The Singapore Free Press, 4 November 1949

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA nm SINGAPORE. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1949. PRICE 10 CENTS
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    NO BIG RISE IN JAP EXPORTS
    306 1 Controls to be a brake LONDON, Friday. GOVERNMENT controls will prevent any appreciable increase m the import of cheap Japanese goods to the sterling area m the near future, the Board of Trade President, Mr. Harold Wilson, told Parliament last night. 'Nevertheless, 1 recognise
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    BIG JUMP IN TIN EXPORTS
    44 1 BIG JUMP IN TIN EXPORTS n suff Reportei trom p ;o month t >ns m SepI>r the ear _r.s the i .'4B. f lonth's ships'^! tons, 3.870 the United a, 1.180 tons Brimd 11 'ons I of ted Stitei out of the exports of
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    Would-be escapee hurt in fall
    37 1 r II Reporter i Ifl a 26--1 en, was hurt m a fall illce raid on a nicht. pe from back the the of Oned ised by Oice. alleged climbind on >ted
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    It's up to the rubber users
    31 1 It's up to the rubber users LONDON Fri. Presi- he Board of questioned m the yesterchanges m regui States an manuto more natural 1950. that the nt a I tons rubber.
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    23 1 Syed Adam E. HoganShaidali. of the Anderson School, Ipoh, who will represent Malaya at the New York. Herald Tribune Forum for High Schools.
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    NO CHANGE
    42 1 Mr. Gordon Patrick Walker. Under Secretary for Commonwealth Relations, said yesterday ln London that Britain's policy was unchanged on any question of transfer to the Union of South Africa of the British protectorates of Bechuanaland. Basuto- land and Swaziland.- Reuter
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    BOY DERAILS TRAIN
    44 1 A nine-year-old Austrian boy has derailed a passenger train near the village of Poechlarn, m Lower Austria, by placing a foot-long iron screw on the rails "just to see what would happen." The stoker of the engine was seriously injured. A.P.
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    HE DEFIED A GUNBOAT
    54 1 THE British vessel, Louise Moller. which successfully ran the Nationalist blockade and landed half-a-million gallons of diesel oil m Shanghai steamed full steam ahead after denying a Nationalist gunboat which interepted her m International waters, according to Its skipper Captain I T. A. Lupton. who returned
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    INDIES NOTES OF DISCORD
    168 1 BATAVIA, Friday. riISCORDANT notes over the agreement reached at J The Hague on the independence of Indonesia have been struck by the Dutch Commander-in-Chief m Batavia and by the Prime Minister of East Indonesia. The Dutch C-in-C., Gen. B. van Vrede, m a broadcast warned his
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    INDONESIA THANKS INDIA, AUSTRALIA
    97 1 INDONESIA THANKS INDIA, AUSTRALIA WASHINGTON. Fri. THE chief Indonesian delegate to the United Nations, Mr. L. N. Palar, yesterday expressed Indonesia's gratitude to Australia and India for bringing the Dutch Indonesian dispute before the Security Council and the General Assembly. "Without intervention by the United Nations, our conflict with the
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    Y'SLAV BAN LIFTED
    22 1 Britain and the U.S. have lifted their ban on the sale of commercial planes and aviation equipment to Yugoslavia.
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    TYPHOON DEATHS INCREASE TO 57
    96 1 TYPHOON DEA THS INCREASE TO 57 MANILA, Friday. THE toll of known dead m the All Saints Day typhoon m the central Philippines, the worst m a dozen years, mounted to 57 last night. The Government has begun a probe into charges that the Cebu Weather Bureau miscalculated the speed
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    BONN AS CAPITAL
    23 1 The West German Parliament yesterday voted Bonn, Rhine city and birthplace of Beethoven, as the capital of Western Germany.— Reuter
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    60 1 Mr. J. R. Dragon putting a cross m the Garden of Remembrance adjoining the Singapore Cenotaph this morning. Mrs. Baines, wife of the Bishop of Singapore, is m charge of the Garden. Collections from the sale of crosses go to the Poppy Day Fund. Hundreds of women vo.ui.tar> workers were
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    $260,000 BAIL FOR 11 REDS
    67 1 The United States Court] of Appeals ruled yesterday that the 11 American Communist leaders convicted of conspiracy should be released on ball pending hearing of .heir appeals. The court ruled that seven could De released on $20,000 bail each and the remaining four on $30,000
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    TEN NEGROES BURN TO DEATH
    48 1 Ten Negroes, including two boys, died and about 20 others were Injured m a Are which swept through a three-storey-ed block of flats m Chicago yesterday. „> Some 50 of the 200 Negroes living m the building's 54 sinaii liiAvo. «ciladders by firemen.— A.P.
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    S'PORE PAY STILL UNDER GOVT. STUDY
    77 1 LONDON, Fri. THE Colonial Secretary, Mr. Arthur Creech Jones told the House of Commons yesterday that recommendations for the Cowgill report on revision of Government salaries m Malaya had not yet been carried out "These recommendaUons are now being examined by a special committee
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    Heralding the Festival
    98 1 TOMORROW the Free Press heralds next week's SingaX pore Music Festival with a special five-page Music Supplement crammed chock full of special articles and pictures. In it, you will (md features on conducting, the symphony and the orchestra, a musical quizz, notes on all the main works
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    Everybody gets het up
    67 1 BOGOTA, Thurs. SOME 235 Colombians have been killed m the past 24 hours m a mounting wave of pre-election violence. the newspaper El Liberal said today. In the past week. 9<M> people have been killed. Both Liberal and Conservative newspapers carried reports of clashes m the
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    'We won't be tied' says Pandit Nehru
    149 1 VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Friday. "THE Indian Prime Minister, Pandit Nehru, lashed out yesterday at those who ask which side he favours m the cold war. "It seems to me these are very crude questions and very naive questions," Mr. Nehru declared m a
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    Police battle with African rioters
    139 1 JOHANNESBURG, Thursday. LM>R THE third time today, armed police failed to break into the African quarter of Krugersdorp, 20 miles from here. They were driven back by a bombardment of stones and revolver shots. So far, one African has been killed, and Aye Africans and
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    REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICE
    84 1 Free Press Staff Reporter r£ annual Remembrance Day service will be held at the St. Andrew's Cathedral at 10 a.m. on SundayThe service will be attended b. the Governor. Sir Frank- Glmson. the Services chie.o., and high ranking officials, including consular representatives m -Singapore. The Archdeacon of
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    CRIPPLED GIRL KIDNAPPED
    63 1 South Carolina State and county officers searched yesterday for a crippled seven-year-old-glrl reported kidnapped by two men a short distance from her home. The ollicers feared that the girl, Mary Alice Spivey, had met violence. Her red coat and pink sweater were found a few feet from
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    'BIG THREE' TALK
    36 1 Diplomatic sources m the U.S yesterday said that they understood that the British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin, had proposed a meeting of the Big Three Foreign Ministers m Paris next week. U.P.
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    Rubber prices
    54 1 A SPECIAL Market Correspond j eat gives the prices of rubber (m cents per Ib.) at 11 a.m. today aa fallows: No. 1 R.S.S. Spot: loaae 44% 45 v F.a.b. la bales Not No. 1 RSS. 44% 45 No. 2 R.S.S. 42% 4294 No. 2 R.S.S. 41H 41%
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    Fed. spends $258 m. next year
    157 1 Fed. spends $258 m. next year Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. rpHE Federation needs $258,053,985 next year for the Public Service, it is revealed m the Supply Ordinance which was published last night and which will come for approval before the meeting of the Federal Legislative Council on
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    Railway call for $38,200,000
    60 1 Free Press SUff R- t KUALA LUMPUR. Fr.. A BILL for tne Malayan Railways published hex i last night shows an estlma.nl expenditure of $38,200,000. A sum of t1.996.500 is asked for special expenditure Transportation and traffi expenses amount to wer $13,000,000. maintenance rolling stock to
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    ONE BANDIT KILLED, TWO WOUNDED
    33 1 •rce Press Staff Reporter A security patrol killed on.. bandit and wounded two others who escaped ln the Malacca-Jasin area yesterday. Eighteen squatters hi the area were arrested.
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    Turn the Tap—Dinner is Served
    931 2  - Turn the Tap— Dinner is Served C.V.R. THOMPSON THIS ASTONISHING NEW YORK By \|Y wife used to be an atrocious cook. The only dish she could prepare adequately was poached eggs, and then she sometimes burned the toast. But this week-end we had guests, and here is the dinner she
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    Women Should not be Parsons
    548 2  -  AUSTIN LEE By the THE Clergy of the Convocation of Canterbury recently decided to throw over St. Paul, and moved appreciably nearer the time when there will be women parsons. The learned Apostle pronounced on the subject, just on nineteen hundred years ago, as follows.
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      93 2 F.P. Crossword No. 834 T™ 2~ 13 I 14 I 15 I 16 I ZHZBZHZSZBZB 'IIZ^^I^Z^Z 2 3P l8 r 20 30 B 5 33 1 I II I CLUES ACROSS 1 Manage 12); 7 Reminds of some fault (5); 0 Mountain CLUES DOWN flf. s O n«nii !l? 2
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    NATIONALIST BLOCKADE BY AIR ATTACK
    637 3 New phase of war m China HONG KONG, Friday. attacks on trains and installations along the jointly operated Sino-British railway between Kowloon and Canton are expected to form a new feature of the Nationalist blockade when, as is likely, services are resumed m the near
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    22 3 A general view of the seaport of Kowloon, on the Chinese mainland, with the hills of Hong Kong m the right background.
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    22 3 hAffSM Caffrey, the new SETstatei toTvpt h "'thing press f,. uro ForI s ambassador to be ia one *4 highest ranking dip
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    'Make selfish old people agree to die'
    53 3 'Make selfish old people agree to die' n LUND. trer and; In j r ...I people j "or, j and it home pie's iprtng I from public [ten i be expended on them; ip the time and con--pace ded for tht* s PortaThe euthanaslt D of i 1 ci ne
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    'ALOOW ALIEN' WIVES' CALL
    25 3 -tacnu-l State reed that I the u.s. j racial bars' Japanese rw In n at the ball to of 4 ChlStatea.
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    London in year 1600
    99 3 WORKMEN preparing the foundations for one of I.ordon'a mos, modern blocks of office*, dug down to the year 16D0. They struck 'the original bed of the underground Rive/ Fleet— the old river waa diverted and piped. They alao uncovered a qufiy used when the River Fleet
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    Rabbit skin coat—£52
    97 3 Rabbit skin coat— £52 TWO women each bought a fur coat ln Australia- Both were fined £25 at Southampton for attempting to evade Customs duty, and both coats were confiscated. COAT No. 1 was of rabbit, skin, bought for £27 by Mrs Ethel Fox, of Hornsey-lane. Highgate. N. She told
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    Story of 'The Plain of Peril'
    268 3 SAIGON, Friday t]AST from Saigon, Cochin-China, stretches' the Plaine des Jones, a vast swampy tract of rebel-held territory into which French forces rarely venture. East of Hanoi, mi n northern Tonkin Is the forlorn site of once-thriving Sontay, centre of France's pre-war Aldershot of
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    HELPS HAWAII
    58 3 DROGRESS la now reported ln the campaign to control the Oriental fruit fly In Hawaii. Colin O. Lennox. President of the Hawaii Boaid of Agriculture and Forestry, said he had "never seen a programme started so welL" Already, he added, the destructive fly has been "influenced" by the
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    Bridge Hands
    302 3 What do you bid? You were close to an ortsmal two notrump response to partner's opening bid of one club, and since then, partner freely raised your dlanuiid.i. On the face of it. therefore, you should consider making another bid. But you are wrong indeed If you hid
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    Last minute plea to save China
    186 3 HONG KONG, Thursday. ■yHE American who helped to save Nationalist A China from the Japanese, thinks it still can be saved from the Communists but only with quick American help. "This is the last few minutes of the eleventh hour'". Major General Claire Chennault
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    GOVT. TRIBUNAL Dr. saw child 'after party'
    421 3 GOVT. TRIBUNAL Dr. saw child 'after party LONDON, Friday. P«OR three hours the father of a two-day-old child tried to call m the family doctor, who was at a party at an hotel six miles away. When the doctor arrived, just after midnight, he was under the influence of drink.
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    Israel's high standards
    61 3 DROF. Adolf Reifenberg, dean of the agricultural faculty at Jerusalem s Hebrew University, said m Montreal that "living standards m Israel compare favourably with those m Canada and the United States." But Israel could not progress when surrounded by poverty-stricken States. Prof. Reifenberg told the annual meeting
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    MORE POLICE
    18 3 Fifteen new mobile brigades of police have been formd m Part* to ccmbat increasing lawlessness. A.P.
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    JAPS SET RECORD
    33 3 The Yawata plant of the Japan Steel Manufacturing Company set a new postwar production record m the month of October by turning out 84,417 tons of steel mate- rials.- Reuter
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    EX-SGT. HAS OWN ARMY
    142 3 pHARLES CREED. 40-year- J old fashion designer and wartime Army sergeant, has a 15.000 strong private army of his own. It is comprised of perfect miniatures of soldiers of the Napoleonic period and is said to be worth £5.000. He started collecting seriously when he was
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      68 3 HAUOWEEN PARTY PHOTOGRAPHS I taken hy the Straits Times jli Photographer at the Annual lj Halloween Party held m the American Club, Singapore I Saturday 29th Oct. 1949 '"'i.v be seen at the American fj Club or at the' Straits Times jl '''V.V.V Ltd.. 140-146 Cecil St. jj a -tottcUillM
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      393 3 WHAT'S OM IN K.L. PAVILION: Alias Dick Beal REX: Road House. COLISEUM: The Last Frontier whole aerial) ODEON: Christopher Columbus CATHAY: Prlthrirat (Tamil) MADRAS: South of St. Louis HINDUSTAN: Kannlka (Tamil) CENTRAL: Pvar Xl Jeet EMPIRE: Master lee. BOXING BB Park ■r-k PENANU ODEON: A Letter To Three Wives. REX:
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      279 3 gramme* (BBC). 6.30 News ln Cantonese (BBC). 6.45 English. 'Landmarks of Britain': '81. Paul's Cathedral'; 7.00 'Country Dance Party (l). 7.15 News m Preach •BBC). 7 30 "Bigllsh: News; Tar Eastern Affairs'; interlude; English Lesion (BBC). 8.00 Light Music. 8.15 Thai: News <_» Programmes fBBC). 8.45 Dutch (BBC). 9.00 Kuoyu
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      242 3 YOUR LUCKY STAR BORN today, you are a analytical mind. Perhaps person of rery positive /<"■ **e too inclined to characteristics. You never analyse things to death! do anything by halves. pout overlook seeing the Hence you always must be '©rest because of the sure that the project you trees!
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    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, Nov. 4, 1949. CLEARING THE AIR
    578 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, Nov. 4, 1949. CLEARING THE AIR JT is hard to be eluded for holding independent views, but it l« harder still to bear criticism for reporting divergent views m high ruling places. One of our mosl avid readers has found a certain amount of fun
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    Is this the Arena for World War III?
    1071 4 asks Cm WARD PRICE, who is now completing m the Far NorthWest the tour he began m the Far East of the outskirts of the Iron Curtain, the Frontiers of Fear. FAIRBANKS, Alaska. IN the event of a third world war between
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    29 4 Princess Elizabeth inspecting a guard of honour of cadets from the training shin "Worcester" at the Klngsway Hall. London, where she received purses at a HU*Z to Seamen Rally.
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    21 4 u*o are not continually being told hv the __LZ_l__w f g /eW manM f«<^«™ viu p> cne to cvfwrt more goods.
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    A Briton, I became Displaced
    620 4 A Briton, I became Disp laced W.S. HUNT describes how selfgovernment cost him his citizenship |S it right that an Englishman born m a British dominion or possession should Jose his citizenship when self-government is granted to the territory? And, if this is inevitable, is it fair to make him
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    THE BOER WAR IS STILL ON
    304 4 OACIALLY and poliH tically the Boer War is still on m South Africa, and is likely to be for another 50 years. What has surprised me most m the year I've lived m the Union is the number of people who suffered heavily at
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    AIR STRIP 'Stratos' To Join B.O.A.C.
    170 4 AIR STRIP 'Stratos' To Join B.O.A.C. FIV haye rPla: I Jews T '*s*! I soiled" ofr I *>AC Liber I have b. e ffl freight anc! I Ifl I more th an 'sonO M They §9 I I I I I I the SAAB I I has al: I Europe.
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      9 4 <;" TO/fe*sW/ P. H. HENDRY 78. North .fridge Rd., Spore
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      52 4 This week's suggestion* from the Delicatessen Department COCKTAIL SAUSAGES 5 1 a COLD PIGEON PIE 95c c** HAM LOAF 70c a It ITALIAN FANFULLA CHEESE Box containing 6 porti s Jf J_f _S_M__Am fVIXm Havt you ordered yo* r CHRISTMAS TURK" COLD STORAGE ORCHARD ROAD BRANCH Sinaapore Ccli Storage Co.
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    FLOODLIGHTING TO CHECK RICE THEFTS
    306 5 FLOODLIGHTING TO CHECK RICE THEFTS New measures at S.H.B. Free Press Staff Reporter POWERFUL floodlights capable of lighting up a considerable area of the Government rice pool m the Singapore Harbour Board are now switched on at night m the latest efforts of the >.H.K. Police and Government rice handling
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    46 5 picture. liWO little yiri^ Misa Lai Won Choy, 11, and Miss Phang Soon The, 13, with Hire;* of the toys that will be on .lt the Singapore Social Welfare department's ihilSrMi social r*ntres MrJe of work at the British Cm_h_>ii Hall un NOT. 19.- Free Press
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    Govt. move to help rubber smallholders
    144 5 Xl ALA LUMPUE, Thursday. rm R hundred thousand copies of a questionnaire are being distributed to all rubber smallholders m i with the intention of helping them to int old holdings with high-yielding material. :he for--l a committee to adration Gov- .TIVS and meant
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    67 5 A PASSENGER on board the Carthage which left Singapore yesterday bound for London was Miss Flora Lelah. president of the Singapore Habonim. The Habonim is a Jewish youth movement, similar to the Boy Scout and Girl Guide movement. Mias Lelah. one of the founder- members of the Habonim waa until
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    28 SCHOLARSHIPS TO UNIVERSITY
    132 5 Free fre.ss Stall. Reporter 'TWENTY-EIGHT scholarships and bursaries to the University of Malaya have been awarded to students m the Federation, it was announced last night. Sixteen of the recipients are Malays, seven are Chinese and four Indians. The scholarships. 18 In number, are for Arta
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    'VARSITY EXAM. SUCCESSES
    54 5 'VARSITY EXAM. SUCCESSES THE following were iwttei- ful at the final examination of the University of London held m Singapore m June this year: B.A. Honours In English: Nathan Kesagar Vanniasingam (Third Class Honours); BSc. Special m Physics: Hon Yung Sen (Second Class Honours) B.Sc. Special m Chemistry: Lim Chin
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    40 5 picture. STUDENTS of St. Andrew's School and St. Margaret's C.E.Z.M.S.) listen as speakers debate Ibe motion Honesty is Not ihe Best Policy" m the annual debate mt the two schools it Sophia Road yesterday. The motion was approved. Free Press
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    Textbooks to be translated
    113 5 F. IV Mala} Coi respondent THE Johore Religious Depart- ment has set up a special body to translate and edit textbooks for the use of schools m the State, the Utusan Melayu reports. This body will study suitable books for translation and use of religious schools
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    JUBILEE FUND
    28 5 The Director of Audit, Ma laya has been appointed ta be the Auditor to audit he accounts of the Trustees of the Silver Jubilee Fund, Singapore.
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    CELEBRATION PARTY
    47 5 CELEBRATION PARTY picture. im*. Singapore office of Air France, the French airline rpi_.h?*# Ve -f part at the Adelphi Hotel yesterday to Mr F a fv' tS Peni Picture shows W" C. Fouche" <rosiuer (Singapore manager of Air France, and Mr. C. K. L. Brightman. Free Press
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    Unions hail lecture offer
    304 5 Unions hail lecture offer Iree Press Staff Reporter TWO of Singapore's biggest unions, the Army Civil Service Fnion and the Municipal Services Union welcome the Singapore Trade Union Department's proposal to run a series of lectures on trade unionism and allied subjects for members of the Colony's unions. J v
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    DROP TN CASH TO CHINA
    54 5 Camily remittance* to 1 China m October totalled $120,554 for the whole of Malaya. This was the smallest amount remitted this year. Chinese In the Federation sent $73,331 and those m Singapore sent $47,223. The latter figure included some remittances made by residents of the
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    COURT OF APEAL
    20 5 The Court of Criminal Appeal will sit m the Supreme Court Building, Singapore on Thursday, Nov. 17.
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    PEON GAOLED
    49 5 Twenty-year-old Arumugam Selvaganapathv a peon employed at the Singapore General Hospital was yesterday sentenced m the Third Police Court to three months* rigorous imprisonment for theft of $90. The money was stolen from a safe ln the nurses' quarters on Oct. 24. Selvaganapathy admitted one previous conviction
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    BIG PROJECTS AXED IN S.M.C BUDGET
    286 5 BIG PROJECTS AXED IN S.M.C BUDGET Free Press Staff Reporter tLfHEN Singapore Municipal Commissioners meet ,T this afternoon to consider an estimated deficit of $1,939,000 m next year's budget, it is unlikely that they will propose substantial cuts m expenditure. The estimates they will be considering have been knocked into
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    DATO ONN STICKS TO DECISION
    186 5 DATO ONN STICKS TO DECISION Free Press Staff r JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. DATO Onn bin Ja'afar toi iy confirmed his decision I i resign from his post as Mentri Besar and devote his tlm* to the United Malays National Organisation. Dato Onn was sp*.a-C.ng ar a rally at the Pontian
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    REMEMBRANCE DAY CEREMONEY
    56 5 The Remembrance i_> ceremony at the Cenotaph be held m Singapore at 7.30 a.m. on Sunday may be post poned for one week if a; P a.m. on that day there heavy rain which is like be incessant. It will not be postponed if there is a
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      31 5 No surface mails are exoecte today, but tomorrow letters an parcels are due from India. Latest times for Dostlns: surfac mall at the 0.P.0. today arc Java. noon. Sibu. 6 p.m.
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    WORKERS STRIKE GOLD
    171 6 WORKERS STRIKE GOLD KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. LABOURERS building a road to the new town reservoir at Raub. Pahang, struck gold, according to the 1948 Pahang report published today. An Australian gold mining concern has started prospecting and the Pahang Government states that lt might oe necessary to find a new
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    $308,000 VOTED FOR M.R.N.V.R.
    291 6 Laburnum as H.Q. ship- IJ M.S. Laburnum (3,000 tons) will be convert*ed at the Singapore Harbour Board into a headquarters ship of the Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. For this purpose $308,000 has been voted by the Singapore Government. The officer commanding the M.R.N.V.R., Commander F.
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    55 6 picture. Mii. Winston Churchill, a s ChanceUor, conferred an honorary degrees at Bristol University recently upon Mr. Lewis Douglas, the American Ambassador. Picture shows Mr. Churchill ln cap and ornate gown. With him is Mr. Douglas, who still wears a dark patch over the eye he Injured during a fishing
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    S'pore Chief Justice reserves judgment
    348 6 JUDGMENT was reserved by the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Murray-Aynsley, m the Singapore Supreme Court yesterday m the interlocutory application m which Sir Roland Braddell. counsel for the London Daily Mail, asked for an order to stay an action for libel instituted by the Singapore
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    NO LICENCE TO DRIVE CAR
    65 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— For driving a car without a licence and without a certificate of insurance. 31-year-old Low Kok Tai was today fined $100 or si* we? lts' Imprisonment In tihe Kuala Lumpur Second Magistrate* Court Re +&S uLso disqualified from driving for one year.
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    University rugby helps the game
    414 6 Free Press Rugby Reporter 111 IH rugger increasing m popularity m schools m the Colony and the Federation, it ls a logical consequence that the standard of the game m the University of Malaya is improving and talent for Asian rugger is accumulating these. In
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    PINES FOR CANADA
    111 6 CiANADA has agreed to allow the Import of Malayan pineapples packed ln slices In 16 ounce tins, thus opening an "inexhaustible market" to the Malayan pineapple industry. Mr. Yap Pheng Geek, chairman of the Malayan Pineapple Packers' Board, told the Free Press yesterday that the Canadian decision
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    N.Y. STOCKS
    51 6 In moderate dealings prices m the New York Stock Exchange yesterday morning showed mostly fractional changes b^th ways, losses slightly m the majority. Decllners Included rubbers. The market fluctuated quM!} m the afternoon around earlier levels. The close was mixed, with the composite average rate ecordlng minor Vosses-
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    LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE
    66 6 LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE rurnei Naval) 313 3J fl I (UtS.) Anglos,- KLB^ .ay ii Highlands Jugra Und Lin,,/ Rubber r- V» Seder ak Utd j gjj Amp;!' "NY Ay Hitai Hongkong j Ipoh 115 Kan...— London (i Malayai %,1\ S. Kinta f*J rl il **i Petaim* .1 S. Tr,, Bungei
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    OIL AND TIN SHARES UP ON STEADY DEMAND
    337 6 LONDON. Friday. T*HE oil share market was the firmest section of an otherwise hesitant Stock Exchange yesterday, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Steady demand put prices l/32nd. to l/10th above the previous closing levels. British Government stocks encountered some bear selling and declined
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    POPPY DAY FUND WOMEN'S HOCKEY
    143 7 TWO of the strongest women's hockey teams ln Singapore. Combined Services and Singapore Cricket Club, will play a match next Wednesday on the Padang m aid of the Poppy Day fund. The match Is being organised by th*- SCC. women's hockey team and admission will
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    RAIN HOLDS UP TRACK WORK
    544 7 New horses a pleasing lot By TRESPASSER JJEAVY rain m the early hours of this morning caused pools of water at the racecourse at Bukit Timah and the tracks were closed to training:. Singapore horses entered for the coming meeting were trotted round on the
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    PRESTON BUYS RAMSCAR
    47 7 PRESTON North End yester- clay bought for £9.000 Fred Ramscar. the Queen's Park Rangers inside-right He is expected to play with his own club against Chesterfield on Saturday. Ramscar. a clever player, moved from Wolverhampton Wanderers to Queens Park Rangers two years ago- A.P.
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    Indians again miss chances
    759 7 By CRUSADER Indian tourists 3; Combined team 1. IF their forwards had not been outclassed, Combined Europeans, Eurasians and Indians might have brought about a different result to last evening's match against the Indian soccer tourists. Their attack was completely disjointed and their solitary goal came
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    ST. ANDREW'S UNLUCKY
    283 7 ST. ANDREW'S SCHOOL. getting into trim before their Federation tour, were unlucky to lose to the Johore English College yesterday by six points (a try and a penalty goal to three (a try) at Woodsville. The injured list had claimed the best threequarter of each side and
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    Four changes in Services XV
    198 7 pOUR changes are being made m the Combined Services rugby team to play Singapore Civilians on the Padang tomorrow m the H.M.S. Malaya competition from the side that beat Negri-Malacca by 28 points to nil last week-end. Winn will not be playing at left wing
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    University beat weak Asian XV
    371 7 University 11; Asians 3. IN their second match of the season, the University rugby team showed vastly improved form yesterday when they defeated the Singapore Asians by 11 points (a goal and 2 tries) to 3 (a try) m a match played at Bukit Timah
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    A LUCKY ESCAPE
    46 7 picture. vass (extreme right) and Lawther fail to intercept a snot by Parab. while Bhimrao (extreme left) looks on. xo i goal, however, resulted as the shot went outside. The Indian tourists beat the Combined Europeans. Eurasians and Indians 3 l.- Free Press
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    Rowan to fight for European title
    68 7 THE European Boxing Union has officially recognised the British bantamweight champion, Stan Rowan of Liverpool, as the top contender for Louis Romero's European title. The Spaniard has been notified that he must defend his title before Feb. 2, 1950. Rowan is scheduled to fight
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    M.S.A. TEA-PARTY
    33 7 TtffALAY Sports Association. IYA Singapore, ls holding a teanarty on Bunday at 430 p.m. at 6S. Lorong K. Telok Kurau. The occasion ls the onenln* of the Association's Haji Ismail pavilion
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    U.K. ARMY AMATEURS PLAY WELL
    473 7 By ARCHIE QUICK THE Army had no reason to be downcast over its 3-7 defeat by Aston Villa at Aldershot on Oct. 26. As usual, the famous Birmingham club acted as "tria' horses" for the Army's opening match of the season, anrt as a prelude
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    96 accept in Manchester Nov. H'cap
    278 7 DELOW are the first 96 acceptors for the Manchester November Handicap to be run on Nov. 19. Donino 9 7, Jock Scot (10 10. ex.) 9 4, Tsako 9 2, Lafontaine 9 o, Sarda U B—lo. Closeworth B—7, Good Taste B—7, Crusader's Horn B—6,8
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    DAVE SANDS MAY FIGHT BROOKS
    98 7 Dave Sands. Australian triple champion and holder of the British Empire middleweight title, made a brief stopover m Singapore yesterday while on his way back to the Commonwealth after his victorious visit to Britain. He and his trainer manager, Tom Maguire. held a discussion with
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    FANCY DRESS FOOTBALL
    91 7 A GRAND challenge match o. "foot the ball" betweer. Gentkmen of the Ex-Servicemen Association and Gentl men of thf Singapore Cricket Club will be played on the Padang at 5.30 p m today. The admission is tl. the proreeds to go to the Poppy Day Fund. Players
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    CANTON TO BE HEAVILY BOMBED
    272 8 CANTON TO BE HEAVILY BOMBED Kwangsi push under way HONG KONG, Friday. AS the opening phases of a decisive battle for Kwangsi Province began, the Chinese Air Force broadcast warnings to Chinese and foreign residents of Canton to keep away from military objectives, such as wharves, warehouses, radio and railway
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    RED SHIPS OFF TO ANTARCTIC
    60 8 RED SHIPS OFF TO ANTARCTIC A RUSSIAN flotilla has left the Black Sea port of Odessa to hunt for whales and do scientific research m j the Antarctic Radio Moscow! has announced. The arrival of the Russians m the Antarctic for the an- nuul whaling season will bring the number
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    83 8 Thousands of eyes were fixed on Mr. Winston Churchill's line of medals when he addressed the Alamein reunion m London as the guest of honour. His decorations include the Spanish Order of Military Merit, lst Class (he served m Cuba, 1895); Malakand Field Force, 1897 (medal with clasp); Nile Expedition.
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    Attlee hits out at Reds
    148 8 LONDON, Thurs. THE Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee, tonight accused Russia and her satellites of causing, "constant frustration" m! the United Nations. In a speech to the United I Nations Association rally, Mr. Attlee said that Russia had I continually used the veto as an
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    Churchill misses Nobel prize
    70 8 Churchill misses Nobel prize STOCKHOLM. Fri. UNABLE to decide between Britain's war-time Premier, Mr. Winston Churchill, and the 83-year-old Italian philosopher, Mr. Benedetto Croce. the Swedish Academy yesterday decided to shelve this year's £10.000 Nobel Prize for Literature. The month-long tug-of-war of the prtxe decision was reportsd to have been
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    Red clamp on border town
    100 8 HONO KONO. Fri FOREIGNERS can no longer r visit the Chinese border town of Shumchun, Just across the British frontier. A week ago foreign correspondents could leisurely walk across the bridge and enter Communist China to talk to Communist and customs' officials and return to
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    EGYPT GETS NEW CABINET
    28 8 Two hours after Egyptian Premier Hussein Pasha's 14-week-old all party national government had resigned. Slrry Pasha yesterday formed a new non-partisan govern- ment.- A.P.
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    3 WAR CRIMINALS
    23 8 Three Yugoslav war criminals have been sentenced to hang for "sending over 10,000 people to death during the Nazi occupation."
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    WAITED FOR HIM FORTY YEARS
    98 8 LONDON, Friday. MOHAMMED BOE left his wife, baby son and iTI seven-year-old daughter 40 years ago m Karachi, to seek his fortune m San Francisco. They were to join him after he had made enough for their passage. The years passed but he amassed no
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    PRIESTS CATCH
    28 8 A priest, who gave chase on a motor-cycle, caused the arrest of three youths who robbed the poor-box ln his church at La Concorde. France.— A.P.
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    AID FOR STRIKERS
    24 8 The U.S. Congress of Industrial Organisations yesterday offered its "full support" and money aid to John L. Lewis' striking coal miners.
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    Security for families of working people
    182 8 TRUMAN'S ANTI-RED SHIELD' ST. PAUL (Minnesota), Friday. FAMILIES should have protection against loss of income resulting from accident, illness or unemployment, and small businesses should have a fair opportunity to achieve success and should not be smothered by monopolies. These are two of ten
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    Segregation of S.A. Indians
    55 8 PRETORIA, Fri IMU-; South African Government was yettterday asited to empower local councils to tmpos«. total residential and business segregation between Europeans and Indians. Speaking m the A_Hsembly, Mr. (0 A. Beohett (United Party) called the action "irresponsible" m view of the proposed roundtable conference among
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    Rents in U.K. history
    76 8 LAMPSHADES are playing havoc with British history Lieut.-Col. G. E. C. Malet. Registrar of the National Register of Archives, told Reading University students appealing for preservation of public and family record;. He lamented the custom of using "old deeds, with interesting examples of old writing and
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    U.S. prosperity is tied to Asia
    164 8 NEW YORK, Friday. v ACHIEVEMENT of political and economic stability and of increased productivity throughout Asia are highly important to the well-being of the I nited States/ says a declaration by 1,800 American business leaders attending the annual National Foreign Trade Council convention. The
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    Man tried for double murder
    117 8 LONDON, Fri. C WARRED remains of a j blood-stained suit alleged by the prosecution to have been found at the home of Daniel Raven, 23-year-old advertising agent, were produced m a maglstrade's court here yesterday when he was charged with murdering his wife's parents. Raven,
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    HIGH TIDES
    15 8 Today: 10 a.m; 10 S, p.ra Ton.orrow: 10 23 a.m; 11 05 p.m.
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    Jap atom scientist gets prize
    110 8 Jap atom scientist gets prize A JAPANESE, 43-year-old Dr. Hidekl Yukawa, was yesterday awarded the £10.000 Nobel Prize for ht_s fundamental contributions to atomic Dhyslcs. It was the first time the prize has been awarded to a Japanese Since last September Dr. Yukawa has been a Professor of Theoretical Physics
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