The Straits Times, 7 November 1951

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1951. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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    TORIES TO TREE' STATE STEEL
    892 1 Empire unity will fight the crisis CHURCHILL TO CALL BIG TALKS I LONDON, Tuesday. ]\|R. CHURCHILL'S new Government announced m the King's speech "from the throne" tod»,y that Commonwealth Governments would be invited to confer on joint action to remedy the adverse balance of payments.
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    Here to find out
    57 1 BRIGADIER-GENERAL Tom Wilson (hat m hand), leader of the U.S. tin-probe team, with (from his left) Mr. George Weaver. Mr. Charles Merrill, and Mr. Spencer Shannon. Also m the picture an. Malayans who met them at the airport. The fifth member of the mission (not shown)
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    Attlee: Policy so thin
    186 1 Attlee: Policy so thin rnHE former, Prime Minister X Mr Attlee. making his first speech as Opposition leader, told the Commons that the Conservative Government's policy statement was <>ne of the thinnest he had ever heard. It showed no clear line of policy whatever except negation, he said. Principal terns
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    STATUS DEFINED
    35 1 PARIS. Tues.— A West German delegation of two here to attend the United Nations General Assembly, will be treated as "important visitors" and not as official observers, the Protocol Division said today.— Reuter.
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    M.I.5 gives aid pledge
    62 1 WELLINGTON, Tues. THE entire resources of Bri- tain's M.1.5 (Military Intelligence), have been placed at the disposal of New Zealand to strengthen Its security services, Prime Minister Sidney Holland said tonight. Mr. Holland was commenting on a special report made to him by Sir Percy Sillitoe.
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    SAFE BELTS CUT DEATHS
    60 1 NEW YORK, Tues. —In blinding Eastern New Mexico snow a chartered airliner crashed and broke Into two yesterday, killing one of its load of 26 Korean war veterans. Nine others, including the crew of three, were Injured and all were shaken and bruised. But all safety
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    WE CAN ANSWER BY DEEDS —Churchill
    267 1 WE CAN ANSWER BY DEEDS Churchill MR. Churchill, making his first speech after hLs return to power, told the Commons that hit Government could now answer by deeds the Socialist electioneering charge that he wa« a warmonger. Speaking m the debate following the King's Speech. Mr. Churchill said that the
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    No Red rejection of speed-up plan
    119 1 TOKYO, Tuesday. fOMMUNIST negotiators today opposed, but did not make a final rejection of the U.N. plan to speed up settlement of the cease-fire line m Korea. At a meeting m Panmunjom within sound of artillery fire the Communists insisted on carrying on with
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    WE WANT TO KNOW, HE SAYS Brigadier leads in the tin men
    398 1 WE WANT TO KNOW, HE SAYS Brigadier leads in the tin men ORKJADIER-General Tom Wilson, head of the five-man American tin-probe team, said at Kalian; last night: "We shall be able to five the correct answer to the price-gouge charge when we leave here. And it will get wide circulation
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    Mossadeq was wrong: oil company
    136 1 Mossadeq was wrong: oil company LONDON, Tues. I*HE Anglo-Iranian Oil Com- pany today denied Persian charges that it had been behind recent disturbances m Teheran. The charges were made m Washington yesterday by Dr. Mohammed Messadeq, the Persian Prime Minister, who added: "This is not the first experiment carried out
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    U.S. ADVICE ON RESERVOIR
    57 1 Two American experts, Mr. Edward R. Dexter, a civil engineer, and Dr. William H. Irwin, geologist, will arrive m Kuala Lumpur next week to study the possibilities of constructing a reservoir for the town. Their six-weeks' stay In Kuala Lumpur is being sponsored by the Economic
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    Battle over the flag
    61 1 BELFAST, Tues. CEVERAL policemen were injured m disorders last night as anti-partitionLsts were celebrating their general election victory on Fermanagh and South Tyrone. Police intervened whan a procession carrying a large flag of the Irish Republic approached the public square. A struggle followed an attempt by
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    Big Three to go ahead with plans
    238 1 PARIS. Tuea. 810 Three Foreign Ministers have reached agreement on Middle Eastern policy and have decided to go ahead v/lth a Joint defence command for the area with or without Egypt, it was learned today. The door is left open for Egypt to
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    Australia 'not quitting
    93 1 CANBERRA, Tues. THE Prime Minister, Mr. Robert Menzles, said here today that Australia had no idea of attaching herself more firmly to the dollar area. Referring: to economist Sir Douglas Copland's proposal that Australian currency be freely convertible Into dollars. Mr. Menzies said Sir Douglas was not
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    Thames over its banks
    54 1 LONDON, Tue«. SERIOUS floods threatened many parts of Britain today following heavy rain. Rivers spilled over their hanks and roads and farmlands were swamped. The Thames, Severn and Avon were rising rapidly to the danger line and some lands at the upper reaches of the Thames
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    Lyttelton acting 'with vigour'
    173 1 LONDON, Tues. JLfR. OLIVER Lyttelton, the new Colonial Secretary, is right m visiting British territories m South-East Asia without delay, the Evening Standard said here today. The Colonial Secretary had acted "with vigour and decision," the paper said. "The situation m Malaya will make the heaviest
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    NEW VIOLENCE IN EGYPT AS 'WAR' BEGINS
    223 1 CAIRO, Tuesday. EGYPTIAN extremists yesterday machine-gunned a British car m one of six incidents as Cairo newspapers announced the opening of an underground war to drive the British from the Suez Canal zone. The Minister of the Interior, Fuad Sirag el Din Pasha,
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    Troops on way to Middle East
    43 1 PORTSMOUTH, Tues.-Two British carriers sailed from Portsmouth yesterday carrying troops of the 3rd Infantry Division to the Middle East. The 25,500-ton Illustrious left first. She was followed a few hours later by the Triumph (13.350 tons).— Reuter
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    DELAY FOR CLIP
    31 1 CANBERRA, Tues. The Australian House of Representatives assembled five minutes late today because members wanted to hear the broadcast of the Melbourne Cvp Australia's main racing classic. AP.
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    Auriol invites Big 4 to Paris
    169 1 Auriol invites Big 4 to Paris PARIS, Tues. PRESIDENT Vincent Auriol of France today suggested that President Truman, Mr. Churchill and Marshal Stalin should meet m Paris for private talks during the current session of the U.N General Assembly. The suggestion was made m a speech to the 60-natton Assembly
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    MEXICO ELECTED
    21 1 Dr. Luis Padilla Nervo. of Mexico, was elected President of the Sixth General Assembly of the United Nations Reuter
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    EDITOR GAOLED FOR CONTEMPT
    36 1 KARACHI. Tues.-Mr L A Suleri. editor of the F«rnin« Times of Karachi, waj tenced to one month's iivnrisonment and fined 1.000 rupees by a Sind High ;.'<>urt for contempt of court tester-day.-A.P.
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    ARABS TO REJECT WESTERN PLAN
    331 3 'We will not be exploited EGYPT ACCUSES BRITAIN CAIRO, Tuesday. ABDEL Rahman Azzam Pasha, SecretaryGeneral of the seven-nation Arab League, said last night that the Arab states must reject the four-power proposals for a Middle East defence command. The Arabs had had "a bitter experience"
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    The wonder drugs are losing punch
    44 3 The wonder drugs are losing punch WASHINGTON. Tues. DEMCILLIN, streptomycin, aeromycin and chloromycetin are less effective now than they were four years ago. say doctors of the Walter Reed Army Hospital m Washington. They are speculating where new "wonder" drugs are coming from. A.P.
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    Trade memo waiting
    82 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. »THE P.M. B. Chamber of Mines has prepared a memorandum to be submitted to the visiting American goodwill tin mission Mr. G. P. Grlpper, Chief Inspector of Mines.* Federation, left for Singapore today to meet the mission. He will give the mission a 30--page
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    REPORT DENIED
    21 3 TAIPEH. Tues -The Nationalist Government today denied that Gen. Chou Chieh-Jou. chief of the Joint staff, had resigned.— Reuter.
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    Nobel prize for unionist
    49 3 OSLO, Tues. THE Nobel Peace Prize for 1951 has been awarded to Mr. Leon Jouhaux, of France, the Norwegian Nobel Institute announced last night. Mr. Jouhaux, French Labour leader, is the 50th recipient of the prize. The amount of the award is about £12,000.— AP.
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    Ike not running for Presidency
    41 3 WASHINGTON, Tuesr-Gen-eral Eisenhower said yesterday he has given nobody an> authority to undertake political activity on his behalf. He said this m reply to questions on whether he would become a presidential candidate m 1952— AP.
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    THE BIG PARADE
    35 3 MOSCOW. Tues.— Marshal Malinovsky, the Soviet Union's leading commander against the Japanese id the last war. will review tomorrow's giant Red Square parade on the 34th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution. -A.P.
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    Shigemitsu to be freed today
    90 3 TOKYO, Tues fTORMER Japanese Foreign Minister, Mr. Mamoru Shigemitsu, tomorrow will be the first major war criminal to leave gaol. He was sentenced m 1948 to seven years' imprisonment by the International Military Tribunal. He was set free on parole on Nov. 21 last. The
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    Australia accepts a Filipino
    101 3 I OKiiNZO oam boa. of Filipino parentage and a corporal m the U.S. Army, gave some presents to his two children at Melbourne last week. This was the first time he had seen his 5-year-old daughter. Julie, and the first time m 5' years that he
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    3 CHOICES FOR ASSEMBLY Kashmir to vote on accession
    156 3 3 CHOICES FOR ASSEMBLY Kashmir to vote on accession SRINAGAR, Kashmir, Tuesday. KASHMIR'S Prime Minister, Sheikh Mohammed IV Abdullah, asked the State Constituent Assembly yesterday to decide whether Kashmir should accede to India the question which brought the IndiaPakistan dispute before the United Nations. Sheik Abdullah, who hi strongly pro-Indian,
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    REST OF THE WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF
    99 3 REST OF THE WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF THREE hundred workers at the Ford motor works m Detroit left their jobs on Monday because "it was too cold." Lone Rock (Wisconsin) villagers shivered m America's coldest recorded temperature on Monday. It was 12 degrees below zero. Mr. Winston Churchill's son. Randolph,
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    MacD. FOR BURMA
    26 3 RANGOON, Tues— Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, Commissioner General for South-East Asia, is due m Rangoon on an official visit on Nov. 12.— AJ».
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    PACTS RATIFIED
    139 3 China has ratified three "cultural agreements'* with Poland, Hungary and East Germany. Four miners plunged to their deaths down a 1,300 ft. shaft m the Tennessee Copper Company mine. The film actress Joan Crawford, three of her four adopted children, the children's- nurse and maid are recovering from
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    Mr. Churchill names more Ministers
    244 3 T LONDON, Tuesday. HE Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill, yesterday named Earl De La Warr Postmaster-General In a new list of Ministerial appointments Mr. Derick H. Amory was 7- appointed MINISTER OF PENSIONS. Mr. Kenelm 8. D. W. Dlgby, aged 41, Conservative Whip, was appointed CIVIL
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    Attlee is made member O.M.
    62 3 LONDON. Tuts. UR. dement Attlee has been made a member of the Order of Merit, accordin* to a Buckingham Palace announcement last nijht. The Order of Merit, founded m 1902, is deafened as a special distinction for eminent men and women without conferring a knighthood
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    Mossadeq will not be there
    32 3 WASHINGTON, Tues.— The Persian Prime Minister, Dr. Mossadeq will not attend the United Nations General Assembly opening m Paris, a member of his staff said today. Reuter.
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    WATER SUPPLY FOR RANGOON CUT OFF
    88 3 RANGOON, Tues. RANGOON city went waterless yesterday. Rebels destroyed part of the .42--mile long pipeline on Sunday night. The authorities have not yet been able to locate the disruption which they believe to be m the thick Jungles 37 miles north of Rangoon. The
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    Award for envoy
    27 3 MANILA, Tues.— The VS. Ambassador, Mr. Myron M Cowen will be awarded the Philippine Legion of Honour Commander's rank "tor ouU standing meritorious services."—UP.
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    Truman sets 4 tasks for 1952
    167 3 Truman sets 4 tasks for 1952 NEW YORK, Tues. DRESIDENT TRUMAN said last night In a message to the annual convention of the Congress of Industrial Oraganisations, one of the two big American trade union bodies, that 1952 would be a "crucial year for all of us." He said there
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    Sixth floor death leap
    69 3 MANILA, Tues. A 19-YEAR-OLD law student, Alum Janeza haunted by the fear that he was going insane, leaped to death from the sixth floor of the Far Eastern University building, Manila, as fellow students watched In horror. Police found a suicide note m his wallet. Witnesses
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    CONFIDENCE
    38 3 JERUSALEM, Tues. The Israeli Knesseth (Parliament) last night passed a vote of confidence m the Premier, Mr Ben Ourion's. foreign policy of seeking closer links and partnership with the United States and the other "open countries." Reuter.
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    Punjab Governor
    27 3 KARACHI, Tues— Mr. I. I. Chundrigar, Governor of the Northwest Frontier Province, has been designated Governor of West Punjab and will take over shortly. Reuter.
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    'Support co-ops or they may close' —warning
    280 4 A WARNING that Singapore Co-operative Stores Society may have to dose unless its 6,000 members showed more interest was given yesterday by the Chairman, Mr. D. E. Siddons. He was commenting on the absence of a quorum at the society's annual meeting. Only
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    He exported gold
    139 4 SHORTLY before the Mantin left Singapore for a port m Sumatra on August 8, revenue officers boarded the vessel and found two bars of sold and 52 watches. Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman, a preventive officer, told the Singapore Third District Court yesterday. Abdul Rahman was giving evidence
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    PLEADS GUILTY,
    41 4 All Syed All. aged M, pleaded guilty In the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday to fraudulent possession of a pair of spectacles and shoes at Changi Road Market on Saturday. The case was postponed to Nov. 12 for sentence.
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    LYTTELTON'S VISIT HAILED UMNO will ask 'define policy'
    287 4 LYTTELTON'S VISIT HAILED UMNO will ask 'define policy' PENANG, Tuesday. rpUNGKU Abdul Rahman, UMNO president, said m x Alor Star today that he looked forward to obtaining from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Oliver Lyttelton, a first-hand picture] of the Conservative Government's policy and attitude towards the
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    4 American warships due today
    168 4 4 American warships due today JTOUR American destroyers, the Waller, Stormes, Cony and Conway, will arrive at Singapore this morning from Korea, for a two-day stay. Then they will leave for their home base, Norfolk, Virginia via the Mediter.inean. These ships have been performing escort duties m Korean waters for
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    ARRESTED
    65 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tue«. A suspected bandit was arrested by police m ambush m Kuala Lipis area of Pahang. MR. MRS. C. M. siKlstNA. who were married m Medan. Sumatra, recently. The bridegroom U the «on of Mr. and Mrs. r M. Thedias. of Lim Ah Woo Road. Geylang, Singapore.
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    RUBBER SALVAGED FROM SEA
    133 4 pEMENT and bales of ruby ber, lost during the heavy gale which hit the Telok Ayer basin 12 days ago, have now been salvaged. The cement and rubber were In lighters belonging to the Anglo-Dutch Lighterage Co. The lighters sank during the gale. Anglo-Dutch estimated the
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    Crew saved in collision at wharf
    56 4 WHEN the steamer Benattow was berthing alongside the wharf m Singapore on Monday night, she crashed into a Chinese lighter. The lighter, laden with rubber, sank immediately. All members of the crew jumped to safety. A lighter belonging to the Anglo-Dutch Lighterage Company, was
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    2 awarded medals
    39 4 Two Singapore men, formerly employed at the Government Printing Office, have been awarded the Imperial Sevice Medal for long and meritorious service. They are Mr. Louis George Fernandez, linotype foreman, and Mr. Samicanoopillal Thethrasamy, head reader
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    Eber quits Commission
    53 4 Mr. R. L. Eber, the Singapore lawyer, has resigned from the Public Services Commission which interviews candidates for Oovernment service. A Singapore Oovernment spokesman said yesterday that a successor Is being considered. Three members formed the Commission the chairman, Mr. F. Gordon Smith, Mr. Wee Bwee Teow
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    TRANSFERRED
    18 4 KUALA KANOSAR, Tues Mr. Bulwant Singh, Police inspector, has been transferred from Kuala Lumpur to Kuala Kangsar.
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    CEMENT SET SOLID
    20 4 DIVERS of the Anjlo-Dutch Lighterage Co. »t work m the Telok Ayer basin yesterday.— Straits Times picture.
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    JOINT COUNCIL TALKS PLAN
    124 4 REPRESENTATIVES of the Singapore Oovernment and Its employees unions will meet next week to discuss details of forming an Interim Joint Council. Based on the National Whltley Council of Britain, the proposed Council will act as machinery for negotiation between the Oovernment as employers and Oovernment
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    The British taxpayers footed the bill
    292 4 The British taxpayers footed the bill LONDON, Tut* A HOUSE of Commons committee on public accounts found that the British taxpayer "footed most of the bill of £1,393,--000 for the construction ef the RAF airfield on swampy (round at Chanjci. when they investigated the costs last April. Sir James Barnes,
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    Today's Radio SINGAPORE
    108 4 Today's Radio SINGAPORE 10 00 10.10 a.m. Ne\»» Irom K. L.; 10.45— 12 00 8chooU; 100 p.m. Heiuz Alexander at the Hammond Organ, Capitol Restaurant; 1 30 News; 1 45 "Lunch-Time Prom"; 200 250 8chools; (2.15— A XX Racing on Red NetWork 409 and 49 metres); 6.15 "Nature Club"; 6
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    Malacca citizens disappoint govt.
    238 4 MALACCA, Tuesday. /COMMUNITY leaders and Government officials m Malacca today said they were disappointed that there was to be no Municipal election m Malacca this year. Mr. O. E. C. Wisdom, Resident Commissioner, who had hoped so much for a contested election was the most disappointed.
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    'COTTAGE' SCHOOL FOR BLIND
    292 5 New home for 60 to be built in Johore Bahru KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. AN up-to-date cottage system residential school for blind children, the first of its kind m Asia, will be built by the Malayan Association for the Blind m Johore Bahrn next year. Major D.
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    55 women will move houseto a new gaol
    103 5 55 women will move houseto a new gaol FIFTY-FIVE women prisonera at Pearl Hill, Singapore, will shortly chance their small cramped quarters for more spacious ones In a new prison built m the same grounds. These new quarters will accommodate 120 persona. Better ventilated and brighter than the old. they
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    Highest road toll ever
    61 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— Traffic accidents m Kuala Lumpur m October were the highest ever, 268 accidents being reported. Seven people were killed on the roads, making the total deaths so far this year 39. In September there were 245 accidents. 'Learner drivers were involved m 69
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    ON HURT CHARGE
    30 5 JOHORE BAHRU Tues Sukimah binte A Rahman was charged m the police court with causing hurt to Pariman bin Kartomo She wa« allowed $150 bail pending trial
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    SERVICES 'CLAIMS' DISPUTE Talks with CG bring hope
    361 5 SERVICES 'CLAIMS' DISPUTE Talks with CG bring hope 1 JOKE than 30,000 civilian employees of the three Services m Singapore are today hopeful about a successful settlement of all their outstanding claims with the Services Ministries m the United Mr S S. Manyam. president of the Singapore Federation of Services
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    Crowd burnt a van, court told
    125 5 Crowd burnt a van, court told JUMAT bin Sudak and Abdul Taib bin Ibrahim denied charges of rioting and committing mischief by setting fire to a Cold Storage Company van at Singapore Assize Court yesterday. It was alleged that on December 12. last year, at about II a.m. a van
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    DROWNED IN DRAIN
    63 5 One of four schoolboys, who went for a swim m a monsoon drain m Kirn Seng Road on Oct. 8, disappeared and the others thought he bad gone home, the Singapore Coroner was told yesterday. Later Tan Han Siong a neighbour found the body of 12-year-okl Lee
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    Royal visit idea hailed by leaders
    163 5 SEVERAL elected members of the Singapore Legislative Council warmly approved the Idea of inviting Princess Elizabeth and her husband to Singapore on their way to Ceylon and Australia next year. Some raised the question of security. Dato C. J. Paglar said: "Th* Princess and
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    Brigade will hold review
    160 5 THE Singapore Battalion of the Boys Brigade will celebrate it« coming of agp on Nov 17 with a review and display. The first company or the Battalion was founded by Mr J M. Fraser. manager of the Singapore Improvement Trust at the Presbyterian Church, Prinsep Street,
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    Sugar brought him $145 fine
    40 5 Fcr acquiring 29 katis of *ugar without the authority of the Food Controller, Lee Jong Sim was fined $145 In the Singapore Second District Court yesterday. Lee said he got the sugar through a broicer.
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    Languages a burden says professor
    255 5 'TEACHING three languages m schools must be a x heavy burden, said Professor Mason, of the University of Malaya, last night. The introduction of lan- guages at different levels was sound, he said, but h e doubted whether the burden of "all this language teaching"
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    RESULTS SOON
    15 5 Singapore Governments Queen's Scholarship awards for next year are to be announced shortly
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    EMILY IS STUDYING WOMEN
    102 5 EMILY HAHN, a friend of Madama Chiang Kai-shek infi a writer on Far East arrived m Singapore yesterday She plan* a book on trie fir.st Ralah Brooke, and a iciies oi the tus of "women In the Far; East. American-born "Micxy" Hahn. is the wife of
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    T.B. deaths are down
    53 5 TWENTY-FIVE people died from T.B. In Singapore last week, with 57 cases re* ported. There were 29 deaths the previous week. Three people died of diphtheria, two more than the previous week, and three died of enteric fever, an Increase of two. Total births were 691
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    14 men, 1 woman claim trial
    60 5 Fourteen men and a woman claimed trial hi the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday to a* charge of gambling; for money m a common public house. It was stated that they were found gambling tn a honse at Dux ton Hill Ro&d on Nor.
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    PROFESSOR'S VISIT
    35 5 Professor Claude Buss, of Stanford University. U.S.A., la vteltlng Singapore and the Federation. He holds the chair of Far Eastern J)lptomatlc History »t Stanford and heads the University's committee on Far Eastern studies.
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    Rain: fall in pineapple output
    161 5 Rain: fall in pineapple output fOHORE'S pineapple outJ put thU year has not been a good yield, Mr. C. B. Courtenay. Adviser for the Pineapple Industry m Malaya, said yesterday. Only 33,482 tons were obtained from the 17,000 acres under cultivation Mr. Courtenay explained that excessive rain during the early
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    PARKING RULE WORRIES A.A.M.
    256 5 PARKING RULE WORRIES A.A.M. rtE' constantly growing .lumber of cars In Singapore is giving the local branch of the Automobile Association a headache, as it tries to maintain its car parking service for members In Raffles Place. Thlj week* move by the Traffic PoMce to ease the congestion at Raffles
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    Dock on way to Saigon
    67 5 ANEW floating dry dock for the French Navy m Saigon arrived m Singapore on Monday and is expected to continue her jonmey on Prl'day. Weighing about 1.300 tons, she can accommodate ships up to the same weight. She Is wwed by two French tugs, each
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      282 5 maoi lam B "a just reward Manners are not idle. They are the fruit of loyal nature and of noble mind. Millions of Craven A' smokers preserve their good manners— even if i when offered other brands of cigarettes. They fed, pardonably, that their purely £^J personal satisfaction m the
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    34 6 CHIA POH CHEOKO and family thank all those who sent wreaths, scrolls and condolences, loaned cars and attended the funeral of his beloved father, Mr. Chla Fong Fin, on Sunday, 4th Nov. 1951.
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    IN MEMORIAM
    21 6 m MEMORY of Ong Khye Llm who passed away on the seventh of November. Ever remembered by his friends.
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      Our Welcome Visitors
      550 6 Representatives of the only tin cartel m the world are now m Malaya to investigate the mining industry. They are very welcome visitors, and it is m no unfriendly spirit that we refer to the R.F.C. as a cartel. It is, after all, the sole American buying
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      The Balanced Budget
      487 6 The Select Committee of the Singapore Legislative Council which has been examining the revenue and expenditure figures presented by the Financial Secretary at the last meeting of the Council has practically completed its labours. It has produced, it is believed, virtually a balanced budget The original figures
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      GRAND MASTER
      57 6 LONDON. Tues. King George VI today received la special audience the Earl of Scarborough who Is to be Installed tomorrow as Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of Freemason* of England. Lord Scarborough, aged 55, a former Governor of Bombay and ex-President of the Royal Asiatic Society
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    Settling the fate of Poland and Finland
    2055 6  -  WINSTON S. CHURCHILL War Memoirs: Closing the Ring— 22 By CHURCHILL MEMOIRS Further discussion about Turkey took place at the Teheran Conference on Doe. 1. IMS. eWliif a luncheon at which the "Blf Three" were accompanied by their adrisers on foreign affairs. Moloto-
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      'Fine sentiments'
      136 6 HPHE outbursts of a retired headmaster (Mr. x Richard Sidney, Nov. 2) are typical of the mentality which has hampered and confused the Administration In a period of growing grave crisis. Fine sentiments will not end the Emergency. Only realistic planning and coordinated execution can save Malaya for
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      BARBED WIRE HERE & THERE
      156 6 BARBED WIRE HERE THERE I REFER to ah Item m the Straits Times of Thursday, October 18, headed "Just Ilk* German prisoner of war camps," In which I was reported to have informed a meeting of the Rotary Club at Kuala Lumpur that m my view persons living In resettlement
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      CHICKEN, NOT PORK
      153 6 J± GROUP photograph appeared m your issue of October 31, 1951. Under it the following words appeared: Mr. Llm Chuan Geok. originator of the 70-oent public canteen, •ample* pork and rlc* at U* Happy World last night In the company of City Councillors and others I was
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      SUMMARY COURTS?
      95 6 THE last few weeks make one wonder how long It will take before the present Emergency U emphasised by the Introduction of summary courts all over Malaya. I am a~^roman (of Continental European origin), but I am already tired of the handling of tht bandits caught as well
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    On the Margin
    390 6 On the Margin Da uii Paiitlan THB pandati flavouring m the syrup which goes with "Biji Delima," described In this column yesterday, Interested me even more than the cook's imitation of pomegranate seeds, for tfce use of this wild plant m cookery was learnt by tho Baba Chinese from the
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    DEFENCE MEN TRAIN IN HOUSE RUINS
    188 7 Put up, then demolished 'like bombing' SCHOOL READY FOR RECRUITS PREPARATIONS are being made m Singapore Civil Defence school, m Kolam Ayer Lane, to train instructors who are expected to join op when new conditions of service for the civil defence corps are announced
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    2 accidents -and 2 die at same time
    148 7 rWO accidents occurred at the simc tim e at widely separated places m Singapore on Monday afternoon, and two people who were injured died almost at the gsmc time eight hours latei m ihe (ienerai Hospital. hilt* walking m Joo Chiat P.
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    THREE ACCUSED
    50 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. Three Singapore people. Ong Hor Sent* a driver, Teo Suay H>o a carpenter and Teo S?ng Hean. a shop assistant, were charged at Johore Bahru with having m their possession 25J Ib. of opium valued at approximately $10,000. They were allowed $7,500 ba! Dending trial
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    U.S. interest grows
    96 7 AMERICAN University groups now take greater interest m Malaya, said Professor Claude Buss, an American expert on Far Eastern Affairs, m Singapore today. Holder of the Chair of Far Eastern Diplomatic History at Stanford University and head of Stanford's Committee on Tar Eastern Studies. Professor Buss is
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    Malay Kegt. training in S'pore
    82 7 Malay Kegt. training in S'pore THE newly raised sth Battalion of the Malay Regiment Is training m Singapore before going into action against the bandits In the Federation. This is the first time since 1939 that units of the Regiment have trained m Singapore. The sth Battalion, which was recruited
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    U.S. mission meet C.G.
    53 7 OEVEN members of the United States Congress, who arrived In Singapore on Sunday .had talks with Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, Com-missioner-General for the United Kingdom m SouthEast Asia, at Phoenix Park yesterday. Later m the morning, the Congressmen, headed by Mr. Herbert C. Bonner. left by
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    Burglaries alleged
    53 7 rO charges of housebreaking and theft were explained to Ng Ah Mcc, 10, In Singapore yesterday. He was alleged to have entered the house of Lee Ting Hock on Oct. 10 and Nov. 5 and stole articles and cash worth $152. The case was postponed to Nov 13.
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    FASHION SHOW AT CLUB
    60 7 International Fortnightly Club, Singapore, will hold a fashion show on November 14 m Adelphi Hotel between 7.30 and 9 p.m. m aid of Y.W.C.A. funds. Models will display gowns by Madame Morda Ruthewit z, of Sydney. She has donated a gown valued at $200. It will
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    Christmas fashion
    115 7 MISS Thelma Leek m gossamer-like creation m delicate pale P'»k and blue tulle over rastling blur taffeta which she will model at the Christmas fashion show, organised by the women's section of the New Zealand and Australian Association of Singapore m Raffles Hotel on Nov. 15. The other
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    Miniature exhibition
    114 7 'FftE Commissioner-General for South-east Asia. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. will open Singapore's art exhibition m miniature at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce m Hill Street on Saturday at 4 p.m. Miniature and stamp-sized calligraphy works by the "lynx-eyed" calligraphist. Wan Wing Sun, a 30-year-old Hong Kong Chinese, will
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    One killed, 2 hurt in bandit action
    86 7 ALOR STAR, Tuesday. ONE British corporal was killed and a sergeant and a private were wounded when a patrol from the Manchester Regiment tought 18 bandits m Kuala Nau area m South Kedah yesterday afternoon. The patrol \as first attacked by the bandits
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    FAREWELL PARTY
    58 7 A party was held last night at the home of Mr. F. A. Atkinson, chairman of Harper, Glllillan and Co. to say farewell to Mr. Alex W. Lind, general manager of the New Zealand Insurance Co. branch who is going to Canada to open a branch of the
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    Defence school gets ready
    52 7 MISS MM SIEW CHENG (left) and Miss Mushrifah binte Aziz, staff of the Singapore Civil Defence School, trace maps of the Colony, showing civil defence divisions. The picture on the right shows finishing touches being made to a rescue vehicle for the Civil Defence School. Straits
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    New classrooms for 900 students
    142 7 T>HE new $390,000 block of classrooms, with ■L accommodation for 900 students, at the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus, Singapore, is ready for use. But over $100,000 is still required to complete the Convent's plan. The $100,000 is needed to provide for equipment for
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    MOVES ON FOREIGN WORKERS
    148 7 T*HE question of importing foreign workers into Singapore at the expense of local labour will be discussed by the Trade Union Congress on Monday. As the discussion may have far reaching consequences, a special committee will be appointed to study the question. The meeting is the
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    RULES FOE ELECTION MEETINGS
    112 7 RULES for holding meetings i m connection with the forthcoming Singapore City Council Elections were published In a Government Gazette yesterday. Made by the Commissioner of Police under the Minor Offences Ordinance the rules permit political meetings m public roads, public places or other places of
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    $6,066 sent to London
    86 7 OF tne $15,965 raised from Flag Day and the film show "Lady with a Lamp" held In Singapore recently. $6,066 has been sent to the Royal College of Nursing m London. The money was raised for the Singapore Nurses' Scholarship Fund. A committee has been set
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    Woman, 50, fined $200
    62 7 WHEN a party of flollce. led by an informer, raided a house m Cross Street on Sept 4, Goh Ah Choo. a 50-year-old woman. was caught preparing chap-Ji-ki schedules. This was stated In the Singapore First Police Court yesterday when Ooh was fined $200 for assisting
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    The No. Five killer is slain
    151 7 The No. Five killer is slain RAUB, Tues. A NOTHER Ourney murderer— the filth to date was killed by a patrol of the 2/2 Gurkha Rifles near Tras, seven miles south of Raub at 9.50 this morning. Documents found on him are being studied. The bandit, accompanied by another, was
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    2 broke into park stall
    94 7 CHEN Cheng Lye caught filling his pockets with cigarette lighters and mouth organs m a stall m Great World on Oct. was yesterday sentenced to six months' imprisonment m Singapore for housebreaking. An accomplice, Chiang Koon Sun, who stood by was sentenced to 18 months'
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    LETTERS TO POLICE 'VANISHED'
    371 8 Ex-MCA branch president faces cheating charge KUALA KANGSAR, Tuesday. *pHE disappearance of original letters about detainees which were sent by the local branch of the Malayan Chinese Association to the police was referred to when the case against Khoo Khay Hoon, former president of the MCA
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    RESIGNS AFTER THREE MONTHS
    64 8 M". RONALD SHEARS director of production with tlic .Malayan Film Unit, who lias rr signed from his post svftrr three months' servirr. Prior to handing m his resignation, he wtn granted an interview with Da to Onn. Mr Shears said: "I ramp to the conclusion that
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    Armed raid: charge fails
    87 8 OLE Kee Chia was yesterday kJ a quitted In the Singapore Assize Court on a charge :ned robbery. The jury returned a unis verdjet of not guilty. •.is accused with three r Chinese of entering a tn Bukit Timah Road ')ruarv 4 Mur men armed with
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    20 MEN CLEARED
    30 8 •y Chinese were m re yesterday cleared (i i a charge of trespassing on burn the Wainprapore m the Outer Roads, with intent to arnoy the master.
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    Labour to urge Cityrun S.T.C.
    109 8 SINGAPORE Labour Party said m an election manifesto, Issued yesterday, they would seek City Council ownership ol the Singapore Traction Company. The party will also seek a fully elected City Council, an elected Mayor. improved transport system and cheap transport fares. The Party will work
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    TWO CHARGED WITH THEFT
    47 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. -G Edward of Port Swettenharn and Ganesang of the Central Electricity Board. Kuala Lumpur, were charged In the Sessions Court today with en terlng into a building Id Johore Bahru and stealing two wrist watches belonging to Lai Phoon Chan
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    will ease congestion at Causeway
    159 8 will ease congestion at Causeway Anew warehouse to ease the congestion of tralßc awaiting Customs examination at the end oi the Causewar m Johore Bahru will be ready for use early next yearMr. D. J. Allen. Senior Customs Officer South, said yesterday. He explained that the new warenouse will make
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    Groupers make plans
    49 8 PENANG, Tues— Members of the Penang Discussion Group will meet on Friday to plan how to make the Group more useful and interesting both to themselves and the public. These plans, it is expected, will include the organisation of picnics, reading circles and a children's day.
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    Blind neglected meeting told
    201 8 FAR too little has been done for the blind m Singapore, said Mr. G. A. P. Sutherland, who was elected yesterday president of the Singapore Association for the Blind at its inaugural meeting. I Mr. Sutherland said Singapore should be thankful that the blind were not
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    37 8 ON THE occasion of the marriage of hfa brother, Mr. Tan Bak Pnang;, to Miss Lily Lim, (pictured above). Mr. Tan Hoon Siang, of Paya Lebar, Singapore, has sent the Singapore Anti-T^. Asootiation a cheaque for $1,500
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    ART SHOW FOR POPPY DAY
    65 8 The art exhibition of Mr. Yong Mun Sen. the wellknoivn Malayan artist, was declared open by Mrs. V. C. Bath, chairman of the Singapore Poppy Day Committee, at the Victoria Memorial Hall yesterday. The exhibition is on daily from 9 ajn. to 6 pjn. until
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    CLAIMS TRIAL
    29 8 "KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Corporal Robert Henry Curwen of 48 Gurkha Brigade today claimed trial to dangerous driving m Kuala Lumpur. The case was Dostponed to Nov. 27.
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      181 8 V >VCA. Raffles Quay: hospitality c to new members, tea 4.30 p.m. l M( Orchard Road: combined meeting. 11.30 a.m.; Singapore Chess Club. 5 p.m.; Singapore Olympic and Sports Council. 5.30 p.m.; Malay Class, 5.30 p m Judo practice, 5.30 p.m.: body-building group, 530 p.m.; Art Club, life class, 6
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      THE MERMAID TRIES TO WALK
      905 9 I EXPECT you have heard of mermaids, those strange creatures that live under the sea, with the head and body of a girl, and the tail 0! a fish. They are not often seen by humans, because they ars very shy, and much prefer the
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    IMPATIENT COCKATOO
    42 9 ■Come on squawks Scotty the Australian Sulphur Crested Cockatoo. "Don't keep me waiting any longer for my food, Bless m y soul, I'll, help myself then." And he sends the spoon flying as he scratches his way through his ration.
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    Do You Know?
    125 9 HERE is another General Knowledge test for you to solve. The answers are given at the bottom of the page. 1. There are 364 days In a leap year. Tes or no? 2. Asa baiu is to a sarong, a blouse Is to a What? t 3.
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    ANSWERS
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    TALKING OF STAMPS
    219 9 By Uncle Bill CAN YOU SEE THE SIGNATURE? STAMP collectors all ove. tne world have learned to appreciate a well engraved stamp, and, there are none finer than "those of Monsieur Decaris, who is the creator of some of the most beautiful stamps issued by the Postmaster
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    Your Queries Answered
    357 9 Koh Chee Shiny auks "What is the use of copra, and why is it exported?'' fOPRA Is the dried, crushv ed kernel of the coconut, from which coconut oil is extracted by boiling and pressing. The oil is used for making soap, margarine -and candles. The name
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    SIX COUPONS ARE ENOUGH
    421 9 Dear Boys and Girls, Ton Theam Loke of Taiping, asks if nine C.C.C coupons are sufficient to enroll both his brother and himself m the Wise Owls' Club Six couDons are enough for two members of one family as long as you each fill m a
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    LONDON STOCKS
    306 10 LONDON, Turn. ri recent rally In the London Stock Exchange was slfebftly extended today but trade remained Hotted as market men digested the King's speech at the opening of Parliament and whilst awaiting statements from Mr. Churchill and th# Chancellor of the Exchequer. British Government funds were finally
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    H.K. EXCHANGE RATES
    37 10 HONG KONG, Tues. ji^REE market currency exchange far Hong Kong dollars was quoted today at the dose as follows- US$l. HKM.S3 ic*sh>. HKMBI (T.T.): £1 HK$l5 S3one tahll of gold HKJ32B l i UP.
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    CANADIAN DOLLAR
    31 10 rE Malayan Sxchang* Bank-s Association announced yesterday that control direct rates for Canadian dollars were: Buy tag T.T. 34 Airmail (OJ0.) 34V >9« days) 34*: Selling TT./OJJ. ready J4'4.
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    MALAYAN TIN SHIPMENTS
    125 10 CTRAITS Traders announce the following October tin shipments, m tons: Prom Singapore to U.K. 452 H (STTtt optional). Continent 1.64», Canada 50. Pacific 104%. India 94, S. America SStt. Africa M. Australasia 193',. Middle East one. Total 2.554 V Total from Singapore to date 1161 24.4254 tons.
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    THE PRODUCE MARKET
    150 10 THE Singapore fodt» market was tamlWu and ejue* jeifday. Prices la the aiaOn seettana were again lowered threwgh lack of buying Interest. Some business was reported la the copra section at $4»% a pteid tor Nov. -Dec. shipment. Buyers' bids m loose sun-dsiad were at $38 and
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    25% FOR KAMUNING RUBBER & TIN
    55 10 25% FOR KAMUNING RUBBER TIN L'AMUNINO (Perak) Rubber A Tin directars have declared a second Interim diridend of IS per cent. lev tax. payabt* on Dec. 10 to stockholders oa the register at the close oX business on Nov. 8. No further dividend will b« recommended m respect of the
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    RUBBER MARKET
    202 10 Prices slightly down; business moderate Fi«m A Market Corr«sp«Bient yHERE waa very Httte change m Singapore rubber x market conditions yesterday. Prices again sagged slightly. Moderate offerings were gradually absorbed by the trade. The tendency was easier. The market closed steady with buyers m first-grade, November shipment, at
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    TIN: $476 7/8 A PICUL
    39 10 SINGAPORE. Tnes, N#r. 6— H76.V7H (ap $5J7H.) Lidir £995 a ton LONDON. Tms. Cash Buyers £»5. Seller* £I.M#; Forward Bayers .t»71«: Sellers €98» SetUeMeat OSS (o Cl 5). Turnover; a.m. 80, p.m. 11* to—.
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    Suloh Rubber crop
    16 10 QULOB Rubber Estate! 1b October padlwni 5.T95 ib. of rubber of att gtada.
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    Malayan shares
    73 10 Malayan shares Quiet -but steady ANOTHER quiet day was experienced m all sec- tion* of the Malayan share J market yesterday. Prices, however, remained steady. Prta* changes announced by the Malayan Sba*etorokeW SmodmUm vesterd«T were: INVTSTVULS mmtmn Seltera Goodwood Park 15Tt 1.821 Hear* WWlh 170 176 3 SUuaablp* J3J* 23.T5
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    TIN COMPANY OUTPUTS
    76 10 DUHMA-MALAY T* the followlaf October oulpula, m cnMc yartb dredged and tin-ow prothiced ta tha* ordeft Katu Dwdgin*. 113J>M». Rcmotw Coaaobdaud Drcocmc. 173.000.370. U-IMTA Bellas Ttn Dredging October pwduwd 143 plcul* ol tin-ore. SUNOEI Bldo* Tin Dredging m October treated 232^00 cubic yards to hoars to produce
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    167 10 CHIP 6 m the Singapore Beads and alongsid* the Singapoc* Harbour Board gwlowna at 4 p.m. yesterday were: Oatar Roads: Hal Hsuan. Sabang, Davlk«B. Helnrlch Je»s«, Van Rtemadljk. Troodos. Saa Geronimo Prlmorje, Boknr, Radnorshire. ICahHaW. Wali^rapoc* Orne. A»»yanax, njebarran, Merak. E Wlndnub. Shansi. Clyde L. Seavy. laser B-nt-'
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    CONSISTENT SCREEN BEST BET
    1431 11 TODAY'S GOING Only danger is Greater Love By EPSOM JEEP CCREEN, one of the speediest horses m Class 5, is my best-of-the-day m Race Eight at Kuala Lumpur tomorrow, second day of the Selangor Turf Club November meeting. Few Class 5 sprinters have a more consistent
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    Strats Times Selections
    140 11 EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER RACE 1 JAUN'IY JAUNTY BKONZK FLASH 2.M Bronzr Flash Baroneas Atom Boy Shmoe Bronzr Flash Jaunty RACE I I)<)( BLK NINE DOUBLE NINE GARNFAIR 300 Uarnfalr Broadway Bill Tail Light Noble Llcht Banqurt Hall Broadway Bill BACK J DALC ROSS NANETTE LOVERS
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    $7,000 C-G Cup race
    278 11 PENANO. Tues. r IHE1 HE Commissioner-General's Cup over 11 furlongs, with stakes of $7,000. will be run at the Penang Turf Club's four -day Xmas-New Year meeting on Dec. 22. 26. 28 and Jan. 1. The meeting will cater for Classes 1. 2 and 5. In
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    Today's Race Card
    917 11 A CCEPTORS and probable riders for today's races at Kuala Lumpur are given below. Double totes will be on Races Three and Four; Seven and Eight. The Big Sweep will be drawn on Race Eight. Cinema and Mamuse have been withdrawn from all engagements. Race 1— "2.30:
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    EU TONG SEN GOLF
    382 11 CTARTINO times and scorers for the Eu Tong Sen Cup golf competition at the Island Club next Saturday are: FIRST TEE 2.1S p.m. P.T. Wong (18); W/O Crane (16): E. Robinson (6); 2.19 EB Clark (18); O. Child (15); A. M Crawley-Boevey (4) 2.23 RJCX. Wingate
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    Singapore win 8-1 to enter final
    823 12 PENG SOON STAR OF THE EVENING gINGAPORE won all five matches m the inter-zone final of the Foong Seong Cup against Selangor at the Happy World stadium last night to bring the final score to eight matches to one and to earn the right
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    Today's Poppy Day hockey
    130 12 Today's Poppy Day hockey match between the Combined Services women's XI and the Combined Civilians women's XI on the S.C.C. padang for the Lady Mellersh trophy should be a hard struggle between two evenly matched teams. The trophy has still to be won, the teams tielng
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    SPORTS LETTER Bad manners at badminton matches
    274 12 SPORTS LETTER Bad manners at badminton matches QN Monday night at the Pong Seong Cup Match between Singapore and Selangor there was a regrettable display of bad manners, chiefly on the part of holders of the front B;ata— the most expensive seats. The most Important match was the first singles
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    Jaffar wins trophy cycling
    44 12 no h T Cos OD °Ut«n Cycling club's h Ha m vi le 'schoolboys): l. Samanl bin Mohammid Amln iSt Joseph's Afternoon School): 2. Amar Singh I"?! 11 In «->: J- Noordln bin Hall S'n SP «£,d Ch Am.n Wln H
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    FORESTERS HOLD S.C.C. TO DRAW
    492 12 CINOAFORB cricket Club', hopes »J for honours In the BMJL Dlv 1 league dwindled when they dropped a valuable point against Shirwood Foresters who held them to a one-all draw In a thrlll-a-mlnute tie on the Padang yesterday. Man of the match was Foresters' goa
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    H.M.S. MALAYA RUGBY COMPETITION Services look a champion team
    494 12 H.M.S. MALAYA RUGBY COMPETITION Services look a champion team JtHE COMBINED Services side selected to play A Negri-Malacca at Malacca on Saturday can be described as truly representative for it contains five members from each of the three Services. The majority of the team picked themselves on their recent form
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    MELBOURNE CUP Delta wins from Akbar
    83 12 MELBOURNE CUP Delta wins from Akbar MELBOURNE, Tues. rP-WEIOHTED Delta today won the Melbourne Cup, Australia's premier race, run over two miles at Flemington here. Akbar was second and Double Blank third. Delta started at 10 1 and won by threequarters of a length from Akbar, a 71 chance. Double
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    WEST INDIES FACE DEFEAT
    298 12 BRISBANE?. Tues. WITH the Brisbane pitch taking spin, the West Indlea were fighting hard today to avert defeat for the first time on their Australian tour. Queensland, one of the weakest atates In Australia, hammered the tourists' stuck which keenly felt the absence of (pinner* Valentin*
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    SCOREBOARD
    75 12 WEST INDIES— IST. INNS.— IM QUEENSLAND— IST. INNS.— US WEST INDIES— 2ND. INNS— I4B for S Rae c Sanders b Archer 1: stollmever c Or out b Smith 11: Marshall b Ravmer 16: Weekes c and Ik Ravmrr 33: Christtnl not out 43: walcott b Ravmer 9: Goran not
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    LATE GOAL SAVES V.S.
    201 12 LATE GOAL SAVES V.S. A goal scored three minutes from hVL Wh Victoria Schools h M ld a.' rl h *n»»>led hl» side to hold St. Joseph's Institution to a twoall draw m game of hockey at St. JO K phi r ound yesterday Victoria scored In the fifth minut*
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    Sentinel's Sportlight NO INVITATION FROM CEYLON
    531 12 Sentinel's Sportlight NO INVITATION FROM CEYLON I AM ALAYA has not yet received an invitation I iT from Ceylon to attend the athletics tour- nament which is to be staged m Colombo next February m celebration of the visit of Princess f Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh. A.A.A. officials
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    England stage grand rally v. India
    456 12 England stage grand rally v. India NEW DELHI, Tuea. INDIA declared at Sunday's close I x of play score of 418 for sU wlokets when the fourth day's play In the first Test against En<- land began today. At close of play today, England were 202 for 3 wkta. Phadkar
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    G.S.C score 7-0 win
    34 12 In a friendly hockey match played on the SRC. padang yesterday. Raffles Girls Sports Club ted XI went down to a Girls Sports Club side by seven goals to nil.
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    VARSITY GAIN 1st. LEAGUE SUCCESS
    81 12 In a Singapore Hockey Association's Dlv. 1 league match played on the Bukit Timah ground yesterday, University of Malaya beat R.A.F Chang! by a solitary goal. This was University's first victory In the league. Three minutes after the start, centre-forward, Norman Oorloff ran through to
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    HOCKEY OFF
    29 12 Singapore Hockey Association* Dlv. 1 Irmgue m»tch between Ceylon Sport* Club and Slnfapore Recreation Clab ichedaled to be played on the B.K.C. padanc today haa been postponed
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      49 12 HOCKEY: Combined Services women v. Combined Civilians, Women, Poppy Day match. SCC; University v Police Sepoy Lines; SCRC v PWD Hong Lim Green. RUGBY: RAF Changi v RASC— Changi; 22S BOD v RNAS— Sembawanr; RAF Tengah SCC— SCC; GHQ FARELF v Police— TsuigUn; St. Andrew's v Johore K.C.— Woodsvill.
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      95 12 SCOREBOARD EN(.I.\M> 1ST. INNS.: INDIA— 1ST INNS.: 418 FUR DEC. BMUm-MK WOT BoberUon c Pbadkar b Mankad Lowua e Phadkar b Mankad M KrnTon e Roy b Sblnde Watkim not oat M Carr not oil 44 Extras T.UI (far S) Wirke(s fell at: SI. 7«( ll«. O. M K W.
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