Malaya Tribune, 26 November 1948

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    65 1 The Malaya Tribune BY THE PEOPLE FOB THE PEOPLE Larger Sales Than Any Afternoon Paper in Malaya Printing Simultaneously Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh d Penang Tele grama: "Tribune Spore." Telephone: 5811 (9 lines) EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS THE MALAYA TRIBUNE London Agents Meaera. Colin Turner
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    HSUCHOW TOTALLY ISOLATED
    364 1 Reds claim Control Of 75 Per Cent Of China's Railways SHANGHAI, r.iurs— Cainese Communists claimed in a broadcast to* •5 nigh I thai Hsuchow, bastion city 200 miles north of Nanking, had been tompletely isolated after the 'annihilation*' Of 14 Government ftrisions. Ten of the "annihilated' divisions
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    Thomas Cup Fund
    202 1 First $1,000 THE Hr*1 contribution t.. tin- Tribune Tho,i,;1s < ii[> I nntl ban been f% urn r»l si.immi has Irni ik>ll»t*n] b\ tSlr I nttiiiif I'ress |.td. it ml It!* Koanl (if Nncton Ih'-rt arr now six daNH left future the team h Mr to Mil
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    GIMSON VISITS FRENCH SHIP
    26 1 ffribane staff Reporter) J* 1 Singapore Governor, Sir Jdlin Gimsori and Admiral C-in-C, Far Fleet, paid a visit tc iireraft tbis morning.
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    4 HELD
    25 1 t Bight C.LD. arrested w Chir. t S( > secret society n< man is believed to WK» n part m a num*of "treet robberies.
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    100, never been ill
    90 1 Reuter-AAP. SYDNEY, Thurs. Vesey John Hine. who has been on superannuation since he retired from the New South Wale* Education Department in 1909, celebrated his hundredth birthday at Wyong, New South Wales, on Nov. 15. Bon in Devon, England. Mr. Hine is still active. He takes
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    PETS MIGRATE TO AUSTRALIA
    68 1 Reuter. SYDNEY, Thurs. Hundreds of "migrants" not officially mentioned in Australia's immigration scheme have landed here during the past 18 months. They are dogs, cats and horses, pets belonging to English migrants who could not bear parting with their artimal friends. The cost of bringing a
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    "Belcher Accepted Gifts Of Sherry"
    798 1 Reuter. I ONDON, Thurs. —Gifts of cases of sherry to Mr. John Belcher, Parlia* mentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, were mentioned at today's hearing before the Tri bunal investigating allegations of graft anion? high government officers. Earlier today, Leslie Courtney Brown, senior partner
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    PRESENTS HIS CREDENTIALS
    21 1 BAGDAD. Thurs.—Ghazanfar Ali Khan, Pakistan's Minister to Iraq, today presented his credentials to the Iraqi Regent, Abdul Illan.
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    Gang Steals Identity Card
    190 1 THREE Chinese robbed an Indian labourer cf his identity card yesterday. The Indian had just alighted from a lorry at the junction of Short Street and Selegie Road when one of the gang snatched his identity card from his hand. When he tried to get it
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    'RED-OUT' IS LATEST FAD IN US SCHOOLS
    345 1 U.P. AVA. Illinois, Thurs. School authorities here today threatened to expel any students practising "red out", the latest high school fad in which 'teen-agers hold their breath until they fall unconscious. J. H. Hammack, principal of the Ava high school, issued the ban
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    17 QUIT PHIBUN CABINET
    54 1 U.P. BANGKOK, Thurs.— Fifteen more ministers of the Phibun cabinet resigned today to permit the Premier to reorganize the government, bringing the number of resignations to 17. Previously the Minister of Commerce and the Deputy Minister of Communications had resigned. It was believed most of them
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    CID Raid Village
    42 1 Five Chinese were detained for further questioning when police screened a village in Choa Chu Kang this morning. Three men had Johore identity cards and two had Singapore cards. All five of them had recently arrived from Senai. Johore.
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    SCHOOLGIRL HURT
    50 1 A 16-year-old Chinese school girl was taken to hospital last night as a result of injuries received by being thrown from the pillion seat of a motor-cycle. The motor cycle was involved in a collision with a motor car at the junction of Middle Road and Bencoolen Street.
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    HOUR-BATTLE WITH FOX
    53 1 Reuter. CORWEN MERIONETH, Thurs.—Farmer Griffith Jones sprinted 40 yards to catch a fox. With a last effort he grabbed its tail just as it was disappearing throu/h a hedge. The fox proved very agile and the farmer battled with it for an hour before he managed to
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    SUGAR GOES UP
    54 1 Sugar prices i n £'pore's 'open' market have gone up due to a slight shortage In supply. What with the ban on private importations of sugar importers have not found it worthwhile to import supplies. The best quality of whitsugar rose 50c. to $45.50 a picul Drown
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    Greek Premier: Second Attack
    30 1 Athens. Thurs. M. Themistocles Sophouhs, 88-year-old Greek Prime Minister, who collapsed in his office with a heart attack last night, had a second heart attack tonight.
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    World's Biggest Bomber
    205 1 U.P. FORT WORTH, TEXAS. Thurs—The Eighth Air Force today took delivery of the most powerful propellordriven airplane known to be in existence. The huge B-36-B. its six saopadojd adX} jaqsnd churning, rumbled across Carswell Airbase from the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation factory to Eighth Airforce headquarters. Each
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    STOP PRESS BANDITS SURPRISED
    72 1 SEGAMAT, Today.—Police party surprised four armed Chinese bandits during a raid on Pasir in the Buloh Kasap area this morning. They killed one bandit, seriously wounded another (who was captured toge-ner with a third man) and recovered two revolvers and 22 rounds of .38 ammunition. The
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    SINGAPORE RUBBER MILLS FACE A CRISIS
    311 2 Dirty Work Diverts Supplies Elsewhere SINGAPORE rubber millers are facing a crisis because the unscrupulous 0 methods of some up-country dealers are forcing them to suspend production and plose down milling machines. They will have to discharge about' 1.000 rubber workers within the next
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    They grow padi—and starve
    90 2 REDAH peasants grow paddy, but do not get rice to cat. the Utusan Mcl ay v reported vestcrday. Ninety per cent of the padi planters arc not able to provide two rice meals a day for their families. They live largely on tapioca and other poor
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    Loans Withheld
    105 2 Abdullah bin Musa with his wife and two children arc a typical family. Abdullah expects to harvest about 12 kunchas of padi this season from his little plot. But five kunehas have to go for land-rent, two to the credit shop, and the rest for debts incurred at
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    'Kepala' murdered
    62 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Police shot dead two bandits during a raid on three bandit huts in the jungle in the Kuala Kubu area yesterday. An empty detonator and 500 lbs. of rice were found. On the same night, a Chinese kepala on Amherst Estate was kidnapped by bandits
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    61 CAUGHT
    27 2 There were 61 arrests in the Federation in the past 24 hours: 20 in Selangor; 20 in Perak; 2 in Penang and 1 in Kedah/Perlis.
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    LOCAL MASTERS, ENGINEARS GET BIGGER SHIPS?
    190 2 IN response to clamour by local shipowners for per--1 mission to give greater responsibilities to Asian masters and engine drivers, Government has set up a committee to consider modification of manning scales for local trade ships. Singapore manning scales, laid down in 1912 and
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    LEGLESS FLYER GOING HOME
    63 2 (iroup Captain Douglas Badcr. the legless R. A. F. hero who first landed in Singapore with his wife about a month ago Ls now on his way back to the United Kingdom in his Percival proctor. Ht was sent out here by the Shell Petroleum Company
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    MODEL AIRPLANE COMPETITION
    46 2 Singapore Aeromodellers ar, invited to a model-airplane competition to be fceld on December 12 at Seletar Ah Field. Intending competitors ar* requested to contact the Competition SeCrcatry, c/o Singa pore Aeromodellers Society 53. Sclegle Road, Singapore, for conditions of entry and other details.
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    'Money Pushed In My Pocket'
    177 2 THAM Fook, a middlc-ageo Chinese who, with exdetective Leong Thin, is facing a charge of extorting $300 from Chan Kwang Yen by threatening to arrest him under the Emergency Regulations, denied all allegations made against him when he made his defence in the First District
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    Nose Engine
    46 2 The three engincd Italian aircraft the Fiat, is now back again in Singapore after taking 26 immigrants to Australia. It is the first Italian plane to land at Kallang since the war, and the first aircraft with its engine at the nose to land
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    S'pore Merchants At It Again
    259 2 (By a Special Correspondent). The Indian Governments' han on the ship- ment of gunny sacks to South Africa is beinr, broken by shippers who are using Singapore and Hong j Kong as blinds. The ban was imposed by India as retaliation for racial discrimination against
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    12 Detained
    43 2 KUALA PILAH, Thursday.— The male population of Bahau Town and the surrounding districts were screened by a large force of Police and Military today. In all 1,311 were screened and 12 were detained. Of the number detained, three are known Communists.
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      280 2 AIR BLUE NETWORK 1.00 p.m. Lunch-time music by the Radio Orchestra; I. 30 News; 1.45 Dance music by Don Marino Barrctto 2.00 Close Down. 8.15 Programme Summary News Summary; 8.20 Film Review; 8.30 Friday PromViolin Concerto by Elzalde; 0.30 News; 0.45 Talk; 10.00 Take Your Choice A programme which offers
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    COMMISSIONER ASKS -WHY WAS COURT ORDER DEFIED?
    250 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) m yap Phenfi Ceck will ask the Muunicipal Commissioners this afternoon why I Market in China Street was demolished despite a Court order to I f action. The market was demolished on Monday by special Municipal labour gangs. Last month,
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    SEA-GYPSIES COME BACK
    203 3 sea gypsies Madura after several ;oo of them bout M pramall. The) three weeks 1 riro and pasI prahus, now I parts of the chartered by r They >ago. sugar, kapok ami ml even a little 081 of the tl p! aim-homes. scores of hat by the
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    New Anglo-Chinese School Next Year
    236 3 EARLY .>200.000 has bmi contributed by the loWic Inwards the conation of this $800,000 School in Urker Road. of the Anglothe Rev. H. told the Malaya that "as c approvibj tii' Municipality," work would commence on the first block of 15 classrooms. "The plans should
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    'I was in Tanjong Pinang'
    104 3 Ex-teacher. Mohamed Ali bin lais, the second •censed in the Medical College robbery case bold Mr. Justice Taylor at the Assize Court yesterday that he was not in Singapore on January 29. the day of the robbery. Ali said he left for Tanjong Pinang sometime
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    NO HABEAS CORPUS FOR C.A. HIRE
    185 3 A SINGAPORE Police officer can use his powers of arrest within the Colony and its territorial waters. Outside these boundaries he is in the same position as a private individual. Mr. Justice Jobling gave this ruling in the Singapore High Court yesterday when he
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    In Memory Of Jinnah
    47 3 The Bengal Muslim Assoeui lion of Singapore will hold prmyei meeting in commemoration of the late Mohamed Ah linnah, Pakistan's founder and first governor-general, at the Queen Street Mosque at 10 a.m. on November 28. Leading Singapore Muslims will speak at the meeting.
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    Appeal Courts
    34 3 The Court'of Criminal Appeal will sit in the Supreme Court Building. Singapore, December 6, at 10.30 a.m. The Court of Apeal (Civil) will sit in there at 2.30 p.m. the -ame day.
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    SHOW FOR UNAC FUND
    46 3 Charity shows will be held at the New World par k tonight in aid of UNAC fund. In addition to the usual attractions, a lion-dance display, a Public Relations cinema show, an exhibition of weight-lilting and a Malay opera will be included.
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    NIGHT RAID ON ESTATE
    48 3 KLUANG, Thursday. Coronation Estate was attacked by bandits last night. The raiders infiltrated into the •state and fired a burst from a Sten gun and rifles at the ?uard house. Special Constable defenders returned the fire and the attackers fled. No casualties were reported.
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    FRENCH DESTROYER HERE
    76 3 "Lawful occasions" was tne reason given for the visit of a French destroyer and a light fleet carrier, the Arromanches to Singapore yesterday. The Arromanches and the destroyer are leaving today for Saigon, Indo-China. The transport, Ville d'Orleans formerly the German ship Muchen- sailed yesterday from Singapore
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    141 Identity cards lost
    40 3 To date 141 identity cards have reported lost or missing since registration began a month ago. "The public appear to be gcttrng careless about their identity cards. Mr. E. V. Fowler. C.I.D. chiel. Singapore, said yesterday.
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    "P. Os Have Not Complained"
    84 3 SINGAPORE Dockyard authorities are sending a report to the Admiralty regarding toilet facilities in*the dockyard for 126 petty officers from the cruiser Birmingham, now in port. Mr. John Lewis (Labour) asked in the House of Commons on Wednesday why the men were sharing two closets,
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    "Dumped Car To Claim Insurance"
    389 3 IN the Second Police Court yesterday a Malay fitter told .the magistrate that his employe! asked him to abandon her Studebaker saloon, insured for $3,500, and promised to give him $200 for doing so when she had claimed the insurance money. In the dock, smartly
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    Bus Service Refused
    46 3 A request from the Pasiri Panjang Rural District Com-1 mittee that a through bus ser-j vice from Pasir Panjang to. Finlayson Green, was refused by the Registrar of Vcnhiclcs with the remark that Finlayson Green is too congested to accept further bus services.
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    ICEF Officer Appointed
    60 3 Mr. Ralph Goodwin, of New Zealand, has been appointed Deputy Executive Director for the International Children's Emergency Fund in the Far East. His headquarters will probably be at Manila, and he will be leaving New York for the Far East in early November. Mr. Goodwin worked in
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    Court sits in camera
    75 3 The Seventh Police Court went into camera yesterday when Tan Poh Chan 23-ycar-old waitress went into the witness box to give evidence against Dall Singh and Akbar Summondol facing tentative charges of rape. Dall Singh and Akbar were alleged to have dragged Poh Chan from a
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    Khalsa Dinner
    40 3 1 lie Singapore Khalsa Association will bold a dinner in honour of Mr. Balwant Singh at the Cathay Restaurant on Sunday at 8 p.m. Those wishing to join the party should contact Mr. Balbir Singh at 111 North
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    CHARITY BAZAAR
    28 3 St. Anthony's Convent will hold a charity bazaar in the school premises on December 1, 2, and 3 between 9 a.m. ;ind 6 p. m. daily. <;
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    BRASS HATS BEHIND BARRICADES
    523 4 A "war", noisy enough to attract the attention A of the public, is going on between the War Department of Singapore and the Army Civil Service Union. Last Monday, the A.C.S.U. sent a memoran dum to the Governor of Singapore and members of the Legislative Council,
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    INDIAN STUDENTS BEHIND THE WHITE CURTAIN
    1346 4  -  by BETTY GILL A.P. IN Australia today, Indian I students are studying at universities and colleges, observing experiments in laboratories, gaining practical experience in workshops, a!i imbued with a desire to gain knowledge in Australia that will be valuable in the future development of
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    ONE-MAN WAR ON VICE
    405 5 City Councillor Delivers Ultimatum Reuter. VNNESBURG, Thurs.—T he ejection ock of flats in the centre of Johanneshiring company who were alleged to he looms for brief periods for immoral has focusssd attention on the oi\ele being waged by Mr. J. J. O'Connor, indent Johannesburg City Councilor,
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    Wavell's Pension Query
    180 5 Reuter. I Thurs. Toarl L foi mer Viceroy of ted m the House of today whether the attention had I to S statement on 12 the then Indian Mini It i. Mr. Chetty. n ibility for the paymcnl of pensions to Brifor service In entii t-ly with
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    TELEGRAPHED PHOTOS
    18 5 A public phototelegraph service by wire is now avail abk to Switzerland from the United Kingdom.
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    No Tour For Them
    52 5 Xl...v<« tb" X«. l Viklni; ,n»« lut> n «< lb" It 5 l >,tu,1..n. »l"n„un. <»<».«rd'»lUs". s"udl»,">u» l.r »N> lt,»>ul l«»»ls »,l lllut l»»iH n»»w «un»»1l"<t <»«,«»: ll," Klnz»> lllnei»^. Slundinir b> lb" plune ur» u iiruup uss lb" utir ,bul «uuld bu>. ll,<ivn lb" ltu>ul
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    Jet Makes Record U.K.-Rome Flight
    278 5 Reuter. HATFIELD, Thurs.—A record flight of 2 hours 53 minutes for the 896-mile direct hop to Home is claimed here by the De Havilland company, makers of a Vampire Meteor Jet fighter which flew to the Italian capital on Nov. 4 for demonstration. "It is
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    Truman Won't Help
    115 5 The Truman administration would do little for China, according to Sir Keith Murdoch, Chairman of the Melbourne Herald and Weekly Times Ltd. Sir Keith, who has just got back from an 8 week world tour, said that "If Dewey had won the election, immediate would have been
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    CHEMISTRY LOCATES MINERALS
    61 5 Science Service. Chemistry is now playing an important part in helping locate hidden minerals in the earth. In the relatively new process, surface waters and certain parts of plants are analyzed to determine mineral "compounds within them. The results indicate the Chemical composition of underlying ore bodies.
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    GIANT FAN FOR SOUTH AMERICA
    84 5 The firm of Walke r Brothers (Wigan) Ltd.. have contracted to supply a gian: fan H ft. in diameter to a colliery In Chile, South America. Th fc fan, which will be of the Walker-Macard variable pitch axial Sow design, will be direct driven by
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    EARLY SETTLEMENT
    35 5 Canberra. Thurs. The Federal government hopes for an early settlement of the Palestine and Greek disputes. 'Hie Prim t Minister said these hopes were borne out by the latest information receivec from abroad.
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    Automatic 'phone was popular
    145 5 THE automatic telephone exhibit stageed by the United Kingdom Post Office at the recent DavyFaraday Exhibition in Paris attracted keen interest from the 100,000 visitors. The exhibit was a photographic representation of the automatic apparatus in a United Kingdom Post Office telephone exchange with sufficient working
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    British Co. Gets Big Contracts
    103 5 The South African Railways and Harbours Administration has given a big contract to the North British Locomotive Company Ltd. The order is for4o electric locomotives for mixed traffic service between Cape Town and Beaufort West. All the electrical equipment, to the value of approximately £1,000.000
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    RATIFY PACT
    29 5 Canberra, Thurs. Mr. Chifley said today that the federal government would go ahead with its plans to ratify the international trade agreement Initiated last year at Havana.
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    BIG BRITISH FASHION SHOW
    201 5 sections of Britain's Knitwear and Hosiery industry recently combined to hold a fashion display of the export goods they handle. Ballantyne of Peebles, Scotland, for instance, showed twin sets in pure Chinese cashmere from a seven needle hand machine. The cardigan, buttoned to the neck, was
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    ANOTHER FREIGHTER COMING TO SINGAPORE
    151 6 THE big "New Ship" programme of the P. O. Steam Navigation Co., will reach a climax with the arrival in Singapore on December 18 of the 9,000-ton cargo liner Surat. The Surat is the second of four freighters for the P O. service between Europe
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    DESTROYED AT DAWN
    25 6 KAMPAR, Thursday. —A combined Police/Military force destroyed a bandit camp for 10 consisting of two huts in a dawn swoop this morning.
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    Thivy Leaves
    36 6 Mr. J. A. Thivy. representative of the Government of India in Malaya, left with his wife for Kuala Lumpur yesterday to discuss the emergency regulations and their relation to Indians with the High Commissioner.
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    Fed. To Deport Alien Detainees
    325 6 FEDERATION Government yesterday published an amendment to the emergency regulations, providing for repatriation of aliens detained for assisting the terrorists. "It is not aimed at any class or community and its purpose is to" remove from Malaya and return to their own country aliens who
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    SOCCER
    56 6 The following players have been selected to play footbal'. for the Jollilads Athletic Union soccer thtam against the Military Hospital Football team on Sunday at Alexandra Hospital ground at 5.15. p.m. fc. Sithambram. Rasak. S. i Muthiah. Ghani. Murugasu. M. Sinha. T. Nadarjah. Salahudin. Muniyadi. Dollah. M I Osman.
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    FLYING CLUB KEEPING UP
    36 6 The Singapore flying club with only one "Tiger Moth" left in service is keeping up its normal schedule of flights. The club expects to get two "Auster" aircraft in the near future.
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    "Nationalism And Religion"
    40 6 A talk "Nationalism is gr« attf than Religion" will be given by Mr:-. Prabha Sen Gupta, president of the women section of the S. R. I. C. at 331 North Bridge Road on Sunday at 10 a.m.
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    YOU CAN GET COINS TODAY
    83 6 yOU can jingle coins in yom pocket again fro Banks and currency Commissioners' offices in S change your one. five, 10 and 20 cent note 20 cent coins if you ask them. The coins will have a duller jingle than th They are made of
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      598 6 SITUATION VACANT SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY Applications arc invited foi the vacant post of Temporary Surveyor in the Municipal Sewerage Department at a salary according to qualifications not exceeding $160/- p.m. plus Cost of Living Allowance. Applications on standard form, obtainable from the Municipal Engineer's Department, should reach the Municipal Secretary, Singapore,
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      722 6 NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that WONG POH MENG of No. 40A Upper Cross Street, Singapore, has applied to the Board of Licensing Justices for a First Class Public House Unrestricted Licence to sell liquors which he intends to hold in respect of No. 40 Upper Cross Street, Singapore, and
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      307 6 NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that Mr. Tiang lk Kirn of 385 B New Bridge Road. Singapore, has applied to the Board of Licensing Justices for a First Class Public House Unrestricted Licence to sell Beer which he intends to hold in respect of 385 New Bridge Road. Singapore. I
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    $140,000 Insurance On Team
    75 7 mas Cup Team I for SI 10.--dvi lag their of tfte seven will begin tho Carthage. by Mr. Lim playing Cap- j ist night. Vet been tak lycrs will take Cup mat- on will not be before the their Anal Singapore at Stadium this leas tax,
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    MOHAN HOLDS CUTTS TO 2-SET DRAW
    208 7 Experts Impressed By Their Speed INDIA'S THOMAS CUP TEAM CHEERED... UP. MONTREAL, Thurs.—lndia's Thomas Cup badminton team, which will meet Canada in the first round of the North American zone next week, has been drawing cheers from badminton experts in this Canadian metropolis. Yesterday
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    The Danes pick their Team
    101 7 COPENHAGEN, Thur The team selected by the Danish badminton Annotation to represent Denmark in the Thomas Cup against Sweden on Decern her 1 to 9 was announced today as follows: Rawd Christensen, Preben Dabelsteen, Moyens Pelsby, Doerge Fre»lerili««en, I'eul Holm and •|*>ern Sk;«arup. The final
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    CYMA Soccer Tournament
    71 7 the C. Y. M. A. Church ot St. Joseph will hold its annual j Soccer Tournament for tho j Challenge Cup presented by Mr. A. Dias early in December. Members who wish to par- ticlpate are requested to siibi mit their entries early, either to the Convener
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    Malaya Cup Veterans Win Again
    213 7 AN exciting game of soccer was witnessed at Farrer park yesterday evening wnen the Malaya Cup Veterans scored a 3-1 victory over XI, on muddy ground. Fak Tong. the Veterans* centre-forward headed in his side's first goal off a centre from Khoon Onn in the
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    India's Best
    31 7 Cieorge Lewis (left), liuua's Thomas Cup team's captain, and D. Mohan (right). Mohan held Stan 1 utts, recognised in Canada as the World's badminton ehanipion to a two-set draw.
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    Poh Lim used his racket in Kuching
    329 7  -  By JOSEPH YAN ANG Poh Lim's racket was not kept in moth balls during his visit to Kuching a ago. He .participated in exhibition matches and played against top ranking Kuching piavers. Kuching newspapers gave great prominence to his visit and praised his
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    Hockey XI Named
    127 7 Singapore's hockey train to play Selangor at the '8. C. C. padang on Saturday, will have throe changes from the team which beat Johore hy four goals to nil at Segamat last week. The newcomers are Mathot. the SCC goalkeeper. B. Marks (RCU) and Swee Lim Swang
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    He Felt Like A Jelly Fish
    125 7 Malaya's Thomas Cup playI ers danced for about three hours yesterday when they started a new type of training J prescribed by their -non-play- ing captain and manager Mr. I L'm Chuan Geok. Termed "Operation Footwork." —and that is just what <t is meant
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    Boys' Club Soccer
    53 7 The postponed match between the Katong and Singapore Harbour Board Boys Clubs j for the Boys Club Soccer Cup will be played at 4.55 p.m. on the S.R.C. ground on Tuesday, November 30. After the match the Colonial Secretary, Mr. P. A. B. McKerron will present the
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    RAF HOCKEY
    31 7 The following will play for the H.A.F. (Be!etarj on Saturday in a hockey match against the S.R.C: —Anderson, Manuel. Dalgiesh. Bull. Derbyshire, Fox, Bishop, McPhee, Syrctt, Burns, Lee, Jarrett.
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    Hockey Match to be broadcast
    88 7 For the first time in Singapore, Itadio Malaya will broadcast the Singapore vs. Selangor in-ter-state hockey match to be pliyed on Ihe S.C.C. padang, on Saturday. The game will start at 4.45 p.m. The Singapore Hockey Association will make special seating arrangements on the padang.
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    Missed six penalties —then Lost by one
    250 7 A large crowd of supporters watched the rugger game between the two colleges and yelled themselves hoarse as penalty after penalty missed their mark. Missing six penalty kicks, altogether the Raffles College Union XV bad u> ..dmit defeat in their annual Inter-College *****
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    Customs S.C. Table-Tennis
    61 7 Th( following players will reprscnt ihe Customs Bt* rts Cluk in a friendly Table Tennis ag-unst the Singapore Municipal Services Union at Tyrwhitt Rd. on Saturday November 27 1948. Commencing 2.30 p.m. Cressall Tan Miang Cheng. Quek Song Quce. M. Shariff. Chua Soon Yean. Mok Yong Siang.
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      75 7 caTa N,c E T S TM^ G T r AC y^ xw J f FEirTFA-rf i? <rs all tks same I I V CO0NTRV-tVf£ 6«t\&£ffytuat° vZ y 6 00 6 [SETTLED iDU IT'S A 50U>* THIS WITH/to YOU... LET'S SHAKE 1 LIKE YOU MANAGED/BUT"I \ilLLSEE £&T c% FO W T
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    RED PAPER ALLEGES SPLIT
    171 8 Reuter. BERLIN, Thurs—Thc Soviet newspaper Taegliche Rundsehau said today that the joint move made by Great Britain and France in the Berlin crisis without the "approval of the United States indicated a serious split' in the Western allied front against the Soviet I nion. The paper
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    WHAT'S ON TODAY General
    74 8 WESLEY METHODIST YOUTH FELLOWSHIP: Annual general meeting, 4, Fort Canning Road—7.30 p.m. Y.M.C.A., Orchard Road: Commercial class—5.30 p.m.: Lending library, 6.30 p.m.: Conceit rehearsal—8 p.m.: Recital jf recorded music—& p.m. Y.W.C.A., Malay class, 5, rtalfles Quay—9.15 a.m. and j.30 p.m., Pioneers meeting for folk dancing, net-ball,
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    Cinemas
    214 8 REX: "The Sea Hound" (Full icrial) with Buster Crabbe— 2, 4.15, 6.30 and 9.15 p.m. CATHAY: "Call Northside /77" with James Stewart—1.45, i.15, 6.45 and 9.30 p.m. ALHAMKRA: "The Master Say" (Full Serial)—1.30. 5.15 and 8.45 p.m. CAPITOL: Song of Love," with Katherine Hepburn, Paul Henreid and Robert Walker—
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    Sports
    27 8 HOCKEY: S.C.C. v. Y.M.C.A. —Farrer Park; S. R. C. v. 3.H.A..U— S.R.C.; Khalsa Assn. v. G.H.Q. Signal Regt.—St. George's Rd. RUGBY: Kota Raja v. Customs—Farrer Park.
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    ATTLEE CREATES A NEW SITUATION
    508 8 Eire Will Still Enjoy Benefits After Breakaway Reuter. I ONDON, Thurs.—Prime Minister Clement Atu tlee's announcement on tare in Parliament was regarded by political quarters here tonight as creating an unparalleled constitutional situation, which, presumably, may continue inccfinitely. A problem would arise only in the
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    CHURCHILL DOES NOT AGREE
    230 8 Mr. Winston Churchill said the Oppose, w in no way associated itself with the Govern ment's action. The Government was acquiescing in arrangements which left the Southern Irish in full enjoyment of any advantage there be in being connected with the British Enmire and Commonwealth without
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    Empire Reaction
    170 8 Reuter-AAP. Pretoria The South African Government announced today it was prepared to recognise the Republic of Ireland "when it comes into being" and to make concessions over rights of citizenship on a reciprocal basis. Ottawa The Canadian Prime Minister, Mr. Louis St. Laurent, suid today the Canadian Government
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    'Hello mum' were the nicest words heard
    421 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— "Hello Mum!" were the nicest words which Mrs Nellie Whitehouse of 92, Albert Street, Newcastle, Straffordshire, heard during the four-day 8,000 mile dash which she made from the United Kingdom to the bedside of her son at the Military Hospital
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    Chinese Wedding
    48 8 The marriage if Miss Loh Luan Keow, daughter of Mr. Loh Song Heng. and Mr. Scan Peng Gniap, youngest son o f Madam Seah Eng Tong. took place yesterday according to Chinese rites. The wedding dinner will b" held at the Chui Huai Lim Club tomorrow.
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    Jews and Arabs Closer Today
    255 8 Reuter. PARIS, Thurs.-Dr. R a l Ph ;hp Palestine mediator said today thai r and Arabs were closer to agn any time since mediation starU He warned the n tliat it mu far* a 'tt* bility that the t3 Z continue noi Z£r J But,'
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      141 8 NOTICE TAKE NOTICE that Mr. M. i. Bhalome has bought over the share of the retiring partner. Mr. A J. Isaac, in Aldgate Stores of 15 Change Alley. Singapore, as from the 25th November, 11)48, and is now the sole proprietor and the only per.-on legally entitled to tian- act
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