The Straits Times, 3 December 1946

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    20 1 The Straits Times. MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY I'WKI.VE PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1946. PRICfc 111 CENTS.
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    BRITAIN'S PROMISE TO GERMANY
    174 1 Conditions To Be Improved The Times Correspondent HAMBURG, Monday. VIIE Uritish occupation authorities have promised rar^ully to consider the recommendations of the Krilish Zone Advisory Council for the alleviation of conditions, and the promise is more than a formality. There is a greater awareness than there
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    PRISON FOR JAVA RED LEADERS
    107 1 PRISON FOR JAVA RED LEADERS BATAVIA. Monday. JHL former President and Secretary of the Java Communist Party. Dr. Jusui and Dr Suprapto. were eacf» pentenced to three and a liaifi imprisonment by an In ('onesian Republican court at Cheribon today. i. Indonesian Information Ministry spoken I both i •vre invol'.'
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    LA GUARDIA TO RESIGN
    98 1 NKW YORK. Me: Mr. K oivllo i I.a (tuardia said today that he j would announce his resignation m Director-General of UNRRA j when opening an UNRRA Council j minting a* Washington on Dec. in Mr. La Guiirdia sad he had announced his intention in the
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    HOW AMERICA CAN HELP
    114 1 Krom The limes. London THE TIMES, after discussing the Washington negotiations for payment for supplies to Germany, says editorially: -The best American contribution to Germany's recovery v/ill not ue financial help only, but some assurance of the reliable and continuous supply of essential goods. "All three
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    LASKI LOSES CASE
    48 1 LONDON, Mon. The High Court jury today rejected Prof. Harold Laski's libel suit against the Newark Advertising Company and editor of the Newark Advertiser, who, he complained, had wrongly reported him as advocating revolution with violence. Judgment was given for the defendants with costs.— Reuter.
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    Egyptian Treaty Secrecy
    219 1 The Times Correspondent CAIRO, Monday. DRITISH desire to keep the draft treaty set ret until it is presented to the Egyptian Parliament for ratification is greatly helping the Opposition's cam- paign of misrepresentation of Egyptian obligations and alleged British privileges. The public is being told that Parliament's
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    PRINCE PHILIP TO BE BRITISH SOON
    102 1 LONDON. Mon.— The application by Prince Philip of Greece for naturalisation as a Br tish citizen will be approved in a matjer of weeks, it was stated in Whitehall last night, acv-ordi»-e to the! Daily Express. The attempt he made in 1939 to become
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    Sub-Committee To Consider The Veto
    184 1 Sub-Committee To Consider The Veto NEW YORK, Monday. DESPITE Britain's assertion that it was a move to! "pass the baby," the 54-mem-ber United Nations Political and Security Committee yes- j terday appointed a sub-corn mittee to study all proposals affecting use of the Big Power veto privilege in the Security
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    Generals To Be Shot
    71 1 Gen. Ebcrhard Von Mackensen, former German Coinmander-in-Chief in South Italy, and Lieut. -Gen. Kurt Maeltzer, formerly German Governor of Kome. were both sentenced on Saturday to be shot for their responsibility in the massacre of 320 Italians in the Ardeatine caves, near Rome, in 1944. Here
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    Indian Leaders Delayed In Malta
    153 1 Indian Leaders Delayed In Malta LONDON, Monday. THE Viceroy, Viscount Wavell, and the Indian leaders who are flying to London for consultations with Cabinet Ministers, have been delayed in Malta by slight mechanical trouble in the plane.* engines, says a message fiom Valetta. A British Overseas Ajways Corporation offl-ial told
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    JEEP BLOWN UP BY MINE
    79 1 JERUSALEM. Mon.— A j^ep Mruck an electrically detonaU'd mine on the Tel Aviv- Jerusalem highway today, and three British soldiers were killed, in the renewal of the Stern Gang violence. A fourth soldier was in jured seriously. The jeep was travelling from Tel Aviv and
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    BRITAIN'S PLANE EXPORTS
    78 1 LONDON Mon.— Britain's airiraft industry is making good headway generally and trying to reach an export target of £48--000.000 over the next three years, with excellent prospects later of world leadership in Jets, but meanwhile lagging badly behind the United States in heavy trarsports. Current orders (very
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    MORE RIOTS IN BENGAL
    80 1 DACCA, East Bengal Mon.— An Indian police officer w\, kill ci and an aimed police constable slabbed in the communr.l rioting which broke out afresh her? yeaterday. By this morning seres people had been killed and 16 injured. Among the killed '.ire two passengers who al'ghtcd
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    PLANES DROP LEAFLETS
    106 1 LONDON Mon.— Persian Uov-ernmc-nt planes today dropped leaflets on the town of Zenjan, in Khamseh Province near the border of the "home rule" pro vince of Azerbaijan, appealing to the population to cooperate with Government forces who had been refused entry to the town, reports Teheran Radio.
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    NO SECRET PACT WITH U.S.
    202 1 LONDON, Monday. AN alleged announcement by the War Office spokesman that Britain and the United States were about to conclude a secret military pact was firmly repudiated in official British quarters today. The London Communist new»paper Daily Worker stated today: "Britain is abont to enter
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    TAX EXPERT TO REACH MALAYA THIS MONTH
    253 1 TAX EXPERT TO REACH MALAYA THIS MONTH From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. JT is understood that an income-tax expert iroiu Britain's Inland Revenue Department is definitely arriving in Malaya this month by sea to advise the Malayan Union and Singapore Governments on the lines of the post-war tax
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    TRACTION WORKERS' DEMANDS
    265 1 LESS than three montln after the termination ol their last strike, when a 16 •per cent, over-all increase was granted five demand.-, i.i eluding one for a 50 pt i ceni increase in pay, have been to the Singapore Trao'tion Company. Ltd.. by i general meeting of
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      85 1 m*Hui»eru*in» Under the Distinguished Patronage of H. E. Sir Franklin Gimson K C M.G. Governor of Singapore. Dr. Wu Paak-shing Consul-General for the Republic oi China. ST. ANDREW'S OLD BOYS' ASSOCIATION presents "LADY PRECIOUS STREAM" by special permission of the Author Mr. S.I Hsiung at the VICTORIA THEATRE 8.30 P.M.
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    US. BAN EXTENDED AID TO CHINA
    300 2 But Will Follow Policy Of Stabilization Only WASHINGTON, Monday. UIGH diplomatic sources last night confirmed that the State Department has banned largescale eco nomic and military aid to Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek's government until some degree of order has been restored in China. The informants
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    BURMA THREAT TO RAISE ARMY
    120 2 RANGOON, Mon.— Thaiiixi Ba Sein, leader of the movement ♦.<> weld Burmese political parties into a Democratic United FTcnt Organization, said yesterday he was raising an army "for vrotoction of the people." He predicted that formation of a United Front vou'i o? announced this week
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    JAP PALACES FOR NATION
    82 2 TOKIO i Airmail: Imperial Household property valued at £25 000.000 is to be transferred to th^ nation sometime after the New Year as a result of the Property Tax Bill now before the Diet. According to UN terms o f the revised Constitution, all properties of
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    PRINCESSES LEARN NEW LANGUAGE
    69 2 LONDON, Mon— Pi in cess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret are studying Afrikaans, preparatory to their visit to South Africa. They are said to be getting fun out of this study by practising on each other and occasionally on 1 the King and Quoen. The Princesses speak
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    BUSINESS RECOVERING IN NEI
    209 2 BATAVIA. Monday. ALL weaving mills in Indo- nesia soon are expected to start production, cigarette output soon is expected t( 'reach 160 million per month. l and breweries anticipate a j production of 12 million litre.- of beer, according to a review i published by the
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    U.K. ACTS TO IMPROVE GERMANLOT
    292 2 U.K. ACTS TO IMPROVE GERMANLOT BERLIN, Monday. rILE the economic chicf of the American zone in Germany, Brig. Gen. Williaru H. Draper, Jnr., warned, in a report that zonal boundaries must be wiped out or the Pots dam Agreement re-written, the British Military Government at Hamburg announced sweeping proposals to
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    SHANGHAI RIOT DIES DOWN
    88 2 SHANGHAI, Mon.— Dozens ol Shanghai shops reopened tc-day us well-armed foot and motorized patrols -with shoot to kill ordeii guarded against any resumption of the weekend riot*ng which the authorities blamed on the Communists. Many stores, however, were *UU closed ai.d tightly shuttered with their proprietors
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    Lord Alexander Speaks On The War In Burma
    155 2 Lord Alexander Speaks On The War In Burma From The Times Ottawa Correspondent By Air Mail. "TIMING as a factor in war" 1 was discussed by Lord Alexander, the GovernorGeneral, in an address to the Royal Canadian Institute in Toronto. In his review of the Burma campaign of 1942 Lord
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    CEYLON WON'T TALK ENGLISH
    137 2 COLOMBO, Mon.— Englisn will! cease to be the language of adm nistration in Ceylon ten ycaihence, it the recommendations ci the Select Committee of the State Council which was appointed last year to report on "the steps nectssary to effect the transition frcm English to Sinhalese
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    BEVIN BOOED IN NEW YORK
    111 2 NEW YORK. Men— Th: British Foreign Secretary. Mr. Ernest Bevin, was booed twice at a professional tcotball game hero vo<-t-?rday afternoon. T/Ti« first demonstration came during the interval when a loudspeaker system announced his presence. Immediately the crowd' boo:-d loudly for several minutes j although
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    STAMP ERROR DELAYS ISSUE
    118 2 PRETORIA. Mon— A technical: error in the design of one postage stamp is expected to delay the i issue or a sori'o of the Union ol South Africa stamps, commemorating the visit of the British i Royal Family next year. The mistake occurred in the. design
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    TO WORK IN FRANCE
    30 2 ROME, Mon.— An agreement providing for immigration to France of 200,000 Italian labourers in 1947 was concluded b:t*een j France and Italy on Sunday. A. P.
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    TURKEYS FOR UK
    21 2 BUDAPEST, Mon.— The Ministry of Commerce announces lao.t 100 railcars of turkey., wouii reach England by CcristmM.— AP.
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      969 2 NOTICES UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY CLASSES. I he object is to prepare students for university entrance examination* Inter ltd law. Economics. Commercial ■■bjMli and languages. Business irainln? cr profession Is the weapon for Economic Independence and Berurlty. Da not waote time. Compressed ■c and rapid courses for those who are nmbitlotn to
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      514 2 NOTICES TRAFALGAR LIMITED. Notice 1% hereby given that an Extra ordinary Oeneral Meeting will be h>ld at the PegisUred Office of the Company. No. 2. Prince Street, on Tuesday. 10th Dftcembor. 1946. at 12 30 p.m. to elect two Directors In place of Messrs. Ftanton NeLwn and R. W. Mf-KTrow.
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      494 2 NOTICL Notice li hereby given that the partnership heretofore subsisting between Tan Joo Slang and R. A. Vadi Velu undir the style of Victory Dispensary at No. 316, South Bridge Road, Singapore, has been dissolved as from the 31st day of October. 1945. so far as concerns the said Tsn
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      798 2 Copy for Public Notice*, Tender Notices etc. should reach the Strait*. Times offices ly noon two days before publication of the issue in which they are required to appear It will normally be impossible to publish notices on a specified day unless copy is received as indicated above. TENDERS. TENDERS
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    5th ASSIZES OPENS IN SINGAPORE
    169 3 5th ASSIZES OPENS IN SINGAPORE THE Fif;h Singapore Assizes with 22 casts Od th* calcnUrr opened at the Supreme <?ourt yesterday. Mr. Justic? Brown, who presided, oientlo*! the oas.s included nino of Alleged aimed robbery and four of murder A' the outret. Mr. Jusf.ce Browr. sad no would only mention
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    H.K. GIFT TO LINGNAN
    125 3 H.K. GIFT TO LINGNAN HONG KONG, Mon. LINGNAN Un ve:sity. in Canton, was voted a gif*. ot S2o,Co<ki iH.K.) by the Hong Kong Government recently in recognition of the assistance it gave to Hong Kong students dur a% the war When the rapines*; overran Canton in 1938 Lir.g-.au moved all
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    CYCLIST TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
    51 3 A motor cyclist was badly injured when his machine cams into collision w»th a military truck at the junction of Stamford Road and Bencc->l?n Street. Singapore, yesterday The cyclist, Abu Lakar, 35, married, was admitted lo Singapore General Hospital where he was later reported to be
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    THREE CHINESE ON ARMS CHARGES
    72 3 Allegation of being in possession of ,i .38 revolver, a .32 pistol and six rounds of ammunition &i Aorth Bridge Road on Nov. jyi were explained to three Chinese in the Second Police Court yesterday The men, Chan Ah Hong, agee 18. Ong King Man,
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    FAREWELL TO MR. H.J. PAGE
    76 3 The staff of the Rubber Re search Institute, Malaya, gave a iareweli tea party to the Director. Mr. H. J. Page, and Mrs Pagi? r.t Wong Koe Cafe, Kua'.a Lumpur, last week Speeches were n:ade by Mr. C E. T. Mann and Mr. Ponniah as
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    $300,000 TO BE SPENT ON ISLAND CLUB
    549 3 SWIMMING POOL TO BE INCLUDED Straits Times Reporter A FIRST class inter-racial country club, providing facilities for swimming, dancing and playing golf and tennis, will be open to all communities in Singapore when the Island Club completes its $300,000 scheme for a new
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    54 3 A Straits Tims reader has sent in an interesting picture oi A st- m roller belonging to the Singapore Municipal Commissioners which has turned up in Ambon. The steam-roller is in almost perfect condition and is in use on Liang airfield Another steam-roller also belonging to the S.M.C. was almost
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    DeathOfMr. A.H. Todd
    243 3 NEWS has been recencd from England of the death oi Mr. A. H. Todd. wlio. as secretary o? the Singapore Turf Ciub, worked for d saw the charge over from the eld to the new r?.cc course. Mr Todd. who is remembered by a host oj friends
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    HAD 4O KATIS OF RICE, GAOLED
    110 3 A trishaw-puller Teh Seh Tar., was sentenced to eignt weeks' rigorous imprisonment in the Third Police Court yesterday wh?n he was found gu-lty of having 40 katies of rice in his possession on Sunday morning Teh was stopped in front oi the Union Building,
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    EUROPEANS ON THEFT CHARGE
    63 3 Two Europeans, Robert William Mellows and Arthur John Croucher. claimed trial to a charge of theft of 13 bales of military cloth valued at about $2,106 before Mr. Tan Thoon Lip at the First District Court yesterday. Bail was offered in the sum of $1,000 each
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    CHINESE CHAMBERS FAVOUR AMALGAMATION
    170 3 CHINESE CHAMBERS FAVOUR AMALGAMATION THE opinion th.U Malaya and Singapore should not be opparat e was reflected at a meeting of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Singapore recently to consider an invitation from upcountry chambers of commerce to organise an All-Malayan Chinese Chamber of Commerce. The proposal was unanimously
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    MEDAN-STORE AIR SERVICE STOPPED
    277 3 BECAUSE of the "unsafe" conditions existing at the airfield in Medan, the Sumatran cast coast port, a Medan bound Dakota aircraft belonging to the 19th Squadron oi the Netherlands East Indies Army, was forced to return to Singapore half an hour after taking off from Changi
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    CLERKS GIVEN UNION STATUS
    90 3 THE Singapore Clerical l)n:on has received official advice that it has been granted trade union status and MCOKUngly its new name becomes the b.njiapcre Clerical and Admini>;cr,itivc Workers Union. Soon the Unions tornicv clubhouse at Balestier is to be reopened. The Uiiion Ivss sp*"K si^cial thousand
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    1,700 CHINESE ARRIVE TODAY
    92 3 NEARLY 1,700 Chinese, includL ing 400 Burma Road veteiar.s to be repatriated by UNRRA and CNRRA. will arrive in Singapore this morning by tiie Ho Honjr Steamship Company's ship Hong Kheng from Hong Kong. The Chinese will be met by members of the Singapoie Social Wellare
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    WOMAN FINED ON CIGARETTE CHARGE
    73 3 ADMITTING she brought 1,500 cigarettes from Johore to sell in Singapore, a Chinese woman, Lam Gek Hong, was fined $120, and had the cigarettes confiscated by the Third Police Magistrate. Mr. K. M. Byrne, yesterday when she pleaded guilty to having autiable tobacco on Nov
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    Only the Army has plans for the Highlands
    1380 4 Only the Army has plans for the Highlands By a Straits Times Staff Correspondent Civilian fears that Army plans for the development of the Highlands as a convalescent and leave centre will eventually mean the exclusion of the small civilian landowner are explained in this article, written by a Straits
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    The Convalescent Depot
    321 4 JHE only inter-Services convalescent depot for British and Indian forces in South East Asia Command is situated at Cameron Highlands, Malaya's biggest hill-station. Nearly 3,200 men and women have been sent to the "Con. depot" (as it is familiarly known) since it wa* officially opened on Oct.
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      256 4 Quick -Action FOOD TONIC "^iL-^ re-nourishes body nerves f> with daily ration of m precious MINERAL SALTS \mlkLJL^m When your system lacks certain Iv MB essential Mineral Salts youget Rundown, M—W ißr Bp^ Tired, Depressed. Your body must I UK, L fWm have an adequate daily supply of these A
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      150 4 POMMERY CHAMPAGNE The King of Wines The Wine of Kings SOLE AGENTS JOHN LITTLE Co Ltd. The AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION of MALAYA The Autoirobile Association of Malaya nas Deen reorganized and is ready to re-commence operations immediately on the pre-war scale. Negotj^fflons are in progress whereby new and important Benefits will
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    Privileged Position Of British Firms
    372 5 SELANGOR MERCHANT ATTACKS •GOVT. POLICY' From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. DKITAIN'S economic policy, which, it was claimed, aimed at monopolising Malaya's post-war market, and placing European firms in a privileged position, was attacked by Mr. Yap Bean Khay, President of the Sclangor Rice
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    M.P.A.J.A. MAN THANKS PEOPLE
    115 5 From Our Own Corr.->»ponin ni SEREMBAN. Mon DEPREtJENTATIVES of Chinese Malay and Indian cornmuni- j Om were present at a tea party on Saturday held in crlobration of the first anniversary ol toe itabhshment of the Ex-S.?rv:ce Comrades Association ot >v >e MPA J A Mi
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    AUSTRALIAN TINPLATE FOR MALAYA
    165 5 AUSTRALIAN TINPLATE FOR MALAYA SYDNEY, Monday. MALAYA will be able to get supplies of tinplate nearer horrte when the Broken Hill Propriety Limited begin manufacturing tinplate in Aus tralia. The directors of this company stated at Sydney that they hoped to instal a large hot-cold strip mill, incorporating a tinplate
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    NEGRI TAILORS GO ON STRIKE
    87 5 From Our Own «>rr. j/; ii(l, m SEREMBAN. Mon. NECRI Sembilan Chinese tailors' emoloyees went on strike today following the rejection of a three days' notice to employers to accede to the demands of emoloyees for Increased wages. The enmloyees demandPd an increase of 100
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    U.K. HANDLES MORE SHIPPING
    65 5 HONG KONG. Mon Tile pore of Hong Kong at present is handling about 75 p?r cent, mor? shipping than Shanghai and 10 ptr cent, more than the whole of China, according to the Far lutEconomic Rovisw. During October shipping which entered and cteared totalled more than
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    INDIAN TROOPS LEAVING JAVA
    35 5 The last official ceremony beiore the British-Indian forces left Java was the handing over of the guard at HQ. AFNEI by Indian guards of the Bth Punjab Regiment to Dutch guards.
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    Only Elected Men Represent People
    379 5 RECOMMENDATIONS made by the Ex-Services Comrades i* Association of the Malayan Peoples Anti-Japanese Army on the first anniversary of the disbandment of the M.P A.J.A. are contained in a manifesto issued on Dec. 1. Drawing attention to thr importance of the present negotiation-; going on
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    U.K. CURRENCY MORE POPULAR
    104 5 HONG KONG. Monday. —Hor.g Kong currency is gradually replacing Chinese currency as a j means of exchange in a la:£-c I part of South China, according to financial circles who sa\ more and more payment in Honrj Kong dollars is being (LSfUsUUtod by merchants in Car.v
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      326 5 vayi ,a cood Idea Obserre n- suggested that n? 'dia not -ar aays deal: the unbid spade suit North dealer. On thll wound. latetRraUtiOB Xat-h'nn- vuhurabl? i West shied away from spades in Match-pour, en »(<c*t». favour of leading through the secNORTH ondari ly-bid heart suit. He led «A8 the
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      326 5 CROSSWORD No. 118 I 2 3 I |4 |^|c^l& 6 I I 8 1/ '8 20 2 ACROSS 1. The invalid is In no hurry (T), 5. Not reaching lull growth 17#, 9. A royal realm 10. No permanent abode (7), 11. They have leave to supply callers (9). 12.
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    DEAATHS
    96 6 v?rs Teo Kf-ng Teow nee Madam Soon Wah. passed away peace- i.l!v on the Ist Dec. at her residence. M Nathan Road, leaving behind tar loving mother, a brother, a son and two w lighter*. Mr Tan Keng Teow alias Tan Ban *nn rider brother of Mr. Tan Ken^
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    The Straits Times. Singapore, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 1946. 'Free Enterprise' In Food
    848 6 The Straits Times. Singapore, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 1946. 'Free Enterprise' In Food Those who resent the part played in Malaya's economy Dy the International Emergency Food Council In Washington, with its rice sub-committee in Singapore, will be glad to hear that speculation is now being voiced as to whether the
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    Mr. G. W. Seabridge
    81 6 Mr. G. W. Seabridge, editor ot the Straits Tim;s since 1928, is retiring on Dec. 31 and expects to leave Malaya early in the New Year. Mr. Seabridge began his newspaper carerr in Birmingham in 1907 and worked subsequently in London. Berlin, Paris and Calcut.a. He
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    PLUTO PIPELINE DISMANTLED
    106 6 DISMANTLING of the famous Pluto Pipeline is now in progress and already 200 miles I the pipe have been picked up by cable ships from the bed of the English Channel. There are m all some 600 to 700 miles of p'ping to be recovered in the
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    U.K. STUDENTS MAY DEFER CALL-UP
    66 6 Apprentices and students who are conscripted in the new year are to have the choice of Joining up at once or of finishing their apprenticeships and courses first. Men called up after Jan. 1 will be given a definite assurance that they will be released
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    TALKS IS GREECE
    41 6 Field-Marshal Viscount Montgomery. British Chisl of the Imperial General Staff, arrived In Athens by air yesterday from Palestine to confer with the General Officer Commanding. Brltlrh La.id Forces in Greecs, act- n§ LiiUt.-Gen. Kenneth Noel Ouwford. says Reuter.
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    Quaker impressions in a German town
    1301 6  -  ELIZA BE TH HOWA RD By (In the New Statesman and Nation) IHAVE just spent several months en a special bit oi Quaker relief work in a unbombed health resort left in the British Zone. Lying in a peaceful valley, surrounded by beautifully wooded
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    AMPUTATED HIS OWN LEG
    127 6 PARIS, Sun. After amputating with a penknife bin own leg, which had been aY but blown oft by an exploding mine, and applying a tourniquet, Maurice L:<marque, a young Frenchman, drove his empanion. All ml Coughnon. who wt; also badly Injured, in a car many miles
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      The "Sin Kongsi" Gangsters In Malacca Town
      220 6 rE once well-known "Sleepy Hollow" that was Malacca is no more. The only thing that is "sleepy" here now is the Police Department. Malacca has become a place of refuge for wanted gangsterfrom Singapore, who can be found living in jrrand style iii
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      School For Troops
      140 6 IT is most surprising to learn from the Straits Times that the former Japanese .school at Waterloo Street is to be handed over to the military authorities. While the general public, and perhaps the Education Department, is fighting hard for the release of school premises, Government or
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      "Shocking"
      115 6 THIS letter is not written In a spirit of racial prejudice but with due regard for the lower-salaried people. It Is shocking that people drawing $800 a month should be shocked when offered a cost-of-living allowance of $60. In fact. It is shocking that they should receive any allowance
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      Ear-phones Advised
      96 6 THE L.C.C. Examination which took place on Nov. 5 at the Victoria School, was unfair to the candidates by reason of faulty dictation Throughout the exam, the dictator spoke lnaudibly, and despite the fact that he was asked by one of the candidates to make himself audible, there
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      Stranded In India
      95 6 RECENTLY I read in you paper that a number of former Malayan volunteer? who served on the BurmaYunnan road are being repatriated from China. I feel disappointed that no MM is available as to persms ir tbla category who are stranded !r India. I have before me
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      76 6 IT is now late Njvemb.r, and v\e wen half-Dromised an increase in our rice rations some time ato. Msaiwvhilc. we have re^d ~>t many rice shipments arriving, one even :rem Brazil. May we be told when if everrice rations will be inc:ea. c ed? ACTION PLEASE Btngl
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    MALAYANS FOR BRITAIN TO BE NAMED
    487 7 SIR ANGUS GILLAN OUTLINES SCHEME 1 1 1*2 sc't.-tion of the Malayans to visit England early next year under the auspices of the British Council will he made this month. The whole of the cost of the trip will be borne by the British
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    CAT BURGLARS GET 18 MONTHS
    98 7 DLEADING guilty to a charge of house-breaking and thelt, two Javanese. Kardi bin Bangsal and Jalal bin Karsi, were sentenced to 18 months' rigorous imprisonment each by Mr. Tan Thoon Lip at the First District Court yerterday. The prosecution alleged that on Nov. 16 at
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    Arrangements For Indian Repatriates
    283 7 Arrangements For Indian Repatriates ANOrHER batch of Indian re-! patriates will leave Slnga- i pore when the Jalagopal, the special Go/ernment of India repatriation ship, leaves on 1U second voyage. In order to complete the issue of movement orders and with a view to clearing the backlog of persons awaiting
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    PRICE CONTROL CONVICTIONS
    124 7 FINES totalling 592C31.50 ware imposed in the various courts in the Malayan Union lor infringements against the Food and Price Control proclamations during August. September, and October. In October there »er e 309 prosecutions, of which 172 conviction were recorded, and fines totalling $11,283.00 imposed. During August
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    RAFFLES HOTEL'S GOOD POSITION
    398 7 Straits Times Reporter AFTER writing off a capital loss sustained some years ago of $323,190.47 of the Company's assets in Penang, Raffles Hotel Ltd. were able to curry forward a sum of $22,408.17 from their profit and loss account. The balance sheet which was available yesterday
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    HIDDEN JUJUBES
    66 7 Stopped anc 1 searched by a j ..onotabk on duty at a gate in the Singapore Harbour Board, and found tc have 17 tins of Eumeni thyol jujubes strapped to his legs |m Nov. 30, a Chinese, Lav Pan I Van, who pleaded guilty in the j Third
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    Madame Louise At The Victoria
    158 7 WHEN a book:uak<.r "urns" a. gowushop "well off Bond Street" and tries to regain a business which has bsen long defunct, with a doubuuj mor.ey-spinner called the ■Thrc-e-u»-One" creation, humorous situations vie bound io develop Su^n i«! the th?me ai.d tS.e fituaticus In the farce
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    Mr. Lim Seng Bee
    65 7 Mr. Lim Seng Bee, son of Mr. Lim Beng Quan, of 22-13 Zion Road, Singapore, writes to point cut that he is not the Mr. Lim Seng Bee named in the notice from a firm of solicitors published in the Straits Times on Nov. 26 stating
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    Army Council Member In Rangoon
    133 7 Army Council Member In Rangoon MR. J. Freeman, M.8.E., Finance Member to the Army Council, arrived in Rangoon on Saturday. He is on a two months facts finding tour of I ritish Army Units in the Middle and Far East. At Mingaladcn airfield to meet Mr. Freeman wsr c Brigadier
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    SIR EDWARD GENT'S INSTALLATION
    59 7 Sir Edward Gent taking the oath as acting Governor-Gen-eral at his installation at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. Administering th e oath, is the Chief Justice of the Malayan Union, Mr. Justice Willan. On the right are Sir Ralph Hone, Secretary-General to the Gov-ernor-General, and Mr. W.
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    Death Railway Officers Guilty
    276 7 THE employment of Allied PoWs i In the construction of the Burma-Siam Railway is in itself a war crime, according to the verdict or the Third War Crim. 5 6 Court which yesterday found Lt. Gen Ishiua. Cols. Nakamura and Lshii. Lt. Col. Yanagita and Major
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    GOVERNOR WAS BEATEN DAILY
    322 7 TOKIO, Monday. THE Japanese subjected the (iovernor of the Straits Settlements, Sir Shenton Thomas, the (Jovernor of Hong Kon^, Sir Mark Young-, and other high-rank-ing Allied officers and civilian internees to daily heatings with rifle butts and clubs in a Formosa camp, Brigadier Arthur Seaforth Hlackburn
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    81,000 FINE FOR 15 BAGS OF RICE
    66 7 The Second District Judge, Mr T. T. Russell, yesterday, found a Chinese. Chco Liang C'ne/.i;, guilty of the wrongful possession of 15 bags of rice on Nov. 18 He was fined $1,000 or t ur months' imprisonment in detault. The rice, 669 katis.
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    Arms Charge Against Two Australians
    265 7 Arms Charge Against Two Australians TWO Aiuuraliars Dowld Alfred Levy and Edward Charles Hampton, who e'ecidod to work their way from Darwin to Jnv;i to assist the Indonesian KrpuDli. and in the course of their travrhi landed at Changi airfield. Singapore, were yesterday charged before Mr. Tan Thoon Lp. uitii
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    Problems Of The World Deficit In Wheat
    720 8 Problems Of The World Deficit In Wheat CHANGE WANTED IN ALLOCATIONS By The Times Diplomatic Correspondent THE grain harvests in the United States and Canada, well above the average yields of recent years, bring greater hopes of relief to countries short of wheat. In his discussions with Mr. Byrnes in
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    CHINA'S ENVOYS TO INDIA
    252 8 CHINA'S ENVOYS TO INDIA NANKING (By Air Mail) OFFICIAL quarters in the capital are manifesting considerable interest and enthusiasm in the inter- Asian conference, which will be at i ended by representatives ol more than 30 Asiatic counrolonies and dependencies. nviutlons have been cxtenCed to representatives of tlie Kuomlntang, the
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    STOCK EXCHANGE FOR INDONESIA
    34 8 JOGJAKARTA: (Air Mall' As part of the plan to make this city the capital of the Indonesian Republic, local bankers are preparing to open a stock exchange. Antara reports.— Reuter.
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    AFTER STALIN?
    227 8 MOSCOW, (By Air Maiu GEORGII Maximiiianovichj Malenkov, who recently was appointed to the impor- 1 tant Council of Ministers of the U.S.S.R. has been spokon of in British quarters as a possible successor to Marsha" Stalin Soviet Prime Minister. TnOttfh now only lo years of age. Malenkov fought
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    TERRITORIALS IN THE NEW ARMY
    514 8 By The Times Military Correspondent THE statement made by Mr. Bellenger, Secretary of State for War, in the House of Commons recently on the Territorial Army is only an interim report of progress, but it does add to the information hitherto issued officially. The role
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    STATE CONTROL OF TEXTILES
    87 8 JOGJAKARTA: (Air Mail. The operation of all state and privat textile ndustries is to b? centralised under s ate control. r<.i3rdin3 to an announcement by the Indones an Suprem- Defence Council. For this purpose a .state-directed board of control will be inst.tuted consisting of thre members
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    CEYLON ASKS FOR MORE RICE
    114 8 COLOMBO. (Air Mail' Tha food authorities in Ceylon have asked tin? Colonial Office in London to represent to the International Emergency Food Council in Washington for a rice allocation of 252.000 tons for the first halt of 1947. If this quantity is allo.atPd. the authorities
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    VICTORIA PROPOSES HOSPITAL LOTTERY
    107 8 SYDNEY. (Air Mail)— At leasr six of the 12 Ministers in the V<torian Cabinet are expected 'c support t.he pnposal jf the Minister for Housing, Mr Barry, to establish a State lottr ry, orovided that the profits are devoted solely to financing hospitals. Mr. Barry said
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    TEACHERS' SCHOOL
    27 8 SOERAKARTA, (Air Mail)— A n e'ghte:n-month training course for secondary school teachers of exact sciences will be opened h're shortly, it Is officially announced. Reutfr.
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    SHE PONDERS IN VAIN
    58 8 Profound thought is devoted by ttrenda Dawson. aged three, as she appraises this wonderlui selection of toys, a luxury rarely seen by Britain's children since war began. In fortunately for Brcnda she can indulge only in wishful thinking, because these toys are at the "Britain Can
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    CEYLON'S RECORD OF EMPLOYMENT
    81 8 COLOMBO: (Air Mail).— Ceylon's unemployed as regis teird in the exchanges >s only half of one per cent of the total population of the country a figure which many countries would envy says Mr. A. K. J. Henderson. Employment Ofiicer of the Ceylon Government. I'nemployment Is
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    CHANGED GROOMS
    45 8 SYDNEY. (Air Mail Two young English girls who came to Australia on the Strathmore six weeks ago to marry their Australian fiances are now on their way horns again, on? married, the other still engaged— but. in born cases, to other men.— Router.
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    CHINA'S COAL CRISIS
    307 8 CHINA'S COAL CRISIS TIENTSIN (By Air Mail). iUITH the approach ol wint. North Chinas mam citiv.-. face a serious shortage it coal, while in *ome coai-mn c districts large quantities »>1 the precious mineral arc piliio higher and higher. The pres nt senoui coai tbortage in Peking and Tientsin is
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    Four-Piece Beach Suit
    52 9 "IMs mr-"iius four STrcr *e» is niailo in Horrocks' famous Griped cotton. The skirt bnti 'tiv down the front and is racily slipped on ever the slx.rt.s. The jackrt can be worn as a blouse with a plain skirl, or with thr striped skirt to make a
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    BLUE, GREEN AND RED EGG YOLKS
    59 9 Fi'oni us. Qovexr-mcn; poultry farm< th s at k came eggs with yolks of bri'ht red, blue and green. rimentert, who achieved their results by adding pigments to h?ns p feed, claimed no nutritional advantage for the new eggs. They did it. just for
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    MR. MACDONALD'S WEDDING ON DECEMBER 9
    644 9 A SOCIAL event of great interest to the peoples of Singapore and the Malayan Union will take place in Ottawa, Canada, on Dec. 9. On that date, Mrs. Audrey Fellowes Rowley will marry Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, Governor General of the Malayan Union. The
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    A WHALE OF A DISH
    157 9 WHALES were reported hard to get, the British whalers were out to make the most of what were left. The new British whaler Balaena, at New York last week on the way to Antarctic whaling grounds, carr;<\i equipment to extract hormones from whales' S3x glands,
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    NO PUBLICITY FOR DESERTERS
    69 9 THROUGHOUT Europe and 1 the Middle East, said an Army spokesmsn last week, were scattered nearly 15.0C0 US. personnel who had "overstayed their leave." Many, but not ail. were classed as deserters and hundreds were known to be desperadoes making a ruthless living in the racket-ridden
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    REVOLT IS HABIT WITH JENNIE LEE
    234 9 LINED up with Labour's M.P. "rebels," Mrs. Aneurin Bevan, 42 (Jennie Lee) was not for the first time taking sides against a Labour Government. In 1929, at the age of 24, when as a Labourite she first entered Parliament, she caused a sensation by
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    The Elephant & Castle: A Cockney 'sßendezvous
    730 9 The Elephant Castle: A Cockney 'sßendezvous rE Elephant— all Cockneys drop the Castle has for many years presented a mournful picture of fast traffic reduced to slow motion. Marble Arch, Piccadilly Circus, Mansion House, Oxford Street are celebrated for spoiling bus time-tables and reducing private motorists to tears. But tr.e
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    TO MARRY AT OTTAWA
    35 9 A picture of Mrs. Rowley, widow of Lieut-Col. John Rowley, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs Kenyon Fellowfs. of Ottawa, is to marry Mr. Malcolm MacDcntild, Governor-General of Malaya and Singapore.
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    A Times Leader
    320 9 BUTTONS We publish below a recent third leader from The Times, London, on the suhjec( of "In Defence ol Buttons": BUTTONS are a blinking bally nuisance, you 11 agree," sany a comedian of thirty years ay<». and the writer of a letter lately published does asree with
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      59 9 Hair should be washed Steiner's way with Steiner's 5.3 shampoo cream. And it should always be set with SEBOSYN. SEBOSYN is a hair make-up and a hair food. These twin preparations, together keep the hair fastidiously clean perfectly groomed and radiantly healthy 14, PRICE $3.75 Sebosyn PRICE SI.9S UIHITERWHVS (WHITEAWAY.
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    ALL BLUES BEATEN
    194 10 One Sided Rugby In Negri From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Sunday. BY 28 points (6 tries and two goals) to five points- (a goal), the Negri Sembilan Malacca Rugby Football Club overwhelmingly defeated the N.S. All Blues at a match played here on the Station Padang on
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    MUAR SOCCER ORGANISED
    139 10 representatives of various soccer clubs and teams in Muar, met the at the Muar Club yesterday n the first meeting of the Muar Football Association. It was decided that Muar would send at le?st two commurity teams Muar Chinese and Muar Malays to participate in the forthcoming
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    NEGRI BADMINTON
    127 10 From Otn Own Correspondent. SEREMBAN. Sat. The Teoli B.P. of Kuala Lumpur defeated the Cameron B.P. of Seremban by three games to two in a friendly match of two singles and three doubles played at the K.G.V. School Hall. The results are as follows (Cameron 8.P.) mentioned first:
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    SEGAMAT HOCKEY
    43 10 From Our Own Coriespondent. SEGAMAT. Sat. Missed chances and poor linish n brought about the downfall of the Old Boys 1 Association at the hands of »h? Education Department at hockey en the town padang yesterday, the final score being two-one.
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    FRIENDLY SOCCER
    65 10 Played at No. 1 Petrol Point Ground on Sunday evening, the Cavenaush Youngsters trounced the 361 P.B.S. Platoon (L.T.) I. Petrol Point by five goals to one at soccer. The game was very exciting, the soldiers were very hard triers, but no luck. Seng Gee and Naidu were
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    61 10 The following players will represent the Samboe Chinese Athletic against the Samboe Hospital XI In a friendly soccer match on Thursday at 5.15 p.m. at home ground. Stephen Chan Ewe Kwee (cap lain). Ronnie Lee. Tien Slah. Lee Ah Chye. Ng Mool. Tien Sien. Sun Swee. Khek Beng. Wons Chye,
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    BRITISH & EUROPEAN LEAGUE
    300 10 BRITISH EUROPEAN LEAGUE (By George Chandler United Prjss Staff Correspondent) lONDON. Monday. A drastic reduction in the num- ber of teams in the English ■v.d Scottish Scccer Leagues with the aim of forming a British and rjurc-poan Scccer League is the revolutionary pro-~---:-.'l out for-: •."ird by WiJltom Birr-li. manager
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    Seremban Win Tennis Vs Kuala Piiah
    210 10 Seremban Win Tennis Vs Kuala Piiah From Our Own Correspondent Seremban. Sun. THE Seremban Temiang Clut> Courts were the venue of th e first tennis fixture played this morning between the Seremban Temiang Tennis f-ariy. captained by the veieran, Chow Choy, and a Kua^a Pilah team. Consisting of some of
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    WRESTLING
    132 10 Letter With reference io "Wrestling Fans' complaint In youi sports column last week. I mite agree that it is high time some wjliknown wrestlers from Australia and India be imporu a to revive jaded appetite. Vr?st!!n^ is past peak no*, aj most of the best exponents o! the an
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    OLYMPIC SET-IP "IS IDEAL"
    98 10 LONDON. Sat. TAMES A. Lee of Cleveland. Ohio, a J semi-official American sports Inspector, on Saturday voiced his approval on British preparations to play host to the 1948 Olympics, which he predicts will be 'history's biggest.' "The sst-up is ideal." declared Lee. i chainran of the
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    KEMBANGAN B.P.
    132 10 i A T a friendly badminton match play- ed on Sunday the Kembangan B.P. beat the Merry Makers B.P. by six cames to one. Results (Kembanpran mentioned first): —Mohd. Noor lost to Chan Chlm Lim. i 12-15. 7-15: A. Rahman beat Po Guan Yam. 13-13 (5-0). 14-14 (3-1):
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    Ipoh Race Weights
    157 10 From Our Own Correspondent Ipoh, Mon. Weight for Ipoh Races second day are: Horses, Class 1, div. 1, 6 fur. Courtnay 10.9, Jcsannc 9 2, Distinguished 9.0, Zargun 86. Ballymun 84, Ron Marie 7.9, D.R.B. 7.7 Horses, Class 1, div. 2, 6 furs. Precious Stream 9.0, Harlequin
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    Swimrning Record Broken
    66 10 HILVERSUM, NethtTlano^ Mon MEL Van Vliet. 21-year-ola Dutc.i 11 women's bre?.st stroke oWji.t ming champion, broke the- women's world record for 500 at we: here today covering the dis.j....': i;i 7 mil s. 41 sees. Sne impijvec by 2.4 s^cs. on the previous Lett m:'.de by the
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    IMER-SIATE TABLE TENNIS TOUR
    106 10 The Chinese Athletic Ass'.j.u ♦on. wh/ch provided 'mo ;f.j6 Singapore ping-pon- champ on team, will send ou, mci.j.-.ous p::ig-pong team of 12 to vI»H tho various places in he M Wjian Union, leports the .^d.i Ctfai'j Jit Pao. The following, itinerary has been tentatively fixed: Dec.
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    AIR ACE LEADS GOLF FIELD
    47 10 ORLANDO. Sat. Young Johnny Palmer of Badin. North Carolina, who chalked up 32 missions over Japan as an army airman, on Friday held a iwo-stroke lead as play began in the third round of the $10,000 Orlando open golf tournament —A. P.
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    SCHROEDER WINS EASILY
    39 10 MELBOURNE. Sun. Ted Schrocder, of the U.S., advanced through the second round of the Vici torlan Tennis Championships on Saturday with a 6-3. 6-2. 6-4 triumph over J:m Gllchrist, of Australia, on a ralnsoakPd court. —A.P.
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    MERRY UNION LOSE
    119 10 Playing last Sunday, at Jacques B.P. court, before a larg> Catherine; of badminton enthusiasts. the Merry Union Badminton Party, narrowly lost to Jacques Badminton Party, by the odd game in seven. (Results Merry Union players mentioned first:—) Singles:—George Tan lest to Kj Chen? Hwa 8-15. 10-15: Chcong
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    MALACCA BADMINTON
    34 10 From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA. Snt. The Arsronauts Badminton Party brat the Kuala Pilah Badminton Party by six games to one in a friendly match nlayed on the Argonauts court on Sunday.
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    RAFFLES REPORT REVEALS STRONG POSITION
    331 11 By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Monday. DAFFLES Hotel balance sheet as at Aug. 31, which was available today, confirms the position as indicated by the gradual support which their shares have received in the past few months. The net position shows that $100,000 has been
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    NO ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR KEDAH
    210 11 NO ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR KEDAH From Our Own Correspondent ALOR STAR, Monday. Fis not proposed to set up an Advisory Council for Kedah'' said Mr. O. E. Venables, Resident Commissioner, Kedah, at the flrst^ress conference yesterday. The public, it would be noticed, had expressed enthusiasm on the subject ever since
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    Produce Prices
    349 11 SINGAPORE, Monday. yODAY'S produce prices were: RICE: Siamese No. 1, $130, No. 2 $110, No. 3 $90. PULOH RICE: Siamese $98, KEDAII $78. RICE NOODLES: No. 1 Siamese $95. Kedah $70. Indo-China $73, China $90, Local No. 1 $80. No. 2 $70 COPRA: Miiidri.d No. 1 $12. TAPIOCA
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    SHANGHAI MONEY
    33 11 SHANGHAI. Mon. Today's quotations on the Shanghai black-market PxcMr.gp are: Gold (buy) C.N. $275 000 Gold (sell) C.N. $276,000 Hong Kong dollar (buy) C.N. $950 Hong Kong dollar (sell) $970— UP.
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    Ceylon Govt. Safeguards Producers
    176 11 Ceylon Govt. Safeguards Producers COLOMBO, Monday. DESPITE the free market m rubber, the Government of Ceylon has decided that the Rubber Commissioner's Department should function even after private trading in rubber is resumed from January next year. The necessity to continue ;his department is emphasized In view of the fact
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    EXCESS RUBBER NEXT YEAR
    112 11 WASHINGTON. Mon. SUPPLIES of natural rubber available for manufacturing countries during 1947 may reach 1,200.000 tons as compared with 860,000 tons during 1946. according to a report of the four-nation study group released by the U.S. State Department. The Study Group, composed of representatives of the
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    RUBBER MARKET
    59 11 SINGAPORE. Mon. DUBBER commodity prices in the local market today were: Bayers Sellers Cts. Cts. per Ib. per Ib. No. l K.S.S. Spot Loose 411 41; No. 1 R.S.S. fob In Bales 42 J 43 No. 2 R.S.S. fob in Bales 42 J iZ i No. 3 R.S.S.
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    ARMY STOWAWAYS
    44 11 Two Army stowaways were discovered on board the 7.500--ton ship Pentridge Hill which arrived in Singapore from »!u;igoon on Sunday. The men who have been handed over to the military authorities in Singapore gave themselves up on the ship's arrival in Singapore.
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    Along The Singapore Waterfront
    241 11 Along The Si ngapore Water fron t SHIPS' positions in Singapore yesterday were: MAIN WHARF Godown 31-32: Samldway. discharging cargo. Godown 33-34: Mount Davis, loading cargo for New York. Godown 33-36: Empire Tyne, disrharg'r.g cargo. Godown 38-39: Samgara, di«ch£J3'.ns c*rgo. Godo*n 41-42: Empire Passmore, loading car^o foi Bangkok. Godown <2-43:
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      105 11 RADIO MALAYA Singapore RED NETWORK (Chinese A maun. 2*5 meties; aba 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. 4.325 megacycles per second (61 metre band) and 7.45 p.m to 9.30 p.m. 4.78 meracvles per second (61 metre band) lill K NtTWORK. (Malay English 485 meres; also 12 pjn. to 2 pin 7.22
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      140 11 SINGAPORE TIDES Today: High Water: 5.57 a.m. 7 ft. 4 in., 5.12 p m. 7 ft. 4 in. Tomorrow: High Water: 6.55 a.m. 7 ft. 6 in., 6.45 p.m. 7 ft. 4 in. English theatre; 10.00 p.m. Test match commentary; 10.10 p.m. The stage presents; 10.40 ];.m. Listen to peculiar;
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      102 11 10.30 p.m. Radio newsreel; 10.45 p.m. London calling; 10.50 p.m. Australia vs. England; 11.05 p.m. Forces favourites; 11.30 pm. News; 11.40 p.m. Prom today's papers. DEC. 4 7.30 a.m. Radio newsreel; 7.45 a.m. Talk; 8.00 a.m. Book of verse; 8.30 a.m. News. 7.30 p.m. Merry-go-ground; 8.30 p.m. News; 8.35 p.m.
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    STICKY WICKET LIKELY
    852 12 Australia Now Favoured From Norman Preston, Reuter'sSperial Correspondent with the MCC Team BRISBANE, Monday. A VIOLENT tropical thunderstorm broke over here at 10.45 this evening. From one o'clock today a southeast wind held up this thunder approaching from the west, but the wind veered northeast and allowed
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    44 12 One hundred and fifty British raccborses were recently shipped from BMtain to India. Most have been bought for breeding purposes in the stables of Indian r.inccs. Picture shows some of the horses being loaded aboard the liner Queda at the Royal Albert Dock, London.
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    Aust. Bowlers Have Difficult Task
    415 12 (By W. M. Woodfull. former Australian Test Captain) BRISBANE,. Monday. ONK must admire the valiant spirit with which England has seen h£r weary journey through. Now comes the pro* bability of Bradman having to ask his bowlers to dimiss England twice without respite. England possesses
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    ITALY BEATS AUSTRIA
    46 12 MILAN, Mon.— ltaly b^at Austria by three goals to two here today in the first international soccer match nlay^d by Italy since the end Q»* the v»ar. Pplv led 2-1 at half time. The occasion drew a capacity crowd to Milan Stadium.— ReiU'v
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    One-All Draw On Padang
    136 12 One-All Draw On Padang IN a last and interesting game of hockey played between the S.R.C. ttam and the Naval Police on the padang yesterday, each side scored one ?oal. There was no scoring during the first half of the game, throughout which the Naval Police attacked with Doyle showing
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    Baski To Meet Woodcock
    66 12 NEW YORK, Mon. *rHE American heavyweight, Joe Baksi, arrived from England and announced that negotiations have practically been competed for an international heavyweight fight in London next February between himself and Bruce Woodcoc):, the British r.eavyweight king. If the fight materialises and Woodcock wins, it is
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    S.R.C. HOCKEY
    49 12 S.R.C. hockey team to pl?y the Devonshire Regt. tomorrow at 5.15 on the pacing will bo:— G. Brown; R. B. Milne. P. F. de Souza- K. Jalleh. L. F. de Souza, J. Scheerder; W. Galistan, K Campbell, W. do Cruz. J. Galistan, F. Ebor'. Umpire. R. Minjoot.
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    C.S.C. HOCKEY
    52 12 The Ceylon SporU Club team to meet the Devonshire Regiment at hockey at 5 p.m. today at St. George's ground will be as follows: Woodhull; A. Ponnampalam. Mahadevun: Victor John. G. Ranatunga, A. S ',\iram; S.K. Sundram, A. Vilerctnam. S Kulasing!-.ar-.. W. Ponnampalam, C. Niiverednain Reserves: Peter, C.A.
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    72 12 The following were elected officebearers for the Muar Football Association: Cliairman. Che Eatar bin Haji Abu Bakar; Vire-Chairrr.an. Mr. Koh Koon Mm; Hon. Secretary and Treasurer, Che Ahmad bin Arlflin; Committee. Omar bin Abdullah. Che Tahir bin Bachok. I Che Harris bin Adam. Syed Sulaiman. Sved Mahmood. Che Elias. Mr.
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    ARMY RUGBY XV
    58 12 Array rugby team to play the RAF. tomorrow at Jalan Besar Stadium is: A. N. Griffiths; L. Foot, C. Sautiders, W. G. Monk: l\ Batu 11, R. Thomas; E. J. Nelson, D. J. Ball, J. Lawson, D. Banks, J. Howard. 1> Mi. Duff-Duncan. R. MrAliister. l» Fenton.
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    L.S. PLAYER BEATEN
    45 12 MELBOURNE, Mon. rOLIN LONG, who was recently added to the Australian Dav;s Cup squr.d, defeated Biliy Talbert. of Ihe United States cup team. 3-6 6-1, 7-5. and 6-2 in tac quarter finals of the Victorian Lawn Tennis champ;or.ships being played here today.
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    Wright Best Bowier
    126 12 Wright Best Bowier Brisbane, Mon. pOMMENTING on today's play in l» the Test match, Victor Richardson, former Australian Test player, says the sultry weather ushered in seme early sensa tions. Wright, who was agair. bowling well, was biting into a drying pitch Wright' bowled so finely that the bats. men
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    WHY WAS THE PITCH
    172 12 WHY WAS THE PITCH LONDON. Mon. OTUD£NTS o£ crickec In England are U today asking wiiy the pitch was not mown before play resumed in the lirst Test at Brisbane. Note <b) on law nine ot the laws of cricket reads: "In weekend starts the wicket shall te mown under
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    INTER-COLLEGE HOCKEY MATCH
    256 12 THE S.R.C. padang will be the venue of the UrsL post-war annual Inter-college hockey match on Thursday. Raffles College, who in the past has been in the forefront of local hockry has a formidable side tlrs year too. Skippe.cd by E. J. Doraisamy, tho Singapore player, the
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