The Straits Times, 3 November 1949

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 inn vt fa<;es SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1949. PRICE TEN CENTS
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    LOKE WAN THO SUES FOR LIBEL
    809 1 Article In London Paper Read In Court CIR Roland Braddell, in the Singapore Supreme Court yesterday, asked the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Murray-Aynsley, for an order to stay an action for libel filed by Mr. Loke Wan Tho, the Malayan millionaire, on the ground
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    51 1 MISS LU YEE TEH who s,M>ke on "Getting to know the Australians" to Sinßapore Rotarians yesterday. Miss Lv has just returned from Australia after finishing her studies. "I had no difficulty in getting to know the Australians, because they were always so ready to know me." she said. straits Time*
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    BOYS KILLED IN BANDIT AMBUSH
    196 1 From Our Own Correspondent BENTONG, Wednesday. A GANG of 100 Chinese and Malay bandits yesterday afternoon stopped a lorry in the Bentong area of Pahang and shot dead two ten-year-old boys, five special constables and a Chinese labourer as they fled into the jungle. They
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    FOG STOPS FLIGHT
    44 1 SHANNON. Wed. America s "flying penman" millionaire. Milton Reynolds, who is trying to break the record of six days three hours and 50 minutes for a round the world flight in regular comr^'rrlal services, was held up by fo^ today. Reuter.
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    AUSTER MAY BE NEAR SEGAMAT
    69 1 RADIO Malaya announced last night that the Auster aircraft carrying Brigadier M. D. Erskine. commander of the Second Guards Brigade, and his pilot, Capt. J. F. Churcher, is believed to have come down in an area Just north of Segatnat In North Johore. It was
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    THE PRINCESS LIGHTS UP
    56 1 LONDON. Wed.— Any lingering doubts that Princess Margaret smokes were removed today. She does. The Princess attended a Hallowe'en ball at the Dorchester Hotel last night. After the dinner she accepted a cigarette from her escort, the Marquis of Blandford, thus confirming what British columnists have
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    T.U.C. OF ASIAN COUNTRIES
    76 1 PARIS. Wed.— A trade union conference of Asian and Australasian countries, sponsored by the Communist-led World Federation of Trade Unions opening in Peking on Nov. 16 will be preceded on Nov. 11 by a meeting of tne WFTU Executive Bureau, it was learned at the Federation's
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    COOK TOURISTS
    35 1 OTTAWA. Wed.— The Com•nonwealth' Secretary. Mr. Philip Noel Baker, said at a press conference yesterday fhat he wanted to exchange 10.000 British cooks for 10.000 French cooks to boost Britain's tourist trade.— Reuter.
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    BUKIT SERENE CONFERENCE
    99 1 THE TOP-SECRET conference of British diplomats and administrators seen in session at Bukit Serene yesterday. This Straits Times picture shows from the left (round the table): Mr. L. B. Foulds Mr. G. Thomson, Air Marshal Sir Hugh Lloyd. Sir Franklin Gimson, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, Mr. David
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    REDS RACING WESTWARDS
    83 1 HONG KONO, Wed.—General Lin Pla's Communist forces were reported today racing westward from Canton for Wucho, border city between Kwangsl and Kwangtung provinces, which the Nationalists already had evacuated. Kwangsi now faces a threeway threat from the north, east and south where Vietmlnh guerillas from IndoChina were
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    Musicians Due At Week-end
    160 1 Musicians Due At Week-end MR. Yvon Baarspul, the well-known conductor of the Batavia Radio -Philharmonic Orchestra, which is being featured In the Singapore Festival of Music, will arrive in Singapore tomorrow evening by air from Batavia. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Baarspul. An advance party of six or seven
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    President Robeson
    17 1 BOMBAY, Wed. Paul Robeson will preside over the All-India peace conference in Calcutta this month.
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    ATLANTIC PACT LINK FOR SPAIN
    173 1 MADRID, Wed. OPAIN and Portugal have agreed that any aggression against one will De considered an aggression against th other— a step that, closely links Spain with the Atomic Pact, even though she Is still not a memDer oi that, alliance. It was learned authorifntivpiy
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    $10 Millions Damage In Philippines Typhoon
    150 1 MANILA, Wednesday. A RAGING tropical storm roared through a cluster of islands in central Philippines yesterday killing at least two persons and causing upwards of I 5510,000,000 in property damage. A dispatch from Cebu City, Cebu island, reported that over 50 houses had been
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    SIX BURNED
    35 1 CINCINNATI Wed. Six persons were killed this morning in a tenement house nre. Five were burned to death. The sixth was a woman who leaped from the top floor and died later.— U.P.
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    NEW MINISTER
    22 1 HELSINKI, Wed. K. R. Nehru, newly appointed Indian Minister to Helsinki, today presented his credentials to President Juno Paaslkivl.— UP.
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    RED LOSSES
    19 1 SEOUL, Wed.— North Korean guerillas lost 385 killed and 651 wounded in the last two months.— Reuter.
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    60 1 Mit. K. PAIOMt, former head of the Siamese news section of the British Far Eastern Broadcasting Service in Singapore, who is returning to Bangkok by air today after an absence of IS years. His two assistants. Mrs. P. Pramroj and Miss Navawonfs are also returning home. The station no longer
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    G$40 Millions Rubber Loss Through £ Cut
    256 1 G$40 Millions Rubber Loss Through Cut From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Wednesday. CAPT L. D Gam mans and Sir John Hay both drew attention in London yesterday to the fact that since devaluation Malayan rubber has been earning fewer fold dollars, though its sterling value is higher. Sir John Hay
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    DIPLOMAT DIES
    19 1 LONDON, Wed -Sir Ralbert MacDougall, 57, former Counsellor to the Governor of Burma, died suddenly today. —UP.
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    Radio Phone In War On Terrorism
    83 1 BATAVIA, Wed. INSTATES In Java and SuHi matra are to fight terrorism with the aid of radio telephones, reports Aneta. A number of estates In Java and Sumatra will shortly be equipped with receiving and transmitting wireless sets, so that planters can Immediately warn
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    Worst Plane Crash Ever
    196 1 Worst Plane Crash Ever WASHINGTON, Wed. FIFTY -FIVE people died in the worst aeroplane accident in history today when a twin-engined fighter flown by a young Bolivian air ace crashed into a U.S. Sfcymaster airliner over Washington's National Airport. All aboard the four-en-gined airliner was killed when it broke apart
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    SINGAPORE TO WEST INDIES
    39 1 LONDON. Wed.— The ilrst battalion of the Royal Inniskllllng Fusiliers marched aboard the troopship Empress of Australia at Liverpool today, bound for the West Indies. The battalion returned from Singapore only six weeks ago.— Reuter.
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    JAPS FOR U.S.
    20 1 TOKYO, Wed.— A hundred Japanese are to be offered oneyear study courses at United States colleges.— Reuter.
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    'Back To The Ship, 'Filipinos Told 50 Tourists From Australia
    214 2 'Back To The Ship, 'Filipinos Told 50 Tourists From Australia SYDNEY, Wednesday. AUSTRALIANS who returned to Sydney yesterday on the liner Taiping from a 42-day cruise of the Far East said that Filipinos in Manila demonstrated against them and a policeman shouted at them "Back to the ship." The returning
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    RETURN TO U.K.
    29 2 1.1. EARL of H&rewood id the Counters, formerly lisj Marion Stein, at iving at Northolt Airport on their return from their Continental honeymoon. Re r picture.
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    "TRY SOME FINESSE" —NEHRU
    138 2 BAN FRANCISCO. Wed. pANDIT NEHRU, Prime Minister India, yesterday Invited the 'cold war" nation* to stop squabbling. He suggested that they try a little finesse instead. "In war or peace, the intelligent approach Is the indirect approach." he told a luncheon audience. "The wise general adopts
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    RAYON FACTORIES FOR AUSTRALIA
    56 2 MELBOURNE, Wed. roURTAULDS Limited, of Britain, are to establish rayon factories in Australia and negotiations are well advanced. It is planned to produce viscose rayon yarn for tyres and acetate rayon yarn for textile purposes, an announcement said. The first factory will be at Tomago, near
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    MYSTERY DEATH OF ENVOY
    52 2 ATHENS, Wed Greek police now say that the Argentine Charge d'Affaires in Athens, died from an overdose of sleeping tablets. Correcting an earlier statement that he died as a resuli of slashing of the wrists, they explained that his nose ha') bl ed on to his
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    CAPT. FARRAN NOT TO BE M.P.
    57 2 CAPT. FARRAN NOT TO BE M.P. LONDON, Wed— Capt. Roy Farran, who flew from Southern Rhodesia to be considered as a prospective Conservative parliamentary candidate, has withdrawn in favour of his only rival, "a more experienced politician." He was marked for death by the terrorist Stern Gang vhen a member
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    B.E.A'B 6s 8d Profit Per Passenger
    89 2 LONDON, Wed. gRITISH European Airways made a profit of 6s. 8d lor every passenger carried In July. Aueust and September, the B.E.A. chairman. Lord Douglas. announced yesterday. Total profit for the period, estimated on an average of 3,202 passengers carried ner day. was £1,067
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      Farmers Disturbed When Women Leave
      268 2 LONDON, Wednesday. DEMOBILISING the remaining 15,000 members of the Women's Land Army will have a "disturbing effect" on farmers, says the National Farmers' i Inion of Britain. Th* vlrla mro r*v>nitt^H 10 yeaS aSTto fill thTSw left years ago to nil tne gaps leu on
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    'MORALS CAPTAIN'
    41 2 SYDNEY, Wed. -A shipload of migrants appointed a "captain of morals" and a "captain of cleanliness" for the voyage from Naples. The vessel's master said the mlgran” were the best he had met or four voyages to Australia Reuter-A.A.P.
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    GENERAL TO VISIT S'PORE
    84 2 GENERAL TO VISIT S'PORE LONDON. Wed. QEN. Sir Henry Mansergh will tour South-East Asia and Middle Bast militarybases this month. The War Office announced last night that Gen. Mansergh will leave by plane on Friday for Singapore and HqpK Kong, to confer with General Headquarters of Far East Land Forces,
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    BID FOR RECORD
    47 2 LOS ANGELES, Wed:Milllonaire pen-king Mr. Milton Reynolds, who made a world's record round-the-world flight in 1947, left Lai Angeles yesterday in search of a new round-the-wcrld record— this time on scheduled airliners. He hopes to be back in Los Angeles on Saturday night— Reuter.
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    COMPLETE AGREEMENT ON INDONESIA FREE STATUS
    279 3 THE HAGUE, Wednesday. tpHE shape of thing? to come the new United States of Indonesia was outlined in documents presented to the last full session of the Indonesian round-table conference today. They consisted of the charter of transfer of sovereignty, the Netherlands-Indonesian Union statute
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    Tshekedi Fears Mob Violence
    179 3 Tshekedi Fears Mob Violence JOHANNESBURG. Wed. CEROWE, capital of Bechua- naland. is now under mob rule and all because of the marriage of a former London typist, Ruth Williams, to Seretse Khama, chief <f the Bamangwato tribe, a British Judicial Commission was told yesterday Tshekedi Khama, the tribe's former Regent,
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    Thakin Nu To Tour Border
    75 3 RANGOON. Wed. The Pnii ic Minister of Burma, Thakin Nu, is expected to defences along the ban! r with China during a ton-day tour of Northern Burma, starting tomorrow. Tie Premier will be accompanied by the Kachin Minister of State. It is bebf'leved that he
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    'NOTHING TO SAY, SAYS SULTAN
    40 3 From Our Owa Correspondent LONDON, Wed.-The Sultan of Johore had no comment to make regarding the decision of the Pull Court of Appeal in Singapore yesterday which held that he was not a sovereign ruler.
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    Special Clasp For Amethyst Men
    231 3 LONDON, Wednesday. 4 FTEK the triumphant return of the Amethyst to Plymouth yesterday, the sloop's commander, Lt.-Cdr. J. S. Kerans, announced that the King had approved the award to the men of a special campaign clasp to the General Service Medal. Also entitled to thi*
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    MUTINIES "ONLY TECHNICAL"
    40 3 OTTAWA. Wed.— A civilian commission here set up to investigate incidents on board three Canadian warships found that the incidents concerned were "technically mutinies." There was no evidence of any subversive activity in the Canadian Navy.— Reuter.
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    Call For Asia Peace, Plenty
    168 3 NEW YORK, Wed. ASIA will not attain stable peace until Its people have freedom and higher living standards, and an enforceable world law has been established," General Carlos Romulo, President of the United Nations General Assembly, said in New York yesterday. Speaking at the National
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    TEMPESTS IN SAIGON
    33 3 The Tempest formation, which left Changi yesterday morning on a training flight to Hong Kong, arrived at Saigon at 3.18 p.m. local time after a stop at Butterworth for refuelling.
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    Indo-China Visit Likely For C.G.
    141 3 LONDON, Wed. THE British CommissionerGeneral for South-East Asia, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald will, it is believed, visit the French High Commissioner in Indo-China, M. Leon Pignon soon after the Singapore talks. Observers here point out that the Indian memorandum on Indo-China has peen received at
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    Three Killed In Africa Riots
    250 3 Three Killed In Africa Riots CAPETOWN, Wed. DOLJCE in battle form- ation armed with revolvers, rifles, and a sten-gun moved into the Munseivilie native location 20 miles north-west of Johannesburg last night, firing volley after volley when striking Africans kept up riots which broke out this morning. The police fire
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    NEW UNO BUILDING
    39 3 NEW UNO BUILDING MS. TRYGVE LIE (left). Secretary-General of the United Nations, levels cement with a bricklayer's trowel as the cornerstone for the United Nations permanent headquarters is lowered into place daring ceremonies hi New York recently— A.P. picture.
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    "U.N. APATHY ON BALKANS"
    80 3 LAKE SUCCESS, Wed.— Dr. Julius Katz-Suchy. the Polish delegate, said today there was real evidence" that most members of the United Nations Political Committee had "made a serious effort to dissolve the real basis for unrest in the Balkans." Speaking during the committee's resumed debate on
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    Nehru Says 'Not Yet' On Red China
    113 3 Nehru Says 'Not Yet' On Red China SAN FRANCISCO- Wed. DANDIT Nehru, Prime I Minister of India, has dismissed as "entirely unreal" any suggestion of his being appointed as a mediator between East and West. He replied "No" to a question whether he would ft lookwith favour" upon an Invitation
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    SEVEN BANDITS DIE IN SPAIN
    66 3 MADRID. Wed. Spanish civil guards killed seven guerillas yesterday during a fourhour gun battle in a farmhouse near the village of Monfero. The bandits, who wore uniforms with the insignia of "Gallegan," were surprised by three Civil Guardsmen in an act of robbing a farmer.
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    RUBBER VALUES
    402 3 (Continued from page 1) This Increase of £22.000 In sterling proceeds might at first sight create a false Impression ofi progress towards solvency. Actually, the change had resulted In a net loss for the nation on one thousand tons of $67,200. "Rubber Is the greatest producer of dollars,
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    DIRECT S'PORE TRADE WITH REDS LIKELY SOON
    184 4 DIRECT S'PORE TRADE WITH REDS LIKELY SOON SINGAPORE merchants, who have heard from Hong Kong that goods are piled high in many Communist ports, including Shanghai, say that direct trading between Singapore and the China ports will be possible within the next month or two. The Nationalist blockade is proving
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    BURIED IN ROYAL GRAVEYARD
    53 4 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA KANGSAR, Wed.— Toh Puan Wok the 70-year-old mother of the late Imam Paduka Tuan Hajl Raja All. the Territorial Chief of Lower Perak, and mother-in-law of Raja Shahruddln, who died on Thursday, was burled in the Royal Graveyard at Bukit Chan
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    CASE WITHDRAWN
    46 4 From Oui Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.— When the case against Maznah blnte Abdullah, an Eurasian convert to the Muslim religion, came up for hearing in the Sessions Court on a charge of theft, the prosecution offered no evidence and the court acquitted her.
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    He Dozed Off In The Dock
    89 4 From Our Own Correspondent MUAR. Wed. EIGHTEEN YEAR OLD Tay Ah Hoo, charged with gambling in a public place and failing to report the loss of his identity card, was found to have fallen asleep while waiting in the dock for trial in the
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    REGENT PRESENTS HONOURS
    252 4 From Our Own Correspondent BATTJ PAHAT. Wed. THE Regent of Johore yesterday presented medals, awarded on the Sultan's Birthday list, at Muar and Batu Pahat. He also presented warrants of appointment as Justice of the Peace to Tuan Haji Wan Mohamed bin Uda and Tuan Sheik Ahmad
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    $12,000 HAUL OF OPIUM
    85 4 From Our Own Correspondent BATU PAHAT, Wed. Cheong Kee Teck was charged at Batu Pahat with possession of 40 pounds of dutiable opium— believed to be the largest opium haul ever made by Johore Customs Officers. Cheong was arrested while driving to Negii Sembilan when Revenue
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    Bandits Flee After Battle For Arms
    123 4 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Wednesday. POLICE believe that yesterday's bandit attack on Wellesley Estate the second in four days was staged in an attempt to seize arms. The bandits failed and were beaten off after a ten-minute exchange of fire. Although outnumbered, socials
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    FESTIVAL ENDS
    46 4 From Our Own Correspondent TELUK ANSON, Wed.— The K.iu Ong Yiah Festival at the Hokkien Temple in Denison Road, Teluk Anson, ended last week-end, when hundreds of devotees carrying lighted joss-sticks prayed at the Town Jetty to give the "Nine Emperor Gods" a send-off.
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    Farewell Dinner
    49 4 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Wed— Mr. J. J. Wilcox, Penang manager of the Dunlop Rubber Co. (Malaya) Ltd, who is shortly going on home leave, was entertained to a farewell dinner last night by the Penang and Province Welles! ?y Cycle and Motor Cycle Dealers' Association.
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    SITIAWAN SINGER
    45 4 M»SS LUCY TAN of the Anglo-Chinese School, Sitiawan. who sang a Malay song at the school's variety concert in aid of the Science and New Building Fund. Mrs. Grieve, wife of the District Officer, presented Miss Tan with a cup after the concert.
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    No Message Rate Phone Charges Yet
    114 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Fwas not possible to introduce the message rate system of telephone charges at present because of lack of technical facilities, the Chief Secretary, Sir Alec Newboult, told today's Press conference. When these facilities were availaBle, an announcement,
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    LEARNING TO DRIVE
    52 4 DRIVING SCHOOL: Sixty-three police constables are at present attending a driving school at the Police Depot. Kuala Lumpur. The course lasts for six weeks during which time the men are taught elementary mechanics vehicle maintenance and practical driving. The picture shows a class in pr ogress.— P
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    Govt. Considers Pension Plea
    59 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday GOVERNMENT is now considering the appeal of the Fan-Malayan Pensioners' Association. Sir Alec Newboult, the Chief Secretary, said at a Press conference today. A delegation of eight Government pensioners, including two widows, met the High Commissioner, Sir Henry Gurney,
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    Talks On Unionism For S'pore Workers
    134 4 THE Singapore Trade Union Department proposes to run a series of lectures on trade unionism and allied subjects for members of the Colony's unions. Requests for such classes had been received by the Department. The tentative plan is to have a series of lectures
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    No Rediffusion Pact With Radio Malaya
    136 4 No Rediffusion Pact With Radio Malaya From Our Staff Correspondent K. LUMPUR. Wed. NO separate agreement had been made between Radio Malaya and Rediffusion Ltd., said the Chief Secretary, Sir Alec Newboult. when asked if the Government would publish the terms of "the contract between Radio Malaya and Rediffusion Ltd.
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    VILLAGERS BUILT 10-MILE ROAD
    82 4 KAMPONG people of Bukit Abal and Labok in the Pasir Puteh and Kota Bahru districts of Kelantan have built a road 10 miles Ion;. It took them a month to finish a mile. They also built nine bridges along the 10-1 ile stretch. The bridges cost
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    $35,000 BAIL
    45 4 From Oar Staff Correspondent PENANO, Wed.— Alleged to have conspired to cheat the Bank of China of $72,000, Yeap Bean Hong, Lee Eng Hock, and Saw Boon Keng were granted $35,000 oall each by the Second Court Magis trate. Mr. C. E. Robless
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    TWO WOMEN ACCUSED
    78 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Two women, Yong Tin and Lian Moi, were remanded in custody until Nov 15 following their appearance in the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court today on a cnarge of falling to report the presence of armed persons who had shot Lee
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    $4,721 For Varsity
    22 4 From Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Wed —A sum 0/ $4,721 was raised In Alor GaJah district during University Week.
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    BROADCASTING DEPT. AIDS STAFF
    223 5 Tuition— And Tea—For Tambies And Jagas English Classes Twice A Week glXTEEN Malays, a Tamil, and a Sikh, employed at the Department of Broadcasting, Singapore, as tambies, peons and jagas, are being taught English for their own benefit and so they can be of more use
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    390 Apply For Federal Citizenship
    104 5 390 Apply For Federal Citizenship From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A Vietnamese clerk employed by a local company Is among the 390 people In the Kuala Lumpur District who have so far applied for Federal citizenship. Of the 390 applicants, 340 are Chinese, three Japanese, three Eurasians, 41
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    BOARD MEETING
    18 5 The Singapore Rural Board will meet at 10 a.m. on Nov. 17 at the Land Office.
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    TIMBER EXPORTS DOUBLED
    182 5 TIMBER EXPORTS DOUBLED TIMBER exports through Singapore more than doubled between July and October, according to the Forestry Officer. Mr. C. Cairns. Exports averaged 700 tons a month during the third quarter of the year compared with 300 during the second quarter. With 14 large sawmills now operating in Singapore
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    'Shots Were Justified'
    86 5 From Oar SUB Corrtspondeut PENANG, Wed. THE Baling coroner, Tuan 1 Syed Mahadzir Fadaak, held today that a police party was Justified In shooting dead two woodcutters who failed to respond to a police challenge. The dead men. Tan Boey Fook and Lean Kuan Huan, were among
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    BOOST FOR FUND
    38 5 Gate receipts to the Singapore Progress Exhibition at the Happy World from Oct. 24 to 27 and Jumble sales of goods donated by the exhibitors have added $3,806.60 to the University of Malaya Endowment Fund.
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    Singapore Diary
    163 5 PUBLIC DEBATE, between St. Andrew's School and St. Margaret's School, at St. Margaret's School. Sophia Road. 3 p.m. FIRST AID CLASS, for men and women, St. John Association Headquarters, Stamford Road, 5 pjn. MALAY FIRST AID CLASS. Kota Raja Malay School, Victoria Street, 5.30 p.m. Y.W.C.A.. 5 Raffles
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    2 RESCUED AFTER HOUR IN SEA
    190 5 A FTEB clinging t > their storm-battered overturned A sampan for more than an hour, two Singapore Chinese were rescued from off the west coast of the Colony yesterday by the Straits Steamship tanker, Selau. The men were Lee Chock Khay. aged 27, a
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    FAILED TO PAY WAGES -GAOLED
    164 5 Tnm Out Staff Correspondent IPOH. Wed. MAK CHIN YCON, aged 24. financial clerk attached to the Special Branch Police Headquarters at Ipoh, was today sentenced to three months' simple Imprisonment at the Sessions .Court. He pleaded guilty to criminal breach of trust in respect of
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    MAJOR WEDS
    40 5 MAJOR WEDS MISS ELIZABETH ROBINS, daughter of Brigadier and Mrs. C. G. Robins, and Major Charles Boulter, who were married at Tanglin Garrison Church yesterday, afternoon. Officers of Royal Regiment of Artillery formed the Guard -of -Htnour. Straits Times picture.
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    Price Cuts In Sugar Differ
    236 5 CHEAPER IN SPORE SUGAR will cost four cents less* a kati in Singapore from Nov. 10. it was officially announced yesterday. The retail price will be 24 cents Instead of 28, cents. The wholesale price will also be cut correspondingly. Prices in the Federation will
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    JOHORE CEYLON ASSN. MOVE
    62 5 From Oar Staff Correspondent JOHORE. BAHRU. Wed. A meeting of delegates from Ceylonese associations in Johore will be held at the Ceylon Association premises In Kluang at 11 ajn. on Friday to discuss the formation of a Johore Ceylonese Association. The delegates from Johore Bahru will
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    Govt. Men Can Now Get Loans To Buy Cars
    141 5 GOVERNMENT has now reverted to the pre-war KM policy whereby officers can purchase their own vehicles with the help of a Government loan where .necessary, the Chief Secretary, Sir Alec Newboult. said today. Sir Alec added that Government motor cars were
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    NOT GUILTY PLEA
    55 5 Thirty-nine-year-old Chua Ah Mok pleaded not guilty In the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday to a charge of theft of $20, a fountain pen and an identity card from an Indian at the Jalan Besar Stadium on Nov. 1. Bail was fixed at $250 and the case
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    UNLICENSED HAWKING
    73 5 JOHORE. BAHRU. Wed. A 68-year-old Chinese woman and a 14-year-old CHlnese girl were among six people charged today with selling foodstuffs and cigarettes without licence. The girl and an Indian youth were cautioned and discharged. The woman and a male adult were each fined $10. The other two.
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    ACID POISONING
    36 5 A Singapore businessman, Mr. Khoo Keng Yuen, aged 34, died of acid poisoning shortly after noon yesterday in the General Hospital, 13 hours after he was admitted from his house In Keong Siak Road.
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    BICE THEFT
    60 5 When Valayutham Oovlndasamy was charged In the Fourth Police Court yesterday with the theft of 225 katis of rice valued at $63. from Godown 4 In the Harbour Board, he told the magistrate. Mr. D. A. Fyfe. that he had "found It scattered all over the Dlace, and
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    APPOINTMENT
    11 5 Mr. T. W. Burdon has been appointed Fishery Officer. Singapore.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. Nov. 3, 1949 The Colony's Defences
    892 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. Nov. 3, 1949 The Colony's Defences When the heads of the two Malayan Governments and the governors of the two Crown Colonies in Borneo are sitting with British diplomats from all over eastern Asia and the three commanders-in-chief from Singapore, together with representatives of the
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    A SINGAPORE SANCTUARY
    230 6 I THINK all reasonable send unselfish members of the public wholeheartedly agree with the closing of the main gates to the Singapore Botanic Gardens, referred to in Mr. R. K. Hardwick's letter, published under the heading "The Gardens Gate" today. As a regular visitor to the Gardens,
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    Two Months More In China?
    895 6  -  WILLIAM PARROTT By Renter's Correspondent (By Air Mail). HONG KONG. gERIOUS fighting on the mainland in China's long-drawn-out civil war will be over in two or three months time, according to military observers in Hong Kong. They make this forecast with the proviso that little
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    SOUTH KOREA'S HOPES
    359 6 SOUTH KOREA 'S HOPES SEOUL (Korea), Nov. 1. South Koreans are becoming better fed, better clothed, and a little tough. Ask one of them if he thinks his young Republic can hold back Communism and he is likely to reply: "Hold it back? We'll push it back Most Koreans have
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      Should the Harbour Board
      408 6 refuse a grant? TF I understand the matter aright, neither your 1 editorial ("A Grant To The S.H.B.") nor your footnote to Mr. H. K. Rodgers' second letter, published on November 1, appears to grasp the full implications involved in the point at issue. The essential
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      More Quastions On Petrol
      79 6 IS one to assume that the oil companies in Malaya were forbidden to fix their forward exchange by the Exchange Control? Are- we really about to pay for petrol bought at the new rate? Have all the stocks in this great naval and military base been
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      FROM AUSTRALIA
      49 6 COULD you kindly publish this so that I could contact someone who could send me the Malayan stamps to commemorate the Universal Postal Union? In exchange I will forward any Australian ei foreign stamps. R. A. PEARCE. r 'n Elder Smith and Co., Ltd. ferth, Western Austria.
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      G.P.O. PICTURE
      96 6 CK)R a long time I have been puzzled as to how food and other parcels sent to England arrive there in a damaged condition. r am no longer puzzled, as your excellent photograph ol the handling of parcels at the General Post Office. Singapore, supplies the answer they
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      WATER AND LIGHT: WHEN?
      83 6 WATER AND LIGHT: WHEN? AT the meeting of the Singapore Municipal Comissioners on Monday, Mr. C. P. J. Ess (West Ward) asked the President if the Singapore Improvement Trust had taken steps to provide water and lighting services at Kim Keat Road quarters. Mr. Blythe replied that the Trust had
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      A TEEN-AGE VIEW
      120 6 AS a student who reads the Straits Times every day, I really feel fed-up at seeing the matrimonial photos appearing nearly every day. It brings no interest to me, neither does it bring interest to the majority of us. In fact, it only arouses an evil sensation
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    AIRPORT OPIUM FIND
    314 7 Man 2e//s 0/ Bazaar Offer In Calcutta piFTEEN pounds of cptom and two steel trunks were the exhibits in a case in which a Singapore textile merchant, 41-year-old Bulchand Duhilanomal Vaswani, of Colombo Court, was charged before the Second District Judge, Mr. Tan Ah Tah, with being
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    COVETED TROPHY IN S'PORE
    123 7 COVETED TROPHY IN S'PORE A THUMBSTICK which was once used by the late W>rld Chief Srnut. Lord Baden Powell, is now the prize possession of the Pigeon Patrol of the TwentyThird Singapore Salvation 'V-my Boys Home Troop. Tie trophy has been presented to the Patrol by Colonel P. Godfrey Faussett,
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    X'mas Gifts At Bazaar
    118 7 THE Singapore Presbyterian Church Is holding a bazaar on Saturday to raise funds for renovations and rebuilding. There will be several stalls at which Christmas gifts for adults and children will be sold. Refreshments will also be on sale. A special corner will be provided for
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    HE ROBBED A WOMAN
    84 7 Arrested 10 days after he had robbed a woman of $3 in cash and a basket of eggs. 32-year-old Llm Tiam Chye was sentenced to a year's rigorous Imprisonment to be followea by two years' police supervision In the Singapore First District Court yesterday. It was
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    P.A.A. Gives A Party
    73 7 ABOUT 200 people last night attended a cocktail party at Raffles Hotel given by Pan American Airways to mark their re-entry into Singapore after eight years of absence. The first regular service of P.A.A., linking Singapore with America, takes off today. Mr Gordon Jones, of the
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    'HARMLESS'
    41 7 Jegar Singh, who was fined $1 in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday for being drunk and incapable was "really quite harmless." according to the prosecution. He was found lying in a drain by the 9th milestone Bukit Timah Road.
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    2 WIDOWS WEEP AFTER HOLD-UP
    153 7 'TWO Singapore Chinese widows wept bitterly after 1 their life-savings of $850 in jewellery were stolen by four masked Chinese from their attap home in lonely kampong off Geylang Serai early yesterday morning. The robbers, two of whom were armed with pistols, entered the widows'
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    WAGON FALLS INTO CANAL
    57 7 WHILE taking a curve, a station wagon early yesterday morning went off Kamponsr Java Road, and fell into the canal. The Indian driver, who was alone, was admitted to hospital with minor injuries. A crane was later used to haul up the vehicle. The wagon is
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    First FPA Clinic Opens Tomorrow
    167 7 THE first of three clinics of the Family Planning 1 Association of Singapore will be opened tomorrow afternoon at the Victory Dispensary, 316 South j Bridge Road. Advice will be given to married women who will not be I required to bring their husbands. It
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    ALTERED HER AGE
    45 7 AN unmarried woman, Sg Foon Kee. who said that she altered her axe from 24 to 22 years in her identity card because friends told her that 24 "made her look old," was fined $10 in the Singapore First District Court yesterday.
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    NEW CADET OFFICERS
    62 7 Mr. T. O. Aeria has been granted an honorary commission as a Cadet Officer with the rank of Cadet Lieutenant in the St. Patrick's School Cadet Corps- Mr. M. A. Mallal has been given a similar commission in the Raffles Institution Cadet Corps. Honorary Cadet Lieutenant Kwan
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    POSED AS CUSTOMS OFFICER
    120 7 I^RESSED in a khaki shirt and shorts, a Chinese named Chung Wai Klang was sentenced to five months' rigorous Imprisonment in the Singapore First District Court yesterday for pretending to >n a Customs officer. The complainant, Slew Ah Leong, told the court that after visiting a
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    NEW ARMY QUARTERS IN TANGLIN
    158 7 NEW ARMY QUARTERS IN TANGLIN FAST talcing shape on the grounds of Tanglln barracks, where the General Headquarters of the Far East Land Forces are located, are nine officers' quarters and 30 other ranks' quarters. The officers' quarters will cost £30,000 and the other ranks' quarters. £56 000, a total
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    TO SING TO SERVICES
    69 7 The Dutch 'Caruso.' Justus Bonn, will sing for the armed services, the Police and the Fire Brigade at a special recital to be given at the Cathay Cinema on 6aturday at 9 in the morning. Mr. Bonn, who is wellknown throughout Europe, will be accompanied on
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    Lights Up -After 9
    87 7 MCNALR Road, a private street in Balestier, Singapore, will get its street lights —and when it does, -the lights mast not be turned on before 9 o'clock, nightly. This Is the stipulation of the Municipal Commissioners in approving the application of the Public Works Deoartment to
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    GEYLANG BAZAAR
    48 7 The five Methodist schools and churches of Geylang district are holding their first joint bazaar since 1939 on Saturday from 4 p.m. Advanced sale of coupons indicates that as many as 1,000 people will visit the basaar The bazaar is in aid of the building fund
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    Chinese Girl's Tribute To Australians
    94 7 IN a talk on "Getting to know the Australians," to 1 the Rotary Club of Singapore, Miss Lv Yee Teb expressed gratitude for the kindness shown to her during her stay in Australia. Miss Lu. a daughter of Mr. S. C. Lu, of Singapore, recently
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    GRAIN RACER'S CREW ON WAY HOME
    284 7 GRAIN RACER'S CREW ON WAY HOME AFTER 127-DAY VOYAGE AUSTRALIAN and New Zealand setmen passing through Singapore on the way home after sailing in the last Australia to Britain grain race told the Straits Times yesterday that their fourmasted barque Pamir was hit by three hurricanes ih the Caribbean. After
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    TRIED TO END HIS LIFE
    59 7 "I wanted to kill myself because I was unemployed," 44-year-old Low Swee Tong told the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday, when he was charged with attempted suicide. It was stated that Low jumped into the sea off Clifford Pier on Tuesday night. 'He was released
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    STREET FIGHT
    33 7 A Malay. Osman bin Ibrahim, and an Indian. Abdul Malik bin Mahbol All. were each fined «$5 In the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday for fighting In public in Nelson Road.
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    Poppy Day Service At Cenotaph
    433 7 SINGAPORE will observe Remembrance Day on Sunday. There will be a service at the Cenotaph in the morning. The Governor. Sir Franklin Gimson. Service chiefs, the Consular corps and Municipal officers will he present. Units of the Army. Navy and Air Force, the Malayan Naval
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      A 'forgotten' village on the East Coast
      510 8 A FEW minutes' walk, eastward from the bus-stand at Seberang, Kuala Dungun, Trengganu, takes one to a fishing village of 50 bamboo huts and about 100 people. This is Kampong Tolok Bedara. smelling of sea and flsh. Guarded from the fury of wind
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      OLD GLUGOR HOUSE
      601 8 IT is quite surprising to discover ruins in Penang Island, but they are there all the same, tucked away in the hills or hidden a few yards froin the roadside. Some of the houses have disappeared completely, like "Scotland," the home of James Scott, Captain Light's boon
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      PUNGAH'S WISHING WELL
      270 8 PUNGAH'S WISHING WELL NESTLING at the foot of one of the many high limestone cliffs that overshadow the Pungah Tin Dredging Company s property at Pungah in West Slam, is the "Wishing Well" where one may seek favours. It may be a childless couple wanting a child, perhaps a lovelorn
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    Life in a wayside railway station
    496 8 One of those small stations that you see from the mail train between Singapore and K.L., or between K.L. and ButterwOrth just a few houses at the back of the station buildings rubber or coconuts or padi fields in the background one or two
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      212 8 STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD am»p a ££s*^ port to wd CROSSWORD No. 228 ft. Mas» of fragments warn fl. ft b»«Hinded b«te« p2S_pfc ffWfly v Dft»f«r full r4 wrath tffV. !JK« b lta-cft »agtf^»~H II IX losiit on the pnda mean- 2t He makel vtit Blbl known it I ||io 1
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    Footwear for the masses
    233 9 Footwear for the masses CLICK clock, click clock that's the sound made by the vegetable seller's pair of clogs. CarvK out of strong light wood in symmetrical beauty, with arching rubberised canvas straps to keep the feet in position, wooded sandals are a popular feature of Asian footwear. The average
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    Singapore Can Learn A Lot From Canada
    860 9 STRAITS TIMES REPORTER ROY FERROA, NOW STUDYING IN CANADA ON A UNESCO FELLOWSHIP, WRITES— JF anybody in Singa- pore had told me a j year ago, "This time next year you'll be < seeing snow, moose, the Canadian Rockies and the Houses of
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    THE CLERK DID A WAR DANCE
    678 9 THERE was a buzz of excitement in the Estate School. There was to be a whole holiday and a programme of sports was being arranged. For days before the event, the football field was weeded, swept and tidied, and then enclosed by a flimsy
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      133 9 mmmm Two nationally known experts held the North-South hands In today's deal. South, dealer North-South vulnerable HORTH O I 10 S 9 A A t «4 A ft This was the actual bu; in an all-expert rubber game: South West North East 1 heart 1 spade 2 clubs PaM 2
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      198 9 this very costly outcome. Let's analyse. The opening heart bid was correct. North was just a shade aggressive in overcalllng West'* one spade with two clubs, instead of two hearts, but certainly this choice cannot be criticised. South's two-diamond rebid was logical. (West's double of two diamonds was designed to
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    BUYING OUT ABSENTEE LANDLORDS
    218 10 BUYING OUT ABSENTEE LANDLORDS Perlis Aid For Padi Planters From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. JO improve the standard of living of padi planters, the Perlis Government is to spend about $416,000 to bay back from non-Malay absentee landlords 1,388 relongs of Malay reserve land. The land will be
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    EARLY SALE OF POPPIES
    32 10 THE HIGH COMMISSIONER. Sir Henry Gurney, aai Lady Garney baying poppies from Mrs. T. Booth, at KJn?s House, Koala Lumpw. Popples will be on sale officially «m»orrow.--P.R. picture.
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    MALACCA BARTER PROFIT
    230 10 From Our Staff Corresponds nt KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. MALACCA'8 barter trade with Indonesia flourished throughout last year p"d ended with a balance In Malacca's favour, says the official 1948 report for the Settlement, released today. The report records, however, that external trade continued to be restricted owing
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    STOLE FROM R.A.F. MESS
    92 10 A SERVANT employed by the R.A.F. Chang! was sentenced to one month's rigorous Imprisonment In the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday for stealing a can of corned beef and a can of luncheon meat valued at 48 cents, from the A.MJ5 O.W. mess. He was 29-year-old
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    JOHORE SERVICE OF THANKS
    40 10 The annual thanks offering service In English will be held at the Methodist Church In Johore Bahru on Sunday at 5.30 p.m. The Rev. Dr. M. Dodsworth. superintendent of the Methodist Mission, will be the preacher.
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    JOHORE REGENT
    34 10 MUAR, Weo The Regenl of Johore and the Acting Mentrl Besar of Jonore, Dato Wan Idrls bin Ibrahim, were entertained to lunch in the Muar club yesterday. Later they visited Batu Pahat
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    Co-op Society Man Is Acquitted
    242 10 From Our Own Correspondent r nUD KOTA BAHRIT, Wednesday. T^f P r^ de ri Of the Court, Kota Bahru, Mr. J. G. Adams, acquitted and discharged V J Thomas, former clerk of the Government Servants' Co-operatve Society. Kelantan. who was charged with criminal breach of
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    S'pore Uses More Water & Power
    206 10 S'pore Uses More Water Power SINGAPORE has used In the first six months this year more water, electricity and «?as than over the corresponding period last year, according to a report by the- acting Municipal Treasurer, Mr. K. J. o Dell. i Supply of all three municipal services has netted
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    K.L. CONVENT FUN FAIR
    59 10 From Oar SUB Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Every pupil In the Kuala Lumpur Convent will assist in a giant fun fair to be held next Saturday In aid of the Convent's branch school at Cheras Road. The new branch school building, on which construction has already
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    SULTAN'S DOCTORS' FEES
    82 10 Fraat Omr Staff Correspaafent A SUPPLEMENTARY vote of $5,000 has been provided by the State Government to pay fees for medical advisers to the Sultan of J ohore. A bill for £342. being doctor's fees of the Sultan and Sultanah in London, has already been presented here
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      83 10 "W* <*V\^EUs^^ 4042 Another Hit to Commemorate U.A.'s 30th Anniversary STARTS TODAY! 5 TIMES 11.00 1.45 4.00 6.30 9.30 THE GLORY-STORY OF MEN WHO LIVE FOR THE LOVE OF FIGHTING •iiiiciiiM >^.' iBBni GEORGE RAPr. AKIM TAMIROFF- MARIE WINDSOR ->■*—'— i—.^— .-.MMt.^^.. in i mi SATURDAY M'NITE (today four shows
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      96 10 siNGAPoam 10.00 a.m. News frcm Kuala Lumpur; 10. OS Close 10.55 For the Schools 12.90 Programmes in Malay; 1.00 The Radio Orhestra; 1.J0 News (also at 7 and 30); S.JO Close; 6.30 Programme, Summary: 6.0? Chll!ren* Programme; 6.20 Callii.g All Hospitals; 7.10 This U ComTiunism; 20 Fi«no dueUbts: 30 Dance
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      90 10 grammes ia* Singapore; J 002.00 English Programme (As Spore): 3.00 Clone: 6.00 Programme Bumary: 6.02 toll Bag: 7.10 This la Communism; 7.30 Famous Jazz A Swing Combinations; 8.00 yoruns of the Air; (.30 Thursday Symphony; 9.45 Piano Play Houae: 10.00 H*rpy Annlver*ary; 11.00 Clow. B. V. M. B. 8. Includiiif
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      94 10 Music: iu.iw Radio Me** Keel; 10.16 Ugbt Music; 10.46 'Oensrally Speakmf'; 11.00 Duct Music: U IS 'Special Dispatch': 11.30 News: 11.45 •My Song* for You: 12. on oi*e AUSTRALIA 9.30 pjn Forces Favourites; 8.00 The dwlnu Show; 6.30 Ovtraeas A Auv.-gilan New* ,«h-c. ut 830. lo 11); 7.00 Celebrity Violinist:
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      London Stocks
      346 11 LONDON. W«d. JAPANESE bond* w«r« a firm feature of the London Stock Exchange yeaterday. Oalns of two to three point* followed the report from New York that the queitlon of a peace treaty with Japan U to be re-opened as quickly aa possible. Other foreign bonds were quiet
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      Tin Companies And The Free Market
      177 11 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Wednesday. CIR John Hay, chairman of Renong Tin Ltd., in a statement to shareholders says that how companies will fare under free market conditions Is uncertain. Current tin production exceed* trade consumption and, unless the surplus is purchased for
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      NEW YORK STOCKS
      116 11 NEW YORK. Wed. /CONSOLIDATION forces \j took command of the situation yesterday as the New York stock majket waited to see whether the Bethlehem Steel settlement would set the pattern for speedy agreements with other steel companies. Government officials said the break in the steel strike may
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      SHARE MARKET DULL
      170 11 SHARE MARKET DULL ALL sections of the Share Market remained dull and quiet yesterday, and, where business was written, it was at low level. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were: Bayers Fra*er it Neave Ord. 3. SO Gammon 3.42Vi M Breweries 5.30 U. Colb. 2.00 Robinson ft
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      EXPORTS OF COCONUTS
      74 11 STATISTICS of foreign exports and Import* of coconuts, copra and coconut oil for the month of September show ICalaya's export on the good side by over $6,800,000. The total exports from Singapore and the Federation of Malaya in these three commodities amounted U: til 162,625. while foreign
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      S'PORE RUBBER MARKET
      205 11 THE tone of the rubber market was rather disappointing yesterday due to the fact that New York did not show any advance. *The position was quietly steady throughout the day, and the prices registered a slightly lower level. Closing prices yesterday were: No. 1 sheet f.o.b. buyers
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      DIVIDENDS
      50 11 DIVIDENDS announced last week were: Kramat Pulai 6d (20<K/-> Int. less tax; Malayan Tin 10% Int. lew tax; Southern Malayan S% Int. less tax; Telok Kruln 20% Int. less tax (payable Oct. 28., books close Oct. 26); Olenealy Plant. 5% lets tax (payable Nov. 10, books close Nov I).
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      TAKUAPA VALLEY
      36 11 Takuapa Valley Tin Dredging «N.L.) announce that, for October. Dredge Takuapa No 1 worked 6S3 hours and mined 128 plculs if tin ore. Dredge rakuapu No 3 work** 671 hours and mtned 101 picul»
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      Dow Jones Averages
      20 11 Do w Jones Averages Industrials Railroads Domestic Bonds Utilities UUl. Ol. 189.54 47.86 99.48 38.53 191.23 48.16 99.46 38. 75
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      SHIPPING AT S'PORE WHARVES
      104 11 CHIPS alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (godowns In brackets) were: Main Wharf: Antilochu* <31-34), Tegelberg (36-37), Bosnlk (40). Prwidsnt Polk (43-43). West Wharf: Carthai* Socotra (4-5), Rhetui (6-7), Morelia (8-9). Tyndareua (11), Sloterdeijk (15-16). Empire Dock: Denavon (17-18). Phranti* (19-20), Charles Mcllod (31-22). WairaU
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      387 11 EAST ASIATIC UNE SAILINGS FROM SCANDINAVIA/UK/ "'"^ANOINAVIA CONTINENT Loading at Singapore. Port Swettenham Penang. mi Koi.a <*■• abt Nov 10 m.s "Meenia" dae abt. No*. 19 for Bangkok. Manila HKong tor Colombo. Aden. Port Said. Kobe Yokohama Cenoa, LONDON (Passengers only* Antwerp Rotterdam. m.s -1 n d« abt Ne, 21
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    FLANNERY IN LINE FOR NEW RECORD
    386 12 FLANNERY IN LINE FOR NEW RECORD Needs 11 Wins In Three Meetings By EPSOM JEEP THE RACE for the jockey's championship this season appears to be over bar the shouting. Frank Flannery, last year's champion, has a commanding lead with 46 j winners, which is 6 j winners more than
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    Engineers First To Beat S.H.B.
    182 12 Engineers First To Beat S.H.B. •THE Singapore Harbour Board 1 experienced their first defeat of the season yesterday evening when Royal Engineers had them beaten by five points (a goal) to three (a penalty goal) at Alexandra Bar"'in a close tussle, S.Hi, went down fighting. They handicapped themselves by slower
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    President's Prize Golf
    184 12 'T'HE Royal Singapore Golf Clubs Presidents Prize, 1949, competition (four-ball-best-ball) was played at Bukit Tlmah on Sunday morning and resulted In a win for R.D. Gilles-pie A; P.J. Monaghan with a net score of 61. The following were the best .eturns: R. D. GiUespic P. J. Monaghan
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    INDIAN TOURISTS MEET COMBINED TEAM TODAY
    207 12 TEARING their fine display 1 against the Combined Services on Tuesday as their true form, the Indian Football tourists should not find the Combined SCC, SRC and Singapore Indian team difficult hurdle to clear at Jalan Besar Stadium today. But the Combined XI will
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    INTER-SCHOOL RUGBY
    105 12 The following will represent St. Andrew's School v. Johore English College at Woodr.vUle today Second XV at 4.00 p.m:— Lo Chon* Yew; Yap Lean Chong. Low Yeow San. Charles Tan, R. Neubronrer; Roaald Tan. Yee Teck Hsuur capt) .John Kaan, Vllayaadvan, Foo See Uaiig. Wee Soon Hock, Ooh
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    VARSITY v. ALL BLUES TODAY
    102 12 The Singapore Asian rugger team to meet the University of Malaya at Bukit Tlmah today will be: Patrick Yee; Loke Juan, Eng Siang. Liang Seow. Choon Wah; Lawrence, Vljlaretnam; Slew Choong, Hassan, Yin Soc, Carroll, Tong Bee, Kew Pong, Soo Yam, Chin Joo. Reserves: Yutn
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    Brooks Impresses In Workout
    244 12 BOY BROOKS, triple champion of the Orient, i s in the highest class by boxing standards of the East. This was the opinion of a number of boxing critics who watched the coloured American work out at Joe Diamond's camp in Al-Junied Road yesterday afternoon. I
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    SCC Women Beat WRAF
    143 12 IN a fast and keenly contested hockey match in which both sides played well above their usual form, the Singapore Cricket Club women, scoring th» solitary goal of the match three minutes from the end, beat a strong Combined Women's Royal Air Force team at R.A.F.
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    152 Entries For Singapore Meet
    787 12 A TOTAL of 152 Class One and Three horses has been entered for the Singapore Turf Club Winter meeting on Saturday, Nov. 12, Wednesday, Nov. 16 and Saturday, Nov. 19. The entries comprise oe Class One horses and 86 Class Three horses. The full list
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    S.C.C'A'XV Win 12-Nil
    253 12 S.C.C'A'XV Win 12-Nil S.C.C. "A" 12; Chasers Nil. KICKING, some of it good but most of it weak and unnecessary, was the main feature of yesterday's game on the Padang whan the S.C.C. "A" Rugby team defeated the Chasers by 12 points (three tries and a penalty) to nil. Both
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    Victorians Win Again
    163 12 yiCTORIA School, after a series of hockey victories over local schools, met the Ceylon Sports Club "A" team on their own ground yesterday and won by two clear goals. The boys thorou«hlv deserved this victory as they played much better hockey, combining well especially In the first
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    INTER-STATE HOCKEY OFF
    39 12 Saturday's hockey match between Singapore and Malacca which was to have been played in Singapore has been cancelled The Malacca Hockey Association has informed Singapore that the State is holding their first hockey trial this Saturday.
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    NORTH ZONE FORCE DRAW
    42 12 PATIALA, Wed.— The Commonwealth cricket tourtsU were unable to dismiss North Zone twice In two days and North Zone forced a draw here. Scores were: Commonwealth 613 for seven decl.' North Zone 168 and 155 for four. Reuter.
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    Arsenal, Fulham To Meet For First Time
    229 12 Arsenal, Fulham To Meet For First Time LONDON, Wed. rPWO local derby games between London teams are outstanding features in this weekend's soccer fixtures. One will be a tussle between the now all-con-quering Arsenal and the newlypromoted Fulham. who meet for the first' time in a football league game, and
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    ROVERS AVENGE A CUP DEFEAT
    336 12 Rovers 3; S.R.C I. OINGAPORE Rovers, who were knocked out of the Singapore A.F.A. Cup by the Singapore Recreation Club last year, had their revenge yesterday when they eliminated the Recs by three goals to one at Jalan Besar Stadium. It was a modest margin
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    Boy Brooks On Guard
    25 12 BOY BROOKS coven up as Little Chye launches a two-fisted attack in yesterday's sparring %t Joe Diamond's' camp. Straits Times picture.
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    Sports Diary
    41 12 SOCCER: Indian TourUU v. Comb. Europeans, Eurasians, Indians, J. Besar stadium. HOCKEY: Police v. 8.0.D.C.A. Thomson Rd. RUGGER: Singapore Asians T. University, B. Timah Rd; St. Andrew's School Ist A 2nd XV* v. Joh ore English College at Woodrrille.
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    KRANJI HOCKEY
    20 12 The Royal Navy M/T section beat Kranji W/T five-two in a game of hockey played at Kranjl yesterday.
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    All Blues XV Start Tour On Sunday
    194 12 From Our SUB Correspondent PENANO. Wed. HEADED by the Siamese Consul. Nal Chal Suwannathat. an All Blues representative Rugby team comprising 25 players and 24 otttclals and supporters w.ll fly to Bangkok on Sunday to play three matches against craeK Siamese teams. The
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    WOLVES LOSE IN ANTWERP
    72 12 ANTWERP, Wed. Wojverhampton Wanderers, present first division league leaders, were beaten two goals to one dy an Antwerp XI here yesterday. Antwerp led two-nil at half-tune. Arsenal, meanwhile, gained their first postwar victory over the Racing Club de Paris by two goals to one In their
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    S.C.C. HOCKEY
    39 12 rpHE following will rt-pn •nt S.C.C. agalt'^t R.E.M F Be W Shops at hockey on the Padang at 5.15 p.m. tomorrow. Mi i;<><.e; Lloyds, Reeves; M^cßae. Yarrow, Lowe; Collings, Shepherd, Jamieson, Hagon, Searle. Umpire, Mr. E. Watson.
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