The Singapore Free Press, 9 November 1948

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA I SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1948. PRICE 10 CENTS
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    Jigger colony budget surplus
    142 1 Income tax 'p $5 million I Reporter 19 l l >. as amended by shows 7 million tpproved by the Legist*«11 e I million to m lude $1,375,000 nedical plan. ed iect Ullould be poned 00 U Surses Hostel i FTI Of C 01 pendlturt U
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    4 1 Secretary: <yye hearings of
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    TAKE LONG VIEW, SAYS MR. SMITH
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    Shots follow quarrel at ronggeng party
    73 1 Shots follow quarrel at ronggeng party A WEALTHY Sit Chiof Kheam Hock fired several xevol Into the air. frighten off a :iing his house." er Singapore police ari Adier atthe r.asc, alleged to b- 1-ader pan The incidents follow* quarr» between Chme.se Uors and a party of Malay soldiers over
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    'Are you a Red?'
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    Tension rises in Indonesia
    92 1 BAT AVIV. Tuesday. pension Increased In Indonesia yesterday follow- ing reports of Dutch Indonesian clashes as the Republican Premier. Dr. Mohamed Hatta. resumed \ital talks m Jogjakarta with representatives of the Dutch Foreign Minister. Dr. I). l\ Stikker i announ tyevs of what :ned "a well
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    Food Control Dept. probe ordered
    60 1 hrr-r V iff K»*p«»rtfr Is Ita report tahled m t»w Singapore LefUUtlre ncil this mormlng, th<* t (om mil tec of thf [iy directs that the orn of the Food rol Ih-partmfiit invrstiscat.il It m. ihJii tigation muht rarrifd out hv thr newly approved Qrg>llllltlo«
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    HIRE WRIT JUDGMENT
    80 1 Free Press Staff Reporter In the Singapore Court this morning, Mr JusJobling delivered ment allowing an ordei to be directed to I Minns. ASP., and the Commissioner of Police Singapore, to appear m ;he Hinh Court for inquiry m con tlon with the arrest of Carlton A
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    Alleged MPAJA men arrested
    32 1 Alleged MPAJA men arrested I*HREE Chinese, alleged to be members of the MPAJA ed under the Emency Re >ns by Sinpolice yesttrda A Cantonese wa.' arreued fo 1 be'ng a secret (member.
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    THE FED. WILL PAY $200,000 LESS
    151 1 Free Press Staff Reporter |^HE contribution of the' Federation Government to joint services performed by PanMalayan departments 1 lias been reduced by $200,000 by the Singapore tommittee. ration's future button to Joint services t2 000 annually. This Is revealed m the re•f the Select
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    Red war plane crash mystery
    53 1 >PENHAGEN, Tuesday. I^HE newspaper Berllngske Tid--nd'' said yesterday i UnltPd States plant* recently sighted the wreck of a tn military plan*' near Up Tnavtk m northern Gi land. The fate of the Russian known, but no sitjns of j life w^rp observed at the' laid
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    Village shelled
    27 1 A Burmese naval gunboat shelled and partially <\esd an insurgent village m the Kyantrm area. 120 miles north-west, of Rangoon a Government communique said yesterday^
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    Why the fuss, says Princess
    172 1 \uoy 7 I) have health and ttten"Why ryone make such a not the only woman to have a baby." Sir W Warn G will d V at Bh<:- kingham Palace, said yesterday ttiat from now on he was •on call" for the Palace. But r
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    36 1 j Dr. Louis Beel, Dutch High Representative m Indonesia, spe on arrival m Batavia. At his right <m white suit/ is the D Dr. D. U. Stikker. Behind him {hand at mouth) is Dr L Neher,
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    Medical reforms are necessary
    423 1 Medical reforms are necessary SELECT COMMITTEE SAYS Free Press Staff Reporter Z^WING to the present and future expansion 'He Singapore Medical Department, following implementation of the S3O-million medical plau appointment of a Standing Committee and crea of a new administrative post are recommended by the Select Committee whose report on
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    STOP PRESS
    85 1 Free Pi fT RepuXl \l I I MPI k I The European n of SUI k.i! •> a British po. wounded m a attai k on the e» iatr last nUht. One I ki 11 d l l «.iv kill.d one British soltUi wounded when forte lashed with
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    Plot to keep Truman out of White House
    151 1 Plot to keep Truman out of White House 1 ON. Tuesday. "CTATES RIOHT8" Demoera s are planning a rial political n to deprive President on it I.' bury h i Ighti M ths next iour i loidniH to a radiu comm Charles Para bi :t. Mr. Partner said "a »uth•i
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    U.S. AID TO CHINA IS CONTINUING
    148 1 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. I^HE Economic Co-operation Administrator, Mr. Paul Hoffman, said today that shipments of food, textiles, oil and fertilisers were still being sent to China despite Communist gains In Manchuria and North China. His statement followed widespread specula ion that U.S. economic aid to
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      23 1 I ■f STY MEAL 'PATRICK'S SAUSAGES WIZARD j 1 1/ [^RICK'S FOOD SUPPLIES 0-66 ORCHARD ROAD |^^!I 5281 5039 EXT TO ALL DEPTS
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      105 1 BENLOW KINGKRAFT COMBINATION LIGHTER ft CIGARETTE CASES UTILITY GIFTS. LANKA JEWELLERS., ?0 Battery Roa4 Singapore I i f*j OU Ul n<^ X% A^^ liAl I class who will demand and get the b«t. fTIA A In England, for instinct, De Lust'Vifginil I, fs cigarettes have been enjoyed io* over fifty
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    Royal christening at Sandringham
    360 2  -  ED. L. CAMPBELL By AP. Correspondent. QJANDRINGHAM, Kings favourite te m Noriolk. always the seer. British royalty's yuletide lion, is likely to be chosen for the christenof Princess Elizai be, birth, expected about the middle month normally is a lapse of from two months yal birth
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    LIPS WITH A NEW LOOK
    95 2 LIPS WITH A NEW LOOK AKF mt ntal iTI ru te to change hades 4 this month. Tht i pinks of brighter 1 days arc too pale "Wit h tfie mon- -is fashionable urs- the greys, "tans, and greens. There are new lipstich reds, more orange m tone <, than
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    Bridge Problem
    233 2 vJOME ftowi proce< r instance, N bidding m todu\ > den If you ga\»- \v»>uid I I ha\ a^«- In irj <imn hand II tit 1 Wiii ipade to b Bin In the two t<» the for him to leav e the h 1 partner. The I tract
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    WOMAN OF THE WEEK
    40 2 WOMAN OF THE WEEK By Our Woman Fashion Expert THE dress that caupht eye thu> week i by Mrs. Jessie Simiuas doiriQ some after lunch shopping m Raffles Pla 30 on a very hot after--1 lo 11-groomed. fine their I
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    TrainingMa
    68 2 and de- en to buy w:~ m the role of wares to tl representath \pert influenced by Mick anship and the weaving of i and Her den on "How to buy with •riant lecture fur wives with children. The Agriculture De ment ma B\ lectures to women hobbies. She
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    MEN'S NEW LOOK
    111 2  -  JOYA BEGG BY THE biggest nev. woman fashion-re-porter could find at the biggest men's fashion show since the war recently, the triumphant return Plus Fours (so-c: didn't know, should grip tin 4 m. below the km Other items en I the Na--1 hang er at the back
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    SERVING SALMON
    11 2  -  Joan Casth >Oki: by gfnkh; by a Salmon Cv
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      388 2 fV3£3' 0 -3E=? 03CA7 v%3A=T>C»^ J c? -.313 >;, m -Vs. .s.< T r^ b o sw a ffV^y/ '**A ro sv*Ew> y""^o^y <c act* SINGAPORE 41 metres IT p m n I S5» Kcwa Summary. PRO h r is ("i BSo to 2 M mfUfi (I pen t« 711
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      189 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR BORN today, foo ha great potentialities for JTOur talents are man\ and varied. The danger is that von may fall to con centrate on some one thint; and beconn- m< versatiit- Jaik ot 111 Trades. 1 his however, jrov <an urttimveni by persistent determination v r vaunting
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      How We Won The War
      747 3  -  D. EISENHOWER ~By I Ural Dwight hgj;gh; kl' KK\ NO I E MMANDE I k hia dirp' My fa '.vr U) I entered the n>< c- 4 Mnb*] ier and out th- In th« I We kept Oencra 1 informed of our develops In mid-July
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      The Revised Budget
      144 4 mlli for an I an increase m i lieving the yield bo bigger •u- >pen are a. :.ce uld reduce on buagon the < 4 which is r .ped out by the $7 7 milU--49 -re are $10 ml being probable expenditure on Changi airport and war
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      The Great Rico Swindle
      317 4 IN a letter on this page, Mr. V. Villaseran, an official of the Philippines Government, takes the Free Press to task for its commen the great rice swindle. The facts are quite simple. When Malaya was so short of rice that, the meagre ration was the
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    C'wealth boost for Jap trade
    29 4 LONDON T Jl lini aid a h n by .1 be f Of Japans inge- .m would vute bu contra d by SI Reuter
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    India production plans
    30 4 Sir B^m. a Rau, Indian reprfc- the SlatCft. has begun V dustrlal plants m quest < product. on> methods which will help India raise her ptonom c standard.
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    TROUBLES OME PISTOLS
    671 4  -  A. Wolstenholme by THIS 1 mine w .tly arriv< m -pniv from England with two automatic pistols m Hearii ibout trouble In this part of the world, and possessing English permits for the weapons, he decided to bring them along Then the fun started. At DM *>h<
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    Don Iddon's Diary
    639 4 NEW YORK: DERHAPS 1 may be personal for a few paragraphs. Today the Diary enters Its sixth year. It has changed a good deal since a cable arrived from London m October 1943 telling me to write a column about Ameri< There Is more opinion, Fewer flippancies
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    23 4 Newcomert to the Bristol Zoo, these three young Ichimpanzeet from Wt Africa view their neu world j a puzzled o wall a conferenci
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    FAITH
    27 4 For among niy people are found wicked men: the\ lay wait, as he that srttetb snues: they set a trap. they catch men. Jeremiah, 5. 26.
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    MALAYA'S P.I. RICE
    350 4 WHAT PEOPLE SAY YOUR editorial of Saturday on '$9,000,000 Rice Swindle" whereby the Philippines was bluntly accused of 'gross profiteering"' is. o say the leaM, misleading. The Philippines did not make any profit m the deal you mentioned and I wonder whether Malaya had been really charged
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    Just a wing.
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    Berlin issue is 'overplayed'
    99 4 U.S. soldiers think:- THREE United States A sergeants who hai returned from Gernia differences between R and Americans over th< m Germany -are purely p Ucal and m the hit] levels." There was no friction between American and Russian soldiers. Much of the war scare v>.is
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    Hemads them al sing
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    BIRTHDAY PARTY
    15 5 BIRTHDAY PARTY ghdg;km;jk; l Foto. An- tly Among Wee Mrs F LoK >rs, and Mobile
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    JOINT COMMITTEE APPROVES VARSITY PLAN
    724 5 Preference for 'local' students pHE signal to proceed with the establishment of the University of Malaya was given m the Singapore Legislative Council this morning by the Joint Select Committee of the Colony and the Federation m its long awaited report which generally supports the
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    HOSPITAL MAY BE ENLARGED
    48 5 rdic Hospital, now being J nment. may be extended »f proper t> m laj l.ian Teck jrs lh« I malice Committee supplement a $100,000 vote avail- .-crowded and ii t i ased number of studei i the rig field to a hostel for .gfhgkh';g
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    WAR GRAVES PICTURES
    24 5 WAR GRAVES PICTURES n Internees were burird In Muntock Banka Island Indies itographs may be es. who d address their Inquiries I Reglstr re.
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    'MUST LOOK INTO RICE SUPPLIES'
    76 5 'MUST LOOK INTO RICE SUPPLIES' THREE. »apers. the Hu raph and the M ter Guardian have Rene: of the 'I on. iM: Awberry Labour M. P. foi tral. and Mr. I 'alley i Assov' 1 on 'lv The Hi graDh reoo; mission Communist the unionQuest ions. Guard. vo'ed oslderab allotted
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    TAKUAPA TIN
    18 5 Takua;. ing reports the follov ing output October: Dredge No. 1 117 piculs Dredße No picula.
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    Firms train trade school students
    258 5 A SCHEME for practical workshop training for students in junior technical (trade) schools has been drawn up in the Federation. The scheme arranges for all mechanical and electrical engineering: students in their third and last year to have practical workshop experience and training for a
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    Big extensions to Kallang
    404 5 s-J 87,000 VOTE PASSED LWI'KNDITrRE totalling over $487,000 has been approved by the Finance Committee for work on, and lire fighting equipment for, Kallang airport. Of this amount, $202,000 is required to provide a new concrete taxi track, 1.950 feet long by 60 feet wide, with
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    OIL CONFERENCE
    80 5 From all parta of the eastern hemisphere 40 executive officers of Stand-ard-Vacuum Oil Co tiave come to Singapore for a week of discussions tchich are described as educational. Talks began at the Sea View Hotel yesterday. Among those attending the meeting, ithich is presided over by Mr. P.
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    'EXTRA WIVES—A LUXURY'
    73 5 'EXTRA WIVES— A LUXURY' CWINESE with several II be a:. Ed income tax deductions for only one wife, the Comptroller of Taiation, v. H. Tudor, said thus morning. "Extra u\t e$ are a luxury," he decia' Ihlgfj cannot duct ions for r than one nife. they have to show their
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    'We're the worst off'
    114 5 SPORE ARMY WORKERS SAY Free FfoM Maff Reporter \|FMBERS of the Army LU vil Se: Union, Singapore, are d. ried with th< allowan led by nit Comm, „nd approved b re Go authorities for lowaii' ••od to be D W r Offlc order tha; A mix
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    INCOME TAX – OFFICIAL WARNING
    117 6 INCOME TAX OFFICIAL WARNING All forms out Free Press Start* Reporter E\ I RYONE liable to taxation should have received an income tax form by now, the Comptroller of Taxation, Mr. 1). H. Tudor, told the Free Press this morning. "If anyone liable has been overlooked, he should inform the
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    24 6 .4 terror:*', house m Broga village briny burned down has had killed a bandit ami captured two c Gurk' el uniforms, a pistol, jni
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    RUBBERS, TINS ADVANCE
    134 6 RUBBERS, TINS ADV ANCE t?.ro. J^X v*x^ *^B 1^**! i t* 1 1 1 *-^j*j ONDON, Tuesd THF tone on ihe London Stock Exchange resterdaj WAS bright, with rubber and tin shares ftdvanci However, dollar stocks irere a weak feature, s Reuler'a financial correspondent; losses of up to four points
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    SECURITY FORCES KILL 14 BANDITS
    109 6 Free Press stuiT Correspondent KUAI A LUMPUR, Monday. SECURITY rorcei killed 14 bandits yesterday, am 1 wounded several others. In the Mnax-Lengfa area of Johore. seven bandits were shot dead. In the Kota Tin^nl area. Nanyi military lgaged a p bane. One ChineM bandit irai
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    TALKS ON ENGLISH
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    VEGETABLE CROPS NOT AFFECTED
    42 6 IPOH, M NEITHER the la evacuation of tqua from .tain of Perak :vitie* of Polict js and b* among the squatter areas. have had any appreciable produc- ther l said of vegetable were te d to -^al Departbe
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    $253,000 FRAUD CHARGES
    187 6 $253,000 FRAUD CHARGES A 32-YEAR-OLD HokA kien. Quek Tiam Song, director of Messrs. Thong Whatt Thiam Kee Ltd. appeared before the Singapore Seventh Police Court Magistrate (Mr. R. J. O. Wait), yesterday on three counts of cheating, involving a sum of $253,982. It w&a alleged that 'he money involved arose
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    JOHORE EXAMS
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    TRADE DIRECTORY FOR FAR EAST
    13 6 V. He ci work will monl n lnd
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    21 6 The Bishop of Sin get; the Rt. Rev John Leonard Wilson and Mrs. H who returned to Singa: erday from Engla
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    Penang has T.B. centre
    29 6 Penan g has T.B. centre I Pi pur.drnt A Road Cli The clinic patients from day, bet Ad\ Out of of tu V uah The su; was paid 18.
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    WATER RATION IN K. KANGSAR
    11 6 WATER RATION IN K. KANGSAR KUALA KA.s(iSAR and ll M Isia
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      52 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore tree Press m Malaya fjtp TV VH HELP.' JO M B^^l ItTSl tTS EASIER To Gf T INTO t P I /^-—^vV' J P^ 1 This place than out J^gr C*V l-w, O;.K/ 1/ >^*« 'JA\ \OFIT I IKE THE A" TARZAN Lightning finish By
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    OUTSTANDING GALLOP BY JUDAIC
    859 7 OUTSTANDING GALLOP BY JUDAIC Bukit Timah track hints By TRESPASSER JUDAIC (Bagby), clocking 51 Vt seconds for half a mile and 38 2 5 for the last three furlongs, did the outstanding gallop at Bukit Timah this morning when horses running at the Singapore Winter Meeting were given fast work.
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    24 7 picture unh round to take the icorld J third round and again m the The nght took place at Madison Oct. 29.- A. P.
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    S.R.C. DEFEAT TEACHERS 1-0
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    SECOND REPLAY
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    2 changes in Scotland XI
    96 7 WILI.IL Houliston. Queen of the South centreforward, receives his first international soccer cap for Scotland against Ireland at Hampden Park, Glasgow, on Nor. 17. He replace RellW of Hibernian. Govan for Howie at right-back is the only other change from the vide which beat Walev.
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    TEAMS FOR POPPY DAY RUGGER
    143 7 TU be R.a d the Singapore >c played en TliursJ&lan Besar stadium Poppy Day Fund Will X X XV: F S Hancock; Cpl. I t O Prati. F L Monks and ■-w. P L McGlbbon and A C Lewli; A. C. Crabtree, f L Bishop.
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    Blacksmith wins boxing title
    44 7 I Shellield boxer, became P rweight champion when he W n over 15 rounds against pool, who has held the title ll.i rrin i m Arena. London. la>t by Roder I ied ag; I I I I m»rn Wins B
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    RUGBY RESULTS
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    Saturday's weights
    256 7 U'EIGHTS lor Satur- daj i ra ?ea at Buklt HortfN Claw 1 Div I— Furs. 9.04 9.03 8.13 805 8 03 eat 8 03 8.01 7.13 7.10 7 04 i— Div. t— 4 F«r> ■xv 8.11 8.09 an 8.03 ,<m 8.0« 8 04 8.04 c Midas* 8.04 8
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    N.Z. wants one More Test
    94 7 OF the mam Uerr^ hcing siaered by the Ad. Coun.y Cricket Committee meet at Lords, London, today and tomorrow will be an application fiom New Zealand :o be allowed to play nimum of four Test matches against England In 1949, instead of thrr> arranged. A
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    33 7 pict Mus s W. de Souza sin iq to gain p< from Mrs. Fairhurst icen ire) and Mrs. McMnllan incident in the Singa an icomen's hw on the Padanq ye da\ Free Press
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    LATEST RSGC RESULTS
    298 7 LA TEST RSGC RESULTS THE Royal Singapore Golf Club's November Bogey competition was played at Bukit Timah Saturday and Sunday and resulted m tie m "A" Division between R. J. Fennie and J. Markham with a score of 3 up and a win for D. J. Vane Percy m "B"
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    54 7 11. Mannwn uejn, tne £25,000 England international footballer who is without a club, having left Middlesbrough rather than re-sign for them, visited London on Oct. 26 to take orders at the Dairy Shou for a firm of Oldham agricultural implement makers. He is seen demonstrating one of his firm's products
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    JOCKEY KILLED
    64 7 S. L. 1.0 a novice Jock*y. di**d m Hong Kong hospital shortly after being thrown by Amigo I the running of the Welgan Handicap m the Happy Valley race course on Saturday. The accident involved four and» also resulted m injury to B. L. Tang Ma-Inwa, who was
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    THREAT TO AUSTRALIAN CRICKET INCREASING
    390 7 T»HE ranks of good Australian cricket players are being steadily depleted by transfers to English league cricket and this could wreck the game m Australia, according to Roy Colmer, Adelaide News cricket writer. Lancashire League club offers for star players are making serious Inroads into
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    M.C.C. have to fight hard for victory
    179 7 M.C.C. have to fight hard for victory pENTI'RIES by Leo Hutlon (125) and Denis Compton (121) helped to place the M CjC. m a good position against (ape Province on the second d. their three-day match, which was continued m Capetown yesterday. However, they will have to fight hard to
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    Mills breaks bone in right hand
    64 7 IT was revealed m Johannesburg yesterday that the world light heavyweight champion, Freddie Mills had fractured a metacarpal bone In the right hand when he knocked out the South African heavyweight champion. Johnny Ralph, on Saturday night Mills, who appeared unmarked after the bout,
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    BRISTOL REFUSE TO PAY PLAYER
    157 7 STAR" .soccer players' demands for have d many wrangles oeand their clubs over the past few seasons, and now a small Third Division Section club. Bristol Rovers, have set their feet firmly against a player's desire io move. Ken Wookey. Bristol Rovers outside right, asked
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    POH LIM BACK NEXT WEEK
    134 7 0 badn is leaving X If h qualify for th finaJ. he will be to p The Singaij doubles final Peng 8 Hui tMayflov Urn and run Chony Tet (Marigoh same eve;. I The U> parties are .1 the sen hall, tween tru be P
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    SCHOOL RUGGER
    30 7 THE annual rugger match between Pa>t and Present boys of St. Andrews School. Singapore, will be played at Woodsville oi day evening, and n< row as previously rep
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    GALA AND DANCE
    23 7 THE Chinese Shimming Singapore v. ill noli a gala and dance on Saturday from 7 30 p.m. to 1 a.m.
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    BIRTH
    11 8 BON BERNARD at Bungsar ,^r Marga ad' r. Sum Mrirgaret
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    ENGAGEMENT
    21 8 w engagement was mnoui 1 1 48 b lisa Poh •c Lian. eldest daughter of Poh Guan Cheng I Hock
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    MARRIAGE
    20 8 IE BhNNM 1 U1 16th. 1948. at St. Ch.» M: and I Tlree 1 and Ilford. Bsspx. to of
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    DEATH
    10 8 iber, 1948 N 4ged 26. I neral X.L rnber
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    DE GAULLE TO WRECK THE GOVT.
    250 8 Will block all legislation PARIS, Tuesday. GEN. DF GAULLE'S henchmen, commenting last night on their election victory, announced that they could and would wreck the present French Government and put their leader back In power. The General, after leading the Tree French movement during
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    Punjab plans big lottery
    58 8 "THE Q Edit Punjab wants to hold a state lottery with "worldwide scope" for raising 500 million rupees for the rehabilitation of four m m refugees. The Government of India has been asked to organise tht lottery or permit the East Punjab Government it. The queiaho
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    'Un-American' probe chief on fraud charges
    120 8 WASHINGTON. Tuesday. pHAIRMAN of the of Representative! Com Jersey, has ndicted for I United Stat^ ol 1 and pr<> He "kick backs' 1 f] •nal employers and 01 ing" non-ex emp The Grand Jury also indicted Miss Helen Campbell Thomas's former secretary. Court officials
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    Found dead on yacht
    28 8 Screen writer Jerome CaJy. 40 years old. of Be srley HUli, California, «M found dcari y* trrdoy aboard hLi yach; Eay. off Catalina Island.
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    New India food control powers
    39 8 New India food control powers I^HE Government of India has armed itself with special powers to enforce food controls more effectively. Th»' courts may now Impose up to three years Imprisonment, heavy fines and the forfeit of property.- A.P.
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    'Ready for Red coup in Berlin'
    167 8 BERLIN, Tuesday. THE U.S. Commandant m Berlin. Col. Frank Howley, told German political leaders j last night that there were lufflcient American troops m j the city to guard against any Communist putsch attempt. 'There are adequate troops j m the U.S. sector to
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    Assembly must decide-Nehru
    158 8 Assembly must decide-Nehru FUTURE LINK WITH EMPIRE DELHI, Tuesday. y\\v. Prime Minister* of India and Pakistan both made statement* last night on their countries' future relationships with the British Commonwealth. They urged tul n of the problem. and each 1: d that Parliamentary decision by India and Pakistan would not
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    33,000 Filipino. were massacred
    24 8 33,000 Filipino. were massacred IT.-Oen. Shizuo V i guilty m I '.tiding Quirino'a m the American ban first to try a es. A. P.
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    Divorce: Equality for women
    200 8 PAKis, Tuesdaj rill. United Nations Social Council y«*sterday ap- proved, by 17 votes to 16, a Kussian->ponsored proposal that men and women should enjoy equal divorce rights. Nine States abstained from voting. The Soviet delegate Mr Alexet Pavlov, termed he >)tion of the 58-nation-commlttee "a great
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    Rubber prices
    116 8 SPECIAL Market ton dent give* the prlct* of rubber (m rents per Ib.) ai 11 am today ai follows: Buven MBCTI No. 1 X S -s Spot. loom >0 40% I it B. In bale* Od. Xo. 1 KS s 40 4«> 4 No. 7 KSS 38' <
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    More rice for India?
    37 8 1 The new Bra7.i!*ji Minister to t India. MT J C. Dalencar. said on his arrival m Bombay yf-tcrday v that, because of c-rop, he hoped Brazil would Rend t India more i
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    8 SUBMARINES 'SANK' U.S. FLEET
    179 8 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. TIGHT Snorkel equipped submarines theoretically have sunk or crippled an enUnlted States invasion t of 100 warships. md' ding j the battleship Missouri, the U.S. Navy announced yesterday. e-Adm. D R. Div commanding the Navy's great--war ni£iioeuvres, held m the North Atlantic, said
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    Star meets thA Duke
    40 8 Star meets thA Duke pnoio. David Niven, star of •'Bon me Prince Charlie," chats h the Duke of Edinburgh at a private party following the London premiere of the Empire Theatre, Leicester Square. Margaret Leighton teen m centre background. A.P.
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    NEW PEACE TALKS CALL Back Truman, MPsurge Bevin
    74 8 NEW PEACE TALKS CALL Back Truman, MPsu rge Bevin LONDON, Tuesci rraREB backbench M.P. I called on Britain night to support President Truman's efforts direct peaie negotiation* with Mai Stalin. M: (Labo;.: urged In 4 gf Commons that the ron Bevin, seize th# opportu: Trumaii" to press for new efforts
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    Anglo-Burman status is raised by M.P.
    12 8 Anglo-Burman status is raised by M.P. LONDO I 1 I wer< Reuter
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    U.N. BID FOR PALESTINE PEACE TALKS
    28 8 U.N. BID FOR PALESTINE PEACE TALKS T<HE United Natu. A closed meeting t< I o! arranging a p< and Jews m Palestine. Af>!l 2 Meanwhile. I gfhjthgjhjn'h Reuter
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    Less bacon for U.K
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    Empire trade breaking down
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    Pacific strike
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    RUSSIAN OIL FIRM IN BRITAIN PULLS OUT
    45 8 nidad LONDON. RSM is v ihe United X markel. selling trlbuting equipment right to an Aw oil group knovn as th« ReApril b\ holds and 'he Tt Company. United X subsid Texa^ New* and n doin l Reuter
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