The Straits Times, 13 October 1950

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    18 1 The Straits Times. MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS.
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    WARSHIPS SMASH BORDER PORT'
    249 1 Shells Fall Fifty Miles From Russia TOKYO, Thursday. UNITED Nations naval task force today started bombarding: the north Korean coast near Chongjin, a rail and communications centre 34 miles from the Manchurian border. British, American, Canadian and Australian ships took part. Missouri, the world's greatest battleship,
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    36 1 BOMit DISPOSAL will be 1 studied in Britain b; Second Lieuts. E. E. Kbert and H. L. Velse and Lieut. K. B. Milne of the Singapore Volunteer Corps who left yesterday by air.— Straits Times picture.
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    SINGAPORE DELEGATE
    19 1 SINGAPORE DELEGATE MR. C. C. Tan pictured on his arrival at Kalian g airport, Singapore yesterday. Straits Times picture.
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    REDS IN GENERAL RETREAT
    140 1 TOKYO. Thurs. UNITED Nations' forces today thrust forward towards the North Korean capital of Pyongyang against weakening Communist resistance. The Northerners were reported to have started a general withdrawal to rally for last ditch defence of their capital. 80 miles north of trie" 38th Parallel. PlloU
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    Tan Impressed By London Courtesy
    440 1 MINISTERS WERE SYMPATHETIC SINGAPORE Legislative Councillor Mr. C. C. Tan, the first Unofficial to speak for Singapore at a Commonwealth conference, returned to Singapore yesterday afternoon from the Commonwealth Aid to South- East Asia talks in optimistic mood. He said that Dato Onn bin Ja'afar,
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    AT HOME' TO S.A. AIRMEN
    118 1 AT HOME' TO S.A. AIRMEN THE R.A.F. in Singapore will be "at home" during the wpek-end to more than 200 South Africans who will be pivsing through on their way to Korea. The visitors are members of a lighter squadron of the Smith African Air Force, and they are travelling
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    ARSON ATTEMPT ON SUB-STATION
    55 1 Commaalm tried to burn down the electrical sub-sta-iion at Bendemeer Road. Singapore, la&t night. A passing Police radio patrol van put out the blaze. They found a can of petrol •nd a six-inch long piece of rubber tube. Later thtre was a false fire •larm from
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    WOMEN SPIES DIE
    28 1 TAIPEH, Thurs. Two woman spies were executed here after being convicted of being Chinese Communist underground organizers and conspiring to overthrow the Nationalist Government. U.P.
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    LINER FIRE
    23 1 FASLANE. Scotland. Thurs. The-Acqultanla was swept by fire today as she lay In a shipyard here to be broken up -A.P
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    TRUMAN STARTS FOR PACIFIC
    167 1 ST. LOUIS, Thursday. DRESIDENT Truman stayed here last night on a 1 flying trip to a mid-Pacific conference with Gen. M.ii Arthur on the destiny of Korea and the Communist menace in the Far East. After an overnight stay In: his home State, te will fly
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    MORE POWER CUTS TODAY
    83 1 SINGAPORE will have more electricity cuts In many parts of the city today. It is hoped that temporary repairs will be completed by tonight or Saturday. The stoppage of a turbine has cut output by about 11.000 kilowatts. New blades for the turbine will have to
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    WITH U.N. TROOPS
    16 1 TOKYO, Thurs. The Puerto Rican 65th Infantry Regiment is on duty In Korea.
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    Govt. Urged: 'No Tax Increase'
    248 1 AN the eve of Singapore's Budget Day, the Singav/ pore Association sent a letter yesterday to the Colonial Secretary asking for "an assurance that no increase in income tax is contemplated, or will be imposed upon the public against its will". This assurance Is sought,
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    72 1 MEDICAL ORDERLIES bandaging a peasant woman injured h v North Korean shelling. A photographer for Life wrote: "As the medics probed for pieces of steel, her infant son nursed for his breakfast. Then a neighbour mumbled a few words; her head flew back and her eyes filled with anguish. She
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    NEW MEMBER
    17 1 NEWMARKET. Thurs.— Mr. Winston Churchill has been elected a member of the Jockey Club.— A.P.
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    DETECTIVE SHOT IN PENANG
    56 1 A Chinese detective. Cpl. Than Sim, was severelj wounded by an unknown gunman outside a goldsmith's shop at Clntra Street, Penan?. at 8.45 p m. last night. The detective had parked his motor cycle near a Chinese restaurant when three shot* wer» Ifred at him. The
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    ELEPHANT RUSTLING IN BURMA
    77 1 RANOOON, Thuri. ELEPHANT rustling Is an Increasing racket In Burma, according £o tm Commerce Minister Kyaw Mymg. Tlje elephinu are driven across Ithi Indo-Burma border and sold at hlgn profit. Be urged the registration of all elephants In the cotlfltry. Burmese elephant* are In- trained to
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    French Set Up New Barrier
    206 1 French Set Up New Barrier SAIGON, Thurs. FRENCH Army Headr quarters announced today that French and Vietnamese troops, after pulling out of Thainguyen, established a new defence line against the Vietminh insurgents about 30 miles north of Hanoi. The new line, the French Army said, would protect useful agricultural areas
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    AID FROM CHIANG
    24 1 TAIPEH Thurs—Nationalist China today dispatched a Liberty ship with rice, sugar, salt and DDT as relief goods for South Korea.— Reuter
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    ARCHER'S FEAT
    25 1 NEW YORK. Thurs— An archer, Dean Loveless, shot and killed a 600-lb. black hear with a bow and arrow at Lansing. Michigan.— A.P.
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      'Dead,' But He Sat Up In Bed
      275 2 MARK, Somerset, Thursday. UNDERTAKER Mr. A. J. Wensley is sending his bill for the funeral of very-much- alive Mr. Adam Tratt to relative Mrs. Court. The g ravedigjjer wants paying and the villagers of Mark, Somerset, recompense for the wreaths they bought. Bat
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      U.S. AID CHIEF
      24 2 MR. W. C. FOSTER, who has been appointed administrator of the Economic Cooperation Administration to succeed Mr. Paul Hoffman. Reuter pictnre.
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      FINED $1,445 FOR LIQUOR
      50 2 MUAR. Thurs.— A 43-year-old woman, Lee Ale, who faced three charges at Muar. was fined $1,445 or 250 days' simple imprisonment. She was convicted of having more than 44 gallons of Intoxicating liquor, of having a complete still, and of destroying liquor to prevent its seizure.
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      "COMEDIANS ARE TOO (TORY) BLUE"
      72 2 "COMEDIANS ARE TOO (TORY) BLUE LONDON, Thurs. «pWENT¥ Labour M.Ps have set up a committee to try 1 to parse the 8.8.C. and variety shows of anti-Gov-emmrnt Jokes They my too many comedians are too "blue"— in a Conservative sense. The organisation the Democratir List r nine Association—was founded by
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    RUSSIA CALLS FOR 'BIG FIVE TALKS ON PEACE
    398 3 RUSSIA CALLS FOR 'BIG FIVE TALKS ON PEACE LAKE SUCCESS, Thursday. DUSSIA yesterday formally proposed a Big Five conference on international peace and security and demanded that the United Nations set up a permanent international police force under the Security Council. This was Russia's answer to an American proposal to
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    BIGGEST PEACE BUDGET
    82 3 BIGGEST PEACE BUDGET CANBERRA, Thurs. THE Treasurer, Mr. Arthur William Fadden. today introduced in Parliament Australia's biggest peacetime budget. It proposes A e 7O0 .000 .000 (1:560.000,000) expenditure in the current financial year. Mr. Fadden announced there would be Increased defence expenditure and A£so,--000.000 would be applied to stockpiling certain
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    CIVIL DEFENCE AIM
    35 3 COVENTRY. Thurs. Mr. Chuter Ede, the Home Secretary, said In an address last night that Britain aims to Sin up a civil defence force of about 800.000 within a few months. A.P
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    SHAH OF PERSIA BETROTHED
    92 3 TEHERAN, lliurs. SHAH Mohammed Keza Pahlevi. rule- of Persia. h.is ceremonially betrothed to Soyaya Eefanciari. an 18--ye:ir-old Persian girl, in thr Teheran Royal Palace's Hall of Mirrors today. Hie future bride, dark and beautiful, wore a Paris town of white lamp for the ceremony. The Shah
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    France Asks Defence Aid Fro in U.S.
    141 3 France Asks Defence Aid Fro in U.S. WASHINGTON, Thurs. FRANCE proposes to double its defence spending next year provided It gets about U*****,000,000 in outside aid. The French Defence Minister, M. Jules Moch, Is reported ready to explain this new programme to Mr. George Marshall, U.S. Secretary of Defence, at
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    Defence Of W.Germany
    93 3 FRANKFURT. Thurs. rE British High Commissioner in Germany. Sir Ivone Kirkpatrick. declared on Wednesday that the Western peoples will not tolerate for long vast expenditures to defend Western Germany while the Germans contribute nothing However, the Western Allies "have no intention of coercing Germany or of soliciting
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    RED UNIVERSITY
    35 3 TAIPEH Thurs. —Chinese newspapers reported today that a Chinese version of the Moscow University has been set up in the Communist capital of Peking with 35 Russian professors and 200 Chinese Communist assistants.—Reu-ter-AAP.
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    GREEK CHARGE
    37 3 LAKE SUCCESS. Thurs.— The U.N. Special Committee on the Balkans (UNSCOB) reported from Athens yesterday it had received evidence Greek guerillas a/c being trained in Poland and are infiltrating back Into Greece through Albania.— A.P
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    Churchill Calls For World Govt.
    260 3 COPENHAGEN, Thursday. \j R. Winston Churchill called here tonight for the rapid creation of a world super-govern-ment, with the Soviet Union as one of its pillars. Speaking to 5.000 people at the climax of his three-day j visit to the Danish capita!, he declared "Unless
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    REBELS ROUTED
    50 3 RANGOON. Thurs.— A government report yesterday said 1.000 rebels believed to be Communists and army deserters, attempted to seize the mid-western town of Taungdwingyl. 280 miles north of Rangoon. Loyal troops smashed the attack after an all-night fight. The fleeing rebels Jeft their route "strewn with dead."— ,A.P
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    ATOM SCIENTIST FOR AUSTRALIA
    33 3 FkO*' In. L. OLIPHANT, one of Britain's leading atomic scientists, wbo has gone as Director of the Research School of Physical Sciences at the Australian National University, Canberra.—Reutcr picture.
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    PRESENT FOR PRINCESS
    52 3 MISS SUSHEELA DEVI, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Da vies of Singapore, presenting a purse to P»" v Margaret on behalf of the International Hostel la Bellsice Square. London, on the occasion of the 95th anniversary of the British Y.W.C.A. Miss Dcvi is in England
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    20 SHIPS SUNK
    28 3 VERA CRUZ, Thurs.—Mexico's worst hurricane In ten years sank an estimated 20 small coastal steamers and fishing boat» in the Gulf of Mexico today.— U.P.
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    MacA. Honours R.N. Admiral
    99 3 TOKYO. Thurs. IJKDR "conspicuous gallantry in action**' in. last giontbs 1 Inchon landing. Rear Admiral William O. Andrewet. C.8.E., D.S.O, R.N.. luis b ■t-o awarded th« Ameriuan Silver -Sta* Admiral Andrewes. Royal Navy Flag Officer. Is Becond-In-Cpwnand of the Far -East Statlonianii Flag Officer Commanding the
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    U.N. Wants More Ambon Powers
    283 3 U.N. Wants More Ambon Powers JAKARTA, Thurs. THE United Nation* Commission for Indonesia has asked the Security Council for wider powers to enable it to make further efforts to settle the South Moluccas conflict. The Indonesian Prime Minister, Mr. Mohammed Natsir. told Parliament last night a few hours after the
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    RED COLUMNS IN TIBET—REPORT
    240 3 RED COLUMNS IN TIBET REPORT CALCUTTA, Thursday. A CHINESE Communist army crossed Tibet's eastern border and has already penetrated 50 miles against some opposition, reported a correspondent of the Indian newspaper "The Statesman" from North Bengal yesterday The Communists, continued I the report, have consolidated their advance from Sinklang towns
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    SOLDIERS' SALARIES INQUIRY
    189 4 SOLDIERS' SALARIES INQUIRY T"HE United Malays' National Organisation has set up a committee to report on salaries and quarters for members of the Malay Regiment, police and special constables. A» a recent UMNO Executive Committee meeting, it was also decided to write to the Federation Government for a speedy re-Investigation
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    UMNO BRANCH FOR STORE?
    83 4 The UMNO headauarters in Johore Bahru has asked Dato Syed Ahmad Al..aiioff to call a meeting of UMNO members in Singapore, about 70 in number, tv discuss whether an UMNO branch should now tv formed in Singapore Dato Alsasoff, who li a member of the Johore
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    ABUSIVE: $10
    30 4 Tan Sai Wah, aged 50, was ye: lerday fined $10 in the Singapore Third Police Court when he pleaded guilty to using abusive words to a police constable.
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    M.C.A. NOT TO CONTEST ELECTIONS
    330 4 Most Members Without Vote "|"iiK Malayan Chinese Association does not intend to contest the elections in Singapore, Mr. Chong Thutt Pitt, chairman of the Singapore branch, told the Straits Times. He said that he knew that if the M.C.A. nominated candidates for elections, it might
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    31 4 Mr. John Strachey. British H ar Minister, with some of tbe 806 officers and man of the *ir-.t Battalia n. Royal Ulster Rifles Regiment, before the; sailed for Korea Rentei picture
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    WOMAN ACCUSED IN TRUST CASE
    55 4 A Malay woman. Embok binte Yaacob. pleaded not guilty in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday to criminal breach 3f trust of t sewing machine at Paya LeI bar police barracks on Sept. 9. The case was postponed until Oct. 19. and bail of $200
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    Muslims Will Open Spore Office
    165 4 T»HE World Muslim Organisation, the largest Muslim body in the world, is to open an office in A two-man delegation from the Organisation arrived In Singapore from Karachi yesterday, to make preliminary arrangements to establish a permanent office for Malaya. The Organisation claims more than
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    Must Serve Sentence
    93 4 pONVICTED on. his own plea \J of being found In possession of 500 tahils of gold valued at $98,000. On K Thiam Hock had his appeal against his sentence of one year's Imprisonment dismissed yesterday by the Court of Appeal. On* was found carrying the gold in
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    FAIR MAKES $7,300 FOR UNIVERSITY
    37 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs A profit of more than $7,300 was made at the University Fund fair at the Pasir Puteh padang on Oct. 4. A record crowd of more than 10,000 attended.
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    Charge 'Absurd' Says McNeice
    775 4 ALLOCATION OF SIT. HOUSES "V AM unable to follow the logic of the statement 1 that the Singapore Improvement Trust are deliberately ignoring those who have a fair claim to priority", says Mr. T. P. F. McNeice. the President of the Municipal Commissioners, in life rapacity
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    Malaya-India Phone Link
    66 4 A direct radio-telephone service between Malaya mnd India is possible within the next few months, the Straits Times learnt yesterday. A Telecommunications spokesman amid that inquiries had been made and although no actual radio tests had been carried out they were likely to begin shortly. A direct
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    KALLANG AIRPORT ARRIVALS
    248 4 "THE following were among those who arrived at Kalians airport, Singapore, yesterday Passengers Id transit -are not Included in the list. QEA/BOAC rt-om Lond«n: Messrs. N. T. Bewick. O. Coldbltd. A. G. Caccavale. A. B. Cowlard. D. O. Atkinson. T. W. Pitt, c O'DriscoU, P. R. Ajhburner,
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    LAST NIGHTS FIRE
    30 5 LAST NIGHTS FIRE PICTURE taken after last night's fire in the Yoonjr Chan leather store in Malay Street. Singapore. Damage to property was estimated at Sl. soo.— Straits Times picture.
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    LECTURES BY DAY —BOMBS BY NIGHT
    437 5 By A Special Correspondent pROM the lecture room by day to the cockpit of a 1 bomber blasting targets in North Korea by night —that is the present job of an officer of the Far East Air Force now serving in Japan. He Is
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    BANDITS RAID ESTATE
    103 5 BANDITS RAID ESTATE KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. BANDITS raided an estate In PERAK last night and burned two smokehouses, three labourers lines, one house and a packing shed and damaged the factory. There were no casualties In JOHORE or Tuesday bandits fired on a security forces' vehicle. Security forces returned the
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    Pensioner Wounded
    98 5 Fran Oar Staff CorretpoDdrnt PENANG. Thurs. SHOPPERS near Tanjong Tokong. four miles from town, rushed for cover at 8 this morning when an unknown gunman fired three shots at a retired police clerk some 50 yards from the market. The victim. Phang Coon Lim. 58-year-old Government pensioner, was
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    'NO PERSONAL ATTACKS' JUDGE TELLS UNION CHIEF
    356 5 'NO PERSONAL ATTACKS' JUDGE TELLS UNION CHIEF IMAJIP V^MIED; /ifrugfo GIVE EVIDENCE' jy|R. M. A. Majid, president of the Indo-.Malay-Pakistani Seamen's Union, was yesterday warned by Mr. Justice Evans, Chairman of the Seamen's Inquiry Commission, that he might get himself into "serious trouble" if he refused to give evidence before
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    Women Pray For Faithful Husbands
    292 5 TPHOUSANDS of Singapore Chinese thronged Bud- dhist temples on Wednesday to celebrate the opening of the nine-day festival of Kew Leong Yeah (Chinese Sea God.) In praying to the Sea God, the men ask for promotion in their Jobs or better business or good health,
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    ON WAY TO U.K.
    47 5 THE MANAGING DIRECTOR of Scamp Ptv Australia, swim suit manufacturers Mr. Maurice E. Persson pictured on his arrival at Kallang airport, Singapore yesterday afternoon by QEA/BOAC Constellation en route to London. France and the States on a busU ness risit. Straits Times picture.
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    Verdict Of Murder
    81 5 TTHE Singapore Coroner. Mr. I W. G Porter, yesterday returned a finding of number against four unknown Chinese who boarded a Tay Koh Vat bus in Balestier Road on Sept. 27 and shot the driver. Mr. Porter was holding an Inquest on N. Govindasamy, the driver who
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    NEW MEMBER
    34 5 The Rev. Canon R. K S. Adams has been appointed a member of the Film Appeal Board In Singapore in place of the Rev. J. T. N. Handy, who has resign d
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    C-G FLYING TO SEE WIFE, DAUGHTER
    117 5 'THE Commissioner -General M-. Malcolm Mac Donald, who is in London, is to fly to Canada next Wednesday. Mr. C. C. Tan. Singapore's representative at the Commonwealth Conference on Aid to South-East Asia, disclosed this on his arrival by air from Britain yesterday. Mr.
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      67 5 LKGISLATTVE COUNCIL, budgpt meeting. Victoria Memorial H..11. 10 am. CHINESE V.M.C.A.. Selegle Road, basketball, 3.30 p.m., mouth organ band, T p.m laMe-tennU. 7.30 p.m. MESSAGE OF FATIMA, presented by the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus, School Hall. 6 pjn. WESLEY M.V.F., devotional meeting. Wesley Hall, Fort Canning, 7.45 pjn.
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    The Straits Times.
    8 6 Singapore. Fri. Oct. 13, 1950.
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    The Colony's Budget
    651 6 A year ago, when the 1950 budget was presented to the Singapore Legislative Council, the Committee of Unofflcials which examined it reduced an estimated deficit from $6.4 million to $1.6 million. The Committee took a more realistic view of probable income, and bore down hard on some
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    Sterling And Dollar
    379 6 Mr. Gaitskell's denial in Washington that sterling is to be revalued in terms of the American dollar appears to have ended at last all speculation that the disparity betwen the two currencies is to be corrected by British Treasury action. It is hard to understand how the
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    'Battle for Singapore must be fought to end'
    1313 6  -  WINSTON S. CHURCHILL By AT home we no longer nursed illusions about the protracted defence of Singapore. The only question was how long. The Chiefs of Staff had as early as Jan. 21 been concerned about demolitions, and had cabled Gen. Percival
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      The Professional Officers
      475 6 IT is seldom that pro--1 fessional officers resort to your columns to discuss their status, but your leader of Sept. 29 (headed "M.C.S. And Others"), containing as It does gross misstatements, half truths and Just plain omissions, cannot go unchallenged. The Willan Committee, as stated In your
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      Loans To The Co-ops?
      180 6 YOUR aecond leader of Oct. headed "One Co-oper-ative Officer," by concentrating attention on the last paragraph of my letter of Oct. 2, tends to obscure the fact that my protest was directed primarily against the principle of allowing Government to establish a precedent for using public
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    TWO STORIES OF TWO VERY WORRIED SINGAPORE VILLAGES 15,000 HOMELESS IF AIRPORT IS BUILT AT PA YA LEBAR
    725 7 TWO STORIES OF TWO VERY WORRIED SINGAPORE VILLAGES 15,000 HOMELESS IF AIRPORT IS BUILT AT PA YA LEBAR piFTEEN thousand people from Tai Seng district alone will be homeless and dozens of schools, farms, factories and shops will have to close down if the Government decides to build a civil
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    NO DECISION YET, SAYS MR. HARVEY
    114 7 NO DECISION YET, SAYS MR. HARVEY NO decision had yet been made on the suitability of the land at Paya Lebar for a new international airport for Singapore M. J. A. Harvey. Commissioner of lauds, told the Straits Times yesterday. The land 1.400 acres had merely been earnarked for experiments
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    Tan Still Thinks It's Distrust
    111 7 Tan Still Thinks It's Distrust MR. C C Tan. the Singapore Legislative Councillor. saif 1 on his arrival in SmuapoP' from Britain yesterday that Government should reply to the Unofficials' move for the formation of a Singapore regiment for the AKenee of Singapore. He said that since Mr. Lay■oek called
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    MEDICAL FILM
    17 7 The British Council !ast night gave a medical film show at the Singapore General Hospital.
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    STOLE MONEY FROM LETTERS
    46 7 Somasundram, a 22-year-old despatch clerk of the University of Malaya, who was found guilty on three counts of criminal breach of trust, was yesterday sentenced to four months' rigorous Imprisonment In the Singapore Third Police Court. He took $90 from three letters
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    CHEATING CHARGE
    48 7 A 27-year-old Indian, Abdul Manap, was charged In the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday with cheating Chan Chee Llan of $40 by falsely representing to Wm that he had eight cases of milk for sale He claimed trial and was allowed $250 ball until Oct. 19.
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    JUST FUN, NOTHING TO LOSE
    149 7 MAHJONG and bridge players who are having a run of bad luck will have a chance to "lose for nothing" at Mrs. P. A. Dreyer's home, 1, Swiss Cottage Estate (off Dunearn Road), on Wednesday next when a mahjong and bridge drive Is held In
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    FREE SHOW
    26 7 The Singapore Public Relations Department will give a film show at the play ground behind En«r Watt Street. Ttong Bahru, at 7 p.m. today.
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    BAND AT CATHAY
    31 7 The band of the Ist Battalion Cameronlans 'Scottish Rifles) Regiment will play at the 9,30 showing at the Cathay cinema tonight before the film, "They were Not Divided."
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    Killed While Awaiting Trial
    81 7 frrom Onr Own Correspandrnl JOHORE BAHKI Thursday. WHILE awaiting trial on a charge of rash driving on the Aycr Hitam Road, as the result of which he collided with a motor car and then knocked down a woman cyclist, Ah Chlew met with another accident on
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    SKETCHING HIS WAY ACROSS 40,000 MILES
    223 7 fARTOONIST Christopher Wren of the magazine Aeroplane, who arrived in Singapore yesterday afternoon by QEA/BOAC Constellation from London to do character sketches of the Qantas/BOAC staff and air crew, will do most of his drawings above the clouds. Reason: He has to airmail his
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    STILL A HOME
    44 7 IT IS IN THIS SHACK that a Malay fisherman and his family are livii.-; toJi.. i:i their kampong at Tanjong Klin*. Before the Japanese war. they own<-d slnrdy wooden house. Today, their home huddles, and leans and leaks.— Strai.s Ti.nes picture.
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    This Village Seeks Aid To Rebuild Its Homes
    262 7 PAY OUR WAR CLAIMS 9 By Our Woman Reporter FISHERFOLK in a village on the south-west coast of Singapore are praying that war damage compensation will be paid to them soon— so that they can rebuild their leaning, leaking homes and get
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    NO HOLIDAY: $15
    31 7 Ten Chinese and four Malays shopkeepers pleaded guilty in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday to failing to observe the Weekly Holidays Ordinance, and were fined $15 each.
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    Unions Find 'Proof Of Dearer living
    88 7 Unions Find 'Proof Of Dearer living rE comnu.tec sppihiUed by title uat_cs of bt.igapure trade unions to surrey the increases in the cost of living "has now found definite facts aril figures to prove an increase in the tost of liviuu. especially since June this year.' M I a statement
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    $220,000 SHOV
    44 7 Singapore Chinese pnia over $220,000 for a Peking drama performance at c Majestic Theatre last nish M:.vs Lee Ying Chiew headed a cast or amateur plivtrs of the Peking Drama Association of Singapore in aid of the Thon? Chai Medical Institution Fund
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    To Hang For Killing
    45 7 S. RATNAM, an Indian Tamil, had his appeal against sentence of death dismissed In the Singapore Appeal Court yesterday. Ratnam fatally stabbed another Indian in a house in Serangoon Road and also wounded two women. Mr. A Muthusamy argued the 9peal.
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    RADIO TALK
    34 7 The Commanding Officer of H.M.S. Triumph, which took part In the Korean campaign, will talk over Radio Malaya at 112 p.m. today of tbt part played by the aircraft carrier In Korea.
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    DAY OUT FOR 39 GIRLS
    66 8 DAY OUT FOR 39 GIRLS THIRTY-NINE GIRLS of the Matey Girls School. Kampoiiß Bahru, and four of their teachers pictured at Kallang airport yesterday during a tour of the terminal building and the control tower. The girls were completing an educational tour of the day after visiting the Department of
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    Claim For Possession 'Premature'
    213 8 Claim For Possession 'Premature' A CLAIM for possession of a house in Telok Kurau, Singapore, brought by a Chinese widow. Madam Lee Ling Neo. was yesterday dismissed as "premature"' by the Civil District Judge, Mr. A. W. Bellamy. Although Madam Lee did not succeed in getting the return of her
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    NO CARD, GAOLED
    30 8 For failing to produce his identity card during a security check. Chan Leong Chuan. was sentenced to five days' simple imprisonment in the Singapore First District Court.
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    'No Undue Rubber Profit Present Prices'
    285 8 'No Undue Rubber Profit Present Prices from Our Staff Correspondent K. LUMPUR, Thurs. THE rubber shareholder is not having any more "Jam" than is good for him, nor is the industry a source of "undue profit," said Mr. B. J. P. Joaquim, Minicoy Estates chairman at Monday's annual meeting of
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    ABORIGINES IN BAD HEALTH
    241 8 4 SERIES of surveys on general health conditions and incidence of diseases among aboriginal tribes in the Malayan jungles has just been completed by Dr. I. V. Polunin, of the University's department of Social Medicine and Public Health. Dr. Polunin has just re- turned to Singapore
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    Bribe Case: Woman Fined $500
    128 8 Bribe Case: Woman Fined $500 LIEW Nget Khew. proprietress of a medical store In Tanjong Pagar Road, was convicted in the Singapore Second District Court yesterday of corruptly offering $10 to Ooh Slew Wah. an assistant examiner in the Income Tax Department. She was fined $500. or four months' simple
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    'MISUNDERSTOOD'
    56 8 from Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs Josnoh. a Javanese, was fined $40 in the Police Court today for offering a $5 bribe to Mr. Jones. Johore Immigration Officer. It was alleged the money was offered in order to expedite issue of a Certificate of Admission. Josnoh told the
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    BOUND OVER
    39 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs Ho Joo Juan, of Masai, charged in the Sessions Court with possession of 34 packets of rhandu. was bound over In $150 to be of good behaviour ;or 15 months. The chandu was confiscated.
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    DIED IN FIGHT OVER DEBT, COURT TOLD
    212 8 THE story of how a man was killed after fighting with a friend over "a petty debt" was told In the Singapore Relief Court when a 26-year-old labourer Velv yudhan Bhanu, was produced before the magistrate. Mr. D. A. Fyfe, yesterday Velayudhan was
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    Party On Felix Roussel
    81 8 k COCKTAIL party for more ft. than 160 people last night on the 17.000-ton Felix Roussel. heralded the reopening of the liner's Far Eastern service for Messageries Maritimes after an interval of nearly ten years. With more than 861 passengers and troops on board, the ship
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    A.A.M. DANCE
    36 8 The Automobile Association of Malaya (Singapore and Johore branch) will hold a dinner-dance at the Seaview Hotel on Friday. Not. 17. The Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Olmson. patron of the Association, will attend.
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      120 years ago
      30 9 1 20 years ago An entire new cinema generation has been born, crown up and come of ace since 1930, when Gloria Swanson starred in the picture "What A Widow."
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      ..and today
      10 9 Gloria Swanson as she looks in "Sunset Boulevard.
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      Another old-timer returns
      119 9 Another old-timer returns TT was a great day both for Jean Hersholt and the old-timers at Metro-Gold-wyn -Mayer when that fine artor reported for work there recently In "It's A BiK Country," after an absence of 14 years. It was at M-G-M that Hersholt, Hollywood's first citizen, ma^e some of
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      'Sunset Boulevard' is unusual, ruthless
      848 9  -  JOHN BEHAGUE Cinema news by WELL, well, I thought I'd seen everything— from wild and woolly Western, to third dimensional films— but a picture has just arrived in xviaia>d which is the most extraordinary piece of cinematic art I have ever set eyes upon. "Sunset
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      161 9 TODAY* 1 iT I I I I I I 4.30-9.30 NOW YOU CAN SEE IT The story of those men who defeated the 2flf|i& Russian hlockade Sfc ACTUALLY FILMED llk^r IN GERMANY by AK^^^^^ U 20th Century -Fox yr .VIONTGOMEKY CLIFT \T \r and PAUL DOUGLAS TOMORROW M NITE! He
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      192 9 "Porrrs of th- Air"; Talk: 815 Delius); n.M Dar.ce IMe 11 SINGAPORE -Radio Ranch": 8.30 Radio Close. 10 am News, followed by Ranch": 8.30 Malayan P° l; cc Emergency News from X.L.. 12 Band: "Ray'i a LauKh"; 930 Malay 1 pjn. Light Music: 1.30 News: 9.45 "The Story Behind the
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    Percival told 'use your own discretion'
    1037 10 Percival told 'use your own discretion' ws^m r^..«.v.^v/v^;M:(OI;El from Pag* Six out -Ji»- this is not possible, as there are no troops who could carry out this attack. In these conditions it Is unlikely that resistance can last more than a day or two. My subordinate commanders are unanimously of
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      255 10 Rupert and the Dragon Pills— l 9 To hi* relief. Rupert find* thai hand in hi* pocket and proven hit idea work* very well. The pet iccood pill for him. And now t« drtp>n tijirly take* thi pill, arid l < h «"»l! ont and take it hi* big companKm
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    London Stocks
    376 11 uun uun i nurs. A TEN shillings premium was established ln the new South African 3V/« loan when dealings In this Issue began on the London Stock Exchange today. The giltedged section was cheered by the overwhelming success of the Issue, and £5.000,000 offer was subscribed some 11
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    RUBBER MARKET
    309 11 U.S. Stockpiling Stops: Price Plummets THE stopping of stockpile purchases by the United States and reports that there would be further reductions in the consumption of natural rubber brought the price of the commodity down heavily in New York. This had a corresponding effect In the Singapore rubber
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    TIN: $440 A PICUL
    36 11 SINGAPORE, Thurs Oct. 12— 544« (up $7; all-time record.) £885 a ton in London LONDON. Than.. Oct. 12. —Spot: £88*— £8M; Forward £850— £855; Settlement; £885 Turn-overs: a.m. 45. p.m. 25 tons.
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    The Produce Market
    131 11 From A Market Correspondent HHHE copra section of the Singapore produce market was firm yrsterday with buyers all round opening at $43 per picul. raising their bids to $44 on lack of sellers Coconut oil was dull with prices unchanged, buyers bidding 167 a picul. Pepper was
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    H.K. EXCHANGE
    29 11 HONO KONO i-hurs. L>kEE maricet currency exchange tor Hong Kong dollars vai quoted today as follows: US»I HK»6 33',: fl HKSIS.9O; one tael of gold HKI2B6.— U.P.
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    Malayan Shares
    138 11 Rubbers Quieter c rom A Market Correspondent THE Kubber section of the Malayan share market yesterday was slightly quieter. Tin shares were very steady but with little business passing. Industrials continued firm. The Governor's speech ln the Singapore Legislative Council this morning, with regard to the possibility of
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    ESTATE RUBBER CROPS
    81 11 rRQUAND, Youngs, McAuliffe Sc Company announce the following September rubber crops, ln lbs.: Alor Gajah Bit. 18.000 A>-er Panas Est. 81,500 Glenealy Plant. 71.000 Kluang 53,500 Pajam 139,000 Tambalak Bit. 25.380 Talisman 38 400 Teluk Anson Est. 65.763 XJlu Benut Consol. 50 500 HARRISONS ti Crosfleld (Malaya)
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    Ships In The Roads And Alongside
    173 11 CHIPS In the Singapore Roads and alongside Harbour Board godowns yesterday were: OI'TEB ROADS: Hal Hsuan, Alexla, Reginald Kerr. Union Marlner. Bun AbbaJ. NUa. Blrchbank, Ophlr, Sh^pur. E. Mountain, Onion Builder. Chas. Maclead, Jalagopal v Campana. Inner Roads: Nor bay. Bidor, Croaker. Belaga, Van
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    TOURISTS PLAY THEIR BEST GAME
    417 12 Unlucky To Be Held To Draw Si no -.Malays 2; Banka-8Mit0n..... 2. THK BANKA-Billiton soccer team showed their best form since their arrival when they met Singapore's Sino-Malay XI at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday, and it was very bad luck on the tourists that a
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    87 12 CATTERICK (No. 9), Everton centre-forward, and Saunders (No. 5). Chelsea centrehalf, performing aerial evolutions in the Football League (First Division) match at Stamford Bridge, London, on Sept. 39. Various stages of anxiety are shown by the group of players in front of the Chelsea goal on right. In the group
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    COMPETING IN PARIS TODAY
    93 12 THONG SAW PAX, Sin- gapore's lone representative in the world wrightliftint; championships which begin in Paris today, flew from Belfast last night by air to compete in the lightweight division again.st Britain's Jim Halliday, Egypt's Shams and a host of other crack lightweights. The Singapore Amateur
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    Tourists Meet SAFAToday In Last Game
    252 12 FE visiting Indonesian soccer team. Banka Billiton SA, will have their stiffest task today in their final gama in the Colony when meeting S.A.F.A. Civilians at Jalan Besar stadium. The visitors have had three victories and two draws In flve matches and today will
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    Inter-School Aquatics Today
    70 12 With Colony s,a:s Lionel Chee and Kel*h Mitchell participating, a high standard is expected at today's inter-schooi swimming meet at the S.S.C. pool Tanjong Rhu. Nine .senior boys' schools are participating and competition will be very keen. Pour junior schools and six girls' schools will Join in
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    JONES OUT OF SERVICES XV
    80 12 The Combined Services XV to meet Negrl Sembllan XV in a H M.S. Mr.laya game tomorrow will be without the services of their hooker. F Lt. Jones who Injured himself yesterday. He will be reolaced by Sgt. MacLeod. One other doubtful player in the Combined
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    VICTORIANS WIN
    33 12 Victoria School defeated St Anthonys Boys' Bchool by flve goals to nil In a hockey match played on th* S.J.I. ground yesterday. Scorer* were; Kirn Chow (|>. Amln Talk <»> and Kent ChUy
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    SMC HILL CLIMB
    267 12 npilE Singapore Motor Club will A Hold Its annual half-mile Hill Climb for cars and motor cycles at Bukit Batok. off 8' 3 -mile Buklt Timah Road on Sunday November 26 at 9 am. The meet will wind up the season's motor racing procramme With a view
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    SINGAPORE TEAM TO MEET PERAK
    98 12 SIX players have been named to represent Singapore against Perak In the Foong Seong Cup interState badminton competition semi-final to be played at Singapore's H«ppy World stadium on October 21 and 22. They are: Wong Peng Soon. Ong Poh Lim. Ismail bin Marjan. Cheonr Hock
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    SelangorPick Formidable XV v Kedah
    142 12 SelangorPick Formidable XV v Kedah KUALA LUMPUR Thurs. SELANOOR, winner* of !ast seasons H.M.S. Malaya rugger competition, will meet Kedah on home ground this year In the first round on Saturday. Though Harry Bennett will be badly missed in the line-up. Sflangor still have a formidable side and should put
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    Malay Tennis Results
    84 12 The rrcu<t« of the open single* for the Ambo' Solch Shield In the Malay Sports Association tennis tourney are: K. Yacob beat A. Ealtar 2-8, 6-4, 6-4: I. A. Alsagoff w.o. Zeln Aberdeen: H. Jamil bt. Mahmood Yuioff 3-6, 6-1. 6-1; Bostam wo. Se.th; H. M. Maphuz
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    Four Records At Malay Schools Sports
    186 12 Four Records At Malay Schools Sports FOUR records were broken r In the Inter Malay School sports held at Oeylang yesterday. Shahrum Abu of Geylang Malay School set up records in the 100 yards and 220 yards open races. His time for 100 yards was 11.4 sec. which bettered the
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    Turf Owners Are Buying Wisely
    490 12  -  EPSOM JEfcF By THREE-YEAR-OLDS on the Malayan Turf have won exactly 50 races worth about $200,000 in stakes and added money in ten months this season a record which provides a satisfying Indication that Malayan owners are becoming more selective about their purchases. There are
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    Gandhi Cup Soccer
    208 12 Gandhi Cup Soccer rE Royal Air Force (Seletar) Ist XI will meet Indian Recreation Club Ist XI in a soccer match for the Oandhi Memorial Cup at Farrer Park tomorrow at 5 p.m. Mr. S. K. Jagatheesan the donor will kick off. The R A.F. rSeletar) pipe band will play
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    FEDERATION XI v SINGAPORE
    67 12 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— THE annual Cup match between Federation of Malaya soccer team and AllSingapore will be played at Jalan Besar stadium on Oct. 21. The following will represent Federation: jam Choy (Pk); Mitchell <Sel.>; Kam Poh (Pg.); DorairaJ (Malacca): Rljenberg (SeJ.):
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    ST. ANDREW'S BEAT SHB 'A'
    89 12 Playffeg admirable rugby considering the condition of the «»i ground, St. Andrew's School yesterday beat Singapore Harbour Board 'A' side by U poinU (a goal and two penalties) to three (a penalty). All the Saints' point* cam* from their capiaaln, Adcock, who played a magnificent
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    S.W.H.A. MEETING
    33 12 Singapore Women's Hockey Association will hold a committee meeting on Monday at the Singapore Cricket Club at 9 30 p.m. All affiliate* of tit* 8 WJf.A. an a.krd to send rarteantauvw.
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    Dockyard Enter Jnr. Cup Final
    338 12 I EADING by one goal, scored in the first half against the run of play, H.M. Dockyard XI improved after resumption to beat Mental Hospital R.C. four-nil in a S.A.F.A. Junior Cup semi-final played at Geylang Stadium yesterday. Dockyard will now meet Fathul Karib in
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    SHATeamTo Meet Schools Selected
    158 12 SHATeamTo Meet Schools Selected TTHE COLONY'S tir^t repre- tatlve hockey match of the season will be played on Raffles Institution ground on Saturday when a Singapore Association XI meet Singapore Combined Schools Owing to the cancellation of the State trial scheduled for Tuesday last, this match will serve as a
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    Champion Stakes
    36 12 NEWMARKET, Thurs. Lord Rosebery's Peter Flower won the Champion Stakes run over l'*m. here today after a photo finish with Mrs. S. Jacobson's Burnt Brown, who was second. Lord Derby's Saturn was third. Reuter.
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    3-NIL VICTORY
    30 12 S3. Bonnevil defeated the Benvorllch by three goals to nil In a game of soccer played at the Railway Institute ground yesterday. Scorers were Blyth. Dyer and Bagan.
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    DEATH
    28 12 MR. CHIA LAY PHOR. Singapore P.W.D. contractor and pro-. prietor of Chla Eng Kee Chan, died last night at his home, 59. Market Street. Singapore, aged 54
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    R.I. WIN 9-NIL
    34 12 Raffles Institution Ist XV defeated G.HQ. "A" by nine points (three tries) to nil in a rugby match played at Tanglin yesterday. Scorers were Kok Peow (two tries) and Rahman tl>.
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      46 12 SOCCER: Civilian* B*nkaBilllton at Jalan Besar. SWIMMING: Inter school championships at S.S.C. from 2.15 pjn. HOCKEY: sill f V.M.C.A. at S.R.C ChineM Police at Thomson Road; Ceyloneae v P. *T. at Balestier; Sherwood Forester* v t'nirersity at Hospital (round. RI'GBY: Asian Rufby Trial at Farrer Park.
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      28 12 SINGAPORE TIDES TODAY: 1127 a.m. (9.4); 5.31 a.m. (2.2) and 8.42 pm (0.7). TOMORROW: 12.09 am. (9.9) and 11.57 a.m. (9.6); 6 a.m. (2.7) and 6.20 p.m. (0.3>.
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