Malaya Tribune, 18 October 1947

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    61 1 The Malaya Tribune y\ THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Larger Sales ThaU Any Afternoon Paper In Malaya Now printed simultaneously In Singapore, Kua,a Lumpur, Ipoh Penang 'Phone 5811 (Three Lines) 355 vmas SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1947 PRICE TEN CENTS The Malaya Tribune London A ntn: M Coim Turner Lid.,
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    Soviet Turns Down Project For "Little Assembly"
    227 1 U.P. UCCESS, Oct. 17 —Russia bluntly anil would accept no compromise on the for a year-round Little Assembly and n tice cf Soviet boycott of the proposed M. Andrei Gromykn warned Itial trie Marshall proposal is like carving the United Nations into nnrla
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    Commission For Ex-Colonies
    103 1 U.P. LONDON, Oct. 17.—The Council for the Foreign Ministers' Deputies on Italian colonies decided tocay that a four-power Commission goUlg to the Italian colonies .should ho constituted on Monday and ie 've L/jnuon early iii NovcmDer. The Deputies also decreed tiiat invitations to 19 Interested powers should
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    32 1 A daughter has been born to Mrs. Hobbs. wite of Flight-Lieut. L. G. Hobbs. Mrs. Hcbbs was formerly Miss Joan £s?addoll an I is tne daughter of Dato and M>-s. Roland Braddell.
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    S'pore Budget Deficit
    75 1 je t en ;ted to be a deficit I u573 10 reveal.d in tha 5 Municipal Budge: b:. ug'.:t be'ore r x uers 1 arlv in Nov. df Beit for 1947 wsi iceoo tui next year is csu- I reacll $31.128.953 asainst an estimated revenue ir B
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    EX-CHANCELLOR IS "BROKE"
    65 1 U.P. Q*. 17. -The man i' 9&d bandied millions when raoerrised the Br.t.sh trea ot money in Spain. 5.' ii former Chancellor p! Ei hQu r Sir John Anderson to came to Spain for the wed- D I Montora r. Sunday. Under present ns he was per
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    REFUGEE TREK
    56 1 ■S* DELHI. (Xt. 17:—Larger cot an an; ever set-n 'i v f r a(i Of the Punjab may be •«isea negotiations now the West and the wnrjab Governments, an official (Licioswl here. t.-.oivra i«rc claim. of refugees cJail> in the w fa l E /St icks r-n travelling
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    ITALY AND SOVIET
    28 1 c of 1 ort,l i»' n afi«latet b:orza ujrferred a I t Italian AmlasMan!, Brosllo. th r offich!s 1' nil relations beMd thf? Soviet Union."
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    NO MORE 1942 QUIT RENT
    91 1 tne Singapore at S ,r at ,n slat c that »ovcrnmeiii nas hr 0 Meeting 19i2 qu't P'ope-tios. -V,". tlun mfmmei tftc IZ J **y thai the Collcc- ■Hsatteinpt- vhole of uult mot Under the Leases and Tenancies Ordinance of 1947 private owners were precluded
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    ANGLO-U.S. TRADE PACT NEXT MONTH
    335 1 No New Barriers on British Colonial Produce Reuter. 17.—The United States has tariff concessions to Britain on a great number of commodities, a State Department spokesman said today A version of the new Anglo-American trade pact is authorita'.ively understood to have been approved by •he
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    P & O "Canton" Sails From Southampton
    72 1 P O "Canton" Sails From Southampton Reuter. (Southampton, Oct. 17.—The sea pr«3senger s.rvice between Britain ana th: Far East, suspended throughout the war. was reopened today when the refitted Peninsular and Oriental liner •Canty.' \c'\ her 3 for Hongkong with 544 passengers. Among them was Lord Sinha President ot the
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    Schools And The Hartal
    153 1 (Tribune Staff Reportrn The position of school teachers on Monday's Malaya wide hartal is one in which no official comment is forthcoming. SinKapni e'a Education Chief, Mr. .1. B. Neilson. said: "Oftkially there is no holiday* on Monday and I expect every teacher to be present
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    Greenland Defence
    76 1 Reuter. WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 The United States wants a new agreement with Denmark "which would take fully into account Danish sovereignty over Greeland and legitimate United States and hemispheric defence requirements." a State Department spokesman declared tonight. He was replying to Mr. Gustav Rasmussen, Danish Foreign Minister, yesterday
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    Vaccine By Air
    51 1 Reuter. London, Oct. 17.—More than 2,364,000 units of anti-cholera vaccine have been despatched fj Karachi by the Pakistan High Commissioner in London to help in Pakistan's fight against cholera, ft was announced today. The vaccine has Seen carried by aircraft of the British Overseas Air_ ways Corporation.
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    Britain Has Her Own Jewish Question
    249 1 Reuter. LONDON. Oct. 17.—Antagonism to the Jews in Palestine cannot be seoarated from antagonism to the Jews in Britain. said hie influential weekly Economist Weckiy today in an article dihensatoft the growth of anti ■aeui»tiun. "Britain indeed now really has for the first time
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    Atom To Save Britain
    61 1 U.P. LONDON. Oct. 17-Slr Ernest bmith. chau-man of the Industrial Coal Consumers Council, said toda> that he belived atomic energy would beuln to influence Britain's fuel a nd l»owcr situation within five to 10 years and be in gcnen.l use in 20 years. He said that
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    NO DOLLARS FOR GERMANY
    148 1 U.P. WASHINGTON, Oct 17. The United Press learned 'today that the British Government was unable tr» nceent the United States suggestion to pay most of the December dollar costs, particularly bread grains for 'he bizonal Germany as British cannot a/Tor any more dollar outflow. The British
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    UNITED STATES CABLE RATES
    71 1 Reuter. NEW YORK, Oct. 17. Demand increased in the afternoon particularly for leading Bails which had been lagging recently. Communications were aided by the Federal Comirunieations Commission's announcements that it would examine rates for overseas radio and cable eommunicationfi outward from the United States after complaints
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    India Faces 'Worst Food Crisis In History'
    287 1 Reuter. WASHINGTON, Oct. 17. India's Ambassador, Asaf Ali, has delivered a formal request to the United States Agriculture Secretary for emergency shipments of wheat and coarse grain from the United States io help "the worst crisis in its history" due to hit India
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    CHOLERA DEATH TOLL NOW 1,574
    50 1 U.P. CAIRO. Oct. 17. --A communique announced a sharp rise in cholera casualties today with 308 dead and 733 hospitalized in Egypt In the past 24 hourS. The cholera death toll since the start of the epidemic 3i weeks ago now stands at 1,574.— U.P.
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    GERMAN THUGS BEAT UP GIs
    29 1 U.P. BERLIN. Oct. J.-Two American soldiers were attacked and beaten Dy a gang of Oerman thugs near Tempelhof, the Provost Marshal's Office reported today.—U.P.
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    Arabs,Jews "Call Up" Proceeding
    191 1 Reuter. JERUSALEM, Oct. 17.--An appeal to all Arab y< uths in Jaffa, Palestine's second seaport, to register Immediately for "military fluty" In defence of their "motherland" was made in posters distributed throughout Jiiffa tonicrht. The appeal was signed by Mohamed Nima Hawarl, a lawyer who is
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    BEVIN'S VISITOR
    40 1 Reuter. LONDON. Oct. 17—Scnor Gil Robles, leader in exile of the Spanish Monarchist Opposition to the Franco regime who arrived in London yesterday, today called on Mr. Ernest Beviu, the British Foreign Secretary, it was authoritatively learned. Renter.
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    ARABS' ADMISSION
    25 1 U.P. JERUSALEM. Oct. 18—The Arab Jihad organization admitted responsibility for the bombing's of the American, Swedish and Pol c h consulate in Palestine.—UP.
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    "STAR QUOTES"
    267 3 JOHN 1 THIS QrnSTIOXz: .I.V ;,t > J,r ,JIS of th-3 11 ,*0*1 will tell Intentions, wrong with rf cou^ j ve we can v thinking 11ow i (1st of what 1 ,n dwelling: on ,y fliV la are the moot ih>* visual nils immunicating 4V r n
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    FORGOTTEN ROYALTY OF BURMA
    738 3 Reuter. f- Royalty of demanding est .ration of m British quit it tii' vi ment has rest among to on ihe eve of Issa'i tence. I. yal House of Bias lasl king who I-. I»a know that that their ■aai restoration of Btff.ij.iiv I- i cry
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    BRIDGE
    385 3 Are Cue Bids Necessary? (By YARBOROUGB l This year's tournament in the United Stales ior the Vantierbtyi Cup had a record mrmber of entries. These inelu led an unequalled array of experts. A surprising feeture of tournament was tha* a team, which was probably the most fancied of ah,
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      696 3 Ffca*£>ONAL ADVICE TO A YOUNG GIRL ABOUT TO BE MARRIED Avoid b* akfasttable gloom 1 y giving him Nescafe (with Kespcay Milk) every morning. Tlry Ne.seafe/Nespr.iy at the Respfay MiM: Bar. Happy World (main entrance). <Q.57G.) VILL HELEN RUNG Contact 797 kfOVe Road about Penan tang HoU.se. rospective buyer. Ptleads
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    Illiteracy
    873 4 In an Interesting taik to Singapore Rotarians the other day, Mr. J. B. Neilson. Singapore Director of Education, in a description of his recent visit t 0 Nanking as Malayan delegate *o the UNESCO conference there, said that about fifty per cent of the Asian communities in Singapore can
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    OLD MANILA BANK RE-OPENS
    152 4 Reuter. MANILA. One more old landmark in the banking district will rejoin the credit institutions in this country this week the Monte de Piedad, which dates to the Spanish regime. Its reopening is considered quite a milestone in the country's economic developement in more than one
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    GOVT. IS KILLING Our GOLDEN GOOSE
    1011 4  -  b y Chan Teong Lay who aualvses rubber policy in Malaya At best of times, controls are vexatious and irKsome. In wartime, they are unavoidable. In the early postwar days, the rehabilitation period, they were tolerated as a necessary evil. But any extension over
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    Readers Write To The Editor Dancer's Complaint
    273 4 SIR, —May I r through the me. dium of your columns, voice a protest, the need for which probably shared by other readers? I refer to the abnoxious habit of two men darcire together— which I have witnessed at two Cabarets ir Kuala
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    Patient Volunteers
    319 4 Sir.- Now that the back pay question for Volunteers has been pa>sod. why has payment not been made yet? It is now over two years and income tax is abut to be introduced. It would bo better for the Governor-Gen-eral and the O.A.G. to see that the Government
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    Time, Please!
    130 4 BIG BEN. Ipoh. Sir, -As a recent visitor to Kuala Lumpur and Singapore I was pleased to hear the siren sounded at 12 noon every day in order that members of the public might syncronise their, wat ches to the correct Malayan Standard time. Cannot this me thod
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    Strange as it Seems
    7 4  -  by ERNEST MIX
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    OF MICE AND MEN
    6 4 The reflec,
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    Touching
    135 4 Touchin- indeed exhortation to Sm- p *0, "forget all relim 0 n? Upor "«J Political that the happy ocr« wedding may be n 5 lebrated." Touching appropriate! Frankly I f* any occasion for »he p»j£?.? occasion." para The Princess, I rfjrret has as much to i 0 4h nary
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    "Progressive" Association
    77 4 When I read '.hat Mr y Mallal. the Singapore representative on the Munich Commission, was >ne of those ponsible for the foimation oftk» Progressive Party. I could no» Vharbouring a slight the "progressives" vtre*poit a appendix of the Association. An'' now the Singapore tion has let th° risrht
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    Ambitious NmHu
    165 4 Some time aga Genendisste. Chiang's Government let i: be usderstood that preparations we? being made for the oversea Chinese to vote in the NrthOM| Chinese elections. Tat mmim class diplomatic blunder. United a storm of protest from Sto and the Philippine WaA Chinese Government k-r I creet silence
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    Lawyer's Action against Carpet Merchant Fails
    1033 6 The Civil suit claiming $25,000 damages for malicious froseoution brought by a Singapore lawyer, Mr PH Ch a-ainst S. Qureshi, a carpel merchant, was dismissed 'with cos* by Mr. Justice Jobling in the Smeauore High Court yesterday. Counsel for Mr. Chia. Mr. Claude da
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    BORs "Not Guilty"
    244 6 verdict 01 not guilty was returned by a common jury at tne trial of two BOR S who are i lleged to have criminally assaulted a yours Chinese E>ri at a billet at Mount Elizabeth on the night of May 8. The B-O.R.n George McCdiloch ard Clarance
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    Tuberculosis
    33 6 There were 25 deaths from tuberculosis in Singapore for the week erding Oct. li against 29 the previous week, Pneumonia claimed 21 cases against 17. There were 193 deaths and 683 births.
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    40 6 U.P. LONDON, Oct. 16:—Charles Fuquaonce. the kin*? W sports, was robbed of £400 in cash and his wife's mink coat end jewels worth $1,000 by thieves who entered his attornment early today. Police believed a skeleton key was used. —U.P.
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    $100 Award Offered For Information
    94 6 A hundred dollar reward is offered for information leading to the recapture of Lim Eng Hok, alias Lim Bun Na;;i, alias Lnn Hai Lam. an 18-year-old Hokkien convict who escaped from a waro in the General Hospital at 12.10 a.m., yesterday morning. Lim. who had
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    FINED $200
    101 6 Mr L. C. Goh yesterday fined 27-year-old Lara Fott $15 or ten days rigorous imprioonment for using criminal force, and $200 or four months rigorous imprisonment for illegal gratification. Cpl. Mohammad >'oor. who was in a radio patrol in that area, saw the incident, went up and arrested
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    RAF Mission Due
    109 6 Staftapore «U1 be v' i 1 of tl'e places visited !y i*oi: mission from the RAF. C* ntral Bomber Establishment in Lire- nshire. y!4eh will 1 F»kland iii n l.i«eolr bov.ibor o.n Qetobflf 26 for the Far E~st. Australia and Vtem Zealand. The aircraft will land at
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    Rotary Chief
    125 6 (Tribune Stuff Reporter) Due to arrive in Singapore by Quantas Flying boat on Monday, October 20. is of Rotary International and hrs. wife. They ate Mr. and Mrs. S KendrickGuernsey, who will remain in Stngai ore until Wednesday, October 22, when they By to Australia. A full programme
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    FOR OBSERVATION
    74 6 When Gulab Khan <42>. an ex-detective, appeared at th.* Second Police Court yesterday, he was ordered to be sent to the Mental Hospital for observation for two wee-'s. Gulab is charged witn causing hurt to Chan Ah Tong and Bhagarwaty Sincn at Onan Road, by shooting them with
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    Slapped Wife To Stop Her Laughing At Him
    181 6 The cross-examination of George Gauron, a European sanitary engineer, continued at the First District COU Ga y uron r ls y charged with causing hurt t 0 his wife Vivie Gladys Gauron, on two occasions on the night of Aus 16 at
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    PICKPOCKET GETS JAIL & ROTAN
    110 6 PICKPOCKET GETS JAIL ROTAN (From Our Oien Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Oct 17. How a Indian travelling in a bus had his hip-pocket picked of a wallet containing some cash and a driving licence was revealed in the District Court this morning when a 28-year-old Chinese named Sha Van Foon was
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    Subjects Of Indian States Not British
    144 6 Tribune Staff Reporter > Subjects of Indian States which nr the Dominions of India and Paki subjects, according to legal opinion now SSL^ Singapore through Oie Coloiik A statement the status of subjects i the Riders oi Indian States rea Is: "It appears that
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    Prowlers Fired
    47 6 Shots «ere bjbW. J «'):P nf nr(j vl ber -s of the CeJtoS"^ M".:t:,rv p,,,;;^, df 'Ppt v !;,-,.:,;> 7:-- early hours, vestew I It is learned that f guard., P T cf.» them. t£SS ers op r. SS'SL!* The SU another sentrie. th-n i r
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS
    56 7 RUGBY Non-Europeans vs. R.a F Five Cornered Competition.' Jalan Besar; S.C.C. vs. g.hq HOCKEY Singapore colts V s raf (Tengah), Tengah; Police' vs' Hong Kong Shanghai Sports lub, Thomson Road SWIMMING Swimming Championships S..igapore Swimming Club 230 P.m. BADMINTON Singapore Badminton Champlcnshlns, Finals, Clerical Union TABLE -TENNIS Int.-
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    RECS COMBINE BETTER TO BEAT CSC 3-1
    231 7 Tho S.R.C. beat the Cevlnn Sports Club by three £S*l. at hockey on the fadang vester•lay. The Rec's opened the scoring within Dye minutes of (ho drst half through Phillips who drove in fiom close quarters afte*- a rhele in front of goal.
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    BADMINTON MATCH
    217 7 The following players have been selected to represent Harr'sons and Crosfield Spoils Club against the Pelandok Badminton Team tomorrow, at the Happy World Stadium at 10 a.m.: G<k Swee. Ong Beg Bee. Kar. Kv.ee Cheng, Beng Boo Son U*w?e Tiong. Ching Koh Puar. M ?hael Cnang iCapt.) Beng
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    SCC RUGGER
    134 7 The following will 1 represent the S.C C. gainst G.H.Q. PARBLF at rugby today al 5.15 pm. on the Padan*. P. 1. Homer: T. A. Roper, R. 9t Drootrleever (Capt.), c. Saunders, J. A. Busbridge; J. Frame and G. S. Taylor; R. J. Max. v, J. W. G.
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    HOSPITAL YOUNGSTERS vs. RASC SOCCER
    66 7 The Hospital Youngsters will meet the R A S.C. Pulau Brani. tocij;y on the latter's wounds in a friendly feijne of soccer. The following will represent tho Hospital Youngsters A. Knnapathi. T. S. Mailt am, Mohi rider Ek Murujrasu, Olm S L. Ponnia. T. Nadirajah.
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    Chinese Seniors Qualify For SAFA Cup Final
    544 7 Colourless Soccer At Jalan Besar Chinese Seniors R.A.F. (Chang;) I Had a newcomer witnessed the S.A.F.A. Cup semifinal betwten Chinese Seniors and R.A p. (Chan<>i) at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday, h P would have "gone away with a very poor opinion of Singapore
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    S'HAI TOURISTS BEATEN AT BASKET BALL
    50 7 Kong S:cng, Singapore basket oa A champions, beat the Shanghai Chinese team by 20 points in a basket ball match played at the Happy World Stadium last night rhc winners piled up 56 point? W the game to. the r opponents' do j o:nts.
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    FA Makes Plans To Train Olympic Soccer Team
    300 7 Reuter. I h^°; :DOX y° ct ".-The Football Association is making thorougn plans for the Laining of the British Olympic soccer team Tne training will include trial matches against he full England International side. which tours Czechoslovakia and A talv next May
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    S. AUSTRALIA 28 FOR NONE AGAINST INDIAN TEST XI
    242 7 Reuter. PERTH. Oct. 17. The 3- day Indian Tourists versus Westein Australia crickot match began here today, Western Australia opening the batting. Amarnath opened the attack against Carmody and Edwards, with Amarnath having a strong wind to assist his in-swingers. Phadkar
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    SCRC DO WELL TO HOLD COMBINED COLLEGES XI TO DRAW AT HOCKEY
    458 7 IBy Centre Bully) Playing their opening gam? ol' the hockey season, the S.C. R.C. did well to hold the Combined College XI to a goal-less draw at Hong L'm Green yesterday. Although no goals were registered, the large
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    CHINA'S ILO TEAM
    54 7 Reuter. SHANGHAI, Oct. 17.—Fifteen Chiness delegates to the International, Labour Organisation Asiatic Labour Preparatory conference will leave here tomorrow morning by air for New Delhi where the meeting is scheduled to open In Oct. 20. Among the delegates are Pao Hwa-ku, Govenment representative as well as labour
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    SBA Championship Finals Today
    168 7 Following are the fixtures in lhe Singapore Badminton Associations Veteran's and Junior Tournaments to b? played today, at 2.15 p.m. p.m. P.m Veteran's Doubles—Final; Wee Eng Siane (A.A.U Charlie Chu~ i Devonshire) vs Chan Chim Lim ft Goh Ah Kow (Mayflower. Men's Junior Doubles—Final: Wee Chye
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    Peterson Wins
    60 7 U.P. LONDON. Oct. 17.—The London law courts today granted Scottish Jackie Pn tenon an injunction restraining the British Board of Boxing Control from recognising any on i. tut Paterson, as tho world. British Empire, or British flyweight boxing champion. The ruling deprives next Monday's bout between Hawaii's Dade
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    No Resentment Now: Burma Will Be Britain's Ally
    292 8 Reuter. LONDON. Oct. 17.—Thakin Nu, Burmese Prim? Minister, told Britain tonight shortly after signing the independence treaty that severing of Burmais, VgM* bond with the British Empire would paradoxically enough bring her nearer to Britain. Speaking over the British Broadcasting Oorporatlon Radio
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    Muslims Advocate "Strong Measures"
    144 8 Reuter. KARACHI, OCT. 17. Mr. Mohamed All Jinnah, Governor General cf Pakistan has agreed to "give his most careful con .s deration' to "certain sUggcs tfons" including compulsory military service and establish arm factories made to Dim by a deputation of Purs (Muslim divines> who "prayed
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    ROYAL BEER
    37 8 U.P, READING. England, Oct. 17. The Reading brewery started a royal brew of beer today. It w'll be bottled and presented to Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten before their marriage, as a wedding gift. U.P.
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    U.S. URGES NATIONAL GOVT. FOR WHOLE OF KOREA
    395 8 Reuter. LAKE SUCCESS, Oct. 17.—The United States today tsbltjd a resolution calling for elections In the respecU\t Soviet and American zones of Korea, under United Nstions supervision, not later thon Mar, 31, 1040. and the establishment ol a National Government of Korea-
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    "BLACK-OUTS" IN MALACCA
    133 8 On accourt of the shortage of licr.eratii r plant at the Power Statior. Mah cca, like most other towns in Malaya, has been experiences a d grco of black out, or load shedding, as it is called, every night for some mcrths past. The Electrical Engineer, Gov
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    SOUTH INDIAN CHAMBER
    78 8 The South Indian Chamber of Commerce which "ris been in existence since 1936 am! rontains mora than 80 per cent, of the local trading community from the southern parts of India on >ta membersh'p roll, has anpeaeld to the Governeminent to sponsor some amendments in the Election
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    Another Gallant Rescue
    81 8 U.P. PAR/S, Oct. 17.—A1l 47 passengers aid the crew of the land puUM vw.i went down at sea yesteraay enroute to Oran irom Marseilles have hern rescued and taken to Carthagen a on the southeast Spanish coast, a spokesman for the Compagne ac Transport Aerien Internationa! said
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    Legality Of Partition
    132 8 Reuter. LA KB SUCCESS, Oct. 17. Egypt and Syria today formally proposed that the question of Whether the General Assembly is competent to recommend the partition of Palestine bi referred to the International Court for an advisory oph.ion. The Egyptian resolution would also ask the court whether
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    Appeal For Aid For Muslims In East Punjab
    122 8 Reuter. London. Oct. 17. -A letter from the Governor of the West Pun jab, &:r Franc s Mudie, appeal Ing for help for the Muslims oi East Punjab, who hare had to their homes and are try •ing to find new one>
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    Move For Control Of Movies
    85 8 U.P WASHINGTON. Oct. 16. Actor Larrv Parks and 17 othei film rotables mainly writers, director., and producers told CO'leagues of the House of UnAmerican Ac'-ivit;e s Committee that the inquiry icto Hollywood Communism wa< desig' «d to pot the moves uruer Congressioi al control. In
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    War Pensions
    143 8 (A.I.S) MELBOURNE, Oct. 17 A report recommending iU-round increases in war pensions an*l repatriation benefits has been submitted to the Minister for Repatriation by the Australian Returned Servicemen's league. Tho principal points in the report are that the basic pension rate should be increased from £2.105. a week
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    CHOLERA DEATH TOLL MOUNTS
    59 8 U.P. CAIRO. Oct. 10 —The cholera death toll has beer, climbing steadily aid reached 175 on Thursday night Xor the precodirg 24 hours as outbreaks were reported from several lv- her to ur tainted areas. The Ministry cf Public Health disclosed in a communique that 520
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    FRENCH GOVT. REQUISITIONS TRANSPORT MEN
    106 8 Reuter. P.ir's. Oct. 17.—The French G< i\ rnrncnt decided today to "re au'sltion" transport worker* needed to ensure the running n\ the strike bcund Paris underground This action was taken at a Cabinet meeting lasting until early today, as part of the drive by Paul
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    Alleged Kidnap Of Bride On Her Wedding Night
    110 8 U.P. Shanghai. Oct. 17.—Police t->day held Sjo £-ze Hsi on a k dna j charge, accusing him of kidnapp ng his childhood sweetheart the day after sh: married another. The g'rl Miss Hsian Kcu Chang was bethrothed in the cradle tc Hwang
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    BAN ON IMPORT OF RACEHORSES FROM AUSTRALIA
    175 8 (A.I.S.). Melbourne. Oct. 17.—Australi an race horse dialers expect the ban on the import of horses int i Malaya to be lifted with n a year. They say that the ban. an nounced earlier in the week by the Malayan Government, did not
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    Martial Law In N. Persia
    152 8 Reuter. LAKE SUCCESS, Oct. 17. India's Samaiendrmatli Sen criticising Prance and th< Ncthei lands respectively for failing to forward applications for membership of the Bconomi Commicsion from Vietnam and the Indonesian Republir said "I must say LYitain has admitted and freely acknowledged the claims of
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    Danes Want U.S. To Quit Bases In Greenland
    94 8 Reuter. Copenhagen, Oct. 17 —Den mark j s to demand that the United States quit military bass and weather stations she instal led in Greenland under a d fence pact signed during the war. the jDinish Foreign Minister. Gustav Rasmussen. said here,
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    NO DECISION YET
    36 8 U.P. WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 It was reliably reported today that American Soviet negotiations on Russ as $11.300.0d0.000 wartime lend-lease bill, which were tuspended three months ago still show no signs of life.— U.p!
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    AMBUSH OF ALLEGED GUNMEN RECALLED: 3 CHINESE FOR ASSIZES
    239 8 Actii a or ii formation, a party of police ambushed three alleged gunmen and captured them as they drove ud in a car at the iunction or Upper Cross Street ard South Bridge Road. Tha three men. Scow All Chai, Tan
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    Yugoslavia Charges US And UK
    131 8 U.P. LAKE SUCCESS, (New YorK'. Oct, 17.—Ales sebler of Yugoslavia charged that armed Dards of Yugoslav quislings were permitted by the United States a: d the United Kingdom to cross m" borders from ureece and Austn'i to carry out raids on Governing t towns aid
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    LESS BUTTER
    37 8 U.P. LONDON, Oct. 17. Food Minister John Strachey announced today that Britain s weekly butter ration would be cut from three ounces to two ounces per person for eight weeks begii nin*r Nov. 9. —UP
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    This Is One Way To Eject Tenants
    41 8 U.P SHANGHAI. Or, erj shop, toda v d lal 'l-o»d Sun Hi eject tun, outline n tv: J*S] reserved '< f Jj*£l cal court. To*, expiree' in Sojn .< to m-vel^y son hefty men the l
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    Aluminium untitled For Tasmania
    162 8 A.I.S. MELBOURNE. Oc c&taldishment ol a industry r< commend' d port ol the Au<t.iali an SJU Production Commission^ will b« tab;, i n p a T week The establi.shm.iit of tL dustrv Will jjj Approximately 10.000 t» aluminium will be yearly. The Commit trols about 3
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    ACCUSES JOE untitled
    39 8 LEXINGTON. Oc I presrtatieve John E EUflta day charged that hetTy* chamoion Joe Lou > wasfl headh g a campa ?n N< Qualified for the C j Senate, if he »Irs the 1»» dorc G B 1
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    28 8 U.P. LAKE Tho Uu-.tc N sub-cemm i the draft of the injj] the PJ f ?i vote of rireto tw**j and Yugoslav 3 catfi«* votes.-U.P-
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      60 8 I todays WEATHER REPORT Cloudy And Wet Cloudy with thl| ldery showers during afternoon and evening. Partly cloudy tomorrow morning. Wind southerly, light to moderate. Sunset 1822 hrs. Sunrise OGIS hrs. Moonr .se 1019 hrs. Moonset 2146 hrs. Temperature: Max. 90 deg. Mm. 74 deg. Rainfall: 15.9 mm. Humidity y;sterd»y
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