The Singapore Free Press, 17 November 1948

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    20 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA wri* SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1948 PRICE 10 CEN I S
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    POLICE PETITION WHITEHALL
    239 1 POLICE PETITION WHITEHALL Assurances m the Commons LONDON, Wednesday. pHE SeereUn ot State for the Colonies, Mr. A. Creech Jones, will shortly consider a memorial by some officers of the Malayan Police on questions of seniority and promotion. The Under-S Colon its, Mr. Williams, said this m the House 5
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    'Govt turning A Communist'
    34 1 'Govt turning A Communist' CHURCHILL CHARGES- > I I HILL, k on I i Nationalisation nment of being I i :nmunism and ol ai every step fat Its iii<3 prooaiuy aford Cr.pps sa <• and Reuter
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    China Reds drive south to Pengpu
    241 1 SHANGHAI, Wednesday. It 'lll I. Communists and Nationalists were publish- ing conflicting claims yesterday over the possession of Hsuchow, key Government bastion guarding Nanking, the one-eyed Communist Gen. Liv Pocheng was driving south on I'engpu. rail town 160 miles north of the capital. It
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    PETROL PRICE A 'SURPRISE'
    72 1 i IT Reporter AN official of in* mobile As:sociatio'i of that the announo \\\s morning of the five-cent increase m hold a c meeting next Tuesday and it is understood dised. Singapore and the ion. which comes into effect today, includes 68 cents a gallon di.
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    RICE FOR CHINA
    18 1 Burma will send 4.000 tons' of rice to China before the end of Novembei U.P.
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    Big demand for goods from Japan
    97 1 Big demand for goods from Japan Free Press Staff Reporter k VERY healthy demand for Japanese goods is expected :ollow the Government an.ncement that free trade with Japan may be resumed. Trade with Japan Office i this morr; In official said that there had been many inquiries, and a large,
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    ECAFE CHIEF TO MEET C.G.
    38 1 ECAFE CHIEF TO MEET C.G. TO attend the EC/ m« m Meltx I P. 8 Lokanathan. pected to arrive m Ausn Nov. 25. En route onfer with Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. British Commissioner General for South Asia Reuter
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    Malaya earns more dollars
    97 1 LONDON, Wednesday. Tlih Chancellor of the Exihequer, Sir Stafford t'ripps, told Parliament yesterday that dollar receipts by Malaya were running "at rather over last year's rate." He could not estimate what sales to hard currency areas would have been if there had been no disturbances m
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    WEST'S 'NO' TO PLEA FOR NEW BERLIN TALKS
    171 1 PARIS. Wed. BRITAIN. France and the United States are exp ed today to answer the EvattLie appeal for fresh efforts to solve the Berlin crisis by sayI Ing four-power talk* can be 1 resumed only after the flv^i month blockade of Berlin
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    TO TAKE PART IN ELECTION
    51 1 THE Singapore Regional Indian Congress is likely to participate m the Municipal elections next April. Final decision on this will be taken at a special meeting of the Congress called for I Nov. 28. The meeting v held at 6 Race Co 'ie at 4
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    Lost Plain- Sighted
    19 1 A B-28 aircraft musing Philippines for 24 s been sighted. Th*» 12 passengers are unlnjured.- U.P.
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    Parliament salutes the baby
    106 1 lo: n Houses oj Parlk: yesterday passed a motion congratulating the Royal Family on the birth abeth. In the House of C. ■i held the affection v) :he peoples o) Commonwealth and Empire m a n hich had not been sur-^ by even the bt^r loved
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    NEW INDONESIA TALKS DENIED
    137 1 THE HAG I E, Tuesday. rill; Netherlands Government, m an Official com- munique today, emphatically denied that any agreement for the resumption of negotiations had vet been reached with the Indonesian R* 'c. The communiti len said that after the Dv .1 Cabinet met yesterday to
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    44 1 picture rtfifision with >il tanker lorry ned into a ditch on Bukit Timah Road yes■■j toon. The lorry^ < ;ed unhurt, but the driver 0/ the car, Mr. W. E. Zamara, of Angullia Park, icas admitted to hospital sutfer.ng from shock and bruises.- Free Press
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    Driver Couldn't Read
    29 1 Matt Kieserling, of Duluth (U.S.A.). who coined a priz?« winning road safety slogan, had a leg broken when he was hit by a p*r yesterday U.P.
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    I'LL GO WEST, TITO WARNS COMINFORM
    182 1 BELGRADE, Wednt>«d.» MARSHAL Tito revived the Yugoslav—Ru>quarrel yesterday with a surprise speech m which he bluntly told the Cominform that unl< made peace with him he was ready to turn to the West. The Communist Prime Minister of Yugosls emphasising his country's need of
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    POLICE HAVE SCREENED OVER 15,000
    10 1 POLICE HAVE SCREENED OVER 15,000 Fret i TH: time of
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    AN UNHAPPY LOVE AFFAIR
    533 2 'Saraband For Dead Lovers* "OARABAND For Dead Lovers", a striking film m colour, produced by Sir Michael Balcon at Ealing Studios m London, is to be screened at the Cathay tomorrow. Based on historical fact, the producer has gone to great trouble to be authenThe photography
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    Red Indians Wont Play
    62 2 THE A.. > uf today won't p of 0 sign some up for n RK< I .dio's 1 the Stranger." Because the li on Inc. to Lore" "a You. Holder* and Rober Mitch urn He was ;ed T m Yallup. We are 1 i for ation
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    30.000 MILES OF SONG
    289 2 30.000 MILES OF SONG IN case you have ambitions to croon your way to American fame, let the story of Denny Dennis be a warning or an inducement whichever way you prefer to take It. Denny Den year-oid cctriciaji from Derby. out to Miami months ago to sinz *ith Tommy
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    38 2 PHONY IS LACE— blends moonlight with thi charm of roses, and the beauty of Ginger Rogers, here seen m a lovely pale blue Jean Louis goicn she weart m Columbia Pictures' romantic comedy IT HAD TO BE YOU.
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    Bridge Problem
    256 2 THE u -ad ing is typical o( for part s> iv match point tournament piay. t '■at. on* t> the deals played In tl Championship m Cl rebid his i b» cause lv knt« that for his re- ha» t some heai tven though sough 10 ra c
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    He forged for years
    232 2  -  GRIFFITHS T. ELLIS By t<ROM tne comfort- able security of p: tical retirement, a. more than a quarter of a century at Warner Brothers studios, I can look back calmly on my career of infamy as an official forger of names, letters and documents. Forgery was,
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      27 2 TALKING URKEY We have a complete range of plump and tender Australian birds for every taste and table ORDER YOUR XMAS TURKEY NOW FROM COLD STORAGE cWfc
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      36 2 WWW... muis mm >3^_ I made to step up «uppit hip' There's a Jot MAI a IRISH LINEN J 20 Exclusive New De»r I Cfeose-rcs/sti"^| I 3<T Wid. Only $2.75 PHONE 4649 31 RAFFLES pu '^1
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      479 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR BORN today, you have a money m more convenhiuh deiree of execu- tional channels such as tive md Rood judg- commrr iuent whi-n it comes t<. UnfortanAtelj v strii-tly (inumu! iffairs. This is businrss career will not, m fortunate, for ><>v arc not all probabil.' -f> >ou
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      264 2 SINGAPORE c r 48S aMtm; 41 metre* (II p m P: otrtc: to I;; Cl metre* pm U> 4i and feM pm to 11). PROGRAMMES IN £NGLI 10.55 to 12 English nrrpc C;«««^^. BroadoMt; i mach-unt BFEBS Singapore) by th« Rat «*ra 1 30 1 &S* BBC RELAY Sid Phillips.
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    Badoglio's Yes & No to Italy's surrender
    1901 3  - Badoglio's Yes No to Italy's surrender General Dwight D. EISENHOWER m,lfko pt pitqop 9qwui90 q by our I I I I I I I lot Worthwhile their effective supthe landings. Bebetween the bay and the toe of the boot there were no other particularly favourable landing beaches, so we went
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      140 3 BETTY CARRETT HL <JVa MOM 131— OK L BABY DOK I I it yer l THERE OUOHT TO BE A SOCIL I i V^" fj OTHER STAR HITS ».^gMfc.. > T^S^r NKi\f 130— JEALOUSY (Film Anch. MY HEART SLN Kathryn G: \ND THE ANGELS SINC* THREE LITTLE WORDS ZUtsv Elman
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    The Singapore Free Press The Mission Of Dato Onn
    340 4 WEDNESDAY. Nov. 17, 1948. I.lalaya today there is none j better qualified to speak with authority on the aspirations of the Malay people an Dato Onn bin Ja'afar and it is clear from published interviews that the Dato has been doing
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    Quit Germany and Europe Is lost!
    738 4  - Quit Germany and Europe Is lost LORD VANSIITART says WHENEVER there is a sticky patch m international affairs there is always a buzz of Hies about it and the air is thick with healthy suggestions. This is always regrettable m dealing with the Soviet Spider, which enjoys a two-way traffic
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    FAITH
    22 4 IHen sh.ill the dust rrturii to the earth a> it I? and the spirit shall return unto <iod who pave it.
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    COCOA VIRUS EATS $$
    550 4  - COCOA VIRUS EATS Graham Stanford Commonwealth Column by THREE men with a mission l<> save the world's chocolate supply have arrived on the coasl of WYsl Africa. They ha n sent there by Mr. Cn Jones, the Colonial S< cretary, to track down and kill the mysterious bug now destroying
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    PLAN TO REVIVE US FLEET
    420 4 A TOP send "M Day" plan is bein.U developed for (Ikrnited States iner chant Heel. In event of war armed forces would need shipping and need it fa on a scale unprecedented even m World War 11. Key maritime men are frankly worried about the
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    World affairs worn the Pope
    192 4  - World affairs worn the Pope HENRY BUCKLEY H> ers ROME: |MiX V thai 1 entlj not happy about tlu* present temporal i lions of 11; lie Church with tl I the world, lions of this untie i servaiore Re the Rome Quotid: [ta lid be h< lario." Signur F< derico
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      16 4 TREAPM6... Mv \T Mi VCARPETS OF Y<H.: '<"* Wide Range Sum on Display at fTAHFQI? RO4Q Jit
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      50 4 FASHION OF THE DAI •methinq Striking MOSS CREPE -DRAF m 2 CREPE-DE-CHINE- i SPECIAL PRINTS CMCH At DOULATitAMJ 4>< .>4i I FOR FLOC AMAZINGLY RESISTANT TO SEVERE WEAR AND 1 j^ P&a jp| Lome Moor I m Easy cleaning. Protection against rot and \ermin ll^^l Quiet and romfort.v under foot.
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    PADANG SEAFRONT TO BE A BIG PARK
    379 5 PADANG SEAFRONT TO BE A BIG PARK Plan for finest promenade Free Press Staff Reporter CINGAPORE will have the finest promenade m Malaya, stretching 600 yards from Anderson Bridge to Stamford Canal and including a bandstand, children's playground and sheltered seats for the public, when plans to develop the Connaught
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    Registration team visits fisherfolk
    416 5 Free I Reporter A .ATIOX team visited the islands off pore on Monday To the Malay women the m s visit was something of a gala occasion, for wore their best bajus and selendan* and their jewellery. jenghulu for the islands. Inohe Awan X Din Gomo.
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    51 5 pictures ■ds near Singapore were visited of registration c!erk< 'onday. The party Kent Government launch, h cast anchor se: d yards out and u ad to .c some of the regi s coming ashGre Pulau Seruyu The launch be seer, ground. Loner picture Pulau Serapa. taken t nment launch Free
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    Malay Rulers meet in K.L
    100 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. THE Malay Rulers began a two-day conference today at which important Questions are to be discussed. One, it is understood be the question of appointing a legal adviser to the Conference of Rulers. All Rulers with the exception of tht Sultan of
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    R.A.F. GILIDER FLIGHTS
    68 5 r Ministry buJ ports that durtllfl Die thiee July, August and September. 1948. units cf RAF Re-, serve Command made moie >han; 40.000 glider 1.-. un h?v At the 53 ilidrr tchooU n the; Command. 612 cadets of the Air Train. ng O>T>s pa- ed their gliding
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    MR. J. W. EWART
    23 5 Th^ Assistant Curator, Garden Mr ,i w Bwmrt, has oren apAgiKultui ;1 Officer m addit.cn to hla own duties.
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    42 5 picture. The Colonial Secretary, Mr. P. A. B McKerron, chats irith Mrs. McKerron who arrived m Singapore yesterday by the Carthage fro?n the United Kingdom. Mr. McKerron flew to Penang to meet his wife and travelled ivith her to Singapore, Free Press
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    MALAYS TO HELP UNAC CAMPAIGN
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    MUSLIM COLLEGE FOR SELANGOR
    71 5 ■^Minil I rtxib and amendm-mi prtaect-dAy coodlUon* Th« »'ifgcstlons have been cubmitted to 3.1 of 6elangor m a report. A-uaMd at the .-ecent meetint of the Selanfor Council of M is compo«ed of Patch Akhir *chairmai.<. Raja Ttngku MahShaik Al-1 ?<JuI A*ix Shah SulAtman Shah. Iche
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    A.A.M. SECRETARY
    29 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tue*.— Ml D P Evana ha* been api>olnttd hon. »fcret«ry for the FOlaivan ihe Automobile Assona'.ilaya. His adrr and Price Contrcl Ofll» B Bharu. Kelai.
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    ASIAN MAY SUPERVISE ELECTIONS
    160 5 Free Pi <T Reporter THE post of Supervisor of Municipal Elections is i likely to be *iven to a rjua;i- fled A^ian next year after the cctions are held m April. Mrs. A.S.M. Hawkins, Supervisor of Municipal Elections. In an lntt ftth the Free Rrtai I
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    2 hanged for firearms
    250 5 'PWO Chinese were hanged In (he Federation A yesterday for offences under the emergen<-> regulations. They were Wong Hoi Yen who was hanged m Pudu jail m Kuala Lumpur, and Wong Heng who was hanged m the prison m Johore Bahru. Wong Hoi Yen 'vas arrested
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    34 5 pictures Upper picture shows Malay icomen of Pulau Damar Laut putting their thumbprinnts on registration application forvis. The other picture shows the first man on Pulau Seraya to fill m a forn\ Free Press
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    FOUND DEAD NEAR RAILWAY LINE
    78 5 The Singapore Coroner (Mr. Choor Singh) has returned a finding of misadventure at the inquiry into the death of a 55-year-old Chinese woman, Ker Chua, whose body was found beside the railway track near Bukit Timah sub-station on Nov. 2. Ker Chua was found with
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    EVADED CUSTOMS, MAN FINED
    59 5 EVADED CUSTOMS, MAN FINED JOHORE BAHRU, Tues.— Five new wrist watches valued at $157 were confiscated when Lee Kong Lim was convicted by the magistrate here on a charge of conveying; uncustomed goods. He had the watches m a .pocket when Customs officials searched him on the train at Johore
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    TO VISIT BLIND
    45 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues.— Maior R. S. Bridges, Social Welfare Officer for the Blind is due m Johore Bahru on Nov. 21 on a visit of inspection. A number of blind boys and girls are catered for at the local Social Welfare Home
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    Feared they had to pay for their thumbprints
    134 5 Feared they had to pay for their thumbprints Free Press Staff Reporter OOME of the islanders k on the four islands ar Singapore, which were visited by a special registration team on Monday, feared that they would have to pay for their thumbprints. Their photographs had already cost them 50
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    Drop in China remittances
    22 5 F: 9 and Feder. 15,475). An $665,046 has b-^en i om b Augu?: :n--t, Dreviou ported. of $18.
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    MEDICAL COUNCIL
    20 5 I>r nominated by th- Aluninl .Association of KUuz Edward VII i. of Medic me a m?mber Mwllcal Council.
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    Cambridge Exams
    21 5 The CaTibnf«?c si icol certificat? examination* m Johor* will h;gin from Nov 29 and will continje until D:c. 10.
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    COOP HOUSING MEETING
    28 5 The < ore Gv Officers" Co-op (morrow at lh« office of :he Singapore G 00-opera I pjid Loa: i d to anU In ii *partim xi\.
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    MALAN BARS AFRICANS FROM ARMY
    223 6 MALAN BARS AFRICANS FROM ARMY Non-Combatants out this time RECENT reports from South Africa suggest that Dr. Malan's Government has decided to discharge from military service throughout the Union all personnel of mixed blood as well as Africans. The new embargo, unlike previous embargoes by Union Governments, will apply also
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    67 6 The "Red" Dean of Canterbury (Dr. Hewlett Johnson) officiated at the ceremony which marked the starting of the new plant of London's Communist daily neiapaper, the "Daily Worker." The Dean, who is associated with the paper, was not permitted hwiself to start the presses as he is not a member
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    'Spare parts for the body
    62 6 ELECTRONIC device* some day may be built into the human nervous system to repair damage caused by disease or injury, according to Mr. Kenneth W. Jarvis, president of the Jarvis Electronics Corp. of Chicago. "We are amplifying devices now that require so little power that
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    KIWIS 'ADOPT'
    57 6 1.500 REFUGEES TWO hundred and fifty Central European refugee children between five and twelve years of age will be comln? to New Zealand soon. :e being sent by the alonal Refugee Organ and will be the first '0 refugee children .Valanders will Twenty British childn i ?cepted by
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    DROUGHT HITS MEAT EXPORTS
    37 6 DROUGHT HITS MEAT EXPORTS s meat exports from Australia may be affected by the drought m the north-west and north-east is and a record numb* n is digging dams and underground tanks to conserve •summer rains Reuter
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    BUND ACTOR 'SAW' AUDIENCE
    72 6 4 n blind for nine >< ddenly :om th uld see th< Empire 1 arched the But nd her his sight •m. and In 1 "I II "I and the curt my wife 'I four m lluAnd A: be absolutely Mire that It not Uucination, but
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    'SPACE' SHIP PLAN REJECTED
    50 6 The Briti.>h Ministry of Supply has n plans of tv, ire penewhich they irried ht Ot 225 Mr. Ralph Andr < i r at I sbury hire, and Mr \< which. ild have been the the space ships will one dV.- bf zooming around amid th<-
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    5.997 MORE JOIN T.A.
    28 6 5.997 MORE JOIN T.A. M:ie Brl-| men and 8 The s1 of the Te:: U>rials on Oct. 31 was 61.303 nen and 6.886 AT> I of the campa
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    LIGHTING-UP LHASA
    25 6 Pot to c: the distair of LI. hrough i yaks are being itioned U equiplt and p but work •t expe b- I
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    MOST SECTIONS QUIETLY FIRM
    321 6 ,kpregvpwvw LONDON, Wednesday. T^HE last day of the account brought quiet firmness 1 to most sections of the London Stock Exchange yesterday, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Rubbers declined while tins were irregular to lower. laiK or uovernment financing of a new loan m connection with the
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    Chinese refugees: P. I. fears 'invasion'
    121 6 Chinese refugees P. I. fears 'invasion' THE Philippines are studying the problem of political refugees seeking admission into the Republic from Nationalist China. Immigration Commissioner Engracio Fabre has flatly opposed mass admission of refugees m a memorandum to the Department of Foreign Affairs. i A radiogram from the Philippine Consul
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    33 6 The Queen with Princess Mar gar e' who formed a Guard of Honour at the U bey harvest festival service, attended by farm labourers and Land l.trk vest festival service ever held tn
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    ChinESE airlines so South
    7 6 ChinESE airlines so South I I -I
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      49 6 n And I c un How To Pick Winners! %J phone: baO3 LAST FOUR SHOWS i.i:>— <; :!<>— 9.3o p.m. Ji iBEISfiJ W* JAIKSJO i TOMORROW/ \\> Will Not l.se Anj Superlatives For This Picture. It's Stars! It's Music \i Your (•u of Good Entertainment! BETTE DAVIS i PAULHENREID, 1
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      69 6 LAST DAY! ner STARTS r t TOMORROW ?f *jL J \KTHI X KWK pr^s^nts m TECHNICOLOR I "SARABAND j FOR DEAD f\ LOVERS Stewart Gra Pr SHADOW OF THE RHUR MALAYA BANDIT WAHMK HAUNTED by the crue/fy P o/ /fee man s/te ':-e^ i ixn orT tin AlhambrA Voull Thrill
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      131 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya SO IT SEEMS Y^BUT— GREATS /kEEP YOUR HAIR OnNJ I/TaND BROUGHT^ L^BY GAD, SIR^X YOUR CLIENT ]HEAVENS.'-HIS\ OLD BOY.'— ITS ALL I BACK THE CULPRfTS, WHAT'S THE COLONEL MAGNEToI MEN HAVE JUST, I UNDER CONTROL. 1 V F ANCY/ > .MEANING
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    All The Latest Selections
    94 7 m EPSOM JEEP CALL BQY POIVTF» MOST FAVOURED POINTER SELECTION KNIGHT GALLANT BEUT4 DakoU L«ky sur SSTIST 1 SOME BRANI last 1 1 sjpif^ 5 5 mjs |4 55L!5? litk Srt^Te. INTE»TAINMENT SIE GALAH4D SIB GALAHAD M» niiom Jtrk 1 D*riln r EmcW H«2d M» GALAHAD
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    Wright takes five wickets for 61
    72 7 L- c c fourth si v c match of their hen they defeated Griqua- t Kimberley by an innings and rlni Monday 284 runs > ta] of 542 for four J rday for 212. klpr0v ki5tvi0weikv0pweik Douglas Wright, the eg-break fcx Used his return
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    REPRINT OF Straits Times Pictures 1948
    8 7 REPRINT OF Straits Times Pictures 1948 he rm
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    THOMAS CUP SCHEDULE
    71 7 It m the preliminary round ol an Zone Tho: badminton play-offs Dec 3 yesterday I the Canaround will meet the States team In the I Dec 11 and 12. the nd. American Zon< Feb. 21 and 22 m for the fl ue. will be played m on
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    INTER CLUB SOCCER
    18 7 •p Hua Chng X Chan Wah Chow Yee t and Poon to leave at 30
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    Today's Acceptors
    1061 7 Race 1—2.00: Cl. 2, Div. 4—6 Furs. 5 Yds. 30° i ISITSSL J^ by 90 T Kon si> A 301 2^w^ I rad 10 T H Menac* Owner 440 SL^ lUwl 809 H Tta *E. Clyne Sullivan 2? i£! ."W" 8M "Gold Mine Stable" Daniels X ££5t J
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    INDIAN HEATHER IS NAPPED
    409 7  -  TRESPASSER Strong tip also for Astivel By INDIAN Heather, winner of the Free Handicap for three-year-olds, was spoken' of on the course this morning as a certainty for this afternoon's races at Bukit Timah. Carrying the stiff impost of 9.6, Indian Heather won over the seven
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    27 7 Mrs. A. Forward m actkM m the final of the Setangor women's golf championship m Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. She beat Mrs W Wilson two and one.
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    Sir Galahad fancied
    97 7 By EPSOM JEEP OTRONGEST stable tip for U today is Sir Galahad m the fifth race. This Colorado Kid folding is m splendid form, and I fancy he will be very hard to beat. There is a tip for Penso, while Jack's Darling is fancied by his
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    Saturday's U.K. soccer fixtures
    218 7 Saturday's U.K. soccer fixtures U. K. league soccer fixtures for Saturday, Nov. 20, are: FIRM I'I\I>IO.N Arsenal D. AStOIi V Blaci; Manchester C- W. <: r l Derby C Poru I r. v Middlesbrough L'vtjrpooi v Cbarlton A Manchester D. Birxnmgh«m C Sheffi.:: v Chelsea v Presto:. Wo>ea v Burnley
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    RSGC WOMEN'S SECTION
    55 7 CiOMMITTEE members of the > women's section of the Ro--1 yal Singapore Golf Club for 1948-1949 elected at the annual general meeting held on Monday were: Mrs. Elder (captain). Mrs. Clements vice-captain). Mrs. Mathewson hon. secretary Mrs. Alrd, Mrs. Cralk. Mrs. Pickling and Mrs. McMullan. Mrs. Ferral-Smlth
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    MCC EXPERIMENT
    61 7 THE Marylebone Cricket Club announced m London yesterday that they are asking English first-class counties to carry out a limited experiment during the 1949 season, with a dozen cricket balls with nine-cord thread seams instead of the usual eight-cord thread. This experiment, which is confined to first-class cricket,
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    MARLAND LEAVES ON RETIREMENT
    55 7 THE Malayan racehorse trainer, H. Marland, left by plane this morning for Australia on retirement. At the Kallang airport to see him off were Mr. Llm Chuan Geok. Mr. J. Robson and Jockey Frank Flannery. "Snowy' r Marland has been j connected with the Malayan Turf
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    SCC WOMEN'S XI
    49 7 I^HE S.C.C. women's B" team to meet the Girla' Sports Club "B" tomorrow on the S.C.C. ground will be: D. Conville; G. Cantrell, C. Baxter; Mrs. King, M. Ratrie. E. Moerman; Margaret Holliday, E Wolters. E. Riche fi (capt.), S Fowler and E. Reeves. ReE. Crew.
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    Shannon's successes in America
    162 7 ]yjR. W. J. SMITH, ma. director ol A solidated Industries who for owned the Australian wonder horye Shannon, now breaking reco. American track;, is a proud man. When m sold Shaniv American owner, McCarthy, Mr Smith i*. r poi have claimed that Shanno. "the best horse
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    Dodds becomes coach
    164 7 ("IL Dodds, holder of the world indoor mile track record, has given up his amateur standing to coach the Wheaton College track team Dodds accepted the job at Wheaton weeks ago, but it was undecided at whether he would coach which makes hi?n a professional—or teach physical
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    Doherty back in Ireland's team
    127 7 T<HE experimental Scottish international soccer XI A did so well against Wales last month that with only two changes they should defeat Ireland at Hampden Park, Glasgow, toda Willie Houliston, who leads the attack m place of Reilly, and Govan, returning to the defence for
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    ROOKE SCORES 4
    44 7 RONNIE HoOKE. the Arsenal centre-forward has been out uf football tor a couple of weeks with an m Jury, scored four of the Arsenal* five goalg against the R MA. at Sandhurs' day. Arsenal beat R M.A.. 5 0 A .P.
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    RUGBY UNION RESULT
    20 7 J|OYLB beat St. Bai i"t Hospital by 13 poitlU to 6 m a Rugby Union match Reuter
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    Sell-Out For Woodcock's Dec. 6 Fight
    103 7 DROMOTLK la mons rep<day that all Id Harrimay arena have been void !<>r the Wo Savold hea a fight on Dec. 6 before a "insle ticket has b< en prin Solomons said the guinea rins>;ie have been sold out several times o\ The bou<
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    JOHORE HOCKEY XI
    17 7 THE foliov ;i^ d to r» Jonore at hockpore D. Hu: Kesn.. ra. J
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    BEGIN PEACE TALKS, U.N.O. ORDERS
    165 8 Arabs, Jews are defiant PARIS, Wednesday. IGNORING Arab and Jewish opposition, the United 1 Nations Security Council yesterday ordered both sides m Palestine to begin permanent peace talks immediately. Defiance of the order, which fixes armistice lines and calls for withdrawal and reduction of forces
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    26 8 Maynard Stuart Blackett. projt of physics at Manchester icho has been -ded the Nobel prize for P- lessor Blac won the n a thought to turn
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    'KILL GANDHI SIGNAL THAT FAILED'
    10 8 'KILL GANDHI SIGNAL THAT FAILED' i 11 Grenade found a
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    U.K. AIRWAYS STRIKE ENDS
    13 8 U.K. AIRWAYS STRIKE ENDS .don the m the with them new Introdu Reuter
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    62 8 This Fret Prcs.s t teas taken of the launch Mata Hari as, burning fiercely, she was towed to the shore yesterday. The launch sank almost immediately after the fire hoses had ej unified the blate Fire broke out on two launches about 50 yard* from the shore m Telok Ayer
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    Rubber prices
    91 8 IKCIAI M-irkrt corre-i dent fives the prices of rubber iv i rnU p«>r Ih xt 11 a m toda> .H fill! Bu- Hers N« I U N N Spot m bale* Not I of maiKri m»*<l\ >I\(.\P()KL CHAMBER 01 < OMMUU E I ht- Sm^.ip<)rr ThamUr nf ..m
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    JAP APPEAL FOR TOJO
    32 8 THE Nihon ShuJtj association representing •ian, Buddhist and other major rei: m Japan is to begin a campaign ure mitigi .f the d. g of I b Reuter
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    Banditsloses5l2 men in 5 mths.
    170 8 Free Preis Stan spondenl KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. IP WO hundred and ninety-five terrorist killed and 111 raptured m the Federation of Malax a id tiie past live months. The captured Included 43 wounded. Of the killed. were Chinese, three were Malays, two were Indonesian* and
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    May have to go to fortune
    67 8 ■EXHALr SSER SJOEBERC, lent of I dish descent, is likely t( lion Da kroh $600,000) from 81-year-old rlausen. who d months a A Sv found out that Sjoebt of Mrs Heby H and the only relative, and th\ I I Sj may hait settle
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    U.S. REP. FOR ECAFF
    26 8 Mr Myron Melvni of New York, was app. by President Trunuu tercHy a U.S. repiv on the Economic Comm; lor Asia an<
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    BIG FIRE IN ICELAND
    31 8 The big Keflavik airfield m Iceland was closed to trans-Atlantic planes yesterday after a $200,000 fire last nigh, destroyed several old army barracks and valuable ■nuin U.P.
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    MURDER A CCUSED DENIES SCANDAL
    214 8 Fre» Press Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Tueadi ]V\N (hong Chai, accused of the murder of Lim Chai Seng, a Kluang butcher, making his defence at the Assizes today, said that he did not quarrel with Lim and there was no reason why he should have
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    BURMA LIFTS CENSORSHIP
    166 8 RANGOON, Wednesday THE Burmese Government A yesterday lifted the censorship on outgoing press cables "because of the improved internal situation.' The censorship was im•d on Sept. 27 during the lit of the Burmese rebelto "safeguard military operations and to prevent distortion of facts relating to the Government's
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    ROYAL BABY WILL HAVE THIS PRAM
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    South Africa 'would rather quit U.N.O.'
    38 8 South Africa 'would rather quit U.N.O.' T 1 the Transvaal Na t rather than Vations 'airs or plac. prefer tha South Afri Nati Paxliai session fc wi m said i as a p population of S for Reuter
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    WEST UNION' INSURANCE
    30 8 DRITAIN expt( v lithe Benelux countries on a ocal national ii agreement, the Mn. ance Mr James Orifterd Agreementc bare already iched until Fi uid an< A.P.
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    15 8 Sir Alfred Lord Ma> 25. died at his home at Chislehurst. Kent. brief lllness.- A.P.
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    'Mudslinging' outburst in bribe inquiry
    60 8 'Mudslinging' outburst in bribe inquiry K( II PRh VUc Nu, London department I the witness staid at t r alleged corrupti. nd^h? **?l being sabjected to a n that newspapers can h Prire. who v that he had I to buy fur. counsel for Wulka ed Gov< br< I ill
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