The Straits Times, 10 September 1948

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    19 1 The Straits Times I MALAYAN LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1948. rttUfc TEN CENTS
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    RED BID TO BLOCK AIRLIFT
    335 1 Fighters Up After Warning BERLIN, Thursday. RUSSIAN fighter planes roared over the Ame- rican sector of Berlin today after warning the Four Power Air Safety Centre that their planes would saturate the busy Allied air corridors during the seven more days of Soviet air manoeuvres.
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    47 1 OFF TO ENGLAND: Four young Malayans who are leaving on the Carthage to continue their studies m England. From the top. they are Miss Jaminah binti Yacob. Miss Lav Wai Har. Miss Constance White and Mr. R. C. Hoffman. Straits Times pictures. Full story m page five.
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    SEARCH FOR SHIP ABANDONED
    36 1 COLOMBO. Thurs— RAF. planes and Royal Navy ships today gave up their search for the 450-ton cargo vessel Aqua Queen, missing m the Indian Ocean since the middle of last month— Reuter.
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    More Guards Embark
    79 1 More Guards Embark LONDON, Than. rpHE Third Battalion Gre1 nadier Guards embarked for Malaya today in the troopship Staffordshire. The Guards, who arrived by special train from Windsor were all equipped with rifles and full marching kit. Arnon; the officers is Captain J. F. Lascelles, Grenadier Guards, 6ft. 4in. cousin
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    BANDITS IN FORCE, REPORT
    212 1 KOTA BAHRU, Thurs. THREE Malay refugees, who described themselves as guerillas, confirmed reports of large bodies of. armed Chinese over the Siamese border in an interview not far from the border yesterday. They said they had lived near a camp of five hundred strongly armed and
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    "50 RED PLANES OVER DENMARK"
    41 1 COPENHAGEN, Thurs. Danish naval authorities said that at least 50 Russian planes violated Danish territory today m flights off Bornholro Island m the Baltic. One group they said flew low over a Danish naval unit. A.P.
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    24 1 GUARDS EMBARK: Men of the 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards boarding the troopship, Empire Trooper, at Southampton. They left last Saturday for Malaya. A.P. picture!'
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    MPAJA Leader Dies In Raid
    466 1 From Our Staff Correspondent IFOH, Thursday. A MILITARY party at Kampong Lengkuas, 13 miles south-west of Ipoh, yesterday shot dead the commandant of the former 13th Perak Brigade of the Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japauese Army, How Kee. Thp troons sweenlnu the Biput 4***^, at four o'clock
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    BLACK PETROL 80 CENTS DEARER
    124 1 SINGAPORE'S black-mar-O ket petrol operators are slowly forcing up the price per gallon because of the expected curtailment of supplies next quarter. "The Price Is now about $2.40 a gallon." one source told the Straits Times yesterday. The reason for this In- i The Petrol
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    MIGRANT PLAN DENIED
    138 1 MIGRANT PLAN DENIED A GOVERNMENT statement issued from Kuala Lumpur officially denies recent charges that recruiting centres for immigrants to Malaya have been established in India and Hong Kong. "It Is not the policy of the Government to encourage Immigration from India or China," the statement declares. It adds that
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    200 Bandits Attack Rangoon Suburb
    179 1 RANGOON, Thursday. •TWO hundred armed bandits took part m a mldx night attack on the Rangoon suburb of Kommendine, it was reported today. me nrst object or the raid- ers, who approached by river In several parties, was the local headquarters of the People's Volunteer
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    US Buys UK Rubber
    127 1 WASHINGTON, Thurs. THE United States has x bought over 25,000 tons of British rubber at a cost of more than £2,500,000 with funds Britain placed at her disposal in return for Marshall Plan dollars. Mr. Evan Just, Director of the Strategic Materials Division of the Economic
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    "DESPERATE" PEACE BID FOR INDONESIA
    243 1 "DESPERATE" PEACE BID FOR INDONESIA THE HAGUE, Thursday. IT is considered here that the situation m In* 1 donesia has gradually become worse and that a move must be made from one side or the other for negotiations towards a political settlement. When Dr. van Mook, the Lieutenant GovernorGeneral arrives
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    No More Fireworks
    38 1 IMPORTS of fire-crackers will be banned from October 1, the Singapore Government have announced. The decision to impose the ban has been made following the prohibition of firing crackers m the Colony during the emergency.
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    Colony Plane Crashes At Kallang
    83 1 Colony Plane Crashes At Kallang A ROYAL Singapore rk Flying Club Tiger Moth crashed into the sea at Kallang airport yesterday afternoon. Mr. Lan B. Hosseck. aged zi. an ex-R.A.F. man wag 'nJured. His condition Is not believed to be serious. It was the first post-var air crash at Kallang
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    80 BODIES RECOVERED
    62 1 JOHANNESBURG, Thurs. The bodies of 80 Africans killed by a pressure burst caused by an earth tremor in a city mine yesterday were found today Seven Ail leans were still trapped In a slope (gallery; 7,500 feet underground. The rescuers could hear the voices of soaje of
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    PLANES MISSING
    21 1 MANILA, Thurs. Four P-47 tighter planes which took off from Clark Field yesterday morning for routine training are missing.
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      59 1 imititmmmMimUmmm^f I jg/6 I F I 1 |i History of Singapore No. 10 I In the year 1896 first automobile I J was imported Into tht Colony. ,883. m years he .<2 u t£ n steadfastly main- j M W "T t!ZJ? the Red Lion trade THE YEAR >••* 1
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    AND THEN THEY ARRESTED HIM
    77 2 SHANGHAI. Thurs.—Police and neighbours waited outside a house while an amok within threw a hand grenade at his cousin and wife, stabbed his aunt ami grandmother to death. scalped a child, butchered his grandfather, and attacked his uncle. The amok was Liv Dziyung who rot
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      Circus Ship Capsizes In Caribbean :44 Missing
      104 2 NEW YORK, Thursday. EH)RTY-FOUR circus performers have been missing in the Caribbean T since their small ship loaded with lions, tigers, and other wild animals overturned and sank early on the morning of Sept. 1. The Norwegian 3hip Carlbe reported yesterday she had
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      Ibos v. Yorubas
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      Two-Hour Quake
      45 2 HONOLULU, Thurs. An earthquake strong enough to cause a tidal wave rocked the Pacific floor somewhere south of Samoa for two hours and was recorded on seismographs in Hawaii and America. The naval observatory placed the epicentre of the quake near Tonga Island.
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      Attlee Has Ulcer
      63 2 LONDON, Thurs.— No. 10 Downing Street disclosed last night that the Prime Minister (Mr. Attlee) was being treated for an ulcer. Mr. Attlee entered hospital a fortnight ago ostensibly for eczema of the foot. A bulletin said: "The Prime Minister's eczematous condition has now subsided. He nas
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      France & U.K. Led
      47 2 France U.K. Led ROME. Thurs The jury of Venice's International Film Show has awarded 27 prizes gold and silver medals— to documentary and short films. France and Britain eot five awards, Czschoslovakia three. Switzerland two, the United States. Israel, Belgium Mexico and South Africa one each. A.P.
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      Zanzibar Crisis
      37 2 LONDON. Thurs A state of emergency has been declared in Zanzibar. It follows a general strike. The Arab Sultan and the British Resident have taken powers for requisitioning supplies and protecting machinery and industry.— A.P
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      Awaiting Trial
      30 2 ROBERT MITCHUM, actor, m Hollywood County Gaol after his arrest on a charge of smoking marijuana cigarettes. Mitchum is liable to a six-year sentence if convicted.— A.P. picture.
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      Editor Picket
      111 2 TEHERAN. Thurs.— Editors have picketed the Iranian Majlis (Parliament) twlca this week in protest against decrees forbidding Govern- ment employees to act as editors, publishers or writers for newspapers. The decrees are malnJv against the Opposition Press, many of whose editors or writers are on the Government payroll
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      D.P.s Diapproved
      63 2 FRANKFURT, Thursday— American military police report that they were stoned during a raid on a displaced persons camp yesterday. With criminal agents they arrested 15 camp inmates after seizing 3,000,000 American cigarettes, 2 tons of coffee beans and $1,300 In American banknotes. When the arrested men were loaded
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      Notes To Rumania
      47 2 LONDON, Thurs.— Five nations, including Britain and the United State*, have sent notes to the Rumanian Government on its new nationalisation laws. The laws provide for the nationalisation of foreignowned oil companies. The British note demands among other things £20,000.000 of bonded debts.— Reuter.
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      Rough On Women
      52 2 ALDERSHOT, Thurs Women will ride 30 miles over a rough course of 14 hazards In the first post-war motorcycle trials the Army Is holding on Sept. 26. Entries from W.A.A.C.S. of mixed A.A. units are expected. Trials are open to all in the Army; several officers have
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      Paying Jobs
      59 2 BANGKOK. Thurs. The National Budget Committee Is clamping down on Government rice bureaux after discovering plans to pay some officials higher salaries than the Prime Minister gets. The committee estimates that of 36 million ticals the Government would get from the rice programme the various rice bureaux plan
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      No Doubt About It
      55 2 LONDON, Thurs— The Food Minister (Mr. John Strachey) announced yesterday that Britain was negotiating longterm agreements for the shipment of Australian meat to Britain. Mr. Strachey said: '.'Don't let Australia doubt that there is a market here for all her primary products, certainly for all the
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      800 2 NOTICES SITUATIONS VACANT Interpreter translators and Stenographers are required at the various Police Headquarters throughout the Federation as follows: Inter- Stenopreters. graphers Penan* 1 1 Kedah S 3 Kelantan 2 1 T:-r ngganu 2 1 Pahang 3 2 Ferak 6 3 B-lanßor 3 1 NP7r< Scmbilan 1 1 Malacca 1
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      226 2 SALE BY TENDER NAAFI Headquarters. Kuala Lumpur, advise that a quantity of foodstuffs.— Toilet goods, etc will be disposed of by tender. The above are held a", the NAAFI warehouse at 28A Pudu Road [Kuala Lumpur, from where lists 'may be obtained and insoectlon of goods made. Tenders must be
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      180 2 Last S Show*— 3, 6.15, 915 p.m. A HIT PARADE OF STARS, SONGS LAUGHTER' "IF I'M LUCKY" Opening Tomorrow "THE GOLDEN EARRINGS" Tomorrow at Midnight "THE SWORDSMAN" —In Technicolor— GREAT WORLD GLOBfc j— a 16 Yvonne De Carlo "BLACK BARr (la Technicolor) NEW WORLD LIDO 7-4.19 "THE EXILE" ROYAL S—
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    UK Help For Colony Press
    90 3 GENEVA, Thurs. PARTIES of Malayan, Nigerian and Gold Coast journalists went to England for training as part of a scheme to develop newspapers m the Colonies, Mr. J. Fletcher-Cooke told the United Nations Special Committee on Non-Self-Governing Territories hi Geneva yesterday. He said various schemes
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    COLONY POIICY PRAISED
    304 3 COLONY POIICY PRAISED "U.K. Second To None": Chinese DAR-ES-SALAAM, Thursday. DRITAIN was second to none m the way it had given dependent countries f self-government, the Chinese member of the United Nations' Visiting Mission to Tanganyika (Dr. Lim Mousheng) said yesterday. He added that Britain was also second to none
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    Barter Trips Scheme: New Move
    195 3 Barter Trips Scheme: New Move A BIG step forward towaids regularising the trial barter trade scheme for closed areas of Republican East Sumatra, approved two months ago In Batavia. Is expected. Singapore proposals "or five barter trade voyages «,o Republican ports m East Sumatra have been submitted to the Dutch
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    "SEND SKILL TO ASIA"
    50 3 MELBOURNE, Wed.— Mr. W. MacMahon Ball, former Australian representative m Japan, says that Australia should send urgently-needed technical and professional men to independent, nationalist governments m SouthEast Asia. Asian nationalist jovernments. he added, are suspicious of Europeans because they fear a reintroduction of European exploitation.— A.P.
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    NIGHTMARES KILLED 84
    56 3 WASHINGTON, Thurs. rE "mystery death" which has killed at least 84 Filipinos m Hawaii since 1937 is no longer a mystery. Dr. C. Manalang, who has studied the disease, says the basic cause is simply nightmares brought, on by full meals at bedtime. These nightmares, he says,
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    SiamDislikes Communists
    100 3 NANKING. Thurs. "PHE new Siamese Ambassa1 dor (Phya Abhibal Rajamaitri) said that the Siamese people "do not understood and do not like Communism." His Dovernment was taking all possible measures to check Infiltration. He added that a settlement is expected shortly of the Sino-Siamese dispute arising from the
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    WOMAN FLYER DELAYED
    51 3 CALCUTTA, Thurs. Mrs. Richard Morrow-Talt, British airwoman who has been held up here since Monday with engine trouble on a round-the-world flight, said today that she hoped to take off for Rangoon on Saturday. The engine of her twlnseater Proctor aircraft would be thoroughly overhauled she said.—
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    BIG 4 TO DISCUSS ITALIAN COLONIES
    102 3 PARIS, Thursday. RUSSIA proposed today that the Big Four Foreign Ministers meet here tomorrow to discuss the future of former Italian colonies. The United Btates, Britain, and .France accepted the call for the meeting, and French officials said that it may actually start tomorrow.
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    Finnish Reds' Failure
    27 3 HELSINKI. Thurs.—The Finnish Communist Party Congress yesterday admitted that all efforts to create a People's Front had failed and that the Party had blundered.—A.P.
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    HELP FOR CHINESE TO GO BACK
    91 3 SHANGHAI, Than. Overseas Chinese who returned to China after the outbreak of the Pacific war, and are at present unable to return to their former places of residence, will be given financial help by the Overseas Affairs Commission, according to the China Press. Applicants
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    Shanghai Bishop Dies
    33 3 STS T 7GHAI, Thurs.— The death occurred here last night of August P. Haoulsee, Catholic Bishop of Shanghai since 1931. He was born In France, 71 year s ago.— Reuter.
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    Air Evacuation Of Hyderabad
    205 3 NEW DELHI, Thursday. rpHE United States Embassy announced today that A aerial evacuation of American and British nationals from Hyderabad will begin m a few days. The announcement said the step was being taken "In view of the latest developments regarding Hyderabad." The Muslim Nizam of
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    NO OTHER WAY, ASKS THE POPE
    144 3 NO OTHER WAY ASKS THE POPE CASTEL GANDOLFO, Thurs. pOPE Pius today told 370 delegates to the Inter Parliamentary Union, "one can always find a basis for accord between opposing parties by some sort of endurable and acceptable compromise." He asked, "would there not be another way than war or
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    US Dockers Offer To Load Army Cargo For Orient
    199 3 US Dockers Offer To Load Army Cargo For Orient SAN FRANCISCO, Thurs. THE Labour leader, Mr. Harry Bridges, said that striking longshoremen would load army cargo for the Far East, and CIO crews would sail them. The longshoremen offered to load for the wages asked from the employers during the
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    34 3 QUEENS LINK HANDS: The new Netherlands ruler. Queen Juliana, holds the hand of her abdicated mother as sh« addresses the crowd from the balcony of the Royal Palace at Amsterdam last Saturday.— A.P. picture.
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  • Obituary
    DEATH
    22 4 Oibbs. John Henry, aged 30. it Harper, Gilfillan Co.. Ltd Kuala Lumpur, on 8th September, at Bungsar Hospital, following an operation.
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    IN MEMORIAM
    16 4 In loving memory of my husband the late Fred Starr, died 10th September 1947.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    32 4 Mr. Mrs. Chan Hin Cheung thank all friends and relatives for their good wishes, useful presents and kind attendance at their marriage reception and dinner on the occasion of their wedding.
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    The Straits Times Singapore Fri, Sep. 10. 1948. DR. VICKERS AND SATA
    946 4 The Straits Times Singapore Fri, Sep. 10. 1948. DR. VICKERS AND SATA The Singapore Anti-Tuber-culosis Association (known for short as SATA), now m its second year, is modelled on the National Anti-Tuberculosis Associations which have done such good work m the United Kingdom, the United States and other countries for
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    Fifty Years Ago.
    223 4 tn tne Straus r mt of Sept. 10, 1898. Tliere is a good deal 'o be said In favour of the agitation for "moving on" the objectionable crowd of natives whicn renders the Esplanade hideous every evening. But, after all, if I were elected to champion the
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    "PLANTER'S WIFE" WRITES TO "FEMINA"
    1123 4 "PLANTER'S WIFE" WRITES TO "FEMINA" "pEMINA," In an article m your issue of Aug. 28, speaks of a girl fresh from home who thinks Malaya is a paradise. It Is m many ways. But I would hate to think that people, particularly those on a low income, may surmise that
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  • MAN-IN-THE-STREET
    • Letter
      Sir Roland Braddell On War Damage: Colony Misgivings
      1172 4 T HAVE asked the President and Committee of the 1 Singapore Association to call a general meeting to discuss the War Dama^a scheme and to open the meeting to the general public. Whether such a meeting is called or not, I would
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      B.O.R.—BACK TO 1918
      206 4 B.O.R.— BACK TO 1918 ijMDR the information of r your correspondent, the term B.O.R. has been standard usage in the Army in India since 1918 to the writer's knowledge, and probably much longer, together with, B.O. and I.O. for British and Indian officers respectively, and I.O.R. for Indian other ranks.
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      SEAFORTHS
      121 4 i READ your paper every day and would like to ask you a question. Why is it that the Seaforths are never mentioned In your paper? Ever since it was armor n;that the Inniskillings wen leaving Hong Kong and thai the Guards were leaving Eng land for Malaya, the
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      SINGAPORE QUAKERS
      147 4 MAY we, through the hospitality of your correspondence columns, Invited all those who are members of the Society of Friends (commonly known as Quakers) in Singapore, or who, as attenders at meetings or former pupils at Friends' Schools, are acquainted with our form of worship, and would be
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      MR. A. F. TAYLOR
      55 4 In one paragraph of Mr. A. F. Taylor's letter yesterday a line of type was accidenta'.ly omitted. This paragraph should have read: "I take rubber as an example. Any on a rubber property has had perforce to use its financial reserves, or mortgage its future earning.-,
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    THIS COUNTRY IS FREE OF REDS
    193 5 Dyak Leader Says We WantBrookes CARAWAK is probably the only country m South-East Asia free of Communists and will do all m its power to prevent their entry. This declaration was made at Singapore yesterday by the vice-president of the Sarawak Dyak Association (Mr.
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    Dragon Blood For Export
    90 5 THE close relations between Singapore and Sarawak are emphasied m the first annual report on Sarawak as a British Crown Colony. By far the most Interesting exports mentimed m the report just published are dragons' blood and ant-eater skins. Comparatively few goods arrive m Sarawak direct,
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    They Will Study In Britain
    275 5 They Will Study In Britain ONE of the biggest groups of Malayan scholars to go to England to further their studies —including four Colonial Development Welfare Fund scholarship winners—left Singapore yesterday by the P. and O Carthage. The scholarship winners were Mr. R. C. Hoffman, Mr. Tio Seng Chin, Mr.
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    11 UNIONS END IN PERAK
    337 5 11 UNIONS END IN PERAK From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Thursday. ELEVEN trade unions in Perak, amounting to nearly a fifth of the total number in the state, have been struck off the list of registered trade unions, during the last nine days. The assistant Registrar of Trade Unions, Perak,
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    49 5 SCHOLARS FOR ENGLAND: Five Malayan scholars who left Singapore yesterday m th e Carthage to further their studies m England. They ar P (left to right) Mr. E. W. Barker, Mr. Goh Keng Swee, Mr. M. Snndram, Mr. Lee Keng Tuan and Mr. Tio Seng Chin. Straits Times picture.
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    Koyli Seize Bandits
    144 5 Prom Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. IXJUR bandits, including one r wanted for murder, were arrested by a patrol of the second battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, operating on an estate about ten miles north-west of Mahang. Perak. A patrol of the tlrst battalion. Malay
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    T.B. Donation
    32 5 Half the proceeds of the Taylor Dance Studio recital, which was held at the Victoria Theatre at the end of July, totalling $589.37, has been donated to the T.B. Fund.
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    MORE AIR "JOYRIDES"
    101 5 People who bought tickets for air trips at the Singapore Air Display on September 4, and who were disappointed because some of the flights had to be cancelled, are being given the opportunity to use their tickets on Sunday Sept 12. The flights were curtailed last Saturday
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    Committees Solve Soldiers' Problems
    405 5 From Our Woman Correspondent rpHE divorce rate is low among Singapore serviceA men but they have financial, business and domestic worries that have be satisfactorily adjusted m order to maintain their efficiency as soldiers. I I learned this m an interview with an Army Welfare representative
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    Quiet Horse Killed Her
    153 5 A VERY quiet horse" killed Miss Hilda Mary Davis, 34-year-old A.T.S. subaltern, on Sept. 4 at R.A.F. Base. Seletar. At the Coroner's inquest yesterday Sister M. Parry said she heard Miss Davis crying out from behind, and then saw that her horse had bolted. Miss Davis
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    PushedFromSecondFloor
    128 5 FAN Pee Neo, a young Chinese widow, told the Singapore Assize Judge (Mr. Justice Taylor) yesterday that a gunman who had robbed her of $6,000 m cash and Jewellery pushed her from a second floor window into the street. The man, Lim Chin Hwa, was sentenced to eight years'
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    Five Years For Having Ammunition
    174 5 T'OH Ah Loh, a young x Chinese who tried to sell 48,000 rounds of ammunition to a police informer, was sentenced to five years' rigorous imprisonment yesterday in the Singapore Assize Court by Mr. Justice Taylor. Another man. Mak Thin, who said he had been
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    Next Term Petrol
    105 5 DETROL ration coupons for October to December can now be collected from the Petrol Rationing Office m Middle Road, Singapore. This applies only to private cars, motor cycles and taxis. Persons not wishing to call personally with their registration book may send the book by post, enclosing
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    PISTOL FOUND
    27 5 A C.I.D. official reported yesterday that an unserviceable .22 automatic was recovered from labour quarters m Trafalgar Street. It was hidden under a stofce slab.
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    Actress Seeks Her "Memory" House
    131 5 IN search of a little brick house m which she stayed A almost 20 years ago, Miss Lily Lee made a "sentimental Journey" alone down Serangoon Road m a S.T.C. 'bus yesterday. Miss Lee recalls that she came from Shanghai to Singapore as a 13year
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    ASP. MR. LE CAIN
    24 5 Mr. Le Cain Is Assistant Superlntendant of Police "P" Division, Joo Chlat Police Station and not inspector as stated yesterday.
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  • Malayan Round-up
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      Malayans Told, Stop Squabbling
      111 5 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Thursday. rPHE distinguished English lawyer Lord Mancroft. 1 today urged Malayans to "stop squabbling about who should foot the Emergency bill and get on, instead, with the job of stamping out terrorism. Lord Mancroft. who is In Penang on a short
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      NEW A.D.C.
      28 5 •THE Governor of Singapore (Sir 1 Franklin Glmsoni has appointed Flight Lieutenant J. Lectham honorary A.D.C. m place of Flight Lleutanant D.F.S. Ross who has reMgnvd
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      COLONY'S THANKS
      35 5 Good, US. Navy received a goodwill message from the Governor of Singapore (Sir Franklin Glmson) when the cruiser Toledo sailed or* Wednesday. "Your two visits here have been greany appreciated" said Sir FrankUn.
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      AUXILIARIES
      36 5 J£UALA LUMPUR. Thurs.—The first group of Chinese auxiliary policemen recruited lr Kuala Lumpur were sworn In for duties today. The ratal number of Chinese who have volunteered for the service up to date Is 3CO.
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      STRUCK OFF
      36 5 TPOH, Thurs. Eleven *xade unions m Perak, amounting to nearly a fifth of the total number In the sate, have been struck oft the list of registered trade unions duricg the last nine days.
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      $100 FOR 60c.
      18 5 MALACCA. Thursday. T»n Kiam was fined $100 for selling butter 60 cents- above controlled price.
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      STIFF TEST
      36 5 pENANO. Thurs. Rover Scouts from seven states and settlements will face a stiff tes* m the lit All-Malayac scoutcraft contest for the Gent Challenge Shield to be held m Penang on Sunday and Monday
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      SPEARED TWO
      32 5 pARTT BUNTAR, Ihurs.-A bullock cart dr.ver arre-i «d for culpable homicide. Kit amounting to murder, was sta'cd at an inquest here to have spc&red two Malay trespas .era to death.
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      U.S. AWARD
      28 5 J£UALA LUMPUR. ThUiS.— Mi. A.S. Lloyd, Incomr iax Department, today recuvtd iIM U.S. Bronze Star Medal at 'hJ U.S. Consulate, for service^ 1:j the Normandy invason.
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      DEATH FALL
      35 5 A SLEEPING platform, Bye feet above the ground m a house at South Bridge Road, lapsed on Sept. 4. One sleeper. Tan Hal (19) mho had an enlarged spleen, dird. Inquest verdict; nrsadven'ure.
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      THE JUMPED
      36 5 gENTONG, Thurs.— Ju^ baiore a Chinese-owned lorry laden with rubber hurtled 90 feet down a ravine at Gin ing Simpah n the main Kuala Lumpur-Ber.tong Road the three occupants jumped to saf r» y
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      WATER SHORT
      16 5 DAUB. Thurs.— For the sei/ord time this year water has had to be rat.oned.
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      DR. ON VACATION
      25 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— Dr. EC. Vardy. Deputy Principal Medical Officer, Johore, and Mio. Vardy left today (or Sarawak on a brief vacation.
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      LOST HIS HEAD
      62 5 gEGAMAT, Thurs. '1 waa provoked, lost my head and picked up the first weaDcn that came to hand to attack hm So said Choo Chak Ng. lab H ei o' Chan Wing E tate. Jagoh ii; i District Court whan he was charged with causing hurt vitta
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    FEDERATION MAGISTRATES' NEW HEAD
    411 6 FEDERATION MAGISTRATES' NEW HEAD From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. ADMINISTRATIVE con- trol of first-class magistrates in the Federation will be removed from the Executive and placed in the hands of the head of the Judiciary. This means that from Jan. 1, 1949, In addition to the responsibility for
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    88 6 A PROBLEM FOR THE COLONIAL SECRETARY. After Mr. McKerron had been entertained to tea by the Changi Village Committee at Bedok on Wednesday evening a Chinese woman caught his hand as he was stepping into his car and begged him to find her husband. A.S.P. Le Cain, In charge of
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    WESLEY YOUTH CONCERT
    59 6 The Wesley Methodist Youth Fellowship will hold Its annual concert tomorrow. The concert will be repeated on Wednesday, at 7.30 p.m. at the Wesley Social Hall. The concert Is m aid of charity and the Methodist Youth Fellowship Fund. The programme will consist of programme will consls
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    Singapore Diary
    98 6 TODAY Children's Party, m aid of TNT (Food Parcels for Britain) 69, Grange Road, 4 p.m. Chinese Produce Exchange, tea party m connection with the reopening of the exchange. 4, Prince Street. 3 p.m. Y.W.C.A., Pioneers' meeting. 8. Fort Canning Road, 4 pan. Wesley Methodist Youth Fellowship, annual
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    Three B.0.R.s On Robbery Charge
    272 6 JOHORE BAHRU, Thursday. HPHREE British soldiers, Privates J. H. Findlay, F 1 Fleetwood and R. Greenlee, of (he First Sea forths, were brought for trial under an Emergency Certificate, before Mr. Justice Laville, m the Sup reme Court yesterday on a charge of robbery m
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    Right Wing Blamed For Inactivity
    218 6 Right Wing Blamed For Inactivity MALAY NEWS IN Temerloh the feebleness of leaders of the Right Wing m inculcating the correct attitude of mind is responsible for the villages being influenced by the Communists, comments a correspondent writing m Majlis, the Kuala Lumpur Malay newspaper on the Sultan of Pahang's
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    ANOTHER BIG GUN GOES
    52 6 A 300-ton 15 inch gun, erected by the British at Changi before the war, is being cut up and sent to England as scrap. The barrel alone weighs 100 tons. This is the second 15 inch eun to be cut up for scrap j and shipped
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    MOPS CLOTH FROM CHINA
    93 6 rS Malayan and Netherlands East Indies markets for Chinese textiles have been considerably strengthened against Japanese competition as a result of the pan -Malayan ban on the import of textiles from hard currency sources, which include Japan. The ban has already caused a small boom m
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    SULTAN OF JOHORE'S BIRTHDAY
    192 6 SULTAN OF JOHORE'S BIRTHDAY From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, ThUTS. THE Sultan of Johore celeA brate s his 75th birthday on Friday, Sept. 17. when to accordance with the wishes of His Highness the celebrations will be on a modified scale owing to the present Emergency. Friday Is the
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    CENT SENSE IN COLONY
    94 6 Cent sense is being developed by the Singapore public who are discarding one cent notes m favour of the new coins. Silver coins are also more common, though still not as much In evidence as m the Federation. The Currency Commissioners have plenty of coins and
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    NORMAL CLASS RESULTS
    267 6 fHE following is the list of results of the Singapore normal class examinations held recently: First year: S. Abishegeneden, J. Adhikary Aroozoo, Chan Kwl Sul, Malsie Chan. Julian Clian, Cheah Leang See, Chen Si Kok, Helen Chi*. Chin Soon Swee, R. Domingo. Noreen Dragon, L. Fernando, Oan
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      329 6 RAOiO MALAYA SPOKE [Ilil.fifft c 0 ft"?;" 1 Mmor by iJat; 8.30 N«v«; 8 io 1 pjn. Morton Gould; 1.30 News; Britain Now: 9.30 Radio Newsreel; J«S Wa Sfft' J^'^Um?® 1.45 Music; 2.00 Close. 8. IS News; 9.45 The Little Inn by The River 9 A°, M ft 8.20 Films;
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      Speeding Up The U.S. Stock-Pile
      203 7 Speeding Up The U.S. Stock-Pile NEW YORK, Thursday. /CONFERENCES aimed at speeding up the stock piling of tin, rubber and 28 other strategic materials considered essential to American security are being planned m New York. The National Association of I Manufacturers managing director Mr. Earl Bunting) says that the relevant
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      DEALINGS INRUBBER Central Perak
      102 7 DEALINGS INRUBBER Central Perak /*2NTRAL Peralt Rubber Is payv Ing a dividend of 24 per cent., less tax, for 1947, the first payment since the 3lx per cent, for 1940. Profit for 1947 was £23,726 (£22,004 for 1946), plus transfer of £2,309 from taxation contingencies reserve and £3,805 from taxation
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      Estate Crops
      38 7 HARRISONS Si Crosfield (Malaya) announce the following August rubber crops, In lbs: Allenby 40,000 Benta Estate 67,500 Jeram Kuantan Es>*.. 52,500 Kurrdong Estate 39,000 Mentakab 92 000 Sungel Bagan 125.000 Sandycroft 23.000 TanJoiTg Pau Est. 48.000
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      Yam Seng
      85 7 YAM Seng Rubber ahowj a tradIng profit to Mar. 31, 194S, after charging rehaoflltation, depreciation, administration expenses, etc., of £2.097 (£8,236 loss t^e previous vear). After adding dividends and interest £845, fees £13, exchange, profit £6, sundry receipts £38, transferred from general reseive and replanting fund £1.526, and
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      Tin Company Affairs
      106 7 IPOH DREDGING JPOH Tin Dredging reports an income to Mar. 81 of £30.715 (£8,283 the previous year), less expense* In the East £2,581 (£907 mine expenditure), agency fee £500 (same), London expenses £2,176 (£2.007), depreciation £110 (nil); leaving £25.348 (£5.869). To tax £16,609 (£2,790), dividend 1*. 9d.
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      AUGUST OUTPUTS
      59 7 THE tin companies concerned an1 nounce the following August outputs: P&h&ng Consolidated— 0,000 tons treated. 80 tons tin concentrates produced. Kuala Lumpur Tin 614 hours run, 167,392 cubic yards dug, 366 plculs output. Tongkah Compound- -600 hours. 1C8.549 cubic yards, 592 piculs. Tongkah Compound No 2- 608 hours.
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      Rubber Imports Into Hong Kong
      60 7 HONG KONG, Than. JMPORTS of rubber Into Hem* Konx for the flnt »Ix month* of 1948 amounted to 129.910 plcnla. with a value of H. K $12,394,559. Of thta H.K. $8,*****8 worlh came foom Malaya. $2,376,958 worth from the N.E.I, and $1,401,305 worth from IndoChlna.
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      LONDON STOCKS
      160 7 LONDON, Thursday. nVERNIGHT news from v Berlin and Paris served to reintrodure a strong note of caution in the London stock markets yesterday, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Widespread marking down occurred. Yesterday's price charges, »upplied to the Straits Times by special arrangement with The Plnancall Times. Included: Consols
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      STRAITS STEAMSHIPS PROFIT & DIVIDEND
      160 7 STRAITS STEAMSHIPS PROFIT DIVIDEND CTRAITS Steamships report a profit of $547,082 for the year to Dec. 31, 1947. after charging depreciation The company's general meeting I has approved the directors' re- j commendation of a dividend of 7 '/a per cent (75 cents per share). The dividend absorbs 5497.805. Less
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      CAUTION STILL IN MALAYAN SHARES
      109 7 From Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Thursday. A CAUTIOUS note continued m the Malayan share £X market today. Only a few transactions were recorded at current prices. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were INDUSTRIALS Buyer Seller M. Breweries 25.00 25. 50 Malayan Colls.
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      N. Y. STOCK EXCHANGE
      80 7 NEW YORK, TiiUT^. QRAVITY In the foreign situation weighed on the New York stock market yesterday. It sent prices one to three points or more lower despite continued good operations reports from American industry. Sales totalled 880,000 shares. Loners included U.S. Steel. Bethlehem Steel, General Motors,
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      Singapore Rubber
      170 7 rE Singapore rubber market was active throughout yesterday, closing steady. Closing prices were: No. 1 sheet f.o.b. buyers 43% cents, sellers 43% cents; spot loose buyers 43% cents, sellers 44 cents per Ib. The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association's noon prices yesterday (Sep*,. 9) were, m cents
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      Wharfside Shipping
      118 7 CHIPS in port alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (godowns in brackets) were: Main Wharf: GKaucu* (33-34), Gujarat (40-41). West Wharf: Merlimau (9), Asphalion (Kl-12). Empire Dock: Charles McLeod (21-22), Tung Song (23>, Hemlond (2S-26). East Wharf: Tweedbank (44). Sheers Wharf: Empire Hamble (repairs). Coal Plant: Dolabella.
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      PRODUCE MARKET
      31 7 From A Market Correspondent SINGAPORE produce markets were quiet yesterday, .but only the pepper section reacted adversely. New pepper quotations were: Muntok white $192; Sarawak $101; Lampong black |178.
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      Chartered Bank Div.
      39 7 DIRECTORS of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China have declared an interim dividend of six per cent, actual, subject to income tax, for the current year. The dividend will be payable on Oct. 1.
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    SABA Invites Referees
    146 8 MEMBERS of the public interested in becoming referees or Judges in boxing are invited to send in their names to Mr. B. L. Dunsf ord of the Social Welfare Department. This announcement followed the annual general meetIng of the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association held yesterday. A course
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    C.A. TO PLAY R.A.F. XI
    122 8 THE Chinese Athletes will play a friendly game of football against the RAP. at Jalan Besar stadium on Sunday. This will serve as a tryout for C.A. players prior to selection of the side for the S A FA. Cup matches The team to meet
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    FOXMAY SADDLE THREE WINNERS TOMORROW
    651 8 FOXMAY SADDLE THREE WINNERS TOMORROW Top Form Shown In Gallops By EPSOM JEEP T T -Col. T. L. Fox, who is running a close second to N. Hobbs m the trainers' championship for this season, may start off another successful meeting at Bukit Timah by scoring with Londa Lad, Skystreak
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    Malayans Do Well
    92 8 From Our Own Correspondent. LONDON, Than. THE Malayan Students defeated the Middlesex County Hospital at cricket by six runs m the last over of the match. The Malayan Students made 129 runs for eight wickets declared (D'Cotta 56, B. S. GiU 26) then dismissed the Hospital for
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    La Porte, Kwa Share Honours
    320 8 G. M. La Porte and Kwa Chin Swee tied for the honour of being the best all-round road and grass track cyclist at the Singapore cycling carnival, which was concluded on the padang yesterday. Both cyclists are members of the Dunlop Island Ramblers. La Porte
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    C.A. Store 5-0 Win
    83 8 THE Chinese Athletes x trounced the R.A.S.C. Training School by five goals to nil m a third division league soccer match played at Geylang Stadium yesterday. The Chinese were superior In all departments. Chwee Chip opened the scoring In the eighth minute off a centre from
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    R.S.G.C. Results
    78 8 THE Royal Singapore Golf Club's women's competition for September iStableford) was played at Bukit Timah on Monday. "A" Division was won by Mrs. p. T. Edwards with a score of I»— Mrs. Ferral-Smith (17.50) Mrs. McMullan (16.1/8). "B" Division was won by Mrs. 8. H. King with a
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    Sports Diary
    37 8 TODAY SOCCEB: S.A.FJL Leajue. Dir. I— Indians t. E.lf! Chanel, Jalan Btur tUiHuw. 5.15 p.m.; Dl». Ill— Social A. P.' T. Naval Stores team. GeyUng. 5.15 p.m. CLARKE SHIELD: 8.C.C. t S.R.C., padanc. S.15 p.m.
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    Malays In Scoring Mood
    278 8 'THE Malays were in scoring mood at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday when they beat the Royal Navy in convincing fashion by four-one in a first division League fixture. It was their second triumph over the Navy, and on their showing yesterday they were definitely the better
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    MALAYA CUP FINAL
    46 8 Ip/HE Red Network of Radio Malaya will be broadcasting the commentary of the Malaya Cup final on two wavelengths. 235 and 400 metres, from 4.30 p.m. tomorrow. The Malayan Film Unit will take pictures of the gam*, which will be played In Seremban.
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    45 8 HARM if BIN OMAR wearing the mi'uai presented him by the East Coast Football Association, Sumatra, during the Tiger SportIng Association team's visit on the occasion of Queen Wilhelmina's birthday. The medal, presented to Harith at Medan, was for the best performance by a footballer.
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    Malayan Hockey Council Proposed
    241 8 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN, Thursday. ♦*FHE Negri Sembilan Hockey Association strongly recommends the formation of a Malayan Hockey Council and the holding of trials before the selection of representative teams for the NorthSouth and kindred 'All-Malayan' games." This is a passage from the report of
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    Getting Off The Mark
    53 8 ihe start of the women's half-mile grass track race at the Singapore cycling: carnival at the S.C.C. padang on Wednesday. The winner was Miss Vlcki Ellas, second from the right. Miss Mary Lee (second from the left) was second and Miss Nellie Joshua (centre) was third.
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    Lindwall 6 For 59
    292 8 SCARBOROUGH, Thurs. 'TEN t housand people x waited for the rain to cease to see the second day's play m .the match between the Australians and Leveson Gower's XI. The home team were all out after lunch for 177. Lindwall took six wickets for 59 runs.
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    Portsmouth Gain Lead
    210 8 LONDON, Thursday. PORTSMOUTH forged ahead m the first division of the Englsh Football League yesterday when they beat Middlesbrough one-nil. They now have 11 points, two more than Derby County. Bury, who beat Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 yesterday are at the top of the Second Division league table.
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    SOCCER FIXTURE
    36 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. A SOCCER match has been arranged between the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank team of Singapore and Johore Bahru District to be played on the Istana pad an" on Sa irday.
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    Revised Charging Rule Criticised
    175 8 Revised Charging Rule Criticised LONDON, Thursday. rpHE new British soccer season has brought x some criticism of the revised charging rule which is now m force. The new rule an International one penalises players who charge an opponent, even fairly, when they are not within playing distance of the ball.
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    S.C.C. v. S.R.C. AT SOCCER
    69 8 The following have beer selec'-ed represent the Singapore Cricket Club against the SRC In the annual Clarke Shield ma'ch to be played on the Padang at i 16 p.m. today: J. Aitken; D. Hamilton, V Burton; W. Balrrbrldge, C. McCulloch A. Mttcbell; K. Ten Duis,
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    Race Winner Disqualified
    95 8 LONDON, Thursday. INDIA'S former cham- pion sprinter, Combined Operations, who won the Cavalier Stakes run over six furlongs at Haydock Park on Aug. 18, has been disqualified. Today's Racing Calendar states that the Haydock Park stewards Inquired Into the objection lodged by the Clerk of the Course
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    Doncaster Cup Result
    81 8 DONCASTER, Thursday— Mrs. Alec Johnston's Auralia won the Doncaster Cup here this afternoon from Mr. M. A. Everitfs No Orchids, with Sir Humphrey De Trafflord's 1a Fontaine third. Nine ran. Betting: 6-1 against Auralia: 7-2 against (favourite) No Orchids; 6-1 against La Fontaine. Won by a snort
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