The Straits Times, 19 November 1949

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  • 18 1 ffiht Straite Wants MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 WELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1949. PRICE TEN CENTS
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  • 275 1 May Lead To Anti-Red World Front WASHINGTON, Friday. UNITED States diplomats from all parts of the Far East will meet in Bangkok late in January for a major policy conference, as a prelude to ending the "wait and see" attitude the United States has
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  • 198 1 PESIDENT Truman yesterday denounced as outrageous the imprisonment of the American ConsulGeneral, Mr. Angus Ward, by the Chinese Communists at Mukden. The President made his angry comment after he had spent 70 minutes reviewing with the U.S. Secretary ot State, Mr Dean Acheson, the State Department's
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  • 88 1 HAVE you sent copies of Straits Times Pictures 1949 to your friends abroad? If orders are placed before the end of this month they can be despatched by the Willem Ruys and the books should arrive in Europe at Christmas-time. The publication is selling out fast,
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  • 171 1 LONDON, Friday. THE Commonwealth' Relations Under-Secretary, Mr. Patrick Gordon Walker, said tonight that if the Conservative opposition came to power it would have to drop its declared Commonwealth policy or 'do immense harm to the living structure of the Commonwealth." H»- urged it to drop
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  • 19 1 ROME, Fri. Terrorists have blown up the regional headquarters of the Catholic Christian Democratic Party here.— U.P.
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  • 108 1 S. African "Threat To Empire" LONDON. Fri. THE Socialist Weekly Tribune today asked the British Government to make a statement on developments In South Africa. The paper quoted reports of minor clashes in the Union and commented: "What is. in fact, happening after two years of Nationalist rule in South
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  • 116 1 LONDON, Fri/ THE Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Arthur Creech Jones said yesterday that no war damage compensation payments could be made In Malaya until after a Bill now being drafted in the Federation's Legislative Council had been passed. In a written reply
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  • 313 1 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Friday. A BRITISH Air Ministry official stationed in Singapore has been recalled to the United Kingdom because of his alleged Communist sympathies, the Air Ministry announced in London yesterday. The name of the man, who was on the British Civil Service
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  • 36 1 NEW DELHI, Fri. King George* official birthday will not be observed as a holiday in India next year, according to the list of holidays published by the Government of India's Home Ministry today. -Reuter.
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  • 44 1 LONDON, Fri. A BRITISH general election in the last week of February or the first week of March is thought likely. Government supporters believe that by then Labour will have "a good story to tell" on the result of devaluation. Reuter.
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  • 243 1 TIN PRICES DOWN IN LONDON STORE 'THE Malayan tin price yesterday fell from $325g to 1 $294, following the downward trend on the London Metal Exchange oil Thursday, when, "spot" closed at. £692* and "forward" at £618£. The settlement price was £695 and the turnover was 100 tons. ac price
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  • 72 1 NEW DELHI, Fri. THE Indian National Congress, in its first attempt to fix an exact death toll, said today that at least 780 persons were killed in the disastrous cyclone which ripped through Madras Province on Oct. 27. It was estimated that 263,000 houses had been
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  • 205 1 HAMILTON, (Bermuda), Friday. ONE of the planes engaged in searching for the missing B-29 Superfortress in the Atlantic off Bermuda today, itself crashed with one of its Jour engines blazing. Five airmen were killed and four eurvivprl It had turned back to its base at
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  • 25 1 MANILA, Frl.— Three special policemen were beheaded by a band of 60 outlaws who raided Bamban near the Clark Air Force base, today.—UP.
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  • 30 1 The Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson. will leave for Penang by air on Sunday morning. He will embark in the Glenearn for the United Kingdom on Monday.
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  • 30 1 BANGALORE, Fri.— Mysore State, the elephant-catchers' paradise, is to se*nd an elephant to Japan following the one sent as a gift from Pandit Nehru to Japanese children.— Reuter.
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    41 1 MAJOR GERMAN POL, of the Bolivian air force, testifying at a U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board inquiry at Washington into the mid-air collision between an Eastern Airlines plane and a P-38 fighter in which 55 persons were killed. A.P picture.
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  • 263 1 From Allington Kennard LONDON, Friday. MALAYAN recovery is regarded by the Secre tary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Arthur Creech Jones, as "one of the miracles of the post-war period." He believes that the whole manner in which Malayans have rehabilitated their public
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  • 52 1 TOKYO. Frl.— The midPaclflc island of Guam shook under wind gusts with a velocity of more than 115 miles per hour last night as a typhoon struck It in full force. Extensive damage to communication facilities was reported but precautions taken on land prevented any serious
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    • 679 2 NOTICES POLICE RATIONS TENDERS will be received by the Colonial Secretary, Singapore, before 12 noon on the 28th November. 1849 for the supply of uncooked rations for the Singapore Police Force for a period of 3 months commencing from Ist January. 1950. 3. Further details of commodities to be supplied,
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    • 292 2 KOTICE* SINHALESE ASSOCIATION OF SINGAPORE A General Meeting of the Sinhalese AssodaUon will be held at Victoria School, Jalan Besar. at 10 a.m. (sharp) on the 20th Sunday, 1949, for the purpose of reorganising and electing of OfflceBearers. All Sinhalese are cordially Invited REX JOHORE ttAHRL Season Extended! Last Day:
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  • 343 3 Con ven ience, Not A Compliment LONDON, Friday. MR. Winston Churchill yesterday urged the British Government to seek early de facto recognition of the Chinese Communist regime. The former Prime Minister said: "The reason for having diplomatic relations is not to confer a compliment but to
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  • 68 3 HONG KONG, Fri. A LL dragons please turn ft. round here" is the notice with which a district officer in the Hong Kong New Territories has allayed the fears of the villagers. When new defence works brought them their first road, inhabitants of several villages
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  • 120 3 ONLY GOOD WISHES TO BAO DAI LONDON, Fri. DESPATCH of a verbal message of goodwill from the British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin, to Bao Dai, head of the state of Vietnam, does nothing either to advance or to retard Britain's attitude towards official recognition of the Bao Dai Government,
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  • 160 3 LONDON, Friday. A LARGE section of British organised labour has turned down a plea from union leaders for deferment of all wage claims to help the Government flfht inflation. The General Council of the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Union decided at York yesterday to press
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  • 42 3 TOKYO. Fri.— Two burglars forced their way into the home of the Prime Minister, Shigeru Yoshida, in Oiso, 35 miles southwest of Tokyo, early this morning and stole some cotton yarn, three umbrellas and a pair of women's slippers. Reuter.
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  • 140 3 ANKARA, Frl. THE Turkish Government today ordered the nrrest of two Opposition" deputies, following disclosure of an alleged plot to assassinate President Ineunu and overthrow the Turkish Government. An official communique said that Resat Aydlnli, an opposition National Party deputy had told the
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    • 272 3 NEW YORK, Friday. A LLEGED to have shaved his head, dressed as a Buddhist priest, and joined the Japanese after the fall of Correjpdor in 1942, a former U.S. Army staff sergeant is on trial at New York on 12 charges John David
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  • 57 3 KARACHI, Fri. THE Pakistan Government has banned the release of news from Government departments except through its official information department. News will in future.be in the form of official "hand-oats", bat interviews will still be permitted by arrangement through the principal information officer. officials have been instructed
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    28 3 RED-HAIRED, 19-year-old Anita D'Ray, one of London's Windmill Theatre girls, ex peri men tin* with a new idea of jet propulsion by attaching fireworks to her skates. Reuter.
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  • 196 3 LONDON, Friday. DRITAIN'S gold and dollar reserves have continued their upward movement since the end of September, when an increase of £20,000,000 was announced, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Stafford Cripps, said at a Press conference in London yesterday. 1 One could not expect
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  • 14 3 BANDOENG, Fri. Bandoeng postmen went on strike today for Increased wages. Reuter,
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  • 199 3 THE KING SALUTES AMETHYST LONDON, Fri. THE King yesterday saluted and decorated the 270 officers and men of the sloop Amethyst which made a hazardous night passage of the Yangtse on April 30 under Communist guns. "By your conduct you have shown that the old qualities that have sustained this
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  • 105 3 PARIS. Fri. rpHREE young French serL vicemen were arrested and charged with the manslaughter and robbery of the Australian businessman, Edward de Muralt, found dead in his car in a Paris street on Tuesday. The police said they have recovered jewellery stolen from de Muralt,
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  • 63 3 NEW YORK. Fri. Life magazine this week termed the Philippines election "a free election— the only one now possible in Asia." "The election of Qulrino, friend of the United States,'' Life added, "was less vital to American interests than the fact that he won only narrowly
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  • 33 3 WASHINGTON, Frl. Ths Far Eastern Commission has Increased its membership to 16 nations wun tne admission, of Burma and Pakistan who I may take part in Japanese treaty negotiations.— A.P.
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  • 51 4 THE NEW GOVERNOR of Sarawak, Mr. D. G. Stewart, inspecting a guard of honour formed by the Sarawak constabulary on his arrival in the capital, Kuchinr. After the inspection, the Governor took his oath of office in the Council Chamber. K. F. Wong
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  • 101 4 All-Malaya Co-operators Meet Today THE Colonial Secretary, Mr. P. A. B. McKerron. will declare open the all-Malaya co-operators' conference at Raffles Institution at 2.30 this afternoon. The talks will continue until Sunday evening. There will be addresses by the Director of Co-operation. Federation of Malaya and Singapore, Mr. T. F.
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  • 58 4 From Oar Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. A UXULIARY police at Kampong Ayer Beru, Plentong, Johore, recently heard what they thought was bandit fire. They rushed to the- spot and found Pay Kian Liong setting off Chinese crackers. In the Police Court yesterday, Pay was fined
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  • 155 4 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Friday. A CONTRACTOR'S foreman, who was injured in last night's hand-grenade outrage in Noordin Street, said today that he owed his life to his desk. The man, 47-year-old Chan Cheng Swee, told the Straits Times: "The grenade exploded under
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  • 51 4 PENANG, Fri. •pO improve milk yields, the Penang and Province Wellesley Agriculture Department has offered cattle breeders the free services of a selected stud bull to serve cow s at the agricultural station at Ayer Itam. The bull is described as an Indian milking type of proved
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  • 283 4 ORDERS POURING IN FOR MALAYA PINEAPPLES FOREIGN demand for Malayan canned pineapples has so increased that it is more than the industry can cope with, Mr. Yap Pheng Geek, chairman of the Central Board of Pineapple Packers, Malaya, said yesterday. The industry had also recently received inquiries from Australia. Egypt,
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  • 48 4 From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA, Fri.— Ong Chin Choo was charged in the Malacca Sessions Court, with voluntarily causing grievous hurt to Mr. M. A. Domes, a well-known businessman. Qng claimed trial, and was allowed bail of $300. The case was postponed to Dec. 1.
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  • 38 4 From Our Own Correspondent MUAR Fri.— A husband who struggled with an intruder and seized his identity card gave evidence at Muar when Tan Ah Lim was fined $5 for trespass In a Chinese woman's room.
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  • 24 4 From Our Own Correspondent SEGAMAT, Fri. lnche Mansoor bin Sahol, a cadet officer of the Johore Civil Service, has been appointed Segamat Sub-Treasurer.
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  • 137 4 'Lift Sunday Ban Plea To Johore TVTALAYAN pineapple packers are appealing to the Johore Government to lift the ban on the export of fresh pineapples from Johore into Singapore on Sunday. The ban was affecting principally the Singapore canneries, Mr. Yap Pheng Geek, said yesterday. The practice before the war
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  • 84 4 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. From January, 1950, the Johore Secretariat will include a State Establishment Officer whose department will be modelled on the lines of the Malayan Establishment Office. This new department will confine its activities to keeping the records of all State employees
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  • 76 4 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Fri.— Charged with causing a nuisance by standing on the road and challenging -people to fight, Abu bin Md. Tahir, Attan bin Hajl Suliaman, AH bin Rejan and A. Hamid bin Md. Tahir were bound over by the Magistrate to keep
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  • 187 4 From Our Staff Correspondent K KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. ULIM bandits armed with rifles, tommy guns and revolvers, robbed shopkeepers at Kamponc Sidim, Kedah. last night. The gang consisted of an Indian, a Malay and three Chinese. In the Tanjong Malim area of Selangor, security forces have
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    33 4 INCHE PIEMAN bin Haji Ibrahim, who recently received the Sultan Ibrahim medal, is penghulu of Sunget Punggor, Johore and has been responsible for building two mosques and a Malay school in his district.
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  • 102 4 SINGAPORE is a very much better place than most people imagine it to be, said Mr. Claude Massey, Australian Commissioner, in his farewell address to the East-West Society on Thursday. The recovery of Singapore from the Japanese occupation to its present position was an amazing
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    79 5 CHINA'S BEST HARP PLAYER nROFESSOR P. T. CHEN (above) leading exponent of X China's most ancient musical instrumtnt, the harp, is now in Singapore en route to Europe where he will be conducting a series of lecture tours. He is taking with him an ancient harp, the Chung Tsang, which
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  • 249 5 THE Singapore Government ha s sanctioned talks xon the future of the Colony lighter industry, which affects the livelihood of 2,000 to 3,000 workers as well as scores of lighter-owners This Is the result of representations made some time back by the Joint Consultative Committee
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  • 183 5 nEMAND slackened slightly towards the end of last week and a small reaction set in in all markets, say Lewis and Peat m their weekly market report. There was, however, little selling pressure and the market v still confident as to the near future and prices are
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  • 147 5 From Oar SUIT Correoonfenl KUALA LUMPUR, Frl. THRIFTY Malayans gave the Federation's Post Office Savings Banks business totalling $42,300,000 last year, says the Savings Bank report The total was five per cent, above the previous year's figure, the actual number of depositors -182,854 increas-. ing by
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  • 76 5 SENTENCE of three months' rigorous imprisonment was imposed on 28-year-old Ank Piak, who pleaded guilty in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday to theft of a side table from a house in Moulmein Road. Ang, it was stated, found the house empty and the
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  • 242 5 EH)UR delegates who will represent the Malayan r Christian Council at the first joint meeting of the East Asian Protestant Churches to be held in Bangkok from December 4 to 11 will meet in Singapore on Tuesday to discuss preliminary plans They
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  • 38 5 Vidwan N. P. Balakrishnan, disciple of Maha Rajapuram Visvanath Iyer, will give a music performance at 1024A Janson Road, Paya Lebar (Mr. A. G Dharan'a) today at 7 pjn. under the auspices of Singapore Kerala SamaJam.
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  • 105 5 Works of Bach. Scarlatti, Beethoven, Schumann and Chopin will be Included in the programme of a pianoforte recital which will be given by Miss Hovlta Anclano tomorrow night at the Victoria Memorial Hall at 8.45. Miss AnfM&nn is the winnpr Works of Bach. Scarlatti, Beethoven, Schumann and Chopin
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  • 37 5 The new block of flats for the Netherlands Trading Society's staff, off Holland Road, will cost under $500,000 and not $1,500,000 as was stated in the Straits Times yesterday. One lift will serve the block.
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  • 81 5 SCOTTISH terrier enthusiasts in Singapore are forming a Scottish Terrier Association of Malaya, with an initial membership of 16. The association will adopt tl.e standard of breed recognised by the Scottish Terrier Clubs of England and Australia, with whom it is seeking affiliation. The Association hopes
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  • 130 5 A LANDLORD, who spent $6,250 in decorative work on four houses and left leaking roors and defective floors untouched, was refused rent increases by the Singapore Rent Conciliation Board yesterday. The landlord, of premises at the Junction of Arab Street and North Bridge Road Amnar binte Haji
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  • 205 5 COMPULSORY WE OFRUBBER FLOORS AND ROOFS URGED From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Friday. fHE Government should enforce the compulsory use of rubber flooring and roofing for all new buildings, said Mr. Heah Joo Seang, president of the Penang Rubber Exchange, in a talk at the Hu Yew Seah today on
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  • 101 5 JAP BID FOR MORE RICE From Out Own Correspondent BANGKOK, Frl. WITH Siamese rice deliveries last month at their lowest level this year, Japan is reported to be negotiating for 20,000 tons more this year. This is in addition to 80,000 tons already shipped. Siamese authorities estimate that total 1950
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  • 142 5 SALE OF WORK, Of article* mad* by the Children's Social Centres, British Council Hall, Stamford Road, 3 p.m. to 0 p m. DISTRICT METHODIST YOUTH FELLOWSHIP, cabinet meeting, Wesley Hall, Fort Canning Road, 3 p.m. WEEK OF PRAYER A WORLD FELLOWSHIP MEETNO, combined social gathering, V.M.C.A.. Orchard Road,
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  • 67 6 O. K. KUNHIKANNAN 01 Count rv Estate. Kajang, wishes to thank all friends and relatives who attended the funeral of his nephew N. Gopalan and sent messages of condolence and w rcnths. MRS. W. LAMBERT expresses her sincere thanks for all those who attended the funeral of her late
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  • 638 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat. Nov. 19, 1949. Province Sugar The Federation and Singapore between them buy about 12,000 tons of sugar a month from overseas countries. This year most of our sugar has come from Mauritius (via the United Kingdom) and Formosa, but Java sugar is now becoming available
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  • 445 6 Most people in Malaya, no doubt very ignorantly, associate the Gold Coast with "ritual murders" and Trader Horn and ebony females with prominent tummies and even more prominent behinds. It is therefore surprising to find that political development on the Gold Coast is more
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  • 1416 6 SUNDAY, Nov. 13. ON Saturday mornings the author of this Journal sits down at his typewriter and rattles off a draft from such material as he has been able to gather during the week. On Sunday, after revision, he types out a more or less fair copy. Yesterday
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  • 63 6 MELBOURNE, Fri. The Australian Immigration Minister, Mr. Arthur Calwell, said today that people who wanted to see the Japanese again on Australian shores in any capacity would have to get another minister. Me. Calwell was commenting on cabled reports from London that International Olympic officials had
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  • 112 6 A winaow-studded precipice of stone Defines each side of this green spot where man Held off the encroaching city. Here alone Earth is left free. The powered caravan, Unending, turns eyes tired of thoroughfare And wall towards this oasis where green grass And tree serve ever-new refreshment,
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  • 301 6 Fun and games in Penang (The following is taken from the weekly column entitled "On The Verandah" in the Straits Times of Nov. 18, 1899.) rpHEY have held a gymk1 hana in Penang. and among the attractions was a night-shirt race. It may be well to explain that, on the
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  • 177 7 —Rumour Scotched From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Fri. THE Chief Police Officer, Perak, Mr. H. J. Barnard, today scotched rumours which have been going the rounds in Perak that 20,000 Japanese have arrived to help the security forces in the campaign against the bandits. "We have
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  • 82 7 The Progressive Party is holding a public meeting tomorrow at Farrer Park at 5.30 p.m. to introduce its candidate. Mr. Chong Thutt Pitt, who Is standing for re-election as the north ward representative on the Singapore Municipal Commission. Mr. O. Sarangapany will preside and speakers will include Mr.
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    53 7 ONE of the items in the dance recital to be given by pupils of the Taylor Dance Studio in aid of the Poppy Day Fund will be an Eastern dance, performed by Miss Goh Soo Nee (below). The recital will be held on Nov. 29 at the Victoria
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  • 33 7 The Fifth Police magistrate, Mr. A. G. Shears, yesterday acquitted C. F. Pope of a charge of negligent driving at the junction of Stevens Road Scolts Road on June 17.
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  • 179 7 COMPLAINTS by a Malay soldier that he had been punched and beaten during three days in police custody were related in the Singapore Coroner's Court yesterday. Mr. W. G. Porter adjourned the inquest for a post-mortem report on Ahmad bin Jaafar. Ahmad, attached to 61 Coy.
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  • 48 7 The Bishop of Singapore, the Rt. Rev. H. W. Baines, will be the celebrant at the sung Eucharist on Sunday at St. Hilda's Church, Katong. at 8 a.m. At evensong at 5.30 p.m. the Archdeacon of Jaffna, the Yen. J. A. R. Navaratnam, will preach.
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  • 151 7 THE aquatints of Penang during the early part of the nineteenth century now hang in Raffles Library, Singapore. They were painted by Capt. Robert Smith of the Royal Engineers and are all dated 1821. tour 01 tne aquatints, which occupied a prominent position in Raffles
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  • 239 7 A Bobbing Head-Then A Rescue IN BRIEF— AN unidentified Singapore Chinese, believed to bp a seaman, was rescued from the Singapore River, near Elgin Street, early yesterday mornIng by a passing motor boat. He was taken to the General Hospital, where last night he was said to be recovering. The
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  • 33 7 Acting Lieut-Commander Walter Kenneth Jagger, acting Lieut-Commander Richard Sidney Tufnell. Lieut. George Orpe Smith and Lieut. William Scott Brydon, of the Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, have been ransferred to List 11.
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  • 42 7 ATHREE-vear-old Singapore Muslim girl, Mari.im binte Ibrahim, fell to her death from the fourth floor of a house in Tan jo ng Pagar Road yesterday afternoon. Marlam, daughter of a book-binder, was dead w hen picked up.
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  • 235 7 Link-UpAims To Protect ■■■■mm l Their Interests From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. SEVERAL thousand clerks in commercial houses in various parts of the Federation have formed themselves into a federation of unions to safeguard their interests. The new federation, the first trade
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  • 55 7 THE Singapore Weekly Methodlst Youth Fellowship held a forum last night. Two women and two men, in turn, answered each of the 13 questions put by the members of the Fellowship. The questions ranged from "What the forum thought of beauty contests?" to "Why is religion
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  • 81 7 Prayers in Sanskrit Pali, English p.nd other languages were said when the 75th foundation day of the International Theosophical Society was celebrated at the Singapore Lodge on Thursday night. The presidential agent of the society for Malaya and Slam. Mrs. Hilda MOorhead, said at the meeting that theosophical
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  • 36 7 EXPERIMENT A SUCCESS Radio Malaya's Initial experiment on a children's programme for Chinese students has proved so successful that it will become a permanent weekly feature. The broadcasts can be heard every Sunday at 3.45 p.m.
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  • 52 7 THIS YEARS I CHAMPIONS THE COLONIAL SECRETARY. Mr. P. A. B. McKerron, riving away the medals to members of the Singapore Harbour Board Boys' Club football team, winners of this year's boys clubs' soccer competition. Harbour Board beat the holders, Katone Boy s Club 4-0, in the final yesterday.— Straits
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  • 228 7 THE Progressive Party was accused of "political A trickery" by Mr. Pat Johnson at a Labour Party .lection meeting at Dhoby Ghaut, Singapore, yesterday. Holding up two envelopes, Mr. Johnson said they contained letters, copies of which had been received by registered voters in the
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  • 101 7 THREE Chinese families comprising seven adults and nine children are still living amidst the ruins of the first floor of two shophouses in Kallang Road which collapsed as. a result of a taxi collision on Nov. 5. The Social Welfare Department has offered all the families
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  • 94 7 A STOCK of $17,605 worth of A rice imported on Government account was stolen from a godown at Empire Dock, the Singapore Second District Court was told yesterday. In the dock were three men Lim Say Chian, Ong Soon Lee and Tan Beng Torcharged with theft of
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  • 58 7 For stealing an oil drum from the compound of a house in Havelock Road, 39-year-old Ng Ah Lock was bound over for six months in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday. Pleading guilty. Ng told the court that there was some oil left In the
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  • 57 7 NO BAN ON CHINA REMITTANCES THE Foreign Exchange Control Department of Singapore has not suspended the family remittance service to China, it was officially announced yesterday. A Press statement said that no instructions had been given to banks or remittance shops to refuse acceptance of funds for transfer to China,
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  • 22 7 Mr. R. A. Goodchild, formerly Inspector of Schools, in Singapore, will be transferred to Pahang as Senior Inspector of Schools,
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  • 69 7 But Just One Tot Too Many A 45-year-old Indian, Samy Nair, pleading guilty to a charge of being drunk and incapable, told the Singapore Third Police Court Magistrate, Mr. S. E. Teh, that he had only taken the liquor to "relieve a stomach ache." "Have you tried that
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  • 58 7 Gaol, Rotan A 19-YEAR-OLD youth accosted two women in Kampong Java Road, asked them if they preferred death to their money, and then took $60 from them. In the First District Court yesterday, he was sentenced to two years' gaol and 12 strokes of the rotan. He was
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  • 476 8 From Our London Correspondent QNE of Britain's greatest but most unassuming war heroines is a quiet-voiced, welldressed woman of about 40, who lives in Hans Road, Chelsea, London. She is Miss Lise de Boucherville Baissac Though British, she has a French name because her
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  • 137 8 MIGRANTS from many different European countries are beginning to make their Influence felt in Australian kitchens. Australian housewives usL-sallv do their own cooking, and enjoy doing It. They are quick to adopt new dishe.; introduced by the Continental women, so faintly menus are becoming
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  • 356 8  -  BEG WICKERSON By WHAT is this thing "we call "good taste"? Is it something that is inherent, bred in the lucky ones from birth or is. it something we can acquire as we can acquire a language or cookery? It would seem to be a mixture of many
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    34 8 DR. C. ELAINE FIELD, of Mill Hill, London, who has been appointed Child Health Specialist in Malaya. Dr. Field has just left England on the Canton. She will at first be stationed in Penang.
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    39 8 THE SULTANA of Johore, photographed at the party at Grosvenor House, London, in celebration of her 34th birthday. She wore a black satin skirt with a blue-grey satin top having a high-rolled calyx neckline, and elbow-length red ▼elret (loves.
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  • 355 8 IT WAS a smallish, 1 cream-painted room I tucked away in a dusty building in the City. The walls were lined! with 1,000 neat little 1 bottles, many in alumi- j nium Jackets. The contents had come by camel, pack horse, aeroplane, ship and rail from
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    • 324 8 y^^^r*^*^f^*^*^*^*^*^^SS vrhcrj leading againt 1 a >m«Uslam contract, decide this point first: does your hand Justify the immediate, desperate effort to cash or set up a trick; or have you so many potential winners that their preservation is the vital matter. Observe West's shrewd tactic in this deal. North, dealer
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  • 383 9 A TIP FROM A TRAVELLER TO SINGAPORE ;i visitor about to leave your beautiful city, I should like to say what an opening there is for extensive tourist trade if everyone is treated to the kindness and consideration that I have been. The cleanliness of the streets, well stocked shops
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  • 296 9 AN ORCHESTRA FROM LOCAL MUSICIANS INTERVIEWS with va- rious important people were published in the Sunday Times recently and, from the opinions expressed, all seemed in favour of the idea of a symphony orchestra with the exception of one. While admitting that such a venture must give way to the
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  • SATURDAY FORUM
    • 202 9 f AST week the woman announcer on the "Calling All Hospitals" programme of Radio Malaya commented on the fact that she had only 40 minutes to cram In as many requests as possible for the unfortunate patients and explained to the nurses that the programme
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    • 102 9 MR. M. Y. Maris In a letter (published on Nov. 16) argued that Malays, as the sole owners of this land, should not give citizenship rights to others. If "ownership" is based on the principle that the Malays inhabited this country earlier than the other races,
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    • 103 9 Beer Halls In South Africa REGARDING your re- cent query in the leader column about "officially sponsored beer clubs" mentioned by Dr. Segal in the House of Commons, it is possible that he is thinkin? of the Beer Halls run by some municipalities in South? Africa, where Africans can buy
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    • 262 9 J HE world is full of frustrated women who take a cattish pleasure in calling men nasty names, and one of them is your correspondent Eve, whose letter was published last Saturdm Let me quote one of kin, a contributor to Harper's Magazine. "Life is much
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    • 427 9 YOU have probably received from other people acknowledgments of your articles and editorials on the menace of Singapore's population which is growing in geometrical progression. I use the word "menace" in its true sense, which is of course a threat. The threat is so great that
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    • 377 9 TIME FACTOR IN DEMAND FOR SELF-R ULE ♦JHE Malayan Nationality question is something to be approached with great caution. Your correspondent Nik Mahmood is to be congratulated for his sensible letters. His critics want to hasten the formation of one nationality and self-government, and India, America and Indonesia are quoted
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    • 275 9 QmWJ^^HArrS TICS^TT... STUNNING/ 3lit bookie? yi >»- SO weRB 92Sr lEF*£ CA^B PSk*!fmm\-l )u^«T |K^fcfy 5 WERE HORSE* CJCCI 1 IMG >JjV iV^aaaaaaaaWalf I XH I J^ -*W»* M PENG GOES TO THE RACES STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD «M sj.nwftHiiit.oi CROSSWORD No. 240 t. Bangs down tool oo IS. Abova th«
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  • 194 10 TpHROUGHOUT yesterday prices in the Singapore rubber market were much the same as those prevailing on Thursday. New York continued to be rather disappointing. The local market was steady but quiet at the close. Closing prices yesterday were: No. 1 sheet f.o.b. buyers 45% cents, sellers 45%
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  • 98 10 SHIPPING IN PORT CHIPS alongside the Singa- j pore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (godowns in brackets) were: Main Wharf;. Mount Davis (3J-34>. Boissevaln (38-30). Islander <40>, Benlawers (42-43 >. \V<- 1 Wharf: Samarinda (1-2), Nieuw Holland (4-5), Radnorshire (8-7>. City of Chester (8-9 i, Benvcnue (11). Anchises 13-14). Orestes (15-16).
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  • 20 10 Not. 16. Nov. 17. Industrials 189.37 191.34 Railroads 48.03 48.21 Domestic Bonds 99.78 99.78 Utilities 3».ll 39.23
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  • 779 10 TIN SHARES EASE IN MARKET From Our Market Correspondent TUNS in the Malayan share market eased ii sympathy with the drop in the local tin meta price yesterday. There was an inclination to ehecfe buying tin shares, together with a tendency to sell The other sections of the market showed
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  • 359 10 i London Stocks LONDON, Prl. i THOUGH most sections 1 moved higher yesterday, r the London Stock Exchange appeared to lack driving force. British Qovernment stocks were being bought In initial dealings, but this was thought to have been an overflow of Wednesday's late institution support (Jains were not always
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  • 430 11  - L.T.A.M. WANT TENNIS STARS HERE KEN JALLEH By But Financial Backing Needed CU)CAL point of interest in the tennis world next month will be Calcutta, venue of the first International Tennis Championships of Asia. And in Singapore, among others watching and following the championships, will be Mr. C. K. Pang,
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  • 108 11 AT a meeting of the Singapore Amateur Football Association Council held at the Singapore Recreation Club yesterday, it was revealed that Mr. L. C. Hutching*, acting President of the association, had refused to reconsider his decision to resign from the chairmanship of the Council.
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  • 248 11 RUGBY TOURNEY By OIR RUGGER REPORTER OINGAPORE Combined Services, with an unbeaten record at the moment, are leading Singapore Civilians by two points as the first round of the Southern sej'lon of the H.M.S. Malaya Rugby competition draws to a close with only one fixture
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  • 94 11 Cable Wireless Beat S.C.C. 4-1 The Cable and Wireless Spoils Club scored a four-one win in their hockey fixture against the S.CiC. on the padang yesterday. S.C.C. were first to open accouns. Five minutes from the start. Shepherd, accepting a pass from Jainieson, ran through to score. The Cable men
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  • 60 11 From Our SUB Correspondent KL'ALA LUMPUR. Fri. OOY BROOKS, the Orient D triple champion, technically knocked out Golden Boy, Selahgor welter champion, if the eighth round of a icheduled ten-round non- title fight here tonight. InAht other feature fight '2rt Som See outpointed Wok
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  • 232 11 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. SELANGOR'S prospects for another H.M.S. Malaya final. v«-y bright hitherto with 100 per cent, success in home games, may be very dim after tomorrow's match at Penang. Selangor s team against the Northern Settlement tomorrow will
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  • Article, Illustration
    31 11 VIK P. A. B. McKEKKO.V the Colonial Secretary, kicks on to start the Boys Clubs' Cup soccer final on the Parian? yesterday when S.H.B. Boys beat Katong fournil. Straits Times picture.
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  • 396 11 S.H.A. KNOCK-OUT TOURNEY OPENS A GOAL scored in the second minute of the extra time of five minutes gave the 223 8.0.D. 4 B' a well-earned victory over the Singapore Colts by an odd goal in five at Alexandra yesterday. This was the
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  • 94 11 TODAY RACES: Last Day, S.T.C. Winter Meeting. HOC KB T TOURNEY: C.V.M.A. v. Y.M.l'-V Trojans. Balestier Road; Ceylonese v. Hornets, S.R.C. padang. HOCKEY FRIENDLY: S.C.C. v. Teachers, padang; Varsity Mixed XI v. Johore Mixed XI. Johore Bah r u RUGBY: S.C.C. V. R.A.F., padang; Police v. Chasers; Varsity
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  • 289 11 Boys' Soccer Final Won By SHB Club. rpHE Singapore Harbour Boaid Boys' Club trounced th e Katon« Boys' Club by four goals to nil in the Boys' Clubs' Cup soccer final played on the padang yesterday before a lnrge crowd of spectators and supporters. The Singapore Police Band, un <Jer
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  • 123 11 THE Singapore contingent of of weightlifters left last night for K.L. for today's welghtlifting selection trials for the British Empire Games. The lifters are Thong Saw Pak and Chia Weng Yew. Thong Saw Pak, lightweight champion of Singapore, who recently broke the record aggregate with 700lbs, will
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    • 313 11 DO YOU KtyOW That the butler machine, soon to g be installed in the kitchens of the FAR BAST'S MOST LUXURIOUS BALLROOM RBSTAURANTS can turn out attractively shaped ouUer pats at the rate of ISO pieces a minute. B^^PJ P^P*^ i TERRIFYING CLIMAX IN COLOR BY TECHNICOLOR! The shuts of
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    • 237 11 NOW TO 9JB SHOWING I 11 am 1 jfl 6.45 and I <^15, 9.3« p.m. j ELEANu, RED Powell A^ §T I W SLelton J Brings You jSrAH^^ VY U MUSICAL M®*™-* NAUTICAL JOY/ uil§§~* rmmm FUN/ Supported by: Malayan Film Unit's "THE KINTA STORY" (Counter Measures Against The Bandits)
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 83 11 «IMAPOR£ 10.00 News rrom Kuala Luw^a, 10.05 Close; 12.00 Programmes In Malay; 1.00 Programme Summary; 1.02 Dance music; 1.30 News (also at 7 9.30); 2.15 Racing Commentaries; 6.15 Dance music; 6.30 Children's Programme; 6.4S Light music; 7.13 Programme Summary; 7.20 Listeners' Choice; 8.00 Pencils Please; 8.30 Blue Danube; 9.00 Variety
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    • 101 11 S'pOTOi 2.00 >.OO Racing Comi men tar ie*. 2.00 Malay Programme (On 250 metres); 3.00 Indian Programme (On 250 metres); 4.00 Chines? Programme (On 250 metres); 5.15 State Hockey (Selangor vs. Johore); 6.30 Music; 7.20 Interlude; 7.30 "Bandstand". 8.00 Quiz Corner; 8.30 The latest dance music on records; 9.00 "Bandcall";
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    • 99 11 mese; 9.45 English; 9.50 Music; 10.00 Radio News Rsel: 10.15 'Caspar Cassado Ac Oeraldo Moore (cello St piano); 10.30 "The Islands of Britain'; 10.45 'Rhythm on Records 1 11.30 News; 11.46 'Evening; Serenade'; 13.00 Clo^e. AUSTRALIA 5.30 p.m. Radio Reel; t'.U Composers of the Week, J. 30 Composers of the
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  • 887 12  -  EPSOM JEEP By Dark Brocade, Fortune's Favourite To Win ARTHUR AYRES, the jockey in form who has ridden live winners this meeting, has a bright chance of landing a big double on Dark Brocade in the top sprint handicap (Race 4) and Fortune's
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  • 1092 12 DEST BET on the card at Bukit Timah today is Lord Frederick in the 13 stayers' handicap for Class 3. Div. 1 horses (Race 2). A stayer pure and simple, he put up a great showing against the speedier Blank Spec and Colorado over 7f. last
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  • 11 12 TODAY: 9.31 a.m. (9ft.) am, 10.28 pjn. (9ft. 41n).
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  • 149 12 EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER RACE t 2. 1S AIRMAIL Pennyworth Airpal INVEST Airmail Pennyworth AIRMAIL Alrpal Pennyworth RACE t Z. 45 LORD FREDERICK Grand Trim Colorado LORD FREDERICK Silver Star Grand Trim LORD FREDERICK Grand Trim Golden RACE S 5.15 ACTRESS Blue Eyes Pathfinder BLUE ETES
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  • 933 12 BELOW is the full card of eight races at Bukit Timah today, the last day of the Singapore Turf Club Winter Meeting. The double tote event will be on Races 5 and 8 while the Big Sweep will be drawn on Race 7. Race 1—2.15: Cl. 1, Div. 3— 6
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  • 59 12 LONDON, Fri. English Derby and 2,000 Guineas winner, Nimbus, a three-year-old colt by Nearco out of Kong, Is to be syndloated, according to Mr. A. Olenister, husband of the owner. Nimbus is to stand at a Newmarket stud and the syndicate is expected to total £140,000, made
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  • 291 12 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Friday. A CROWD of nearly 10,000 saw the touring Indian soccer team give the Perak State XI a lesson in cool, methodical football when they scored a fiveone victory on the Chinese Assembly Hall ground today. The tourists kept up
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  • 234 12 SINGAPORE CANCELS MATCH AGAINST INDIAN TOURISTS rE soccer fixture between the Indian Tourists and Singapore Civilians, sche- duled for Not. 27. in aid of I the University of Malaya Endowment Fund, has been cancelled. This was decided at an emergency meeting of the S.A.F.A. Council at the SRC. pavilion last
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    • 477 12 CLASSIFIED ADS. Continued from page 8) VEHICLES FOR SALE MORRIS 8 H.P SALOON 1947. Taxed and Insured. Good running condition. Price $2,400. Box NO. A8169, S.T. FORD V EIGHT Super-de-Luxe July, '47. 18,000 milos. Owner driver leaving country. 88,000 or nearest. Man-able, Telephone K.L. 4484. FOR SALE FDR SALE. RCA
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    • 134 12 OTHER SPORT IN PAGE ELEVEN ATTENTION RACEGOERS!\ Special Offer of 10% discount for V^&V flu 1 la-l S'poreKaee v (TiTr "3* Meeting of the year from 12th Nov. tA_ 191<) to 19th Nov. B ■^*B 1949, for:ROSS BINOCULARS Don't miss this GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY! 11 II II 11 For further particulars,
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