Morning Tribune, 7 November 1947

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    7 1 MORNING TRIBUNE ,0 CENTS ■^NOVEMBER 7, IHi
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    St. JOHN'S: GOVT. TO ACT
    69 1 St. JOHN'S: GOVT. TO ACT .4/ torn vmII be formed mrhf next year. Apart from the present hunger Mtrihe by 704 Chinese, some month* ago, 1.000 Indians arriving by the Km ala ivho xrere qvarantnrd there for 3 days u/*o stayed (j humjer strikr But thuf irern rhftt'ii by MM
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    S'PORE SCHOOL SAYS "NIX" TO 120,000 GOVT. AWARD
    234 1 S'PORE SCHOOL SAYS "NIX" TO 120,000 GOVT. AWARD (Tribune Staff Reporter) A SINGAPORE SCHOOL HAS DECIDED TO REJECT A GOVERNMENT AWARD OF APPROXIMATELY $120,000 FOR ITS PROPERTY IN HILL STREET. The school will inform Government of its decision today. The property in dispute, comprisnig vacant land totalling 14.000 square feet
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    A-BOMB NOW NO SECRET
    34 1 I LONDON. Nov. 6. Spcakint? d( the 30ffe ATinirws'iri/ celebration of (he Russian Revolution today, the Soviet ForeUjn Ministfr, M. Molotor said: "The secret of the atom-bomb no longer exists'
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    BID TO KILL BURMESE PM
    93 1 RANGOON. Nov. 6. Thakin Nu. the Burmese Premier, today escaped unhurt from an attempt to assassinate him at MUigaXa^ don airport when he was returning to Rangoon from a boly pilgrimage. The would-be assassins wounded a British officer when they opened flre from a roadside
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    ON OTHER PAGES
    43 1 Move To Check Unauthorised Building P (l <J e 2 Coroner's Inquiry on East Coast Road Cravh Page 3 News In Pictures Page* 8& 9 Early Pointers for S'pore Races **9* l5 Som Pony on Trail of 3 TitUs 16
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    197 1 IjWhip envusugeii in the JUtituUonal Proposals °ts in this country, bem brought by paropl England and would ■"fter, said, Mr. John evenir,- in the first lee- i tun of a series organized by thf MDU. l The self -government promised Malayans 'vas like being promised a Rolls Royce but
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    22 1 K" •> Ine Rev Mimstei at Pontar- ■T"'.- r! .S", ns:iire anl hi m H-knoun preacher ■;<•' believed acckteaW wd at their home.
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    watch dogs
    42 1 I,- v< hiog:3 did ■h t mkay {M RLT^rs were breaking ■hVS? eBterda ym 1 the sound! t- »»e ffot up to i «p««d mi bed- run; be confronted n mh P T^ had masked SsSsSrWf towkay and hU' 1
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    didn't bark: it cost him $2,600
    58 1 wife and eight other occupants of the house into a back room and then proceeded to e3arch the hcuse. The captives finally broke out of tr>t back room when they failed to hear the robbers moving about the house half-an-hour later. Cash and jewellery
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    Harbour Board Chief Returns
    110 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Mr. Henry Basten, Chairman Of the Singapore Harbour Board, returned by air last night from the United Kingdom after a 2J months' holiday.Mr. Basten told the Tribune that while in Britain, he made strong efforts to obtain steel from the British Government. "I
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    Lien Hwa Win 6-0
    20 1 BANGKOK. Nov. 6.- The Lian Hwa beat another Bangkok team *~o at soccer this afternoon. Reuter
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    SHE THREW HER SHOES AT HER NEIGHBOURS—AND FOILED DAYLIGHT BANDITS
    169 1 SHE THREW HER SHOES AT HER NE IGHBOURS— AND FOILED DAYLIGHT BANDITS (Tribune Staff KeporttTj T) set-k polkv aid while roMwn were holding; uj» her emtowen Um P'-opriotiess of beau fy pariWUr tlir»'\v Her aiiiHH p<,\vd^r-box; An empty dgWtU im: 'nl finally. I Jot 1 1 her shot*, at her
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    Land Office Move To Check Unauthorised Buildings
    449 2 12,000 "NO PERMIT" HOUSES IN RURAL AREAS fTn' Via// < p*>rt*r/ Awakf t I th* «langer of cont aued. R icted building, the Land Ortl- > now seeking ways aJ mean.? ';.> curb what is official descri M the "insoluble" oblem j: -.iuthorised
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    Gift To lpoh Library
    215 2 Gift To lpoh Library i Fr or: oir O'.vn Report IPOH. Nov., II may be c< interest to embers of tha H¥> Town Library to krow that Si-' Angus G iiv oi the British Courcil. London, who came to 4 his covntry last year hai bee: !,cod ecxnzgb to sei
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    Malaya's New AOC Takes Over Today
    380 2 Malaya's New AOC Takes Over Today Air Vice-Marshal J. Whit-worth-Jores. Q.8., C.8.E., who hai recei tlv arrived in Singapore from England, take? over the post of Air Officer Commaudir.c Malaya, with effect from today, to Vice-Marshal J. D. Breakey. C.8., D.F.C.. former A.0.C.. Malaya, is shortly retarnicg to Englard or.
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    Civi Air Lines To Use Tengah
    122 2 As a temporary measure. Hit Royai Air Force has giver ptrmission for a limited r.umber or" heavy-type air liners of Qanlas Empire Airways to land at Tergah each week. This if ur.til such time a? Char|ri can be built ud into a jointly-used airfield
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    "Hollo!" -&-Goodbye!"
    201 2 ;'.t Singapore f v .1 ea Mr. Ben, Mrs. Bell. Mr M 7C n lE' Mr. C. H. BuKor. W. r n Mahtani, Mr. Tin Kak Tin. Mr. Whit*. Col. Lamb, Mr. a. P MnrJi r YOD| BoMit Mrs. T* I? 1 T Kesttvon, Mr. Har.notin S" J^JK*
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    Perak Rugger Star Killed In Car Crash
    219 2 From Our Own Reporter) TPOH. Nov. 6 -Mr. R. T. Stucitey. of GCg*rg Con>o'.idated Mires and one of Perak's rugger stars, wus killed in a c^r crtsh uti Wednesday r'ght while returning to his home in Gopei Mr. StucKey, it is learned, was
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    S'pore's Wedding Gift To Princess Still Draws Crowds
    145 2 (Tribure Staff Reporter) A total of 9.714 persons visited Raffles Museum yesterday the xth day of the exhibition of SißgapOM'i wedilirg gift to Fi-ircc-ss El zabeth. The record attendance 1 6.425 on Wednesday wa> apparently due to the fact that mary assumed
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    Week Of Prayer At Y.M.C.A.
    92 2 The Singapore Y.M.C.A. will I hold a week of prayer aid war i fellowship commencing from Sunday, Nov. 9. At each meetirg there will b<* a special theme for the service I w:d leaders at each gatherirgs will be the Rev. r. k. S. Adam?.
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    35 2 LOXDOX, Nov 6.— Tht Admiralty in a letter to the local Town Council says thnt a recent report that it w*l Conftktertng the closing of Chatham dockyard as an economy measure "has no f'ounI dation."
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    272 2 "77//, BP( r C: '.:B lucent Mipfrst-.tirr *»and i« ?k and pecuklH their S™ j is one of mental anj -J| conflict l>»'t'*v, n uriM the Macrae family o r S tU-consum n g anii exists between tv v-^H their rivals M.-.-'r'j^B The arrival in thy r 'Z^H an
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      117 2 TONE U? YOUR KIDNEYS WITH D£ WITT'S KIDNEY BLADDER PILLS. j For fiore taan 50 vears this welif:nown remedy has been aDDreclated b> people ot many races and colours all over the worm As a remedy for al! kidney troubles, rneumptlsm. backacn? boneache. lumDaeo and other Q&ir.i i«nd weakness caused
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    77 3 111/tU v:,t M and n that ;/i his $9§t to look over ffcg ihf tacit. t i /i left the court room happay clutcJiinu tha hand of a ittior. Army officer. Whilv J'*char(jiny the aenintd, Hr. Justice J obi ing told them that (he rasf uncututt them wan i
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    285 3 Irrri rn i GBEKADM TffBOWIMO ASD SHOOTING vr WHICH OCCVBMBD AT THE JUNCTION OF KACE l(i iSD OWES ROAD OX THE XIGHT OF MAY 6. \iSf\DED \T THE SINGAPORE ASSIZES YESTERvev ij i/ AY JIMEN BIN SIMEK, AND A CHINESE. {n KG WERE SENTENCED TO SEVEN YEARS' RlGOtpvfsnxnEXT EACH
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    57 3 (who gave the rame of tttna Bii jam, of KaiI. was yesterday, at the las.stiatc's Court fir«d r au!t five days' wmpfe Met, for beirg drunk ■Me on Ocl 5 at Kalfound lyii .4 qq the U of Kallai g Road. the Magistrate, Mr. i, he had lPft his
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    373 3 ■"VA'.V IXOL/RY ON SMASH I V /.UT C0.1.V/ 1 /?O/4D i [A. Belvarajth and Alice Ifabatv) were "modt('d" sa!d Mr. Por er. the Singapore Coroner yes •urse of his inquiry :ato the death of two person; Kl crash on Ea-i Coast Road on Oct. 2G. B;' (it n occurred
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    DPP Withdraws Charge Against Judge's Driver
    90 3 DPP Withdraws Charge Against Judge's Driver Din bin Mohamt'd. a 26->v.i old Javaiuse. described at th Fourth Police Court on SepL. 23 Bl Mr. Justice T. A Brown'.s car driver, was yesterday aeqir'tca -i charge of criminal breach ol jtrtul i white uniform, i hyitzulle jack, a wheel brace, i:J
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    Carried 4 Knives, Knuckleduster
    135 3 i frum Onr Own Reporter' PKXANG. Nov. 5. Senicnc; Of tITOo months' r.i. on the first CiMtfge of having in his possession fOUI knives, one knuckleduster ami one inutatJon revolver anu nine months' r.i. on the second chaise of possession of one nagger and four spear
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    $563 Hold-up in coolie lines
    49 3 I (Tribune Staff Rc.}n>rtti) A Chinese woman l»vin» in i '•tibiclc in the Singapore Harbour Board coolie lines, repuited to the Singapore Police that lou: Chinese. oOe armed Wsli knife entered btr room and j-obbed lit r |oj $50.'^ in cash and valttytMc* a
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    One-eyed bandit gets 5 years and 12 strokes of birch
    239 3 WHEX A YUrNG CMWMBE. LEE KIM TOOI APPEARED HEFORE MR JUSTICE JOHLIX'i AT THE SIWSAPOFE ASSIIL YESTERDAY. OS CHARGES OF GANG ROBBERY ASD XOIAJ*^ TAMILT CAUBING UVRT TO A CSJKFBB CLOTH MKF.rHANi WHILE OMMITTI\<; ROHKEKY OF (LOTH VALVE?* AT >12<>
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    Indonesian, Malay Women Form An Association
    162 3 A l—lilTTg of Indonesian a"ri Mrihiy \voim.n waj licld at No. 651, tieyhtn-.: Road, last Sunday, to form an Indonesian ;I nd Malay Wom-n Welfare Association. The K-h cf aims and objects re foster closer relationship ;ind promote n.utuu! wndcj-.st.ji'diii-: tJBOdg Indonesia n «nd
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    We'll print YOUR Photos
    36 3 We'll print YOUR Photos ftoa4srs hit imvitrd i *t>u( fhotos of local §übp Of put,l*catkm >n the Men**§ Tnhuv thv otiltf pictQrkti ■;■"/>' r Iw Mulm/fi. All photos »«*t./: tc*iii J^<' d /qt ol fft<-' usual r&tci
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    G-G's Wife To Lay 10-Storey Bank's Foundation Stone
    161 3 G -G's Wife To Lay 10-Storey Bank's Foundation Stone (Tnlmne Sfal] rt*r) un Nov. 22, :n ilu pi seocfl d1 .hundreds of guc^th,, Mr*. Mai colm MacDonald will lay ttl< roundation atona ol ifle DW Hongkong and Shanghai Ban^ building in Orchard Road. The. new bank, which will tx the
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      Rising Cost Of Victory
      367 4 The cost of World War 1 was a mere baguielle compared with that of World War 11. Accor^ng to the American Secretary of S^ate, George Mar shall, more than 15 million soldiers were killed in the recent war. This figure does not include the losses suffered
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      Clen ched Trunks
      189 4 VUen The recent order by the Government of Ceylon prohibiting the export of live elephants so as to protect them from the "d mgers of exploitation for commercial purposes" is another indication of the extent to which the Communist poison is spreading in Asia. The ideological implications
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    FULHAM M OTHERS LEARN HOW TO ESCORT CHILDREN ON ROADS
    71 4 fjkld jfkldj ffd Fulhnm mnthfrs hnvp launched n "Safety First" camrui'nn and arc bfitm taught bu fj|» M how to operate their "Stop" sian efficiently, and hmc to meori chldren Mfely ncrou n, J their wy home from school. Picture
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    669 4  -  Maurice Aboaf By A hundred 'M i sand Egyptian \<iM teers are readv ton I t un a Moiv bfl >if i fie Ini.d Natifl N General AsseinblyH tides to 'urtiMunß lestine anl crest* 1 Jewish "Me M I .>uch is tht- tipinifl of the leader of W Muslim
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    28 5 Ihfeart to >,> toe^tetting time for lovely Rosemary Treston i under < mtract to tkt J. Arthur Rank Organisation Limit\;,a'll !■> feeing her .soon in one of Arthur Rank's new
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    254 5 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN II Isi Boys' School ha 1(1 :,r fund: b-' sch I'l build dji mds. it i.- estimat ::1 520.0(K led tu comk' r- st( ati( n of th n irmalcj. «a building nf Ou :<: uthousea and vei Iv during ruDati n when military little effort P ;-ej
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    50 5 I wtittli lined 1 egga that VShere s T Hank; He should havo an e?;,' I'ke .'til rhr- others." Tcxi.iles agreed, fut Where is Hank?" he askc). "Perhapi 1 can help," clucked the Hen. 'Is this Hank you apeak of a crazy sort of creature a Rare, in fact?"
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    SIAM REJECTS BORDER BODY'S FINDINGS
    279 5 LJ^**»«.»». 5- -The Siamese to*** said today ttet thp p n? c C 1 had rPjeCted th: boundary recommendations Of j the France -Samese Commission of conciliation, and had resnvrd the right to appeal to the United Nations for a settlrmrnt q! the boundary dispute
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    King Thanks Commons
    116 5 King Thanks Commons LONDON. Nov 5 There 'wore cheers ir. the House m jcommors today when Mr. A tlee read the message from tne King, replying to ar address irom the House of conimor.a. The King's message said: "I think you most sircerely for vour most loval ard dutiful addres
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    TRADE BLOCK
    81 5 TEHERAN. Nov. 5—A draft law sDor sored by the Ministry of National Economy, imposing lew cordltions or foreign traI ders in Persia, could disorganise i the existing commercial struc- ture betwecr pers"a and other i countries, responsible observers j said today. The draft law row before a Parliamentary
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    9 COUNTRIES HAVE $s FOR FOOD
    64 5 9 COUNTRIES HAVE $s FOR FOOD Washington. Nov. -A study prepared for delegates to the first meeting of the 18-nation World i Food Council which began today i snowed that nine countries have i immediately disposable dollar i resources sufficient for less than six mc.-iths food imports. The«e countries are
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    OIL PACT RESCINDED
    92 5 TEHERAN. Nov. 5—A comi papy with an exclusively PerI .-iar, capital of 100,000.000 rails i t £9.000.000 > has been formed for the exploitation of oil at a D'.ace 110 mles south of Tehe- ran. the Persian Parliamentary Depiity Abbas Massudi, editor of 1 the evening: i
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    NEVASA OLDEST TROOPER IN SERVICE
    506 5 Th" British India Company's H.T. "Nevasa". possibly the oldest troopship in service, anil known in Deace am! 'n war to counties* thousands of soldiers. Planned before the amalgamation of thr British Tndia and P. O. Lines, f or the Home Lne service, she was launched
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    AID REPORT
    41 5 WASHINGTON. Nov 5 Ur I ted States Secretary of State George Marshall said ho would have his complete programme for aid to Europe ready to present to a joint m-setiror of the Corgres.- Foreign Affairs Committees next Monday.- Reuter
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    EXPELLED
    33 5 WARSAW. Nov 5.- -Stanislaw Mikoljczyk, former leader of the Polish Peasant Party, who escaped to Britain, nr<l his cdJcaeues who fled with h'm havr beer expelled b.v the party's Ppr-h-nl rnmmittee. Reuter
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    BAN REMAINS
    39 5 PARIS. Nov. s.— Britain's decision to suspend th" tourist traffic to Fr.nrt" cannot b< modified present, a communinue .summing up the results 01* the Anslo-Fn-nrh trade talk? in Paris by the AMo-Frcnch Bconon.ic Committee stated today.- Reuter
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    304 6 LONIKtN Nov fv The Horse of Common* by 288 vot»s to 114, tonight defeated the Opi>oBition s a)otion to reject the (Jovi u ninetit a Burma Independence Bill which m kes Burma an independent nation oiitskie the British Oninit.nwealth on Jan. 4. TIM bill was then imd a secon«l
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    81 6 Mew York. Nov. s— The Isbrandtsen Lines $3,000,000 suil against the Netherlands Govern :nent was dismissed in the Federal Court to-day when Judge Alfred C. Coxe ruled that the Netherlands Government and thNetherlands East Indies Government were <m m une Cram prosecution. The litigation grew out of tm Dutch
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    19 6 SUIlt J^l Amy :a 1942 oflicer ;r. t h. M^JJ^H and Japan anaTrJ^H *'»th tlu rank o! ci
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    Malayan Post forChelmsford Engineer
    97 6 Malayan Post forChelmsford Engineer Mr. J. G. J. Samuels. M.B.E o! Broomfleld Lodge, Broomfleld Road. Chelmsford, Essex, has been appointed to the Colonial Service as an Assistant Controller of Telecommunications (Wirfk*s) in Malaya* Mr. Samuels, who was educated at University College School Hampstead, and Northampton Engineering College, graduated j B.Sc.
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    NO AMNESTY
    33 6 LONDON N House c! Commons fence Minister. A. \-\m announced il -< „j ment has reject, i 1 granting I tors from the B: }"M forces on the occwjgj cess BliwbethV nmn^|
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    CHOLERA TOLL
    28 6 CAIRO N -M death rate i HWJ ,fl on a steady ca fl fatalitie, and 499 ported in the last *jg Health Ministry rr.ounced torigW- U.P.
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    62 6 DUNDEE. Nov. 5. -Two boys .are dead aid six in hospitaJ after being found ill In a disused Royal Air Farce rescue boat ;u Dundee The. boys escaped from a Dundee approved school a I'd took refuge ir. the boat. Two boys were seen staggering or deck. Six others were
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    97 6 i Tnbunr Slai] "■>' l^B Malayan Umbel :s pufl part in providing thoc^H sleepers for the iti.abiiittH 1 Malaya's rail-lines wrecin^H ing the war. H For the first time Sm^fl mills have cut sleepers H Malayan timbe: for the fl Railways ite W supplied sleepen wortiß $100,000. Mr. C.
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    1212 7 I WITH VERA ARDMORE (Is '"I fellog »lacko«. I rannine thing, •omeon powder pattttl iam- nt a go Mt I \!r> Haf 1: M V I K. BItCC K' >(1 Mr m v oon and K* ek w» K :ce«oriea. triking K'. rnWnt- Atabac K, Wl nd Iver a
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      10 7 t,L.p vow I||C; M. 3339 I 8Y BItMS) ■"'■"AY SATURDAY
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      136 7 M. FLINTER S. GRINBERG WHOLESALE RETAIL DEALERS Of DIAMONDS AND JEWELLERY MM II iIGARKTTi: I A«E« in 9 Carats 18 Carats Gold Telephone: 7923 67, STAMFORD ROAD. EU COURT Bl ILDING SINGAPORE C. K. TANG Pewter Ware Bali Heads j Siamese Bracelets Silk Underwear CARVED TEAKWOOD M'RMTI RK ALL KINDS
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    HIS 'WIDOW' FELL IN LOVE AGAIN
    280 8 Wluit is I vtfr to </<» uh>n yh> t.n'l* th< husUmd s'" li4v,s ,U<ul is alice wmi wki It"--faUm m loVf Wlik nnj f li* wan f Judge Non is askt-1 this question tn BlrmlnghMn Divorce ('nut •The moralist woul<J say the wife and
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    HELPED A BLIND MAN TO SAFETY-THEN WAS KILLED
    122 8 London. Nov. 5. On the main road at Heanor (Derbyshire). June Ssnith 6. saw the white walkingstick of blind Isaiah Wilcoxon. 74. as he waited to cross. She told two friends: "You go on 111 catch you up." She took the man's
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    FAREWELL TO SALVATION ARMY OFFICERS
    57 8 A fmrewett social icai held at the Salvation Army's Woman's Home in Osley Road on Monday MMf f»</ (ft'tdl^./c to lA. Col and Mrs. John Wainuiifjht, Salvation Army Officers, xrho left for the United Kingdom hy the Oiimjji on Wodnmdajf Picture tftoiM a frowp of
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    SHE'S HAZEL
    30 8 BMMBATIOMAL *tk*w*r4 fm ltn:j tirookt I Triumph', and must- her to be labelled "T/jr ?V >r>i'tt lS ff^ club singer in Enterprise's 'Body and Soul", i J/> Vu-CujfjM
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    PAYS ARREARS FOR SOLDIER
    94 8 LONDON. Nov. 5 —To pie vent eviction from their home of Frai k Timrrvs disabled sol dier and his wife. Lieuter antCol. F. W. Crafter. official o* the British Legior, Metropolitan area, paid off arrears of rent to £21 at the Cler- kenwell Cour.ty court. Proceedings
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    17 8 BOGOTA COLOMBIA vl Cl'ina is e.Ma 1 lishiQfe» 'fl Ration in Cotombb, it hert t(»da\ —K Reuter
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    RED SQUARE PARADE
    48 8 RED SQUARE PARADE LONDON. Nov. s.—Newlypromoted Marshal Nicolai Bulgarian, Soviet Minister of armed forces, who had been steadilv rising in the Soviet heirachy, will review a Red Square parade Of troops in Moscow area on November 7. th3 30th anniversary of the October revolution Moscow Radio reported tonight.
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    27 8 FLORENCE (via Rcnf^B 4 Th( (i r toc'ay recorded an o::rth(p^M rr.O'ierate intensity v M rei tre about 9.TQO kil^H aw ly mth-w Ucn United Press
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    PRE-OLYMPIC TRIALS AT WHITE CITY
    45 8 PRE-OLYMPIC TRIALS AT WHITE CITY ANDERSON, who iron the polt vault at It ft. .1 ins.. v<st f*XU to rl< or j. g/( athletic match between un A. A A. .side and Combined Bervicet <it the w* m match formed th9 first Utitish pre-Ohnnjtic Trial.
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    LABOUR
    28 9 I 5 i v the IMB from the ComCch Goven nvi I bed the price rlv 60 per C€rt, coal subsidies W b oi other ecoro- Reuter
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    NEW STAR
    19 9 NEW STAR 1 ,nth Cfnirlts W*** rrh I uni'ni **<* nn MfTMI to phnt th< tuffht th'u mntwlxred Hazd and
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    LEADER DISAPPEARS
    44 9 BUDAPEST. N.v. 4— M. Zoli;<r PfeiftVr. Wader o; the Hungarian Independent (opposition) Party, disappeared from the P:illiamtnt buildings hert- today shortly l.tfore he had been expected to address the Hou e in connection with th, publi.- pr<>r,ceutoi's demands for hi* PTe-t k
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    SAYS HE PULLED A ROPE IN AN "ENDEARING WAY"—BUT IT WAS ROUND HIS WIFE'S NECK
    191 9 SAYS HE PULLED A ROPE IN AN "ENDEARING WAY"— BUT IT WAS ROUND HIS WIFE'S NECK London. Nov. 5. A young: wife said in court that her husband put a rope round her neck and pulled it tight But thr husband said. "I nnlv pmtktd it in M endearing manner.
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    157 9 that Oftesn mentally defective ;(noo! iiic -nditiona "reminiscent of the sorearly dayi of the industrial era described by 11 •jwi night told Smaiet '""I. didI dark prii 5t.,,1 comer Ikik iir. y-'iv( ()nce h- «rs say they are unable to see if Uta lulnin^ or sn^'ing." RTAFF DOING ITS
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    OBE FOR CHINESE OFFICER
    82 9 i NANKING. Nov. 6--Thp order of the British. Empire was preserted to Captain K«o JU" fong, of the Chinese Naval Headquarters in Nankir g ye^terday afternoon, by the British Ambassador, Sir Ralph Stevei sen on behalf of Kit* CWorfC 8l Tbe brief and solemr ceremony look
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    REDS SCORE.
    34 9 PRAGUE. Nov. s. —The Czechoslovak Cabinet today accepted the Communist demands for the creation of a rew Slovak Ministerial Board ard empowered Premier Klemei t Gotwald to negotiate for its formation UP-
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    22 9 PARIS. Nov. water supply was threatened toricht as water works employes decided to walk out in sympathy with BtrlkiTK sanitary workers. U.P.
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    Army & Navy Rugby Tussle At Jalan Besar
    129 9 Army Navy Rugby Tussle At Jalan Besar A BIG CATCH: Crew of the cruiser LoirfoH didn't d> too badly uhtn they trailed a bait* d line in the Mrdttvnanean on their way to Hongkong from London via Singapore. They hauled in quite a fair sized shark, which the Tribunt photograph
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    SOCIALISTS BEATEN IN SCOTLAND
    125 10 GLASGOW, Nov. 5. -Final results in yesterday's Scottish municipal election* am cut ced toright showed a net loss of 66 seat:; by the Socialist, who lost heavily in last Saturday'* local olectioi s in England and Wales. Lnbcur lost 78 Scottish teats and Raiixl 12. Labour
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    11 HOUR SHIFT LIKELY
    83 10 11 H OUR SHIFT LIKELY LONDON. Nov 5 British workers may have to work W U-hcur shift ur<ter kl order amending factory acts puh/.shcd b- the Minister Of Labour George Isaacs. The order i? Jesl&red to meet the reeds of specini time srhe- I dulos adopted ir. some irdustries for
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    London's Hotel Strike
    64 10 London. Nov. s.— Employee* of thrr? Lordon luxury hotels the Savoy. Claridgo s and Berkc:cy—ton'Rht rejected the ndI vice of their union loaders utA decided to strike at six a.m. to- morrow The hotels affected were expected to accommodate hiinc'reds of wealthy overseas visitors Dlan in? to
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    WINDSORS ON 'QUEEN MARY'
    66 10 Sottthteipton, Nov. 5 The 81.000 ton liner Queen Mary failed to sail nn achedule foi New Voi k today because of a threat one? Strike of Seamen hut §he may leave with the n i \\t iide at foui hours GMT tomorrow. Among those on boairl
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    949 11  -  Alex Wells A SIX-DAY SERIAL B\ e Changing of the Guard Saves Don's Life in More n One When it Reunites Him with An Old Friend B m I 'in* i 1, ntim§ < i' pud I l)t troubk I ipomdmU't B com to Hi- As (i<uitB i wrt
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    WEDEME YER REPORT: MARSHALL WON'T TALK
    104 11 Washington, Nov. 5. -Secretary o! State George C. Marshall told a News conference today that he was considering the whole Chinese m-oblem. but reiterated hi* refusal to make the Wodemeyer report public. Asked whether the report, when linally issued, would include summary of the
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    MOVING GOLD.
    45 11 WASHINGTON. Nov. 5.---D«s--j pite howls heard on thU «Me* the Atlantic at British ForeiS" Secretary Ernest Bevin's recer t gold redisribution *W#& 1 there is an outside chance that aomeUUcg along ttioie wi«b may come up tor COcnecUon with the Mai^na.i Plan.- U.P.
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    WHEAT CUT.
    46 11 WASHINGTON. Nov. 6~A slump In next year's Unttg States wheat cron might cause exports ill 1948-49 to he cut W at lt-ast half. Robert E. PO* wheat expert of the IJriUM StaUs Department of A r jruUi. told a corfon-nce of farm QID Reuter
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    AERIAL BLITZ ON 'HOPPERS IN AUSTRALIA
    151 12 Syciru-y. iAr Mail*. -Wheat farBen IB northern New Sou.h A'al'N are using ttftOte-tttrowerf, liesel u 1. toicatt and pj'son bait! to combat the worst grasstopper plague eipltienced to It area since 1937 .V tl.e lame tin.i. East-West-j Airlines, operators o a Sydneyramwortll <on the
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    DEFENDS "LITTLE ASSEMBLY"
    119 12 LAKE SUCCESS. New Yok. \y ov 6.— The Irdian advocate. Mi. M. C Setalvad, boldly tackled the Soviet Union's famed oublic prosecutor, Monsieur Ar.drei Vyshinsky, on legal prounds ir the Political Committee, during d'scussion of the proposed Assembly Ir.terim Committee, popularly called I -Little Assembly". Mr. Setalvad
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    SOVIET ENVOY SIAM-BOUND
    66 12 SHANGHAI, Nov. 0- ThP rewiy-appoirted Soviet AmbasSador to Siam. Mr. S. S. N-?m-Chinm, arrived hero yesterday afternoon or the Soviet vessel i "Gcgol". and li expected to fly to Banprkok shortly, it waa ivported this morr.ir.g. Acccmpanyir g tne Soviet orvoy were some twenty-odd members of the
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    "My Favourite Brunette" Competition Closes
    60 12 "My Favourite Brunette" Competition Closes The puzzle editor of the above j mpetit on announces that 30 Urn fans solved the correct solu -on out of 213 entries received. Picket! will be sent to them in course to tee th s Param urn's litest laugh riot staring Bob Hop- at
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    SMUGGLING BID.
    40 12 BUCHAREST, Nov. s.— The crew of a Bucharest-Paris plane wa^ arrested aisd 2 paster gen !etair«4 after the discovery of $6,000 and a large quantity of p,old coirs and jewels secreted the plar.e, Goverrment officials anr.our.ced today U.P.
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    211 13 r( r .'^"ut the world Ffe ln "An Ideal iiTLi V( n what **e I h «r pan is not U u ..'four and music I D n^i -sparkling I lt -"^t oi" Mrs 2'y*. S one ette Goddard from w jumped Brittah rtmr. N Jjce to ■P.ccad.l-
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    Give Russia A Chance-Byrnes
    102 13 WINSTON SALEM, North Ca rolina Nov. 5- Former Secretary of State James F. Byrnes addressing the Hous? of Bishops of the protcstant Et>i<copal Church said today that it is the United States "solemn duty" to call formally upon Stalin to sen.l home some 828,000 Japanese prisoners
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    Separate Govt.
    49 13 LONDON. Nov. 5. An American spokesman said today that. T the Council of Foreign Ministers mail to reach agreement on Germany at the meeting here on November 25, the- United States niay press for election oi an independent western G.-rma-n v go— ■■tiwmwt within six months U.P.
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    U.S. Denies Pledge To Cut Synthetic Consumption
    233 14 WASHINGTON Nov 6. [fl tht- Anglo-Amencan trade pad recently concluded at Gem v a tIM Dotted BUtd made no commitments to reduce in favour (J i import, ihroug.i Britain the amount of synthetic rubber |ba! must be used by United state* maßViKtvitfi, Dow
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    Market Notes And Jottings
    292 14 Market Notes And Jottings ofi Our I'niutKKil CTorr.) U »;s far cry from Geneva to •h- HeMßiaa report »>ut oaw ra*i of UM lattei may DP re-read .vith intrivst in vmw of talk which »«».n;: ,-r. regarding the possibility the :ib<j!; f ion of discriminatory export dutlei on tin. Mr.
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    Rubber Tops 42½ Cents
    135 14 Rubber Tops 42½ Cents (Tribune Financial Coir. 1 The market opened iirm w t.i tellers very scarce, and a fo*' parcels of No. i ESS December passing at 41-3 4 to 42. Ne.v York was up by 1 2 <U.S.» Lcn fijn 3 16d. up "or >pot. Encuragtd by these
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    744 14 SINGAPORE. NOV. 6. 1947 Singapore share auotat.j.is to;.v ;is p\rn iv Malayan 1 iarebrokers' As«oc; *»om wor«» t'cUcws fcnjrr S«TT«-r AtlM le* .3 iO .4 01 Hex Brick Onis. LM :♦<■ Prefs '3 10 3 20 B M tiustee 8.75 950 Cons. Tin Smelters 21 22. Malacca Klec. Ords.
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    24 14 ''-■lie The Lingapcre Agiociation report as rdtoW t :a l. Tins ;>n d lu with very ew c f while at la £3n
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      444 14 r'oTYoilAl'o' Way" j BLUE NETWORK megacycles per second in the 61 MALAY ENGLISH metre uhen the t^i smitter is PROrwAlJllMiJc carrying the ban.!, except from ,t> T* SirP 1^ 745 t<: 930 P-m- Fed Network. ,o£? dl °Malaya-Bm(japore) On Smidayg the Clue Network 12.00- 2.00 p.m. 485 metres in open
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    Early pointers for the S'pore races: cream of horses competing
    754 15  - Early pointers for the S'pore races: cream of horses competing GARRICK tUrf JOTTINGS by Bil 4n uL( u i siire\v betting d leek up or thf latest K,;-' th* p'ui l K pic high cos* to lI J erdirg their m to cbmp*te BrouQi: the ?r*n«, i mt cvtrv trainer
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    160 15 B PAGE ONE Hr to their H<- 3 in their He: if w r d r a hbld■n< n '.varn Hi' flaunted Hi: II -I to B n led. H Rd locked H r me I rldtok 1 B n v class H>- r H t into pieces. Hp
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    Pakistan protests
    42 15 KARACHI. Nov. 6. Pakistan has lodged a strong protest with the Indian Government over last Sunday's bombing of Kohala bridge on the F'akistan-Kashmir frontier by RIAF aircraft. The brMge is jointly owned by the governments of Pakistan and Kashmir.- Reuter
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    REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICE ON SUNDAY
    206 15 REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICE ON SUNDAY His Excellency the Governor, Sir Frarklin Gimsor, Rear-Ad- miral E&erton. FOMA. Major- Gereral L. H. cox, representire the Commanrter-ir -Chief, GHQ. PARELF, Air Vice-Marshal Whitworth Jones, represerting AOC. i Far East. Sir Ralph Uor.e, re--1 oresentirg the Governor-Gene-ral, ami representatives of the Fx-Service.s* Association of
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    No Discrimination Against Chinese In Malaya
    420 15 MDU ftepies 1b Nanfcftg Charge Declaring that considerable harm may be caused to the amicable relationships that exi«t here between the different communities as a result of ignorance of the political situation in Malaya, the Secretary of the Mf.layap D?mocratic Union. Mr Eu Chooi
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    Life-saving Test
    43 15 Members of the Chinese Swimming Club who have t-nu red for i tbe Intermediate Certificnte and i Bronze Medal of the Royal Lire Saving Society are reminded that ■the examination will take place at the Club Pool today at 6 p.m.
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    St. Patrick's School Concert Today
    33 15 St. Patrick's School Concert Today St. Patrick's School, Btof&pore, will hold its annual closing of school year conct rt r cL.y at 10.:n a.m. A c'.KKce and i DtertaiDtng progrftmtne will tv presented.
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    SOM PONG ON TRAIL OF 3 ORIENT TITLES
    692 16 K n -> Kourtr.-n years ago :«t 'lu 1 ik» of If, S">m I'onu tiist dOMWd thr plovei, His i is»* I faflM W%A tteOTk, f •>! two fMtl i:tt»M th:s poka f.i« forocioy hitting pvffilist W|| eroOTMd w«'lter-weij;!i! champion of M;iliy;i
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    'GLASS' COACH FOR PRINCESS AND PHILIP
    169 16 'GLASS' COACH FOR PRINCESS AND PHILIP LONDON. Nov. 6. There will be three Royal processions to Westminster Abbey on Nov. 20 for Princess Elizabeths wedding, it was announced. The first will be the g:lt and chocolate-coloured "glass" coach carrying the queen and Princess Margaret followed by other carriages with the
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    Cost Of Living Tops New Peaks
    119 16 LAKE SUCCESS. Nov. 6. The i world cost of living reached new-post-war peaks in August and September, but increase was smallest in the British Common- wealth countries, according to the October issue of the United Nations Statistical Bulletin. The cost of living index in
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