Malaya Tribune, 4 November 1948

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    61 1 The Malaya Tribune BY THE rIOHI FOR THE PEOPLE Larger Sales than any Afternoon Pap<*r in Malaya Printing Simultaneously \JI Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh Penang Telegrams: "Tribune Spore." Telephone: 5811 (9 lines J EIGHTH P5es SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS THE MALAYA TRIBUNE London Agent*—Messrs. Colin Turner Ltd.,
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    VERDICT ON TOJO NEXT WEEK
    307 1 Armed Police Guard The Court-Room 1800-PAGE JUDGMENT JOKIO, Today.—The International Military Tribunal for the Far Fast reconvened today to pass judgment on Hideki Tojo and his 9 4 codefendants. At 9.30 a.m. Tokio time, Tribunal President Sir William Webb of Australia begat) reading the long
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    Chinese In Malaya: MP Warns The Govt,
    265 1 Reuter. LONDON Wed Mr. Walter Fletcher, Cons rvative, toM i crowded meeting of the Raft! Empire Society he:e today that peace would cn'v Lome to Malaya "from a better balance of the com- i munitics." it ii a Mistake to over •anna*' i
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    UNLUCKY 13
    27 1 Manchester, wed. TOrtecii United States ofne'r nil! men wi re t".-::red dead i Superfortress crashed 1 2.088 feft hill 13 miles ,lth 01 Manchester today
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    TB SURVEY IN SCHOOLS
    67 1 fTribune Stuff Reporter) A tuberculosis survey of school children Is about to hegin In Johore Bahru. Cue ilars are being posted to all parents or guardians at t!ie ftrst school to be examined cKpiainutg the tests and requesting their written pelmission to make tests on their
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    MPAJA MAN ARRESTED
    43 1 Last night a Chinese believed to be a member of the Malayan Communist Party and also the Vf.P.A.J.A. was arrested in Singapore under the Emergency Regulations. The arrested man is a wanted man from Malacca. Total detainees to date 320.
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    INSULTED, QUITS
    54 1 Reuter. ROME. Wed. The Ita'ian Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Franco Maugen, csigned tonight. Admiral Emilio Ferrcri was appointed his succs sor. Admiral Magueri's resignation was due to an often -«ye phrase concerning some of his colleagues in a book written by him, published in Anerica." a
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    FALSE REPORTS
    19 1 (Tribune Staff Rep</rtcr> Two robberies were reported in Singapore last night. One Is believed to be false.
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    JAVA: CRISIS Worsens
    159 1 Reuter. BATAVIA, Wed.—Relati ns between Indonesian Republicans and the Dutch had taken a turn /or the w>r..e, the Republican Premier. Dv. Mahommed Hatta said today. The situation leminded him of that of July 20, when the Dutch "unleashed their army against the Republic." he declared in an
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    Pack drill not for women
    97 1 Reuter. LONDON, Wed. The If use of hard* Social OrtĔCri Committee mas today in/ortasd f>y a War Office roprescnlative that field jmn\li..unt in the okap* oj pruk urn and "other .sec. re ptmfctfesteal em the barrack equare" Sltll exists in the Army and R.A F.
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    Bob Freeburg: van Mook's Theory
    131 1 HR. Hubertus van Mook, retiring Lt. Governoru General of the Netherlands East Indies Relieves that the aircraft belonging to American pilot Bob Freeburg, who flew a Dakota for the Republic of Indonesia crashed in South Sumatra. Dr. van Mook told the Tribune this morning as
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    5 REASONS WHY TRUMAN WON
    383 1 The American Election Reuter U.P. I POLITICAL observers gave live reasons for the triumph of President i'liiman and ot Democratic candidates. ]The heavy vote. Mil- lions v. ii are not committed to any party went to tiie poll:-. These independent voters provided the foundation for
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    MAN of the hour
    270 1 U.P. KANSAS CITY, Wed. President Truman, a smiling, happy man, received the congratulations of well-wishers today, as he won one of history's greatest political upsets to win a term in the White House in his own right. Cheers went up from his headquarters in the Hotel
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    -BUT THE WOMEN WERE IN TEARS
    202 1 Reuter. WOMEN members of his staff were in tears when odds-on-favoui tte before the polling Mr. Dewey announced his decision to concede. Mr. John Foster Dulles, who was expected to be Mr Dewey's Secretary of State and who for the last weeks here has
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    Wall Street Reaction
    58 1 Reuter U.P. In Wall Street which bad anticipated a Kepuhliean victory the initial reaction to the election outcome was a break in prices on many stocks. I'tility stock prices e«peeially fell. Presumably the selling was dictated chiefly by uncertainty over what new laws affecting business may be
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    TRUMAN MAKES A PLEDGE
    170 1 Reuter. KANSAS CITY, Wed. President Truman promised today to dedicate himself "to the cause of peace in the world" and "prosperity and happiness at home." He promised to "serve the American people to the best of my ability in the four years ahead. He acknowledged the
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    MRS. DEWEY TAKES DEFEAT 'FINE'
    33 1 Reuter. Mr. Dewey said that Mrs. Dewey was taking the defeat "line". He added: "She's been through this before. We've won and lost before—all in good fun. —Reuter.
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    Dewey: We've No Regrets—
    270 1 Dewey: We've No Regrets NEW YORK. Wed. After conceding the election to Mr. Truman, Governor Dewey told a press conference "It has been a clear and constructive campaign. "We have no regrets whatever. Our job now is to get together and support the administration in every effort to build a
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    Downing St. Silent
    86 1 Reuter. LONDON, Wed.- lirititih Governmert It nders, (Hire)ul to preserve their neutrality in America's domestic affair*, would not (xtmmert on the result of the election Prime Minister Clement Aitlee c/-)>< ly watched the return* but did not let them inf</--fere with his rouVnc duties. A phone ixill
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    1-SOCIAL SECURITY NEEDED 2-WAGES ARE BEHIND C.O.L. 3-SUGGESTIONS ON STRIKES
    3170 2 Report On Labour In Singapore IF a social security scheme is contemplated for 1 Malaya it would be best to cover unemployment and then proceed to sickness and d*:ath benefits and old age pensions, states the Report on Labour and
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    'Waitress Menace' in Johore
    122 3 Johore is planning state-wide drive to gei waitresses out of cafes. restaurarts and entertainment spcts and find suit able alternative jobs for them, a usually reliable source disclosed yesterd?.v. The presence of waitresses, who number more than 500 in the State. ia regarded by the Johore
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    SIB man took court document
    570 3 POIi the second time in the inquiry into the R.A.F. generator ease, an allegation was made in the Ninth Police Court, yesterday, that a member of the R.A.F. 5.1.8. took out a court document and showed it to an R.A.F. witness. When the court resumed
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    Fell From Buses
    24 3 Two persons, a Malay and a 'hiresc, fell from buses in >rchard Road and Selegic load yesterday. Both suffered ninor injuries.
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    Ran Off Road
    28 3 Three Chinese were injured when their lorry ran off the road near the 7 milestone Changi Road yesterday. Two of them were detained in hospital.
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    Law found Escapee in prison
    117 3 Baskaran Pilla', convict for robbery in October last, m*d 1 a daring cscapo when i Fourth Police Magistrate per I mittcd him to go home un-'ei guard to fetch some clothes The long arm of the law found i him again—in prison. Baskaran led his
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      308 3 On Your Radio Today MA I, AY 4t ENGLISH Amoy &>. Cantonese, 1.15 OponPROGRAMMES Announcement ProSummary in Tamil with SignaPROGRAMMES IN ENGLISH l^ re T, ,nc n 1 17 Tam jl 1 20 News in Tamil, 1.30 Handas 10.55 a.rn. to 12.00 noon fft 145 Ratan ti J m English
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    FOR THE LITTLE MEN
    235 4 TRUMAN'S victory shocks and startles the prophets, Dewey was past the post before he started. Cautious, colouiless, middle-of-the-road Harry, who only inherited the Presidential seat because his old chief, Roo?eveit. died, did not have a dog's chance. The prophets were so deafened by t*ie sound of
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    RUSSIANS WOO AFRICAN EMPEROR
    1160 4 IHIE big-power talks on the future of the Italian colonies have failed and the chances of their ever being able to reach a settlement agreeable to all partus is extremely slight. Nevertheless there If agreement on one point: That Ethiopia will get its long demanded outlet
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    Dr. C. Kong's Successor Appointed
    101 5 Wed.--Mr. Lim Kye known Penang law-1 ntsman was today. Federal Legislative Hoi in the place of the Ong Chang Keng who lered here recent'/. B H Iloon fir>t Penang be appointed to the lative Council is of Mr. Lim Kye ass l Ho \or-Gi nerml
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    The Truth Behind Mystery Deaths
    231 5 U.P. DONORA, Pennsylvania Wed. -Autopsy showed that the 19 smog disaster victims had apparently died of suffocation that may hay been brought on by sulphur dioxide. This announcement was made as bright sunshine brought relief to this stricken town. The autopsy was performed on one
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    88: First Air Trip
    90 5 Reuter-AAP. SYDNEY. Wed. O'dest i licensed motorist in Adelaide Smith Australia. 88-year-o d Mr Max Thiele, recently made his first aeroplane I flight, his wife. 80-year-olo has fiown between Adelaide and Sydney six times Mr Thiele originally used a horse, then a horse and trao over
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    Tanks For Russian Police
    110 5 U.P. FRANKFURT, Wed. The Russian-sponsored police force in eastern Germany is equipped With tanks, artillery and other heavy weapons, a former general who fled tne Russian zone charged yesterday. a Major Gen. Walter Schreiber, who had been earmarked for the job of Surgeon General of the
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    TWO VIEWS ON MUSIC
    678 5 1. Films On Opera? Yes, But Cut The Music Down, Say s Rabinovich (By Tribune Special Correspondent DOME, Italy, Tuesday.— Producer- Grego- Rubino vitch smacked hiti lips over a well-stigared rnelor. coiled his tongue to ran oral effort in English, and confided that he we ;ild
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    G.M. ABSORBS OPEL PLANT
    36 5 Detroit. Wed General Motors announced yesterday that it has resumed control of the German manufacturing affiliate originally acquired in 1929 but since the war was held by the United States Military Government.
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    2 Inaudible Bass Worries G.B.S.
    294 5 Reuter. I ON DON, Wed.—Mr. George Bernard Shaw, whose recent letters to the press have covered a rang" of topics from politics to Napoleonic strategy, has now turned to music to urge, in the London "Times", "the ever pressing need for remedying the weakness of
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    SEA-GOING SAILORS MUST SWIM
    107 5 Reuter. LONDON. Wed. —The Fiust Lord of the Admiralty. Viscount Hall, replying to a question in the House oi Lords said there was no regulation requiring officers ana men in the Navy to b. able to swim until they were appointed to a ship. Parsing of
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    TRAVELS 1,200 MILES IN WHEEL CHAIR
    160 5 Reuter AAP. Sjfdm v. U'f d, .4 legless BX-SttUier has trartHed 1,200 mites from Brisbane to Cairns, Queentla ltd, b# uln > Irhair It took him two months and ii dags l/< is Frederick Veowart, 54, 1' /(o log/ />,»//; /< r/.s /M.sf /<»»'
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    FUTURE FOR SUGAR IS SWEETER
    83 5 U.P. Washington, Wed. Bugat industry circles here lately are taking a slightly less pessimistic view of the fucim for sugar producers,, :a'g- !v because it appears Cuba will not have a hea ,T y carry-ov from this year's record crop which would tend to the
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    BRITAIN'S LATEST CLASS OF CRIMINALS
    158 5 Reuter. LONDON VVid. Britain has a new class of prob-CL*!, criminals Young men ard' women between -i and "without respect for God y man", according t<> sptaketsj at a mciting of th> Mag's rates Associtaion. These now criminals have replaced juvenile dtlinqu n* [as the
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    India Raises Rubber Price
    52 5 Reuter. NEW DELHI, Wed. The Government Of India has raised the ceiling prices of all groups Of raw tubber by 12 mpees a 100 pounds in response to planters' demand for higher prices. The new pi ices which became effective on Nov. 1 were announced officially
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    KOREAN ENVOY
    27 5 Reuter. MOSCOW. Wed.—ClU Ei Ha has been appointed Northern Korea j Ambassador to ih( Soviet Union according to newspaper report: from Phycng-Yang, Northern Korea Reuter.
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    ARMY FOOTS 1941 BILL
    86 5 The Army has just received a bill for 12 cap badges and 12 pairs ol shouidc r badges bough t on Nov 10. 1941. The badges were for War Correspondents Irj Singapore, and were supplied by Giar Singh's for $36. In a covering letter, the firm
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    'Malay Education Is Backward'
    198 6 The Utusan Melayu, Singapore Malay daily, in its editorial column yesterday, attacked the education policy of the Federation Government as a mensur* responsible for the general educational backwardness of the Malay people. The papci cited the Government policy of imposing agelimits on Malay-school pupils wishing to
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    Ada Does Not Know
    79 6 Ada hong Tin Neo, a 55-year-old Chinese woman with two sons—one aged 88 and the other aged SO—was asked by the Acting Chief Justice in the Singapore Divorce Court yesterday whether she proposed to marry again. She replied: "I don't know." Ada tiled her divorce petition
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    Woman Injured
    20 6 A Chinese woman was in- J jured when a house collapsed In Mohamed Sultan Road yes- j terday.
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    Hume Pipe Hiding Behind The Crisis Say Strikers
    234 6 Allegations thpf the Hume Pipe (Far East) Company were taking advantage 01 the Emergency to retrench staff have been made in a letter to the Colonial Secretary from the Singapore Chinese En- gineering Association. The letter appealed to the Colonial Secretary for
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    GRENADES FOUND
    50 6 Two live hand grenadrs «>ne British and one Japanese were found in a side room o f Tai Cheong school by one or the teachers yesterday. They were wrapped ir. old newspaper. AND SHELLS Seventeen rusty Japanese shells were found by an Indian cutting grass at Kallang airfield.
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    "MY COUNTRY" BY MASSEY
    37 6 Mr. Claude Massey. Australian Commissioner, will give a talk on Australia in the sfries "My Country" at meeting of the East West Soci<ty in the British Council Hall at 8.30 p.m. to night
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    Tree Killed Child
    79 6 Yong binte AM (6) was crushed to death by a falling mango tree on the night of October 19 at Pulau Sarau. The huge tree swept down on a pari of her house. Yong was pinned to the ground by some branches. She died within half an
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    4 BANDIT CAMPS ARE WIPED OUT
    201 6 Xl T ALA LUMPUR. Wednesday—Four bandit camps were located and destroyed by Police Military actions in the Federation yesterday. Twentyj six hand grenades were taken, j Twelve Chinese, including two, known bandits, were captured. The biggest of the four ban-! dit camps destroyed was
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    A SULTAN HAS HIS PRIVILEGE
    122 6 With the exception of members of His Majesty's armed forces, the Sultan ot Perak is the only person not affected by the National Registration scheme which began in that Stateyesterday Out of Perak s population of 937.000 about 800,000 men, women and children over 12
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    No Change In Quota On Cigarettes Likely
    183 6 (Tribune Staff Reporter) The Dutch authorities in Bat a via wilt shortly consider the appeal made by Singapore Chinese cigarette importers for a revision of the quota ou cigarette exports to Indonesia. This waf made known to completion. the Singapore Chinese Importers n
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    SHEARMAN-NATHAN WEDDING
    78 6 THE wedding of Mr. Joseph Shearman and Mis:? Laurctte Nathan took place at the Presbyterian Church at 0.30 yesterday afternoon. The bride is the elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Nathan of Singapore. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shearman of Dunfermline. Filestore.
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    BANDIT DEN DESTROYED
    57 6 MUAR. today. —Security forces operating in the Miiar area located and destroyed a bandit hide-out yesterday. A trip-flare on the fencing of Chan Wing Estate in the Jagoh area, revealed the presence of five bandits dressed in black who wer c attemuting to enter the protected area.
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    RIDER FAINTED
    24 6 A trisnaw rider fainted while pedalling his trishaw i along Bras Basah Road yes- terday. An ambulance was sent to his rescue.
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    Fought thugs with parangs
    148 6 MALACCA, Wednesday.—Two Javanese labourers fell fighting the bandits with parangs, in a terrorist raid on Mong Hing Tiang Estate in the Machap area early hours of this morning. The bandits burned down three buildings. Two Chinese boys, age ninr and ten years o!d. weie burned to
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    GOVERNOR'S SECRETARY
    32 6 Mr. R. M. Marsh. M. C. S ihas been appointed to be ih<_ Private Secretary to H. E. the Governor in place Mr. C. IH. F. Blake. M. C. S.
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    ARTISTS
    31 6 Mr. C. R. Salisbury of the International Artists' Association will speak on The Artists' Place in the Community" at the Theosophical Lodge at 8 Cairnhill Road today at 6.30 p.m.
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    Movie Magazine Will Bring The Stars To Your Home
    307 6 MOVIE MAGAZINE the latest programme to be 1 introduced by Radio Malaya for film fans in Singapore and the Federation —takes tne air on Monday at 8.30 p.m. Compiled and edited by David Lvttle and Tony Beamish, with the assistance of
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    Now Fully Fledged
    21 6 I '"Iters i>_, r,,, > r Sir r-/ n 7 Sit--a n, K r ,n Jh «*«di2 c '»Ul)(
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    161 horses to run at Bukit Timah
    212 7 1()I1 > ol l">» horses *n 1 STssrs one and two entered for s?ihiee-d iv meeting oi j „,poroTurfClubV &ter Meeting which i he held on Saturday, vl 1; Wednesday Nov. j Saturday, Nov. 20. 14 one horses two horses Zt been entered
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    TODAY'S TRACK WORK AT K.L.
    194 7 [from ALLAH LKWJOJ. Pill-; ton grat v. i.s again i opened f<<i fast work this when i-mdidates for j ice* were given il were Belgium, l olina. Oklahoma, King nd Good Luck s (Lawler) went five at three quarter Silver Sequin (Woods) Hthe three in
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    TODAY'S SPORT
    35 7 > s ui K apore trial Shell S.C. v. Shanghai Bank P J*; S.C'.c. v. H.M.S.I fcrjnW l* H( iang. i Andrew's School I 'flish College I R.E. cup final, v. C. E Tycr-:
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    THOMAS CUP: DANES WIN AGAIN (9-0)
    759 7  -  Only One Favourite Scores At K.L. From ALLAN LEWIS v.ii iitiiiiiii liAiTT HO K E KONGSrS- Mr. Chips scored a double for the Kuala Lumpur Meeting, when he romped home to pay the startling dividend of $111 at yesterday's races, the third day of
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    Riza Bey To Fight Zbisko
    173 7 At the Great World on Satinday most interest will be centred in the bout between George Zbisko and Ali Riza Bey. After a long run of success these two fighters have recently suffered several defeats. Another reverse now would more or less eliminate them as
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    S. C. C. Vs H.M.S. London
    44 7 The following have been selected to represent S.C.C. vs. H.M.S. London at the Padang today at 5.15 p.m. Messrs. Pether. Dennis. Reeves Reynecker. Rule. Burton. Read. Lloyds. Rusbridge, Smith. Vane-Percy. Mr. Van Houten will be the, umpire. I
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    Ireland Trounced
    120 7 Reuter. COPENHAGEN. Wed. Winning all rive matches played today. Denmark beat Ireland by nine matches to zero in their first round European zone Thomas Cup badminton tie here. Ireland's J. Fitzgibbon put up a good fight against Joern Skaarup, the Danish numhet one but he eventually went down
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    K.L. Weights For Saturday
    402 7 The following are the weights for Saturday, ttu» fourth day of the Selangor Tur! Club's October November Meeting: Horses Class 3. Dw. 1. 6 F ira. Kimbolton Egyptian Queen 8 13 Polish Bride s v Waveation P u< Brooking 8 *J Unicorn s 0 Pluto s0
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    COMBINED GHQ WON -BUT ASIANS GAVE THEM TOUGH TIME
    279 7 ALTHOUGH the Combined G.h.Q. -cored a 16 points (two goals and two tries) to siv points (two tries) win over the Comired Asians on trc Raffles College ground yesterday, they had fco battle hard for their victory. The Army side had
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    SCC pull thier socks up in 2nd. half to win
    226 7 STRONGER play in the second half enabled the S.C.C. fl *B' XV to defeat the B.O.D. team by nine points (three tries) to three (one try) at rugby on the Pad»ng yesterday. Prominent in the B.O.D. team were Man Singh
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    Indians Win
    127 7 Indian A>so. 3 Raffles College Z Fielding a weak team, Raffles College were detested when they met the Indian Association at hockey on the College ground yesterday. The Indians won 3—2. Two quick goals by Rattan Singh and Annoo Singh gave the Indians a two-nil lead at interval.
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    MCC ON ROAD TO VICTORY
    154 7 Reuter. ROBERTSON. Wednesday. The MCC touring team were well on the road to victor y at J the end of the first day's play in their two-day match against country districst eleven here today. i By the close of play they led by 84 runs
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    Police Had Sailors All At Sea
    169 7 THE Police trounced H M S '"error when they met at Rugby on the Thomson Roid ground yesterday by 24 poirts (three goal and three tries, to j three points (a penalty goal). It was a one- lided game and j the Police had
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    PEARLS B. P. DEFEATED 3—2
    141 7 In a friendly badminton match played at he SVC Drill Hall on Sunday, the SHB Auxiliary Police team met and defeated the Pearls Badminton Party by three games to t'\o. Highlight of the day's n.at :h was in the Singles between Lawther of the Auxiliary
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    "No Minutes Read – Not A Meeting"
    73 7 "No Minutes Read Not A Meeting" DUBLIN. Wednesday. A meeting of the Irish Olympic Council held at the National Boxing Stadium here today broke up in disorder with the societal y. Commandant Chis-j holm, and the treasurer. Chief Superintendent P. Cat roll, surrouned by members of the Amateur Athletic Union
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    Usefuls Enter Semi-Final
    117 7 In a quarter-final match of the Singapore inter-club tournarmnt the Useful Badminton Party beat the Devonshire B. P. by five games to nil at the Clerical Union hall last night. Ong Poh Lim. who is still away in Kuching. was conspicuously absent for tne Devonshire. Final scores
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    Chung Hwa B.P. Defeat Happilads
    113 7 Tn a fricndlv match of badminton played on Sunday the Chung Hwa Badminton Party beat the Happilads Badminton Party by seven games to nil. Results (Chung Hwa player? mentioned first): SINGLES Wong Yoke Yoke beat Christopher Tsai (15-5. 15-71: Pang Kia Lim beat Tan Hock
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      55 7 II M. SWEEP Total Pool $178,0»»« 1st Friie No *****8 2nd Prize No. *****1 3rd Prize No. *****0 STARTERS: *****3, 15 5 5 3 9, *****6, 13 5 4 5 5, *****3. ***** 7, ***** 5, 251 41 3, 24 02 7 2. Double Totes First: Four tickets $296 each.
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    WORLD REACTION TO TRUMAN'S WIN
    890 8 Vyshinsky says: It is so astonishing CHINA* NO SUDDEN CHANCE IN POLICY EXPECTED fiFRMANY- CEN CLAY L,KELY TO uuivfinn i STAY AS COVERNO r BRITAIN: mar shall^ IS REMOVFh Reuter U P. lON DON, Wed—The most immediate reaction in diplomatic quarters L here to President
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    Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Shearman after the wedding at the Presbyterian Church yesterday Mrs. shearman was the former Miss Laurttte Nathan
    20 8 Mr. Mrs. Joseph Shearman after the wedding at the Presbyterian Church yesterday Mrs. shearman was the former Miss Laurttte Nathan
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    Nehru Speaks—And Creates History
    330 8 Nehru Speaks And Creates History Reuter. QARIB, Wednesday. Prime I aflnistei Pandit Nehru ol India today created United Nations history. He is the Bret Prime Miniate r, other than the constitutional head of a state, who bus beef) honouteu by an invitation specially to address the General Assembly. High L'nit««l
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    And This Is What He Told The World
    304 8 Reuter. PARIS, We.' Pand't Nehru, Prime Minister ol India, said Ind'an indepen«ienee was won because "we had decided neither to submit to evil, no matter Ahat happened, n ji to he afrai I i th* consequenC' The p in ipb under y'n/;'
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    SUPPORT OF RIGHT TO ASYLUM
    96 8 Reuter. PARIS, Wed. —Pakistan today supported Article 12 o: the United Nations draft declaration on bumnn rights which lays it down thai everyone has the right to asylum i n foreign, countries. I Mr. Agha Sbahi tdd the Human Rights Committt e that th< only
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    WINTER-HEAT GIRLS
    159 8 JJOTTEST job in Singapore yesterday was taken on by a professional model, a dance teacher and a few A T.S. girls. in the heat of a Singapore afternoon, they modelled a collection of autumn, 'cold-climate' clothes at Whiteaway. Laidlaws yesterday. About four hundred women arid a lew brave
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    BURMA CAN OVERDRAW, SAYS BEVIN
    150 8 Reuter. j LONDON. Wid -The Government was asked in Parliament today what afiiurtnees Surma bad given I tha* she was able and willing o pay adequate compensation for < xpiopriated British industries, before it was screed -ne could draw up to £2,000,--030 from the sterling
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    BHOPAL IN BAGDAD
    41 8 Reuter. BAGDAD. Wed. The Nawab of Bhopal has arrival at Bagdad on his way to Im:ia. The Nawab and the Bcguu r*re staying a few days in Iraq in order to visit the holy shrines at Herbala. —Reuter.
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    WILL THIS SUIT ME?
    37 8 While the Pakistan Premier In attending the Commonwealth Premier's Conference—his wife, the Begum All Khan—is studying women's services and welfare organisations. She paid a visit to Queen's Camp, Guildford to inspect the A.T.S.
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    NEW MAGISTRATE
    17 8 Mr. David Alexander Fyfc has been appointed a. Police Magistrate for tho Colony of Singapore.
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    WHAT'S ON TODAY
    281 8 Btantford Rot*. M *H Speaker v, Massey on "M v LO|k;i PHICAL sod, J" Road: BpertS' Salisbury on ptoce In the "-ml? A Mceting—e aja VM.(. A (i Commerced c 1; Gynma.st.c,. mg library 7 V.W.I.A, Dreiaanakias Way tar. i meeting i CHINESE m j lifting- 7
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    New Office untitled
    88 8 U.P. Office i, Confederate r President M 1 Ho..;;; Vice Pn■ >"■- Ken- Hoe, M UJ 1 Mi. AJ1| •< i" iary Mi. I a i a; Aast Secretary J Siew: Hon Trcasun v Chce Lim; Hon a" Tay Geok Swee; I"-,; v j Undent [CSiee Lire.
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