The Straits Times, 25 September 1948

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWKLVE PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1948. PRICE TEN CENTS.
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    MALAYAN RECORD TRADE YEAR LIKELY
    637 1 Pre-war Peak Figure May Be Doubled: Fergusson 's Review MALAYAN trade for the first half of 1948 totalled $1,714,403,000, showing a very large increase in value. The chairman of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce (Mr. E. M. F. Fergusson) said this at an extra general
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    Tear Gas Ends Cave Siege
    101 1 Tear Gas Ends Cave Siege HIGHLIGHTS of yesterday's Emergency n^ws A 56-hour siege of three terrorists (one a MPABA leader) m a ive near Ipoh, ended by the police flinging m t.»ar gas bombs The shooting of a wanted Indonesian m Selangor after a battle m a house Tht> killing
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    Czech Spy Arrests
    26 1 LONDON. Fri. Prague radUo announced la.M night the arrest of 33 people described 3U agents of the American Counter-intelligence corps m ■Slovakia.— R"utt>r.
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    REGISTER DATE MAY BE OCT. 15
    125 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. I^HE Federation Government considers national registration a matter ot considerable urgency. say s an official statement, and State and Settlement authorities are planning to commence registration not later than Oct. 15. The statement goes on to say: "Although there are minor
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    HUNGRY CHINESE
    38 1 CANTON. Fri. Funsshan district, near Bwatow. is reported to be acutely short of food as a result of severe drought followed by locust depredation. Most villagers arc said to be subsisting on roots and leaves.— Reuter.
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    61 1 SARAWAK SCENE: One of the excellent photographs m Straits Times Pictures 1948. On sale early In November, it contains nearly 100 photographs. Last year's Issue was sold out after running through three edition. s Make sure oi your copy by ordering now: price $2.75 posted to any aidress m the
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    MARSHALLBEVIN MEETING
    203 1 PARIS, Fri. THE U.S. Secretary of A State (Mr. Marshall) conferred again today with the British Foreign Secretary (Mr. Ernest Bevin) on the Berlin crisis while the United Nations General Assembly heard a demand to outlaw war. Mr. Marshall's talk with Mr Bevin was their first since th«
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    S. AFRICA'S THREAT
    77 1 PARIS. Fri. The South African representative to thp United Nations, Mr. E. H. Louw. again raised the threat that South Africa might withdraw from the United Nations if it intereferes m that country's racial problems with Its Indian minority. "If the United Nations continues on the road
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    IN SINGAPORE
    51 1 Australia's Federal Solir!-tor-Gen*ral. Professor K. H Bailey passed through Singapore yesterday by Qantas Constellation on his way to London where he with a panel .of Australian and British lawyers will represent the 1 Australian Government m its appeal to the Privy Council against the invalidation ol the Banking
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    Speculators Get Malaya's Dollars
    264 1 A' GROUP of foreign exchange speculators on the "continent of Europe is believed to have stripped IVtifUya of considerable earnings of American d«i7ars from rubber exports. Large shipments of »terl- 1 ing-paid Malayan rubber destined for continental ports have, over the past six months, been re-directed
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    NO EXTRADITION
    24 1 MANILA, Japanese convicted by local trtbunals will serve their sentences In the Philippines under an agreement with General Mac- Arthur's Headquarter* —A.P
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    INDIA SERVICE
    54 1 LONDON. Fri— The Secretary for Commonwealth Relations (Mr. Philip NoelBaker was asked m the Commons today when the Com-mander-in-Chief. Gen. Sir Francis Buch<>r, and other British officers would leave the service of India. I He replied that Sir Francis and most others were serving for one year from
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    Creech Jones' Denial
    26 1 LONDON. Friilav. THK Colonial Secretary (Mr. Creerli Jones > denied tonight Conservative allegations of Government complacency over Malaya. I Report m Page Three I
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    "HELD ME HELPLESS" -NIZAM
    157 1 "HELD ME HELPLESS" -NIZAM HYDERABAD, Fri. BROADCASTING last night the Nizam of i Hyderabad said that he had been held "completely helpless" for eight months while a j small Government clique; spread terror that led to the Indian invasion. He denounced the Premier (Mir Laik Alii, th*» Razakar leader (Kasim
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    REDS ATTACKED ON 3 SIDES
    128 1 DATAVIA. Friday. Indone- iian Republican forces are hammering towards Com- munist-held Madiun from j three sides against bitter I opposition including strongarm squads armed with bamboo spears— traditional island i weapons. > In an all out offensive to crush the Communist revolt Republican armies claimed
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    Airabu Island Seizure Police Dressed
    477 1 Airabu Island Seizure Police Dressed As Indonesian Soldiers ICINGAPORE policemen were disguised is Indonesian soldiers when they made the arms ring seizure at Airahu Island on Tuesday week. This was disclosed y Singapore's C.I.D. (Mr. "The police boat was disguised as an Indonesian vessel" he added "and there was the
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      ROAD'S END
      56 2 LONDON, Fri. Miss Elizabel Diaper arrived m food-short England from Nairobi with a package. She had flown 5,000 miles holding it carefully on her lap. In Buckingham Palace Road she dropped the packA double-decker bus ran 1 over a pound of butter, a pound of tea, a praeapple
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      160 Have Radar
      34 2 LONDON. Fri.— Only 160 of the 3,000 vessels In Britain's Mercantile Marine are fitted with radar equipment, according to Captain W. H. Coombs, president of the Officers (Merchant Navy) Federation. Reuter
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      Wilds Yield Bodies, Gold From Long—Lost Plane
      116 2 Wilds Yield Bodies, Gold From Long— Lost Plane NEW YORK, Friday. rnHE bodies of 11 men and a fortune in gold bullion and currency have been A found hi the wreckage of a United States Dakota missing for five years in the mountains of north-west Canada. j A ground party
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      Defence Planner
      45 2 Maj.-Gen. F. S. Irwin. who was Chief of Staff to the 14th Army m Burma, is taking part m recent talks between the British Civil Defence Joint Planning Staff (of which Maj.-Gen. Irwin is chairman) and panels of local authority representatives. Reuter photo.
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      20-Year Inflation
      45 2 NEW YORK, Fri. Mr. David Wright, Harvard University economics professor, predicted yesterday that the United States might have au inflation problem for 20 years. Among his reasons was the general effort being made by backward countries to industrialise as quickly as possible. A.P.
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      Russia Rebuffed
      51 2 WASHINGTON, Fri. Major-General Frank McCoy told the 11-nalion Far Eastern Commission yesterday that General Mac Arthur violated r.o Allied policy m preventing strikes by Government employees In Japan. The general was replying to last week's demand by Soviet Ambassador Alexander Panyushkin that the Commission reverse Gen MacArthur's action.—
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      93 Back Dean
      60 2 LONDON, Fri— Dr. Hewlett Johnson has applied again for a visa to visit the United States, this time at the invitation of 93 prominent Americans. The U.S. State Department refused the dean's first application last month on the grounds that It did not approve of the organisation
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      And Now U.K.
      25 2 NEW YORK. Fri.— Six Germain radio commentators sailed for Southampton yesterday to study British methods. They have been visiting American stations.— A.P.
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      Gaoled As Spy
      22 2 PRAGUE, Fri. An Austrian woman was sentenced to 18 years' gaol for working for the American Counterintelligence Corps. U.P.
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      Consider Customer
      59 2 BUL A W A YO, (Rhodesia Fri. Britain would be asked to take 66 2/3 per cent, of the Rhodesian crop, initead of an annual quota increase from 46,000,000 to 56,000,000 pounds, the Tobacco Association's annual meeting decided yesterday. The step is designed to give Australia better treatment
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      Reshuffle
      19 2 TEHERAN, Fri. Persia's Prime Minister (Abdul Husein Hazhin today reshuffled his Cabinet after the resignation of three Ministers.—Reuter
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    STRIKE DAY IN FRANCE
    121 2 STRIKE DAY IN FRANCE PARIS. Fri. THE French Cabinet tried to appease labour yesterday with a 15 per cent, wage increase, but it was still endangered by strikes and political unrest. Union leaders said that a two-hour general strike would take place today regardless of the decision. Some strikes will
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    Old British Custom
    83 2 Old British Custom LONDON, Fri. The spear-pierced skull of a woman killed 35,000 years ago by savages has been found under hundreds of tons of rock m a cave near Whaley m Derbyshire. The discoverer, Mr. A. L. Armstrong, says the woman was probably the victim of a ritual murder.
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    U.S. Task Force Plans Cruise To Far East
    125 2 WASHINGTON, Fri. MAVAL task force 38, operating with two aircraft carriers and supporting warships, will sail for Far East ports, including China, on October Navy spokesmen said that the carriers, Tarawa and Princeton, and their screening craft would be on a routine
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      1171 2 NOTICES REMOVAL NOTICE As from the 25th. September, 1948, the new address of CHOP BAN TECK SENG of No 146. Cross Street, Singapore, will be at No. 196 SOUTH BRIDGE ROAD, (Corner of South Bridge Road and Upper Cross Street). Spore EMERGENCY REGULATIONS, 1948 (O. N. 1953/48) OROEB In exercise
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      715 2 NOTICES SINGAPORE CRICKET CLUB RUGGER DANCE Saturday, September 25Uv 9—l Attention is Invited to a possible misinterpretation of a report appearing In the Press on September 23 24th. Dance Tickets can only be purchased by Members of the Club. Members may bring non-members as their guests. L. WEBB JONES, Secretary.
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      251 2 TENDERS FOR THE SUPPLY OF KHAKI TWILL TO FEDERATION OF MALAYA POLICE Tenders for the supply of approximately 54.000 yards of khaki Twill are Invited by the Commissioner of Police. Federation of Malaya Tenders for the above marked •Tenders for the Supply of Khaki rwlll' together with cloth samples grill
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    CREECH JONES' DENIAL
    664 3 'No Complacency About Malaya 9 LONDON, Friday. THE olonial Secretary (Mr. Creech Jones) denied in Parliament today that there had been any complacency by the Government over Malaya. Answering Conservative critics he declared: "We have pursued a firm policy. All concerned are conscious or the consequences if
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    Local Food In 350 Different Ways
    365 3 From Our Woman Correspondent /LINGER and pickled pig trotters, cuttle fish and pickled greens and ox livers with cucumbers are among the 350 recipes which a Singapore Chinese has compiled m her cookery book on local food. The author of the book Is the
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    4 Killed In Plane Attack
    118 3 AMMAN, Fri. DAVID Woodford, corres- I pondent of the London I Daily Telegraph, John Nixon I of the British Broadcasting Corporation and two other passengers were killed yesterday when the Arab Airlines plane m which they were flying crashed after being at- tacked by a
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    BILL REJECTED BY THE LORDS
    69 3 LONDON, Frl.— The House of Lords yestenday rejected by 204 votes to 34 the Labour Government's Parliament Bill, which would cut from two years to one the Peers' powers to delay legislation. The Bill can still become law if passed by the Commons in three
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    N. E. I. Now Indonesia
    87 3 REVISION of the consti- tution of the Kingdom of I the Netherlands, proclaimed j i on Monday, has brought i about the following changes: 1) The Netherlands Indies (commonly referred to as Netherlands East Indies or N.E.1.) will m future be known as "Indonesia"; 2)
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    BRITAIN'S DEFENCE TALKS
    246 3 BRITAIN'S DEFENCE TALKS LONDON, Friday. DEFENCE and strategy talks are going on; between Britain, the Dominions, the United States, France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, the Minister for War (Mr. Emanuel Shinwell) told the House of Commons yesterday. Mr. Shinwell revealed this at the close of a debate on defence
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    Only 400 Conscripts Among Guards
    154 3 LONDON, Friday. THE War Minister (Mr. Emanuel Shinwell) last night denied that some of the Guardsmen recently sent to Malaya only had a few weeks training. I Mr. Oliver Lyttelton (Con- ssrvative) said during a debate on defence in the House of Commons that many
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    FINAL TIN SUPPLIES ALLOTTED
    129 3 LONDON. Fri. THE Combined Tin Commit- tee's final allocations of tin metal for the second half of 1948, announced yesterday, amount to 11,980 long tons. With the previous alloca- tions. this makes the total for the period 43.590. Detailed allocations include: United States final 5.120, total
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    GOOD MALAYAN TRADE BALANCE
    124 3 MALAYA'S trade during August showed a favourable balance, exports exceeding imports by nearly $20,000,000. according to official statistics. The total imports into Malaya m August amounted to $147,155,081, while exports were $167,093,122. During the month, imports from the United Kingdom amounted to $29,297,578. Ex-. ports to
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    28 3 Two seamen polish the lamps of H.M.S. Vanguard, which will take the Royal Family on their tour to Australia and New Zealand early next yea r. Reuter photo.
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    To Advise Ceylonese I
    36 3 COLOMBO, Fri.— Mr Maurice Stack, chief of the International Labour Organisation Social Insurance section, is expected m Ceylon shortly to report and advise on the Ceylon Government's new social service schemes. A.P.
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    JAPANSEEKS HUGE SHIPMENT OF COCONUT OIL
    248 4 MEGOTIATIONS are now going on for the purchase from Singapore mills of 3,000 tons of coconut oil, for shipment to Japan. Government agents have asked quotations from millers, for transmission to Allied Headquarters m I Japan. The transaction. If concluded, will be the biggest
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    BLACKOUT —ONLY SOLUTION
    215 4 BLACKOUT —ONLY SOLUTION IF each of Singapore's 35,000 electricity consumers switched off two 60-watt lamps between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. each, night, there would be no necessity for blackouts. So said Mr. W. L. Blythe. the Deputy Municipal President, at a meeting of Municipal Commissioners yesterday. Blackouts, he added,
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    Sentry Fired Three Shots
    90 4 WHEN a sentry <Pte. Patrick Lloyd Higgs) at No. 1 sub depot, 223 8.0.D.. Kranji. saw two figures carrying cases on their shoulders, he fired three shots. A search disclosed an. Indian (Rajoo) and two Malays (Mohamed Rashid bin Maidln and Mohamed bin Abubakar). Three cases
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    Young Lions Dog 'Mother'
    28 4 FOUR three-weeks-old lion cabs at Bristol Zoo have a collie dor as foster mother. The cubs' mother is unable to feed them. P.A.-Reuter photo.
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    $19,000,000 Sewerage 10-Year Plan
    421 4 4 919,000,000, ten-year sewerage scheme for Singapore, which will provide sewerage facilities for 85 per cent, of the population, has been j approved m Municipal committee, Mr. A. P. Rajah' announced at the meeting of Municipal Com- missioners yesterday. Mr. Rajah asked that priority should be
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    Not So Secluded
    44 4 From Our Staff Correspondent I PENANG. Fri._ A lawyer's I clerk. Chan Yoon Hin, was found m a protected place Penang's Victoria Green. He told the District Court today j that he had gone there to 'seek seclusion." He was cautioned.
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    Jap Tunnels Hold Up Welfare
    259 4 THE Secretary for Social Welfare has made an appeal for anyone with any knowledge of the ammunition storage tunnels built by the Japanese on Ann Siang Hill to con- i tact the Social Welfare Department, Singapore. At a press conference yesterday. Mr. T. P. F.
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    Gaoled For Having Kris
    78 4 POSSESSION of a kris result- ed In Asanaru Kuniu, a security policeman employed by the Base Ordnance Depot at Kranjl, being sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment at the Singapore Assizes yesterday. For theft of a box from the depot. Mr. Justice Taylor sentenced him to
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    Singapore Diary
    188 4 TODAY Inter-School Art Exhibition Great World, Open -jo the public free. Postal Services Joint Commitee, Inaugural mpetirrg. office of the controller of pos*«. 2.30 p.m. Singapore Co-operative Stores Society. Ltd.. half-yearly meeting 331. North Bridge Road. 3 p.m. V.M.C.A.. Orchard Road, chess club, 3 p.m.. free cinema to
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    CHURCH SERVICES
    384 4 TOMORROWS Sfrvues In Singapore churenss are as fo lows' CHURCH OF ENGLAND: st Andrew's Cathedral of Singapore at 7 a.m.. 8 a.m. 10.30 a.m. 11.15 a.m., 6.30 p.m. St. George's Garrison Church, Tauglin (open 'o civilians) 7.15 a.m. 9 a.m., 9.45 a.m. 6.30 p.m. Christ Church (Dorset Road)
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    NEW WAR CLAIMS PLAN
    407 5 30-Year Loan From Britain AN interest-free loan from the British Government to finance Malaya's War Damage Compensation Scheme was proposed yesterday by the chairman of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce (Mr. E. M. F. Fergusson;. Repayment could be spread over 30 years, he said. SpeaklnK at
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    29 5 LMUKELLAFOKTHEEMIK: East African Emir of Abuja, ruler of 44,000 people, walks m London with his secretary-cum-umbrella-bearer Musa Tanko. The Emir is attending a conference of Colonial legislators. Reuter photo.
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    'ABNORMAL RISK' RESPONSIBILITY
    342 5 'ABNORMAL RISK RESPONSIBILITY THE Singapore Chamber of Commerce has pressed the Government to take over "abnormal risks" 1 under the emergency. This was stated yesterday by the chairman of the chamber (Mr. E. M. F. Fergusson) at an extra general meeting. Mr. Fergusson said there were administrative difficulculties In a
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    The Week In Rubber
    230 5 IN sympathy with London and New York the rubber j market has been quiet for the past week. Small fluctuations have occurred, says Lewis Peat's weekly report. Continental Inquiries have helped to steady prices, as has the fresh outbreak of disturbances m Indonesia. Despite the Malayan
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    Co-op Sales Decline
    71 5 DROFITS of the Singapore 1 Co-operative Stores Society Ltd. decreased considerably m the six months ended March 31, 1948. Net surplus was $565 69 compared with $11,361.76 for the previous 12 months. The report to be presented at the half-yearly general meeting today states that there has
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    23 5 PENANQ. Frl. A sloop. H.MS. Black Swan, arrived In Penang today. She Is the second warship to visit these waters within a week.
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    To Study In U. S.
    21 5 Mr. M R. Jumabhoy will leave Singapore today by air to study m the United States.
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    SHOCK TACTICS
    48 5 I A FENCE which can be x electrified at the tarn of a switch has been erected around the wooden huts that serve as offices for G.H.Q., FARELF, m Tanglin Barracks. "The fence is merely an emergency precaution/ an Army spokesman told the Straits Times yesterday.
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    OPIUM CASE BAIL $50,000
    77 5 Bail of $50,000 m two sureties was allowed to Llm Siong Keow who was charged yesterday In the Secono District Court, Singapore, m connection with the lmDortation of 500 lb. of ooium valued at $500,000. Two oth2r Chinese who faced similar charges m the same court
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    MR. JIMMY ORCHARD
    85 5 THE remains of Mr. Jimmy Orchard were buried at the Bidadari Cemetery yesterday. Racehorse trainers, jockeys and owners were there. Canon R. K. S. Adams officiated at the graveside. Mr. Orchard was one of the leading pre-war trainers on Malayan turf. He was killed during the Battle
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    ANTITERROR IDEA
    217 5 MALAY NEWS From Our Malay Correspondent MAJLIS, the Kuala Lumpur Malay newspaper, suggests that Chinese squatters be repatriated as an anti-terrorism measure. The paper says that the majority of the detainees under the Emergency Regulations are Immigrant Chinese. "'lf the Government really wishes to see Malaya soon In
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    CHANGED MIND WEEK TOO LATE
    156 5 A CHINESE who pleaded guilty last week to possessing chandu tried unsuccessfully to alter his plea when he came up for sentence yesterday In the Second District Court. Singapore. "When I pleaded guilty to the charge I thought I could not find the owner of
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    DEATH
    28 6 SULLIVAN y— Mabel Eva, beloved wife of Pat Sullivan Cable Wireless Ltd Friday 2:th --Service at Cathedral of Good Shepherd 4.30 p.m. Saturday and thence to Bidadari.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., Sept. 26, 1948. CHINA-BORN ISSUES
    1212 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat., Sept. 26, 1948. CHINA-BORN ISSUES Last Saturday m these columns we gave some impressions of a Straits-born Chinese gathering m Singapore, at 1 'lich traditions of peaceful and constitutional politics stood out m bright contrast against the dark shadows on the mainland. Today let us
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    WORKING IN A WHIPSNADE
    1765 6 A Malayan Countryman's Diary SUNDAY, Sept. 19.— The cook and myself have reconciled ourselves to our temporary banishment from the dusun. Luckily there is plenty of work, physical and mental, attached to the new Job, so that we really have no time in which to brood,
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    From Tuan Djk's Anthology
    192 6 have learn d To look on Nature, not as m the hour Of thoughtless youth, but hearing oftentimes The still, sad musig of humanity, Nor harsh nor grating, though of ample power To chasten and subdue. And I have felt A presence that disturbs me with
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      126 6 ONE PAIR OF EYES "One pair of eyes to last lifetime. You can chew with false teeth, walk with a wooden leg, but never can you see with a blind eyes." This does not mean that we are m danger of going blind but a warning that we should not
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    TEAR GAS BEAT BANDITS IN CAVE
    643 7 Three Gave Up After 36 Hours From Our Staff Correspondent EPOH, Friday. TEAR gas bombs, hurled by police into a cave just outside Ipoh this afternoon, ended a 36-hour siege of three terrorists. Police m respirators rushed into the gas-filled cave and seized the
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    'Vicious Circle Of TB'
    254 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. DURING the past year, 650 people died from tuberculosis m Johore and 1,100 cases were reported. The acting Principal Medical Officer, Johore, (Dr. C. H. Williams), said this today. He was addressing a public meeting at the Royal Johore International Club convened to
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    COFFIN FORA PRINCE
    229 7 LOCKED m the after-hold of a Siamese Royal Air Force Dakota aircraft, which spent last night at Kallang airport and will leave this morning for Java, is a coffin specially prepared to carry the remains of a Siamese prince back to his native country. From the plane,
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    BLACK THURSDAY WAS BRIGHT
    55 7 rK the first time m several months, Singapore had no blackout on Thursday night. The deputy Municipal President (Mr. W. L. Blythe) said yesterday that it was a triumph on the part of the power station staff. He suggested the slogan for more blackout-free nights should
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    $2,050 JEWEL THEFT CHARGE
    91 7 Armed robbery of jewellery and cash amounting to $2050 cash amounting to Thiam Hock yesterday m the Singapore Sevelnth Police Court. The Magistrate (Mr. R. J. C Wait> adjourned the case to' Sept. 28. A similar charge against Lim Han was withdrawn. The prosecution alleged that
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    Women Lenders Tempted By High Interest
    259 7 yHE issue of cheques to the value of $89,000 which he knew would be dishonoured by the bank was described to Mr. Justice Gordon Smith m the Singapore High Court yesterday by Kwong Ah Pio during his examination m bankruptcy. Women who lent him
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    Shooting In Johore Road, Two Charged
    132 7 HOW two Chinese got out ot a taxi m Johore Road and started shooting at the five-foot way was described In the Singapore Seventh Police Court yesterday. They were Lee Ah Fock, aged 21. and Teow Huat Seng, aged 20. Both are charged with
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    RED DRAGON THREATTRIAL
    65 7 RED DRAGON THREAT TRIAL On two charges of attempted extortion of $3,500, and one of possession of two rounds of sten gun ammunition, Kee Ah Kow was yesterday committed by the Seventh Police Magistrate (Mr. R. J. C. Wait) for trial at the next Singapore Assizes. Kee Ah Pow was
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    Former Municipal Employee Dies
    24 7 Mr. J. C. Koruthu, formerly of the Municipal Electrical Department, Singapore, died at his home at Travancore on September 15.
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    Anti T. B. Work
    75 7 The Singapore Anti- Tuberculosis Association has received the following donations for August: Singapore Presbyterian Church $164.80; "B" Company. No. 6 Group R.P.C. (C) $102.88; Mrs. E.M.D. Carter $50.00; Teachers of Raffles Girls' School $90.00; Seah Cheng lAs.z, Sunday School Bible Class, Prlnotp Street Presbvferlan Church $12.30;
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    Information Easier Now Say Police
    108 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. DOLICE and troops °ngaged I m anti-bandit operations I around Kuala Lumpur are 1 finding that information is i becoming easier. This news lies behind the announcement that 95 sus1 pects have been arrested m Selamgor during the past five days and
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    PAYMENTS TO L .E. P.
    66 7 All Locally Enlisted Personnel living m Singapore still entitled to payments should report to the RecruitIng Officer, Fort Canning on the following days: No. 1351 to 3000: any day up to Sept. 25; 3001 to 6000; Sept 27 to Oct. 2; 6001 to 8000: Oct.
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    Court Allows Accused To Use Mothballs
    363 7 j AN accused at the Ninth Police Court preliminary j inquiry into tentative charges concerning R.A.F. property was given permission yesterday to supply mothballs to be placed m his grey flannel suit, now kept at the C.I.D. as a case exhibit. The accused was
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    IN GAOL 10 DAYS MORE THAN SENTENCE
    146 7 IN GAOL 10 DAYS MORE THAN SENTENCE TWO Filipinos who were yes- terdav sentenced to one month's rigorous Imprisonment each for using- criminal force on a police officer have already spent 10 days more than that on remand. They were arrested on August 14. j Accused were Marcelo Hi- j
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    Quicker Review Of Building Plans
    156 7 EXAMINATION of Singapore building plans is to be speeded up on instructions from the deputy Municipal President (Mr. W. L. Blythe). Answering complaints of delay m passing plans, he said yesterday that they frequently passed through several departments dealing with difTerent aspects of tho schemes.
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    GAOLED, SOLD HIRED GOODS
    122 7 For selling a refrigerator md two radios which he had obtained on hire purchase Allen Leong, a 30-year-old Chinese, was sentences to four months' rigorous imprisonment by the first District Judge (Mr. E. P. Sim. ka) yesterday Allen obtained the radios and the refrigerator during May
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    India House Officer
    45 7 Mr. 8. Thiruvengadathan (Mr. S.T. Than>, is the new Plr»4 Secretary to the Represent atff« of the Government of India He succeets Mr S. Swamnathan who has resumed dnMw at the Central Secretariat- In Delhi. Mr. Swaminathan left Singapore for India yesterday
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    NEED FOR BOYS' CLUBS
    68 7 The need for village halls was stressed at a tea party given to the Colonial Secretary (Mr. P. A. B. MacKerron) by Bukit Panjang Village Committee yesterday "As a preventive to juvenile delinquency the halls could be used as boys' clubs," said the chairman of the
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    NEW STAMPS
    22 7 New Singapore stamps of all denominations except two dollars will be on sale at Singapore post offices from Oct. 1.
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    The Circus Comes To K.L.
    1091 8  -  "FEMINA By THE circus has come to town and the old, old thrill is still there: the clowns with their "corny" jokes are still the funniest thing, even though the jokes are m a mixture of Chinese and Malay, we know them so well that
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    Dearer Fish, Cheaper Eggs
    206 8 PRICES of most types of fish varied considerably during this week. On Monday split ikan kurau was sold at $1.80 a kati. Yesterday a very sharp increase was recorded and the price leaned to $2.20 cents. Bietger varieties like Ikfi? te ?girri, parang, terubok. increased between
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      286 8 Perfumes by Lucien Lelong are esteemed all over the World, but nowhere more than m Paris, the home of the World's great perfumes. Now, n absence due to the war, all the famous names are available for you ;ind several new creations—' Elle-Elle Indiscret Passionnement Jabot Gardenia 'N These perfumes,
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      308 8 HERE is where trouble lurks. Dent.ll trouble m many rases is due entir«ly to personal neglect The "Gum-line" the lunction of teeth and gums H pjiticularly vulnerable Infection, once estahlKh^d can only be tr^.MPd hv vr>nr Henri-* Daily Dental Care X/"~~~~A with Ipana protects j^Ss/ the "Gum-Line". jUjlj Twice daily,
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      A WIDOW'S PENSION
      258 9 1 TAKE the liberty to of the widows who late class, as neither an has so far gallantly comt cudgels for the helpless who, with the excepi minority, are eking out viable living. The pittance doled out to them by the Government month after month i In
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      GANDHIJI HALL
      73 9 VI AY I point out that there Is no suitable hall or covered arena where public meetings etc. could be held by the Indians of Singapore. May I appeal to Mrs. M. Lobo, Messrs. J. Thivy, J. M. Jumabhoy and other Indians concerned to build such a hall
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      "Spare That Tree!"
      186 9 Contractor stay your hand! Bulldozer— halt your tracks! Let not vain thought of wealth now guide your rage. Let Vanah Merah stand free from the vile attacks Of man, machinery and Modern Age. Are we to have The Strip? Answer us, yea or nay! If "nay" it
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      The Machine Age Replies
      386 9 IF "China-Lady" had 1 consulted a rrore competent authority she would have been m!- formed that the mechanization of the Municipal Consolidated Ac- counts Division was started m 1939 and running smoothly long before the war reached here. She would also have been told that In
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      Col. Blimp In Hyderabad
      1021 9 1. By An Indian THE greatest of the "gloomy forecasts" and "fears of Mr. Jinnah" was that the transfer of power to Indians would result In anarchy and that the Muslim and other minorities would be crushed by a Hindu majority government. However the Indian Qov-
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      Squatters: Finding A Solution
      199 9 Squatters: Finding A Solution i A S a mere soldier, albeit with some minor responsibility m the present j emergency, may I be perj mitted to make a sugges- tion which might save us from being permanently hamstrung by political and legal red tape m an already difficult position. It
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      26 9 Letters signed with a nom-de plume are not publisrted unieM the writer's name and .iddre.^ <ire I lommunica^ed to th" Editor a-<- guarantee cf good faith.
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      104 9 FORD TRUCKS t€V£fZ,OFFef&£D M_^»__f*\ g•nc r a I delivery ____Mfd_v F*"'* >M *M-*MH««__M__l'___i 1 I I itf* tS'tfM inches facilitates ____f A_!_F_F §i!Q PPr Pjnel ii truly 1^ preservative of the g» f J M fff"'*_B ;3y_, .mart *nd yieful JKl' jj____l Bk styling of tha new r w pjf
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      152 9 All other things Ning equal, the mm corrects acidity. THEN who win* through It U» man who 1* Andrew* const up the live* rtajly fit. This tt why Inner and check* biliousness acwlineu it to taport_oi, FINALLY To cot only on the ipom _^ffl j^^ complete your Inner field, but
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      737 9 W^w HKT9 .^T* ■SrPS PnF Rescuing parir.er from a doubl" played tl.e jack from dummy, and is always a touchy proposition— East of course won with the queen, though it is not always the "crime" East returned his fourth-highest it is popularly supposed to be. i heart; West captured the
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    London Stocks
    389 10 LONDON, Frl. YESTERDAYS firm quietness on the London Stock Exchange was attributed to the fact that the Foreign Minister's speech on the international situation was less gloomy than had been anticipated, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Rubbers were unchanged to lower, Tins irregular. Closing middle payees m stocks 'as
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    The Produce Market
    171 10 From A Market Correspondent new high level for Singapore pepper prices was reached yesterday Freely optimistic speculation continued to rule on the pepper market. There was business m Slalc sago flour which improved slightly m price Yest«rdav> quotations Included: Rice UncU&sifled: No 1 $60: 2 $52: I
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    MALAYAN SHARE MARKET QUIET
    862 10 From Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Friday. yHK Malayan share market was quiet today pend- Ing further clarification of events m Paris. Prices on the whole were maintained. Selling' pressure was less evident. Prices quoted by the Malayan Shareholders' Association today were Buyer Selle AtlM lot 14.00
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    Singapore Rubber
    179 10 QUIETNESS characterised the Singapore rubber market throughout yesterday. Closing prices yesterday were: No. 1 sheet f.o.b. buyers 43% cents, sellers 43 7 cents; spot loose buyers 43 cents, sellers 43 Ts cents per lb. The Singapore Chamber of Commercp Rubber* Association's noon prices yesterday <Sep\ 24 > were,
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    WHARFSIDE SHIPPING
    135 10 SHIPS m port alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves today (godowni In brackets) are: Main Wharf: Katong (32), Olenapp (36-37 >, Montoro (40-41), aiensarn (42-43), Purnea <38-39 >. West Wharf: Scot.' E. Land (7-S). Menestheus (IS-16). Nagara (10-11), Maetsuycker (1-9), Bidor Moctoro (13-14). Empire Dock: Trevethos (19-20). Sukhona
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    DIVIDENDS & INTEREST
    106 10 DIVIDENDS INTEREST J)IVIDENDS and interes* have been announced as follows: Imperial Chemical Industries, London— three per cen\ Interim on Ordinary stock, declared on Sept. 23, payable on Dec. 1. Kent (F.M.S.) Tin Drcdginc.— 10 per cent. (2 2 sd. per shar?) less tax, for the year *o Dec. 31, 1948.
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      1110 10 MANSFIELD 6c CO., LTD. iln-oiuo'oiei tn Singapore) BLUE FUrtWEL LINK STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO., sailing* h<om uk c v LTD. "Titan trom UK C *4 Eunwcus due trom UK Oct I WESI COASI MALAYA "Clvr.n.us due 'rom UK Oct "Serampang" for T. Anson, "Mirmidon" due trom UK O^r 12 Penan*. Belawan
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      258 10 PRESIDENT LINES Cer,e'i' Hdb!>eriger Agent tor Northwest A. nines SAILINCS TO NEW YORK AND BOSTON via INDIA. ECYPT h MEDITERRANEAN PORTS Scott E Land Spore Codown 31/34 Marine Snapper Spore Sept 27 P S ham Sept. 28 P. Sham Oct. 4 Penang Sept 26 Penang Oct. 6 SAILINCS TO SAN
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      354 10 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINCS FROM SCANDINAVIA U X SAILINCS TO CONTINENT/ CONTINENT SCANDINAVIA Loading at Singapore. Port Swettenham and Penang. ">.s. "Mongolia" due abt. Oct 21 B^ntkok dv. abt Oct ft fof Co'° mbo <'»• Aderl Port Ban B kok due abt. Oct.* Antwerp. Rotterdam, Hamburg, Oslo, Gothenburg, Copenhagen Cdynia.
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      1017 10 McALISTER 6c CO., LTD. llncoiporateo m yijwui BLLBRMAN BUCKNALL BUfMHI LINB HAVRE, LONDON ANTWERP p»c mr hobtv ANO HAMBURC HllHl wmi Accepting ca'go lor US North Atlantic Accepting caigo tor Cet.tra t? ioiirh Ports Canada via Colombo Ama- can "or it CITT OF KHARTOUM f.AMLiswiLii Spora P Sham Penan* FRANC^VILIt
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    Gold Cup Winners Since 1925
    1203 11  -  EPSOM JEEP ORIGINAL STAKES WERE $1,750 By QNE afternoon m 1925, at the Faner Park racecourse, five horses faced the starter for a "mile and quarter handicap for Class 1 horses with $1,750 m stakes and a Gold Cup to the winner." The race was
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    15 11 Colbay (Flannery), an acceptor for today's Gold Cup race at Bukit Timah.— Straits Times picture.
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    R.J.I.C. Golf
    60 11 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri.— The Women's Golf medal competition of the Royal Johore International Club for September was won by Mrs. L. V. J. Laville. The runner-up was Mrs. P. McNee. Best scores returned were as follows:— Mrs. L. V. J. Laville 51—15=36; Mrs. P. McNee 52—13=39; Miss D.
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    Teachers' Hockey
    30 11 Members of the Teachers' Union, Singapore, who are Interested m hockey are to communicate with either Mr. J. David, St. Josephs Instltu'Jon or Mr. Eber, St. Anthony's School.
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    Williams Retains Lightweight Title
    304 11 NEW YORK, Friday. AFTER flooring his opponent four times, Ike Williams retained his world lightweight title when he knocked out Jesse Flores, the California Mexican, m two minutes four seconds m the tenth round before a crowd of 10,000 at the Yankee Stadium last night. The
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      238 11 YOUR LAST CHANCE TO BE FASCINATED BY THE WEB UNI VfISAIiNTIRIUI IWI V PICTUtJ Also March Of lime:— "CRISIS IN ITALY" Telephone 3400 78' Temp, for Sheer Comfort. £X YOU'LL BE BEWILDERED V*A THE WAY > m /CT •fT*^ t T^l Century Fox Film. *V W TOMORROW JUST FOR ONE
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      317 11 SWIFT and THRILLING AS THrf FLIGHT OF AN AR JOtt WARNER B3OS MAKE IT LIVE AGAIN TO THRILL YOU AS FEW MOTION PICTURES EVER HAVE 5 SHOWS AT: U—Z—4.K—GM— 9.l.">. CAPITOL PHONE 5159 FOR YOUR RESERVATIONS NOW! I fJEi^ 13 EPISODIC OF THE MOST tfi^^j Wss\ DARING THRILLS Showing X^^(2^fe\
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      398 11 RADIO MALAYA RADIO AUSTRALIA Matitinasa; 10.30 10.48 Midland Light Orchestra; 11.80 SINGAPORE AJt<rn*tlve gtaUMt 30 Sweet Serenade; U.13 ITMA; 1 p.m. Music- 1.30 News l 55 a «>• 45 Music; 10.00 12.45 v Your« for the Asking; 1.30 to 6.20 Spore Race*; 8.15 New*; Variety; 10.10 Requests; 10.30 News; 1.40
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    ECLIPTIC TO WIN FROM LEODA AND BARON
    1315 12 ECLIPTIC TO WIN FROM LEODA AND BARON Chances Of Cup Horses Analysed By EPSOM JEW CCLIPTIC, Leoda and Baron should finish first, second and third respectively m the Gold Cup race at Bukit Timah today, the last day of the Singapore Turf Club Autumn Meeting: Ecliptic will probably go to
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    Straits Times Selections
    178 12 "EPSOM JEEP' "TRESPASSER" POINTER" Rare 1: 2.N p.m 1. TRICOLOUR 3. Happy Lass 3 Marcorl EMPIRE ROSE Pam Green Jimmy ASTIVEL Empire Rose Happy Law Race 2: 2.35 p.m 1. SILVER LINING 2 Skystreak 3. Rochdale SKYSTREAK COURTESAN Silver I.inlnc Haimore II Skystrrak Silver Lining Race 3i
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    Today's Race Card
    1091 12 BELOW are the acceptances for today's races at Bukit Timah. The Double Tote will be on races 5 and 8. The Big Sweep will be dr»wn on race 8. Race 1—2.00: Class 2, Div. 4— Abt. 6 Furs. 000 Ha) dee Jones 9.00 "Sincere Stable" Davlea 1
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    Athletes Trounce Malays 6-0
    180 12 THE Malay Football Association were outwitted and outplayed by the Chinese Athletes m yesterday's^ S.A.F.A. knockout Cup competition at Jalan Besar Stadium, losing 6—o.6 0. The Malays never came near to scoring The Athletes swuiu into the attack from the kick off and m the fourth
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    TANGLIN CLUB TENNIS
    91 12 TANGLIN CLUB TENNIS Results of yesterday's tennis matcu between the Tanglin Club and the Army played on the Club courts were: Lt.-Col. M.W. Bigg* and Capt. J.L. Whltmore lost to B.C. Fay and R. Macartney 1 6, 6—2. 3— MaJ. Lyons and Maj. Walters v. A.J. Tite and P.N.P. Bond
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    29 COY. R.A.S.C. WIN FINAL
    170 12 The 29 Coy R.A.S.C.. Taipin* I Droved they were the best military football team m Malaya yesterday, wherrthev defeated the Singapore Engineering Regiment by thre« goals to one m the final of the Calbeck Cud competition on the Tanglin ground. Hero of the match was
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    Today's Rugby
    104 12 The following are the revised teams for the Old v. New rugger match to be played m the S.C O padang this evening: OLD: W. Bainbrldge; T. A. Roper. G.D. Hergreaves, R. Drooglever, J. Oates; j. Frame. O.S. Taylor; K.K.R. WUson P Pascoe. R.J. Maxey. A.V. de Franck.
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    27 12 The inler-State soccer match between the Singapore Chinese Football Association and the Johore Chines*, scheduled for today at Jalan Besar stadium, has be?n postponed to Oct. 1.
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    Sports Dairy
    41 12 TODAY RUGBY: Newcomers v. Old Players. 8.C.C.. 5.15 pjn.; Nee Soon Garrison R.F.C. t. RE. ME. Base Workshops, Nee Soon. 5 p.m. BADMINTON: Singapore championship*, Clerical Union, 1. 11 p.m. CRICKET: Combined Indiana v R.A.F. Malaya, Seletar. 11 a.m.
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    28 12 Today: High Water. 2.27 a.m. (7 ft. 9 in.>. 1.59 p.m. IB_ft. 7in>. Tomorrow: 3.25 am. (7 ft. 1 In.), 2.3« r>m. (8 ft. 3 m).
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    Cricket By Hurricane Lamps
    345 12 Cricket By Hurricane Lamps THE Singapore Cricket Club cricket match between the men's and women's teams on the Padang yesterday was concluded m the light of Hurricane lamps. The gatTK 1 pnded m a sevenrun victory for the men. Because of falling light !n the closing stages of the game,
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    REST LOSE 2-1
    78 12 In a tam> game of hockey p on the padang yesterday. laM j hockey league champions, the Singapore Recreation Club, b at, i the Rest, a side? selected trom iiie Club, by t\<o goals to one. The Rest took the lead five minutes aft^r the ipsumption «f
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