The Singapore Free Press, 14 October 1949

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    19 1 The singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1949. PKM E 10 IKNIS X '.>"*
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    RED TROOPS ARE IN CANTON
    285 1 RED TROOPS ARE IN CANTON Nationalists clear out HONG KONG, Friday. TELEPHONE messages from Canton late last night said that the Communist forces had entered Canton's northern suburbs and were within three miles of the heart of the city. No Nationalist attempt to defend the city is being made. Half
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    HE HAD AN IRON LUNG
    30 1 HE HAD AN IRON LU NG Hi: ed of Rt f Ml r m who Ift KM: B^ ing to r for w the Imft „> no |V l r X
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    ARREST OF ALLEGED BANDIT SUPPORTER
    15 1 ARREST OF ALLEGED BANDIT SUPPORTER ■t I'r.v. Stan Reporter last i SUDI X d of
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    PATROL FINDS BANDIT CAMPS
    33 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Military patrol found three bandit camps capable of accommodating 150 persons In the Jelebu area of Negri Bembilan on Wednesday. All the camps were destroyed.
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    2 BANDITS KILLED
    59 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Two bandits were killed m the Labis area of Johore by the police and military yesterday. The big ,:t»«'.ic.ui car m which Mr. S.S. Nemtchina and his aides travel from the Seav>w Hotel to the E.C.A.F.E. conference m the Victoria Hall every day.
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    FOR A BRUSH
    30 1 L r V the I H I ■j. v ft X X N for V the ■c vring k lying tin H B X d up X
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    Dutch withdraw from Jogja area
    152 1 BATAVIA, Friday. I> i 1 1 II troops were withdrawing from territory north and north-west of the Indonesian Republican capital, Jogjakarta, yesterday as Republican and Netherlands representatives met here under the auspices of the United Nations to discuss the cease-fire situation m Java. Two months'
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    A bumper Free Press
    139 1 ANOTHER bumper 24-page Free Press will be on sal»> tomorrow. Full of all that yuu have come to expect of your Saturday Free Press eight pages of news, views and pictures plus the papula! four-page Magazine eel ion there is also a 12-pagr Trade Supplement. This
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    1,000 HUNT FOR AMOK
    112 1 REDON, France, Fri. NEARLY 1,000 paratroopers, police and armed peasants searched the bleak hills of the South Brittany coast yesterday for a homicidal maniac who has already killed three persons, including his mother. Peare Bernard, 30, escaped from a lunatic asylum near here a week ago.
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    Looting halted by gunfire
    75 1 BOMBAY, Frl. AHMED police pickets and radio-equipped police vans patrolled Bombay's streets last night after four cases of looting of grocers* establishments m the city following a week of acute scarcity. In Matunga, a northern suburb of Bombay, 11 people were wounded when police fired 13
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    Priests go underground
    56 1 DISGUISED as pedlars, merchants and tradesmen, Catholic priests have gone underground m Com munist-occupied Chinm m an effort to carry on their ministry it was reported m the Vatican yesterday. Hong Kong reports to the Vatican say that missionaries work under increasing difficulties and restrictions. *>■*- cially
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    Whampoa Clique lost South China
    331 1 HONG KONG, Friday. rrHE Whampoa Clique, a hard-core Conservative 1 group of top Nationalist officials led by Gen. (hen? Chu, overlord of Formosa, betrayed acting President Li Tsung-jen by withholding financial and military help and thereby caused the collapse of the Nationalist resistance m Central
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    LIFE FOR MLRDER
    32 1 Four members of the Muslim Brotherhood were sentenced to life imprisonment yesterday for their part m the murder of the Egyptian Premier, Nokrashy Pasha, on Dec. 28, 1948. U.P.
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    New L.S. air command
    29 1 A new Philippines Air Command, as a vital part of United States Far Eastern Forces, has been set up under Maj. Gen. Howard Turner. Reuter
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    'NO KICK COMING' SAY U.S. SEAMEN
    164 1 'NO KICK COMING SAY U.S. SEAMEN Free Press Staff Reporter. THE U.S. Consulate has been very generous and courteous and we have no kick coming," said one of the 30 members of the crew of the American oil tanker St. Christopher, who were paid off m Singapore yesterday at the
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    NEW SPORE AIR SERVICE
    45 1 rOR the first time, Singapore T will have fast and direct aerial connection with the United States West Coast with the inauguration after Nov. 1 of the once-weekly Pan American Airways service to San Francisco via Manila, Guam, Midway and Hawaii.
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    Dismantling strike
    36 1 About 12,000 workers of the Neuwied industrial area on the Rhine m the British zone, yesterday struck work for half an hour m protest against dismantling or the Friedrich Sleg.-rt soap factory there.— Reuter
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    BANDIT CAMP DESTROYED
    26 1 In the Muar area of Johore a patrol of the Ist Seaforths found and destroyed a bandit camp capable of accommodating 100 persons.
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    PROGRESSIVES NOMINATE 5
    195 1 Free Press Staff Reporter rpHE Progressive Party announced this morning its 1 nomination of five candidates to contest the Singapore Municipal election m December. They are Mrs. Robert Eu, Mr. Chong Thutt Pitt, Dr. S. H. Al-Junied, Mr. Hassan Ali Jivabhai and Mr. D. Robertson all of
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    FARRAN MAY BE CANDIDATE
    65 1 CAPTAIN Roy Farran. British army officer who was acquitted two years ago on a charge of murdering a Jewish youth In Jerusalem, has offered to run as a Conservative candidate m the next general election In Britain. Capt. Farran, who Is now In Southern Rhodesia, made
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    HE DID NOT OBJECT
    252 1 HE DID NOT OBJECT Free Press Staff Repmter WITH his hand tttll waving m the air Indicating that he wished to speak Mr. S. t>. Nemtchina (Russia) said yesterday evening at the E.C.A.F.E. committee on Trade and Industry that he had no objection to meeting adjourning until today. The committee
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    GAMBLERS HELD
    20 1 Singapore police last night arrested five Chinese including two women m connection with the promotion of chap-.U-ki lotteries.
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    Rubber prices
    61 1 P^ SPECIAL Market I'orristpoiident fives the price* of rubber (m cents per Ib.) at II a.m today as follows: Buyers Sellers. No 1 X S S Spot: loose ttffi 41 t- .o.b m bales Oct. No. 1 R.S.S. 43*4 «< 7 h No. 2 R.S.S. 4!' M 4'
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    Jersey Is Now A Glamour Fabric
    294 2 JERSEY making its first major appearance since pre-war, is featured widely m all the new Autumn fashions. It is likely to be an international favourite from breakfast table to late night dancing, for it is well on the way to being a glamour fabric.
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    Eva Has Beauty, Brains and 'Push'
    661 2 BUENOS AIRES. fTHE telephone rings as I am m my evening bath (not that this is anything new). "Is that Senor Delmer?" says the voice. "You wish to see Senora Peron? Her Excellency will receive you now if you will come right away." Fourteen
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    HOUSEHOLD HINTS
    304 2 HOUSEHOLD HINTS If EKE are some stor- age hints: Mint There are two easy ways of keeping this (1) The fresh mint leaves m paper bags. Hang m a warm kitchen until dry. Then powder between the finger, and store m screwtop jars. (2> Chop and, while still fresh, put
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    Lady, Youhaven a Chance
    440 2  - Lady, Youhaven a Chance Amy Landreth 1 1 1 1 i llliißnllßKMitl^'HnnylMiiilliMgJ ■Kill i -By- IN Faris and New York they say everyone. Just everyone, is having her hair cut short m the biggest bobbed hair fad since the shingle of the 'twenties. But m Britain hairdressers say they are
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      260 2 F.P. Crossword No. 817 Wl l T^W~\ F~T F~l F~I F"~ rill rl ||p CLUES ACROSS 2 Mania^e (•>; V Breakwater (4); 9 Newspapei man (6): 11 Aliened smile (5); 13 Collection (3); 14 Wakened (4)- 16 Pc (3); 17 Weight (3); 19 Go wrong (3); 21 Material (3); 22
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    Very 'graye' mistake
    79 3 \M.\N rushed from a football match m Sunderland to the bedside of a dying man m a hospital and said: "He is my father." He remained at the hospital until the man died. Then he went horne to rind his father alive and well. doctor at the
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    RED BLOC TO ACT REPORT
    307 3 Undeclared B™ LONDON, Friday. ELIEF Is gaining ground that Yugoslavia is about to become a Cominform Spain that is to say 1 oattleground on which the Cominform eovernTients will try out their weapons and engage their enemies m an undeclared war and under the cover
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    RED WORKERS' MEETINGS DELAY JOBS
    102 3 RED WORKERS' MEETINGS DELAY JOBS AFFICIAL Chinese Commu- :...<-. publications are com- thai too many meet- :-wing up producln Manchuria. A survey made by Urn offiHsin Hua news agency -> that workers of the Iren railway factory held r.ferences during the -h of July. Dairen shipyard, the agency adds. he!d
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    R.A.F. SEARCH SERVICE ENDS
    60 3 THE Royal Air Force has given up Its search for those still missing amon* the 41.000 men it lost m the second world war The r.a.f. announced the disbanding of I*^ missing research and Inquiry lenrlee. The service had found and Identified the bodies of 23.000.
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    31 3 The Burma Government has now banned the transfer or funds or goods out of the country wltiK>ut a permit on pain or a fine, imprisonment or confiscation of the goods. Reunter
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    P.I. CHINESE IN PLEA TO U.N.
    236 3 MANILA, Friday. 4N appeal to the I nited Nations Assembly President, Brig.-Gen. Carlos P. Romulo, has been made by the Standing Committee of the Chinese Nationalist Party m the Philippines asking "due measures" be taken against the Soviet aggressors. A meetirg of the Committee
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    FIVE JAPS FOR U.K.
    22 3 Five Japant-se labour unions will s^r.d representatives to the projected new World Labour Confederation's inaugural meeting m London.
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    U.S. ANGER AT HELD STUDENTS
    45 3 JKE United Stares accusec Russia of a "shocking con-.-.-, ntion of the most, c.-.vary standards of lnternatloruU decency" m imprisoning two American stufor eight weeks. student* were lznprlby Russian officials r :hey wandered Into the Russian zone of Germany.— U.P.
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    Bridge Hands
    407 3 What do you lead? Against most no-tramp slams. it Is correct to look far a safe lead; against suit contracts, however, an attacking lead U usually best. Under the protection of a long trump suit, the declarer can frequently establish rricks by ruffing outstanding high cards m a
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    S'pore to U.S.: 39 hrs.
    38 3 Pan American Airways ssy the flying time for the United States to Singapore service would be 39 hours and 15 minutes and from Singapore to San Francisco 38 hours and 15 minutes.— A.P.
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    Tito says Sofia is a pawn
    106 3 BELGRADE, Fri. YUGOSLAVIA yesterr day accused Bulgaria of hatching a plot to annex Yugoslav Macedonia. In a note delivered to the Bulgarian Legation, Marshal Tito's Government attacked the present regime at Sofia for becoming a Cominform pawn and for threatening Balkan peace by following
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    MOBILE FORCE FOR ISRAEL
    58 3 THE Israeli Defence Ministry headquarters announce the creation of a mobile frontier force within the framework of a standing peacetime army The force will Include cavalry and mechanised units and will be called upon to protect the long border as well as to ensure law and
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    'I could take N. Korea, 'says Rhee
    281 3 DRESIDLNT Syngman Rhee of the Korean Republic says that his Government could take North Korea and unite the country but he had been warned that doing so might start a third world war "The people m the north have urged me to Rive
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      471 3 BLCK VETWORK< teiiitfe:. c Bulletin. 5 15 Otoserya--484 and 41.7 metres. of Cast:* Kincaid'; 6.00 Music tmer^nc, new. fr.m <L J« at 10 a.m 6.45 Indonesian- News ProfOUA> gramme. 715 New* la Preach a-m. News rrcm Kuala «BBC .7 30 Er^isih: Newa; 'Par Lunipur, UJO Rado Orcin«stra Kaatern ArTaira'; Interlude;
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      146 3 WHAT'S ON 111 K.L. BEX: TfcaJ Wonderful Urge. PAVILION: The Girl of my Dream*. ODfcO.V Coirunand DeOdotL COLlaEt'M. Car.dy loaffrttr (Mmndartß). MtDRAS: Frorrier IfanhaL fATHW Tamil). EMPIRE: Kutwra X :ciiela 'Tamils C'ENTHAL: P\ifTd« HIVDUSTAN: ahar Xi Irzat i Hindi). BOXING. .3.8. Park, Mi Kai FCh^n v? SEREMBAN PLAZA: Ra.~Tie! and
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      141 3 YOUR LUCKY STAR DORN today, you have an v alert and quick Intelligence. Being essentially practical by nature, yon are inclined to discount thos* who are too illusionary or do not have suffiii*n stability to turn their daydreaming into actuality. Hoover, you are rather disinclined to credit yourwlf with a
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    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY. Oct. 14, 1949. It's Your Blood They Need
    610 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY. Oct. 14, 1949. It's Your Blood They Need INY bank that operated so closely to the margin of insolvency as the Singapore Blood Transfusion Bank would have had to close down long ago. Fortunately this bank is not run to make a profit; its sole
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    Nazism Rearing its Ugly Head
    841 4  -  John Larraine -By- \yHILE the birth of the new Germany is now being hailed m hopeful headlines strange rumblings have been heard from the ruins of the old, the Germany of Adolf Hitler. Nazi, or near-Nazi newspapers are being published again with cover pictures of
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    An Accident Occurred.....
    594 4 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Labour on Rent Board OAVING Just been kept waiting quarter of an hour m the midday meal rush-hour by two traffic policemen, I feel I have a legitimate grouse. At a quarter to two on the day m question a Sta-tion-wagon and Goods
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    Japs Planned Mass Hara-Kiri
    916 4  - Japs Planned Mass Hara-Kiri RICHARD HUGHES -By- TOKIO: JAPAN'S secret suiJ cide plans for lastditch defence against the projected Allied invasion, which was averted by the Emperor's atomic-hast-ened surrender, have been revealed m part, after four years, by General Takashi Aoki, Japan's chief of air stafT. Bemused by their Kamikaze
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    HORES HAS HAND HIS DAY
    221 4 HORES HAS HAND HIS DAY T HE Br it s °meti mes sentimental JJ nevertheless "laughter 60 qqq year f or steaks, rissoles sa g? meat, t^ has become a $Jf 01 the British Ten years m i ?S c Population 1.101,000. Todavjft Is below 700,000' The horse has I
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      10 4 WWUS t P. H. HENDRY 18, North Bridge Rd Spore.
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      88 4 tj AfW^& ICELANDIC U1 I FRESH FROZE* WW PLAICE FILLETS Plaice from Icelandic waters are of particularly good flavour. These fresh fillets cm be grilled, fried n egg and breadcrum s, baked or cooked m milk. Try them fried with a sauce made from Moneys mushrooms. SINGAPORE J COLD STORAO
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    S'PORE BIRTHS OUTSTRIP JOBS
    481 5 S'PORE BIRTHS OUTSTRIP JOBS Employmen t rate down f^ui^ i Free Press Staff Reporter |;HL increase m the number of men with jobs m Singapore has not kept pace with the increase m the male population between the years 1931 and 1947. This is disclosed m the final report on
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    COCKTAIL PARTY
    63 5 \l i k'KTAIL party wa^ held last night at I Mr W. H. at Leedon Road. mr of Professor Ralph E. Turner, who repreLted all the American uniac the Foundation of the UniverMalaya. and Mrs. those present were can Ambassador to s Mr Myron C uren, who Is
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    METHODIST YOUTH ANNUAL CONCERT
    37 5 The Wesley Methodist Fellowship will hold its ial concert m Singapore •.ursciay and Friday. Proceeds of the concert will be given to the Antl-T.B. the Malaysian Home y and the Fellow- KenenJ funds.
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    'Maytime IN Mayfai'
    198 5 IMAYTIME m Mayfair". the j "*new Herbert Wilcox, Him I which opens at the Capitol today, is the "mixture a& before" and as the recipe has so far suited the public s l^ste exactly there is no reason to doubt that this will be ju.st as popular
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    driver went TOO PAST
    75 5 driver went TOO PAST A lorry driver, K. Vadivcilu. *vh<> wa.s rtunrci by a trafflr constable on a motor-cycle along Collycr Q lav. was told by Mr. C. F. Seston, the Fifth Magistrate, yestuduy that he was stupid to take advantage of an open road to speed. Traffic Constable Ahmad
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    ONE COW STARTS CATTLE BAN
    193 5 Free Press Staff Reporter. T>ULLOCK carts are to be halted, or at best restricted to certain roads m Singapore, and cattle are to be tied up, kept m their owners' sheds or m the quarantine station until foot-and-mouth disease is eliminated. Because an Indian disobeyed
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    Federation Govt. sells pulot rice
    142 5 Free Press Staff Reporter i'lii Federation Government has sold by tender a total of 1,350 tons of pulot rice at an average price of 529.50 a picul. I This price is $3 higher lhan letailen are paying to the Singapore- Government, while thT retail price
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    ONLY FIVE LAND DEEDS SENT IN
    374 5 ONE MORE DAY TO CO picture zL Free Press Staff Reporter. WITH only one more day to go, only five land deeds, executed during the occupation period, but not officially stamped, have so far been presented to the Commissioner of Stamps, Singapore, for stamping.
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    Sultanah's allowance
    68 5 Free Press Staff Reporter AN official motion to come before the Johore Council of State on Oct. 18 reads This Council advises and concurs with the Regent of Johore that a maintenance allowance of $1,000 per mensem be granted to Lady Marcella Ibrahim, Sultanah of Johore with effect
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    BUS DRIVER WAS NEGLIGENT
    97 5 BUS DRIVER WAS NEGLIGENT by A bus driver, Tan Kee Kiu, was fined $50 and had his licence suspended for three months by the Fifth Magistrate, Mr. C. F. Seston, yesterday, for negligent driving along Bukit Tlmah Road. Tan was overtaking a bus as a police patrol car waa coming
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    $592,000 MORE FOR STORE POWER PLANT
    208 5 $592,000 MORE FOR STORE POWER PLANT Free Press Staff Reporter CJO that the first two boilers for the Singapore Municipality's new power station at Labrador will be equipped for alternative firing of oil or coal. Municipal Commissioners have accepted a revisrd tender of $4,917,000 (£573,595), representing an increase of $592,000
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    ENGINEERS TO MEET IN COLONY
    201 5 Free Press Staff Reporter rE first joint meeting of t»ie Malayan Association of the Institution of ClvJ Engineers, Institution of M« chanlcal Engineers an i Institution of Electric I Engineers takes place i Singapore tomorrow. Members will visit xi i works of Industrial B.^ (Malaya)
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    SERVICE TRUCK MEN FINED
    88 5 r pWO military truck drivers 1 involved m collisions were charged with negligent driving yesterday before Mr. F. Claque m the Traflic Court. Aii bin Udin. for driving an R.A.S.C. truck into an A.P C. hut near the harbour gate m Keppel Road, and was finpd
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    THIRD ANNIVERSARY
    27 5 The Union Benevolent Society will hold a dinner party m celebration of its third anniversary at 7.40 p.m. trmorrow at Chwee Hng Restaurant. Happy World.
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    TREASURY BILLS
    14 5 Singapore Government will invite tenders for $8,500,000 treasury bills on Oct. 22
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      35 5 Burface malls are expected to arrive In Sinrrt,v>rp today from AustnlU, C'ni Hongkong and Japttß. Clo;-in^ times fm posting surface nuui<: »t the C P.O. (cxlay pre: to Rion^cong, china, E. and *tnl F. Rfrlw
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    TOBOGGAN SET FOR A DOUBLE
    2345 6 Form guide for tomorrow's races Ml Martini 8.4: Scored splendid victory over 5Hf on Wednesday with 7.13 m 3rd dir. time 1.13 2/5, always handy made good run m last half furlong to beat Sylvan -ass m last few yards. Form Selections: 1. LADT KALANQ
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    INDUSTRIALS FALL AS ELECTION HOPES END
    428 6 London stock [exchange LONDON, Fri. piRST reaction m the London Stock Exchange yesterday to the announcement that a general election would not be held this yearwas a slight lowering of prices of industrial shares. Recent talk of an early election had encouraged an upward
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    GOOD RUGBY TALENT AT R.A.F. SELETAR
    677 7 GOOD RUGBY TALENT AT R.A.F. SELETAR 60 players are available By A Special Correspondent [J A.F. Seletar are m a very happy position as far as their rugby resources are concerned. They have as many as 60 players to call on, and with these they are fielding two representative unit
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    S.A.F.A. League placings
    36 7 S.A.F.A. League placings i new preDuke of itople of the *-iter wes n the I -unity D L I X Pt> 23 11 13 19 It 20 mi: it a i 5 M 6 i 1
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    Has Britain another heavyweight 'hope'?
    136 7 B> ARCHIE QUICK [eel I have seen the future heavyt champion of the world, and, glory be, he Earl Walls is a 22 years old, 6ft. 2ins Canadian negro of Cherokee Indian exto me he has got everything except May he be handled rightly. attributes
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    WOMEN RIDERS' RACE RESULTS
    80 7 THE N crt I Plate be run on the MCOOd b to October "for ovt-r m won yesterday by Miss Sybil Larr. Mr. E. G. LambtorTs P Peridarehus '3 l). Miss Lambt^n won by 15 lengths from Ida -Jacky M on Mr. J. Hirteys H Uyn
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    RAF Tengah teams
    58 7 p> A.F. Tengah rugby teams f C tomorrow are Against H.MS. Terror Ist. XV SJCfI Terror. Naval B KrJght. DtlliHMl. Browne. Firth; Llnnmktr, Jotanaoc Qrcen, b. J es. Carpenter. Aeons. FrUBMW o'. Lewis Kin?. •A" XV v. Nee Soon I Teigah: Jone.*; Morrt<, Aucutt: Bnckett. Thomsor. Andrew.
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    FORM GUIDE
    577 7 i Continued from |«agt> i|x) 040 Kirnun 8.4: Seveirh to K..i Ora over 6f on Saturday wilt. 8.11. rear most of the way. k na.i:ns up slight ground at finish; sc »-cd c.everly over tit at Bt. Timah IB July with 8.2 beating G. 3'.ioper 9.0 aii i
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    PRAPADAENG RATED AMONG THE BEST
    200 7 photo. PHOL PRAPADAENG, the Siamese boxer, who holds a decision over David Kui Kong Young has been rated among the world's best bantamweights m the latest National Boxing Association's ratings for 1949. Prapadaeng was listed among others who received "honourable mention." The Auodatlon recognised Ezzard
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    HEAVY RAIN IN PENANG
    72 7 F. P. Racing Correspondent RAIN fell almost without a break during the past 14 hours m Penang and the going tomorrow is likely to be very heavy. Horses did not go out for training until late this morning when the weather cleared a little. Likely non-acceptors
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    Charles defends title tonight
    25 7 pZZARD CHARLES, world h«= we^ht champion as r^cog- by the National Boxln :ac:or.. ha.s teeer. to one favourite r l\:< -v'.e
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    U.K.'s Modern Pentathlon team
    329 7 U.K.'s Modern Pentathlon team pAPTAIN Peter Duckworth vsth Royal Inniskiiling Dragoon Guards). Ll«ut. Geoffrey Brooke RN, DSO, Flight -Lieut. Jack Lumsdaine. RAF. and L/Cpl Michael Howard, of the Ist. Parachute Battalion will -eprese.u Great Britain m Uie vlodern Pentathlon 1949 World Champiooships which take place m Swede. on Sunday and
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    Friendly soccer
    41 7 I N a friendly soccer matcn pifl at Farrer Park ye^terdav the newly-formed Ir.d..\;i Yourg- scccer team bat St. Jo.-< ph" iftarnooß school by four goals te The scorers fjr the Src I ont BtaßM icarad ifaa Sci ,-oal.
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    BRITISH COUNCIL SCHOLARSHIPS: 1950/51
    77 8 Applications are invited for scholarships to the United Kingdom awarded by the British Council for the academic year 1950, 51. These scholarships are mainly for men and women who have already obtained University deor who have equivalent proi> qualifications. Preference is given to candidates bet\M*en tre
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    NEHRU: INDIA WILL NOT BE NEUTRAL
    366 8 Premier's pledge to America WASHINGTON, Friday. ACCORDED a standing ovation when introduced m the House of Representatives yesterday, the Indian Prime Minister, Pandit Nehru, was thunderously applauded when he declared that India cannot and shall not be neutral m the event of any world
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    Peace union urged for all nations
    107 8 WASHINGTON. Fri. THE Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives urges Congress to approve a plan to build the United Nations into a World Federation "to preserve peace and prevent aggression." Representative Brooks Hays, Arkansas (Democrat), and author of a resolution to
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    Archbishop not opposed to contraceptives
    103 8 Archbishop not opposed to contraceptives LONDON, Fri THE Archbishop of Canter- bury. Dr. Geoffrey Fisher, said yesterday that he is not opposed to the orderly distribution of contraceptives to adults. The Indiscriminate .vale of contraceptives m slot machines In England, however is a jjrave menace to the morals Of tile
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    French posts seized
    23 8 Forces of the Indo-Chim se autonomy movement (Vi"tminh) have seized f>ur French posts, according f o a French Army communique
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    Russia will do a deal
    129 8 NEW YORK, Thurs. ITNITED Nations sources said today that Russia is ready to offer concessions on atomic control m return for Western help m denying Yugoslavia a seat on the Security Council. Russia wants Czechoslovakia to fill the Council vacancy caused by the expiry of
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    EUROPE'S GRIM PLIGHT
    117 8 EUROPE'S GRIM PLIGHT ROME. Fri. EUROPE face* a return to peasantry unless It can sell its industrial goods abroad, an 11-nation meeting of European food experts agreed yesterday. They prepared an urgent appeal to the rest of the world to buy Europe's factory products so that Europe can In turn
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    Plan to fight rural poverty
    140 8 WASHINGTON. Fri TONCERTED efforts by govy ernments of the Far East to develop a practical means of increasing the activity of rural co-operatives will begin at Lucknow, on Oct. 24 The meeting, called by the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation will continue until Nov. 3.
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    N.Y. STOCKS
    58 8 \H afternoon of per M.-tent oro-fit-taking m the New York Stock Excliange erased earlier advances that had taken Wall Street yesterday to new 1949 peaks m active trade— l,4lo.ooo shares were dealt before mid-d»y. Optimism over the strike outlook was given as the main prop for markets during
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    300,000 still homeless: IRO
    83 8 AN estimated 300,000 refugees uprooted by war and Eastern European politics will still be looking for homes when the International Refugee Organisation closes its books on its present programme on June 30 1950 J. Donald Kindsley, Dir-ector-General of the IRO told the Organisation's General Council yesterday
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    'A-bomb now obsolete'
    38 8 weapon. h?£ HLnZj?& developed to a point where most of the human rice would not survire another war. n race He told a news conference that the bacterlolo*irmi tney make the atomic bomb obsolete.- A.P.
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    'UK election delay retards recovery'
    205 8 [/>«» WO( LT r N Con S ervati^ N S said yesterday: This delaying of the election means that there will be an inevitable hesitation l business circles which will not be good for the? recovery of the country." The Prime Minister, 'Mr Attlce, yesterday
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    8 YEARS FOR JAP OFFICER
    70 8 THE next to the last war crimes case on the court calendar m Japan came to an end yesterday with the sentence of eight years imprisonment m Yokohama on Taro Yuasa, former Japanese Army Lieutenant. He was found guilty of beheading a captured B-29 flier
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    J.S. flays Russia for Balkan trials
    259 8 NEW YORK, Friday. T<HE United States yesterday challenged Russia to live up to existing treaties before seeking new ones. The challenge came from the U.S. delegate, Mr. Benjamin V. Cohen, m the United Nations debate on the recent trials of Cardinal Mindszenty and other
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    U.N. gratitude to newsmen
    48 8 NEW YORK, Fri. THE President of th» United Nations Assembly, Brif.-Gen. Carlos Romulo thanked newspapermen covering IN meetings for tbe valuable and disting uished service you have rendered to the organisation m arousing ever- increasing interest m the work of the United Nations." U.P.
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    'LIVING UNDER VIOLENCE'
    58 8 rpHE Israeli Prime Minister, 1 Mr. David Ben Gurion, claimed In a Tel Aviv mass rally last night that Jewish communities were still "living under conditions of oppression and violence, 1 He added that the strengthening Jewish state and the continued immigration into it was the basis
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    JOINED THROAT TO STOMACH
    143 8 A °^e^e 2 r 2 -Action cate and rare six-hour operational the Chifdren's Hospital. Lorna Routzah, who was operated on In mid-Septem-SSfu h now returned home with her parents "converted rrom an invalid to a perfectly functioning human being ff said the surgeon who perlonned the
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