The Singapore Free Press, 13 November 1948

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    20 1 The Singapoe Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA UN SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1948 PRICE 10 (FN I s
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    FREE SCHOOLING IS EXTENDED
    346 1 FREE SCHOOLING IS EXTENDED New primary pupils aided Free Press Staff Reporter pREE education for children between six and eight years entering primary schools next \ear, the opening of two new regional schools, and first steps toward the establishment of a Training College, are the main features of Singapore's educational
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    Captive escapes from bandits
    40 1 indent Rl VIA LUMPI K. Saturd ;>her. 1 been kidnapped fcb, te the Communistraj ies from Seremban, to I photographs on Oct. 8, Bfrffrom ly this week during an tHe has now returned to km U.P.
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    NEW TOTE IS ALL READY FOR TODAY
    82 1 Free Press Staff Reporter wm Turf Clubs 1 :>v barometer passed the night, will be st time at this 3 id wagered if $7,500,000 on 19 racing days since the liberi\ will now be able to know i glance the dividend of which
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    BRITAIN HONOURS F.D.R.
    148 1 BRITAIN HONOURS F.D.R. To the honoured memory Of FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT, a faithful friend of freedom and of Britain, four timet, Presit of the United St ted by the Governof the United Kingdom 'rHESE are the words on a plaque which wa.s 6hrlned m Westminster Abbey yesterday, the first tin.head
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    Lightermen ask for wages
    83 1 Free Prr-N m t IT Reporter 1 y HE Secretary ol the Singapore Lighter Worker* Union, Mr. A. T. Moorthy. this morning contacted the Singapore Assistant Commissioner of Labour, Major A. S. Roman, for wages due to 200 dismissed lightermen, who quitted their boats at Tf
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    REDS ESCAPED ON ELEPHANTS
    58 1 THE Burmese White Flag Communist leader, Thalcin Than Tun and his followers escaped from Government forces m Central Burma on elephants stolen from a British firm, according to reports reaching Rangoon. With Than Tun. was the much-wanted Indian Communist. Ooshal. who arrived m Burma m March
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    HITLER'S BROTHER CHANGES NAME
    42 1 Adolf Hitler.-> half b. Aloe Hitler, ha* received pel mission to than*, his name to Alois, who rrow lives .nburg, told reporters that he had never found the name any help, and it was a positive disadvantage. Reuter
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    ROTARY OFFERS FELLOWSHIP
    137 1 Free Press StafT Reporter a ONE-YEAR Fellowship for post-graduate study at a University is being offered In Singapore by the Rotary Foundation Fund. The Honorary Secretary of Singapore Rotary Club. L H. Smith, told the c Press yesterday that Fellowships are open to men and women of
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    MARELLA SOLD FOR £80,000
    128 1 MARELLA SOLD FOR £80,000 Free Press Staff Reporter rHE 6.460-ton Burns Philp x liner Marella, 34 yearold veteran of the SingaporeAustralia passenger-freight service, has been sold to a American shipping company for £80,000. She is due to be delivered m .Singapore on Nov. 23. on the completion of her prim
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    New Franc denial
    28 1 The French Government yesterday denied reports that it intends to create a new franc. Rumours, however, are widespread that a currency '-hange Ls under study.
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    Siam Minister quits
    23 1 Phya Malm Sawan S Commerce Minister, resigned yesterday. A successor has not yet been nam«-d. Other Cabinet cli&nges H rtly.
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    CANTON BLAZE COURT SEQUEL
    77 1 CANTON BLAZE COURT SEQUEL 'THE ca^e against 20 Chinese A accused of setting the British Consulate General at Canton on fire on Jan. 16 was yesterday dismissed by a special criminal court. They were transferred to the procurator of the local district court. The Judge said Ills court had no
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    U.S. DOCK STRIKE
    35 1 Tne Longshoremen's Union said last night In New York tha its east coast membership had voted almost unanimously to reject the shippers' final offer and that a general strike would besin amidnight.
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    15 Germans hanged
    30 1 Fiiieen former guards a the Mauthausen concentration camp were hanged yesterday m Munich for slaying more than 4,600 war-time inmates including 47 British and American airmen A.P.
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    'SPECIAL' SHOT IN STOMACH
    62 1 Free Press Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU, Sat. A special constable was shot A m the 6tomach by bandits at 1 a.m. this morning on Chan Wing Estate. Bekok (Johore). His comrades dr the bandits off. The decomposed body of a Chinese, believed to be I bandit,
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    Rescued from rubbish dump
    58 1 r fHE Kings Colour of the Ist Battalion. The Royal Leicestershire Regiment, which were retrieved from a rubbish dump at Singapore after the end of the Japanese war, was laid at Leicester Cathedral yesterday. The Colours of the battalion were lost when Singapore fell. No trace
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    Indonesia talks to be resumed
    102 1 BA'IAVIA Saturday. THfc Republican In form a tion Minister, Mohammed Natsir, yesterday confirmed m Jogjakarta that, "m principle, the Dutch and the Republicans have expressed their preparednes* to reopen political negotiations under the supervision ot the United Nations says the Antara news agency. He said
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    The baby: 'any time now'
    190 1 LONDON. Saturday. DRINCESS Elizabeth's baby i^ expected ''any time 710K Sir William Gilliatt. the gynecologist, It quoted by the London Evening Standard as of the opinion thai the baby will be born today or tomorrow and Londoners :t to hear of an the Thront during
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    More people for Auat.
    26 1 Ausuaiian Minister 01 immigration. Mr. Arthur Calwell. said yesterday thai by June 1950 Australia would have absorbed 112,000 displaced persons from Europe.
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    Russian 'peace drive' flayed
    207 1 PARIS, Saturday. T*HE IS. Secretary of State, Mr. George Marshall, yesterday accused Russia of launching a dishonest "propaganda peace offensive" by instigating rumours that Stalin and President Truman were to meet on the East-West crisis. At the same time, the British Minister of 8 Mr. Hector
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    REDS MAY OUTFLANK HSUCHOW
    172 1 NANKING. Saturd.; WHILE the Government was claiming "uni cedented" successes m the battle of Hsuchow other reports said today that four powerful munist columns had outflanked the Hsuchow defence line and was mov'-" <outh-west to cut off Nationalist communications with Nanking. Independent military observers here believe
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    INo emergency arresls
    29 1 A Crnnese suspected 01 being a member of a secre, society was arrested by Singapore police yesterday. There were no arrests under the Emergency Regula ions.
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    UP-COUNTRY SALES LOWER RUBBER PRICE
    112 1 Free Pre** Staff oirrspondrnt London rrid UP-COUNTRY Malaya i« suggested a reason here for a dccl:: the price of rubber b shilling for the An October last. Writing s and Pea' factors had ct keeping the markefirstly, the shipment figure, anci the general agre surance
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    A SLAVE GIRL IN S'PORE
    1252 2  -  M.A. FRIEDERICH by "You're not twenty-seven, you're seventeen"* ventures Mrs. Webb. "How do you know 0 the young gran THIS is the story of a young Chinese girl slipped through the rescue net and v\ as found later as a ostitute m apore opiurn•Si la."
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    Bridge Problem
    155 2 L ARTS aie trumps. Bouth th and South are I >f th c seven tricks against any defence. South leads spade queen If North ruffs With the heart ten and return^ which South rvffla S)inh h-ads diamond to North':queen, and North makes heart act and leads sx. putting
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    How We Won The War
    2228 3  -  General Dwight D. EISENHOWER 0 OWN STORY 0F.... ....CRUSADE IN EUROPE By WO 1(1 w ach conto ations .rned choose )t was h« Idea .ilin )me the ages c so .'.lied both Anxious Care an io see me aione. mis was one ot several intimate
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      39 3 TONIGHT INFORMAL RACE NIGHT DANCE EXTENSION TO l A. M. M» ADMISSION CHARGE WANK PiCKFORD HIS ORCHESTRA I TOMORROW IN THE PALM COURT ORCHESTRA OF H M.S. BIRMINGHAM Bandmaster I v I Tobin K.N. OF THE MODERN Off KB
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY Nov. 13, 1948. The Social Survey & the Immigrant
    278 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY Nov. 13, 1948. The Social Survey the Immigrant I HERE Is no more important section of the B ;al Survey report hat which details efforts made to assess the ties linking Singapores large immigrant population h their respe. homeland >x>rt remarks. >i generalization ide on
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    SCOUTS TO GO ABROAD
    809 4  -  Roy Ferroa N EXT month, 64 boys lrom (lit l 'J Fereni parts ot Malaya and Singapore will be setting out on a journey which the> say will be "an experience ot* ;i lifetime." They, together with ;i number of iululls, will attend the Pan Pacific
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    11 4 IARA I.: i v blue and white polka Shorn ning goun
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    THEIR MERITS ARE KNOWN
    156 4 \tnat People Say THI Nov. 10 errs when it says that StafT Nurses are "indignant because appointments on the basis of merit instead of service. What thej nant about is that they ha\ apply for th- promotions by applications inof being given i to appear before
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    RED TENSION AIDS BRITAIN
    471 4 ORITAIN can thank Soviet Russia for one thing m these days of world tension. The Communist threat seenu be tightening the links of the British Empire denounces so bitterly. That is the view of Bi als who praise the ul" confermmonwealth Prim. itly m Loin Only
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    47 4 CLARENCE, camel mascot of the 86th United Stt Fighter Wing at Neuerburg, Germany, pictured giving a ride to a little German girl past a crowd of kia about a thousand of whom were at Tompelhof A :e to greet him on arrival by air. Leading GRTYUI. RTRT
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    Uproar In Soccer's 'Slave Market'
    402 4  - Uproar In Soccer 's 'Slave Market' GEOFFREY SIMPSON By MIDDLESBROUGH Football Club are still considering the case of a man who refuses to be sold for £30,000— his value at current rates m what League professionals call Soccers SJ Market. There never ff en a case like Wilfred Mannion s
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    FAITH
    23 4 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it and the spirit shall return unto God w! it. Ecce 12. 7.
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    The Lord Mayor's Show
    9 4 The Lord Mayor's Show 9 General Dwight D. EISENHOWER
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    MIGGER CHINA REMITTANCES SOUGHT
    282 5 MIGGER CHINA REMITTANCES SOUGHT $45 a month 'not enough 9 j-tcc rress ;>ian correspondent £JHINESE remittance shops m Singapore and the Federation decided at a joint meeting, held m Singapore, to enlist the support of the Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Chinese Legislative Councillors to raise the limit placed on
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    24 5 picture com pa >. Mac Donald. ier General South East Asia. died m .tta two days ago. and J T. Edwards, both ooA Free Press
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    Bauxite cargo to be jettisoned
    53 5 k SINGAPORE tug. the A eft yesterday %'atuna Islan China Sea to help to 8.000 tons of bauxite Amelia Earhart which .ed on a coral i tug Is carr;. Chi»t< .edores. freighter left Singapore for Honolulu, I d 300 n fl s iter nave I
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    FILM SHOWS WAR ON BANDITS
    107 5 FILM SHOWS WAR ON BANDITS KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. MALAYAN fl..m cameramen, working with the Service authorities and Ferret Force units m m ated areas where bandit activity has been most prevalent, have taken action pictures of the emergency which will be released m the Federation and Singapore for screening tomorrow.
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    V's prayer week starts tomorrow
    189 5 V's prayer week starts tomorrow c Press Staff Reporter MEMBERS of the Singapore V.M.t.A will join millions of men and women of the "V" movement throughout the world m a World Week of I hJch begins tomorrow. The Week, an nual event, will have for its theme this year The
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    BATA MAN TO BE TRAINED IN INDIA
    49 5 BATA S'r pany, *nding a member of their locallyengaged stair. Mr. Goh Poh their factories m India to be trained as 'ing officer. Mr. Goh 1 the company 10 years ago. The management gave a j to Mr. Goh Cale de Lv
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    NEW CINEMA
    25 5 Nee Soc c -»t the 10 :ioad will .ema— Nee Scon I d films. Th* t with two I'ar/an film at 7 and
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    Australians want bauxite
    62 5 THE nmissi n ommended that the Austi .id be ved for defence pur- fore, to get from Malaya for r use In M.iI for and an Australian expei shortly. This is disclosed m a report of the commission which is now beinc tabled m the Federal Parliament.
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    BIGGER IMPORTS FROM AUSTRALIA
    152 5 AI'STRALIA'S total export trade with Maia>a A for the first six months of 1948 has increased approximately S!,500.000 over the corresponding period o' 1947. Comparative figu January to Juno 1948 a follows: Animals, Food, D: ink and Tobacco $40,408,2^2 '$33,911,026 m 1947); raw materials and articles
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    Must report loss of identity cards
    224 5 AN Enquiry and Corrections Office has now been opened at the Central Office (Singapore Registration) at the S.V.C. Headquarters m Beach Road. This office will deal with all matters concerning lost and found cards, the correction of particulars on identity cards already issued and
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    LEPERS TO BE ENTERTAINED
    59 5 The Singapore L« Der Welfare Committee is preparing to entertain the 380 men. wonifn and children of the Singapore Leper Home at Christmas. Those who would Uln gifts ar»> asked to them to Miss M. A. Burton. 7 Gentle F r to the hon. treasurer. Mr.
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    Jail sentence to stand
    94 5 Sentence of nine months rigorous imprisonment passed on Chea Choon Eng, 56--year-old widow, was confirmed by Mr. Justice Jobling In the Singapore Supreme Court yesterday. She had been sentenced by the First District Judge (Mr. E. P. Shanks) for possession of chandu. She appealed on the
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    SCHOOL HOLIDAY
    22 5 Singapore Chinese schools cosed yesterday, the 83rd iversary of the birth of BID Vat sen. founder ol the Chinese Republic.
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    Sir Panjang has own special PC's
    14 5 Sir Panjang has own special PC's I i i i I i i i
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    PPOINMENTS
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    FOUDN HANGING
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    Screening Arrivals
    44 5 In screening new arrivals from China this European officer of the Social Welfare Department gives extra attention to a little girl with her hair cut in boy's fashion. She suspects her of being a a future child-actress. (See article in Page 2.)
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    HOTEL MEN'S APPEALS FAIL
    72 5 Mr. Justice Jobllng yesterday m the Singapore Supreme Court refused to interfere with sentences passed by the Third Police Court Magistrate (Mr. F. B. Oehlers) on two hotel licencees who had permitted guests to stay at their hotels without entering their names m the hotel register.
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    Reporter turns air hostess 'to se the world'
    190 5 Reporter turns air hostess 'to se the world' Free Press Woman Reporter A BLONDE girl reporter from Sydney. 20-year-ol<| Elizabeth Hickson, arrived m Singapore yesterday on the first stage of a flight to Rome as air hostess to a crew of five men, one of whom, the chief pil« is
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    SMALLPOX KILLS TWO IN JOHORE
    94 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Frl TWO of four persons who 1 contracted smallpox m Johore died during the week ending Nov. 6. In the previous week 15 cases were reported m the Federation, one of which proved fatal. During the same week six
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    100 TO ATTEND ECAFE MEETING
    90 5 MORE than 100 delegates from 18 countries will attend the conference of the Nation Economic Council for Asia and the Far Ea<t at Lapstone In New South Wales. Australia, from Nov 29 to Dec. 15. The ECAFE to assist certain Asian and P. countries with
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    COMPENSATION BOARD
    16 5 COMPENSATION BOARD THE Gc\ernc appointed a B> tea ;h< yeniThe me: the (Pres! Pheng Geek ai.
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    England's stars on the wane
    344 6 MATTHEWS STILL THE MASTER By A Special Correspondent STANLEY Matthews was chosen by Britain's Association Football critics some months ago as the footballer of the year. It was an honour well deserved and there does not seem to be any reason why he should not
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    Dogs in danger
    54 6 ta he h ►rklng w^-n London Dr R :i m "Hard Pad I mbles any a 1 on, and li Tl.p v jrain j and catarrh. a of th* vered. flri noticed m ln 14 c( i unchecked. But work' rolled In to find a this new
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    Mannion verses "the racket'
    176 6 Mannion verses "the racket' WILFRED MANNION, the player who refuses io be auctioned, has brought to a head the whole sordid business of the trade m footballers. He announced that he would not join any club offering more than £12,000 for him. "I will not be a party to this
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    British Turf plunderers
    173 6 British Turf plunderers i) se plundei 1 will ha i\ ot at i Club h with a mmii m the of the und died the 8] 44 different t: I > bid V rk run gui: S Richest pr; It was B prize— £ls.36B— and brought the colt's earnings above
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    SOCCER'S CROWN PRINCE
    175 6 By A Special Correspondent somebody, obviously of a poetic turn of mind, once described Raich Carter as the Crown Prince of Football, adding that his hair flowed back from his head like silver fire. Very nice But what this writer forgot to mention was that beneath Raich's
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      211 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore free Press m Malaya ffltW FORELOCK WAS RIGHT, (THE DOOR'S LOCKED Too!-. J/iT's ERICS FAULT FOr\ J'J 1-KlTz!- I'VE SCREAMED V' SUPPOSE THFRi S NOTmWG j \SE I I ING 'Al i I MAI I **3l ■Hi MY HEAD OFF THROUGH KTO DO BUT GET
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    All The Latest Selections
    85 7 EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY MIVT MOST FAVOURED TOINTEB SELECTION BROWNSBAY BIwWnsBAY D^ndEpic BROWNSBI* CAROL BiMy Carol EeHpUe J^ 8 NATURAL na2S H** FLASHED **»-aea Couplan VOCE HIGHNESS YOUI^HIOHNF^T S? m* s£^JT m _j sslE" n YOtR HIOHNIM tor.l Sea ScTSn JJS MADASARI RT TIVEL ASTIVEL vel
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    Apology given to Mills, MCC
    61 7 Apology given to Mills, MCC f.mmiUee or tne western proologised yesterday to Engtnd Freddie Mills, British %h\ champion. .ey expressed hen Mills was .vho flew down to vn from Johan;rg after knocking the South African .pion, Johnny Ralph, to the cricket tnd to see Denis n m the E :oom.
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    Today's Acceptors
    916 7 OELOW is the full card of events at Bukit Timah today. Double totes will be on races one and three and Aye and eight and the Big Sweep will be drawn on race eight. Race 1—2.15: CI. 1. Div. 3—6 Furs. 5 Yds. 000 Eletant Art Turner 9.00
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    SWEET MEMORY IS FANCIED
    445 7 This morning's track hints By TRESPASSER gWEET Memory, "Mr. Kwik's" English mare by the St. Leger winner Chumleigh, was the most fancied three-year-old for the Free Handicap at the Bukit Timah racecourse this morning. Despite this morning's rain, the going remains good, but if the bad
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    Today's Nap selection
    105 7 npHE rain has come at the JL right time for Sweet j Memory m the Free Handi- cap. and I take this English filly as my nap selection. Strongest stable fancies are Suivi m the fourth and Colbay m the second race. Suivi may find it hard
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    DESIR TAKES AUTUMN CUP
    77 7 THE Liverpool Autumn Cup was won yesterday by Lord Lovat's Desir (C. Richards). Mr. D. Morris' Royal Tara was second and Mr. D. De Rougemont's Royal Highlander third. Twenty-five ran. Betting: 25-1 against Desir, 100-8 against Royal Tara, 33-1 against Royal Highlander. Won by a head,
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    INDIA 223 FOR 3 WICKETS
    60 7 INDIA had scored 223 for the loss of three wickets m reply to the West Indies first innings total of 631, as play ended on the third day of the Test Match m New Delhi yesterday. Ibrahim scored 85. Modi made 63 and the Indian
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    EBRICH DIVORCED
    31 7 MRS Marian Edneh, wife of J. Ednch England and Middlesex < granted a divorce m .ndefended soil day. The parties were married m 1944. It was Edrich's second marriage. A.P.
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    RIMFIRE LAME
    46 7 RIMFIRE the 1948 Melbourne Cup winner, was so lame when he reached tlie rae c that he had to be a from his float be'ore h? to a stall -tiding v. race aeain 'his year. He w.ll be turned out '.ong spell Reuter A.A.P.
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    Martin's horses impress
    183 7  - Martin's horses impress TRESPASSER By A NUMBER of hon running on the second day, Wednesday, given fast work at Bukit Timah this morning. The best gallop over 3f done by Martin's Rustle and Some Brani iTumwho did 3f m 38 1 5. Some Brani, who fini slightly m front, should
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    SCC WOMEN'S HOCKEY
    55 7 r i^HE S.C.C. women's hockey A practice on Monday will b. played on the S.R.C. nadang. not on the S.C.C. ground All players are to bring white and coloured shirts. THE Wimbledon lawn tennis championships will be held from June 20 to July 2 next year the
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    New rule for golf contest
    261 7 New rule for golf contest GREAT Britain's golf professionals will have every incentive to finish a tou -lament rather than tear up if they have a bad round next year because of a new system, which is to be adopted to decide the player with the best average. In the
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    POLICE RUGBY XV
    48 7 The following will represent Uie Singapore Police m a rugger match against H M.S. Terror at the Naval Base at 5 p.m. today: Hlbbert; Glossop, Ngon, Nais Mohd. Shah. Chapman; Comers. Laurence; Jan* tun, Noble. Bulat. McCully. Griffiths. Bentorr. Masod. Tan Tek Kirn. Reserve: Bingham.
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    88 7 RACING: Fir>t day of Sngapore meet m;:, Rukit Timah. 2 .15 p.m. HOCKEY: N P«|i SRC —Naval Bi RCGBY: S.C.C. v GIIQ C I.C.C. "A v. II O.I) S.H B Police round; II M.S. Terror v. Police Naval Base: G.H.Q Signal Regt v. R.A.F. hangi— Tanglin; R.A.F. Scletar
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      47 7 John Hansen, inside forward of Denmark's national soccer team, has turned professional. He has accepted an offer of £5,250 from the Italian club, Juventus, covering a twoyear period. The contract will be signed m Copenhagen next Tuesday and Hansen will leave for Turin on Nov. 16. A.P.
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      48 7 The English breeder, Clifford Nicholson, has purchased Pearl Diver^ 1947. winner of the English Derby, The colt will stand at the stud for a fee of £250. Sired by Vatellor out of Pearl Cap, Pearl Diver was bred m France and raced for Baron Geoffrey de Waldner.- A.P.
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      27 7 1.i.-Cdr. Charles ML Jones, the Cumberland champion, lost to the Englishman, Don Butler, 9—7, 6—3 yeszeraay m the semi-finals of the Palace Covered Courts tennis tournament. A.P.
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      50 7 Jaroslav Drobny, the Czechoslovakian tennis star, icon the Fluminese international championship at Rio de Janeiro yesterday. He -beat Enrique Morea of Argentina 7—5, 6 4, 6—3. Drobny and Eric Sturgess, South African champion, icon the doubles title, beating Morea and Victor Seixas of the United States 6—4, fi_4. 10—8- A.P.
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      37 7 Jack Solomons cabled Ray Robinson's manager yesterday asking him if the ivorld welterweight champion ivould defend his crown against Britain's new welter champion, Henry Hale of Sheffield, or the Welshman Eddie Thomas m London next February. A.P.
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    BIRTHS
    29 8 TO ROSEMARY wife of Vivian C Bath, a son David Rhodes a X 13 November. To Paddy, wire oi Allen at Kandan« Kerbau m 12th November a son
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    34 8 NO-PAN. The eng4fc?uent 's need to-day. Nov 13. '48, p. Mr. William Leoag. eldest Mr. <fe Mrs. Leon.,- Ah Fay. Bahru. and Mis* Rosie Pan i daughter of Mr. Xi Heng. of St.napore
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    INDIAN JUDGE HITS TOKYO VERDICT
    322 8 INDIAN JUDGE HITS TOKYO VERDICT 'Jap leaders not guilty' iuaiv, auiuruay. THE Indian judge of the International War Crimes Tribunal, Mr. Justice Pal, dissenting with yesterday's convictions of top Japanese wartime leaders, found that all the 25 accused persons should have been acquitted on all charges brought against them. Mr.
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    10 MILLION IN STRIKE PROTEST
    128 8 10 MILLION IN STRIKE PROTEST FRANKFURT, Saturday. IN post-war Germany's biggest strike about 10.000,--000 workers In bizonia stopped work yesterday for 24 hours In protest against high prices. In many parts oi the Anglo-American zone the was reported over 90 per ceri: effective, and m the Ruhr, "industrial heart of
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    308 8 iiiKiu. Saturday. THE reaction of tin* Japanese man and woman In the street to tlie sentences passed <m Ihe 25 top Japanese warlords yesterday ranged from frank regret "as fellow Japanese" to surprise that there had not been at least several acquittals. Most people had
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    'TOJO MUST DIE—WIFE
    91 8 'TOJO MUST DIE— WIFE Mks. K.aisuKo iojo wants her husband to be hanged and she thinks he wants it too. "Whatever he desires is the same; we membi his family desire it she said In Tokyo yesterday "After all a person only dies once." Her husband, she said, died spiritually
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    196 8 London. Saturday. PSYCHOLOGISTS c a n n o t agree that people with :i Jlsti'i live the most active business or professional lives, declared Dr E. H. Larkin at a discussion by the Marriage Guidance Council planning jorum on the Kinsey report on the .sex life
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    103 8 x\ji\hj, oaturaay. PALACE sources last night strongly discounted any likelihood of Emperor Hirohlto's abdication as a result of the International War Crimes Tribunal's conviction and sentencing of the 25 Japanese leaders and 'he minority Judgment hole. c Emperor had t 'a leader m crime and that
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    BIG TIN DIVIDENDS
    109 8 BIG TIN DIVIDENDS Free Pr. >sa s ta jf «»rre«»pondeiit NTKDN, Frt< FU ii announceme: wd tin profits and "nds were made tot Southern Malayans announced a final dividend of 20 per cent, following three rims of five. 10 and 15. making 50 per cent for the year, against one
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    UNION OF WEST INDIES PLAN
    135 8 UNION OF WEST INDIES PLAN CIR HILAR Y BLOOD. Gov- ernor ot ti^e Barbados, recommended a federa with.n the Bri ish Commonwealth to dele opening a Bri ish dian cor.: m Barbados rid ay. He said: "The: way. t federation m which the hopes and aspirations of hundreds 01 thousands
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    GOVT. STOCKS IN DEMAND
    161 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Satarda OKITISII Covernment s< "m the London 6 Reuters financial correspondent sixteenths were recorded as the result <»1 btl a market short of slock; longer-dated i particularly favoured. Rubber and tin shan irregular. the renewed lor- of the i of selected stocks
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    JEWISH-ARAB TALKS UNDER
    52 8 TKI. AVIV Saturday. V'^GOTIATIONS are going a! i n I .nd two Arab Governments, according to the Israeli Premier, Mr. David Ben Gurion. says the newspaper Hador. organ of the Unit [>i he had propose i and Egyptian forces noa m Ar. A Jrwi&h so I U.P.
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    17 8 British Europ* strikers kei lines ar< Northolt A: more engin* i idle a; the U.P.
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    80 8 Ml t IAL Market W dent girtm the pri. mi cents per lb.) at 11 a m tadat as foil A. V. rubber YORK sed A.P. Bover* MMM |p loose B. In bale* Q No I No. No. I I Tone of mark*-* .1 ORI Singapore Chamber ol
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