Malaya Tribune, 16 November 1949

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    66 1 MALAYA Tribune BY Ttm PEOPLE FOR TUB PEOPLE lik Tribunt* LARGER SALES THAN ANY AFTERNOON PAPER IN MALAYA Phone 3«H/3 t Nine Una Huhli.sht U simnUuiiruti.sln at M/»i gapore, Kutiln Lumpur, Ipok n tul Pmumg. TWELVE PAGES. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1949 PRICE TEN CENTS. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE
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    On The March
    32 1 Chinese Red force* > march near thr British bonier ut Shumchtin. This picture from the j red-held area was smuggled out by a Chi nese photographer. 1 A.!\ Photo. S
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    53 Die As Train Crashes Into Swollen River
    261 1 SCREAMING PASSENGERS RESCUED BY ViLLACERS A.P. JOHANNESBURG, Tuesday. Three Dakotas of the South African Air Force were uxlay working an ambulance shuttle service between Pretoria and the scene of this morning's railway crash al Waterval Boven, Laslern Transvaal, in which 52 n:r
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    MARTIAL LAW IN HAITI
    75 1 U.P. Port Au Prince, Haiti, Tues. —The government today declared v state of siege or modified martial aw tiuougnoat Haiti, dissolved th.cc political parties, closed seven newspapers and set up news censorsnip. The Ministry of the Interior said tne action was taKen to safeguard tne country
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    EX-R.A.F. OFFICER CHARGED
    115 1 TORSO MURDER Reuter. LONDON. Tues. A formei Royal Air Force officer, accused of murdering motor dealer Stanley Setty whose dismembered trunk found off the Essex r. loaded bulky parcels into a hired pane near London on the day after Setty disappeared, the prosecution alleged today in court.
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    HATTA TO LEAD ANOTHER TEAM
    85 1 U.P. BAT AVI A, Tues.—lnformed sources said today that Indonesian Premier Dr. Mohammed Hatta would iead an Indonesian delegation to Holland in December to attend the Amsterdam ceremonies marking the end of Dutch .< t. ignty in Indonesia. The turces said the first cabinet of
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    BARRIERS DROPPED
    19 1 AMMAN. Tues. Jordan today agreed to the dropping of all barriers between its territory and her neighbours.
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    BOOK OF THE YEAR
    81 1 ONE of the greatest adventure stories ever to be told in a newspaper, v "Eastern Approaches" by t P»rigadier Utrroy Ma- 1 clean M.P., begins in next V, Sunday's Tribune, and i will be continued daily in J the Malaya Tribune. S You must not miss
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    SEX-OFFENDER HACKS LINDA (6)
    68 1 HOLLYWOOD. Tues. i'he body of six-year-old Linda Joyce Glueoft missing since Monday was lound today in a Wox in the backyard of a known sex ofiendcr. Police said -she bad boon hacked with an axe. The discovery of the mutilated body climaxed an allnight search which
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    OCCUPATION COSTS
    16 1 A.P. lacs. -me occupation of Germany cost Britain £590.000,000 up to March 31. -AJf.
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    FOG SNARLS ROAD, RAIL, AIR TRAFFIC
    132 1 U.P. LONDON. Tues.—The worst fog of winter enveloped London and pans of Southern and Northern England today snarling rail, road and air traffic and rewriting in nt least one fatal air crash and a number of derailments and road accidents. A Gloster Meteor jet
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    GOVT. STUDIES CUT IN PRICE OF RICE
    109 1 Tribune Keporter Singapore Government i.-; now considering a two cent cut in the price of rationed rice recommended by the Joint Rice Investigation Committee. They wili make an announcement after detailed study of financial implications. Mr. Tan Chin Tuan, member for the Chinese
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    STORE MURDER?
    45 1 A liokkien carp^'- l r Chong Yeo lay, aged 30, was kille.t by axe wounds in a house in Sungei Road this morning. Occupants of the house reported to the police and later man was arrested. The arrested man was taken to hospital.
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    JAPS BUY MALAYAN BAUXITE
    289 1  -  Chinese Firm Gets First Postwar Order By LAWRENCE G. MANI A SINGAPORE Chinese firm has got a contract to ship 25,000 tons of Malan van bauxite for Japan's reviving aluminium industry. The order is valued at $600,000 (Straits). This is the first time since the war
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    BIG CALCUTTA FIRE CUTS 900 SHOPS
    57 1 Reuter. DACCA. EAST BENGAL. Tues. —A fire which broke out during the night completely destroyed the business centie heie yesterday. The conflagration, biggest calamity the Bast Bengal capital has suffered for many years, caused damage in the Chowk Bazaar estimated at between £2.000.000 and
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    EX-BANDIT FIGHTERS DID'NT GET WOOLLIES
    100 1 Reuter. LONDON. Tues. Col James Hutchison. Conservative, complained in the Hon < of Commons today about the clothing issued to soldiers demobilised from the forces in Malaya. He said that some Scottish soldiers arrived in Britain with only two blankets and still wearing their tropical
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    WORLD'S 'RED' WOMEN MEET IN MOSCOW
    92 1 A.P. MOSCOW, Tues. Women from a parts of the world are gathering in Moscow today for the opening session of the International Democratic Federation, of Women. The agenda includes 'The defence of the economic 1 ights of women in connection with the growth of
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    TIN MAY OPEN AT $335 A PICUL
    320 1 Tribune Market Reporter MALAYAN tin is expected to fetch a better price when the Penang and Singapore tin markets open at noon today. Tin at the smelter may be sold at about $335 a picul as compared with $280.51 a picul before the
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    MURDER MYSTERY-WOMAN QUESTIONED
    268 1 PARIS. Tues.—Police turned to a onetime New York television songstress today for clues in the mystciious murder of an Australian-born British businessman in a dark sidestreet in Paris. The woman Si'via St. Clair, told police that she dined last night witn Edward de Muralt, 41-year-old Paris representative
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    Very Good Going Today
    96 1 The going for today's i racing at Buldt Timah i J will be VERY GOOD. J Several horses that dis- j appointed on the opening day have the chance to make amends today. I I advise HUH racegoers who backed Rallymnr, y 1 Oakiel, Polish Bride
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    SHIPPING STRIKE MAY HALT AID TO EUROPE
    92 1 A.P. WASHINGTON, Tues. An official of the National Federation of American Shipping estimated that 300 sh ps carrying goods to Europe will be immobilised if a strike la called tonight. The strafe' mSy be called if a dispute between the snip owners and
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    STRIKE CALL
    31 1 A.P. PARIS, Tues. Workers Foice. the biggest French non-Communist union, today called for a 24-hour warning sti ike of iiOO.OOO members for Nov. 25. They want more pa\ .—A.P.
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    STOP PRESS Bo 4 amrrl lti£»hi* Of Nationalists Loiicion Tin
    168 1 Reuter. LONDON, Tues —The C'bini s.' onuiiunist Government today asked the United Nations fco cancel inunedlately Hi, rtffcta the Chineae N*Httim*t~l delegation to take part in I mlrd Nations activities, according to a New (MM ((omniums!) News Agei.ey message quoted
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    SHOT BANDITS WERE LEADERS
    60 1 SEGAMAT, Today. Two of the six bandits killed by a Searorth party in the Kampong Bahru battle have been Identified as terrorist leaders One of them was a platoon commander in the Malayan Liberation Army, North Johore Brigade. Yesterday a party Seaforths wounded a bandit during
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    Subedar (hit) went out for wounded comrade
    386 2 TOR courage of the highest order the Military Cross has been awarded to two Gurkha Officers for action against bandits in Malayan jungles. According to the London Gazette, Subedar Lalitbahadur Rai with a party of Gurkhas and Police were heavily outnumbered by two
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    INDIANS TO CELEBRATE PATRIOT'S DAY
    75 2 A committee to organise the Remembrance Day of the South Indian political leader, the late Mi. V.O. Chidambaram Pillai, was set up at a tea-party he'd at the premises of the Dravidian League at 20, Klang Road on Monday. Another committee was set up to
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    London Policemen are polite, says ASP
    145 2 ASSISTANT SupennA tendent of Police, S.l-year-old Cheah Teng Cheok, who completed a six-month post graduate course m criminal investigation in England, returned to Singapore yesterday in the Pw.M.S. Corfu. v S P. Cheah. the first local to be sent abroad at Government expense, said
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    ALLEGED PARANG SLASHER HELD
    62 2 A municipal labourer Pavadai Gopalavoo surrendered to the police yesterday after allegedly slashing a Tamil woman. Marimuthu. 24. while she was washing clothes in her bathroom at mc Grange Road Municipal p.uarters yesterday morning at ii a.m. The woman who had several wounds was rushed to
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    18 Traction Bus Men Face CBT Charge
    170 2 EIGHTEEN Singapore Traction Company bus conductors were charged with breach of trust when they appeared before the Third Police Magistrate yesterday. They were, Teo Cheng Hong, Chan Chye Soon, Yayah bin A. Bakar, Mohamed bin A. Rahman, Seah Liak Chuan, Tay Kui Koo,
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    MOSQUITOES FLY TO INDIA
    58 2 Thousands of live mos* quitoes are going by air to the Malaria Institute of India from Malaya for research purposes. Packed in small boxe s they are being sent by the Institute for Medical Research in Kuala Lumpur. Special precautions have been issued to the carriers
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    TELEGRAM RATES UP, ON DEC. 1
    203 2 Telephones Too THARGES for trunk calls between Singapore and the Federation will be raised from Dec. L Subscribers pay 25 per cent, surcharge on Ihe 'basic' rates at present. This is to be replaced by a surcharge of 75 per cent. Inland Telegram charges,
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    FUNGUSDAMAGE GOLF CLUB GREENS REPAIRED
    66 2 The greens at the Royal Singapore Golf Club, at Simc Road have l;ecn attacked by a destructive fungus which necessitated the re-laymg of the Tth. 9th. and 13lh. greens, aud patching on ethers. The fundus as eventual!v identified is Puttritm fungus, which has a devastating
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    CHAR GE AGAINST MAGISTRATE TO BE AMENDED
    196 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Tuesday. THE bribery charge against 42-year-old Mohammed Nassir bin Haji Abubakar, First Class and Circuit Magistrate for Johore South, will be amended* This was disclosed by the Deputy Public Prosecutor, Mr. D. B. W. Good, when the case was brought ud
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    JAFFNA CO-OP.
    37 2 A meeting will be held at the Ceylon Tamils' Association Hall in Handy Road on Friday, November 18, at 5 p.m. to discuss the formation of a Singapore Branch of the Jaffnesc Co-operative Society Ltd.
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    S.V.C COMMISSIONS
    34 2 The Governor has approved the grant of Commissions as Lieutenant in the Singapore Volunteer Corps (Liaison Regiment) to Mr. (John) Thong Sing Ching. Mr. Raymond James Minjoot and Mr. Raymond Harold Skinner.
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    NEW PRIMARY CLASSES
    55 2 New Primary One Classes are being started at the Sultan Ibrahim Girls School, Johore Bahru. the Temenggong Ibrahim Girls School, Batu Pahat, and the Sultan Abu Bakar Girls School, Muar in January 1950. All pupils for admission must be between 6 and 8 years of age on
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    Quit When Chiang Collapsed
    164 2 MR. S. Yf Yang, until recently Vice-Consul for China in London, now on his way back to China, is in Singapore—a passenger in the X.M.S. Corfu. Mr. Yang resigned fr post following the collapse the Nationalist Government. In an interview with tn: Tribune, Mr. Yang said
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    GIMSON GOING ON LEAVE
    114 2 The Governor of Singapore. Sii Franklin Gimson. en leave at the end cf this month. He is expected back some time in Apri' nex:. will leave Singapore by on Sunday for Penang where he will embark on the "O'cnearn" sailing for U.K. on i. following day.
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    LAM CHONG
    16 2 At the annual meet! the Lam Chong A Mr. Tan Choi Kee wn President.
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    FAREWELL TALK
    79 2 Mr. Claude IftJMUey, lian Commissioner in Ma will give a farewell talk 1 the East-West Socict\ Sidelight; on the British Couneii I Thursday Nov. 17. »1 pan. The public ate lavjUd* yL Miss Nora Doral who^T celebrated her tweiuv 1 lirst birthday receatl) y seen blowing out l"
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    Flag ban—public most helpful says McKerron
    275 3 THE Singapore Police have been instructed to enforce the regulations banning the flying of reign flags in the Colony with commonsense and cordance with the spirit but not the strict letter •he law. The Colonial Secretary, Mr. P. A. B. McKerron, •old Councillors this.
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    U.S. BAND FOR COLONY
    148 3 ,i Lira Yew Hock (Nomi.7l natcd) introduced a disnot into the Coun.ii n he gravely anthat the musicians Singapore were disturbed n tnat an American coming to work n ony restaurant. Mr. Lim "The MusiCnion of Singapore n the unemployed list 70 members, including 30 full-time
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    INQUIRY BODY FOR HAWKERS
    48 3 A jcini committee copasspn 5 .-ntatives of Goit and the Singapoie :tv will be set up to til hawk, l prob- i. the 'oiony. was announced by the aaJ Secretary, Mr. P.A. McKerron yesterday when leplying to an aaunmcnt address by Mi. 'run fuan.
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    Prices: why petrol is up and sugar down
    308 3 "JHE recent increases in the price of petrol and kerosene are inevitable and justifiable. This was Government's answer to questions raised by Mr. Thio Chan Bee. The price of petrol has gone up by twelve cents a gallon and that of kerosene
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    WHAT THEY DID
    95 3 Singapore Legislative Councillors yesterday: i Approved the report on J draft Budget. Extended Emergency t > Regulations. J Approved Itanning of foreign flags. Heard: C. C. Tan lash j out at the "Secret Ser- Nice". > Tan Chin Tuan suggest possible cuts in cost of living and
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    BOARD OF DEVELOPMENT FOR S'PORE
    140 3 Singapore may have a Development Board instead of a Housing Hoard. This is recommended by the select committee which examined the report of Mr. John Laycock's Housing Board bill. The committee discussed the various points for ami against the bill and decided by a majority
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    CRISIS LAW EXTENDED
    127 3 THE emergency in Singapore has been in existence for 18 months and it was estu ntial that the Colony shouid keep itself armed with th<powers necessary to maintain law and oredr. The Colonial Secretary. Mr. P.A.B. McKerron said thi* when asking the Council to approve the extension
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    COUNCILLORS WISH GIMSON BON VOYAGE'
    75 3 Councillors wished the Governor. Sir Fianklin Gimso i a "pleasant voyage and enjoyable and beneficial "holiday." The Governor goes on long leave this week after a spell of two years hard work in the Colony. Mr. Tan Chin Tuan, spoke on behalf of the unofhei.ds
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    APPOINTMENTS
    44 3 Mr. W. N. Cartwright, Executive Engineer, Malayan Public Works Service, has been seconded for service on special duty in the Federal Secretariat Kuala Lumpur. Mr. J. R. Foley of the Foreign Exchange Control Branch, Singapore, has been appointed Asst. Controller of Foreign Exchange
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    DR. VICKERS KEEPS A PROMISE
    186 3 SINGAPORE'S Director of Medical Services Dr. W. J. Vickers kept faith with a dead man when he successfully steered the Colony's new Leprosy Bill, through its final stages. Said Dr. Vickers. when he introduced the bill for its second reading: "I am to-day implementing a
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    MR. TAN HITS OUT AT THE SECRET SER VICE'
    828 3 They Spied On Me' MR. C. t. TAN, yesterday lashed out at the activities of the C.I.D. Special Branch whose actions he described as a "clumsy way of trying to spy on a man's past and present activities." Mr. Tan told
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    'Public Servants Should Serve, And Not Bully'
    362 3 MR. C. C. TAN warned public servants in the Colony that it was their duty to serve and not bully the public. He issued this warning after drawing attention to the large sums voted in the 1950 budget for personal emoluments of government
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    CONTROL BILL GOES TO COMMITTEE
    85 3 The Control of Imports and Exports bill was referred to a select committee. The members appointed to the select committee were the representatives from three Chambers of Commerce with the acting secretary for Economic Affairs, Mr. H. W. Nightingale as chairman. Mr. Nightingale moving that
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    Tan Drops His Anti— Calwell Bill
    169 3 MR. C. C. Tan (Mun. S. W.) withdrew his anti-Calweu immigration bill after receiving an assurance from Government that its provision will be included in a comprehensive Immigration Bill, now helng studied by the Secretary of State for the Colonies. Mr. Tan said: "In
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    SIX BILLS BECOME LAW
    144 3 Singapore's Legislative Council passed six bills, referred four to select iommittees and allowed five others to be introduced for their first reading. The bills which become law are: The Trading with the Enemy (Amedment» Bill, the Bankers' Books Evidence < Amendment Bill, the Leprosy Bill, the
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    $165,656 FOR VOLUNTEERS
    40 3 The Council voted a sum of $165.656 for the Singapore Volunteer Corps. The amount voted will meet the personal emoluments of the Corps for six months, the cost of Arms, Ammunition, clothing, motor vehicles and other equipment.
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    SCHOOL CONTROL BILL REFERRED TO COMMITTEE
    328 3 THE Registration of Schools Bill, which seeks tc protect educational institutions in the Colony from unscrupulous political influences and to register all teachers, was referred to a Select Committee. The Director of Education, Mr. A. W. Frisby who steered the bill through its second
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    War Loss Bill Has 2nd reading
    237 3 THE bill for the e.-tablis*-merit of a War Damag.Commission was referred to a select committee after it second reading. The select committee was empowered to deliberate jointly vvi'ii the select eommdtei appointed by the Federation of Malaya. Moving the bjfeU >,<• referred the Financial
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    THE CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN
    282 4 THE big top's in town again with its flash and tinsel. The elephants lumber in 1 their stalls between arts and the children clamour to be let in. Quite a tew parents use children as an excuse to see the circus sgii, to recapture the
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    103 TERRORISTS CROSS THE LINE
    574 5 Gurney's Statement In Council ™*v xj v n i KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday JHE High Commissioner, Sir tfenry Gurney, disclosed in the Federal Legislate Council this morning that since the offer of surrender terms on September o, 103 bandits had surrendered. Sixty-one of these were known
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    Film On Mobiloil
    70 5 The Standard Vacuum Oil Company last night gave a private showing of a him on the production of their new Mobiloil, in the private showing room of the Catha; Theatrfr. After the him, the official-, of the Singapore branch of the firm gave refreshments in the American
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    4 Officers Will Pay $255 More As Rent
    324 5 THE Rent Conciliation Board yesterday restored the rent in regard to five rooms of premises No. t>6. Bournemouth Road, to their former ievel in a review of the order made by another Board on December 15, 1947. The rent was in respect
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    Col. Dunbar to Command The Guards
    88 5 LONDON. Tues.-Cc'onel C. I.H. Dunbar, D.5.0.. is to take command of the Second Guardi Brigade in Malaya, the War Ofiice announced tonight. He succeeds Brigadier M. D. Erskine. D.5.0.. reported -till missing on Oct. 27 after his plane disappeared in the jungle. Colonel Dunbai.
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    PLANTER BROKE INTO HOUSE OF HOSTESS: COURT TOLD
    96 5 L. C. Lincoln, a planter, pleaded not guilty to a charge of house-breaking when he was produced in the Firs: District Court yesterday. It wa 3 stated that on the night of Nov. 14. at Makepeace Road. Lincoln broke into Miss Irene
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    JOHORE PLANTERS
    28 5 iOHORF. BAHRU, Tues. r. c -'iunus' meeting of m» fefcore Planters' AasoclatloVwiilbe held at the Givil Service Club here on Friday, November 25, at 10 am.
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    QUESTION HOUR TERROR CUTS RAIL LOADS BY 10%
    136 5 The normal public goods cariving capacity of the Malayan Railwayman be conservatively estimated at 250 million net tons annually. But as a result oi the Emergency and the consequent restriction of night movement this capacity is estimated to be reduced at present
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    GOVT. WROTE OFF 368 TONS OF RiCE
    120 5 GOVERNMENT lost 368.80 tons of lice from Jan. to Sent. 30 this year. The rice was condemned as unfit for human consumption. This dees not include Federation stocks of condemned lice held in Smgapoic. Tlie difference between the cx-stoie price of issued rice
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    GOVT. PROMISE TO UNIONS
    52 5 The Government gave an assurance that they deplore, and will not support, any action by employers who attempt to take advantage of the Emergency to intimidate Trade Union officials carrying cut their legitimate activities. The assurance was given In reply to a question by Hon. Mr.
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    NEW OFFICER
    13 5 Mr. Chang Chuan Fu has been appointed a Labour Officer Singapore.
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    No Rent Cut For Lodger
    142 5 AN application by Miss. Eve Frankel for a reduction of her room rent on the first floor of No. 2. Amber Mansions, was dismissed by the Rent Conciliation Board yesterday on the ground that sho was a lodger. Miss Eve Frankel occupied a furnished room
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    FED. TO HAVE BAN ON FLAGS
    155 5 Federation Government proposes shortly to introduce legislation of a permanent nature banning the flying of foreign flags in the country. This was disclosed by the Chief Secretary. Sir Alec Newboult. He was moving the adjournment debate or. a motion seeking adoption of th< report
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    14 S'hai Refugees Were Left Behind
    118 5 FOURTEEN European refugees, whose places were hooked in tne 7.282-ton Wooster Victory, were unable to embark at Shanghai. The Woostcr Victory under the Panamian flag pa..-< id through Singapoie yesterday with 640 T.R.O. passengers from Tientsin and Shanghai. One of the refugees. 6M-yoar-old Leiba.
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    SEA SCOUTS HOLD FILM SHOW
    129 5 The Ist. Singapore Sea Scouts recently lost more than $500 worth of tents, groundsheets, axes and compasses which were stolen from their "Den," and are trying to raise «600 to cover their los?. Already, Mr. A. C. Willis, their Patron, has receiver: two donations, one
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    TWO BALES OF HAY
    554 6 IS election time draws near, it is timely to remind you of the old fable of the ass and the two bales of hay. Each was equally attractive, and, in the end. the beast starved to depth before he could make up his mind which one
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    MR. ZILLIACUS HAS A NEW PEACE PLAN
    1157 6  -  By FRANSER WIGHTON Reuter. MR. Konni Zilliacus, forctgn policy rebel recently expelled from the British Labour Party, believes that he has found the way to end th° j "cold wai." Hi- plan is set out in 800-pa£e i>ook entitled "I l Chose Peace"
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    DISCONTENT vs APATHY
    681 6  -  SPOTLIGHT ON SPAIN-I —"Itecoguition of Franco's Spsuir. by the Western powers is an international hot political coal. Proponents see Spain as a vital foothold the West needs in ease Europe is overrun from the East; opponents say we cannot endure a dictatorship like Franco's in the Western
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    705 6 by o\i: WHO DID Sir I went to the hospital at five minutes past five on Wednesday Nov. i). (Visiting hours is between 6 and 6 p.m.) As I walked along the corridor towards watd two to visit a patient who had been admitted into
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    Taj Mahal Repairs
    165 6 ONE of the Seven Wonders of the World, the Taj Mahal at Agra, India, is no more proof against the ravages of time than vas beautiful Empress Mumtaz Mahal who lies inside it. A major crisis developed three years ago when lome American tourists noted signs cf
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    Nchru Visits Einstein
    41 7 Dr. Albert Einstein (left), Professor at Princeton University, New Jersey, I S. A., says goodbye to his guest, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. Premier of India, at the conclusion of Nehru's \isit to the University on November 5. A.P. A.P.
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    It Was The Dread Of King Charles II
    291 7 World's Oldest Newspaper' Is 285 Years Old A.P. LONDON, Tuesday. The official London Gazette, often called the world's oldest newspaper, began its 285 th year of continuous publication yesterday. The paper was born in the Great Plague which ravaged London in 1665.
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    Mr. Jumbo Goes To Town
    72 7 A.P. HAMBURG. Tues. —A circus elephant overturned a sweet hawker's stand here, and ate about 10 pounds of sweets. The elephant followed this up by eating a travelling kit. stolen from a reporter watching the scene. The kit contained razor blades, a nail file, brushes,
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    ...BUT NO WEDDING BELIjS UNLESS HE TEARS IT UP
    291 7 Vincent (21) Has A Contract To Fight Bulls A.P. SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, Tuesday. ENGLAND'S only bull-fighter is home from Spain —with a contract in his pocket to kill ten bulls next Spring at US$l,4OO a bull. But 21 year-old Vincent Charles Hitchcock El
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    SIAM TO SEND PILOTS HERE
    75 7 Reu-ter-AAP. BANGKOK. Tues.—About 30 pi'ots and technicians the Royal Siamese Air Force ate to leave for Singapore early in December in connection" with the purchase by Siam of a squadron of British Spitfire fighter aircraft. Some of the pilots are intended to fly the Spitfires
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    Seretse's Battle For Chieftainship Nears End
    201 7 A.P. SEOW BECHU AN ALAND. AFRICA, Tues. Native drums were tht ashing oveitime yesterday in the windy sun-baked village of Serowc telling the Ramangwato tribesmen of the Ck»tng staces of Seretse Khama s battle for the chieftainship and the future of his white Queen
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    It's Cabaret Men In Japan
    119 7 U.P. OSAKA, Tues. Japan's first gigolo dance hall will open here next week with a staff of 40 male taxi dancers instead of the usual women hostesses. The dance hall proprietor will choose the 40 from among the best-looking heman candidates. Qualifications must be: 1.
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    SUPREME COURT TORULE ON SEPARATE SCHOOLS
    315 7 A.P. WASHINGTON, Tuesday. The Supreme Court has agreed to rule on the right of states to require separate schools for Negroes g WW» The tribunal also agreed to say whether a state university may demand that a Negro student sit apart from White students.
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    Tennis: No Cause For Divorce
    143 7 U.P. HOLLYWOOD, Tues.— 1 A judge today held that argumentn over attending tennis matches was not J sufficient to grant film actress Nancy Guild divorce, but gave her a de- j cree when she added de- vails oi aUeged cruelties. I Mis* GuUd (28) came
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    GOVT. GIVES ANNE (3) SET OF FALSE TEETH
    79 7 A.P. LONDON, Tues. —A three-year-old girl has been fitted with a set of false teeth under the National Health plan. Dentists say the child, Anne Smith of Birttley, Durham is the youngest person in Britain wearing dentures. Anne will have f.er false
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    ....SO KHAMIS KILLED KHAMIS
    46 7 A.P. KHARTOUM, Sudan, Tues. Two Sudanese, who had the same name—Khamis -were introduced. They cheerfully discussed tin- coincidence. Then one di oveied that the other spelled his name differently in Arabic. A qucim- over the correct spelling started. Khamis killed Khamis.- A.P.
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    Acheson Tells Germans, Freedom Not For Export
    187 7 A.P. BERLIN, Tuesday. US. Secretary of State,. Dean Acheson told Germans yesterday that the United States cannot export freedom and prosperity to nations which lack courage and the will to help themselves. The failure of China to withstand Communism proved that, he said.
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    MARGARET WORE BLACK
    67 7 U.P. LONDON. Tues. —Princess Margaret broke another regal custom today appearing 'n public dressed entirely id black. At a special preview < f spring hat styles, especially for her, Margaret wore i black dress and black-drapoa fez trmimcd With white ermine tails. Although back is considered the
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    2 KILLED, 4 MISSING IN RIVER A MBUSH
    417 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. DANDITS ambushed two boats belonging to the Malay Regiment which were travelling with a party of Policemen and troops to Kuala Betis at 5 p.m. on Sunday. The attack took place at Jeram Kala A g European military officer
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    LOST RESTORED
    28 8 U.P. TOKYO. Tues. SCAPV Civtl Propeity Custodian today announced that more than 1,400 looted sewin«i machines will be restored t > the Philippine government this week. —U.P.
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    BIG STORM AT ELECTION RALLY
    244 8 THERE was a storm at the Progressive Party 1 election meeting in the East Ward yesterday when a member from the audience went up to the main speaker's table and started an attack on the Progressive Party. The Chairman of the meeting. Sir Han Hoe
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    VICTORIA SCHOOL CADETS INSPECTED
    65 8 The Victoria School Cadci Coips, youngest corp in the Colony, were for the first time inspected when the Adjutant of the Singapore Volunteer Corps Captain w. S. Stewart visited the School. Throe platoons of 88 cadets were headed by Officer Commanding, Maior Fam Foonj Hcc (S.V.C.
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    TIT-BITS ORGAN
    38 8 Reuter. CANTERBURY, Mon. Tom Williams, who once built his own organ from 500 odds and ends, including tea chests, bicycle tyres, clock parts and his mother's sewing machine, has been appointed organist at a cinema here—Reuter.
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    KAMPONG MEN. HELP CATCH 5 BANDITS
    189 8 Leaders cf a small kanipeng near the Pahang River assisted the Police on Monday night to arrest three Malay bandits who had come out of their jungle hideout in search of food. On Sunday morning the ketua kampong and his son. while cut in
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    CO-OPERATORS MAY AID VARSITY FUND
    145 8 fHE University of Malaya Endowment Fund may benefit from the profits of co-operative societies in Malaya if a proposal to contribute a percentage of the profits is approved by the 13th All-Malaya Co-operators conference this week-end. The conference begins at the Raffles Institution on Saturday
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    GIFT PICTURES AT THE MUSEUM
    48 8 Mr M.W.F. Tweedie. of Raffles Museum, has taken delivery of the aquatint pictures purchased by the subscriptions of the Friends of Singapore Society, and they wiH shortly be on view in the Mm vwu. Over fifty individuil in ambers and houses made contributions.
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    Truman Reports On Dollar Gap
    189 9 HJ S HINt iTON. Tues. W President Truman report i a to Congress today that I though production is up. Mar-ball Plan nations still re threatened by a "dollar cap-'* His fifth quarterly report ie running of the Economic Cooperation Administration was optimitic about Kuropean
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    23 9 A rage produce prices in Singapore yesterday were: Sundned copra $34.50 buyers, mixed copra $34 buyers and cuconut oil f.ob $57.50.
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    Tin Body Votes To Disband
    42 9 Reuter. WASHINGTON, Tues. The Combined Tin Committee representing the. United Siates. Britain, Ho"and, Belgium, France, I unada. India and China yesterday decided to recommend Its own disbandment. It has been responsible for tin allocations since November, 1945.—Reuter.
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    U.S. IMPORTS UP IN S EPTEMBER
    166 9 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. fEREAL imports into the United States rose to U*****.5 million in September. US$39 9 million more than in August, the Commerce Department reports. At the same time. liS. exports of domestic and foreign merchandise increased from US$BBO.7 million in August to U*****.3
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    Market Slightly Firmer
    40 9 Singapore, Tue*. There was a *lightl> firmer tendency in the tin •hare section this niorninjr. But most operators preferred to await the opening of tb« tin metal market. Industrials were hesitatingly steady and rubbers had small business.
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    RUBBER MARKET
    102 9 The rubber commodity market opened quiet yesterday. With a fair amount of selling in evidence sellers later withdrew. Prices cased lightly. 1 Closing prices in cents per pound were: No. 1 RSS Dec. 45 5 8 46 1 S No. 2 RSS Dec. 44 7 8 45 1
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    AFGHAN EXCHANGE RATES
    78 9 X AB< L All V nis. n Tuca N.'\v fouign exchange rates hevci been announced by the Afghani-lan Government as a result of Sterling devaluation. The lates are One pound Sterling: 46.4*1 Afghanis, buyiug; 17.65 jelling. One U.S. Dollai 16.50 af- srhanl?, buying: 17.0128 selling. Doe Indi4r
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    NEW DRIVE AGAINST RICE SMUGGLING
    148 9 Reuter—AAP. T-HE Government of Siam will launch a new drive against the smuggling of rice from Southern Siam into .Malaya, when rice goes off international allocation at the end of this year. The Royal Siamese Navy estimates that about 460 tons of rice worth about
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    Along The Godowns
    84 9 Devonshire (44); Stanvae Ogan (Sheers Wharf); Glenearn (42/43); Sit sen (41); Buloh Palapo (40): Peleus (38 39); Benrinnen (36 37): La Marseillaise (33 34); Hemland (17 18); Admiral A. P. Fairfield (19/20); Lam Hal (31. 22); British Prince (33 34); Burnside (35 36): Mentor (37 28); Luxmi
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    Jap Bid For Ship Building
    91 9 Reuter-AAP. TOKYO. Tues. Tapane*e shipbuilders will participate in trie world bidding it Stockholm on Nov. 21. for the bui'dmg of 24 Brazilian tanker.-, the Japanese nowspapei wiamiehi" stated today. Shlzuo Nishizak'. managhu; director of the Ishikawajlma Shipping Company and Saburo Yamanaka of the Kawasaki Heavy
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    JAPAN SELLS CHEAP CARS
    73 9 A.P. MA DBAS. Tues.—A Japanese tiade delegate -aid here that lie was optimistic that Japan could capture the Indian and Australian light Car market once "favourable trade basL yas established" Gugio Taiika. member of a Supreme Command Allied Powers Tokyo Tiade Mission. aid that at the
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    SEA MAIL
    78 9 Mails arc expected from India. Wewtern Australia, Great Britain, Northern Ireland. Eire, Europe, Egypt, North A; West Aflrica. West Indies, Ceylon and the Federation at the G. V. O. today. Mails for North Borneo, Labuan, Brunei, Miri, Great Britain, North Ireland, Eire, Europe, Egypt, North West Africa, West
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    AIR MAIL.
    89 9 Mails *re expected from Aden, Africa, U.S.A., South America, West Indies. Azores, Europe,, Canada, Egypt, Gibralta, Great Britain. Iceland, India, Persia, Mauritius, Pakistan, Palestine, U.S.S.R., Vatican. Virgin Inlands, Windwards Islands. Pacific Islands. Australia. Eaat Indies, Thailand, Batavia. Medan, Sourabaya. Padang, and Federation today. Mails for Aden, Africa, U.S.A.,
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    Malayan Share Quotations
    824 9 Singapore. Tues INDUSTRIALS A'J.33 Ice 15.50 i 8.50 Alex. BricUn Pref. 2.<» 2.50 Old. 24X5 2.15 I"..B. Petrol 35, 6 36 6 b.m. "Trustees /50 8.50 Con. Tin Smelt Prcf. '21 3 22-3 Urd. 15 6 16 6 Utd. ASSUT. 39.25 40.25 Lst. Trust Ag. 7.00 8-00
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    Soviets Work On Pump Fishing'
    322 9 MOSCOW, Tuesday. SOVIET scientists are experimenting in methods of commercial fishing without nets. The development of this idea is a further step in working out the technique of fish pumps with the ultimate possibility of pumping fish out of the sea. The fish pump is
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    FOREIGN AID
    48 9 A.P. NLW DELHI, Tues.— India has Increased production .n maio; Industries arcund 25 percent in tin past two yeai-s with foreign ido Government rftir. IBs say that even \v.lh this a"d. India has a long way to ?o before becoming self-sufficient in c ;cntiai industries. AP.
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    Britain Develops 'Pressure Welding'
    176 9 A.P. NEW YORK Tues. A revolutionary British metal-welding process using equipment no more conplicated than a pair of pliers has been demonstrated for the first time in this country. The weld binds non-ferrous, metals like aluminium and copper without the use of heat. electricity, chemicals or
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    TODAY'S MAIN RACE EQUALS CUP STANDARD
    2045 10  -  By ALIAN LEWIS fLASS 1 sprinters will have the stage today, the second day of the Singapore Turf Club's Winter Meeting when they have their first race for the meeting. Main race will be for the division 1 of this class and well proved
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    SELECTIONS
    119 10 RACE ONE Ci. 3 Div. Abt. 6 F. B ALLY MAR The Raven Garnfair RACE TWO CL 3 Div. 2 Abt. 9 F. OAKFEL Soltara Spear of Sarawak II RACE THREE CI. 3 Div. 4 Aht. 6 F. MEATH Darnok So Blank RACE FOUR QL Div. 3 Aht. F.
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    RACE CARD
    1022 10 DELOYV is the card for today's races at Bukit Timah. The Big Sweep wiH be drawn on Race 7 and the Double Totes on Races 5 and 8. RACE ONE 2.15 P.M. Hordes Class I Div. ft— Abt. 6 Furs. The Raven iLawen 9.00 i'ai*. H. F. Bloxhani
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    Keep Yourself In Form By Practising Indoors
    439 10 GOLF..... by BEN HOGAN Xo. -51 This is a bocrn ur for golf. Courses throuerh >ut the country were crowded to capacity and driving ranges did the biggest business in year.?. And the prospect is eqmii-y as encouraging for the indoor variety of
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    Ireland Face Stiff Task Today
    456 10  -  By ARCHIE QUICK Reuter. THRpr LONDON, Tuesday. I HLnt is a cotiibination ol robustness and artistry ab ut the new England soccer team which I like. It should be good enough to account for Ireland at Manchester tomorrow and it should be the foundation upon
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    INDIAN TEAM FOR MANILA
    50 10 U.P. MANILA, Tues, The Ph lippine Amateur Athleti F* <k i ation announced tods} t hit the All-India Soccer toam will arrive here next month to play three uani. with local teams at Rissl Stadium. The games are schedul' for December 7, 10 and Ji U.P.
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    THOMAS WRESTS TITLE FROM HALL
    266 11 Reuter. LONDON, Tuesday. gDDIE THOMAS of Hales tonight won the British welterweight championship outpointing Henry HaE, the holder, over 15 rounds at Harringay Arena. It was early apparent that Hall was not boxing with the southpaw stance he had promised though ne did once drop
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    5-DAY TEST
    40 11 Reuter. LONDON, Tues. The Marvlebone Cricket flub Ad- isory Committee' decided at a me ting at Lords today to ash the west Indies to agr«'e the four Test matches next <- -a each being live days instead of three.—Reuter.
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    RECORD KNOCK-OUT
    126 11 Reuter. What is regarded as a world d for heavyweights was icated in (he nlttftt'l opening fight When Eddie Vann. an E.-ei heavy* eisrlitknocked out George Stern ol Manchester in 12 4couds including the count. The fim punch after two seconds was a right to the jaw from
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    QUEENSLAND BEATEN
    71 11 Reuter. BRISBANE, Tuesday. Western Australia beat Queensland in their Sheffield Shield cricket match uere today by 139 runs. Final scores: Western Australia 359 (W. Driver 109, R. Franklin 68) and 278 for seven declared (L. Charlesworth 122, K. Carmody 54). Queensland 328 <A. Carrigar 100. K. Mackav 97,
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    MALACCA BADMINTON
    40 11 MALACCA. Tues. The Malacca junior inter-party badminton lournament ended with a tie. the Argonauts 8.P.. the Orchard B P. and the Scntosa U.P. all having the same nun* bur of points. The three tcanis will replay this week.
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    My Throat Was Hurting Me. Says Langford
    221 11 SAM I.ANGFORII, Ceylon's featherweight champion claims that he walked out of the ring in the second round of In-, bout with Mok Kai Khoon last Friday, because he sustained a throat injury as a result of a clinch. This was revealed to the
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    S.C.R.C. SCORE EASY WIN OVER CEYLONESE
    230 11 SCORING three times in the first half the S.C.R.C. defeated the Ceylonese Sports Club by three goals to nil in a fast hockey game at Hong Lim I Green yesterday. The Chinese possessed a set of speedy and tricky forwards which showed better combination.
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    IN THE AIR
    27 11 Harith (second from right) and two other players [pan high bao the air for the ball —an incident in yesterday's Stadium game.—Tribune Piei ture.
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    RAJAS ENTER SAFA CUP FINAL
    274 11 J(OTA RAJA defeated Rovers S.C. 2—o at Jalan Besar Stadium, yesterday, to enter the final of the SAFA Cup competition. Play was brisk from the kick-off and exchanges were even for the first ten minutes. The Rovers looked like scoring in the loth minute when
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    EVERGLOW B.P. OFFICIALS
    84 11 At. the Annual General Meeting of the BadmtrutMi Party held recently, the following members were elected <xHeabearer* for the year. President: Mr. Cheang Kna CUeong; Vice-Presidents: Messrs. Tan Ah Kow (re-elected) and John Chua Gcok Wan: Hon. Secretary; Mr. Laurie Chan; Hon. Treasurer: Mr. John Chua Swce
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    St. Andrew's Boxing Final Today
    265 11 Tin- final i f the St. Andrew's School inter-house boxing tournament wiU take place today at 4.30 p.m. The championship has been harrowed down to two house*— the Gomes House and the Hoae House, who have so far scored 47 points and 41. n spectively.
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    ALL-INDIA BADMINTON ON DEC.
    50 11 Reuter. CALCUTTA, Tues. Bad minton rhampions from Indian provinces and states w ll tak. part in the 14th. A"lIndia Badminton Championship, commencing Dec. 1. Two members of the lasi Thomas Cup Indian team George Lewis and G. Hemandy —are also competing in the champion -hips. Rcutci.
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    Exciting Bid By India To Avert Innings Defeat
    292 11 Reuter. NEW DELHI, Tuesday. THE Commonwealth touring team beat India by nine wlekets here today in their first unofficial c ricket Test. Following on with a first innings dehcit of 317 runs India were all out for 327 this afternoon leaving the
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    S.C.C. Win Colourless Match
    133 11 LITTLE science of '-he game was seen in the Padang hockey match played yesterday when the Singapore Cricket Club played aga nt CH.il FAIIELI The Club won by a goal scored in the second half of play. It came when Kuiper dashed forward and successfully tackled
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    I.R.C. SOCCER
    64 11 Indian Recreation Ist. XI to play Soccer against 223 8.0.D, No. 1 Sub Depot, Kranji, today at Fairer Park at 5.15 p.m. will be selected from the following: S. Sitharr.baram, M. Ismail, S. Paul. Hameed, K. Arumugam. S. Krishnan. S. Veloo. A. Singh, S. Muthiah, T. V. Ramakrishnan.
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    Varsity Force All Blues To Draw
    483 11 DALLYING brilliantly in the second half the University of Malaya XV scored a try and a goal to force the AU Blues XV to eight-all draw in a thrilling ***** match at Bukit Tiraah, yesterady. The All Blues led by eight points (a goal,
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    DEATH
    42 11 TKO —Mr. Too Bah 'ian, aged 70, passed away peacefully on 15-11-4, at his residence. No. 158, Kiihney Road. The Cortege will leave his house for Upper Serangoon Read Teochcw Cemetary, 4% milestone, at 10.30 a.m, on Thursday. 17th Nov. 1949.
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    BEVIN CHANGES HIS MIND
    363 12 7i/ib W//A Acheson U.P. LONDON, Tuesdo>. tfOREIGN Secretary Ernest Bevin hf»s changed his mind about early recognition of Communist China pfter t'lks with 17.8. Secretary of State Dean Acheson in Paris last Fndav. It is said that Britain has now decided to defer recognition of the
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    Li Snubs Chiang; Flies To Nanning
    246 12 U.P. HONGKONG, Tuesday. ACTING President LI Tsung-jen today ignored G» R eralissimo Chiang Kai-shek's urgent summons to Chungking Chiang flew to Chungking yesterday in an attempt to stave off a collapse of the government as Nationalist China was split in two by the driving
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    British Note Rejected
    197 12 Reuter. LONDON, Tues. Th« Chinese Nationalist Government last night rejected a British note depriving its warships of the right to use Ulrs Bay and Deep Bay, Hongkong. The counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in London. Dr Symour S. Cheng, called on the head of the Foreign Office
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    Flying Cloud Fired On By Nationalists
    192 12 Reuter and U.P. NEW YORK, Tuesday. THE Isbrandtsen Steamship Company today notified the U.S. State Department that its vessel. Flying Cloud, was fired on by a Chinese Nationalist warship. N A message from the Captain of the vessel said that hundreds' of shells were
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    TREASURY BILLS
    55 12 Tenders for Federation of Malaya Government Treasury Bills of three months' tenor *o be issued today, were accepted by the Financial Secretary, Federation of Malaya, to the extent of $6.400,000. Tenders at the rate of per annum were a Potted in full while tenders at rates in excess
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    'FIREBIRDS' FIND ENEMY
    74 12 A.P. San Diego, California. Tues. —The "Firebird", a rocketpowdered target-seeking missile with a proximity fuse for launching from one plane against another, has been developed expeiimental'y for the U.S. Air Force. The Ryan Aeronautical Company announced the tocket after flight tests were made. The Firebird is small
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    WHERE'S MY BRANDY?
    37 12 A.P. HAMBURG, i'ues. —A uauish diivcr lost his Cognacladen trailer on the highwaynear heie. He only noticed his loss when he tried to park his truck and trailer in the city, police reported. -A.P.
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    ACHESON RETURNS
    17 12 A.P. WASHINGTON, Tuesday. Dean Acheson, U.S. Secretary of State returned to Washington today from Europe.—A.P.
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    Out On Parade
    35 12 i aptain W.S. Stewart, Adjutant Singapore Vllllllll.tr Corp* inspecting Ihe Pint Platoon of the Victoria School < adet C orps on Tuesday at l In- school ground. It WttM their first .nnm.il inspection.
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    Czechs Tell Britons To Leave
    131 12 A.P. PRAGUE, Tues. A number of Britisb nahoiuls iesi<:ent in Czechoslovakia nave received police orders tc got out of the country within 11 days, British consular authorities disclosed on Tuesday William L. Wakefield, i;ritisn Consul, said that a notr had been sent to the Czech
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    TWO BABIES BORN IN PLANES
    91 12 A.P. SYDNEY. Tues. Two new Australians were born in p'.anes Within four days of each other. Fiist an aboriginal woman gave birth to a daughter in an Anson plane flying at 4 500 feet. 600 mi'es southwest of Darwin. The plane was flying the aboriginal
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    PARATROOPER DID NOT JUMP, LANDS IN BRIG
    68 12 A.P. ALDERSIIOT. Tuesday. Twenty British paratroopeis went on a training flight. Nineteen of them jumped and landed safely on the terrain below. The twentieth did not jump and now bids fair to land securely in the btig. This latter. Private Gilbert, Edward Watson,
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    X'MAS AT HOME
    68 12 Reuter. LONDON. Tues.- War Minister Emanue' Shinwell told the House of Commons today that there could be no question of bringing home National Set vice men (conscripts! specially for Christmas. Mr. Shinwell, who was replying to a question, added that accoiding to present plans, men called up
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    Suspected Terrorists Held
    173 12 A.P. MILAN, Tues. Police confirmed today the arrest Jt 18 persons accused of forming "part of a terroristic <rganisation." Among them were two soldiers, two-ex.soldiers and two women. These will he enarged vith "military spying." The two soldiers will De tried by a military court and the
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    'No More Signatures Required,' Canada Tells Kremlin
    207 12 U.P. LAKE SUCCESS, Tuesday. TANADA today joined the United States in bluntly rejecting a Soviet proposal for a five-power peace pact and tolfl the Kremlin: "We do not need any more signatures. We need some settlement.'' At the same time, Yugoslavia branded Russia
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    MONAGHAN FOR MANILA
    76 12 A.P. BELFAST, Tues. World flyweight champion. Rinty Monaghan, has been asked his terms for a light in Manila, hts manager, Frank AleAloran, said today. Suggested opponents were Manuel Ortiz, the world bantamweight champion. Dado Marino of Honolulu oi Tirso del Rosario, a Manila bantamweight. Earlier today Monaghan
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    CONCERT AT HAPPY WORLD
    74 12 As a means to promoting Wider interest in thj cultural development of Malayasian arts, two speciai 3'--hour conceits will be given today and tomorrow at 7.30 p.m. at the Happy World Stadium. The programmes will feature music, songs and traditional dances and present among others, such
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    BIRTH IN A PLANE
    50 12 A.P. Sydney, Nova Scotia, fucs. When the New York-bound Scandinavian Aii'ines plane in which a baby was l>orn early today reached Sydney, Novo Scotia, the child's mothei, Mi s. Leokadia Holbiecki. a Pole, said that she felt tit enough to get up ami walk around. —A.P.
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    FRENCH BUDGET
    17 12 U.P. PARIS. Tues.—The French Cabinet today approved a 2,275,000-million-franc budget for France in 1950.— U.P.
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    Britain Accepts Invitation
    102 12 Reuter. LONDON, Tues. Britain has accepted the Ceylon Government's invitation to attend a conference of Commonwelath Foreign Ministers in Colombo early next year, the Foreign Office spokesman announced today. Reuter. Meanwhile, the Commonwealth High Commissioners in London met Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin at the Foreign Office today
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    IN THE OPEN
    44 12 Reuter. BRISBANE, Tues. Communism in Australia would n.ver be banned by the Labour Government since the on'y way to fight it was to keep it in the open where 't could be seen. Prime Minister Joseph Chifiey said here tonight. —Reuter.
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    QUEEN MARY ILL
    24 12 A.P. LONDON, Tues—Eighty-two-year-old Queen Mary has a coid and her doctors have advised her to stay indoors tor a few days.—A.P.
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    NEW GAOL FOR SINGAPORE IS RECOMMENDED
    361 12 Tribune Staff Reporter ffHE abandonment of Pearls Hill Gaol and an extension of Changi Gaol to double its present capacity are the two main recommendations of <he Singapore Prison Enquiry Commission, which issu I its reoort last night. The Commission maintains that Pearls Hill
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    FATHER PAYS
    51 12 A.P. SO," BILBAO. Spain. Tues. It is papa who pays with a vengeance in the village of Baracaldo near here. A Municipal edict provides jail on Sunday or a stiff fine for father whose sons stay away from school and whose daughters are found in public without stockings.—A.P.
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    'Pay More Attention To Pa kistanWave'-Wavell
    226 12 Reuter and A.P. OTTAWA. Tuesday. piELD Marshal Lord Wavell yesterday urged the })eople of the Western world to "pay more attention to Pakistan." He said: "India tends to get all the limelight perhaps because she has more outstanding representation abroad. But people should not
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    Trade With Japan
    117 12 Under the recently concluded trade arrangements covering trade between the Sterling at ea and occupied Janan for the fiscal year July 1. 1949 tc June 30, 1950. "Malaya Noith Borneo and Sarawak have been allocated £5 004 000 Sterling for direct imports from Japan. No decision has
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    RUNAWAY HUSBAND
    30 12 A.P. HAMBURG. Tuesday. In Zorneding village, the following notice was pinned on the village notice board: "One husband runaway, high reward for return of same, Bakery Bauer, Poering."—A.P.
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    SOCCER-SKI
    37 12 A.P. PRAGUE, Tu< Communist campui-n t all Czechoslovak citizen R n sian has been extended even to newspaper spoiu nag..* The paper "Svob t >dne Slovo" prints rlai'y a aerlea of Hm sen sports expression* A.P.
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    WHAT'S ON TODAY GENERAL
    157 12 VMCA: Week „f I "Christ is the Answ-r f,„ Even Citizen" Speaker > A 4 Reinoehl. MALAYAN NAVAL |u Ku Opening of Barracks at n v Naval Base by H E S Gimson. ROTARY CUB: tfeet those interested in joining v ie Junior Chamber of Comi
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    CINEMA
    168 12 CATHAY: "Northwest Minted Police" with Nelson Kdd> V Ilona Massev at 11,- 1.45. 4.1o fi.45 and 9.30. CAPITOL: "Saints Skiers* with Kieron. Moor* and Chi n tine Norden at 11. 1.45. 4.00. 6.30 and 9.3C>. PAVILION: "The Peifect Woman" with Patricia Ro<, fianley Hollowav and Nisjel Patrick, 2. 4.15.
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    SPORT
    34 12 RUGBY: SCC "A" v. Nee S.on Garrison, padang; Army Trial Match. Tansriin: RAF Tenpah v. G.H.Q. Signals. Teni^a!,. HOCKEY: SCO women D.C.R.E. (men). padanu J R r v. \Tedi«*al F. v nlty. padang.
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    LONDON SHARES
    138 12 Reuter. LONDON Tun. The c-ount ended on ;i 0 i"' rl today. Prices wore steady to orcnsionally t.n British fjovernm-ni > were fractionally bet»«f official support in ihe k eround if not operative. Interest elsewhere w:i pied in preliminary roatanco arrangements, the carrying r w open posi''cns into
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