Malaya Tribune, 27 November 1949

Microfilm: NL3771
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    55 1 SUNDAY TRIBUNE Tc* triune" S'por* I n NATIONAL NEWSPAPER Phone 5611/3 Nine Lines. Published simultaneously at St>« yupore, Kutua Lumpur, Ipoh and fenanu. I SIXTEEN PAGES SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1949 PRICE TEN CENTS. THE SUNDAY TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE E. Maurice Glover, Malaya Tribune, Office, 143, Fleet Street, London, E.C.
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    BLACK MILLIONS TAPPED AGAIN
    1229 1  -  Devaluation has not plugged rubber leak By Lawrence G. Mani I NTERNATIONAL currency racketeers are now again tapping millions of US dollars from the Sterling area on Malayan rubber, Australian wool, eastern spices, rnetais jiid many otkir commodities from the Sterling bloc. W hen the devaluation
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    Sir Alex's Ist Probe: A Missing Raincoat
    137 1 Sir Alexander Maxwell, slight be-spectacled Chairman ot the three-mart mission to in tigate the Malayan Police adrrunlstra uon spent flT•een .im'tes on board a Con;ti lUori aircraft at Tengah vea.erday looking fo.' his lost mackintosh. Sir Alexander finally emerged from the plane looking
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    WARD MOVES ON
    64 1 Reuter. Hongkong, sat.—Mr. An- ird, United States Cou-il-GeneraJ in Mukden who i.- been <xpe!led by the ChiCommunists is on his iv to Tientsin, according J.p '\iV.encan 'consular orticial here. takl the Cousuiate-(Jcn-has received a tele- from Peking stating the People's 'iovenimeut is atU> expedite Wards rture from
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    The Tin Soldier
    102 1 Nine-year-old Juniper Foo, star of Willy Blokj Hanson's story In dame 'The Tin Soldier" which will l" presented a** the Victoria Theatre nrxt month, confidently submits to the make-up pencil of Mrs. Willy Blok Ilanson. Deform a rehearsal. Says Wflly; "This child has the makings of a
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    WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE UNION JACK?
    149 1  -  Mr. Ee Yew Kim MALACCA. Sat. "I anvof the considered opinion that X would be most unwise on our part to change the flag. namel>, the Union Jack." sai-1 the Hon. Mr. Ec Yew Kirn when he opposed the adoption of a new flag
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    VON NIDA, THOMSON & METZ TO PLAY HERE
    197 1 VON NIDA, THOMSON METZ TO PLAY HERE PROBABLY the most exciting golf match ever seen in Singapore will take plae* on Wednesday afternoon at 4.15 p.m. at the Island Club Course. In aid of the University ol Malaya Fund, the Island Cluu aided by the American Association of Singapore have
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    MAO, HO SAY HELLO
    18 1 Reuter. HONGKONC eages pledging to defend •<ur>r!d demor racy and lostchange *v «*> T-pe-tung and
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    TWO TOWNS FALL
    25 1 Reuter. HONGKONG. Sat— Liv chow and Wuchcw* Kwangsl towns, both fell to the Com* munlsts yesterday, according to Chinese; reports -this morn-
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    Spencer Joins Tribune
    281 1 The Man With 2)000- Winners ALBERT SPENCER, one of the best known and most successful jockeys of the Malayan Turf, is joining the Tribune as its new racing specialist. The man with more than 2,000 winners to his credit and twenty-three years' experience of racing in this
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    TROOPERS SEARCH LAUREL'S HOME
    104 1 U.P. MANILA, Saturday. POLITICAL aspects of the uprising in the Philipr pines were emphasized last night when a Constabulary detachment searched the Manila home of Jose P. Laurel, apparently looking for rebe leaders. Laurel remaineu m iub amu> whi'e his son showed the troopers through the
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    BEER HELPED
    17 1 Reuter. SYDNEY, Sat.—Australian beer drinkers were heavy contributors to Federal revenue last financial year.— Reuter.
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    WEAVING CHRYS
    15 1 A.P. IPSWICH, Sat.—Jack Taylor, steward of a < lub here, has a ehrj:anthestaum plant
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    Red Propaganda Drive In S'pore
    465 1 Tribune Staff Reporter I EADING Chinese in Singapore have received a twelve page document, signed by the Central Committee of the Malayan Communist Party, calling for the "annihilation of the British Imperialists and their feudal runningdogs" and the setting up of a Malayan People's Democratic
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    TAP DANCER ROBINSON DIES BROKE
    77 1 U.P. NEW YORK. Sat.—Bill (Bojangles) Robinson, the famous Negro tap dancer, whose dancing feet had earned for him close to three million dollars, died tonight, practically broke. He died of heart failure at the Columbia Presbyterian Hospital after being ill for two weeks. His death
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    It's Never 100 Late To Learn, Grandmas Prove
    195 2 Tribune Staff Reporter IT is never too late to learn, say the grandmas of I t£ Women's Society of Christian Service at the mastering the t phnraoters from within three weens w u««-~ they did it, they found iteasy, c Bible and
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    BANDIT CAMPS RAZED
    53 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Sat 7 Security forces razed six bandit camps—three in the Kluang area and three more near Labis yesterday. Large quantities of cooking utensils, camp equipment and leodstuffs were recovered irom the camps. A Police jungle squad captured a bandit agent in the Bakri area of
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    U.S. MUNITIONS
    40 2 WASHINGTON. Sat.—Hubert E. Howard. Chicago coal ovecutive. was appointed by President Truman today to bf Chairman of the National Munitions Board, which is responsible for drafting defence policies both for the military t vices and the general Dublic.
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    ISLANDERS LOSE ONLY DISPENSARY
    160 2 m™, of Brlnl'lteumbering about 1,500 most Without medical attention for the last te:,o in *mv*> ttu tot** Which housed *c civilian dispensary, has been taken back by the Military authorities irom Te Government to accommodate their peponnel. Thrc* weeka befm.' ;*h< building was due to be
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    SCOTTIES ON PARADE
    25 2 l*nc HeottWl Terrier of Malaya will be a n*rcAc of sccttics at C. rV.i.d Avenue, Biwtt Tjnzh Road, today a; 4 p.m.
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    RELIGIOUS MEET
    27 2 Di. Urn Bcon Kenc- will preside BV2f the inter-uli-gious mcr .ing tonight at yon*; "heng Scho:' Ball. Cmh SL ce'w tit* t at 7.30 p.m.
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    Red China's His Visa
    78 2 Mr. Chuang Si Chuan. recently appointed Vice-Chair-man "of the Overseas Affairs Commission of the Red China Government, received his visa on Friday, and left Singapore-«or-Hongkong on his, way to Pefnlhg. Mr. Chuang, who was cliaered by 5,000 supporters at the 3rd birthday party of the Nan
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    DINNER
    30 2 The Silat Funeral Society held a dinner at 62A Joo Chifct P' ice last n»g»u. Tho Society is also holding a wayang and the celebrations will last till tonight.
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    ANSON CELEBRATES
    34 2 tiie Ars.n ALnietic «\S»©CUV t -n will be holding it.? gener d meeting at 1 p.m. today anil i th Anniversary Celebrations c tl.e 52A Nelson Tload Singapore at 7 p.m. tonight.
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    Association Helps In Colony Literacy Drive
    269 2 Tribune Staff Reporter AN Association, which has done much in the drive against illiteracy in the Colony, will be two-vears-old next month. It is the People's Education Association, which was formed on December 19. 1947, at a meeting held at St. Joseph's Institution. The
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    AIR ESCORT FOR A. O. C. MALAYA
    79 2 Air Maishil Sir Hugh ana Ls4y Lloyd left Changi late yesterday morning for Batnvla as guest? of the Deputy Commissioner-General there A tempest of eigrht aircrafts escorted him from thr heldPresent to see the Air Mai. shal and Lady Lloyd off were thf
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    FRENCH C-in-C VISIT S'PORE
    78 2 pEXICKAL de Corps d'ArU mcc Caipentier, C-m-" of the French Armed Forces in the Far East, arrived at Ch;>r.gl yesterday, on -t retain courtesy vls!t. Major General J. Kirkman. the Chief of Staff, received him on behalf of Lt. Gep-ral Pi' John Haiding. Dirrtnp- his one
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      197 2 At CAPTAINED BY PILOTS l£k WITH OVER 1,000,000 MILKS FLYING SINGAPORE TO COLOMBO WITH CONNECTING SERVICES TO LONDON VIA BOMBAY KARACHI, CAIRO, ROME DEPARTURE SINGAPORE 9 A.M. EVERY TUESDAY am ctYi am OPERATING CONTRACTORS AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL AIRWAYS Fly. LTD. 5, PRINCE STREET, SINGAPORE. TELEPHONE 2156 OR ALL TRAVEL AGEN C
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      59 2 MAIDEN FORM BRASSIERES Every Desirable Style. Every Size. Reduced Prices, from $4.95. NOWHERE ELSE ONLY VOGUE'S *7, High Street. BIBH2APOBE %TITION Y.M.CA. Evening Commercial Classes New Session commencing on Friday, 9th •December in Shorthand (beginners and different gradr- c; speed*. Book-keeping, English and Commercial Correspondence and Typewriting. For admission apply
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      196 2 Britain sepds her best From Britain have acfcetfW l«/LV»% dcL.ateiy cxcciiencc that cominiads&gh favour throuphour toe world. UMDEH BLOSSOM LUXURY tOILET-SOAPS"""" t FLASHLIGHT BATTERIES <fe Representatives: GETZ BROS. CO. PENANG-KUALA LUMPUR SINGAPORE E (W////SCOTCH BROGUE SHOEy^iĔT 1 MONTHS FREE TRIAL y| -J» I£% $*B A* rZ-18 cOST Money Refund.* -•J
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      476 2 On Your Radio t v. J *$ft- li j {"i j RL.TTE NETWORK Summary: 12.05 Popular Songs PNGI.IsH 1 KOGRAMMLs 11BSTK V; 12.45 News; 1.00 lose 9.00 a.m. Programme Summatv: Down •».02 Morning musk; 9.30 ,-atin 7.0* p.m. Programme SumAm«lo» on the Air—Mu* o duv- Jna y i ntw ud<
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    'COURAGE AND BRAIDS BEATING THE BANDITS'
    382 3 Federation Police Have Own Newspaper *«.> x KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. M K N Gray Commissioner of Police for the Federation of Malaya says that the two main requisites for the Police Force's success "against the criminals in Malaya" are "brains and courage." He paid
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    THEIR ROAD MANNERS WILL BE CHECKED
    126 3 AT nlne-thrity this morning members of the Singapore Motor dub will gather outPrinces Restaurant in Orchard Road. There they wili wait tor their 'starting limes' in a Reliability Trial which will take them on a .SB-mile-course. It will call for caXfl/uL erheient driving. There
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    NO PERMISSION
    41 3 $01 eni.3rtng the Singapore r arboui- 'loa d area wito. >vi peir.Vssion cost Wong Ah >ejig a fine of $15. He was "Vigcd in the Second District Court yesterday. The offence wa- committed on the afternoon of Nov. 2b.
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    Soldier Admits He Stole In Church
    233 3 J WENTY-THREE year-old Thomas Hanlon admitted in the Second Police Court yesterday that he stole a woman's handbag while attending a church service. He stole the handbag when thr woman left her bench to receive holy communion at the altar. Inspector Noordin bin Talib,
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    X'mas At Home For 80 Children
    151 3 WIGHTY Mlayan school- children who are schoolinr In Australia seturnod in the Charon yesterday to spend their Christmas vacation with their parents and relatives in Malaya. Besides the schoolchildren, the Charon carried -41 adult passengers. Among the children were Misses Gail and Corinne Howe,
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    CONVICTED FOR HOUSEBREAKING
    75 3 Tribune Staff Repor. -r Tan Tons How and M«m- > meed Sariman were both eenvicted in the First District Cour 1 yesterday on charges or housebreaking and theft of $12 at Joo Chiat Terrace at "i.:>o a.m. on Nov. 4. Lan was sentenced to one year's rigorous
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    A Club For Bing's Fans
    121 3 BINt. KOsBY tans in Siugapor. will soon be able to join 'he The Club Crosb\ (Miami. Florida, U.S.A.) which is to open a branch ir. tho Colony short »y. it all started when a Singapore boy wrote to Larry C'ronby ol Crosby Incorporated, replj came
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    AUNTS STILL HOPE.....
    50 3 SCSSKX. Sat. Nearly ctery month since Joan Woodhouse. 26-yenr-old librarian, was found stranded n Arundel Park. Sussex. her two aunts have travelled 300 to Arundel. The women. Mrs. Ida Sheriff and Mrs. Blades, of Bridlington, Yorkshire. have never ceased to pray for the capture of the murderer.
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    Fined #700
    57 3 Yco Kay Way, a tongkang taikeng, was fined a total of $700 by the Fi-\st District Judge yesterday after he pleaded guilty to two charges of: I'ailing to hoist a quarantine flag and notify the port health officer of his vessel's ariiva' from an infected port, and failing
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    S'pore Water Position Better
    316 3 {)ECENT rain storms have made Singapore's water situation much "happier" Man it has been for the past few months. Making this statement the Municipal Water Engi nror. Mr. F. G. Hill said lie still considered that the position will be had next, yearMi. Hill said: "Although
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    it's Fun When It Bains
    54 3 Thene little Chine*", boys hav 3 fun when it rains or* when the tide comes in. At these times the area around Teluk Ayst Market get flooded, and once this happens off come the boys' clothes. Having no swim nils doesn't m(SS io bother these
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    Jivabhai Replies To Oehlers
    215 3 milK Ptogreasive Parly canI didaic tor the City Ward .n tho forthcoming Municipal El» .-lions, lir. I-lasan Ali Jivabhai. estorday -aid in lep'y to the Labour Party candidate, afar. Oehleis' challenge issued on Thursday: I would like to make It very clear to Mr. Oehlers that
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      212 3 Why do her teeth stotf white? She f 4 Safe cleaning makes teeth last. Gibbs Dentifrice cleans smoothly, so it keeps \^gAj^' ;cth white and sound. There's no waste in use with Gibbs Dentifrice, so you KI/'iiA/ save money as well as your /V U W /N/ THE NEW COLOURED
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      184 3 BIRTH MR. Mrs. P. F. van RUJn have great pleasure in announcing the birth cf their scconc* daughter Saskia Johanna nt Youngberg Memorial Hospital. .Singapore, 25th Ncvejnbet tNfl 3. Leedon Park. SITS: VAT ANT. ACCOUNTANCY, Cost Ac. counting, Company Secretajy- ship, Book-Keeping. A m months' "'lntensive Method" Diploma Course tßecognised
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    ARMY DRIVERS TO UNDER GO SEVERE TESTS
    316 4 Four- Month Course, Then On The Roads Tribune Staff Reporter ALL rnnimanding officers of Army units in SlngaA pore have been ordered that military drivers should undergo a 16-week training course and pass a strict driving test, before being allowed to drive on
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    Mr. Rayman Remembered
    78 4 THE Singapore Improvement Trust Housir. f Estate l* Balesticr Road is to be named "Rayman Estate' The road leading into the estate will be called "Ravman Avenue Rayman Estate will be made up of 1.400 Aritsans Quarters. A Municipal Committee lias agreed to the name* and Municipal
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    She Made The Lion Talk
    259 4 Tribune Staff Reporter mvijr otnrv of a Malayan policeman, who outsmarted secret pSL would never have been written had it not been ror thp determination of a woman. is Gurchan Singh. Known to the "Singa," and toe woman is Mrs. Lilha,. Buckoke. an Army Social
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    Daughters Told: "Why Not Invite The Boys To Tea"
    355 4 Tribune Staff Reporter SINGAPORE mothers are more broad-minded a today than fathers. They do not grouse their teen-aged daughters invite schooUbov friends over to tea on Saturday or Sunday afternoons. 4 "irs a lot better this*WaT, ttiftrr tt>' have-them meet secretly
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    His 'Tock, Tock' May He Heard In America
    197 4 THE "tock-tock-tock" of a young Singapore Chinese noodle-scMer has been recorded and sent to America, where it may become the 'call-sign' of a big radio commercial programme. When Mr. Joe. Jones. VicePresident of the United Press, in Singapore on an inspection tour,
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    SUNDAY SUITS DISAPPEAR
    179 4 Tribune Reporter. GONE are the days of the Sunday suit. Mr. Ng Yook L4n, manager of a Singaoore department store says. "Men have discarded their coats and ties and the only thing that remains now is the shirt." He points out that the Japanese introduced the Manila
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    Port Swettenham Has New $100,000 Cinema
    116 4 Movie-goers in Port Swettenham have a new cinema which had its first show last Thursday. Situated in the heart of the city, the $100,000 Cathay Cinema is built on modern lines, with comfortable seats and a large car park. It is equipped with the
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      284 4 You make a friend for life j V when you give a I j| 1 show that the Parker "it" is ft If! it the world's most welcome gift j^^^p^/^^l httle wonder! Look at J its elegant design; see how it mWml vOv gleams with jewel-like beauty! m Wmv -Ay
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      104 4 DON T NEGLECT Painful varicose ulcers and leg tores quickly yield to the marvellous curative powers of D.D.D. Prescription, the antiseptic liquid healer* thai instantly attacks and kills the deep-seated germs io the skin. D.D.D Prescription stops ail irritation and the temptation to scratch (which spreads the infection) and soothes
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      179 4 FACTORY FRESH *****3333 BATTERIES OUTLAST/ ALL OTHER BRANDS' batteries are made at Singapore in the most BBojamHr modem battery factory in the &mj& Far Kast. Buy witn confidence kn o win g that you arc buym» the freshest batteries AGENTS: L E TELS CO S TRADING SOCIETY Singapore Kuala Lumpur
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    3,000 CHILDREN MAY LOSE A SQUARE MEAL
    435 5 IF CHILD FEEDING IS STOPPED Tribune Staff Reporter THREE thousand Singapore children, whose ages range from two to twelve years, face the prospect of losing a free mid-day meal next year— if opposition among Legislative Councillors to the Colony's child-feeding programme for 1950
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    WORLD Y.W.C.A. CHIEF HERE
    65 5 Miss Helen Roberts. Secretary of tho World Y.W.C.A., will arrive at Kallang this evening ny plane from Uangkok. She will be in Singapore for two days. She will proceed to Kual* Lumpur on Tuesday for The Malayan Y.W.C.A. conference on December 1. Membe.s of the Y.W.C.A.
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    CEMENT CHARGE
    47 5 Tan Kaog Boon, 41, pleaded not guilty when he was charged in ihe Second District Court yesterday with cheating Lai Nam by inducing mm to deliver 100 bacs o* cement wo: t/i $420 on Oct. 24 The case v as postponed Jan. 12 next year.
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    S.I.T. Needs Men Before The Housing Register Is Opened
    206 5 Tribune Staff Reporter THE Singapore Improvement Trust may open their housing register at the beginning of the New Year—but this will depend on the recruitment of staff required to deal with the large number of applications. So far the call for
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    Pontian Airstrip Ready In January
    167 5 Tribune Staff Reporter MUNICIPAL Water Department staff may be able in to make flying visits to their water works in Pontian in February. Mr. F. G. Hill, Municipal Water Engineer says work is progressing steadily, and if heavy, rains do not hold up conSi on
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    'The Guns Were Not For Him'
    87 5 HEY, I'm only six minutes younger than bonnie Prince i harlie—at least that's what lather says. Mohmood bin Abdul Rajab (above) was born at 4.51 a.m. on November 15, 1948, while Prime Charles was born at 4.45 a.m. Mis mother Kulsombee says, I will
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    RAILWAY SCOUTS
    26 5 Mr. T. P. F. McNiece will .de at the inauguration of the r>2nd Railway Rover at Crew at Spooner Load a*. 4 p.m. today.
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    A small pay chit made him work hard
    217 5 LOCAL BOY MAKES GOOD Tribune Staff Reporter DROM an apprentice draughtsman to Assistant Engineer in the Sewerage Department of the Singapore Municipality—this is may not have seemed true to a 16-year-old boy in shorts 19 years ago. But it did happen. Today,
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    MRS. ALICE LIM
    88 5 In a Sunday Tribune report of November 20 dealing with a case before the Malacca Circuit Magistrate in which Boon Mcc, a sign-painter, was fined $50 for causing hurt to a woman, the woman was described as his wife. This was incorrect. The woman was Mrs. Alice
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    ROLL OUT...
    32 5 A band and cheering crowds welcomed the Dutch steamer Arak, 500 tons, which arrived at Flensburg with 6,000 gallons of Jamaica rum, the first to reach Germany for 15 years.
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    DESPO PREFERS FLYING TO HOU SEWORK....
    166 5 Tribune Staff Reporter ATTRACTIVE Despo White. Greek air hostess of aa American air tramp gets her pay cheque each work It comes from Alltrans Airlines and her husband Darrell White, Vice-President of the company which owns three planes Happy Family While ber husband sits
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      62 5 BISCUIT CONFECTIONERY FACTORY 191 Alexandra Road Singapore Phone 6300 Cables ''Lionmark'' Manufacturers and suppliers of Food-Yeast Biscuits yin connection with the Child Feeding Scheme throughout the Federation of Malaya jljjg^jjgj^^ W>£M f^6s^ £*W aMptf <W W# pifcir /fe popularity of these (< oven fragam X biscuits. This modern and hygienic
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    THIS SINGAPORE...
    2272 6  -  By VERA ARDMORE ANYONE meeting Patricia English Nelson, wife of Jim Nelson of the American Express, at the Keppel Haibour Welfare Centre would find her charming and attractive. They would not think that last April she was exploring the Gobi Desert. Mir. Nelson will talk casually of trying
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    THEY BLUSHED WHEN—
    56 6 THEY BLUSHED WHEN MID-MORNING between two locil characters. Saidr one. discussing the housing situation, "You remember Roy Mavrtnoy of Reuters? He couldn't .stand the way he was living and insisted upon having his own house." Said the other: "Hey, what do you mean. the way he was living? He w
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      144 6 1 m T tm 1 Mo v tries now have the finest display of Pianos in Singapore. Take the lift al John Littles and pay us a Visit Cash or Hire Purchase I ESTAB s moutrie a co. imai-ayai ltd. jiB7 5 j JOHN LITTLE'S BUILDING ■MHT SINGAPORE TEL- 7030
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      109 6 PiNS OR PADS. SO %jfrLf COMFOXTABLE TOONO CHAFING /mlj unaware of trs yf JL ITS DISCREET AS X[*sa *€U AS DAtNTYW CHANCE OP EMBARRASSMENT TO ME OR OTHERS: Wm PEACE OP MIND IS PRICELESS/ Tampax is sanitary protection worn internally in its most perfect form and with many unique advantages.
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      147 6 v Movie Exclusive I I American M f li Shipment Received. MAYNAftD BUILDING Paris, New York and the World! SINGAPORE TO SAIGON rj% Connections for all W,f 'fijjflij A parts of Indo-China /if j£/j^r Arrivals from Saigon /J f//l/i Thursdays 2.50 p.m. \^Jy/\ YV\Vf Departures for Saigon y Fr^ (,|.M
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    THIS LONDON...
    2090 7  -  From Jimmy Glover LONDON, Saturday. AT the request of the Marchioness of Carisbrooke, C.8.E., Mrs. "Chan' Stirling, wife of Mr. William Stirling, of Maida Vale, who ictircd fro:.i the Chinese Protectorate in Singapore in 1932. has organised a special Chinese stall for the exhibition and fair which is
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      100 7 Salon of Beauty American Trained Operators AT The Tavern Tel. Tang tin Road. 6045. MIBS ETHNE *S LIQUID BANDAGE ends \i/ facial fatigue a NEW masque treatment that quickly lightens up tiretl ape sagging c^' removes impurities leaves the skin r,.W;H,«-v Seat and youthfu'. A a n treatment yon can
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      26 7 Established /572 Malaya's Leading Jewellers Diamond and Gem Merchants 11. P. de tSilvu Ltd. (Incorporated in Ceylon) Singapore Penang 19, 21, High St, 1. Bishop St*
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      168 7 CAMEO CHOCOLATES REGAL FRUIT DROPS MAiCSRS OF FINER CKO~Oi/T-" r> »-ok.cc.CTIONEIIV SINCE 1«34 to save th? party Factory Representatives:— T:V. MITCHELL CO., LTD. SINGAPORE Ai ALA UMI'IR I'KNANO POND'S *p J^J^ POWDER X/ f£rZ?s Smooth as silk soft as moonlight /a lirtHwiA dc,icalc 45 morning mist ffc*^&£l§& "ft V si
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    MAN WITH A THEORY
    599 8 Fis always pleasant to meet a man with a theory. The character to whom we wish to introduce you this morning is an erudite fellow, whose happy hunting ground is history. Recently he has been conducting a series of post-mortems on the demise of ancient civilisations,
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    FROM THE COURT CAME GRUNTS OF RAGE
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    352 9 TO the plunging gilt-edged market the other day a peremptory, unexd "About turn!" from the Treasury. Appropriately it was delivered by a r Kdward Cripps, senior t utner of Mullens and Co., Treasury brokers. Merely by striding ostentatiously into the market
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    145 9 FOR the first time, Marshal Tito turned to counterattack. He denounced the Yugoslav Treaty of Friendship and Assistance with Albania, because the Albanians had willingly carried out the provocateur role assigned by Moscow." Under Premier Enver Hoxha. Albania has not only become a Russian satellite, but
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    For Once The Truth
    89 9 R\D after round of trenzied cheering greeted a revelation made recently in ue's Exhibition Hall* by Premier Zapotocky. said: "This is the truth. We will not hide the fact that there are uranium deposits in our territory. We I>rouo that we can use and supply this
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    ARCHBISHOP WARNS OF NATIONAL BANKRUPTCY
    221 9 DR. Cyril Garbett. Archbishop of York decided to act on his own advice —that although churchmen not be politicians, they must speak out if they believe political action is harming the country. Calling for an end to "fantastic, ambitious and expensive programmes for building new
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    LAMB, PORK SWOP PLAN
    136 9 ALFRED Benjamin, President of the Anglo-Ameri-can Trading Corporation, had a plan. He knew that the J.S. Government will soon have to pay hign prices for pork, and that there is a shortage of lamb. Therefore, he suggested. New Zealand lamb shou'd be diverted from Britain to
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    STRANGER THAN FICTION
    421 9 Voice from the Coffin. Mourners at the funeral of Oscar Whitenack. former Editor of the Denver Post, were surprised at the absence of a clergyman. They were even more surprised to hear a voice from the coffin say: "This is my funeral. The clergy is a racket.
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    Getting Ready
    44 9 Five thousand Italian soldiers (the arabinieri) are being trained for Africa service in ease the lin led Nations decide to return Somaiilaml to Italy. Here some of the soldiers art* seen during mortar practice on Mount Santa Lucia, near Caserta, Sourthern Italy.
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    225 9 Norway's Communist Party is going to pieces. After election defeats which cost every communist scat in Parliament, half a dozen leaders were expelled from the Party, including General Secretary Peter Furubotn. They were accused of causing the defeat by forming a "Titoist-Trotskyist" organisation. Man behind
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    UNMANNERLY RECEPTION
    137 9 CITY backwoodsmen at the bottom of the long tables in Guildhall gave Mr. Attlee the unmannerly reception some Labour Ministers have learned to expect from businessmen in the raw. Sotto voce murmurs of "tripe" and "nonsense" interrupted his speech. Finally some diners turned away from the Prime Minister
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    192 9 POPE PIUS XII gently hoisted Catholic judges throughout th e world on the horns of a dilemma. To Italian lawyers at Castel Gandolfo recently he said "A Catholic judge cannot pronounce, unless for motives ?of great moment, a decision of civil divorce in a marriage valid
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    167 9 ONE morning recently, at eight minutes past two, came news of a new Western attitude to the Bonn Republic. Foreign Ministers Acheson. Bevin and Schuman had finished drafting instructions to their three High Commissioners. The gist: The West will be "liberally benevolent" to the German?;
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    231 9 U.K. Film Crisis: Govt. To Subsidise Rank? NO, said Mr. Harold Wilson, he did not agree that the Rank Organisation's "embarrassments" meant the British film industry was threatened with collapse. No, he did not propose to reduce the 40 per cent. British film quota.
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    469 10 Sir Stafford Cripps, by Eric Estorick (Heinemann, 215.). ERIC ESTORICK is an American and a hero-worship-per on a fantastic .scale. In his eyes the Socialist Chancellor of the Exchequer is perfect as schoolboy, chemist, churchman, K.C., revolutionary (for a time), ambassador,
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    COLLECTION OF WESTERN STORIES
    260 10 \V Country Short Stones, chosen by Lewis Wilshire (Faber, 12s. 6d). ii7HEN an actor is required W to speak ••countrified," his tongue automatically S ocs west and acquires the ace. t ol VVessex or—what is —Somerset, just as surely as he will switch to Cockney for
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    239 10 Champlain, by Morris Buthop (Mac Donald, 18s.). IN a world shrivelled by the giant-striding aeroplane, honest-to-goodness exploring is something of a redundant occupation. The explorer has become either a visionary dreaming of space-ships or a scientist probing the unknown regions of the material universe. But in
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    125 10 A Long Drink of Cold Water, by Patrick Campbell (Falcon Press, 7s. 6 d.). THE most exalted title of Horse Collar First Class or Chief Shaggy Dog usually hangs over Beachcomber, Timothy Shy, Nat Gubbins or Paddy Campbell—according to taste and mood. Campbell's latest
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    205 10 Down the Long Slide, by Tom Hopkinson Lllogarth Press, 7s. 6d.1. THE Editor of Picture EN*'-, who already has three novels to his credit, has chosen an interesting and topical theme for Down the Long Slide. Brusilov is director of the State Publishing House in some European Communist
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    219 10 Merchantman Re-armed, by Sir David Bone (Chatto and YYindiis, 31s). ON September G, il>39- the Atrumia was ton., in. 1. and on May 7, 1945, the Avondalc Park met a similar fate. Britain's war against Germany had Hnished «18 it began—with the sinking of a merchant
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    BOOK OF TRAVEL
    145 10 You Never Know Till You Ge* There, by Henry Longhurst (Dent ami Sons, lGsii). HENRY LONGHURST, golfer, sports writer and Tory politician, walked one afternoon into the House of Commons library and was casually asked by the assistant librarian: "I say, you don't want to go to
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    HAVE FUN WITH THE STARS AQUARIUS
    54 10  -  By CONSTANCE SHARPE JAN. 21—FEB. 18. Look after the pence an.' the pounds will certainly look ufter themselves this iceck. A rigid attempt to keep tcithn the budget will have to be made. In your job, stick to the letter of the,law and don
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    49 10 FER. 10 MARCH 20. Loted-ones will tnul to be a little awkvxird: you will have to be firm, otherwise all sorts of difficulties trill crise. This would not be a good time to make changes. Good advice and a helping hand will be offered by someone in authority.
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    ARIES
    44 10 MARCH 21- APRIL 20. You may be inclined to moodiness this week: you trill have to get a grip upon yourself bccause-this would be the worst possible time for you to allow moods to colour your judgn*rnt. Young, unattached folk may find romance.
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    46 10 APRIL 21 MAY 20. Don't be tempted by prospects of easy money: keep away from all such schemes. Otherwise you trill burn your fingers. Conduct your affairs in an orderly manner and don't make rash promises. Good news connected with health is on its way.
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    43 10 MAY 21 JVIy/7 20. The people around you rjiay be rnthet trying: wtch yovr temper and be as patient as you can. ThrurstMiy t t&ll be a difficult (Uiy: lea vt said will bo soqiwst molded. News' of childrc:i trill be pleading.
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    51 10 JUNE 2i—JULY 23. Relatives ,xqill keep you busy and unless you are l\rm, wHl involve you in thincts of absolutely no interest to you. Home routine will be broken up: visits, letters, the sufldeu demands of friends never a dull moment. In your job, be on .the lookout for
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    64 10 JULY 24 AUG. 23. 'The Highlight is on money: many demands will be made upon yoN and one or two schemes w ll be put up t'> you Have nothing to do with any of them: look after your own money and discourage the into est of others in
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    VIRGO
    44 10 AUG 24 SEPT. 23. YqU Will hi inclined to bt far too critical of the peoph around you. Guard against this and do try to make allowances. A financial gain i i likely. Home affairs will be a trifle more hectic thn.i usual.
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    53 10 BKPT. 24 OCT. 23. You will feel that you arc not making the progn is thai you should and as a result, there will be a tendency to frustration. But a lucky break is indicated: it will be connected with a journey (hit gnu wHt hare to undertake
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    54 10 OCT. 21 NOV. 1?.. A st'U tokgut IOiH ri.tainl}! nr.kr> jt invc head this week: don't a'loir yourself to be put in a false position and don't make comments about tlv.nithat are ro tpneern of ~j'jp,fs Jr. the home, good news cpnnectx d with money will be received. But
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    SAGITTARIUS
    52 10 KUV. 23 -DEC. 22. Be very. rri cjnl in (ill tU a!ny.. w 4h superior x ajul guard cg.'inst the ppfxibil&p pf misundcrst(idlings. Friends yojll be helpful tifid ofie will.syrifty c very plcayAUt vrprise. Accept invitations to pa: tics and h<\vc a good time, hews of younger fmk will
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    CAPRICORN
    50 10 use. 23- jax. 20. Yqu will feel a fftrqjig urge .to make cfianges. Tfxke my (idvlce~$Qn't. Ti\ink things out verii a re fully before committing yourself to unusual courses of action. A business transaction concerning a possession will Jae profitable afia satisfactory. Young people w*M fitid'm 'ny .new interests.
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    Three Volumes Of Short Stories
    317 10 The Death of a God. by Osbert Sitwell (Macmillan, Bs. 6d.). A Month of Sundays by MacKinley Helm (Harvil Press, Bs. 6d.). Boy with a Trumpet, by Rhys Da vies (Heinenmnn, 9s. 6d.). CRITICS have been burying the art of the short story for many
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    ESSAYS ON WRITERS, POETS
    92 10 Inclinations, by Edward Sack-ville-West (Seeker and Warburg, 12s. 6 d.). EDWARD Sackvill* -VY professional critic of literature and music, now writes collected essays on writer? and poets he has admired. The material, which take? an oblique angle, explains such things as why Shelley should have wanted
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    WAY DOWN WAIKIKI
    62 11 A scene which every visitor to Hawaii remembers the beach at Waikiki. It is here that stars go to spend their vacations. Si*ting by the hedge and being attended to by a waiter is a Hollywood starlet and her escort. In the foreground is Mickey Rooney, d
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    130 11 HUMAN ACTORS aren't the only ones to win screen success in Holly- v wood. Animal actors of- ten make the grade, too. S Rin-Tin-Tin; Tony, Tom v Mix's wonder horse; (he to, the chimp of "Tar- z*n" fame; Silver; and y Lassie are but a few of the
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    125 11 A.P. ACTING for television is the actor's toughest assignment yet, su.y those who have tried such other medw.ms as staae, screen and mrf?o. Television is th*- most difficult, they explain, because an actor must learn a complete script, go through a performance without a stop, and, if
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    25 YEARS OF MOTHER ROLES
    64 11 MARY GORDON, who has played as many mother roles as anybody in pictures, celebrated her quarter of a century anniversary as an actress on the set of Columbia's "Mr. Soft Touch, with Glenn Ford and Evelyn Keyes supplying a cake bright with twenty-five candles. Mary
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    104 11 ANN Sheridan's fondness for canine pets has forced her to become a linguist. While overseas on location for 20th Century-Fox's "I Was a Male War Bride," the titian-tressed actress purchased two dogs. She acquired a boxer in Heidelberg, and a poodle in Paris, ordering them to be sent
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    HOLLYWOOD STAR TARGET—HAWAII
    1016 11  -  Island Paradise Becomes Movieland's Playground By HENRY GRIS JT is usually on a rainy winter day that the information clerk of Pan American World Airways finds himself giving Clipper departure tmies for Honolulu to an inquiring Hollywood star at the other end of the telephone line. He
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    396 11 THE next time you start wondering why P lO1 cost so much to produce, think of Sam B.sehoff s baby. Mr. Bischoff. one of Hollywood s most «>«**«™ independent producers, loves chddren. And he believes !n a P baby's inahenablc right to yell but not
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    BLYTH(E) SPIRIT
    38 11 Ann Blyth co-stars with Farley Granger in Samuel Gwldwyn's "Beloved Over All," a movie scheduled for Singapore soon. She won honour* in her recent offering "Red Canyon," which she made tor rrirvewal-lnternarrnnal with Howard Duff co-starring.
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    LANA'S NOW A RED-HEAD
    76 11 LANA MORRIS has had to change the colour of her hair for almost every film in which she has appeared. Now, for 'The Reluctant Widow." at Denham, it is a reddish hue. In "The Weaker Sex" and "It s Hard To Be Good." it was siigntly
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    PICTURE RIGHTS
    75 11 OFFER of rice, teakwood, salt, pepper, a bullock, a buffalo, or a consignment of bulk tin has been made to Jean Simmons from Siam, in return for the right to use her photograph on a calendar. SOLD OCT! WHEN Noel Cowaid went to London's Kingsway Hall for a
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    97 11 A.P. THE film version of the popular English stage play "The Hasty Heart" will be shown in the Hollywood area in time to make it eligible for Academy Award nominations. Ronald Reagan. Patricia Ncal and Richard Todd star in the Warner Brothers' production. Tho film will
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    25 11 A.P. ENGLISH-BORN film star Ray Milland has been court permission to adopt a six-year-old girl, whom he has named Victoria Francebca Milland.—A.P.
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    JAPAN ENTERS THE TRADE WAR
    978 12 Ill-:** ILL TILTMAX AIR Vice Marshal Cecil Arthur ("Boy") Bouchier, 53-year-old invasion fighter chief turned businessman, was packing at his Cowley cottage laat week to leave for Tokyo. As F. 8.1, representative there, he is planning a two-month preliminary reconnaissance of the Japanese business scene
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    318 12 A.P. NEW YORK. ris much easier today to win the Kentucky Derby than it is to become Miss America. All a horse has to do to cinch the Derby is to run fastest. And it can use all four legs. But it doesn't have to
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    421 13 Snapshot Corner ONE of the greatest improvements in cameras in the past few years has been the introduction of the synchronized "flash" shutter—"built-in flash." as it's called. The need for some means of synchronized shutter and flash arises from the fact that light
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    TRUMAN WANTS A—LEAKAGE BLOCKED OFF
    81 13 U.P. WASHINGTON. Sat.—President Truman today ordered Attorney General Howard McGrath to tighten up on the "unlawful" release of information pertaining to United States secret weapons, particularly the atomic bomb. McGraf.h said that the President of necessity has to divulge and wishes to divulgeto proper sources
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    102 13 U.P. BERLIN. Sat. United States authorities announced today that an American Air Force sergeant was shot to death on Friday night by a Russian guard when the American failed to halt at a Soviet checkpoint on the outskirts of Berlin. The authorities said the
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    BOXING METHODS NEED RE VISION
    1057 14 Announce The Score After EVER V Round R««uu-wUi. <h* «K b > jm f The presenl method of scoring used w boxinn is not onh out-of-date hut also totdlls imsath/actory. Xotody-except the referee alone—can tell who's winning at an particular moment in a contest until
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    204 14 How much do you knnv about soccer? Test your knowledge by anwerins: the question* below. Score iive points for each correct answer. If you chalk up 40 excellent; S3 gooJ; 80 to 20 fairi 15 and below you should see more ot «.oceer. Answers
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    U.N. SECRETARY IS A RECORD HOLDER
    58 14 A.P. OSLO. Sat.—s3-year-old United Nations SecretaryGeneral, Trygve Lie, is still a holder of sport records. In 1917. while a member of the Norwegian Athletic Club, he established two club records which still stand. He lan 200 metres in 23.6 secends. and reached 13.28 me-
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    OLIMPIC PARTY v. CHANAHKOW's
    66 14 j Olympic Tennis Party will play against Dr. Chan Ah Kow s Party at No. 745 Mountbatten Road today at 3.00 p.m. Following will play for the Olympics Wee Eng Lock, Lim Hee Chin, Tan Huck Toe, Chih Chin Slang, Scow Kirn Sang, Tan Gim Seek.
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    313 14 Ring Topics MY remarks last week about Brian Robertson having represented Wales started lively discussions in many places, for it is well known that Brian is a cockney born and bred. But nevertheless I was right It all came about like this. During the early part
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    337 14 Sunday Tribune Staff Reporter THE Victoria School hockey XI, the only unbeaten school team so far this season, plan to tour the Federation in the second week of December to meet school teams in Malacca, Kuala Lumpur. Ipoh and Penang. The team has a impressive
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    683 15 BADMINTON By Our Special Correspondent jpHE American Badminton Association intends to leaVe no stone unturned to develop the stronger possible team to challenge Malaya tor the Thomas Cup. »s This was revealed in a recent issuo of the Badminton Gazette, official organ
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    FATHUL KARIB SOCCER TEAM
    53 15 The Fathul Karib Ist XI to play soccer against Young ComDanions Athletic Association tomorrow at 5.15 p.m. at Farrer Park '-ill be selected from the following: Jaffar Jabar. Ahmed. A. Rahim. Zuki, B. J. Layman, Haron, Dollah Kuchok. Jasman, Puteh, Aman, A. Rahim (Junior 1. M.
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    KARIM SCORES HAT-TRICK
    36 15 A hat-trick scored hy A. Karim in the second half enabled the Customs Sports Club "C" toam to beat Raffles Institution by three goals to nil at hockey on the R.I. ground, yesterday.
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    499 15 (FROM PAGE 14» 1. 'Then he has \hc power 10 order tbs teams 10 ulay any time unplayed. If he has played beyond the allot, d time, tho i»suli must stand. 2. The referee musv allow for the time lost by adding same to the actual time
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    231 15 MR. E. L. Williams, keen Singai>ore amateur cricketer, has just received a copy of a book on Tests with the nutographs of famous Australian cricketers who would make a world beater team—if they were of trie same generation. They are not, however Twenty-eight years ago.
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    68 15 Cheerful first and second teams lost to the Naval Base Europeans lirst and second teams by three soals to four and two goals \q three at soccer kl Gey lanir Stadium, yesterday. First team scorers were: Europeans Penalty. Boldneen (2) and Murphy: Cheerfuls: Eng Kiat. Chin
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    22 15 All interested are reminded of the Referees' Refresher Course commencing Nov. 28 at 5.30 p.m. at 52 Kampong Java Road.
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    582 15 I FOLLOWING are the handicaps for rfne races on the Qrfrt day pi the Perak Turl Club's Div<mhvr Meeting on Saturday, and lenr of .lb* iae**» tai thi« v.ionil d.v on lifer. HORSES LASS ft DIV. 1— 1 MILE 110 YDS. LORD FREDERICK »00 BLANK
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    KALLANG MAY REMAIN WORLD AIR CENTRE
    545 16 Tribune Staff Reporter Kallang, after all, be the Colony's aerodrome for the world's airlines? The Government scheme for Changi has been abandoned, because of difficulty with the soil, the alternate scheme which was planned for Tengah is 'on ice', and now comes the announcement
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    RAJAS END SEASON with 3-0 WIN
    114 16 I/OTA Raja rang down 11 the curtain on this year's soccer season b> defeating the Base Ordinance Depot three-nil in the S.A.F.A. Cup Final at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. After the game. Mr. F. C. Sands, former S.A.F.A. president, gave away prizes to the
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    Probe Trio
    41 16 The three men mission which arrived in Singapore yesterday to investigate into the organisation and administration of the Malayan Police Force. They are (left to right) Major J. F. Ferguson, Mr. K. L. Jackson, and Sir Alexander Maxwell, Chairman.
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    School Girl Holds Up Special Plane
    207 16 4 LITTLE school girl from Australia, Miss S. Pearce, held up a special Malayan Airways Christmas-holiday plane to Kuala Lumpur yesterday at Kallang Airport for over an hour. Fourteen excited children from Australian schools who arrived in Singapore on Inard the Charon to spend
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    ENGLISH GRASS FOR ISLAND GOLF CLUB
    254 16 Tribune Staff Reporter. CiERTAIN species of ĕ:nglis v may replies the grass en the Island Go'f Course if *he Cub's profev;ona'. Jack Hodgkinscn Ifl successful wi*h his experiments. Jack returned from six months leave in the T niteJ Kingdom last week and nrought back
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    NO BLARNEY HERE
    24 16 A.P. DCBLIN, Sat—A Bill to up an Irish News Agency, paid for out of taxation, is halfway through the Republican Parliament.—A.P.
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    'I DO' MEMORISED
    23 16 Reuter. SIDNEY, Sat. —Two Estonians who took three months to memorise the marriage service in English were macried here today.—Reuter.
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    TOMORROWS DANCE JAMBOREE
    99 16 A potpourri of Western and Eastern music by six bands of the Musiean<- Unioi of Cingaf ore will be tne far. provided tomorrow sight at the Musician Union's Pane Jamboree at the '•'irtorin Memorial Hall. The bands include Ahmed Jarfar Indonesian Or a Lionel Buenaventura Boptette, Cecil
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