Malaya Tribune, 15 November 1949

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    63 1 MALAYA Tribune PEOPLS FOR THE PEOPLE Tel: tribune*' 9mm LARGER SALES THAN ANY AFTERNOON PAPER IN MALAYA 9 111 Phone 38H/3 'Nine Una Published simultaneously at Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh and Penang. TWELVE PAGES. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1949 PRICE TEN CENTS. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE E. Maurice Glover,
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    CUT TWO CENTS OFF RICE, GOVT. TOLD TODAY
    1773 1 Tribune Staff Reporter THE Rice Investigation Committee headed by Dr. F. C. Benham, Economic Adviser to the Commissioner General has recommended a tvvo-cent cut in the price of rationed rice. The report of the committee was tabled before the Federation and Singapore
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    MALAYAN TIN MARKET RESUMES TOMORROW
    352 1 LONDON MARKET OPENS TODAY Tribune Staff Reporter THE marketing of Malayan tin will go back to private trade at noon tomorrow. The Penang and Singapore tin markets which have been closed since the war will be declared at that hour. Following this the market will
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    COMET'S FLIGHT
    27 1 Reuter. LONDON, Mon. —The De Havilland Comet, Britain'! first jet airliner, today fle* for five hours 35 minutes-J| longest duration trip she ha* yet made.—Reuter.
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    HOUSE QUERIES LIFTING OF JAP PRICE CONTROLS
    196 1 U.P. LONDON, Mon. General Douglas Mac Arthur's authority to take decisions abolishing price controls on Japanese exports was questioned in the House of Commons today. Labour Member J. Paton asked if the British government were satisfied that MacArthur had the right to make
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    GREETINGS TO NEHRU
    28 1 U.P. NEW DELHI, Mon.—Congratulatory messages from the leaders of many countries were sent to Pandit Nehru who is 60 years old today. A.P. and U.P.
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    No U.K., U.S. Negotiations On Far East Yet
    279 1 Reuter. LONDON, Monday. Britain and America are independently studying the possibilities of a Far Eastern settlement, but at this stage are not negotiating directly with each other, a Foreign Office spokesman said today. i He was commenting on tne answer to a
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    MR. LIM GETS A 'PRIZE' JOB?
    212 1 Tribune Staff Reporter. ONE of the highest posts ever to be given to an Asian officer in Municipal Service has been recommended by the Establishments Board. The job is that of Deputy Water Engineer, graded supersede B-l and the officer selected by the Board
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    BOOK OF THE YEAR
    86 1 i 1 |\NE of the neatest ad- i y venture stories ever to r be in a newspaper, i "Eastern Approaches" by Brigadier Flteroy Mai clean M.P., begins in next r Sunday's Tribune, and N will be continued daily in the Malaya Tribune. You must not
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    ALLIES CALLED WARMONGERS BY RUSSIA
    140 1 U.P. LAKE SUCCESS. Mon. Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Vyshinsky charged today that "new human slaughter is being prepared by an aggressive bloc of states headed by the United State.and the United Kingdom." Vyshinsky opened the United Nations Committee debate on a Soviet proposal for a
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    A COMPROMISE
    56 1 U.P. LONDON, Mon.—Britain's Labour Cabinet reportedly accepted a major compromise with the Conservatives today by agreeing to postpone the effective date for the nationalization of the iron and steel industry until after the general election. Reliable quarters said the Labour Party might ask for general ejections either on
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    Bob May Attend S'pore Movie Ball
    403 1 BUT ORGANISERS WILL HAVE TO MOVE FAST TO GET HIM Tribune Film Reporter IF the organisers of the forthcoming Rotary Movie Ball are smart enough to take advantage of a situation that will arise shortly, it may result in their being able to get
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    Man In Black Escapes
    96 1 MUAR, Today —An Auxiliary Police constable cycling to Landron Estate on the road fiom Panchor to Kampong Raja, saw a figure in black Blanding by the side of the read yesterday. He challenged the figure who replied with a shot. The A.P. carrying a shot-gun. fired
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    MORE TEA, BACON
    46 1 Reuter. LONDON, Mon. British people are to get more tea and bacon, it was announced in the House of Commons today. The tea ration is to be increased to 1% ounces from Dee. 1 and the bacon ration to 4 from Nov. 20.—Reuter.
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    38 1 NINE TO DIE TEHERAN, Mon. -A nnlitary court in Teheran touu > sentenced nine persons to death and 21 others to prison terms for stoning three :;ictibers of he Election Committee to death on Oct. 10.— A. P. A.P.
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    STOP PRESS 'Traction Company Conductors' 'Sympathy Strike'
    196 1 Conductors of the Singapore Traction Company went on strike this morning. It is believed that this strike is connected with the arrest by the police oi the 18 S.T.C. conductors yesterday on charges of alleged crmdnal br> ach ot trust of fares. Only
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    PROFIT ON SAGO FLOUR WAS 16 PER CENT
    91 1 Reuter. LONDON, Mon. Food Minister John Strachey told a questionor in Parliament today that his Ministry made a profit of about 16 per cent In 1949 on sago flour imported from Malaya. This profit was used to keep down the prices ot
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    OUR RUBBER
    56 1 A.P. MOSCOW, Mon. Two British rubber < xperts, A. Walsh and G. P. J. Delangcrilc, are returning to London tomorrow after, .seven months at Odessa, where they have been inspecting cargoes of rubber arriving from Malaya and Southeast Asia. The two mM thai they wilt present Information they
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    GOPSE HANGS TODAY
    22 1 AMBALA, East Punjab, Mon. —Nathuram Godse, who assassinated Ganuhi, and his accomplice Narayan Apte will be hanged early tomorrow.
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    "Flyiug Runway"
    106 2 This new Firestone 1 track-type landing gear, 1 called the "Flying tttfa- way," receiving mtHom consideration by the Air Forces as lr. alternative, t«> cowrtrtfc- tion <>i costlj runway* t »r the nation's new very t' i heavy bombers and 1 transport*. The gear n#w v v is
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    Flag—373 designs sent in, only 3 chosen
    382 2 KUALA LUMPUB, Today. THE Committee appointed to consider designs and make recommendations for a flag for the Federation has selected three out of the 373 designs submitted. One design, chosen unanimously, is as follows: eleven whitp five-pointed stars in a circle in the
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    BIG RISE IN MALAY STATES POSTAL SAVINGS
    108 2 The value of transactions in the Postal Savings thanks of the former Federated Malay States, Johore, Kedah and Kelantan for 1948 rose from $40.3 million to $42.3 million representing an increase pf five per cent. The number of transactions, however, decreased by 21,501
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    570,682 WENT TO SCHOOL
    49 2 The enrolment figures for schools in the Federation of Malaya during September this year was 570,682. There were 90.668 children attending English schools, 238,501 Malay schools, 202,--770 Chinese schools and 38,--743 Indian schools. Perak tops the list with 130,874 children attending school in the State.
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    AIR CHIEF COMING
    26 2 The Ccmmander-In-Chief designate of the Far East Air Force, Air Marshal F. J. Fogarty, will be arriving in Singapore today by the Corfu
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    HASTINGS TO CARRY X'MASMAIL
    95 2 Christmas mail and freight for troops in South East Asia may; shortly he carried to Singapore for the first time in Handley Page Hastings <>r R.A.F. Coastal Command. Hastings were not able to operate earMer because of the Berlin Air Lift. The service is due to
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    BANDIT VICTIM WAS SON OF GIB. GOVERNOR
    75 2 Leut. Anderson, one of the Seaforth officers who was killed by bandits on Saturday in the Kampong Bahru area of Segamat was the only son of Lt. -General Sir Kenneth Anderson, the Governor and Commander-in-Chief Gibraltar. Lt Anderson carried the colours in the
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    LIFE IN MALAYA
    39 2 In Talk of the Town at S.Lu p.m. today over the Cue Network of Radio Malaya. Unrtar Secretary of State fax the Colonies. Colonel David Rees-Williams will be speaking of life in .vialaya twenty years ago.
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    RETRIAL IN HOUSE POSSESSION CASE
    281 2 appeal by Dr. Chen Su Lan against the decision of the Civil District Judge who dismissed his claim for vacant possession of house No. 23, Duxton Road, was allowed by Mr. Justice Gordon-Smith in* the High Court yesterday. The judge ordered a new trial before
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    NEW BUS ROUTE
    32 2 rE Singapore Traction Company is fixing overhead wires along Jalan Besar Road and Bencoolen Street for a trolley service along this route between Bras Basah Road and Lavender Street.
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    HOUSING TRUST PROPOSED FOR FEDERATION
    811 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Today. THE Federation may have a Housing Trust. This is the recommendation of the Federal Select Committee, whose report goes *>efore the Federal Legislative Council this morning. The Committee was appointed to adtiae on the setting up of a housing trustor how else
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    CNAC TOLD TO 'STAY PUT'
    71 2 A "stay put" order has been issued to Mr. H.H. Lee. Manager of China National Aviation Cor/>o:ation in Singapore. Mr. Lee said yesterday that this came from Hongkong. He was told to await further instructions. "All our 13 international offices have had the same instructions,"
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    SIR HAN HOE LIM GRANTED LEAVE
    62 2 The Governor has granted six months' leave for reasons ot health, as an unofficial member of the ExcutUv Council of the Colony to Sir Han Hoe Lim, C.8.E., with effect from the December 1. Sir Rolnnd Brsddell will be appointed a temporary member of
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    NEW AIR SERVICE
    40 2 Cathay Pacific Airways may extend their Hongkong-Singa-pore service to British North Borneo and make it a round trip back to Hongkong, it is learned. The airline has introduced a weekly DC-4 Skymaster seivice between Hongkong and Saigon.
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    A Charming Picture Of Chamarette
    60 2 Mr. and Mrs. Peter Malcolm de Cruz after their wedding at the Cathedral of the Good Sheuhard. In. bride-groom is attached to the Vehicles Deimrtm. Nt and is the oniy son of Mr. Bene de Cruz The hrtde N nas formerly Mfcs MaiftU* Chamarette and
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    Ration Cards For 2 Cost $55-COURT TOLD
    290 2 THING Tiong Chwee, 23-year-old Food Rationing 1 Office clerk was charged in the Second District Court yesterday with corruptly accepting $55 from Teo Tai Yong as inducement for expediting the issue of an unauthorised ration card to Teo. Thing was alternatively charged with
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    C.Y.M.A. HOUSES
    45 2 Members of the Catholic Young Men's Association of the Church of the Sacred Heart are informed that they have been grouped into four different "Houses." A series of dramatic, oratory, taJentime and otho* cultural activities will be held at the association's pr< shortly.
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    NEHRU BIRTHDAY
    22 2 India's Premier, Pinj»» JawaharJal Nt-Jim's s xt >. first birthday was celeDratea by the Indian community or S-lrtar Naval Base yesterda:.
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    $10,000 FOR SCHOOL
    18 2 fen thousand dol!a: been collected by the In» Pulavar TaJnil School Buiw ing Fund Committee.
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    IT WILL COST MORE TO SAY 'HELLO'
    382 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Today JbXEPHONE subscribers in the Federation will have to pay more to say 'hello' as from December 1. 1949, as the result of the decision reached by the authorities. Recently, subscribers received a warning with their monthly accounts that the existing
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    INDIAN JOINS UMNO
    40 3 The Honble Mr. H. P. Kajagopal has been accepted the Selangor Committee of the UMNO (K.L. Division* as an associate member. He is the hrst non-Malay to be lecepted as an associate member by the Selangor b:anch.
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    Arrested, went on hunger striker
    136 3 The story of Gulam f Geiani of Kuantan. who went on a hunger strike t as a protest against the J 1 order of detention made N against Wno is revealed i i in the answers to J questions tabled by Mrs. H. H. Oon
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    HONOURS FOR 4 COUNCILLORS
    289 3 gEFORE the Federal Legislative Council met this morning, Sir Henry Gurney, High Commissioner, presented four members of the Council with the insignia of the honours they had received from the King. Mr. J. O. Sanders, General Manager, Malayan Railways, received the C.M.G. "for outstanding ability in
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    TENDERS INVITED FOR COLONY TREASURY BILLS
    107 3 The Government of the Colony of Singapore will invite tenders for an issue of $9 million by Treasury Hills on the November 2. r > subject to the general conditions governing the issue and repayment of Colony of Singapore Treasury Bills. Tenders will be
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    50 Years Old
    54 3 On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the firm, Messr*. (bun (bong, watch dealer* and it< nt»] .M|iiipim mi suppliers of .Month Bridge Road. ->Jng;:iiv>r.\ .-n».Ttf|in.«l O*KI Igatests to dinner at fh» South em Itestanrant on Saturday night. Pletnre show* Mr Cheng Mftk
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    STATE DEPT. MAN ON HEALTH TOUR
    111 3 WITH his cinecamera and in his informal dress Dr. Francis Riley looks an ordinary American tourist. But Dr. Riley, who left for Batavia today, is actually the Assistant Medical Director of the U.S. Department of State, in Washington. He was here to see that
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    OPIUM HIDDEN UNDER 3 TONS Of SHIP'S COAL
    91 3 Customs officers carrying out a routine search of the Shtrala. which arrived from Calcutta on Nov. 10 discovered 111 lbs. of opium concealed unoVr coal in two l>unkers. On the first day a kerosene oil tin containing 11 lbs. of opium was
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    POPPY DAY FUND
    33 3 Collections for the Poppy Day Fund Selangor up to and including Thursday, November 10. totalled $11.792.33 cents of which street taKing» which have not been completed yet realised $7.889.37 cents.
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    K.L. GIRL'S B.A.
    33 3 Mrs. J. Devadason, who sat for the University of London B. A. Honours Examination in Geography in Kuaia Lumpur in June 1949, has jaaaaaM th<- aTanaahiatlnr with third class Honours.
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    WILD ANIMALS
    32 3 In Talk of the Town at. 8.30 p.m. touight, over the Blue Network of Radio Malaya, Mr. de Souza will be interviewed about the Import nnd export of wild anJmafrr.
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    Sir Henry Gurney. High Commissioner. Federation of whHe in Penan* attended a Scout rally. \ Nir Henry is crossing a bridge built by Chung Ling High S L Schoo' Scoiltv i Below: The High (on>iiiis.ii»ncr the Gent – S Shield for the best Rover Crew in the Federation to J. \ y Vaz, representing 12th Georgetown (Hqrs , Crew. y
    56 3 Sir Henry Gurney. High Commissioner. Federation of whHe in Penan* attended a Scout rally. Nir Henry is crossing a bridge built by Chung Ling High S L Schoo' Scoiltv i Below: The High (on>iiiis.ii»ncr the Gent S Shield for the best Rover Crew in the Federation to J. y Vaz,
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    POLICE KILL THREE REDS ON 'GHOST HILL'
    353 3 MALACCA. Monday. THREE armed bandits were shot dead by the Police at Bukit Hantu t Ghost Hill) in the Alor Gajah area yesterday. A Police Constable was killed m the battle. The Police recovered a rifle, a shot-gun. one hand-grenade, a double-barrelled shotgun
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    FOUND HANGING
    21 3 Ho Yuen Lan, a widow employed as a servant in one of the Capitol Flats was found hanging yesterday
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    £-CUT UPSETS SILCOCK ARBITRATION BOARD
    372 3 Kuala Lumpur. Today. THE devaluation of the pound sterling has so affected the points at dispute between the Malayan Planting Industries Employers' Association and rubber trade unions in the Federation, that the Doard of Arbitration appointed by Government has been unable to reach a definite
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    ART EXHIBITION
    71 3 Kuala Lumpur, Mon. Miss P. T. Liang, a noted Chinese lady artist, will hold an Exhibition on Oil Paintings and Industrial Design.--at the Hui Aun Association, Magazine road, Penang for a week from tomorrow afternoon The Exhibition is in aid of the University of Malaya Endowment Fund and
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    Johnson Questions Robertson's Claim
    260 3 MR. Pat Johnson, Labour Member in the Municipal Commission, at an election meeting organised by the Labour Party in Tiong Bahru in the South Ward, yesterday questioned the claim of Mr. D. Robertson to understand the problems of labour. Mr. M. P. D. N&ir is the
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    SHE DREDGES 40 TONS MUD A MINUTE
    122 3 A FRENCH dredger, the Maintcna, first of its kind to come out East La now in Singapore. She is bound for Haiphong to dredge the rivei between the sea and the port. The vessel employs a dredging system worked on suction. Her suction
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    LUCKNOW CONFAB
    50 3 Mr. T.F. Carey. Director of Co-ope, ration. Federation of Malaya and Singaoore. who has iu*t returned from the Tccluiical Conference on Rural Co-operation in Asia and tne Far East held in Luckuow, will talk about the conference at 7.10 P-m. today over the Blue Network of Radio Malaya.
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    WOOD CARVING IS AN ART
    281 4 ||7GOr» carving is a craft practiced almost everywhere in Indonesia. At time* if v f«. n.e level of an art. And here in Indonesia, more, perhaps, than vuywi..« .1 the world. Its development from a primitive craft to plastic art MM he UtopiaWtill almost chronologically
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    Uranium Find In Sinkiang
    109 5 U.P. HONGKONG. Mon.—Pro- sor Hu Po-yan, leading -:*hlnepo physicist, said in a ;necch on Formosa that vast ntum deposits had been found in the remote noTthWest province of Sinkiang. bordering the Soviet Union, a dispatch from Formosa said today. Fie addressed the annual meeting of the
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    SOLD TO HITLER...
    90 5 SOLD TO HITLER. A.P. ROME. Mon. Police were yesterday investigating o report that one of Leonardo i ince's grccteat paintings was sold bo Adolf Hitler in 1941 lor .10,000.000 lire. The investigation was be_'un after Countess Margin riba-Sjpiridon Galletti of Venfce asked an Italian mission for recovery of Italian art
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    SILENT TESTIMONY
    36 5 In Zanzibar a thief artacked a Hindu trader, rohI <=d him- -and cut out his tongue. But ju>t before ho died the murdered man wrote down the name of his assailant for the ponce.
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    WILL GOVT. TAKE ACTION?
    127 5 A.P. •i The Labour party Is i > frankly worried by the I series of recent speeches /by Church of England prelates as to what part the churchmen may be playing in trying to bring 1 on a coalition Government through gentle per- suasion. 1 That
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    Salazar Sweeps The Polls
    94 5 A.P. j LISBON, Mon.—Supporter? of Premier Antonio de OHvei- ra Salazar won a clean sweep in yesterday's National As- sembly elections. Theie had been little doubt jof the outcome. Returns showed that the candidates of j the National Union, who sup- pott Salazar and President Carmofta,
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    Chicago Getting Ready For World Trade Fair
    265 5 A.P. •CHICAGO, Monday. PREPARATIONS for the first U.S. International Trade Fair, to be held in Chicago, Aug. 7 to 19. 1950. are progressing rapidly, trade sources said. Business, civic and labour leaders joined the movement to stimulate International commerce by bringing buyers and
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    MADE SURE
    56 5 A.P. SYDNEY. Mon.—Mrs. Alfce Kahlhoff, 39. was found dead m her home in the Sydney üburb of A.tarmon. Police said she locked herself in the bathrooa-i. turned on a gas jet, slaaned he*, wrists, arms, and leejs witb a razor, and hanged herself from a shower. The hath
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    RUSSIA TO CLOSE DOWN PRISON CAMPS?
    122 5 A.P. BERLIN, Mon.—An official of the Communist-led German Kepublic was quoted last nigiit as saying the Soviet Union plans to close its prison camps in East Germany arm turn ail political prisonei s over to the East German state. East German Secretary of State
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    TITO WANTS U.S. RADIOS
    60 5 A.P. BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Mon. —Yugoslavia was reliably reported to be dickering for American manufactured radio eouipment to strengthen Marshal Tito's radio network. The network includes stations near Yugoslavia's borders. Thcv are used part of the time "to reply to Cominform attacks on Yugoslavia and to press
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    POPULATION
    35 5 A.P. SYDNEY, Mon. Latest officia' estimate of Australia's population is 7.847,906. About 170.000 migrants a year are now coming to the country. Australia expects to have 10,000,000 people by the end of 1957. —A.P.
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    POLICE FORESTALL ANGRY MOB
    166 5 A.P. SPRINGFIELD. Tennessee. M<.n. A wounded Negro charged with attempting to ane two white woifiert was whisked away to an undisclosed jail to forestall possible r»b violence. Desk Sgt. Johnny Walling ltd the prisoner was taken away after a crowd assembled at the jail here following
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    SHINWELL ACCUSES CHURCH OF POLITICAL BIAS
    530 5 A.P. LONDON, Monday. fHE War Minister in Britain's Labour government last night bitterly accused the Archbishop of Ifork of "political bias." The attack on the second ranking prelate in the established church was the first reply by a high government official to recent comments
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    MANNEQUIN'S HUSBAND TO GET £1,500
    84 5 LONDON, Mon. —Agreed damages of £1,500 were awarded in the Divorce Court to Mr. David Cunningham, a restaurant manager, of Thayer Street, Mayiair. W„ against Mr. Guilio Trapani, an hote! owner. of Hurley. Berks. Mr. Cunningham alleged misconduct by his wife, Sylvia June, a mannequin,
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    'ECAFE MUST CHALK OUT LINE OF ACTION'
    152 5 Reuter. NEW DELHI. Mon.- Prof. B.P. Adarkar. leader of the Indian delegation to the Singapore session of the United Nations Economic Counci- for Asia and the Far East said here that the stage had been reached for chalking out the ECAFE's precise lines
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    RUM GREETING
    21 5 A.P. FLENSBURG. Germany. Mon. The first shipment of mm to reach Germany since the war arrived here vesterlay.—A. P.
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    CASTE SYSTEM BREAKING DOWN RAPIDLY
    115 5 A.P. MONTREAL. Mon. India's rigid caste system is breaking down rapidly, partly because many lower caste Hindus were accepted into the army during the Second World War, Field Marshal Earl Wavell, former Indian Viceroy, told the Canadian Cub of Montreal. Lord Wavell devoted most of
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    A LEAN TIME...
    197 5 Reuter. LONDON. Mon. A now method of slimming which in certain cases reverse.; tAc theory that fat people never worry, and thinness goes with anxiety is reported in tne BriUsh Mcdicai Journal. Two doctors at a leading London hospital described an investigation on a number of obese
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    REGISTRY WEDDING
    47 5 Mr. and Mrs. Peter Tan who were married at the Singapore Registry recently. Mr. Tan is the son of the late Mr. Tan Boon Teng. Mrs. Tan wa« formerly Miss Lily Kani. daugther of the late Mr. Kam Suee Kuan and Madaiii Khoo Wah Neo.
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      450 5 mwcass/ffBtj^^i VEHS: FOR SALE 1948 Citroen lj. Insured June 'cO. 'Taxed. Show room condition. Mileage i;. 900. Best offer over J4.000, X.1.. 4431. Ext. (C. 11». 1948 Chrysler Windsor >;!b■.«•» low mileage show-room condition. Regularly serviced insured Marel 1950. View S. Wee Flat 17, Prince's Restaurant. Orchard Road. (U.4S). SUNBEAM
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      324 5 W F J If you or any member of Ilft 11 rilTfT >* our (baby or aged) I have cough and you do not know what causes it or 1 est —i —a cc g w),at kiml of cou g" h ?k i ?a H i JI Get a bottle
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    ACHILLES HEEL
    556 6 J|R MALCOLM Mac Donald's visit to Indo-China is significant. It must be viewed against the back-ground of the recent Bukit Serene conference of Britain's representatives in South East Asia and the decision, soon to be taken, on the recognition of Communist China. Not much news about the conference
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    THE CHINESE FAMILY IN MALAYA
    1640 6  -  A SOCIAL SCIENTIST VIEWS Br MAURICE FREEDMAN SOME people in Singapore already know my wife and myself as two persons engaged in social research in the Colony. They know too that we try to live on intimate terms with Malays and Chinese, with whom we
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    GAVE UP HIS LIVER FOR SCIENCE
    639 6 A BRITISH civilian has added further to a detailed knowledge of Malaria, which is being built up by U.K. specialists in tropical diseases, by allowing himself to be given a heavy attack of ma laria and undergoing an operation in the course of which
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    DANGEROUS FORTIES
    91 6 U.P. SYDNEY Highness death-rate from tuberculosis in Australia is in the 40-and over age group, Dr. Rhodes Hambridge, Red Cross Society T.B. specialist said here recently. Hambridge said Australia is probably unique in this respect, because in other countries the highest death from &h$ disease is among people
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    THE KREMLIN WAS BUILT ON A CAKE
    1076 6  -  i American j Newsletter s b\ JOHN KERIGAN NEW YORK AMERICANS went to the polls in unprecedented numbers for off-year elections to cast their votes on a multitude of domestic issues. In close to 100.000 separate elections a'l across the land in government
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    WOMAN'S PAGE * mm MILLET ★
    364 7 WOMAN'S PAGE mm MILLET l t»rgt»t Your i hildreii nmiE mother of four small children was abcut to take off for a few days' vacation—the first time in years .she had gone away from her family. "Now don't worry about the children," said the com. petenl woman she had hired
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    Soap Opera SINGAPORE HAS ITS OWN NEW LOOK
    346 7 SOUNDS awful —but do you know that with but a littie bit of neg'ect dirt-embedaeu nnger-nails can provide a happy hunting ground for germs? Finger-na.'s are in almost constant contact with the face and arc a Threat because the mouth, nose, and
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    A ROUND THE TOWN
    1106 7  -  By VERA ARDMORE RAFFLES Hotc! *vas very gay last Saturday. The eccktail party h*>'tl in the ballroom to welcome Mr. Emanuel Silverstone. the vice president of 20th CenturyFox Corporation, wont with ouch swing that the hotel guests in tlie lounge sipping their pre-dinner cocktails had difficulty
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      109 7 ALLEY OOP by v T Hanilin ux abm:r i»y At c »pp yP r c ff- THARfc TM' 'wHAfTNC TO T^^V^TAK^T^S > A H& ED ft «TW- >k it -Lr> -IT'S S CATS PUT NAME. < DO TH' T CA«Y < FISH AUONG, ST de- up quite: W an'address-) fish
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    BUGS KILL BUGS —BETTER THAN INSECTICIDES
    560 8 Reuter. OTTAWA, Monday. harmful bugs out of the Commonwealth is the task of Dr. W. R. v Thompson, director of the Commonwealth Bureau of Biological Control, only Commonwealth body of its type with headquarters outside Britain. From his offices in Ottawa. Dr. Thompson directs
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    Hatta-Successful
    41 8 Indonesian Premier Dr. Mohammed Ilatta hoards a plan;for (aire with his wife at Sohipho! Airport, Amsterdam, after the conclusion of the Dutrh-Indon<-sian Roundtahle eonierenee at The Hague, which resulted in the setting up of the new baited States of Indonesia.
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    9 GIRLS GIVE UP LIPSTICK
    510 8 MONTECITO. CALIFORNIA, Monday. JJIGH in the brushy Montecito foothills nine young women live a strange existence without men. lipstick or other distracting frivolities. The girls, all in their twenties, are members of the Vedanta Society of Southern California, a monastic order stemming from an ancient
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    Bitten By Mossies— 770 Times
    321 8 AX ex-Merchant Navy radio operator has allowed himself to he bitten 770 time? by infected mosquitoes within three days to help doctors to complete an experiment in malaria research. The volunteer was Mr. Charles Howard. 35. of Hollow-lane. Havling island. Hampshire, who now works at
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    PEOPLE AND MORE PEARLS
    66 8 A.P. TOKYO, Mon. Japan's oysters are producing pearl? at a rate expected to break a l postwar lecords, according to the Marine Bureau of peail-famed Mie Prefecture. The Bureau says the hardworking mollusks are expected this season to yield 3.500Ibs. of the lustrous jewels, enough to
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    LUXURY YACHT STRIKES REEF
    55 8 A.P. AGAPCLCO, Mexico, Mon.— The 2.699 ton luxury yacht, Gorhair, struck a reef on Saturday and went aground in Agapulos harbour. Passengers said there was no panic and "no great excitement" as the 55 passengers and 77 members of the crew weic taken off in lifeboats
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    Barkley Has A Close Shave
    307 8 U.P. WASHINGTON. Mon. An Air Force B. 17 bringing Vice President Alben W. Barkley back to the capital from Paducah, Kentucky, came "within 50 feet of ramming an advertising blimp while landing here last Thursday night, it was revealed tonight. The crew of the flying
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    DOCTOR 2108 QUITS NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE
    251 8 A.P. TUNBRIDGE WELLS, Monday. fIOCTOR 2108 quit the "National Health Service on Saturday and went back to private practice as Dr. E. F. St. John Lybum. "I revolt against the antiquarian methods of medicine as practiced in this country," Lyburn told reporters after his
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    RABBIT SKINS EARN DOLLARS
    84 8 Reuter A.A.P. MELBOURNE. Mon. —Tn 1946—47 rabbit skins earned 15,000,000 dollars and in 1947--48 earned 11.700.000 dollars the director of the Buieau of Agricultural Economics fjlr. J.G. Crawford) said at a recent basic wage case hearing. "The rabbit industry* has assumed the role of considerable importance
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    HATS OFF
    58 8 A.A.P. SYDNEY. Mon. A Sydney dealer, who cad not know that Army "tin hats" were plentiful, recently received a cable from the Siamese Army for 10.000 steel helmets. He advertised his requirements in a Sydney newspaper and on his latest count he had been offered at least 40.000
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    Found Stabbed
    61 8 i'olice idenfilie.l tins picture as i hat ol ttustuiaa Zolyak, a Bulgarian, 33 years old and employed as a translator far thess t Oepartment's "Voice af lanerlca" radio progfaaamf. sii«:;nd a Chinese il< rk for I nited Nations wet* round stabbed to death in Neat fat* Bote!. Ti..
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      697 8 BEjfSteJirE FOR London, Antwerp, Rotterdam, and Hull:— S pore. Pt. Swet. Penang. BENVENUE 18/27 Nov. 28 29 Nov. 30 Nov./ 2 Dec. BENLAWERS 16/21 Dec. 22/23 Dec. 24/26 Dec. BENCRUACHAN 24/30 Dec. 31 Dec/2 Jan. 3/5 Jan. 4. Also calls Hamburg. For Liverpool. Glasgow. Dublin, Havre and Antwerp:— BENLEDI 29
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    Along The Godowns
    84 9 President Johnson (44); Kah Soon (stain ac Ogan) (Sheers Wharf); Üb-neum (43 4H); Rasa Tung Song (40 41) IVI. Uk (38 3D); Bennnne* 6 37 Automedon (IS II); lieniiand (17/18); Admiral A. p. Fairfield (19 20); Seroei Hal Cil 22) Sarangan British Prince (23/24); Burnside US 26);
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    BRITAIN SEEKS NEW INCENTIVES FOR PRODUCTION
    444 9 Reuter. LONDON, Monday. *pRADE union leaders meeting Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Stafford Cripps and Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin here today are expected to plan "Operation Incentive"—to jog Britain's workers to greater production. They will review the Trade Union Congress' long-awaited statement on wages
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    PRODUCE
    92 9 Copra buyers bid $35 1/2 per picul f.o.b Dec. in the Singapore produce markets yesterday while sellers asked $36. No f.o.b business was reported. Coconut oil millers quoted $57 1/2 per picul f.o.b Dec. Business was reported done in'Penang at $56 1 2 for Dec. Overseas enquiries for coconut
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    RUBBER CROPS
    26 9 Chan Sze Onn Co. announce the following rubber crop figures for October: Malaka Pinda R. Estates Ltd. 78,220 lbs. New Scudai Ltd. 40,000 lbs.
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    AIR MAIL
    43 9 Mails are expected from Aden, Afghanistan NS£. Europe Africa. South America Azores West Indies, Canada. Great Britain, Eire. Iceland. India, Pakistan. Tibet. Turkey. Australia, Pacific Islands, Burma, Ceylon, Batavia, Palembang, Sourabaya., Ipoh, Kota Bahru, Kuala Lumpur, Kauntan. Penang Taipeng, and USSR.
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    SEA MAIL
    42 9 Mails are expected from Sibu. Great Britain, North Ireland. Eire, Europe, Egypt. North West Africa, West Indies Ceylon and the Federation. Mails for Thailand, Pontianak, Labuan, Brunei MiVl Indo-China, West Indies, Ceylon, Japan and the Federation will be despatched today.
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    —Spends More
    70 9 i LONDON. Mon.— Britons i are spending more on food, clothing, drink and ciga- V rette* than they did at the beginning of the roMT. The monthly IMgest of > statistic* showed that per- Mioal expenditure climbed i despite government pleas to keep it down —by £L54,- i
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    WHY GOLD PRICE SHOULD STAY
    216 9 A.P. WASHINGTON. Monday, f HAIR MAN Thomas B. McCabe of the Federal Reserve Board spoke out sharply on Sunday night against circulating gold coins in the U.S. or changing the price of gold. He gave his views to a Congressional Committeo in response k> a
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    Undertone Firmer
    27 9 Singapore, Mon. There was a slightly firmer undertone for some tin shares. Industrials were fractionally easier in a few instances and rubbers were mainly unchanged.
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    BANNED TRADE
    48 9 A.P. KARACHI, Mon.- Commercial interests are pressing the Government 01 I'ukistan to lift a seven-year ban on tiaue With Booth Africa The ban was imposed in protest against the treatment of Asians in South Africa. Businessmen complain their interests aie being sacrificed by the action.— A.P.
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    Siamese Rice May Cost More In 1950
    130 9 A.P. BANGKOK, Mon. Siam's Commerce Ministry sources said today the rice export price will reman the same during January to March 1950. Afterwards a 15 to 25 per cent increase is likely. The Siamese government is hoping to lower the interna' Drice of
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    RUBBER MARKET
    74 9 The rubber commodity market opened steady yesterday, with very little interest taken. The market eased towards the close owing to estate selling. Closing prices in cents per pound were: Buyers Sellers No. 1 Dec. RSS 46 1/4 46 3/8 No. 2 Dec. RSS 45 3 8 45 5/8
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    Japan Plans Trade Missions For U.S.
    127 9 A.P. njiOKYO, Mon. Japan expects to establish commercial offices in New Yorx. Chicago and San Francisco cany next year, trie Asahi SMinbun reported today. The paper said Prime inajMto Shigeni Yoshlaa "icpoiterily II selecting personnel fi i the oSoes winch likely will be headed
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    Malayan Share Quotations
    818 9 Singapoie, Mon. INDUSTRIALS Buyvr* Seller* Atlas Ice 15.50 16.50 Alex. Brleka Pref. 2.;0 2.50 Ord. 2.05 2.15 8.8. Petrol :>y tf 36/6 B.M. Trustees 7.50 8.50 Con. Tin Smelt Pref. 21 '3 2L» 8 Ord. 15/6 16/6 K. Utd. Assur. 59.85 40.25 Est. 1 rust Ag. 7.00
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      594 9 SITS. VACANT required for Coca-Cola distribution. Salary for first month during v.-hich special saie- Instruction [3 givsn. Thereafter salary gnmlwsion paid Position offers Provident Fund, free medical attention and opportunity for advaruement for nergetic men. Only written applications considered which must state age, nationality education and past experience. Replies to,
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      382 9 NOTICE Notice is hereby given that! Mr. Albert Josenh Judah of No. j 94. Prinsep Street. Singapore,) la applying to the fkwernor for naturalisation, and ihat any person who knows anyj reason why naturalisation I should not be granted, should 1 send a written statement of the facts to the
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    EMPIRE ROSE DOES GOOD TRIAL WITH OREGON
    470 10 By ALLAN Lt WIS TIVIPIKE ROSE (Charles) -howed great mi L piovement this morning: when she went as well as OREGON (McPherson) U, run the best rial of three in 3*7 S5. Thesi- two Meddle candidate look like Igtitiltg out the finish of
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    ENGLISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES
    254 10 Reuter. LONDON. Mon. FoliOWißf are football fixtures for Saturday: ENGLISH LEAGIF. FIRST DIVISION Afsenal v Charlton. Birmingham v Fulham. Bolton v Manchester C, Burnley v Portsmouth. Chelsea v Evert on. Derby v Newcastle. Liverpool v Aston Villa. Manchester Utd. v Midd'.-sbro" Stoke v Hudderstield. Sunderland v Wolves.
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    Victoryand a baby—for "Sugar" Ray
    116 10 Reuter and U.P. NEW ORLEANS. Mon.— •Sugar" Ray Robinson, world welterweight champion, knocked out Bern Lester, of San Francisco, in the fifth round of their scheduled 10--rnumi non-title bout at the Coliseum Arena here last nighl. The knockout was the s«-e--ond in the fight for
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    D'SILVA SCORES FOUR GOALS FOR BANKERS
    230 10 THE Hongkong Shanghai Bank hockey XI were lucky to defeat the V.M.C.A. in a tall-scoring game at Balestier ground yesterday. The Bankers won by five goals to four. J. D'Silva stole the honours with four goals for the winners two in each half. Tlie
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    MAN O'WAR IS A CLASSIC GALLOPER
    659 10 News from the Mews by ALLAN LEWIS MAN O'WAR two-year-old bay English gelding by Blazonry from Party won at his first start in Malaya last Saturday. He beat the opposition by a length but the faht that he was having his first start in
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    SOMPONG GETS HIS PURSE
    86 10 The Singapore Boxing Board of Control decided last night not to withhold Nai Som Pong's purse, which bad been kept back following his disqualification in the seventh round of his fight with BoyBrooks for the middleweight title at the Happy World stadium last Friday night. Sam
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    Raffles Too Good For Victorians
    231 10 TIfE ictoria School lost to the Raffles institution by l's points (two penalties, three trie*) to 3 (a try) in a return rugger match on the R.I. ground, yesterday. Credit must go the Victorian defenders, who saved their .-•ide from a more severe i trouncing.
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    Changi Airmen In SAFA Cup Semi-final
    285 10 RAF CHANOI entered the semi-finals of *he SAFA Cup competition when they defeated the Royal Navy by the odd goal in three at Jalan Besar yesterday in their cup-tie replay. Although the Airmen were down I—o at halftime, two snap goals in the first
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    SOCCER RESULTS
    23 10 A.P. LONDON, Mon.—Today's soccer results: London Challenge Cup semifinal replay—Fulham 2. Chelsea 5. Rugby Union—Dublin Hospitals 0. United Hospitals 5. —A.P.
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    India Needs 152 To Avert Innings Defeat
    229 10 Reuter. NEW DELHI, Monday. INDIA, with seven second innings wickets standing, require 152 runs to avert an inning defeat on the final day tomorrow of their first unofficial Tst 'natch against the Commonwealth touring team here. All out today for 291 in their
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    Scoreboard
    129 10 Reuter. Commonwealth Ist innings— 608 for 8 declared. Sarwate b Lambert 0 Mantri b Tribe Modi c Livingston b Freer Hazare lbw Pepper H I'hadkar b Freer 110 Adhikari b Pepper 71 I mrigar not out 34 Nayudu lbw Pepper 0 Gaekwad run out I U. Merchant lbw Pepper
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    VON NIDA DUE HERE
    38 10 Reuter-AAP. SYDNEY, Mon.—The goiters .Norman Yon N'ida and Peter Thomson left here tonight for Singapore on their way to Manila to compete in the "world championship" there on Nov. 24, 25 and 26.—Ren-ter-A AP.
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      368 10 How is the STATE OF THE UNION? See Page 2 *y COUGH!; De Witt's tough Syrup is strongly recommended. Not only is it soothing Im n I and sedative in its action on irritated iKVo'ilfcT'n throat membranes, but it is also a valuabi' 1K4.1 jM ij!» t xpectorant. Thus it
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    ROWAN LOSES EMPIRE TITLE
    62 11 Reuter. JOHANESBURG, Mon. Vie Toweel, the South African bantamweight and featherweight titleholder, became the new Empire bantamweight champion here on Saturday night, when he beat the holder, Stan Rowan, of Liverpool, on points over 15 rounds. It was the South African's eleventh professional bout and he
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    5689 11 2nd O/ Spore Races ;iass 1, Div. I—Abt 6 Fur. NO REGRETS 9.07 WON l-S-49 Penang i».07, 6 (E. Donnelly) Div. i r Cold 2nd 1-16. Going i! ivy. WOM 21-9-49 Ipoh 9.07, 6 Furs. Donnelly) Div. I Permit* I 2nd 1-13 3 5. Coins Good.
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    858 11 Class. 1 Div.l—Abt. fi Furs. NO REGBETs 9.07 Lt. Col. R. F. H. Drake- Brock man M. Breukeirn GRAZING 9.07 H. N. Sawyer? M. Breukelen RKIGHT EYES 9.04 "August Stahb' Rodgers CROYDON 812 Mrs. B. S. Chua Crovrlon <.(>!.I) MEDALLIST Mt Mr. Yean Hock Hoe Manninu PARK 'late
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      50 11 «NTEH WA? A -C L Wjt 6^l' PAP£R WEIGHTS.* PEANUT' P/(IKV/ CURLVJIMMY/MISS SAVRE DESECTPD An ™r^J^" H^iL™ EY COULDN'T HURT A FLEA JE£ -!P Dug TO GO < JWMY WOULDN'T C'l'lll V it'c chPi —7 THOSE BIG r -rf(gXss( fer^^ 5 ON WITH BOBSY )DA«E STAY AWAY. Illil LLQW CLOVES:
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    'FIGHT REDS TO BITTER END' CALL BY CHIANG
    293 12 As!lfi!Vi:S IN CHITXCMIMC! WITH M>.\ U.P. and A.P. CHUNGKING, Monday. (JENEKALISSIMO Chiang Kai-shek flew into Chungking from Formosa toU day to call upon the Chinese government for ab a ok-to the fmfl fight against the Communist armies marching towards this Nationalist co-capital.
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    Cocktails, Dinner-Then Couple Keep A Date With Death
    290 12 Cocktails, DinnerThen Couple Keep A Date With Death U.P. HALFMOON BAY, Calf., Monday. MIDDLE-AGED couple, who spent a gay Sunday date over cocktails and dinner, walked hand-in-hand to their deaths in the Pacific Ocean at sunset yesterday evening while a score of witnesses stood frozen in horror. The couple were
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    "PREPOSTEROUS!"
    21 12 U.P. LAUSANNE. Mon.—Prince Aly Klvin today denounced as "preposterous rumours that he and Rita Hayworth were planning a divorce. —U.P.
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    99 AIR BASES
    26 12 A.P. MOSCOVV, Mon.—The U.S. was accused today of having built or to be building £9 air bases in Spain and in Spanish possessions.—A.P.
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    Britain Calls For Volunteers
    83 12 LONDON, Mon. Britain called for volunteers today for a civil defence corps to be trained for an atomic war. "This does not mean that war is likely," said the Home Secretary, Mr. Chuter Xc 1 c "It is a commonsense way of ensuring that our system
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    Nationalist Bombers Raid Swatow
    163 12 A.P U.P. Reuter. HONGKONG, Monday. riIINESF Nationalist bombers killed six persons and wounded 12 others in a raid on Swatow today, according to a cable received here by Rice Bradley, an importing and exporting firm. The message said warehouses were hit. The attack was directed at
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    DIM OUTLOOK
    46 12 WASHINGTON, Monday.Diplomatic t preventatives of the- r ;e\cn At a I League -tates toid the State Department today that the prospects for peace in Palestine appeared "dim." They accused Israel of flouting United Nations resolutions and withdrawing its reoperation ftom the Palestine conci'iacion commission.
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    Back After 10 Months
    39 12 Carlton A. Hire is greeted by a friend on his arrival at Kallang Airport last night. In th c centre is Miss Ivy Taye, a friend who brought along a box of Hire's favourite marizipan.
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    'I Have No Letter'— MacDonald
    126 12 'I Have No Letter MacDonald Reuter. SAIGON, Mon.—Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. British Commissioner General in South-East Asia, arived here by air today from Singapore on a visit to Indo-China. He HBfl accompanied by advisers Mr. Mac Donald wa~ met by M. Leon Pignon, French High Commissioner in Indo-China and Tran
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    BOWS SCRAPPED
    33 12 A.P. MEXICO CITY. Mon.—The Mexican Navy has scrapped its sailor hats and shirts with bow ties as being "eld fashioned" and adopted a uniform similar to the United States Navy.- A.P.
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