Malaya Tribune, 19 November 1948

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    Masthead
    60 1 The Malaya Tribune BX THE i*EQPLE FOR IHE PEOPLE Larger Sales than any Afternoon Taper in Malaya Printing Simultaneously Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh d Penang Telegrams: "Tribune B'pore." Telephone: 5811 (9 lines) SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS THE MALAYA TRIBUNE London Agent*—Messrs. Colin Turner Ltd., Talr Bouse, 98,
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    Cheaper Air Mail Service For Malaya?
    184 1 Reuter. N\ Thurs.—The possibility ot intm air postage rates for secord Lich a printed papers—to Malaya mmonwealtn destinations in the Easl >here is being considered by tne r General in consultation with the Civil Aviation and the British Overseas Airway's Corporation. Lord Listo.v-d. Ministei
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    MONTY ACCEPTS A GIFT
    77 1 Reuter. LONDON, Uiurs. Lord Montgomery accepted a £258 Sunbeam motor cycle for his personal use waen he opened the list post war bicye'e and motOi- cycle show at Eails Court today on his 61st birthday. He told 3,000 people nt the show: "I an, looking forwar
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    BOY HURT IN ACCIDENT
    30 1 A 16 year old Chinese ~chodboy was knocked down by a car this morning in Balestler Road. He was taken to hospital with a fractured leg.
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    4 REDS
    38 1 Last Bight the C.I.D. arlestejj foui Chinese members Malayan Comnmist Party imdei the Emergency Four othei Chinese, momhrn of i n crcf society, were iha ■nested Another Chinese was arrt ted fur running a chap jee
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    MORE ARMS RECOVERED
    62 1 STOP PRESS Ml \K. !ay. Ylore urms ;>nrf aima—lttun were rrrnyrml In military in in-i-n-,k. s «.,1, of the <r<-a at 7fh mi. Muar-Kakri Roai where h.;mllts stagpd death lra|» jim! kitted Captain of the Heaftrtft islanders besMea h itiinilinu three others on \\n!ru-.<ia Th< ineJuded a
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    HOODS IX JOHOKi:
    44 1 101 TIN (Kit, Today— Kn*»rt h;«s just reached po-b-i- lhal Simgei Hemhau on f <( mat has reached flood l<i> water is rising and acMNta| In latest r. port it has Jetbwl wlthtn W yards of l *r |"di*. station at Hangar.
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    FOOD FROM THE SKIES...
    96 1 SUPPLi* drops from th** air can keep' troops right close in to the enemy all the time. At the jungle training school "somewhere in Johore", students of jungle fighting, taught by veteran Burma campaigners learn supply-drop drill along with many other things. They learn how to
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    ECA to rush food to China
    203 1 WASHINGTON, Thurs.—The Economic Cooperation Administration announced today itwould take immediate steps to send emergency food supplies to six cities in northern and Central China. This decbicn. taken by Marshall Plan Administiator Paul Hoffman, was based on urgent recommendations by Mr. Roger Lapham, chief of
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    'Drink To Me'—Last Message
    75 1 Reuter. MUCH WRNLOCK. Strepshire, Thurs. Roland Rylanl. 40-yeai-oki insurance inspector, wiote a message on a rum buttle before he shot himself »n his car here. The message said Will those who Snd me please drink this? It has been bought for the purpose. I am *'ery
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    Dulles Officially Appointed
    33 1 KEY Wli4T. Fiorida, Thurs. President Truman today design.'tec. Mr John Foster Dulles, Republican Party adviser on foreign affairs, as acr.rg chairman of the United Slates delegation tc the United Nations.
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    2 DEAD IN TRAIN ACCIDENT
    40 1 U.P. LONDON, Thurs.—A Charing Cross to Dartford train plowed Into the rear of a Gravesend train at Woolwich Arsenal station on the southeastern outskirts of London today, killing two passengers and injuring two others. —U.P.
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    U.K. MAY PROBE RUBBER PRICE DROP
    378 1 Wilson's Promise In The Commons Reuter. LONDON, Thurs.—Harold Wilson, President Ef the Board of Trade, said today that if he had any evidence that the American strategic gtocfc p le of rubber was used in such a way as to reduce artificially the pnc-e
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    49 Rebels Killed
    39 1 Reuter. RANGOON. Thurs. The Burmese Government today claimed that Burmese troops killed 49 insurgents in a clash at Maungdaw, in the Arakan division of western Burma. Minor clashes in the Irrawaddy delta area were also reported.—Reuter.
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    No Peace – Maker
    24 1 No Peace Maker Reuter. OSLO. Thurs. The annual Nobel Peace prize will not be awarded this year, the Norwegian Parliament's Nobel Committee announced today.--Reuter.
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    Pond Murder Case Nears Solution
    178 1 I ONDON, Thurs.—One of Scotland Yard's niost baffling murder cases moved nearer solution today when the coroner's Jury decided that the dismembered remains found on the Middlesex golf course last May were those of Albert Welch a 45-year-old railwayman. The jury found Welch had been
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    DADOO'S VISA
    51 1 Reuter. PARIS. Thurs.—The French Foreign Office said today the question of a French visa for Dr. Yusuf Dadoo was still under review. Dr. Dadoo arrived in Britain without a passport on Oct. 8. Efforts have been made since early last month to obtain a French visa for him.
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    SMUGGLERS IN 2-HOUR GUN BATTLE
    90 1 Reuter. BUENOS AIRES. Thurs--A band of smugglers today fought a two-hour mortar and gun battle with an Argentine police patrol who surprised them trying to penetrate Argentine territory near the Bolivian frontier at La Gueva. One Argentine policeman was killed and another grave- ly injured.
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    COMMISSIONERS MAY GET LONGER TERMS OF OFFICE
    375 2 Register Today (Tribune Staff Reporter) GOVERNMENT is considering a suggestion from responsible public bodies to extend the term of office of elected Municipal Commissioners to three, four, and five years instead of one, two and three, according: to the present Ordinance. Under the
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    HUT WAS A DEATH TRAP
    140 2 MUAR, Thursday.—A bandit hut at the 7th mile Muar-Bakri Road encircled by security forces proved a death trap yesterday afternoon. II uvw»» ~r v v Am. An officer of the Seaforth I Highlanders was fatally wounded and another hit. One BOX was also wounded when
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    Nanking Victory Boilers Leak
    129 2 The Nanking Victory, first of eleven ships to leave New York for Shanghai last July will get there long after the other ten. The reason She was laid up for 80 days in Cairo waiting for a leak in one of her boilers to I be
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    Permits For Milk
    104 2 Importers wishing to obtain sweetened condensed or powdered (whole) milk from hard curI rency areas may submit APs Ito the Imports and Exports Office, Singapore at any time. The A.P.s must be supported by fiim offeis fiom the manufacturers of the milk. Applications for a share of
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    Chinese Art Exhibition
    42 2 More than 150 Chinese scroll paintings are ua display 'n the Chinese Chamber of Commerce premises from today till Sunday. The paintings are hy 45--year-old Chinese artist, Tan Tin Theng, from Swatow. He arrived here recently after tourißjg Siam.
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    Rural building laws under study
    28 2 A three-man Committee was appointed yesterday by the Singapore Rural Board to examine and report on drafi Building Bye-laws fo r rural areas.
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL NEXT MEETING—Dec. 21
    25 2 Th e next ordinary meeting of the Legislative Council will be held in the Victoria Memorial Hall on December 21.
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    The Mate Taught At School
    74 2 Mr. C. V. Wong, first mate of the Nanking Victory was a school teacher in the Cheng j Kok Chinese School in I Johore when the Japan- ese came to Malaya. He came here from China after the ship on which he had been first
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    Housing Plan For Govt. Servants
    79 2 Twenty-four Government officers from various departments met yesterday at the Government Office Building to form a Singapore Government Officers' Co-operative Housing Society to help relieve the present housing problem among government servants. Mr. L. C. Goh. who presided over the meeting explained that several major
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    MARSH HIDEOUT DESTROYED
    29 2 A loiliary force mopping up the last of a gang a Pagoh (Muar area) deployed a ban Jit camp located in a awamp. Three terrorists escaped.
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    Queen Street Hostel —S'pore Boys First
    138 2 Mr. T. P. F. MeNeice, Secre tary for Social Welfare, said that Mr Seah Yun Khong a.xi his wife are now staying in the hostel. Mr. Seah has been made acting Warden. The hostel is intended to provide homes for boys who cannot afford
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    THE PRINCE —ANOTHER TOAST
    45 2 The Federation High Commissioner, Sir Henry Gurney toasted "His Royal Highness. the Prince of Edinburgh, at a reception at King's House. Kuala Lumpur, on Wednesday night. Their Highnesses the Rulers, the Mentri Besars and members of the Legislative Council were present.
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    MEETING AT BUKIT SERENE
    145 2 The two-day conference of British diplomatic and administrative lepresentatives in South East Asia started yesterday at Bukit Serene under the chairmanship of the CommissionerGeneral. Mr. Malcolm MacDonald. All lepresentatives were present at the conference, which is the first of it« kind to be held, j It
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    FOR CHILDREN
    46 2 The Chinese V M.C.A. Directors, plan to boM a bazaar on December 4, to raise money lor Christmas gilts for poor children in Singapore. On the same date, a oa-ly will be held to welcome the Chinese Y.MC.A's 3.000 new members, enro'U J recently.
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    80,000 LEFT TO REGISTER
    100 2 Mr. M. F. Garling, Commissioner for Registration, expects to beat the deadline—Dec. I—set for completion of the Singapore Registration scheme. Only about 80,000 of the over-twelve remain to be registered, he told the Tribune yesterday. Bad weather had siowea down progress somewhat Lut up till yeste»day
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    Road Blocks Minimised Crime
    77 2 Only three minor robberies and no armed robbery were reported in Singapore during the last the last two weeks. Mr. E. V. Fowler, Chief of the C. I. D. commented yesterday that the absence of serious crimes in Singapore was due to tbe constant road blocks
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    Air Picnic For YMCA Party
    64 2 More than 20 members of the Chinese V.M.C.A. will have a joy ride by air over Singapore on Sunday. The party will have a privately chartered plane taking off from Kallang. The Association plans to make this air trip a weekly affair, if possible, Mr.
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    PASSING THROUGH
    66 2 Mr. G. Parmeswaran Pillai. former Chief Secretary for the Government of Travancore and now Indian Trade Commissioner designate to Australia, arrived in Singapore by Qantas flyingboat yesterday on his way to Australia. He was accompanied by his wife and daughtei. Mr. J. A. Thi/y, Government of India repiesentative,
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    Fishermen Killed
    29 2 A bandit gang numbering 20 to 30 killed two Malaya and wounded two others as they fishing ten n.iles norcn of Danar Laut in the Sitiawan area.
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    WILL CHIANG SUCCEED?
    961 3  -  SPOTLIGHT ON CHINA By Goh Keng Hua Not since the worst years of the Japanese war have the Nationalists faced a nrosoect so bitter. The Communist autumn offensive has. succeeded in wiping out the* last vestige of government sovereignty in Manchuria. Following the fall of Mukden, a
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    RUBBER DROPS ANOTHER CENT
    59 3 The price of rubber after gaining live-eighths of a cent on Wednesday, slipped approximately a cent yesterday. With London market lower and New York unchanged, the market here opened quiet and easier. Business was done down to 36 Vs cents for No. 1 Ribbed Smoked Sheet
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    Wong (18) acts tough with P. C.
    61 3 Wong Cheng Sang. (18). stopped, while trying to entfr the Harbour Board without a per mit, abused and assaulted a police constable on duty then ran away. An SHB en pjoyee caugnt him. Barebodied Wong, admitted the offence in court yesterday. Magistrate, tMi.
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    INDIANS ATTACKED
    26 3 Three Indians were attacked and wounded by a gang of 12 or 15 Chinese bandits on the Changian Road (Tapah area) on Wednesday night.
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    Free Milk
    24 3 Singapore health authorities last month distrbuted 2.485 pounds of powdered milk tree too 2.286 mothers and 1.575 children in the rural areas.
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    Science Institute
    20 3 Senior students of the Singapore institute of Science held a tea party at the princes Restaurant yesterday evening.
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    GEAR-CUTTING PLANT
    41 3 A r.nval gear-ratting plant is to be constructed at the Ordnance Factory a: Bendigo, Victoria, by the Australian Government. The geais to be pro-'uced will measure up to 15 fest in diameter, and will weigh up to 40 tonj.
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    R.A.F. Draft Rules For Cadet Corps
    146 3 (Tribune Staft Reporter) THE Singapore Government will give full recognition and support to the Malayan Air Cadet Corps as from next year. This was stated by Mr. Gerald Hawkins yesterday. He said that a model set of regulations for the Corps has been prepared
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    SEIZED OIL CANNOT BE SOLD
    98 3 Magistrate, Mr. E. V. A Peers, told tie prosecuting officer at the Ninth Police Court that the Police couki not sell eight gallons of petrol confiscated yesterday. "However, they must work out a legal way of disposing of it." he said. The petrol was found
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    Gun duel accused acquitted
    70 3 Ng Ah Guan was in his coffee shop attending to customers and Ong Lai Hual was at hom with a stemachache, whe n a gun duel raged between detectives and Gunmen at Lorong N0.3. Geylang, ?n February 5. last. Ng and Ong pleaded these alibis and
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    FIRE BOMBS FOUND
    43 3 A Malay wireman found an incendiary bomb yesterday morning while he was repairing tlie roof of a certain house i n West Wharf area. A report was made to the police and a further search revealed a second incendiary bomb.
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    4 years r. i. for $10-hold up
    49 3 Young Tan Tian Seng held up at a Distol point a household in Ulu Pandan and made oft .vith $10 in cash and iQma clothes. He was sentenced to four years' rigorous imprisonment by vTr. Justice Taylor at the Assize Court yesterday.
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    Kidnapped in his own car
    54 3 Five armed bandits abducted a Chinese from his house at Paroi, (Seremban area), and made him drive his car ir the direction of Jelebu. Two of the bandits went With him while the ethers walked away towards Seremban. The missing car is a Singer, Keg:s
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    Cyclists Fined
    35 3 A number of Singapore cyclists wno failed to register tin>ii bicycles before the closing date were charged and fined, the Registrar of Vehicles, Mr. W. A. M. Watts told the Morning Tribune yesterday.
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    RURAL BOARD
    31 3 At meeting of the Singapore Rural Beard yesterday Mr. T. E. Andrews, J.P. and Mr. EL Galistan, J.P., jrere recommended for ie-appointment to the board ior a further term.
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    OUT IN THE OPEN
    487 4 THE British Government inquiry into allegations of corruption at Ministerial level comes as a shock to all who hold British integrity above price. Mr. Attlee and his Government are to be congratulated on their decision to hold the inquiry in public. If they had not done
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    ALL THAT GLITTERS IS MOT GOLD
    1007 4  -  By CHARLES LYNCH THE search Tor. gold In Canada's northland has led to a discovery that may revise the industrial map of North America. Prospectors, seeking gold in Northern Qurbcc and Labrador. have uncovered what even cautious mining experts call the world's richest deposits
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    THE PIONEER EXPANSIONIST
    667 4  -  by JOHN BONHAM REUTERS CORRESPONDENT. (ECONOMISTS of five nations i join in a tribute to the late Lord Keynes, pioneer of "expansionist" theories of credit policy, just published in London; in the form of a book of seven hundred pages of closely reasoned academic discussion. The book,
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    HAVE A BANANA
    32 5 ll»" ilNll >lil<lr«n 4,<«.«<n. olll-lln», vb.. !..ns.,l lb, >.l«l lb.is 1»««. l„»^< r,lil»»> l„ »»z»c»< ,l.,l<r-«»l t> run <l«. l«. !..,,>.. l o !x luv..„sl». Nil.lr. lbi> p" lnr» xpl«in>»
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    Envoys Exchanged By Ceylon-Egypt
    178 5 j 1 ir. The next count'v witli which Ceylon diplomatic representatives wiM be Egypt. In the presen; budget, provision has been made for Ceylon Representatives in Amciica. the United Kingdom and India, and a sum of Rs. 300,000 has been set apart for thiB purpose for
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    Canned Bananas Look Fresh
    51 5 Reuter. Wed.—The Queens:ommittce of DirecFruit Marketing edtd, alter much tatlog i n pro- d bananas tha< (fleeted ,>v bacterioaction and retain *i, of their natural ind characteristic public demand haa asked It* Batrjro to proa .s> n tins and place market, committee hopes i sport canned
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    QUEENIE WAS IN
    17 5 IAlict* Gisby. aged r p<'rtrd rccrnily from Hol1 *t!, London, was hours later— prison.
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    UNLESS RACE GRIEVANCES END...
    100 5 Reuter. new YORK thurs—Unless Indian racial grievances against South Africa and Australia are ended, the British Commonwealth "is hardly likely to realise Iti possibilities as a meeting place between East and West," the Liberal weekly 'The Nation" said today. "Th e hands 0 I friendship extended
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    Plum Pudding Fleet Sails
    137 5 AUSTRALIA'S "plum puoing lleet" of mor< than a dcztn ships for Britain nei week, loaded to the Plimsol! pudding, cakes, dried fruit, jam and chocolates for Christmas. Post Offices and Store! throughout the Commonwealth and dcluu'i (i with parcels. If any people were biuistrj and battered
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    Magicians Keep On Sawing
    123 5 Reuter. LONDON, Thurs. Brit! h magicians are not daunted by the recent exposure of the trick of "sawing 8 WOl m iii I half." i They have ft better and more mysst'lying way now The old method needed two women and a large box with j
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    Swallowed His Teeth
    92 5 MR. Hrnr\f MttfkMon, i Londoner, :tayiny wtth I his brother in mmt in NUt- street, Liverpool, wwattoWi i hi* dental plate ami jo;»r j teeth during tlx*' night An X-ray at the Royal lnj firmcry failed >o locate them and an aniline dye vxjs <id I ministered
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    MAN-SHORT GERMAN WOMEN DISCARD KITCHEN AND HOME CONCEPT
    446 5 U.P. BERLIN Thurs.—German women are rebelling against the traditional kirohe, kuohe, kuder—church, kitchen, home. The majority of male Germans still believe that wonrm belong in the home. But the women themselves are beginning to show different ideas. For one thing, women know
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    THE ONLY WEAPON
    35 5 Dr. Edith Bummei skill. Parliamentary Secretary to; the Food Ministry, declared at Bromley (Kent». yesterday "If woomen had the handling of affairs all weapoons would be prohibited—with the exception of the tongue.'
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    Television — Key Factor In World Economy
    351 5 Television Key Factor In World Economy Reuter. New YORK. Thurs. One million workers will be employed in the American television industry within the next live years, accotding to Mr. Raymond Cosgrovc, one of America's leading authorities on radio and television. Mr. Cosgrovc predicts that by 1958 the number of television
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    German Officials Warned
    119 5 U.P. FIIANKFI RT. Thurs.— General Sir Ilrian Itohertson. Military Governor in Germany, criticized German otßriatn for fumbling and warned the country Uuat it will have to put up v.ith a low living standard for a long time. 1. Hoarding and profiteering. li. Sloppy and inefficient collection of
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      312 5 ENJOY BETTER j HEALTH Arc you tired, worn n>:t» dent, mental y slu;rei.sh, feeli&: "10/r tbafi yoyr years? Have no n trry? Muicr irotu larkaebfe or other paim? Can't eat, sleep work, play like a healthy person? Has all th« fun been taken oul of your life? ilf you have
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      86 5 ARSD FOR ViC. UNCLE S WSM. UNCLE AM8UR« TM» IS VIC FL— 71 CAREFUL, JUKE. I WOULD TOOK TOUGHER ABSOLUTELY UNPREDICTABLE WOT WEESH THE GATOR TO EAT GATORS THAN OLD I I J CREEPS IN HIS PETTY I YOU UNTIL AFTfR WE GET TME 1 JUNGLE HEAD HERE TO I
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    Wife Had Soup Poured On Head, Gets Divorce
    243 6 A BRITISH woman, Mrs. Margaret Mather wnu A sued her nusband for a divorce on grounds 01 cruelty, told the Acting Chief Justice, Mr. »«»lice Gordon-Smith, yesterday that her husoand noi only ill-treated her but very often threatened pour kerosene oil on
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    DEATH
    46 6 LEE—Harry Lee Ong Pin passed away at tue l'au Tock Seng Hospital yesterday at 4 p.m. He leaves behind two brothers and three sisters to mourn his K>ss. Cortege will leave Hooper Road, at 3 p.m. ior the Waeatiey uoad ourial ground today. Deeply Regretted.
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      545 6 NOTICE Notice is hereby given that I Choong Yeok Yin. of No. 205. liukit Timah Road. Singapore, hav- applied under Section 46 of the Liquors Revenue Ordinance to the Board of Licensing Justices, Singapore, for a Public House Licence of the First Class restricted to the sale of Beer and
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    THREE GOOD BETS FOR TOMORROW
    1178 7 Billy Carol, Dakota rind Your Highness By ALLAN LEWIS pin y CAROL, Your Highness and Dakota are I t^e three best bets in a diiTicult card at Btikit Tjrnah tomorrow, the last day of the Singapore ftrf Club's Winter Meeting. Safe each way investments should
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    GOING STILL HEAVY
    133 7  -  BY ALLAN LEWIS rRY few horses went fast this morning: when number two track wa3 c-pen for woik. The going is still heavy. Ecliptic (Woods) cantered strongly over li miles. Clynor (Tankard) aid stron? pace work ever five. Predominance (E. Donnelly) went half a mile half pace.
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    Jack Jones Injured
    38 7 By ALLAN LEWIS Jack Jones who hail the bad luck to be dragged off Empire Rose when she Jumped through the barrier on Wednesday will not be able to ride tomorrow, be injured his shoulder.
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    The winner but 'Rose' was first
    53 7 Trurnpington (Woods up), winner of the fifth race at Wednesday's races returning to the scales. Trurnpington deleated Jack's Darling by a neck to pay $34. and here is Empire Rose romping past the winning putt after unseating jockey Jones a* the barrier in the
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    Handicaps for tomorrow
    600 7 The following are the probable candidates, together with their weights and last thre<> runs, for tomorrow's races, the last day of the Singapore Turf Club's Winter Meeting: Class 1, Div. I—6 Flirs. 04 0 Hunter s Call 8.09 I 2 3 3 Gold Me<*.»llist 9.00 0 0
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    11 Police, SCRC Players Chosen For Asian XV
    260 7 fOLOURS drew with Whites five-all (one gjj each) in yesterday's rugger trial played on Rattles Institution ground in order to select a "fifteen" to represent the Singapore Asians against the Singapore Cricket Club on Monday. Members of the Singapore Police and the
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    INDIAN FOOTBALLERS VISIT OFF
    80 7 THE South Indian Gymkhana footballers will not visit Singapore as planned, as the tourist were refused permission by the Football Federation of j India to tour Malaya. The Indians are at present I playing in Rangoon. This was announced by an j SCFA official. The game
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    SERVICES FARE BADLY
    73 7 Reuter. HONGKONG, Thurs. The Hongkong Combined Services ended the first of two days' play against the Malayan Combined Services in a commanding position Batting first on a batsman's wicket. Hongkong Services scored 195 with Syrett the only bowler making any impression, taking 4 for 55. The Malayan
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    SHERMAN LENTSTANLEY £70,000
    799 8 BELCHER DENIES TAKING MONEY GRAFT INVESTIGATION Reuter. ,t">ttIX)tt 1-nul5.-5.r. Ltl.ner. ?urIluMl7ntur>' 2ecred2ry co l. 8Ui6 Ut tuoxv'5 ol Me Loncion dr 6 lroln u ie3 8t.ei line >v inning" unci tnen to nuve aeeiuico ne Football pool promoter Harry Sherman WW the Tribunal probing alleged corruption in
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    He Claims$5 Million
    118 8 U.P. SAN Fiaucisco, Thurs. An importer here today sued the General Commodities Corporation of Hawaii for $5,--000.000 which he claimed was his share of a 510.000.000 profit on a war surplus deal with the Chinese government. George McNuity namoH the t or pot ation and four of
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    The Black Cap Again
    112 8 Reuter. LONDON. Thurs. Herbert Alfred Savill, 32. nr. instrument makrv of Bii'.me* Roal. Walthuastow. vas at the Old Bailey today sentenced to death by hanging for the murdp Vera Crawford, 34, at Gvtnville HoteJ, Bloomsbury. m Sept. 18. The full nth sentence procedure with the death
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    PAKISTAN-CZECR TRADE
    48 8 Reuter. PRAGUE. Thurs. The estimated year's turnover of tiad, between Pakistan and trade agreement awaiting signature is about 1.500.000.COO Czech crowns t £7.500Foreign Ministry said ncre today. Pakistan is to supply to Czechoslovakia jute. Cotton, hides, and will buy glass ceramics. metal good>. textiles and paper.—Reuter.
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    WAR REACHES 'HEAVEN'
    52 8 Nationalist soldiers preparing to defend Peiping against an attack by the Red army have pitched the.r tent* on the grounds of the ancient "Temple Of Heaven", shown In the le ft background. The ancient place of worahlp has been one of the main attractions to visitors of
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    He Predicts Colour War On Whites
    164 8 Reuter. DOM BAY. Thurs.— Raja Sir MaharaJ 2>in*h, P Governor of Bombay, and former Agcr.tGeneral of the Government of India in SOUtr. Africa, today forecast a "revolution"' in Ainca by non-Europeans against Europeans. Raja Sir Myharaj Singn. who was commenting on discussions in tnc
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    A MAN'S BEST FRIEND...
    85 8 Reuter. FLEETWOOD. Lancashire. Thurs. A 78-year-old carter, oidered rry a court here to keep his hiack and white sheeo dog ÜBdet proper control, retorted: "Why. my dog even puts the ketti.: on for me every morning. I leave mm electric kettle fufl of wmttr downstairs before
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    Scratchings And Order Of Running
    97 8 STOP PRESS RACE ONE Class 2. Div. 5 6 Furs.. Gold Chain, Kanly Kid. Valiant Phpcc RACE TWO: Class 2. Div. 4 f 6 Furs.: Flocting Memory. Belita. Foretold. RACE THREE: Class I, Div 2. 9 Furs. Fai'Tclt. R A C E FOUR: Class 2.
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    General WHAT'S ON TODAY
    118 8 government 0rsr Presentation of Ord»r Medals and Garden Par- p.m. RAFFLES INSTlTrTlfiv St. John's Ambulance hrr- <' drill for pre-war oncers IT N.C.O s. 5.30 pjn Y.W.C.A Week of p ray meeting, &ir:<. M. Dodsworthrn "One Community fvrvir," Communities, "8, Fort Carinirl Road—5.30 p.m. W E
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    Cinemas
    209 8 (■AI'llOL: Fury at Kurnai» Creek," with Victor Matur* ana colleen v-ray—2. 4.15. 6.>o and 9.15 p.m. PAVILION: "Deception, with liette Davis, Paul Henrcid and Claude Ha in:- —2. 4 .15, $.30 and 9.30 p.m. REX: "Bahama I'asrago m j technicolour), with Madck-in» 'Carroll and Stirling Hijiki 2. 4.15, 6.30
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    Sports
    37 8 HOCKEY: Annua! mt<T 1 lege match —S.R.C.: Khali* Assn.-S.C.C. R> Police v G.H.Q. S'g" Hl K il Naval Iia.se. TABLE TEN XI*: Y.M.C.A. v. R.A.F. Sclotar— 1 Sejcgic Road 7 p.m. VOLLEYBALL: lHI>w YMCA. —5 p.m.
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