Malaya Tribune, 23 November 1948

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    63 1 The Malaya Tribune HY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Larger Sales Than Any Afternoon Paper in Malaya dMn# Simultaneously fj'umpur, Ipoh A Penang Telegrams: "Tribune Spore." Telephone: 6811 (9 lines) EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS THE MALAYA TRIBUNE London AgenU-Mesars. Colin Turner Ltd Tall H
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    KING ILL: TOUR PUT OFF
    130 1 Strain Of 12 Years ALL ROYAL ENGAGEMENTS CANCELLED Reuter. I UDNDON, Tues. It Iras ann mnced from I n Palace this I Royal I Is indcfiI icd. fme King is suffering l vr. obstruction to I in the I A compli rest has I :;i
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    STOP PRESS Tractor robbed
    23 1 s*Tl PAHAf, Today.— liaatta beli up Chinese JJtatnr ~n Yang IVng Uat. ,nd robbed him 'tm ktogiag to Es-
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    SUSPECTS HELD
    12 1 PAHAT, Today— i'irt\ operating* in a.-i-a raptured five MMpeHM Yesterday.
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    ATTACKED
    18 1 S* »»00* Today.- Lea SawS kM tight. A bawafl of (lit S|MM iu <>on P»st. Ouarda tired
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    GUARDS FIRED AT
    11 1 tu 1 »'.-Ba«- iatu Johore shots mi ,r„
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    Chiang's Troops Trapped
    302 1 U.P. Reuter. RANKING, Monday.The Defence Ministry re|M>rted tonight that the Nationalist Seventh Army Group was "fighting westward" in the Nienehuang area, AA miles east of Hsuchow. This report is taken to indicate that the Group has been trapped and was trying to light its way out of
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    Army's Reply to ACSU
    160 1 The Army spokesman in Singapore to-day deserted as 'factually untrue" many points of the Army Civil Union-, memorandum which they lave sent to. the Governor and«to the Sl%«; pore Legislative Council. 'We most cfitainly do recognise the Cnion, and are »n daily touch with officers *A
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    Girl's suicide by fire in police cell
    156 1 Reuter. ROME Men.—Rome newspapers demanded investigation tonight into the "case of the human torch —22-year-old servant girl who is reported to have 1 made a suicide pyre of her own clothing on the floor of a Rome police cell. I The °irl. Desdemona
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    ERNA MARKET DEMOLITION
    50 1 Deputy Commissioner, Mr. J C Barry, wishes to point out that' the coolies did not take part in the. demolition ot Erna Market yesterday. He added that only 40 policemen and not 100, were present to see that there was no dis- v turbance. (SEE PAGE 2)
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    Great-grandmother
    66 1 HAPPINESS brought tears to the eyes of Queen Mary on the oc- casion of the birth of i Princess Elizabeth's baby the Queen I Mother's first greatgrandson. One of the first to congratulate the j I»rincesB, the Queen Mother was mobbed by i cheering crowds as she 1 left
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    What WILL Molly's Momma Say?
    60 1 Reuter-AAP. SYDNEY, Mon.—An Australian magazine recently published a story saying that Molly Hide, captain of the English women's cricket team now touting Australia, smoked Cigars. The whole team of suntanned, short-haired girls burst into roar of laughter when the story was read to them and
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    Colour bar—new style
    116 1 Reuter. OKLAHOMA CITY, Monday.—Cr. W. McLaurin, the first Negro to attend the University of Oklahoma, was denied in the Federal Court today his pica to attend classes on a non-segregated basis. The Court ruled that Mc Laurin is recejtnnfif equal educational opportunities with those of white students,
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    Atom Poison: 'No Place To Hide'
    188 1 U.P. WASHINGTON, Mon.—An area poisoned with radio-activity from underwater atomic blast practically can never be made livable again, Dr. David Bradley, radiological monitor at the Bikini atomic bomb tests in 1946, says today. Dr. Bradley was one of the men who checked the target
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    HE HAS FAITH IN WOMEN
    56 1 Reuter. Manila, Mon. The strength of the Republic lies in the hands of women, so President Quirino intimates. As a signal gesture of this idea, he said, he has appointed a woman -Mrs. Asuncion A. Perez —as member of his Cabinet to carry out the
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    FAO THINKS IT OVER
    23 1 WASHINGTON, Mon.- The World Food and Agriculture Organisation today postponed the decision on where to establish its permanent headquarters.
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    Bribe Probe: Tribunal told of threat
    516 1 Reuter. I ONDON, Mon.—A mystery voice which uttered threats over the telephone was mentioned at the continued inquiry into alleged corruption in Government departments today. David Rufus Williams, assistant secretary of the Empire Parliamentary Association, told the Tribunal today that there was a direct
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    Robbers Put Off Lights
    94 1 Two robberies were reported in Singapore last night. Three masked men. armed with a revolver and a parang, broke into a sundry goods shop at the G •_> mile Upper Serangoon Road. They got away with .fl20 in cash and $316 woitl- or jewelry. The roliters
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    CRISIS ARRESTS
    21 1 Four Chinese and one Indian were arrested under the Emergency Regulations last night. The total under detention is 262.
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    Mr. V pleads: 'Let us be honest'
    130 1 DARIS, Monday.—M. Andrei Vyshinsky, Soviet delegate, pleaded with members of the United Nations minor Political Committee tonight to be ii.. honest politically. "If conditions of membership are compiled with by a state seeking admission to the United Nations, let us agree not to
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    TIME AND TIDE
    32 1 Liverpool, Mon. Machines which can calculate the time and height of tides at any port in the world have been made rt Liverpool Observatory for Russia, Spain and Norway.
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    CARDS: Warning
    72 1 C.l.D. chief E. V. Fowler said this morning that the public should be warned not to surrender their identity cards on any pretext whatsoever. A Police officer has the right, said Mr. Fowler, to examine a person's identity card but is not empowered to take it away. Should
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    COLD RECEPTION
    22 1 WASHINGTON, Mon. Norway has rejected an American proposal for internationalisation of part of the Antarctic, diplomatic officials here reported today.
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    U.K.'s No. 1 Planner Due Here
    79 2 Sir Fat rick Abercrombic, Britain'* foremost town planner, will be in Singapore to open the Town Planning Exhibition which starts on November SO. He comes here from Australia where his visit coincided with a largescale British Council Exhibition on town planning. Sir Patrick arrives
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    ECAFE SECRETARY IN S'PORE
    143 2 DR. P. Lokaualtian, Chief Executive Secretary of the ECAFE arrived in Kaltang Airport at 9 p.m. last night en route for Australia to attend the fourth session of the ECAFE to be held at Lapstone on November 29. He was accompanied by his wife. Along with
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    HUSBAND ORDERED TO PAY
    124 2 Mrs. Cessen May Barbara Norman was granted a maintenance order for $250 a month against her husband Leonard William Norman. a| merchantile assistant, by Mr. Justice Jobling yesterday. Mrs. Norman, who has lived apart from her husband since August 20 this year applied for a dissolution
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    ARMY FIND TWO CAMPS
    58 2 In an offensive against terrorist gangs south of Lawin. vestcrday. the Military located and destroyed two large bandit camps and recovered a large quantity of rice, clothing, bedding, rubber boots and documents. The troops were fired on from two positions. Fighting lasted for about 15 minutes
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    VERDICT ON $32 MILLION HOUSING PLAN THIS WEEK
    449 2 36,000 Will Have Homes In 3 Years (Tribune Staff Reporter) A 'VERDICT' on the Singapore Housing Com n mittee's $32-million Housing Project is expected to be pronounced by Sir Patrick Abercrombie, one of the greatest experts on town and country planning. Sir
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    RAF STRIKES
    49 2 The RAF carried out two strikes yesterday Singapore based Spitfires attacked bandit camp in thick Jungle in West Johoro and swept it with cannon fire for 20 minutes. NeaBroga. in central Malaya, Beaufighters and Spitfires atrafed a camouflaged jungle camp with rockets. cannon and machine gun fir*.
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    Voters Must Register
    58 2 Registration forms for voters In the coming Municipal Elections have been sent to all Chambers of Commerce in Singapore for distribution among members. Completed forms must be handed in either at the office of the Supervisor of Elections in Fullcrton Building, or any Voters' Registration Centre in
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    21 DAYS HERE–AND NO MORE
    96 2 THE Singapore Government lias told local Chinese merchants they cannot have more than it-days for the clearance of transhipment cargoes from this port. The Secretary for Economic Affairs. Singapore, has written to the Singapore Overseas Chinese Importers and Exporters Association to this effect. Rut the
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    Magistrate Halts Demolition Of Erna Market
    273 2 Municipal labourers, under Police guard, demolished about 300 market stalls in China Street yesterday, they received sudden orders to stop. This was the result of a letter his sheds from the Sixth Police Magistrate (Mr. B. A. Fyfe) to the Municipal Secretary, asking him
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    "If I Can't Fish Send Me Home"
    77 2 Tan Ah ChJcw an elderly fisherman dressed In railed clothes asked The First District Judge yesterday to at nd htm back to China if he was not allowed to tish in a curfew aria Of {he Johor** straits. He was not sent back.
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    TOWN PLANNING EXHIBITION
    197 2 A town planning exhibition will be held in Singapore from November 30 to December 11 to stimulate local interest in town planning and housing, and to show the people how necessary it is to have some form of planning in Singapore. The British Council and the Public
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      283 2 BUTE NETWORK Summary; 12.05 interlude: Marka Report in Amoy: 10 55 am to 12 00 12.45 News in Malay: 1.00 8.00 Mandarin Request noon English Schools' Close Down. songs; 8.45 News In CanBroadcast 600 Programme Sum- tonese Amoy. 1.00 p.m. Dance music by mary *fi!ft 141 Opening AnnounceLou Preagcr and
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    Gurney Blunts Malay Hopes
    853 3  -  MALAY SPOTLIGHT By M.S. Daud M.S. Daud nation attam V raged or should to Malayan na- right away? Can Britain n itionahsm aging commurror war. Marked side by a; hi nationamon platform, ration demon- fundamental difvecn Malays and Id be resolved compromise, nutu.-.i understanding and tolerance.
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    Seven days more to register
    123 3 YOU will be on the wrong side of the law if you do not apply for your registration in the next seven days—if yon have not already done so. Rut if you have got your identity card already, you will be one of 566,868 peoplf
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    ARTISTS MEET
    22 3 The group of Singapore artists who want to form an International Artists' Association here held their fourth meeting last night.
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    Dawn battle on mine
    110 3 DATU GAJAH, Monday.—Two Chinese Special Constables were killed in a gun battle with a bandit gang which attacked the Kong Yik Mine in the early hours of this morning. A Chinese labourer was also wounded. One bandit shot dead. Documents and ammunition were recovered after the
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    Marella To Become Marcos
    137 3 The Karelia, 31 years on the Singapore-Australia run, which was recently sold to the South American shipping company. Compania de Navegacion Baru. is due in Singapore today on her last trip from Australia. But she will not fly the Hug of i"a Hainan ia as yet.
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    Food gifts to Britain —warning
    55 3 Food gifts to Britain warning Gift food parcels to Britain have been found to contain things other than food, the British Post Oflice has told the Postmaster-General, M;.laya. The postal authorities issued a warning yesterday that a false declaration of the contents of a parcel renders it liable to confiscation.
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    SILVERWARE FOR RECLAIMING
    65 3 j The Custodian of Enemy Property has a quantity of silverware to be returned to lightful owners who can provide correct identification marks, if any. Most of the articles have initials, crests, monograms, and other marks, by which thcil owners can identify them. Claims can be foi
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    SESSION OF ASSIZE
    22 3 A Session of As.siz vill be held in the Singapore Supreme Court on December o. at 10.15 a m
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    'I TOOK THEM TO COLLEGE'
    181 3 A Malay dispatch rider employed at'the NAAFI told the Assize Court yesterday that he took to the Medical College, on his motor eyele, the two men accused of the $11,400 armed robbery at the College on January 29 last. Witness said, Hussain bin» Mohamaed Ali
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    TALK FOR 'POLITICIANS'
    54 3 Ungku A. Aziz bin A. Hamid of Raffles Oottege will give a taik on "Some economic principles for amateu- poiiii clan's", at a lecture meeting of the Young Men's Muslim Association to be held at the All Malaya Muslim Missionary .Society. No. 31, Lorong 12. Gcylang at
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    FAO's FAR EAST MAN NAMED
    62 3 The Food and Agricultural Organisation has nominated Mr. W. H. Cummings. Burmai born U. B. citizen their Far Eastern Regional Reprej sentative. Since the war Cummings I teured Burma. Siam and Indo-Chlna to study the ricindustry, and sub.-equt ntly as an FAO man r'.irl research
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    SOS Message
    34 3 U.P. MANILA. Monday. Globe Wireless RCA today Intercepted an SOS from the American transport Wabash en route to Kobe requesting aid by plane and saying that one man was seriously burned. —v.p.
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    Labourer Murdered
    27 3 A Chinese quarry labourer was found brutally murdered In his house at the 18th milestone Raub-Bcnta Rood, ycstertHy iftemoon. Beth hands w tied behind him.
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    THE ARAB & THE CAMEL
    599 4 THE ARAB THE CAMEL IF the law is sometimes an ass, the bureaucracy 1 is more like the camel in a popular fable. One very cold night, this fable tells us, a camel in search of shelter came upon a tent occupied bv an Arab. When the camel begged for
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    THE EAST IS TAKING BACK ITS OWN
    1288 4  -  The Union Jack Still Flies Over Hongkong. untitled £y i DEREK DRABBLE ISLE of Fragrant Streams and city of bad smells, Hong Kong is the new Parti of the East. More concentrated than sprawling, brawling Singapore, it has infinitely more chic. This is
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    Canton's "Grand Old Man"
    68 5 Mon.-Mr. C. M. Agent of the local Shanghai Bank- tion and Canton's has loft Canfer to Borneo, n came to Canjkok in the latter His transfer to come as a surprise; friends who cona loss both to to the commustay hire Mr. ayed a leading r<
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    NEW TYPE OF MISSIONARIES WANTED
    151 5 Reuter. Mon. Sir Stafi ri.tneellor of the has 1 sued an appei' h hi re recently ri i "for higher greater products fGrmution of < manager* pro- ufa in ail English trial < -litres. quires "a univerined effort industry to make n< a method.? and
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    AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE ACT
    43 5 rra, Mon. Th t n Defence Act De ully examined to br n? it up-to date. Minister for Defence. Mr in, said yesterday tha" nd world war had ome responsibility lia that had not been foi by the Defence I
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    Injections Given Without A Needle
    259 5 Reuter. LONDON, Mon.—A new method of injecting drugs by a high pressure jet without syringe or needle is described in the latest issue of the i*ritish Medical Journal. It is based on the fact that an extremely fine high pressure jet of liquid can pierce
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    Cyclone kills 7 in Bombay
    102 5 BOMBAT, Mon. Seven people we>. killed and 130 injure I in Bombay eitv B.S a result of a HO-mile per-houi cyclone, it was officially stated tonight. gale Knocked on the city'i lights, te'ephonos and comoletely "it Bombay off from the re si of the vontinent.
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    Not Worth Building Atom Pile
    96 5 Adelaide. Mon.—The South Australian physicist, Prof. Sir Kerr Grant, says that the set up of an atomic pile in South Australia would not be worthwhile until results o. 1 British experiments are known. He pointed out yesterday that as the expense involved would be enormous,
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    Food Parcels
    33 5 Sydni v. lion. Since the Express Gift Food Parcel scheme began in N< w South Walts twelve months ago, nearly I. 000.000 parcels have b< e n de llvered in Britain.
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    A TRIAL OF STRENGTH FOR WORLD DOMINATION
    971 5 WAR IN CHINA U.N. TOKIO. Mon.—The situation in China is becoming increasingly clear, in the opinion of the highest American sources in Tokio. General Douglas Mac Arthur and his associates have maintained complete silence with regard to the China situation, since China is
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    Australian National University Plans
    228 5 Reuter-AAP. CYDNEY, Mon.—Plans for an early bcfjinnir.?; on the construction of buildings for tho National University at Canberra have been announced by the Minister for Port War llecorwtraction (Mr. J. Dedman). Theie will bo a residential college, laboratories and a physical science? research school. There would
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    Ships (3) Stand By For China
    73 5 I Melbourne, Mon. Three large passenger ships now in lustrallan saters and under hart« t »the 1.R.0. have been ordered to stand by in local ports to await instructions for going to China. They ar c to pick up Chinese I and European refugees
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    Filipino Air Show
    98 5 Reuter. MANILA, Mon. —A national air show, the first of its kind in the Philippines, is scheduled for December 19 at the Manila International airport, it was officially announced by the organisation committee at its last meeting. Major Andres O. ('nfz administrator of the Civil I Aero-;
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    Sheep Move On
    51 5 Sydney, Mon. Tens u| thousands of sheep are being moved from the far northwest of New South Wales be- I cans, of a prolonged drought j Yesterday's reports say tha; thousands Of square miles of] country have been laid wast*! by the drought and seven j dust
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    THIS IRISHMAN LOVES ENGLAND
    339 5 ReuterAAP. SYDNEY, Mon. —An Irish-born member of the Victorian Police Force is proud of being a "Britisher" and has no desire to be regarded as a "foreigner from Eire". He is senior constable Petrick Loftus, prosecuting officer of the Melbourne Children's Court. "After 30 years' service
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      51 5 VN FIJVr— By Michael CKMalley and Ralph Lane 7 COME ON IN > TS»99VMm I I Kwt CARRV THE BIG OlAMONDBACK TO E |l IKyEAH, A RJNERAL WITH THE NJ^jMNM f3Se\ f cncnA WU LP I Wllff irH"f SPANISH CHEST ISLAND IN THIS BAG I BURIAL 1500 MILES AWAY IN
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    BRUCE WON'T BE THE FIRST...
    1065 6 Boxing's Fighting Englishmen IF Bruce Woodcock succeeds in the come-back trail, it is possible that he may get a crack at the world heavyweight boxing title now held by Joe Louis. *But if he does, it will not be the first time in history that
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    CASUALTIES NAMED
    70 6 Th e names of those killed and wounded in the bandit ambush at the 7th mik. Muar-Bakri Road on Nov. 17 have been announced. They are: KILLED: Capt. F. Ham brook, M. C, Ist Seaforth Highlanders. WOUNDED: Lieut. Brown, who received eight bullet wr Minds and Is dangerously
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      563 6 SITUATION VACANT TEACHERS are required for Government Afternoon Schools in January, 11)49. Applications, showing birth place, age, qualifications and experience, should be made by 10th December 1948, to the Supervisor of Private Schools, Department of Education, Fullerton Building, Singapore. The minimum qualification required is the School Certificate with a pass
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    SCFA To Have Own Ground Soon
    171 7 The Singapore Chinese Football Association will urn ground and club-house in the near future. The probable sites in view are the former Polo Club eround, the Anson Road Stadium and the soccer Guillemard Road, Geylang. Amm of having its H was brought up resident
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    UK THOMAS CUP TEAM
    57 7 Reuter. \'DON, Mon. Englarto represented by tne fol- team against Scotland first lound of Ike is Cup t European Zone I id ate? .n Dec. 3 and 4 H M.M.sland i Yorkshire R Niche's (Middlesex), N. Rad(Surrey*, W. Shutc K Wilson (Lancaahira) H Wingfieki (Kent) H.
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    F & N SOCCER
    65 7 F N SOCCER Tin following will renreacrt i FJt.N Sports' Club fcotball I .ciinst i'landard-Vacu j in Oil Co. XI cn Friday ai Farm Park. Three on the relist muat also attend prepared to play. Keng Swee; Awang Noma; Ami, Amutsa'i. 1 B Bronham: Ali. Sim 1m ICapt.) Tahb, Kaesin?
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    First Foal
    39 7 the greatest stake marc of the Australia had her first a colt by Dhoti, n lasl year's list 'Jf Ires, which was Midstream, sire of Hon and Bcrnbrook. >n 24 racts and In stakes during ati career.
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    Malaya's Shuttle Wizard
    47 7 »<4Xl. «'.nz. -.".n. X4_tb.>t:n bullloinlun xxi/_tr,l. lb» ovo, lbo „"t lluein»z s r»»,o,»t l»onlll«" workout, l'ong l>» one «»l lbo «ox on pl»X",S sol, 0l"ll l„ e, X2l«»v»' in lb" 4 loon::», l»l» lo lxin lbo l nitotl lvlnT,,on> :.elx -l >»»,. l«4» b»»n« l'ioloe.
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    He's a Brown –but not Bill
    121 7 Probably tne first English professional cricketer engaged to coach employees of an Australian ror/:mercial company passed ti rough Singapore yesterday en rout j to Sydney by air. He is Sydney Maurice Brown, opening batsman for Ididdlescx County, who is goinj to Broken Hill. Victoria,
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    Ceylon Hockey Star Here
    102 7 Cant. K. Httftaaa of G' Coy. R.P.S. (C). who left Ceylon for Singapore towards the middle n last year has figured very pomincntly in the field of sport, especially at hockey. This young Army Officer (Ex-CLI) captained the 4th CLI l 'ckey teem and later was
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    passed through
    20 7 Lady Mabel Brookes, wife of the former world lawn tennis champion. Sir Norman Brookes, passed through Singapore yesterday.
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    SAVOLD ANXIOUS TO KO WOODCOCK
    406 7 'Will Punch My Way For Shot At Louis' U.P. SOUTHAMPTON, Monday. SAVOLD, American heavyweight contender, arrived aboard the Mauretania today to light British heavyweight champion Bruce Woodcock and predicted he would punch his way into a shot at Joe Louis' world title. The big blonde
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    Scott Has A Bad Season
    260 7 Reuter. Fa.c in the manner of illness and injury nas been unkind this season to Lawrie Seo«.i. the Arsenal and England .ightback. Dur'ng the sommer white hewas in Norway. Scott underwent an operation for appendicitis and missel the first months league programme on his return
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    RSGC's SCOTLAND vs. REST MATCH DRAW
    433 7 The following arc the thaw and starting times for the Royal Singapore Golf Club's Scotland vs The Rest match to be playc.l at Bukit Timah next Sunday morning (Scotland players mentioned first): 8.30 R. Craik (Scr.) and H. M. Alexander (d» vs. B. W.
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    Sunday Clubs Seek F. A. Recognition
    445 7 I ON DON, Monday.—Throughout Britain every Sunday, more than 100,000 s|>ortsmen play soccer in well organised amateur leagues—but without the official Football Association recognition they have been seeking for many years. Leading a "crusade" to gain this recognition is a 32-year-old Sunday school football
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    NBA Accused of 'Persecuting' Manuel Ortiz
    130 7 Reuter. LOS ANGEIJSS, Monday The National Boxing Association was accused today of "persecuting"' Manuel Ortis. world bantamweight champion. The accusation was made by Tommy Farmer, manager of Ortiz, "who said that Mr. Abe Greene, President of the Association, was trying to intimidate Ortiz by
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    Started The Hard Way
    185 7 Like film star Errol Flynn j Jack Hasscn. latest contender for ,Vie Patrick's vacant lightweight crown, had hU first glove fight in Jimmy Sharman's boxing tent at an agricultural show. Tom Nevin. a Queensland fight manager, spotted him when he put on the gloves, against one
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    MCC SCORE 9 WICKET VICTORY
    143 7 Reuter. Bloemfontein. Monday. The fcf.CC touting team won their fifth successive match by defeating Orange Free State and Basutoland by nine wickets here today with half an hour to spare. Needing a second innings total of 198 to avert an innings defeat. Free State were
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    Bishop Auckland Club Protest
    75 7 Reuter. YORK. Mon. A hootba'l Association Commission meeting here today upheld the Bishop Auckland Club's protest aiainst the result of their fourth qualifying round Football Association cup tie against Scarborough on the grouiKi that Scarborough fielded two ineligible players. The Commission ordered that the match be
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    SCFA plan soccer feast for Spore
    215 7 Several big soccer matches are io store for Singapore fans before the end of this year. The Singapore Chinese Football Association council meeting held at the Singapore Garden Club, yesterday, has under taken to arrange these matches. This years MCFA Cup holdeis the Penang
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    RACEHORSE COVERS 100 MILES
    90 7 New Warrior, an 11-ye»u-oW hiov.n gelding, who recently won tm Angles y handicap at Flcmineton laeecourse, Melbourne, has now covered 110 miles. 2/. furlongs in racc3. His latest win v. as from his hundredth start. His record is 17 wins (iA&Uding two dead heats iu> Bret
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    Hin Weng Nets 3
    45 7 In a soccer fixture played on Saturday at the Farrer Park between C S. A. and Kiwi Sports League. Hin Wmg netted all three goaU lor the C. S. A. The C. SA. ran out winner by three goals to one.
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    S'pore Asians Lose Narrowly To SCC
    369 7 DLAYING their first Rugby fixture for the season, Singapore Asians went down to a weakened Singapore Cricket Club XV on the padang yesterday by three point* (a try) to nil. The game was scrappy and was played under ad- verse ground conditions. Receiving tue
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    BILLY CONN MAKES A COMEBACK
    107 7 UP DALLAS, Texas. Mon. Billy Conn the one-time havywrigh{ boxing contender will make Mi second appearance of bis comeback campaign here on Thursday night in a ten round bout against Jackie Lyons of Oklahoma City. Cong la not expected to eni counter more trouble against
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    SAILORS TOAST THE PRINCE
    60 8 Reuter-AAP. SYDNEY. Mon.—To "splice the main brace" in honour of the Royal Baby eveYy man in the Royal Australia Navy was given a bottle of beer or a bottle of aerated water. The booties were handed out at pay parades and drunk at dinner with the
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    ONLY 1 LIVED
    35 8 ANDOWER. Hampshire, Mon. —Nine people were believed killed when a Berlin airlift plane crashed and burst into flames at Chute, near here, in dense fog tonight. There was only one survivor. I
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    Canada Prepares For War
    222 8 ATTAWA, Monday.—Stockpiling enough equipment 11 and material to last Canada's fighting forces for a year of war is the government preparedness programme objective. Defence Minister Brooke Claxton revealed today. In a rearma mnt survey he said Canada already has. 1. Created derence commit ments authority to
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    RUSSIA CONDEMNS BERNADOTTE PLAN
    452 8 Britain The U.S. Accused Of Causing War In Palestine Reuter. DARIS, Monday.—Russia and Poland in the United r Nations charged the United States and Britain with causing war in Palestine in the hope of bolstering the British empire and expanding the new American "empire". Serayon Tsarapkin
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    NEWSPAPER CHIEF HERE
    47 8 Sir Keith Murdoch. Manag-ing-Director of the Melbourne Heraid, passed trough Singapore yesterday by air on h's return Lo Australia from the United Kingdom. He was accompanied by Ins daugiiter, Helen. Bast night i.° was the guest of the Governor of Singapore Sir Franklin Gimson.
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    WHOSE FIRE?
    152 8 Reuter. BERLIN, Mon. Berlin, already the home of rival pclic? forces each < facially ignoring the other's existence, Will fiom today i aye two rival fire brigades, each expressly forbidden to cross into "enemy terrdory" even to help fight th? most disastio' 1 file. Dr. Ferdinand Friedensburg. acting
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    INDIA SAFE FROM FAMINE
    35 8 London. Mon. Swami Avyuk♦ananda of the Ramakrirtma Mission last night told a meeting ol the Hindu Association that there is no longer of famine in India for the next five years.
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    EIRE DENIES RED PRESSURE
    47 8 Reuter. DUBLIN. Monday. -The Eire Government tonight denied reports, said to be appearing in "foreign newspapers", that its decision to break the last link with the British Crown by repeal of the External Relations Act was due to Communist pressure. Reu f .er.
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    More Malay Girls Study English
    184 8 ACCOMMODATION and ■faffing difficulties last year held up the extension of t're system of transferring promising Malay girl school pupils to Englisn schoo's. Two special c'asses of 4C pupils each were introduced last year one tach at Mcnk's Hill and Teluk Kurau English schoc!3. They
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    FOUR GENERATIONS MEET
    130 8 r<44>: l>'un, gonorutl<»n xx or» ln l bi». lnnlllx group ovo, tbo week "n«l xxb'N Xlo. l_Ut» t booxx rbx/" <oonl," ln blnob oont i glv, n l» p»,tv b> l,lonlls »tnll rolntlxo^ l«_X"rltl_: >4ll «»>os on lbo onmors: gl»"»»l!» ol Xlr. l_l»u t'nooxx 'lbvo lnolulto t,on»
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    Captain Hambrook Met Hero's Death
    434 8 (T. S. Co rtspond;M) A BRITISH group comman le.met a hero's death in bandit ambush at the 7tn mile. Muar-Bakri Road, last Wednesday. He was Capt. F. Hanibrook of the Ist Seaforth Highlanders, a Militaiy Cross hero. Although hi 4 ir. the leg by the
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    DUEL CHALLENGE
    120 8 Reuter. p IRIS, Monday. —Afajtre Rene Floriot, lawyer in the cu/roif Paris trial of the Ca</ou t ards -the 'hetoded men" Of the pie war French Fascist Organisation Mas today i h iffenfQd by one of the xcitnesse.?, Geneial Chjuvin, to a sabre duel. Maitre Floriot, who is
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    Marshall Meets Truman
    103 8 R euter. WASHINGTON. Mon.—Sectary of State George Marshall arrive! here today by air from Paris for a foreign policy rev*d# with Piesident Truman. Mr. Truman who had flown from Key West, Florida, where he was on a holiday, greeted Mr. Marshall at me airport. Commenting on the
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    AIR CHIEF OFF TO LONDON
    49 8 The C-in-C. tar East Air Command. Air Marshal Sir Hugh Lloyd, left on a UMay visit to Lond< n this not [ting to dlrruee the Far Ease 'ii* situation. Accompanied by staff Officera, he left Tengah tor Negomtn, Ceylon, in his own special aircraft
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    WHAT'S ON TODAY General
    72 8 PEOPLE'S r.lU(ATlON ASSOCIATION, Professor G. G. Hough on "English and its German ancestors, Association HQ., Handy Road —5 15 p.m. SINGAPORE S I \MP LI B social meeting, Capitol Krv taurant, 5.15 p.m. CHINESE V.M(,A., io; Selegie Road, string quaitri practice, 7.30 p.m., Rover Scout Meeting,
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    Cinemas
    152 8 CATHAY: "Saraband for Dead Lovers" (in technicolouri, with Stewart Granger, Joan Greenwood, Flora Rohson and Francoi.se Rosay—1.45, 15, S.45 and 9.30 p.m. CAPITOL: "Git Cracking, with George Formby—2, 415, 6.30 and li.15 p.m. PAVILION: "The Loves of Edgar Allan Foe." with Land* Darnell and John Shcpperd- 2, 4.15, 0.30
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    Sports
    55 8 WEIGHT-LI 1 TING: Y.M.C.A., 107, Selegic Koa. 8 p.m. corHOCKEY: S.C.C v. S.L S.C.C.; G.H.Q. Signal m Admiralty Civilians Base; I. A. v. Cat* less —Fairer PutK. C.S.C. S.C.K.( in awl CHARITY »"> MM V hli( V of U.N. Appeal lo< <- hli Great World. 8.30 p." > TABLE
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    8,000 TOLD; QUIT
    46 8 HAMBURG .V-" j thousand local j have to be t t '> i-.r." when thr Royal wsrj 1 hshes on ThUl I v J u the 000-ton f mshav en. princi| 1 of Nazi vV1 n fatty tons "i M' iU be use!. R<
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