Malaya Tribune, 7 October 1948

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    59 1 The Malaya Tribune BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Larger Sales than any Afternoon Taper in Malaya Printing Simultaneously Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh Penang r«{earam«: "Tritmne 8'por:" Telephone: 5811 (9 Mncs) LIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS THE MALAYA TRIBUNE London AjentB—Measr$. Colin Turner Ltd., Talbvt j
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    THE GRENADIERS ARE HERE 'Good Hunting' Wish To The New Troops
    230 1 T*»E Third Battalion of the Grenadier Guards— also known as the First Guards—sso strong who were in Palestine until a few months ago j'rrived in Singapore'on board the trooper Straffordshire, this morning. With them came 600 other 11 oops
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    INQUEST ON ATLANTIC FLIER
    45 1 Reuter. SWANSEA. Wed. An inquest °n Sir Arthur Whitten Brown. 62. navigator on the first Atlantic flight who was found dead in his bed at home, was formally opened at Swansea -and adjourned. Only the evidence of identification was taken. -Reuter.
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    5 Buried Under Tobacco
    44 1 d. Flenvv wind i is caused the t two i et soni I i more than 40 y in Northern Padua fifteen ted when a died collapscitled. i nsdo wi eckin Motion 1 shooting r mil Christian nt Rome, injured.
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    untitled Rebels Killed
    42 1 WVfi a Burmese P**e*t communique by f ta at reported 1 nine insu gents were dashes with Govern>t points near E JPartfro,,, th- brief infor,r nstaiaed in these 2 !t communiques it i btain news nfnsags in the interior-
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    GREECE ASKS FOR MORE AID
    16 1 <i Aeuag State Robert that ...orce request for mitt*, the United
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    New U.S. Consul-General
    58 1 Mr. \Vi!liam P Langdou has been appointed T'nited States Cc :»sui-Gcneral at Singapore. Mr Lang lon. who will succeed Mr. Paul Josselyn. who left some uays ago. was formerly U.S. Consul at Seoul. Korea. He is at prcsen* on holiday in the State- and is expected to
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    BRITISH QUIT ETHIOPIA
    55 1 U.P. London. Wed.- British forces quietly evacuated Ogaden Province of Ethiopia, which had been under British Military Administration for over sever years, it was reliably learned today. No official announcement war made on the withdrawal, but. it was confirmed in Whitehall that this withdrawal had taken place
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    WILL OPEN BOOK FAIR
    61 1 Sir Han Hoe Lim, Membei iof the Executive Council, will i open the RrUsn Rook Fair at Victoria Memorial Hall at 4.30 j p.m. tomo;r."v. Sir Kan Hoe is taking the i place of the CommissionerGeneral. Mr Malcolm Mac- Donald, who is travelling to London for
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    QUAKE KILLS 200
    40 1 Reuter. Teheran, Wed. -Two hundred people were killed and thousands injured during an earthquake at Meshed, capital of the northeastern Persian province of Khorassan. last night, according to newspaper reports here tonight. -Tremendous damage was I reported.—Reuter.
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    NIZAM STAKES MILLION CLAIM
    59 1 Reuter. LONDON. Wed. Counsel were engaged in London to--1 day to begin a legal battle in I the high court for £1.007.940 1 9 :;h. claimed by the world's richest man the Nizam of Hyderabad. The Nizam whose personal fortune is reputed to be £500,--000.000 is
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    We want closer ties with Britain—Nehru
    551 1 LONDON. Weds.—Pandit Nehru, Prime Minister of India, told pressmen here tonight that it was "rather early" to comment on suggestions that India might move to become a republic. He addetd: "We obviously want a e'oser relationship with England." Pandit Nehru had just arrived here
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    TROOP MOVES
    23 1 TRIESTE, Wed. Intens've Yugoslav troop movements in 1 the Istrian Peninsula towards 1 the hinterland were reported today by Italian sources.
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    Monty's Call
    91 1 Reuter. LONDON. Wed. Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery declared at a Territorial \rmy recruiting campaign at Mansion House today "the only sure way of preventing another war is to show any would-be aggressor that we will fight for freedom and justice. "We must he united and strong and be
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    2 AIRMEN IN RD. ACCIDENTS
    92 1 Two RAF Personnel were the victims of two accidents last night and early this morning Shortly before midnight last night, a motor cycle, riddeni by Pilot Officer Cousins, collided with a lorry at Paya Lobar P/O Cousins was taken to trie British Military Hospital with
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    Britain Tells Russia— YOU SPREAD FEAR ALL OVER THE WORLD
    484 1 Britain Tells Russia YOU SPREAD FEAR ALL OVER THE WORLD PARIS Weds.—A:cu ding Russia of causing fear to spread over tha world Mr Hector McNeil, Minister of State and chief British delegate to tno United Nations, today put three "blunt questions" to the Soviet Govcrnmvm on its attitude to control
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    City Elections Next Year?
    447 1 FIRST elections to the Singapore Municipal Commission (with an elected majority) may be held on the first Saturday of April next year instead of in December this year. This change of date for the elections and whethei or not the Commission will have an elected majority
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    2 Crisis Arrests: 1 Freed
    52 1 There were two am yesterday undo the Emergency Both thr arrested persons were Chinese. One was later released. The total of detainees under the regulations in Singapore la now 282. Another Chinese was arif.sted yesterday on a char;'" I of being a member of a
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    STOP PRESS Military Patrols Ambushed
    198 1 JOHORE BAHRU, Tod»y —Bandits ambushed tw»« military patrols and a police party In three separate Incidents in Segmat and Muar areas yesterda>. They wounded two soldier*. In turn one of them wis wounded in the leg and captured by police. The first attack took place
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    Municipal Commisioners In Test Case
    250 2 Local Applicant] For Senior Postj (Tribune Staff Reporter) THE Municipal Establishments Board is at the moment considering the application of a senior M unci pal accounts clerk for the post of Assistant Trea surer, it is reliably understood L ji i:;e appo;riLineni is approved this
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    'INNOCENT PARTIES SUFFER'
    226 2 "This is a case where one of two innocent parties must sufier for the default of a third party", said Mr. Justice Brown 1 in the Singapore High Court yesterday giving judgment in favour of a Chinese who sued two others for the recovery of a sum
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    Knocked Down
    28 2 Yesterday morning, a boy, i Koh Kirn Swee. fractured I his collar-bom- when knocked clown by a larry at the North Eridge Road—Sembawa Road j unction.
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    SABOTAGE SUSPECTED
    78 2 Sabotage la suspected as the 1 cause of the fire which guUed i 80 acres of replanted rubber on I Changkau Estate yesterday. Situated 10 miles fiom Seremban, the estate belongs to Messrs. R. M. P. Chettiar. a big Indian firm in Malacca. The fire which started at
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    BARTER SHIP DUE BACK
    65 2 The "Hong Soon" which left here more than a fortnight ago on the barter trade trial trip to the Republican port of llengat, is expected back soon. The "Hong Soon" arrived at I Rengat on the T ndragiri River last week and Bailed from there on
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    COCOS ISLANDS
    21 2 Mr. E. S. De Banzie. has been appointed District Officer, Cocos Islands in pJac< ol Mr. P. S. Bolshaw.
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    Decomposed Body Found After Week
    350 2 Tua Bah, a young coffee stall keeper, was aPegedly abducted by a gang of 20 Chinese secret society men from Lorong 23, Geylang, on May 13 last year. He was missing for a week —then his decomposed body was found in a rubber plantation in
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    Bangkok Detains Political Plotters
    68 2 Reuter. BANGKOK. Wednesday. It was officially stated here today that the authorities r.ave "completely suppress- < d" the week-end plot to overthrow the Songkhram Government. Army officers suspected to be involved n the plot were detained by the Defence Ministry which has set up a court
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    EUROPEAN INJURED
    28 2 In a collision between a car and a motor cycle in Payer Ltbar Road, yesterday a Europe ar, was injured. He was removed to the hospital.
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    SURPRISE VISIT BY CHIANG
    194 2 Reuter. TIENTSIN. Wed—President 1 Chiang Kai-shek arrived unexi pectedly in Tientsin yesterday. He came from Peiping and was accompanied by his entourage. The President's visit coincided with the arrival here of Dr. John Leighton Stuart, United States Ambassador, who was honoured at a reception yesterday by
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    Klang Has A "White Elephant"
    268 2 Questims regarding Klang s "white elephant" which cost $155,215 were asked by Mr. Tan Siew Sin at yesterday's) meeting of the Federal Legislative Council. He asked what was the purpose for which it was constructed. Government replied in the answers titled at the meeting: "The
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    Committed To Assizes
    105 2 On September 5. at 7.30 p.m. thiee Indians, who were con- versing near Newton Circle, i suddenly dispersed and hurried I away in different directions when a policemen and detective j approached them. This aroused the suspicions of the detective, who gave chase and succeeded in arresting
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    BANISHED
    55 2 Sixty orders of banishment were made in September. The total number of banishment rrders approved in the Federation since the beginning ot 1948 now stands at 402. Of this, 323 orders are against aliens convicted in court and 79 against aliens whose removal, it was decided, is conducive to
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      306 2 mamnnmm BLUE NETWORK mary; 6.05 Religious Hour. 1.30 Tamil fUm hits- 200 Close MALAY fL ENGLISH 6.30 Musical interlude; 6.45 [Down PROGRAMMES World Affairs: 7.C0 Time! 6.oo'Signature Tune. Open--1 Signal: 7.01 Culture; 7.15 ing Announcement and ProPROGRAMMES IN ENGLISH* Musical Interlude; 7.30 gramme Summary in Man--10.55 a.m. to 12.00 noon
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    FIGHTING WITHOUT A PLAN, SAYS C-G
    2077 3 la la ya Hostile To Terrorists Disappointment And Defeat For Communists ago the Comthe tirst s-hot j up tigo to destroy disrupt the ol Malaya. r now than it was < tho l-road pe».sepiaode, to I arength of the foi and to est>- t
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    HARI RAYA HAJ!
    31 3 It is officially aunounced that the Hari Raya Haji public 1 iialiday will be observed on Thursday. October 14. and not < n Wednesday, October 13. aM previously notified.
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    BE TACTFUL PC's TOLD
    167 3 I A suspect was brought into the police station," a constable said from the withness box in the Third Police Court yesterday. "He was brought into the station, and said he *ould sue every one of us the i'ext day. He requested us to t'ikc off
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    SINGAPORE'S POSITION UNAFFECTED
    119 3 Captain Patrick Gordon Taylor, Australian aviation pioneer and colleague of the late Sir Charles Kmgsford Srni'h, does not think that the new proposed air link between Australia, the Cocoa Islands and Colombo would affect Singapore's position as the chief airline junction in Asia He 10l 1 this
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    Police Relate Ammo Sale
    114 3 Three Chinese made a deal with the police for the sale of 9.100 rounds of .38 ammunition -■•ome time this month. According to arrangement, it 9 p.m. on Monday, a pa»ty >f police went to a rubber estate off Ama Keng village (Lim Chu Kang). There
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    PATRICK SHAW ARRIVES HERE
    69 3 Mr Patrick Shaw. British Commonwealth representative OH the Allied Control Council to Japan, arrived In Singapore by air yesterday enroute for the I Commonwealth conference, m London, accompanied by Mr. F. H. Wheeler. Assistant Secretary to the Australian Treasury Department. Another passenger on the same plane
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    IMPORTS Powdered Milk
    73 3 The iiiiport of powdered mit\ I from hard currency areas will i now lie permitted on a quota 1 basis, the Ag. Registrar of To?- I ports and Exports announced. Importers wishing to partici- pate in this quota should >iward their applications to him not later than
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    Wheat Bran
    53 3 Application* for the import of wheat bran from Australia j are invited and should eacn j the Ag. Registrar of Impoits and Exports, Singapore betor*- Oct. 16, according to an official announcement. Applications should, wftere! possible, be supported evidence of ll>g8 and 1947 imports from Australia, amounts being
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    GUIDE TO THE BERLIN AIR LIFT
    281 4 While (lie world w aits for lhe show -down with Russia, the Allied air-lilt goes on feeding the people oj Berlin. Soon il will face its sternest test—the coming of winter. AT a cost of a million A and a half dollars a week
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    THE MEDDLING JACKS
    296 4 VETERAN councillors Mead, Waring and Wallich rise in the Federal Legislative Chamber and warn Whitehall: "You cannot give away Malaya's riches without first asking us." Good for Mead, Waring and Wallich. That is the stuff to give 'em. These Three Musketeers declare that Britain's agreement with America
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    FIRST SHALL BE LAST
    193 4 eiR HENRY GURNEY arrives to take up his appointment as High Commissioner. And he has hardly got his feet on the ground after his flight from England when a monumental blunder explodes under them. Out eomes the official programme for his installation, to reveal that representatives
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    A MALAY LOOKS AT THE WAY AHEAD
    1245 4  -  IK M.S. Dand IMALAY A is passing through a most critical period in her chequered post war history. What she is undergoing today is a period of rapid social revolution, for which a .arge section of the Malay 1 population have been found
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    Support For Truman —On Berlin Only
    139 6 WASHINGTON, WYas.— Senator Arthur Vandenberg tonight announced complete Republican Party support of American policy on Berlin. He criticised as a "tragic failure" the fact that President Truman did not obtain aftei the war ended a clearly written covenant giving the Western allies access to
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    Sailing Boat, On World Tour, Touches S'pore
    615 6 WHEN T the sailed into Singapore iiarbour yesterday, coe 92-foot brigantine Yankee (114-tons> now on a globe gndling cruise, completed its voyage half way round the world. It tool-: her ten months to do it. Five vomer., 16 men and a nine-yoa--old boy
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    Avail Pays $104 At Penang Races
    711 7 From ALLAN LEWIS PENANG, Wednesday. STARTLING dividend of $104 was returned by who flashed past the post one-and-hail length* ahead of Merlin to win the seventh race on thf day's programme. many punters, however, availed themselves ,portunity of backing the animal. .vi ridei of
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    Champions Beat The Cup Holders
    66 7 Reuter. LONDON, Weds.—Arsenal, the League champions, heat .Manchester I'nited, the holders, by four goals to three in the renewed F.A. Charity Shield match at the Arsenal ground today. The Charity Shield match is an annual event in \vn .ch the League champions and F.A. Cup
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    RECS WIN AT HOCKEY
    83 7 In a hockey en counter in the SRC padar.g yesterday. 'h e SRC defeated GHQ Signals 4—2 following an interesting game. A. Clurk; and H. Bodweyn played a fine game, sharing the scores between themselves Philip itta and afilllchips netted for ihe Signals. me layers were:
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    SUICIDE WITH SAME ROPE
    63 7 Reuter. Venice. Wed.—An Italian woman found dead by hang- ing here today left a note saying she had decided to take her life with the same rope and at exactly the same time that her husband committed I suicide 20 years ago. She said she had
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    REME Dictate Play But Rovers Win2-nil
    365 7 Rovers Sports Club 2 REME Ba:;e Workshops 0 FIRST Division SAFA League champions, Rovers Sports Club had a close call when they met REME Base Workshops in a Cup match at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. For the greater part of the game REME dictated
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    Khalsa Score 2-0 Victory
    118 7 One goul within five minutes of the first bully and another within minutes before the end by Anoop inside-left, gave the Xha'si Association a 2-0 victory over their tough opponents the S'ngapon Colts in a I hockey match, played on the I Khalsa grounds. St. George's
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    Home Rugby
    35 7 Reuter. LONDON. Wednesday. Following are the latest rugby results: Australian Tour:—Castleford 8 Australians 10. Rugby Union:— Bar Stap': 11 Devonport Services 12. United Services Portsmouth b Hampshire 3: Maesttg 4 Briton Ferry 6.—Reuter.
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    TRIBUNE SOCCER
    26 7 The Tribune XI will meet the C. C. If. P. at a friendly game Of soccer at the Farrer Park at 5.15 p.m. to-day.
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    French Boxers For Australia
    83 7 Reuter-AAP. Sydney, Wed. The manager of Stadiums Ltd.. Mr. R. Ix-an. has arranged to bring six English and three French boxers to Australia before the New Year. First of the Englishmen to arrive will be Mark Hart, middleweight, who will come as soon as a berth
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    HE DREW THE 1000th
    175 7 Reuter. WOLVERHAMPTON. Wed. ;—A verdict of accidental death was recorded by th* Wolverhampton Coroner on Albert Robert Stockford. 20, ii school teacher of WyM j Worcester, and member of the i Worcester Rugby Club who j died in hospital as a result or injuries he received
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    Prosperous B.P.
    132 7 In a friendly badminton match played at the Spitfire j B.P.s court on Sunday, the Prosperous B.P. defeated the Commercial High School B.P. by four games to three. Results :—(Prosperous players mentioned first): SINGLES Can Poh Yew lost Ito Romi Meta 5-15, 15-12, 7-15; iM. H. Yakin beat
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    100 To 9 On Field For 2 Big Autumn Races
    227 7 Reuter. LONDON. Wednesday. Bookmakers went 100 to 9 on the field for both the Cesare- 1 witch and Cambridgeshire vhen the call-over on the two big autumn races was held at thp Victoria Club tonight, j Favourite for the Cesar.vitch
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    Ewell To Turn 'Pro'
    72 7 Reuter-AAP. Sydney. Wed. Barney Ewell, United State.* sprinter who ran second in the CMyrnpic 100 metres, will turn professional and come to Australia this season if minor currency difficulties can be overcome. Ewell. in a letter, indicated 1 !iC probably would ucee,->t an offer by the
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    Sports Diary
    102 7 Soccer: S. C. F. A. Cup (second roucjd): A. A. a. vs R. A. P. (Sekiar),- Jalan Besar, Kranjl w/stn. v, Dockyard. B. O. D. ground. St. George's Road. Friendßes: Christian Brothers' O. B. A. vs Eagle S. C.—S. J. I.; Cavanaugh Youngsters vs HQ. Spore District—Fort Canninj;
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    SCULLING CHAMP WINS GOLD CUP
    148 7 Reuter. 1 SYDNEY. Wednesday. Mervyn Wood, recent winner jof the Olympic sculling j championship, has also won a I €3.125 gold cup. but he does ■nn t know where it is. Wood, a fingerprint «.xpe.t j attached to tne C. L B. in I Sydney,
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    British 4-Year Plan To Produce Olympic Champs
    375 7 LONDON, Wednesday —Britain's "four year plan", aimed at producing champion athletes for the next Olympic Games in Helsinki in 1952, has already begun, with official backing from the Government. The Amateur Athletic Association have started their winter series of indoor coaching courses, and
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    WIRELESS SOCCER
    167 7 Cable and Wireless Spurts Club Boecef Team against tne R.A.F. Jurong on Friday, at I Farier Park commencing at 5.00 p.m. will be Louis Tan; E. Rodrigues. R. Kesslar; E. Lazaroo. R. H. Barth (capt). Thio Yuen Beng; Lim Yew Cheng, H. Long, Koh Ann Hoe, C. Thurasingham
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    Ceylon Pioneers Corp Sports Results
    282 7 A laiyc gathering witnessed the No. 5 Group Royal Pioneer Corp (C) Athletic Sports Meet, held at the Police Training School ground yesterday. The Champion athlete of the meet was Sgt. Newman of "A" Company RPC iC). He won three events. i The "G" Company
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    A tussle fir the ball I>itii <n n Kota Raja foru u<t and tn SH B. Au*. frohci defender in Tueatmf/'t Cup match at Jalan Be s a t Stadia a..
    31 7 A tussle fir the ball I&gt;itii &lt;n n Kota Raja foru u&lt;t and tn SH B. Au*. frohci defender in Tueatmf/'t Cup match at Jalan Be s a t Stadia a..
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    Royal Singapore Golf Club
    75 7 The Ladies' Competition for Octobei (Stroked was played at Bukit Timah on Monday last and resulted as follows: "A" DIVISION- won by Mrs. J. Ferral-Smith with a nett score of 39 (42 -3=39). Mrs. W. McMullan 46—7=39, Mrs. R. Craik 49 9=40. "B" DIVISION won by
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    DINNER-DANCE BY SCSA
    68 8 The Singapore Civil Service Association is holding a dinner and dance on Saturday, at t'.ie Victoria Memorial .Tall. at $4 prr held for the dinner and danc. and $2 per couple for a dance only can be obtained from Messrs H. E. Woodford &lt;S. R. CX c.
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    AUSSIES WILL FIGHT RUSSIA
    87 8 Reuter-AAP. SYDNEY, Wednesday A Oallup Poll conducted recently indicated that II the United Slates and Russia should g" jiC \va r the majority of Australians would warn Australia 1 t be a lighting ally of the Lnittd States. Answers to a series of questions showed that
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    Mr. Peter untitled Prime Minister of Neiv Zealand, en mute for the Commonwealth Conference in London, warn greeted at Tengah yesterday by Mr. Richard West, representing Mr. jfatoaiai Mac-Dowflkf. the Commissioner-Qeneral for South East Asia, White Mr. Chtude Masse y io"/cx on.
    42 8 Mr. Peter untitled Prime Minister of Neiv Zealand, en mute for the Commonwealth Conference in London, warn greeted at Tengah yesterday by Mr. Richard West, representing Mr. jfatoaiai MacDowflkf. the CommissionerQeneral for South East Asia, White Mr. Chtude Masse y io"/cx on.
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    Soviet Rubber Offer Mystery
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    THE AGA KHAN
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    LONDON AMAZED
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    57 8 Reuter. Berlin, Wed. -The three West- crn military governments have ordered the felling of up to two- I thirds of the forests of the Western sectors of Berlin and; half the trees in the city's streets, avenues, parks and gardens, to provide fuel for the coming
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