Malaya Tribune, 21 October 1950

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    62 1 MALAYA TRIBUNE BY THE PEOPLE POX THE PEOPLE v T«fc TrAun.- > LARGER SAIJX THAN ANY AFTERNOON PAPER IN MALAYA Phone 5611/3 Nine ihm Published simultaneously at Singapore, Hualo Lumpur, Jpoh and Penang. EIGHT PAGES. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1950 PRICE TEN CENTS. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDO* KKmESKNTATIVE, E. Mmrtf
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    WEATHER MAY HAVE ROBBED MACA OF BIG PRIZE
    377 1 New Allied Link-Up Due Today SKYDROP 24 HOURS TOO LATE? A.P., U.P. and Reuter. PYONGYANG, Saturday. (JEN. Mac Arthur may have been robbed of the prize for which he sent in an airborne army of 3,000 Gl's 30 miles north of Pyongyang
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    TODAY'S BEST BETS
    60 1 UNLESS there is a change U in weather conditions, the joint; will He Rood at Penang rW nets: ■SPOT" Bm* FULL TIU. Uet V HYPERIA Race T. BEST WISHES LONGSHOT" Ism t i» R B. Kmc 3. MERLIN Rave 5. DOI'BLE NINE MIKE Race 1 SUNN! VALLEY
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    LOVE CAME BY POST FOR THE SHAH
    116 1 A.P. ZURICH. Fri.—The Shah of Persia's blonde future mother-in-law said today fly to Teheran to rejoin her daughter next week. Ifrs. Eva Esfandiary. urn mother of the year-old fiancee. Soraya. said tiiat the news of her daughter's engageisenl seemed "like a dream" to
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    REFUGEE PROBLEM
    23 1 A.P. PTE CARLO. Fri.—The Refuges problem am up for discussion today at the biennian conference of League of Red Cross Nations.—A.P.
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    WOMEN BURNT ALIVE
    55 1 A.P. SEOUL. Today. EIGHTY Korean political prisoners, both men and women, were set on fire with burning petrol by retreating Communists at Koksan, 50 air miles southeast of Pyongyang, the Commander of the South Korean army disclosed today. Major-General Ik Kwon said he had never seen such
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    CHURCHILL ASKS FRANCE 'REARM'
    156 1 A.P. LONDON, Friday. MR. Winston Churchill called on France tonight to back proposals for strengthening Western Europe with Germany against the possibility of Communist T f aggression. At the same time, he implied that France has been laggard In mending her own aefences. 'Where is the
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    US. CONSUL GIVES A BUFFET DINNER
    96 1 Mr. Henry Lawrence. U.S. Consul and chief of the USIS in Singapore, gave a buffet dinner at the American Club last night. Th picture above shows Mr. Lawrence "standing in centre* and guests: Mrs. P. P. Chen. Mrs. E. K. Tan. Mrs. H E.
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    BIG COMINFORM CONFERENCE
    214 1 Reuter. LONDON, Friday. MVyacheslav Molotov. Soviet Deputy Prime Mini- ster and former Foreign Minister, arrived m Pra-ue today to attend a conference of Foreign Minivers of all the People's Democracies and tne (St? Getmm Republic Moscow Rad <* -militarisatlo\heG™iaid the meetme would deal with the 'decision of
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    SHIPS FOR INDIA—U.K. RUN
    22 1 SHIPS FOR INDIA —U.K. RUN NEW DELHI. Fri.-India's -hipping companies want to add l'uui ships each to their India U.K. Continental routes.
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    BAO DAI IN BANGKOK
    17 1 BANGKOK, Fri. Emperor Lao Dal Mopped here this morning en route to Indochina.
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    SCFA "LOSES" 5,000 TICALS IN BANGKOK
    185 1 Tribune Staff Reporter. MR. Yong Ngim Djin, Coach and Manager of the Singapore Chinese Football Association contingent which toured Rangoon and Bangkok last montn, reported to the S.C.F.A. at its Council meeting last night that their Bangkok sponsors deducted 5,000 ticals from their nett
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    SCBA Urge Govt.- 'Start A Paid Army'
    190 1 SCBA Urge Govt.'Start A Paid Army' PENANG. Fri.—The Penang Chinese Association has asked Government to urgently consider the forming of a professional army for Malaya. They pointed out that such an army would do more good than harm at present. in a note to the Resident Commissioner, the S.C.B.A. said
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    JOE OPPOSES GERMAN ARMY
    25 1 LONDON, Friday.--Russia has warned the West she will not tolerate revival of a German army in Western, Moscow itadio reported today.
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    YOUTH FELLOWSHIP
    27 1 Seventy boys and girls of the Methodist Youth Fellowship discussed the subject "boy meets girl" at a Forum held at the Wesley Hall last light.
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    ALIEN CONTROL IN U.K.
    28 1 LONDON. Friday-Tighter control of entry into Britain Mill be combined with a coun-iry-wide check of aliens already in the country it was announced yesterday.
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    SPEED TRY ABANDONED
    23 1 A.P. CONISTON, England. Fri.— Donald Campbell today abandoned his efforts to try to Bet a new speedboat record this year.—A.P.
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    SIX-LEGGED CALF
    31 1 TAIPBH Friday —The latest n a series of freak births rexirted here is a six legged calf row "drawing great crowds" on be lonely Nationalist outpost of t uemo\.
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    MALAYA RUBBER FOR RUSSIA
    31 1 LONDON. Friday. -Malaya ent 267.452 tons of rubber to the Soviet Union between 1945 ;ml the end of last month, ,'olonial Secn-tary James GritBtha told Parliament today.
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    PASSPORT TO INDOCHINA
    25 1 PARIS, Friday.—The French [government announced that as from today civilians will not be permitted to travel to Indochina without a special visa.
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    PEEPING JOHN
    33 1 WOODSTOCK. ILLINOIS, Friday--Mrs. Sylvia MacGari> 55. sueu her husband, John, lodav for separate maintenance, com.Vming that he had ruined her business by "peeping at her women customers. She is a masseuse.
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    TRIED SABOTAGE-5 YEARS
    32 1 TOULTON. Friday. Two French sailors* were sentenced yesterday to prison terms of live yean ■no dishouiably uisharged foi'.t-wing discovery of the attempted sabotage on the Prench aircraft carrier Dixtuude.
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    SOUTH CURRENCY FOR NORTH
    35 1 TOKIO. Friday. President Syngmin Khee's Government has called in the North Korean currency and introduced the South Boftean won as the legal tender in the occupied areas above the 38th Parallel
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    BISHOP ENTHRONED
    24 1 A.P. NICOSIA, Fri. The B»shcp of Kitium was elected Archbishop of Cyprus today without any opposition candidate, and was duly enthroned. —A.P.
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    U.S. READY FOR JAP TREATY
    27 1 WASHINGTON. Fri.— President Truman told his news conference today that the U.S. ready to begin formal negotiations ou the Japanese peace treaty
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    59 MILLION LOAN
    21 1 WASHINGTON, Fri.—The ntn national Bank yesterday nnounced a loan of $9,000,000 •o the Industrial Development Hank of Tu-key.
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    FRENCH CONFIDENCE
    22 1 PA.tIS, Friday.—The French National Assembly early today voted confidence in the government s Indo-China policy by 353 \otes to 215.
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    CEYLON-GERMAN TRADE
    15 1 FRANKF CRT. Fri. Trade talks* opened here yesterday retween Ceylon and West Germany.
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    PORTUGUESE DENIAL
    34 1 LISBON. Friday. Official I Portuguese circles today denied report In the pro-Communist j I ew Evening Post in Hongkong that Portueue.se military planes have flown over Chinese terri- tory on three occasions.
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    TRUMAN IS AWRY
    34 1 WASHINGTON. Friday.— President Truman said angrily today that he and Gen. MacArthur did not settle any differences over Formosa at their Wake Island conference because there were none to be settled.
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    TO APPEASE RIVER GODDESS
    36 1 PASIGHAT, INDIA,. Frid;t\ —Abor Tr'.bcsmen arc reported vo be sacrificing mongrel dogs in an effort to appease the river goddess who. they believe, caused floods which have swept Assam Srnt' since August.
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    U.K. Move To Get Mao Seat In U.N.
    120 1 U.P. LAKE SUCCESS. Fri. THE United Kingdom moved today to secure a General Assembly decision that would permit the admission of Communist China to the United Nations. Sir Frank Soskice. SolicitorGeneral of the United Kingdom, proposed in the Assembly's Ad Hoc Political
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    Defence Pledge By Gaitskell
    133 1 LONDON. Fri. YOUTHFUL Hugh Gaitskell. smiling and at ease after a delayed flight from New York, flew into London today to take over Britain's (ought s1 I peacetime job: guiding its economic and financial future. Mr. Gaitskell. only 44. was advanced into the job ol Chancellor
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    U.S. Cuts Use Of Rubber
    329 1 A.P. and U.P. WASHINGTON, Friday. THE U S Government today ordered a 25 per cent 1 cut in the use of natural rubber by tyre and rubber companies, effective on Nov. I. The reduction limits consumption to 75 per cent of the average monthly consumption
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    McNeice Suggests Art Library
    429 2 MR. T. P. F. McNeice, President of the Municipal ITI Commission, speaking at the opening of the art exhibition of local teachers and art students at the British Council Hah yesterday, expressed regret that Singapore has no public art gallery and suggested that an art lending
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    SEA SCOUTS CELEBRATE TRAFALGAR DAY
    82 2 The first Singapore (Trafalgar) Sea Scouts celebrated Trafalgar Day yesterday with i Camp Fire outside their Den." next to the Royal Singapore Yacht Club. Contain W. Evershed, Roya! Navy; <Captain of H.M. Dockyard, Singapore) talked to the Scouts on Irifalfcar Day. Today, the Sea Scouts
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    Sutton, Briggs In Malacca
    152 2 MALACCA. Friday. j The Officer Administering the Government. Mr. S. W. P. Foster Sutton and the Director of Operations. Lt.-General Sir Harold Briggs. arrived in Malacca yesterday. Earlier In the afternoon, they were met at the Settlement boundary by the Resident Commissioner. Mr. G. E. C.
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    VISITOR SAYS LABOUR BETTER TREATED NOW
    70 2 Mi. K. V. S. Iyer, a former engineer of the Jugra Land and Carey Island Estate, who has just returned to Malaya after a hve-year afcence in India, says that he finds working conditions ol estate workers have deflnitey improved now He added that
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    HOKKIEN ON DOPE CHARGE
    45 2 A Hokkien, Goh Poh, denied In the Second District Court yesterday when charged with procuring the importation of 27 pounds cf opium through an agent on July 27 last. Goh was allowed bail of 525.000 in two sureties until Oct. 28.
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    NG BOUGHT A BIBLE, WIFE SAYS
    1139 2 YONG YIT LIN MURDER TRIAL MADAM Lee Soy Yin, wife of Ng Kai Sung accu.s M A °d of the murder of Yong Yit Lin former pre, sident of the Chinese Chamber ?f Commerce, to «Mcsri-sa »rno™'A c st',"„ o T a But on
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    TELOK ANSON FLOOD
    23 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Telok Anson Chankat Jong Road ite flooded at the 47th milestone. The flood is sii!' rising-
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    Woman Owns Largest Yacht
    257 2 While swashbuckling film-. stars and play-boy kings rival one another for the limelight with their glittering private y ichts, the greatest Of them all, in fact tin- largest private yacht" in the world, is owned; by a woman The vessel is the fabulous "Sea Cloud a
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    PILGRIMS COMPLAIN OF BAD FOOD
    402 3 THE Singapore authorities are inquiring into the 1 complaints of bad food and graft on board the pilgrim ship the Tyndareus, which arrived in Singapore yesterday with 365 Mohammedan pilgrims last of 1.900 men, women, and children to return to Malaya from their pilgrimage to
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    Trains To KL May Be Delayed
    153 3 JOHORE' BAHRU. FriUay. Chances of train service be-1 t-.veen Singapore and Kuala Lumpur bcine; restored by Sat- I i.vday have lessened consider- ably and It will probably be Monday bo ore rail traffic is i jsumed. The railway department nas i 100 men on
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    Local Trains
    100 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. pONSEQUENT upon recent t bandit attacks on trains the following Interim rangements have been made The day mail from Kuaia Lumpur southwards which has been running *J*o nin and back, will run to Gemas and back today and tomorrow therp wl probab be a day
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    3 Were Born And 20 Died On Board
    149 3 TWENTY people died on Tyndareus on turn voyage from Jedda c Singapore. There were as usual a large number of old neu and women on this vcyhad undertaken the j> to Mecca as almost •he last act in their lives. The deaths
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    HE HAD CHANDU
    53 3 Hurl; -nin< v old Lian rong was charged in the Second Distr'ct Court yesterday with having 55 pieces chandu each weighing 2 noons at East Coast Road on Oct. 19. Uan admitted having the yliandu but saia it was lor own use. isi was postponed to Oct.
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    Proprietor Employee
    94 3 I the evidence of Tay Chuan, proprietor and manager of Seng Hup recorded, Mr. S.E. u 'i. tin Second Police Magistrate yesterday acquitted v h lam Eng without calling ■'<'«■ on two counts of v, res P«ct of two cheques or U> $7,145.44 on May 8 and J*
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    Pleaded For
    130 3 police by the casWer Chua is j still employed by thc p c The cashier. Lee Teow m, that Chua collected the ms and handed them over to J im for banTdng. He didn t know whether Chua had the rteht to use the firms money. He alleged
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    PROVIDENT FUND A MOCKERY-unionists
    274 3 SINGAPORE trade unionists yesterday expressed deep concern over the Federation Government s proposed Provident Fund Bill. The Unionists hoped that the Singapore Government would not in its turn propose such a niggardly and totally inadequate provident fund scheme. One prominent unionise wno wished to remain ynnonymeus,
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    FALSE AFFIDAVIT
    34 3 IPOH Fri.—Harban Singh, a retired Supreme Court Interpreter, wa? today sentenced to me week's imprisonment by the Sessions Judge on a Charge ol signing a false affidavit. Notice "f 'ppcnl was given
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    13 PLAYS BID FOR PRIZE
    137 3 THIRTEEN one-art plays have b'-en received by the Sitrraoore Teachers Union in «iieir 'one-act plays with Malayan background' competition. Tile plays are now being judged by a panel of judges chos-n by the Union and the result! will b<* made known j cometime in November.
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    113th Bandit Hanged
    97 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Hui Beng Lim, sentenced to death-by the High Court, Ipoh, onAugust 26, for possessing a bend-grenade, was hanged at Taiplng Prison, this morning. He was the 113 th bandit to.be hanged under the Emergency Regulation. Hui was arrested at Simpang, Ferak. In July as
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    BABIES KEEP THEIR END UP
    23 3 Six hundred and thirty-clglU babies were born in Singapore uung the week ending Oct. 14 lirainst IS- deaths.
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    How To Tell Dud Notes
    172 3 The recent publicity about forged i>o-c?m nocvs nas revived public as to th? genuineness of 50--c >nt notes issued by the Board of Commissioner;; of Currency. Malaya, in view of the fact that the words "Lima Puloh Sen" printed in Jawl script differ as between
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    OAG's Wife Gives Blood
    100 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Among the twelve donors \< ho gave blood recently to the Selangor Blood Bank, the majority were members of the St. Mary's Church Association and were headed by Mrs. Foster Sutton wife of the Officer Administering the Government, and by the Rev. Gurney
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    COUNCIL MEET
    26 3 The next ordinary meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council will be held at 10 a m. in the Victoria Memorial Hall on Nov. 21.
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    WALL OF SILENCE
    499 4 QUOTE from a speech Mr Malcolm MacDo"ald **a simple statement, said f? high-powered adjectives, here is no nnnciation. Just, as we have, a sunple state ment The publ c will not help the pouce. Thi, in a country where a policeman is shot The r^nb U is
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    CHINESE RELIGIOUS CUSTOMS
    2110 4  -  by ALAN ELLIOTT In a Radio Malaya Talk last night. fpHE title chosen for this talk 1 is one concerning which many lengthy books have been written. My only excuse for attempting to talk about certain aspects of Chinese Religious customs for the space of a few
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    New Laws To Protect PoW's
    374 4 Reuter. GENEVA, f riaay.— rw«» dernised rules of war—to provide for humane world in an niomic era—will come into force tomorrow. They replace the outdated Red Cross treaties in force throughout the last war. Red C ross headquarters announced 1 ere today. i The four
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    CAT'S EYES FOR CYCLISTS
    101 4 A simple but ingenious device >. which will make for greater safety in right cycling has been developed by Smethwick (Birmingham, firm. The product of eight months' research Mri experiment, it is I a "cats' eye pedal attachment. The "cats' eye" similar to those used in
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    JOHORE APPOINTMENTS
    64 4 The following appointments are announced in the Johore Government Gazette of Oct. 18: Dr. A. Murugesu will be District Medical and Health Officer. Ponttan. Dr. S. K. Mitra, will be District Medical and Health Officer. Kota Tinggi and Mersing. Dr. Mohd. Salleh b. Haji Abd. Hamid' will be
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    IT'S A DOG'S LIFE
    38 4 CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND, Friday. -The Cambridge Town Council agreed yesterday to Id 1 Prince Chula of Siara repair a dog's drinking trough he erected here in 1923 in memory of a., dog he odce owned.
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    THE WEEK IN THE U.S.
    878 4  -  By JOHN KERIGAN IN all parts of the Nation this week, election campaigns were gaining momentum in rinticipation of a vast turnout of voters on election day. Tuesday. Nov. 7. At stake will be all the 435 s-ats in the U.S. House? of Representatives. 36
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    BANDITS FALL OUT OVER "I" CARD SEIZURE
    273 5 People Not With Us. Top Man Says KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. nTSSENSION has broken out among bandits over Dtfu/seizure of identity cards from the public, documents captured by the security Lres recently. 101 h. Chairman of the Central Selangor mittee, has sent a letter
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    CLOSING DATE FOR STUDY GIFTS, NOV. 1
    74 5 Tffl dale for appliea- rhotarshlpi and ftered through lh In ol International Edu a in New York City tarth academic year 1951-52 i N mb rl. 1950. announces th- DSIB. Vp] > r "cehred after late KiU not be consiII should be remembered
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    Nonis Trial Next Week
    32 5 TKL ti Michael Joseph 1 Honis charged with the Winnie Annie expected to be r hearing in the next Tuesday Mr. Justice Brown a nd i special jury.
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    Medal For Mother Of 19 Children
    113 5 Mrs. M. B. F. Wheatley. a] mother of 19 children, received a Silver Medal yasterday fori Diood donations to the Singapore Blood Cank. Three others who also received medals for contributing i.'ood for at least 10 occasions I were Mrs A. C. van Tright.
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    SGT. SHOT IN JOHORE
    84 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri. Sgt. Narung Singh, of ihe local Police, was shot throuah the stomach at the Johore railway station yesterday at 7 p.m. He was immediately rushed to the General Hospital where his condition is reported serious. The injured sergeant, it is understood, had just
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    Driver Shadowed Men Who Robbed Him
    403 5 Court Told TAXI driver Ng Tuan Bock told the Relief Magis1 trate yesterday ho he shadowed three men who were alleged to have robbed him and pointed one of them to a police officer. He was giving evidence at the trial of three people
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    Stronger Links With Colony Legislatures
    250 5 WAYS of strengthening the links between the Parliaments of the British Commonwealth are b?ing considered in London. Representatives of these legislatures are now visiting the United kingdom for the opening of the new House of Commons which takes place next week. Sir Franklin Gimson, the
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    Blind Home Wants Books
    91 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Socmi welfare Department •4 appealing for contribution of oooks from" the public for blind pemms. These books will he read by visitors who visit the 1 lome for the Blind. Among thr most sought after cokb are those by Robert I Stevenson.
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    New Chief For RAAF In Malaya
    104 5 The Royal Australian Air Force Composite Wing in Malaya loses its present Commanding Officer early next week, when Group Cant am P. G. Heffernon flies to Headquarters in Melbourne to become Director of Training for thp R.A.A.F. His plac° as Officer of the composite
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    CARPENTARIA BRINGS MORE FOOD
    131 5 The 7.600-ton cargo and n-tsten+er uhlo. th° Carpentaria brought another huge load of foodstuffs for Singapore as her principal cargo from Australia. Included in the general; cargo were 41.995 bags of j ilour. 17.974 cases of apples :13 554 cases of oranges. 279 1 cartons, each
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    Share Market Picks Up
    241 5 SINGAPORE. Fri. [i With slightly increased in- IJ terest in London for tin I, shares the London market 1 1 was better in this section and j; sellers locally were also in- h clined to wait lor better prices. Fair interest was, maintained in rubber shares
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    Rubber Swings Widely
    207 5 There were wide r actuations in the rubber commodity market >esterday. The market opened at lbH cent* bid a pound for November r>:bber and jumped to 178 buyers m UM lunch break- a rife of ten centa over the previous day. Then in the early afternoon there
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    IN PORT
    72 5 In Port: Hong Siang (45). Gorgon (44). Thankhaven (Sheers), Fossalaroi (ESVDE). Sitsen (40). Orobaai (14), Van Heutsz (88 9), lU nmacdhui (36), Japara (33 4), Bericleuch (17 18), Meerkerk (19 20). la tolorada (21 2), Braeside (23 4), Van T' Hull (25 6). Mamnon (27 8), Melanpus (29
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    Scotland Meet Wales With Two New Caps
    939 6  -  By ARCHIE QUICK LONDON, Today. SCOTLAND will start Arm favourites in Cardiff today in their sixty-fourth International match with Wales although they have to take the field without two of their stars. Gordon Smith, the Hibernian outside-right was injured against Motherwell last Saturday,
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    LOCAL BOXING RESULTS
    72 6 Full reauits of last night s boxin" were as follows: la!Walkey beat Basil Shaw on a tk o in the 3rd. round or then "heduled 10-rounder. Baby Jacson drew with Boy Kurim over 10 rounds. Kr-n Tong Kee drew with Young Roberts over six rounds. Dakar beat
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    Mr.Lim Swang Has A Just Grouse
    148 6 Mr. Swee Llm Swang. ojgtaln of the Singapore Chinee Football A°-sociatioa. demanded at y ester X r C KA. Council meeting why as captain he wa. not toviWi attend every game or go on the re -em Rangoon/Bangkok toui. He sard it.at he asked
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    S.C.F.A. Reaffirms Loyalty To M.C.F.A.
    394 6 THE Singapore Chinese Football Association will 1 remain a loyal affiliate of the Malayan Chinese Football Association despite the withdrawal of the Singapore Amateur Football Association from tne Football Association of Malaya. This resolution was passed at yesteraays meeting of the S.C.F.A. Council. It brines
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    TODAY'S KHALSA HOCKEY TEAM
    81 6 The following players are invited to turn out for Khalsa Association in a hockey j;aim against the Royal N-vv XI at the Naval Base this afternoon. oaii.oKii BinjKi Mehar Singh. Sohan Singh. Sewa Singh, Manjit Bingh, Vaaaan Pingh. Hari Singh. Singh Wasan (Capt.). Mohinder Harbhajan Pintrh.
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    DEATH
    9 7 Krvc Swec of Seremban. S neapore General Hos.
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    Brooks Outpoints Golden Boy, Keeps Orient Title
    241 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. COY Brooks, middle weight champion of the Orient v retained his title by a convincing points victory over Golden Boy at Bukit Bintang Park Stadium toright. Almost everyone of the 12 rounds was awarded to Boy Brooks who, with superior
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    DOUBLES ARE PK'S TRUMPS
    217 7 While I'«-rak liave nothing to lota and evervihing to gain m the Soon Cup coawetiUou unh south tone final) which bona hi ism Haw.. World Stadium tonight. Singapore's reputation is r> stake. un paper, the Colony teas* is kroner. having th»" Malayan nglea and doubles cbanipJwae
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    TODAY'S HOCKEY TUG-OF-WAR
    101 7 hockey enthusiast* arc a-«ureU of thrill and tla-sic hock«v when the two strongest Colony hockey teenu the Ceylon Sports Club and the Singapore Recreation Ctutl aaatl today. Both teams, villi several Colony players m their ranks, lure an unbeaten record thus far. iiie iearns ar> Li-- follows:
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    S.R.C. "A" JUST BEAT SHELL S. C.
    53 7 Reuters. The Singapore Recreation Club 'A" just managed to snatch a twoen.- hockey victory over the bhell irports Club at the Padang yesterjaWN opened the scoring in the ond halt through Haign. out Wright equalised for the S.R.C. •ihe winning goal was scored
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    Main Race Is Real Poser
    277 7 By "Spot" PENANG Today. Tin. main MWat lias. 1 3 Di\. 1 horses (Race 6» today. day m the Peaeag Turf Club s Autumn Me-tinv is a reel poser. A pood number al form bar MS ere < neaped i.jt i ihink 'lII*- Banker should
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    Today's Trackwork
    206 7 PENANG. Today. Raudwnk (Woods) and stabletuate Martini tAyresi clocked 38 sets fur tin last three to return the best time v. thi< niorr. n« s trackwork. Th« going on No. 2 track mm yood. Lord Bob', geldini: Marro Polo i \A\tr-> beat Dar-Ks-flalaani di. Bt' iin a tr:al
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    COMPTON HITS 106
    123 7 Reuter-AAP. PERTH. Friday M.CA .7t a eomparat.vely sound posit ion at ih- end of tb-.r oiienim: oay s play against Western Australia today. A magnificent fourth *nket stand by D. Couiplon and J. O. wes realised 183 runs to stop a mx>t «=tart when three wickets fe.l
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    A.C.S. Old Boys XI Bag 3 Quick Goals
    366 7 ACS OB A -3 S.C.C 1 THE Anglo-Chinese School Old Bays' Association 1 scored a three goals to one win over the Singapore Cricket Club in a hockey encounter at the Pad^h y not at full strength but the Old Boys were
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    ONE NIL VICTORY
    48 7 A emaabin* by War AxifTh t' i the Unj r.* cl Mi'-iy* X! to hli L.O.S. .A'.e-jndra) one-nil" at the Alexandra Barracks yesterday. A feature of the genie was the cool and clever display by 8.0.D. s Oxford who excelled 1" "OrVw«rk pod i i
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    AROUND THE TOWN
    241 8 SCHOOL CONCERTS: The committee of the Junior Symphony Orchestra has arranged for students two pianoforte recitals by Miss Noreen Stokes. These recitals, which will be of special interest to students taking the Associated Board Examinations will have a programme which includes works by Bach, Daquin. Scarlatti, Schubert.
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    U.S. AGREES TO BIG POWER MEET
    302 8 Reuter. LAKE SUCCESS, Friday. AMERICA has no objection' to a meeting of the big A powers to discuss problems threatening world peace, American representative John Foster Dulles told the United Nations Political Committee today. He said: 'The door is open"' to big power consultations,
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    Forces Kill 2 Selangor Bandits
    161 8 KI'ALA LUMPUR. Fri. SECURITY forces shot and killed twe bandits in Selangor A .45 revolver and a number' of rounds of ammunition v/ere recovered. A bandit gang held up a I rubber lorry in Johore and set 'it on fue. I A Chinese inspector escaped
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    RAF'S LONGESI AIRLIFT OVER
    318 8 4 HASTINGS four-engined troop-carrier A Whfch left Chanfi airfield forrJapan early yesterday morning brought to an 01 Planes have flown British troops direct from the United Kingdom to a Japanese airfield, fro mey have been transferred to reinforce the Umted Nations army in Korea. b The
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    LESS RICH MEN
    39 8 A.P. LONDON, Fri. Only 66 persons in the United Kingdom were left with an earned income of £6.000 a year after they had paid income and surtaxes for the tax penod ending in March, 1949 AiP.
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    THREAT TO ANOTHER FRENCH FORTRESS
    372 8 Reuter and U.P. HONGKONG, Saturday. AVIETMINH communique says that fighting has broken out east of the main bordertown of Langson in what appeared to be an attempt to encircle that <rarri«3nn I rating troops in the Tonkin i caDital to mevt a possible <n- All
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    NEW RED CROSS CHIEF
    54 8 M ww Vune (seated),a Canadian born Chinese Mrs. W. W. xuns, u Wft rld Health OrganisaSs.tfctr«r?ts? of X Singapore Redl Cross Society. irab e experience She is a trained nurse ana J in hospitals in the t Grant of Inverness. /h°e r re Penang stw over
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    TOP PI OFFICIAL HELD AS RED
    174 8 A.P. MANILA, Friday. a mpfi Rakine Economics Adviser in the PhilipA D?n^ S Foreign Office, is one of six alleged members of the Fhillippines Communist Party s General Secretariat being'he.d in-Munittag upe :Sgence result of a series of raids by Military lnteuigenc agents, the
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    RHEE IS SENDING OFFICIALS NORTH?
    103 8 AP. LAKE SUCCESS, Friday T HE U.N. Committee on Korea was said today to have I -sked General Douglas Mac- Arthu: for information or. r. i ports mat tiu South Korea I -evornnient Is sending repre-i-rntativf s into North Korea i n j a move
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    FREED OF 3 CHARGES
    110 8 j The case against Markuui i-.in Kat who was chai i H ith housebreaking into the 1 premises of Mr. E. G. Staunton and with att impted housebreaking on tv.o other occasions, was withdrawn in the First District Conn terday. District Judge. Mr H E Kingdon
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    He Had No Permit To Sell Poison
    106 8 fOR «ellinr. 10,500 tablets of t "atovarsol" and having a 1 ;urther 1.500 tablets without a licence. Chin Chew Pheng. propriety of Chop Wing Yue ftong. w:i« fined ft total of $260 n thY fourth Police Court vcsterda>. It was stilted that on
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    WEEK-END DIARY GENERAL
    199 8 TODAY SINGAPORE CHESS CLIII: Meeting at YMCA. Orchard hi.ad *> p.m. ART EXHIBITION: First annual exhibition of work? of lo< al teacher? and art students. Brit sh Council Ilail, 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. LIBERTY AM) DKAMATK MISICAI. AsSN: Fifth anniversary celebrations at 321. Joo Chiat j
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    CHURCH SERVICES
    447 8 TOW AY SEVENTH DAI AWVENTIST < HI R( H (3. P» Koa.li: Sabbath School I.M p.ni. preaih\t\k aerrict al '•> p.m. TOMORROW ST. (IKtim.K's CAR 111 HON (HI RCA Tamjlin. Holy Communion and Sermon 9.30 a.m.: Sunday Communion 7.1S a.m. Morning Prayer in Church- Hut 9.45 am.: Kvminc
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    CINEMA
    120 8 CATHAY: ••Ambush" at 11. 1.46, 4.15, 6.46, and 9.30 p.m. Midniuht Tonight. Bo > yard". ALHAMBR A: "Awl 1 1.00, 3.1,. WW. and 1.18 Sunday Matinee: "Summ-'' dav'' at 1f1.3" a.m. ~11 CAPITOL: "Briifhl 1.15 4 on. MO and 8.30 p.i Tomorrow: 'Knock «n Door". k ,n' M Tomplit
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    115 8 sO( CEH: s ngapt lion »i Julnn Besar. v BADMINTON: P.rak (Foon Seonv, 11 vV r U final) Ist.day Ha,M- p *nStadium 8 p.m. H*• ina i a' ships: women's aincie. C.U. Hall SL» P.«n. T ,.v BI'GBY: SCC v. RAI SO Pottoe v. RAI GHQ South Johon- a'
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    11 8 TOP M HW "'tomokko w HW J. 15 a.m. JJ
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