Malaya Tribune, 22 November 1949

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    64 1 MALAYA Tribune EOPLB FOR THE PEOPLE Tdb TriUW S'pom LARGER SAIES THAN ANY AFTERNOON PAPER IN MALAYA Phone 3811/3 Nm Una Published *»m H-ltar.r,-•■: if ?i»f/ji/i.porr FT Tv T fy,7, i *ut Penava TWELVE PAGES. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY NOVEMBER 22, 1949 PRICE TEN CENTS. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE E. Maurice
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    U.S.CALLS ' HELP UA TO FREE WARD'
    362 1 U.S.CALLS HELP UA TO FREE WARD' S.O.S. To Thirty Nations U.P. nuiir tt WASHINGTON, Monday. l Muted States has asked Russia and 29 other n-tions h> lodge n m tss protest with the Chinese Communist government over the jailing in Mukden oi American Consul-General Angus Ward. Ward and four of
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    INSPECTION TOUR
    28 1 A.P. TRIPOLI, Mon. Emanual Shinwell, British Secretary of State for War is due to arrive in Tripoli by air tomorrow to inspect the Ist Infantry Division.—A.P.
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    Indo-China Defence Plans Bony MacDouald
    115 1 A.P. SAIGON. Mon.—Mi. Mal- ni Mac Donald. British Commissioner General for South-east Assa returned here tcday from a north Vietnam trip where he saw French jii'itary preparations south of the Chinese-Tongkingese border. Ifr. Mac Donald would not comment on his visit as he stepped from
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    RED MAYOR OF CHUNGKING?
    62 1 Reuter. HONGKONG. Mon. The People's Government in Peking has appointed a Communist Mayor for Chungking, according to a pro-Commu-nist report in Hongkong. The Mayor, s.nid to be a high official of the People's < Government and his name together with other officials chosen for the southwest
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    SOVIET ENVOY
    22 1 A.P. KARACHI. Mon.- Bakulin Ivan Nikoiaevich ha-: been appointed Soviet Ambassador to Pakistan. It was announced at Karachi today.- A.P.
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    FIRST STEP TO GET MAO INTO U.N.
    106 1 U.P. F'ushing Meadows. Mon. Poland today asked United Nations Secretary General Trygve Lie to circulate in vie name of the Polish delegation the Chinese Communist demand that the Nationalist delegation to the world organization be deprived of its seat. Dr. Juliusz Katz-Suchy, permanent
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    LAUDER SITS UP
    35 1 Reuter. STRATHAVEN. Lanarkshire. Mon.—rar Harry Lauder, best known of all Scottish comedians, sat up yesterday for the first time since the critical attack of thrombosis which threatened his life three months ago.—Reuter.
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    TIN DROPS BY 50 CENTS A PICUL
    182 1 Reuter. Tribune Market Reporter THE price of tin in Singapore yesterday dropped 50 cents on the picul to $296 a picul at the smelter. Over the last three day? of trading tin has kept fairly steady level in Malaya. Local tin men think
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    Lost Air-Liner Was Taking Children To NewLife,
    240 1 U.P. OSLO. Monday. TWENTY-NINE Jewish children under 12 years of age were missing and feared dead in rugged country around Oslo today after the disappenranee of a plane taking them to a new and better The plane, carried 35 persons in all. The
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    SAM HAD A SLIGHT BREAK WHILE FISHING
    95 1 A.P. WALNE. DERBYSHIRE. Mon. Samuel William 2r. saw an airplane crash on the opposite .>ank 0» the river Deiwcnt while he was fishing for perch. He stiipped and swam 10U yards aeioss the flooded riw i'ore off a wing of the wrecked plane
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    SMUTS IN U.K.
    32 1 Reuter. LONDON. Mon. Gen. Smuts, former South African Prime Minister, arrived at London airport today to attend the dinner celebrating the 75th birthday oi President Zaim Wiezmann of Israel.—Reuter.
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    COMPULSORY SERVICE TO BE EXTENDED?
    93 1 Reuter. LONDON. Mon. Cabinet J Ministers today consider ed changes in the structure of Britain's defence system which may involve extension of compulsory service from 18 months to two years. A section of the Government is believed to favour such an extension coupled with a
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    QUEEN'S COUSIN LEAVE £63,869
    41 1 A.P. LONDON, Mon. Miss Lilian Helen Bowes Lyon, a cousin of Queo i Elizabeth, left £65,869 when she died on July 25 aged 53. Miss Bowes Lyon, a poetess, was the author of "The Buried Stream." A.P.
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    SHAH LEAVES
    36 1 A.P. NEW YORK. Mon.— The Shah of Iran lett the Baldort Astona on Monday, escorted by 6U motor-cycle policemen lor an official City Reception to be climaxed by a visu to the City riali.—A.P.
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    LABOUR PARTY MEETING
    57 1 An election rally of the Singapore Labour Party will be held at Man Road (adjoining Outram Prison Warders' Quarters) in the South Ward, today. The meeting will be presided by Mr. Lim Yew Hock, and wi'l start at 5.30 p.m. Mr. M. P. D. Nair is the
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    POLICE ROUND -UP WOMEN
    126 1 A.P. PALERMO, Mon. Police disclosed today that they are rounding up women who are suspected of aiding Sicilian gangsters to evade the law. The mother and the sister of the girl friend of Giusippe Gucinella one of the bandit king Salvatore Guiliand's chief lieutenant, were the
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    CHIANG WANTS LI BACK IN OFFICE
    176 1 U.P. CHUNGKING, Monday. I |T is understood that Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, j who is reported at odds with Li, said he wants Li to return to office. Chiang conferred with General Pal Chung-hsi, who \is Li's c«os-»t :mV\ Deputy Premier Chu Chia-hua was to
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    GEORGE (12) ACQUITTED OF MURDER
    135 1 Reuter. LONDON. Mon. A 12--year-o*d Middlesex schoolboy. George Edward Crick, watoda/ acquitted at O'd Bailcv. the centra! criminal court, on a cnarge 01 murdering a foui-year-old bo v. The jury, who did not retire to consider their verdict, had been told by the Judge "Not
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    SOVIET ACCUSES ITALY IN U.N.
    123 1 Reuter. Flushing Meadows. Mon. Russia alleged to the United Nations General here today that Ita-Jf was preparing a fully armed division, including 000 airmen, for shipment to her former colony in Somaliland. Attacking the proposal to give Italy a ten-year trustee* ship over former Italian
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    TYPIST ON THEFT CHARGE
    51 1 Reuter. NEW YORK. Mon.—A 45-year-old typist employed by the Russian delegation to the United Nations has been arrested here on a charge of stealing a $7 hat fjom a store. She was Ekatorina Sololskaya. and was allowed bail and will come before the court again on
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    SPAIN IMPRESSES
    28 1 PARIS. Mon. Al! seven members of the Congressional Sub Committee suggesting military aid to Europe said -that they wer"favourably impressed" with Spain on their return today.—
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    Gen. Pai asks Indo-China for help
    451 1 U.P. and Reuter. HONGKONG, Monday. f ENERAL Pai Chune-hsi, China's new "strong man" was reported to have asked Indo-Chma to help him' to build an anti-Communist core of resistance along the border between the two countries. Pai skilled tactician and politician christened "White Fox"
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    LI, PAI FORM NEW PARTY
    87 1 A.P. HONGKONG. Mon. A new party, hostile to the Chinese Communists and Geneialissimo Chiang Kai Stick has been formed in China with the retiring President Li Tsung-jen taking a leading pert in it. Informants said that the patty would unite the 'eading Nationalist militaiy figures
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    STOP PRESS Police Battle Scitai Haiders
    58 1 JOHOKE BAHRU, Mon.— A police jungle squad on the trial of the bandit gang which attacked Senai police station and town on Sunday contacted thi» ine:.ij north of the Pon'ain Road yesterday. There was a heavy exchange of fire. No further details are available
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    Austrian Schilling Hevalued
    58 1 A.P. VIENNA, Mon. Austria devalued the schilling today— 31st nation to devalue in the list headed by Britain. Three new rates Mere announced. Th: v range from a basis ra'e of 11.4 to a tourvlrrfca f e ot 26 to one l >. dollar. The old basic
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    Monty Is In N.Y.
    54 1 A.P. \sillNG lON, Mitn. Field Marshal Lord Montgomery arrived here today by plane iroin New York. He was met by Lieut. General Matth w Ridgway, I nitt4 stai« Army Deputy Chief of H aff for ihe administration. Genera! It'dgway was a corps commander under Field Marshal
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    Mao's Man Says. 'I Am Not A Red
    306 2 MR. Chuang Shi Chuan, y 62. newly appointed Vice-Minister of Over- J seas C hinese Affairs in the People's Government of new China first learned of his appoint- ment through reports in y the local Chinese dailies. He has received no other
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    CLAIM AGAINST DUTCH BANK ON PEPPER DEAL
    222 2 urtrnFßi ANDSCH Indisch Handelsbank are the defendants in a claim brought by the N indo Commercial Society in the Singapore High Court yesterday for the recovery of a sum of sS on which the latter paid out 80 per cent, advance toward the
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    PERAK OFFICIAL
    28 2 V Osmaa bin Tallb, foriiier State Secretary, Perlis. wis presented the instrument Of pepper hid i'een put into D State Secretary, Perak. by the Sultan yesterday.
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    NEW OFFICERS
    36 2 At the third annuui conference of the P. T. Uniformed Staffs Union on Sunday the fallowing principal officers were elected: President, P. Govindasamy; vicepresident. Mohamed A;i bin Kahar, and hon. secretary A. R, iv.tuw.
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    NAVAL RELIEFS FOR FAR EAST
    60 2 The Light Fleet Carrier H.M.S. Ocean will be leaving the United Kingdom shortly carrying reliefs for naval and marine personnel serving in Ships and Shore establishments in the East Indies and Far East Stations. She will return to the United Kingdom with an equivalent number
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    OAG Names His Staff
    55 2 The Officer Administering tiie Government has appointed Captain P. A. Heslop, the Royal Welch Fusiliers, to be his A.D.C. and Captains P. M. Evans and T. W. Ong, both S.V.C.. W. H. Droogleever and R.P.H. Shelmordiiic, A.S.P..' as honorary A.D.Cs. He has appointed J.L.M. Gorrie. M.C.S..
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    Bound For Bafavia
    46 2 Vtr. Van O». Van l d««d "t id, rn >»„«» tu-tralla l»ivi"i«n <d lX.l >' l.:»xe», !"»l»> »..r all«r >« <!.»x »r«»n, 'l'Ke. l. tt»«lNe. "N vi>d, ..l > «<!<.>» -lnl» ,n» ln ui«. di>i«l«,N >tr. an Van l 1< > l >l lnull' s in >iinll.»pore
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    A BANDIT TELLS HIS OWN STORY
    711 2 Why I Surrendered of how and why he surrendered. This is what he said: T f to the authorities. I have been a bandit for a yea. A f^ I hope that, my comrades who I want to tell you why I have come
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    Youth Strips To Prove His Case
    231 2 MALACCA, Monday. Malacca's Circuit Magistrate, Mr S. Bon Bernard, stepped down from the bench this morning to have a close look at Chong Kah Teng, a youAfuJ Hainanese. who had stripped himself to the waisi. to prove his statement that he had been beaten
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    SPEED LIMIT REMINDER
    76 2 Motorists and vehicle ownera in Singapore arc reminded that the speed limit for Til vehicles in the Municipal aiea is 30 miles per hour, except in the case of vehicles drawing trailers '12 mph). heavy and light locomotives and "motoi tractors I n to 20 mph Any
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    CHANGE OF NAME
    53 2 Tiu Singapore i raters' Union will change its name to The Singapore Printing Ire-;? Employees' Union" if a resolution to this effect is tdopted at the extraordinary general meeting on Sunday. November 27, at 10 a.m. at the Union's new premises at 16e> Anson Road. Members arc
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    McKerron takes over
    187 2 THE booming guns fired by the Singapore COBital Kaliery told *he people of Singapore that Mr. V II McKeTon ha been sworn in as Officer Administering the Gov« -nment of Singapore dvtag the absence oi the u0..-..ior, Sir Franklin Gimson, who is on leave. Under the seemingly
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    Donkeyman Greaser Disobeyed—Gaoled
    158 2 JOHN Ashley, 52, donkeyman greaser of the tanker J Ancylus was gaoled for one month yesterday, when Mr W. H. Wamslev. Singapore Deputy MrAttendant, found him guilty of disobeying the ordj i a of Mr. <\.. F. Savage, the second engineer of the shi] Prosecution said that
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    ELEVEN IN COURT AFTER RACES
    87 2 Eicven Indians claimed tiial belore the Fourtn Police Magistrate yesterday when they were charged with being members of an unlawful assembly at the Singapoi, Turf Cub couisc last Saturday Except for K. Rakavan one of the eleven— rest were each offered hail of *25u. Rakavan
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    SIR JOHN SLESSUR LEWES COLONY
    62 2 Air Chief Marsh' 1 John took eff from Tcngah yesterday for Ming*' k.don ca the cenc usion ci his visit to Fai Fa. t Ah F< t< He was seen ofl by Mi i Marshal Sir Hugh and Lady Lloyd, Major-Generai -J- Kirkman. Cniel ex
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    SCRUB TYPHUS
    35 2 j Seven cases or sciu'i typhus I were reported in the FY 1 lion during the week en;iin: j Nov. 12 and four of polio m Johoie. None of these < j proved fatal.
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    Haviland comet may land here
    129 3 THE De Haviland IV Comet ji t airliner might land at ipore in her bid to make London-Sydney test in :;6 hours early next the Tribune learned vi^'.eiday. The airliner will cruise the 12,000-mile-route at about 500 nuiles an hour. She will spend SO minutes
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    HOUSE FALLS: 10 HIE
    20 3 A.P. CAIRO, Mon.—Ten people killed and ten injured when a house collapsed in Cairo this morning.—A.I*.
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    TAXI- MEN MUST GET NEW CARS
    260 3 SINGAPORE'S taxi-men will have to buy brand new cars to comply with a decision of the Municipal Commissioners that all taxis of pre-1941 vintage should come off the roads at the end of this year. Several taxi owners" in town yesterday complained to the
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    NEW DEPOT
    33 3 Municipal Commissioners p an to spend $300,000 for a new Town Cleansing Depot at Loiong Lalat, off Jalan Desar. The building work is to be undertaken by the Nanyang Structural Company.
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    BANDITS IGNORE MERCY PLEA, KILL WOMAN
    317 3 KLI'ANG. Mon. DESPITE a plea for mercy on her bended Knee*, a Chinese woUian, wife of a c ffeeshop owner, was dtagged out of the shop. last ninht. by thiec armed Chlaeae bandits and shot dead to the horror of bystander.-. The murder took
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    Progressives Won't Fight For You—Lim Yew Hock
    186 3 MR. Lim Yew Hock. Labour membei in the Singapore Legislative Council, told th? voters of North Ward yesterday that when "a real fight" on behalf of the common man comes, the Progressive Party will not fight "with their heart and soul, as they
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    DRIVE TO END RURAL MALARIA
    354 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Monday. RESEARCH workers of the Institute of Medical Re--11 search, Federation of Malaya, are experimenting on two new insecticides—D.D.T. and Gammexane— to control rural malaria. These are now being sprayed in two areas in Malaya. A spokesman of the Institute yesterday said: "Up
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    FED. LEGAL HEAD WAS MISINFORMED
    92 3 At the last meeting of the Federal Legislative Council in Kuala Lumpui. the AttorneyGencial. Federation of Malaya. Mr. S.W.S. Foster Sutton, stated in connection with the Civil Liabilities Bill that he thought he was correct in saying a'l Ex-Scrvicc Associations had t.een consulted and had
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    $100,690 For 19 Vehicles?
    59 3 Municipal Commissioners will be asked to sanction a sum of $190,690 for the puicHase of IB vehicles during 1949. Nine of these vehicles' will be for the Town Cleansing Department .seven for the Water Department, a Commei Van foi the Engineer's Department, a Tractor/Trailer for the
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    First Loan For SMC Worker
    91 3 The first loan by Municipal Commissioners to their staft for acquiring other own homes, has heert recommended for Mr. Chua Kck Chuan. Assistant Commercial Seen 1 tary. Electricity Department. Tile Municipal Finance Committee has lecommendeU a loan of $6,000 at four per cent, interest per
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    COL.to go on
    55 3 Municipal employees will continue to receive their present scale of cost-of-living allowances until the en i cf this year, pending consideration by Commissioners of the c.o.l. index figures. decision taken by the i Finance Committee will come up for approval by the main i bodv of Commissioners
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    Manager Was Jealous, Says Ex-salesman
    186 3 MR. L F. Ferguson, ex-part time sales-manager of the local branch of the Overseas Corporation (Australia), told Mr. Justice Gordon-Smith in the High Court yesterday that when he gave up his post Mr. Stump, (the manager) was jealous and brought this case "to try and
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    ONE YEAR MORE FOR MR. GIBSON
    61 3 Mr. J. Gibson, the man in the white suit, who supervised the recondo re-surfac-ing of Empress Place just before the U.N.O. conferences began in Singapore, is to have his period of service with the Municipality extended for another vcar until the end of 1950.
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    Mr. Hot Fook Sin, subinspector insp.slor of the "F" Division Poll*'*- I- or«»» married ree«<ntl\ l<» 1 ■"' 1 " ~n \ dinner party held at fhc Tal Tong R«**taurant at the Happy World was »1 tended |»y many noli< uftieers.
    38 3 Mr. Hot Fook Sin, subinspector insp.slor of the "F" Division Poll*'*- I- or«»» married ree«&lt;ntl\ l&lt;» 1 1 ~n dinner party held at fhc Tal Tong R«**taurant at the Happy World was »1 tended |»y many noli&lt; uftieers.
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    'MOUNTIES' AT WORK
    198 4 DOOM &lt;he Hart's RaflgJ, 89 miles nortl.c of Alice Springs in Austral!--* Northern Territory, M expert j,ku.m nerian r«i"8 ««,000 Mimic niMe* of cett'e country. cncen a northern "momrtV i* kept busy. As sole reores^Hof and Protector of Abongnes. tabic Papons makJs final adjustments to his bridle
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    THEY DON'T THROW TOMATOES
    421 5 THEY EAT THEM In A Jap Theatre. The Show Goes On For Six Hrs. U.P. TOKIO, Monday. JAPANESE theatre-goers do not throw tomatoes at the actors. They hold on tight to their vittles" and enjoy a lunch right in their seats during the interval. General Douglas
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    BUCKET BROKE THE ICE
    109 5 SURREY. Mon.- Mi?. A Clarke, 21. tenant of a topfloor flat in Lower Gro: 1 West, Mitcham, Surrey, wI at Wallington said to ha v smacked the face of the second-floor tenant, Mr s. Theresa Smith, after an ar gument over a bucket. It was the
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    BURGIAR AS SITTER-IN
    84 5 BUCKS. Mon. A young &lt; couple went out. leaving their two young children j sleeping alone in their horn" J at High Wvcombe-». Bucks&gt;. When they returned, said the N.S.P.C.C.. they found that a burglar had stoic; £25 and left the following note -i vo had my
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    BIG TIMER
    43 5 David Smith. 2 1 finding time hanging heavy on his hands v. hen h t visited a clock \hibition at Auckland, New Zealand, got a lift from a .rown-up and found thai the '\atoh was too big tor Ids JF pocket.
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    He Anns To Be Youngest Lawyer
    107 5 LOfcDON. Mon.—A boy of 16 whose five-year plan is to beccihe a solicitor at 21, ha tju.st pissed his Criminal Law examination at Linecin's Inn. A few months ago he passd the Trinity Bar and Itcman Law exams. Before scrvwg 18 months in the
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    BOUGHT BACK OWN MONEY
    80 5 A..A.P. BANGKOK, Mon.—Tnc sjngkoh branch of the Indi- ov&lt; Bank has dis- -a, red that it bought back fnjrn exchange dealers some- fit&lt; cut rencv notes stolen flfom a pai eel of U5514,300 c&isigned from Siam to a anl; In New Yoik. The theft was discovered
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    HUSBAND WAS AWAY —For 46 Yrs.
    70 5 A.A.P. BRISBANE, Mon. rlpia inlay. 61-year-old great-jrand-mcthcr, was granted a divorce in the Queensland Supreme Court recently on ground of her husband's desertion 16 years ago. told the court she was i she was 15 and that he-t husband left after mi ntha cf
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    THE BAND PLAYED: 'BABY IT IS COLD OUTSIDE'-IT WAS
    221 5 A.P. LONDON, Mon.—Queen d the band play [t Is Cold Outside. Kin.; G icrge VI a.-ked for Ycu In My Fashion." With these royal music and a supply Ol champagne 250 guests had a tine time at Buckingham Palace f»«&--ty for
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    Mama Pig Had Three Piglets Too Many
    97 5 A.P. OSLO Mon. On a farm on the island of Rolvsoy, northern Norway, an Alsatian dog is nursing thrpe piglets, Ihe newspaper Daghladel reporied. Some weeks ago a sow on a neighbouring farm ga\«* birth to 16 piglets. She was unable to nurse
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    GIRLS CALLED POLICE— BULL THREW HIMOUT
    125 5 LONDON. Mon. .4 Bull held up Limerick city library recently. Girl assistant-; ran. bolt- ing doors behind them and left the bull alone with the books. After parading round the bookshelves for half an I hour, the bull went out into the library gardens.
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    Eleven In A Room So Girl Runs Away
    162 5 PLYMOUTH, Monday A GIRL who will be 16 this month ran away from home because she thought it immodest to undress in a two-bedded room she shared with four sisters and six of her brothers. Plymouth Juvenile Court magistrates were told. She
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    A LORD ON SNOBBERY
    71 5 Reuter. OXFORD. Mon. -Npwher* is there such a complete absence of snobbery as in he House of Loi ds, accoiding to ViSCOUnt Addison. Loid Pi ivy Seal. He told the 0::io;d University Labour Club: 1 have spoken at hunch eds of LabouParty hieetjrtgs and I have
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    THESE THIEVES WON'T TALK
    53 5 A.P. TOKYO. Mon. Metropolitan po'.ice scratched thruheads and waved their snail in bewilderment today »n I fai futile attempt to question two young pickpockets caught redhanded the otliat night. Tiie two apparently are willing to confess but do lice can't get through to them. They are
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    THE THIEF DIDN'T WANT X'MAS IN KOREA
    156 5 A.P. MASSACHUSETTS. Mon. Mrs. Gladys Spoonei. U3, was happy on Saturday at recovering 1T552.500 worth 01 plane tickets and police were hunting for a thief who did not want to fly to Korea. The missing tickets were found by a post office etwfc
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    THE SHOES THAT PUZZLED THE CUSTOMS
    98 5 Reuter. LONDON. Mon. Twelve hundred edd hoots and shoes, with nowhere a pair to null let customs officers puzzling at British potts and ;pot t Explanation was that th&lt; ■&gt;■ Wttt samples sent from 11 different countries for examination by experts attending a 'shoe
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    FORTISSIMO PLEASE!
    65 5 Robert Benzi, 10 year old conductor ironi Turin, Italy, ask» th&lt;&gt; riottttfl tor a bit more tire during a rehearsal Oi the Philharmonic Orehestrj in the Royal Albert Hall, i. -::ion, m Nov. 10. He will onducl the orchestra in a full seni&lt;&gt; eo*C*rl on e« inber la,
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    Father Was Nervous ....And The Meson Theory Was Born
    201 5 A.P. NEW YORK, Monday, Atomic scientists get nervous, just like other men. when they are about to become fathers Otherwise there might not have been b meson theory and Japanese scientist Dr. Hideki Yukawa might not have won the Nobel Prize
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    INDIA'S NEUTRALITY
    544 6 THE pact* of Western diplomacy in the East speeds up. In January the Commonwealth Ministers will meet in Colombo and America's experts will foregather in Bangkok. Obviously there is a link between the two conferences and their timing. Views have to be exchanged not only on China and
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    5182 6  -  EASTERN APPROACHES—3 By BRIGADIER FITZROY MACLEAN M. P. |N spite of her modern--1 sounding name the Centra-. •eyas was a survival of the old regime, having been built on the Volga in the 'eighties. Bveiy inch of the. very limited deck-space was taken
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    AROUND THE TOWN
    1126 7  -  By VERA ARDMORE COLLEAGUE Oswald Henry married Christabel Proctor at St. Andrews Cathedral 00 Saturday. Th&gt; bride, tall and s'im. had a charming'y Victorian air as she walked up the ais'e in a h gh necked, embossed taffeta dress of her own dcs gn, tightly buttoned down
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    41 7 WOMEN'S styles may alter, but their designs remain the same. THAT even a shallow woman can get a man out of his depth. THAT the bigger a man's head gets, the easier :t to fill his shoes.
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    U.S. MAY USE FORCE TO GET WARD RELEASED
    407 8 U.P. and A.P. WASHINGTON, Monday. NATIONAL commander George N. Craig of the American Legion called on N the U.S. government yesterday to use armed forces, it tain the release of American Consul General Angus Ward, held prisoner b&gt; Chinese Communists. 0 on
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    LUCKY MAUREEN
    27 8 A.P. XORBITON. England. Mom Maureen Linda Hardy, 16 months old. fell 18 feet fiom a third storey window to the pavement. Damage—a scratched thigh. —A.P.
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    Eleven Countries Quit World Radio Body
    192 8 Reuter. BRUSSELS, Monday.—Eleven countries and territories tonight decided to walk out of the International Broadcasting Organisation—a technical body set up after the war to distribute wave lengths between member nations—on the ground that it was "Communist dominated." Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg, France, Italy, the Principality
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    Absence Makes The Heart. . .
    131 8 Absence Makes The Heart U.P. NEW YORK. Mon—Gen. Dwight Eisenhower said yesterday that the fr/nlur away members of the armed forces get from Washington the better unification works. The President of Columbia University spoke to some 10,000 veterans at the first mass assembly of army reservists in the Metropolitan area.
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    MR. HENDERSON IN MANILA
    104 8 Reuter. MANILA. Mon. l.mtcd States Ambassador to India Lov W. Henderson arrived last night by air for a brief stop over enroute to his post in New Delhi. He was welcomed at the airport by Mrs. Myron M. Cowen. wife of the American Ambassador to the
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    CAUGHT IN THE ACT
    54 8 BUCKS, Mon.- Paddy, a brown and wihte terrier, responsible for a series of thefts in High Wycombe Bucks, has been "arrested." He was caught when carrying off in his mouth a hottie of milk from a house In Micklefield Road, In other raids he has taken
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    Drug Will Grow Beards On Women
    162 8 Reuter-AAP. SYDNEY, Mon.— Sydney specialists said recently that the new American dp*ug cortisone could grow beards on women who took it- They were commenting on its experimental use in the United States for treating rheumatic fever and quoted reports from Australian medical research workers
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    ....But The Reds Are Taking Serious View
    243 8 U.P. HONGKONG, f.onday. A CHINESE Communist source here said today that \ngus Ward, imprisoned United States Consul General in Mukden, may be charged with plottmg against the Manchuria "People's Provincial Government." i Ward was jailed with four other members o! the United States
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    U.K. Doing More Than Her Share
    141 8 U.P. LONDON. Mon. Loftwing of the British Labour Party vigorously pressed its campaign today tor a redistribution of defence costs among Altantic Pact counties on a "fair share for all' basis. The group, anxious that economy cuts fall on defense rather than "weltare state"
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    INCLUSION
    30 8 Reuter. KARACHI, Mon. The Pakistan Government har suggested that Indo-chtna should be included in the agenda for the Commonwealth Foreign Minister; conference in Colombo early r* xl year. —Reuter.
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    COTTONMEN SAIL
    22 8 A.P. LONDON. Mon.—A dele gation of eight British cotton experts sailed for America on Saturday on the liner Brittanic. —A.P.
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    SHE'S FLYNN'S " IDEAL WIFE"
    70 8 SHE'S FLYNN'S IDEAL WIFE" Irish-born film star Errol Flynn ha** discovered the "ideal wife." She is Romanian Princess Irene Ghika. Their engagement has already been announced and they plan to marry in London or France in four i&gt;r live mon i lis. The Prine-ss. says Flynn is "twenty, slim and
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    French Diplomats Arrested By Poles
    217 8 U.P. WARSAW. Monday. THE Polish Government tcday announced the arrest of three French diplomats and an undisposed number of «Poles in what was described as the breakup of a big espionage ring centered around the French embassy and consulates in Poland. The Government said its
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    TEN MORE UNIONS MAY BE EXPELLED
    93 8 U.P. WASHINGTON. Mon. Three special CIO committees today completed preparations for fulldress investigations which may result in the expulsion of ten more left wing unions from the national CIO. The unions have about 400.000 members. The committees will hold hearings on charges that the
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    'SEAL DIARIES IN BOX FOR 25 YEARS'
    93 8 KENT, Mon. Mr. Samuel Morris Rich. of Oregon Squaie, Orpington. Kent, asked in his will that his diaiies, "which I began on December 31, 1904." be put in a scaled box. to be opened not sooner than 25 years after his death. Mr.
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    SARDAR PLEADS FOR SYMPATHY FROM EGYPT
    130 8 Reuter. CAIRO. Mon. Sardar Mohammed Ibrahim Khan. President of the Azad &lt;free» Kashmir Government, told reporters here today that Pandit Nehru had "thwarted all attempts" by the United Nations Commission to mediate in the Kashmir dispute. He asserted that Pandit Nehru "spurned the suggestions
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    EGYPTIAN ELECTION
    23 8 U.P. CAIRO, Mon. The Government announced to- L day that Egyptian genera' elections will be held on 1 January 3,1950.—U P
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    MARTIAL LAW TO STAY
    107 8 Reuter. CAIRO, Mon. The Egyptian Government had decided not to abolish or even partially suspend martial law in Egypt, Prime Minister Sirry Pasha announced tonight pfter two Cabinet meetings. Martial law was imposed in May 1948 for a year on the eve of hostilities with Israel.
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    FRONTIER ARBITER
    36 8 Reuter. LONDON, Sun. -Judge A!gct Bagge. of the Swedish Supreme Court, will leave Stockholm by plane on Wed- nesday for India to act as arbiter in a dispute concerning the eastern Pakistan frontier. —Reuter.
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    THE WOULD TIN INDUSTRY IN 1948-1949
    1334 9 The International Tin Study Group Reviews A.P. THE HAGUE, Mon. The following is abstracted from "Tin 1948 1949, a review of the tin industry* by the International Tin Study Group. The world tin position in 1948 to 1949 showed some marked changes as compared
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    PRODUCE MARKET
    116 9 COPRA was quoted by sellers at $36 a picul f.o.b. Dec.Jan. while buyers bid $35}», with no business for export transacted. Coconut oil was quoted by at $57 .&gt; a picul f.o.b. Dec.-Jaa. with no export buy- r to meet their ideas. Coffee was easier yesterday. Sellers of
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    Strike Hits U.S. Car Industry
    122 9 A.P. DETRIOT. Mon. The American automobile industry faces a spotty future a result of the steel strike. Manufacturers are going ahead with curtailments they planned before the strike ended Some plants are closed. Others will be closed. The exact loss is undetermined, but it will
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    STOCKS RALLY AS BONDS IMPROVE
    198 9 U.P. I ONDON, Monday. Gathering confidence in stock markets under the influence of Governmentboosted strength of gilt edged shares was the feature of the past week. Industrials were slow to follow the trend with operators uncertain as to how serious the Government was in support.
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    AIR MAIL
    89 9 Mail* are expected from Aden. Azores. Afghanistan, U.S.A.. Europe, Africa, South Aliirnea. West Indtes. Canada. Great Britain, Eire. Iceland, India, Pakistan. Tibet. Turkey. USSR, Australia. PabiAc Islands. Burma Hong Konir. Korea, Ceylon. Ba«avia. Palembany. Soufabaya, and the Federation today. Mails for Aden. Azores. Afghanistan, U.S.A.. Europe. Africa, South
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    Along The Godowns
    71 9 Tjikampek Lalamlia (44); Kah Soon (Sheers Wharf): Island Seroel (40 41); Befaaewafai (38 39); Tamerlane HoUybank (39 34); Mirza (31/32); Sehildijk (17/18): Singkep MelampuN (19 20); Hoegh Silvermoon (23 24) Voksang (25 26); British Prince (27 28); Benarty (29 30); Orestes Bantam (15/16); Anchises (13 14); Benvenue
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    THE TIN 'RING'
    55 9 phlnr. l.ond"N ,!.(&gt;«« »l &lt;«"' oin« »l«» »&lt;&gt; &gt;"»&gt;'!„&gt;" e l/i i&gt;. &gt;r a l»»l»»»e v» nr&gt; l. 7. ll&gt;»" "Nl&gt; "&gt;" o.an «in «&gt;» "'ll .,r &gt;X"ll7. eludr ,ui»n «»l i&lt;x«d:lnl:. o.l,&lt;» l- rnunn» droi» lin ,»»,r&lt; d»n' Vl. &lt; &gt;ri« ,l,&gt;l, d i«» ld« pletllr»».
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    RUBBER MARKET
    64 9 T. S. CHENG. 21-*****9. The rubber commodity market was very steady yesterday on evidence of good weekend acceptances. Closing prices in cents per pound were Buyer* rWlerS No. 2 RSS Dec. tfi ,45«h No. 1 RSS Dec. 46' 4 4G U No. 3 RSS Dec. 44 "V, 44
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    Australian Wheat For Malaya At 16s.
    219 9 A.P. MALAYA will get Australian wheat probably at iTI about 20 Australian shillings (16 shillings sterlings) a bushell. Mr. R. A. O'Neil a member of the Australian Wheat Board said this in Sydney today. Australia has given Britain and India JO days to decide
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    Uncertain in tins
    29 9 Singapore, Mon. The local tin share uttfcsl remained unand business, VVhefe transacted, was i at sHgMfejT lower lev ids. Industrials were inclined to be rather firm.
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    Malayan Share Quotations
    816 9 Singapore. Mon. INDUSTRIALS Atlas Ice 15.50 16.50 Alex, l.ncka Pref. 2.40 2.50 Ord. 2.05 2.15 8.8. Petiol 3. r 30 6 B.M. Trustees 7.50 8.50 Con. Tin Smelt Pref, 21/3 22/3 Ord. 15 0 16/6 E. Utd. Assur. 39.25 40.25 Est. Trust Fed. Dispensary 6.50 7.00 Fraeer
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    HOW ENGLAND'S TEAM CAN BE FURTHER IMPROVED
    380 10  -  By ARCHIE QUICK. ENGLAND swamped Ireland by nine goals to nvo in the Soccer International at Maine Road, Manchester, but if this leads to overconfidence, we may see England lose the all-important decider at Hampden next April. First of all, Ireland neicted the
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    STATE POOLS WILL BENEFIT SPORT
    568 10 Reuter. Prow Vernon Morgan LONDON. Monday. WHILE recommendations are being made in Britain to nationa'ise the football pools, the powers that be in Fiance are still steadla rtly opposed to them. Tiie situation is paradoxii France is the land of the lottery fiom which "he
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    Soccer Oddities FIT ENDING FOR FREE TOP FAN
    79 10 A.P. PENANG. Mon. An Indian boy who climed up a tree to watch a football match between the Indian touting team and Penang fainted as a result of being seized with an epileptic fit on Satuiday Some fiiends who also wen up
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    ...ALL NIGHT QUEUE
    72 10 Reuter. &gt; NOTTINGHAM. Mon Supporteis of Nottingham Forest and Notts County, top teams in the southern section of the football league thitd division queued throughout Saturday night to get tickets today for the match between the two clubs en Dec. S. The night was with the temperatute
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    LATEST ENGLISH FOOTBALL TABLES
    1075 10 Reuter. LONDON. Mon.— Football lea giie standings after Saturdays matches, were: FIRsT DIVISION P. W I). L. F PTs Liverpool |f io' 7 0 M F! »7 Manchester ltd. IT fi H 1 «4 Arsenal ljj 10 3 &gt;7 M W'hampton W. IT it H fj
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    Best Dividend Payer
    36 10 Mrs. than Chen huan I. ad .ng in Lucky Ace, which paid the Blaaest dividend, S«»M. in ,he opening event at l.ukit nraab on Saturday wateb eoactaiejl racing in Singapore for the year.
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    MALE HORMONE FOR HORSES
    55 10 Reuter-AAP. MELBOURNE. Mon.- tun-.e of j Melbourne's gelded racehorse* have been stimulated recently for racing with injections of i male sex hormones. It is believed in Melbourne raring circles lhat extensive pcriments ar»- beinss carried by eome trainers with hormone» anu that they have achieved considerable
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    Deaf and \ dumb wins at tennis
    73 10 Deaf and dumb wins at tennis Reuter-AAP. i BRISBANE. Mon.—A f S deaf and dumb player 1 recently won the wo- men's singles cham- i pionship in a Brisbane district tennis compcti- S v tion. i S She is Mrs. Audrey j i Barstow. 31, whose hus- band is also
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    INDIAN RECS SOCCER TEAM
    67 10 Indian Re&lt; reation Club XI will meet H.M.S. Lin h Quoke at f«o&lt;--omt tcMiioirow at 5.15 p.m. at Farrei Park Players will be «elected from following.--K. Narayana: S. Btthambarafß, A. Razak. A.- Rahim. S. Veloo. s. hfuthiah, T. C. Balan. M. &lt;ian. T. Xadarajah. S. ■U,
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    Aga Khan Takes Chief Honours For 12th Time
    462 10 Reuter. LONDON, Monday. THE Aga Khan took chief honours in the 1919 flat-racing season which concluded this afternoon with racing at Manchester in the north and Lf*gfield Park in (he south. r The Indian prince was leading owner for the 12th time
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    The Season's Best Performers
    141 10 Reuter. Here are the statistics LEADING OWNERS The Aga Khan: .18 races won totalling 168.71!): Lord Derby: 17 races won totalling €35.056: Marcel Boussae: 13 races «;:tt.280. LEADING TRAINERS Frank Butters: won 41 races totalling £71,72t; Noel Murless: won 66 races totalling £62.537: Charlie Elsev: won
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    BETTING IS ON THE DE CLINE
    400 10 Reuter. LONDON, Monday* BETTING is on the decline, not in the number nl persons betting but in the amounts they wager and the frequency with which they wager. Bookmakers have already expressed this view during the season. The totalisator returns are fdao said to
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    THE ƒs ARE ROLLING IN
    304 11 Reuter. frtY/iOV Mon.—With about L t hrf *onth* to go before the V,,, Zealand n«ft February tpect* note fnaf [J appeal /or £20,000, the mm r#cjrtrhne«l W AN s&lt; nn tish team to the Qmmm, He f titty subscribed. C1S.0M mu bom from terested people,
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    Latest On The Empire Games
    109 11 I AUCKLAND. Mon— It i3 anllripeted that more than 200 v.!I fortiMfe in tracfc «nd fuSId ever.ts atone during the Empire Gamej here next February. mMm from countries ndicate that th*N will be lfii ri]ei« and 62 women, lo ti there will bo swimrumprifMg 8
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    TURKEY IN ZONE FINAL
    76 11 A.P. POME. Mon. Egypt. Greece. Turkey and Italy will piay in tiie Eastern Mediterranean Soccer Tournament. rtiruj on .lan. 1. it was an- rouneed today. In the case of a draw at the end of the tournament, a match will be played with the- same formula
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    STADIUM APPEAL
    39 11 Municipal in Committee, have refused an application by the ChairI m of the Entertainments tnd Sports Sub-Committee, f'niversity of Malaya SingaFund Appeal for rentuae 00 Jalan Besar Stalium for football match in aid of the University Fund.
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    HANCOCK WINS
    37 11 Reuter-AAP. SYDNEY, Mon. Taffy Hancock became the new flyweight champion of Austravhen he beat the holder Mickey Hill, the referee stopping the fight at the end of 13th round of the 15 ads contest. —Reuter-AAP.
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    R.A.S.C. BEATEN
    30 11 The Sathul Kaup Sports Club beat the R.A.S.C. Sports tive-nil at a soccer played at Farrer Park ly. Scorers were an 3, Yusof Ali and M. I. O^man.
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    Charity Match: 'It is not too late, yet'
    172 11 SPORTS LETTER SIR.—My friends and I were very much upset by the decision of the S.A.F.A. to cance t. e charity football match between the Indian tourists and the Singapore Civilians in aid of bniversity of Malava Fund because the manager of
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    MALACCA HOCKEY
    24 11 MAIACCA. Mon. Your xoals were shared when tne Malacca Club met the bt. Francis Institution at hockey in their first meeting yesterday.
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    DERBY COUNTY FINED £500
    339 11 CHARCED WITH EVASION OF INCOME TAX, FORGERY Reuter. LONDON, Monday. |)ERBY County, one of the leading British Association Football League clubs, has been fined £500, one of its directors has been banned in- definitely from all football and football management and a former secretary has been
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    REES FOR SYDNEY
    34 11 Reuter. LONDON. Mon. —Dai Rees. the British Ryder Cup golfer, plans to visit Australia on March 4 to play in a Sydney tournament, and probably one or two exhibition matches. Reuter.
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    27 11 A BROADSIDE-A hockey trom the H.M.S. Loch Quotch now in Doclcyard were A BKOADSIDE--A they beat by four goals to one on the t £S5 game.-Tribune Pictur,
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    Knock-out Hockey S.H.B, Police Win In Extra Time
    124 11 THE Singapore Harbour Board Police beat the Eveready Hotshots threetwo in a knock-out tournament match at Thomson Road yesterday. Police led two-nil at the end of rirst-haif, but the Hotshots equalised before the end of the second session. The S.H.B. Police scored
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    SECOND ROUND DRAW ON WED.
    58 11 The draw for the second round of the Singapore Hockey Association Knock-Out Tournament will take place to-morrow at 6.30 p.m. at the Singapore Recreation Club. All representatives of teams which qualified for the second round are requested to be present to enable the Tournament Sub-Committee
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    BANKA-BILLITON S.C. ELECT 1950 OFFICIALS
    140 11 The Banka-Billiton Sports Club elected the following office bearers tor IBaO: President: Yong Ngim l_)j!n (reelected); Vl&lt; e-Presidents: Ho Choy Moo. Lee Eng Hai. Fu fun Siak. Fay Leong; Hon. Secretary: Thoeng Joeng Bong (re-elected); Hon. Asst. .Secretary: Chung Chiung Kit: Hon. Treasurer: Lim Butt
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    Princesses Get Wet At Races
    50 11 Princess Elizabeth (righi) a-d Princess Margaret walk to the unsaddling enclosur. at Aintree. Liverpool, during the (irand Sefton Steeplechase. They both wore rainproof capes in the heav&gt; show." which fell. Princess Elizabeth* horse. Monaveen, came in second, beaten eight lengths b\ Freak*tter.—A.P. Photo. A.P. Photo.
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    Chinese Recs Swamp Y.M.C.A. 6-1
    307 11 THE S.C.R.C. registered a creditable victory mhm their nine-man team trounced the V.MX.A. by six goals to one in a fast and thrilling hockey encounter at Hong Lim Green yesterday. Highlight of the game was the four goals scored by Harry Fang who together with
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    ROWAN GIVES UP TITLE
    80 11 A.P. i LONDON, Mon.—.Stan Rowan of Liverpool, f gave up his Lr.iish Ran- k i tainweight title, today. He said he could no long,«t make the 118 lbs. 1 weight limit. S Rowan was due to de- &gt; i fend his title against Danny O'Sullivan of
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    S. Africans Collapse Before Shock A ttack
    283 11 Reuter. SALISBURY, Monday. COLLAPSING against the shock attack of Ra;; LindwaJJ and Stan Walker, the South African XI were dismissed today for 84 runs in reply to the Australian team's first innings total of 812. Following on 228 runs behind, the South Africans
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    C-in-C's XI LEAD BY SO RUNS
    104 11 Reuter. RAWALPINDI, Mon.—The Commander in Chief's XI gained a first innings lead of 80 over the Commonwealth touring: cricket team on the first day of their two-day match here. Batting first, the Commonwealth team were skittled out for 81 in 100 minutes before lunch—their
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    KATONC C.V.M.A. SOCCER TEAM
    65 11 Following will turn up for C.V.M.A "Katorig Purish" at aSCCSF with tlic East Coast Unities on Sunday at the East Coast Road ground: James Rodngues. Cyril Noronhu. Edward Rodngues, Benard Noronlia, M. W. Gome«, Ceorge D'Silva. Aloyaius Rozario, Aloystlits Beins, Percy Pe&gt; wis, Aloy si us
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    RANGERS XI
    64 11 Following wiil turn up tor Town Hangers S.C. against Malayan Airways S.C. at SOCCĕT tomorrow at Karrer Park at I p.m.: R. Murukaiyan, Ismail B. A. Rnkir, Rajnrvthnasamy. S. S. Ibrahim, tt. (lanapathy, K. Rani.nhandra. N. Let* humanan, t ItetiK r'iH&gt;k Heng, Jaffar B. Mohd.. P. Suppiah. Ishnin
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    ROXY B.P.
    54 11 Following will represent Jto*y By. in a game of Badminton ttKainst Pulau Branl B.P. at FtiUiU Branl Conn toniorrow Tiight at 7.00 p.m.: Kon Beng Swee. Tan Chwee Yont; Tan Slew Hock, Sun Sic ClionX Ton Seng Her. A »*c Teow Wtiatt. Sood B. feair, Nairn Kali Lim,
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    BRITISH EXPORTS ROCKET HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE MARCH
    331 12 Reuter. LONDON, Monday. DRITISH exports jumped during the !*st month to D their highest level since h»*t March, Boird of figures showed today. They were valued at £156,000,000— £14,000,000 more th«n in September. Since October had only 26 customs wrrking days the daily
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    Monty To Meet His Ex-Boss
    215 12 A.P. WASHINGTON, Mon. Britain's Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery arrived in the United States today for an unofficial but highly important round of meetings with America's top rankin.-; mi'itary men. On the record, the little British warrior with the famous black beret comes to this country
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    Gastts Made Chairman
    84 12 U.P. Cuban Ambassador Os- S car Gans WM unanimous--JC i ly e'eeted chairman of 3 the fifth annual conferS enee of th- United Nai tions Food and Agriculture Organisation which 1 opened here today. The conference al»o l elected as vice-chairmen S. L. Mansholt, Minister S of
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    Four Nations Seek FAO Membership
    274 12 A.P. and Reuter. WASHINGTON, Monday. APPLICATIONS for membership from IndoA nesia Israel, Korea and Spain will be before the Sanation Food and Agriculture nation which ooens its annual conference here today. Most counties with the exception of Russia, already ThSeTttendmg the session here include economists
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    Reds Join Hauds...
    32 12 Chinese Red troops which have been operating behind Nationalist line» for the past year are pictured near the Kwangtung-Kwangsi border after loining forces with regular Communist troops.—A.P. A.P. Photo.
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    This Is Paradise
    148 12 A.P. j -IN THE j j SOUTH SEAS j LONDON, &gt;:an.—The i British Colonial Office has found the real paratuse S in the South Seas. i Its annual report of the Colony, comprising the V Gilbert and Ellice Island &gt; groups in the Pacific, is 1 i
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    Australia Rejects Britain's Price For Quota Wheat
    265 12 Reuter. LONDON, Monday. TRAIN traders here were surprised at news from U Sydney today that Australia had rejected the price'of fered by' Britain for her quota of Australian wheat under the international wheat agreement. The statement oy Mr. Ft. A. O'Neill, a member
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    EURASIANS FOR NEW GUINEA
    67 12 Reuter. BATAVIA. Mon— Members of two Dutch Eurasians associations, who want to make a new home country of the disputed island of New Guinea, are trying to charter a steamer of the Royal Packetboat Company to ship 1,400 people to New Guinea before the transfer ot
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    TO THE GRAVE
    26 12 A.P. PRAGUE. Mom.—Czechoslovakia now requires that even its grave diggers prove themselves politically reliable toward the Com-munist-controlled government, the official gazette disclosed today.—A.P-
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    Churchill Demands 'Peanut' Probe
    133 12 U.P. LONDON. Mon.—Winston Churchill's Conservatives today demanded a full-scale inquiry into the future plans of the Labour Government's £23.000,000 East Africa peanut growing programme because the "confidence of the country has been shaken in the progress of this scheme." Spearheading the Conserva- tive attack against tne
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    AUSTRALIAN ICE-CREAM FOR S'PORE
    70 12 Reuter. HOBART. Mon.—lf the freighter Carpentaria keeps to schedule Singapore will be able to serve Australian icecream v.ith Christmas dinners, s.iid her Cantain, P. Taylor. The Carpentaria la due in Singapore in the middle of December. Capt. Taylor said he believed -Austral 4 could build up
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    20 Rebels Killed
    118 12 A.P. RANGOON. Mon -Sow, inaungdaw. a bustling delta vniage in tne midst oi the Burmese ricelands. twice changed hanas during a furious weekend's lighting between Government forces and rebel Karens it was officially learned today. Tne village which is 18 miles from the rice trading centre of
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    UNITED LADS WIN AGAIN
    113 12 In a return match played at the latter's court on WedheM'i. la.M. United Lads B.P. defeated Koxy 8.P.. by six frames to one. Results: (United Lads players mentioned ttrst). SINGLE*: Wee Teck \dn beat Ua BeiiK Aik 18 14, 13—8; &lt;:. A. Marshall beat Tan (Jhwet;
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    'Knobs On Our Front Doors' Plea
    119 12 A.P. YORKSHIRE. Mon. twenty-two local families pleaded with the Labour Government today to let them have knobs on their front doors. The families live in a housing estate built under the direction of the Ministry of Health. As is now normal the Hoors are
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    Japan Is Still On The Black List Yoshida
    217 12 U.P. TOKYO, Monday. DRIME Minister Shigeru Yoshida warned Diet r members today that feeling against the Japanese in the Philippines and Malaya was "really bad" and generally "unfavourable" the world over except for the United States and India. Yoshida told the House
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    RUGBY, SOCCER RESULTS
    36 12 Reuter. LONDON. Mon. —Today's Rugby Union results are: Cambridge Univ. 0 Newport 6. Guy's Hospital 11, University College Dublin 20. Todays Association football results is: The Army 2, Everton 7. (played at Aldershot).—Reu-
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    'NOT THE FIRST FRENCHMAN TO DISAPPEAR
    284 12 A.P. and U.P. PARIS, Monday. A FRENCH Foreign Office spokesman today d charges by the Polish Government that a Fr&lt; employee in Stettin had been guilty of spying. The spokesman said that France is worried about the employee, Andre Robineau, because he is n;
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    THE HEAVEN'S TURN RED
    50 12 Reuter. MOSCOW, Mon. Soviet astronomer.; this year have discovered three small new planets which they have named Russia, Moscow, and Komsomoiia. The official Soviet news agency Tass added that these discoveries bring to 113 tiie number of small t .anets discovered by Soviet astronomers.—Rev C r.
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    Independence For Libya Early 1952
    144 12 U.P. FLUSHING MEADOWS, Monday, fHE United Nations General Assembly, after a year's consideration at two sessions, today finally completed its action on the disposition of niost of Italy's former colonies in Africa. By a vote of 48-1 with, nine "abstentions the Assembly approved the recommendations
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    FUNERAL SERVICES
    28 12 A.P. ROME. Mon. Funeral services were held today for Rani Lai Diwan. first Indian Ambassador to Italy, who dieti j suddenly yesterday of a heart attack.—A.P.
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    TIN PRICES DOWN
    81 12 U.P. LONDON, Mon.—The Tin Market closed its morning session today with both spot and three months down about four sterling to £663-1 4 and £583-1/4. Three months tin was presently selling at £80 cheaper than spot. Official prices were spot £662-1 2 buyers and £665 sellers with
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    WHAT'S ON TODAY GENERAL
    146 12 LABOtR PARTY: Election Meeting, Man noaa off Outram Road—5.30 p.m. C.Y.M.A.: (Sacred Heart Church): Members' Ni»fht. so lal and musical Evening, Tank Road. —8 30 p.m. MADRIGAL AND MOTKTTE CHOIR: Practice. British Council Hall, Stamford Road. 8.») p.m. CHINESE Y.M.C.A.: tit. Ambulance class b p.m. Typewntiuc
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    CINEMA
    153 12 CATHAY: "State of th&lt;- Union" wlili spencer iracy, A'.hirm f Henburn and Van Johnson at 11. I.46. 4.15, 6.45 and 9.30 p.m. CAPITOL: ''Task For c" Gary Coo|&gt;er at 11. 1.4.~&gt;. 1 •Ti, ind v».:&lt;o. ALHAHBKA: "Web L'.m„er *tlh Adme Mara and Bill utdy and "Girl from Alaska" »t
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    SPORT
    17 12 HOCKEY: SCC v. 2*3 BOD. Padang. MRtKIl: Tiong Bahru K v. Malaya Publishing Hou-'. Gcyian* Stadium.
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    LONDON SHARES
    140 12 Reuter. lANDO.V, Mon. The exchange lacked arivine today and prieea v&lt; n v slightly lower levels in sections. British Government opened on a (Inn note f,,11&lt; wnall routine Investment ru^ a WMI these .eased insufficient interest (■rices levels and dullm came widesi&gt;r&lt;vl i Industrials followed ~,y tedded lead
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