelson, of the Seaforth Highlanders, on being convicted yesterday on two charges of negligent driving and failing to report an accident, was deferred until today by the Singapore Traffic Court Magistrate. Mr. P. Claque. Nelson involved a military truck In a collision with
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    $250-A-MONTH CASHIER GUILTY IN $580,000 CASE
    524 8 $250-A-MONTH CASHIER GUILTY IN $580,000 CASE PAN Soo Puan, middle-aged Chinese who described himself as a cashier employed by Chop Tan IVnjj Choon, was convicted on three rharjpM under the Colony's Finance Regulations esterday in the Singapore Assize Court. Sentence was postponed until today. Mr. Justice Brown said before passing
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    Health And Strength For Singapore
    40 8 The Selangor Health and Strength Association is opening a branch office in Singapore. To mark the opening, the Association is giving a cocktail party at 74 Robinson Road tomorrow from 3 p.m to 5 p.m.
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    "MAN, OH MAN!" BY A WOMAN
    63 8 CINGAPORE women will be strongly backing Mrs. H. B. Amstutz, when shr speaks on "Man, Oh Man!" at a luncheon meeting of the Rolary Inner Wheel or. Nov. 3. It is intended us a reply to Mr. Yap Pheng Geek's recent satire on women,
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    Johore Fund For Higher Education
    112 8 Johore Fund For Higher Education From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. AT a preliminary meeting at the residence of Haji Anwar bin Haji Malik, it was decided to establish a fund to enable Malay boys and girls tc obtain higher education. Haji Anwar bin Haji Malik, Inche Zainalabidin bin
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    CREDENTIALS NOW IN ORDER
    42 8 Following receipt of a cable from the Chinese Foreign Office, the credentials of the Chinese delegation attending the ECAFE conference In Singapore are now in order. This was announced by the chairman of ECAFE, Sir Firoze Khan (Pakistani.
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    WHALERS DUE IN SINGAPORE
    68 8 Two Norwegian whalers, ,the Knekt and Krill, which were recently bulk in Jap1 anese shipbuilding yards, are expected to arrive in SingaIpore next week. Tho whalers are on their way to the Antarctic to take pare in a large-scale whaling expedition next month. Whaling craft from
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    Govt. Men To Play Prewar Loans
    280 8 EWEN if houses or cars bought with Singapore Government loans were lost through enemy action, that will not be accepted as a reason against repayment. An official circular says that the Government has decided to recover from its officers the balances outstanding on advances
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    Women Can Bring Peace: Mrs. Cowen
    166 8 MRS. Myron M. Cowen, wife of the U.S. AmbasiTl sador to the Philippines, said yesterday that women and all their talents "are needed as never I before if we are to have a world of peace, plenty, security and rreedom." She was speaking to
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    SIAM GOVERNOR
    35 8 GOVERNOR Ol SINGORA, South Siam. Luang: Athavipakpisal. Singora is the headquarters of the Siamese Combined Security Forces which are ready to aid Malayan forces in the fight against the bandits. Straits Times picture.
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    S'pore Garden Of Crosses
    98 8 A plot of ground beside the Cenotaph in Singapore is to be set aside as a Garden of Remembrance during, the Poopy Day week-end from Friday Nov. 4 to Sunday Nov 6. Mrs Baines, the wife of the Bishop of Singapore, will take charge of the
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    RE-OPENING
    24 8 Wooden carvings and other decorations of ancient Peking palaces have Been copied at thp Southern Cabaret. Singapore, which will reopen tomorrow after renovation.
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    J.B. Poppy Day Drive
    93 8 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. THE annual campaign for 1 the Poppy Day Fund began yesterday when the Capitol Cinema handed over the gross takings of one show to the fund. Two other -picture houses in the town, the Rex and the Broadway, have
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    APPOINTMENTS
    31 8 from vmr siarr lorrpsponatnt JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— Inche Taib bin Haji Andak has been appointed first assistant District Officer, Johore Bp.hru, and Inche Abdullah bin AH. Assistant District Officer. Kluang.
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    'NOT PAID' -EXCUSE
    62 8 Admitting a charge of criminal breach of trust in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday, 24-year-old Ho Ah Chin pleaded that he had not been paid for a month. Ho took 20 cups and eight tins of condensed milk valued at $14. belonging to the owner of
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    Woman Threw Acid At Husband, Sent To Gaol
    155 8 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Thursday. A WOMAN who threw a cup of acid at her husband after quarrelling over some poultry and accusing him of poisoning her food was gaoled for two years by Mr. Justice Hill at Ipoh today The
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    FANCY DRESS
    36 8 THE UNIVERSITY FUND benefited from a hockey match played in fancy dress between women and men on the Teluk Anson town padang recently. The men won 3-2 after a hard fight.— Melin stffdio picture.
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    'REPORT MISDEEDS' SAYS THE M.C.A.
    158 8 From Our Own Correspondent 'MALACCA. Thurs. AS a result of misdeeds alleged to have been committed by some members of the police and security forces In Johore this month, branches of the Malayan Chinese Association have been advised to report such Incidents. The question of
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    DOLLAR GAP IS REVIVING OLD CRAFTS
    429 9  -  ROBERT BROWN By LONDON, (By Air Mail). JJHITAIN'S shortage of dollars has resulted in a big drive to revive the traditional country crafts which were in danger of dying out. Experts of rural Industry, with Government backing, are campaigning for young recruits to help
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    Mao's picture goes up in Hong Kong
    617 9  - Mao 's picture goes up in Hong Kong GRAHAM BARROW By HONG KONG (By Air Mail) OCCUPATION by Chinese Communists. of positions along the Now Territories border, 20 miles from here, has made no major difference to the daily routine In Hong Kong. irfaec at lcasi, on much as usual.
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    33 9 PANDIT NEHRU. Indian Prime Minuter, is drcoratrd with a garland of flowers after his arrival at La Guardia Airport. New York, from Washington. With him are his sister and her daughter. A.P. picture.
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    77 9 CRISIS MEETING: This composite picture shows ministers arriving at 10 Downing Street. London, for the full < tbinct Meeting called hrfore the reassembly of Parliament. Left to right. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Stafford (ripps; Foreign Minister. Ernest Bevin; Health Minister Aneurin Sevan; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Hu^h
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    37 9 WORLD Toi'RISTS SET OFF: Robert Booth. 21-year-old ex-soldier of Streatham. London, and Peter Newman. 22-year-old ex-Royal Navy man of Chigwell. Essex. seen leaving London, at the start of a round-tbe-world hitch hike on a "capital" of «30.
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    "Diabetics dying in Soviet Zone"
    207 9 BERLIN i ßy Air Mail. HUNDREDS of diabetics have died in the Soviet Zone of Germany in the last four years for want of Insulin, says a prominent German woman physician. "Many more diabetics are doomed to die if the insulin supply in East Germany
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      612 9 b. ...i t^ri.ed in a clever per- i :i.,.. i lo e...*unate bom formance in today's deal. hearts and diamonds from the South, dealer. North and South hands (as will be North-South vulnerable. seen) South had to find a safer --o—. method of doing so. o >Tj Winning with the
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    FEWER BRITISH STARS THAN EVER
    270 10  -  Harold Conway By THERK are now fewer genuine bo^-office stars acting in British pictures than at any time since the war. The way things are shaping, moreover, cinema-goers can anticipate an even less star-lit time ahead as far as British productions are con- cerned. The
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    AND FEWER FANS, TOO!
    73 10 AND FEWER FANS, TOO! I nEPORT from our sta- I rv tistical spy in the British film studios: "Fan mail for most of 0 the principal stars has T fallen by 50 per cent i T during the past few t months." 1 Simultaneous adver- tisement in a film magaf
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    Restaurant preview
    126 10 YOUNG man with a bright idea 32-year-old exENSA producer John Mather. For a year past he has been preparing a spectacular new revue called Out Of This World. Instead of hawking the completed script around London, he has hired a room In a West End restaurant and Invited
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    Colourful trip with Columbus
    209 10 DOOR old Christopher Columbus! That's the feeling one has after seeing Sydney Box's film of the 15th century explorer's voyage to the 'New World now showins at the Cathay. His agonies oi mind, discomfitures and illfortunes are presented so graphically that we ourselves begin to writhe
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    Jeanne D'Arc lives again
    579 10  -  R. W. BAXTER HERE'S POMP AND PAGEANTRY Reviewed by *THE story of Jeanne A D'Arc, the simple peasant girl who led her stricken people against tyranny, is one of the greatest in the annals of mankind. On earth she was, perhaps, one of history's most glorious
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      269 10 INC A PORE I (As Singapore); 1—2 English Pro- 9.30 Biuioe.se: 9.45 English; 10.00 gramme (As S'pore); 2 Cl06e; 6 Radio News Reel; 10.15 'London 10 New., from Kuala .umpur; Station Opening; 6.02 The Radio Dances To....'; 10.45 'The Boy 10.05 Close; 11.20 Radio Orchestra- Orchestra; 6.40 Dance Music; 7.10
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      Confidence In Plantation Rubber Expressed
      418 11 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON', Thursday. "T HAVE entire confidence In plantation rubber of the modern type being able to meet any competition from synthetic material in both quality and cost of production under free market conditions, but the same cannot be said of plantation
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      MALAYAN SHARE MARKET
      160 11 MALAYAN SHARE MARKET I ONDON remained a persistent seller of Malayan tin shares but there was little desire for buying locally yesterday. Prices In the share market were Inclined to sag yesterday. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were: Buyers SelWre Con. Tin Smelt. Ord. II /I 16.0
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      PRODUCE MARKET
      104 11 From A Market Correspondent WITH the exception of copra and coconut oil, j quiet conditions prevailed In I all sections of the Singapore produce markets yesterday. Pepper prices remained unchanged from the previous day except for a $10 drop to $700 per picul for the blacfe variety. Coconut
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      Dow Jones Averages
      20 11 Oct. 25. Oct. 26 Industrials 187.70 189.08 Railroads 44.61 48.63 Domestic Bonds 99.38 99.39 Utilities 38.68 38.72
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      S'PORE RUBBER MARKET
      232 11 THE Singapore rubber mar1 ket opened steadier yesterday on slightly better advices from New York and (fairly good orders from other markets. The market remained steady throughout the day at approximately the same levels as those prevailing on Wed-; J nesday. Closing prices yesterday were: No. 1
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      SHIPPING AT S'PORE WHARVES
      93 11 SHIPS alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday 'godowns In brackets) were: Main Wharf: Silverbrlar (33-34) Idomeneua (3(5-37'. Ulysses 38-39 >. Chlcaca 42-43 >. West Wharf: Esang '3-4.; Islander is>. Greystoke Castle^ <6-7». rernmoor (8-9). Glenorchv (13-14 >. Eurymedon Empire Dock: Chinese I Prince (17-18). Charon
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    742 12  - K.L. HIGHLIGHT WILL BE TOP C1. 2 SPRINT EPSOM JEEP Silver Sequin Or Happy Quadrant? By KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. rpRUMPINGTON'S cracking pace had Happy Quadrant beaten all the way over 54 f. on Monday, second day of the Selangor races, but over an extra half-furlong it may be quite a
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    92 12 ENGLAND'S captain, Billy Wright (left), who pulled a muscle in his left groin during the international football match against Wales at Cardiff on Oct. 15, rereives treatment from ma sseur George Palmer at Wolverhampton Wanderers' ground at Molyneux Park, Wolverharrptun. Waiting his turn, at right, is Bert Williams. England's goalke
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    Wrestling Promoters On The Mat
    180 12 Wrestling Promoters On The Mat RECAUSE the small Dutch cargo passenger liner Maetsuycker altered course to load 2,500 sheep and 1,000 tons of flour at the West Australia ports of Oeraldton, Carnarvon and Onslow, three all-in wrestlers will arrive only just in time for tomorrow night's big programme at the
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    SUGAR RAY AFTER MILLS' TITLE
    138 12 LONDON, Thurs. THE boxing business in Britain appears to be heading for another good season this winter for, apart from a busy opening month with big programme nearly every week, a number of world title rights are being discussed. Freddie Mills is due to defend
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    VICTORIA SCHOOL BEAT J.E.C. 4-1
    68 12 I Victoria School maintained their unbeaten record when they defeated the Johore English College by four goals to one on the School ground on Wednesday. Michael Fernandez played a fine game for the School, scoring all four goals. Dollah Esa scored for College In a
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    Selangor Turnover May Top $9 Million
    333 12  -  EPSOM JEEP By KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. nACING continues to flourish in Kuala Lumpur and when the year's accounts are checked up after Saturday's racing, the last racing day in Kuala Lumpur for the current year, they will probably show that the Selangor Turf Club
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    Lawton May Be Recalled
    86 12 La w ton May Be Recalled LONDON, Thurs. TOMMY LAWTON, the former England centreforward, may be recalled to lead England's attack in the soccer international against Ireland on Nov. 16. Jack Milburn. who played for England in that position against Wales, will not be available for the game against Ireland
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    97 12 FLYING SPUR: Walters (left) Tottenham Hotspurs' outside-right, appears to be leaping higher than the stand in his heading duel with R. Mason, Coventry City left-back, in a Second Division match in London. Tottenham won 3-1. BELOW: Charlton is acquiring many South African footballers. It is estimated that Charlton's South Africans
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    J.E.C. Defeat Raffles 21-0
    162 12 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. GHOWINO all round superiority, the Johore English College beat Raffles Institution, Singapore, by 21 points (three goals, dropped goal and try) to nil in a return game of rugger on the J.E.C. ground yesterday. The College opened their tally when Majid dropped a
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    WOMEN BEAT SAILORS IN PENANG SHOOT
    84 12 PENANG, Thurs. THE K.O.Y.L.I. Ladies' Shooting Club chalked up their second victory when they met a team of ten men from the visiting warship H.M.S. Cossack at Glugor Cantonment on Tuesday afternoon. The sailors, who were captained by Mr. Skilton, totalled 380 points to
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    ORTIZ WINS ON POINTS
    48 12 GLASGOW, Tlwu-s. MANUEL Ortiz, the world bantamweight champion, outpointed Jackie Paterson, former world flyweight champion, in a ten-round open-air fight at Hampden Park, last night. Both weighed inside the stipulated Bst. 12 lb. limit for the fight, which had been postponed from last Wednesday.
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    RUGBY TRIAL OFF
    26 12 THE Singapore Civilians rugger trial, which was to have been held on the Padang yesterday, was postponed until Tuesday owing to heavy rain.
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    St. Andrew's XV Give University Hard Fight
    273 12 St. Andrew's XV Give University Hard Fight THE University of Malaya, playing their first game of rugger, had to fight hard to beat St. Andrew's School by six points (two tries) to nil at Bukit Timah yesterday. The Varsity team were heavier in the scrums and taller in the line-outs,
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    BELLINGER NETS CUP-TIE GOALS
    311 12 R.A.F. Changi 2; Paya Lebar Bus Co. 0. TWO snap goals by Bellinger in the second half A gave R.A.F. Changi a hard-won victory over the Singapore A.F.A. Junior B champions, Paya Lebar Bus Company XI, when they met in the S.A.F.A. Cup competition at Jalan
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    Wood-shots: Has B.A.M. Studied Rule Carefully?
    488 12 Wood-shots: Has B.A.M. Studied Rule Carefully? Letter To Sports Editor AM AY I, through your sports columns, put this ifl question to those whom it may concern. Was the ruling passed by the International Badminton Association, binding wood-shots as faults, carefully scrutinised by the Badminton Association of Malaya before it
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    Sports Diary
    59 12 SOCCER: S.A.F.A. tup, Fi?er j S.A. v. Chinese Casuals J. Bcsjr. FRIENDLY SOCCER: Gutliries v. Tuan Mom 0.8.A. Geylang stadium. HOCKEY: S.C.C. "A" v. V«T-I slty (Art* Science)— St. S.R.C. v. Post Telegraphs S.R.C.; A.C.5.0.8.A. v, Hongkong S'hai Bank Farrer Park: Victoria School v. St. Patrick's School V.S.
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    Dawn Games For Indian Tourists
    205 12 Dawn Games For Indian Tourists H^HE Indian Football tourists are not taking Wednesday's near-defeat by the Sino-Malays lying doivn. At the crack of dawn this morning, before most Singapore footballers and fans had bestirfed themselves, they were scheduled to be at Jalan Besar Stadium and by 7.30 a.m. they were
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    In S'gor Badminton European Women
    80 12 From Our Start < »rrt|»iMlrnt KUALA LUMPUR. lb U PR the first time in s four European married •«mi< a are to vie for championship honours in this sear's Stale b.t:;mlnton tournament which Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. They are. Mrs. J. T amie.sor ri d
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    Seletar "B" XV Win 34-Nil
    49 12 THE R.A.F. (SWelai. B .W repeated their "A" team tnecess when they trouueed Nee Soon Garrison "B" XV oy ;u points i eight tries, two goals) to nil at Seletar on Wednesday. The scoring was shared between Jew. Turner. Nyhan, Saunders, Lloyd and Tointon.
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    S. JOHORE XV
    56 12 JOHORE BAHRU. IHui Carrel will had the Boutb Johori R.F.C. against the S.C.C. a Saturday on U.e Singapore padai.j when the two clubs meet for tht first time this sea^t.n at lUgby. The team will be: DOloo; Darrock. Rees. McVeagh, Bandenon Carrel. Edington, Edwards, .inr.es Lee. Fenwici:,
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