The Straits Times, 13 October 1948

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 'JVVI-.IVK PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1948 i( i'RICE TEN CENTS.
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    MACDONALD AT COMMONWEALTH TALKS
    362 1 Bevin Review Gave Priority To Red Threat In Far East LONDON, Tuesday. MR. MALCOLM MACDONALD, Commissioner General for SouthEast Asia, joined the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' conference today and heard a warning from Mr. Ernest Bevin of the threat of Communism m the Far East. Diplomatic sources
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    $7,000 IN DAYLIGHT ROBBERY
    263 1 IN broad daylight and within a stone's throw of the Central Police Marion. Singapore, a young Chinese shop assis1 ;i;U was yesterday robbed jl nearly $7,000 m cash' and cheques. Twenty-one-year-old Chlan Lin Chla was on his way to the bank from his employers' sliop m
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    BIG FIRE AT SOURABAYA
    55 1 SOURABAYA. Tiu-s. A tire which destroyed a half a I lire kilometer of the s turabaya naval base wa day estimated to have caused I sin. 1,000 l'>ss to the Dutch spark from a passing In- »m lallang. I ann< d by a stiff wind, the
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    TRADE PACT
    15 1 AGUE, Tues. kia has con ded a trad nt with Paklst v. —Rev
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    ANTI-RIOT PLANS IN PARIS
    133 1 ANTI-RIOT PLANS IN PARIS PARIS, Tuesday. THE French Government has completed plans for che seizure of Paris by 100.000 loyal troops and police within one hour of the outbreak or any armed revolt. The man chiefly respons'.bi' for the plan is M. Moch. Socialist Minister of Inter. or. He would
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    'Red Capital' Plot
    272 1 BANGKOK, Tues. A LONG-RANGE plan to set up a Communist I'nited States of South-East Asia, with Bangkok as the centre, was the ultimate aim of the Siamese coup attempt early this month. Well-informed political observers .said this today. Immediate objective of the coup which proved abortive and
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    NEW MAN FOR MONTGOMERY
    84 1 LONDON, Tues. The War Office yesterday announced the appointment of a S7-year-old Major-General R. F. K. Belchem a* Chief of Staff to Field-Marshal Viscount Montgomery, newly-appointed defence chief of the five -power Western European Union. Maj.-Gen. Belchem was promoted from Brigadier to Major-General at the same
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    PRESSMAN TOLD TO GO
    86 1 RANGOON, Tuesday. MR. Jack Percival, correspondent of the London News Chronicle and the Sydney Morning Herald, was today ordered by the Burmese Government to leave Burma within two days, it was officially learned here. No explanation for the order has yet been given, although a request
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    RED VETERAN CAPTURED
    170 1 BATAVIA. Tues. 'PHE Moscow-trained Indonesian veteran Commiijnust. Alimin. has fallen into the hands of Indonesian Rel publicans the Republican An- tara news agency reported today. Alimin and three other lmi p Ttant Communists wen* captured by the Republican Army engaucd m operations against Java Communist rebels at
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    26 1 DR. HFRBERT VERE EVATT, Australian Minister of External Affairs and familiar figure at I'nited Nation* sessions, who is now serving as President of the General Assembly.
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    CRUISER DAMAGED
    40 1 HONG KONG, Tues. The American cruiser Saint Paul was slightly damaged by fire here today. Petrol for refuelling a seaplane spilt over the snip's side and cuusht fire on an open cookins stove m a junk alongside -U.P.
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    Month-Longßaid On Terror Area
    478 1 (M XX II AS and Inniskillings, it was revealed yesterday, had completed "Operation Mah Jong" a month-long action m and around Lee Sen, 22 miles north of Johore Bahru. This area had long transit and training area After air reconnaissance of the area, a plan was
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    VISHINSKY SAYS, RUSSIA WONT TELL
    261 1 PARIS, Tuesday gOVIET Russia today refused to give an y information to the world about its armed forces until the United States "lays its cards on the table" and discloses the size of its atomic bomb stockpile. Mr. Vishinsky charged that the Western powers tried
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    WEST IS GETTING [MPATIENI
    203 1 WEST IS GETTING [MPATIENI PARIS. Tuesday 'I"*HE Security Council 1 pected to meet, within 4H hours lor a final decision on the Berlin complaint, laid tore it by the Big Three 9 crn powers six days ago. Britain France and 'he United States have mad<' it clear to Dr. Bramuglia
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    PILOT HELD
    38 1 THE Indonesian Republican Dakota, reported missing recently, was forced down by six Dutch fightrrs at Palembang. Sumatra, says Antara, the Indonesian Republican asjeacj. Capt. Freebierg, th- pilot is now detained hy the Dutch, the agency adds.
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    MALAYAN CHAMBER OF MINES
    2168 2 COMPANY MEETINGS PROGRESS OF REHABILITATION MR. A. G. GLENISTER'S REVIEW The annual general meeting ot the Malayan Chamber of Mine* (Incorporated) was held on Sept. 30, at the offices, 65, London Wall, London, E.C. Mr. A. Q. GLENISTER, chairman of the council, presided. The Chairman said:
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      $50,000-A-Year Mine Leader Orders $7,000,000 Holiday
      504 2 I N£ W YORK, Tuesday T«E United Mine Workers' I nion convention it Cincinnati yesterday decided to pay its presideni Mr. John Lewis U.S.$50,000 a year after rejecting s proposal to pay him U.S.$100,000. This makes Mr. Lewis the highest paid labour leader in
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      GIRL SEES BLACK CATS ON MOON
      88 2 MANILA, Tues. Pilgrims are visiting: a 15-year-old (rirl who sees visions of Our Lady of Lo'.irdes and black cats on the moon. Zenaida Ignacio of Subic fays she began having visions after giving a beggar a glass of water. The beggar disappeared before her
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    GENERAL TRANSPORT STRIKE MOVE BY PARIS REDS
    178 3 PARIS, Tuesday. DRO-Communist unions m France are urging a general transport stoppage m the face of a high (Government official's charge that the Cominform had ordered the present strike wave. The Transport Minister (M. Christian Pineau), countered with a threat to dismiss railway
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    Australian Rod Gaoled For Sedition
    150 3 BRISBANE. Tues. (111.8.-JRT Burns, a member] In! th« executive of the, Qtuvn.sland branch of the Australian Communist Party. was today sentenced to six [ninths' imprisonment by a I Brisbane court for sedition. Notice of appeal was given. Burns, it was alleged, said at a public
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    Two Boys Seek A Christmas Tree
    66 3 OSLO, Tues— Two Londoners seeking a Christmas tree have arrived m Oslo. Sixteen-year-old B. GofTe aiT" 18-year-old Peter Park-ing-Kennedy, sent to choose the Christmas tree that will be Oslo's gift to Britain's hildren, arrived yesterday morning. Th*y werp welcomed on arrival by the town
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    'Ban Canada Reds' Call
    27 3 AWA. Tues C native Party condemned Russia's recent policies and mistn. and debated har should be about Com '.ho wanted rust P^rr outiaw-
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    PLUGGING THE DRAIN OF GOLD
    112 3 LONDON, Tues. THE British Treasury announces that the sterling area gold and dollar drain In the third quarter of 1948 dropped to £76,000.000 as compared with £147,000,000 m the first and £107,000,000 In the second quarter. Actual gold and dollar holdings m the third quarter
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    Fuel For 8.8.C. Fire
    26 3 LONDON, Tues. A joke about the Fuel Minister (Mr. H GaitskelH brought protests from 8.8.C. listeners after the Saturday Music Hall broadcast.—Reuter.
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    -GET NEWS RIGHT OR GO TO GAOL" WARNING
    78 3 PARIS. Tues. THE Minister of National Defence (M. Paul Ramadier > today threatexied jour.lalists that they would go to gaol if they disclosed anything but official news on national defence. He said that "unfounded rumours, too silly to be taken seriously, evni
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    BANKER'S VISIT
    42 3 Mr. Seth Ramakrishna Dalmia. one of India's bigrest industrialists and bankers, visited London recently. Picture shows Mr. Dalmia with his wife and Lord Pethick Lawrence at a Savoy Hotel reception. Behind is the Chinese Ambassador, Dr Cheng Tien-hsi. Reuter picture.
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    Peer Praises The Malayan Planters
    336 3 LONDON, Tues. I ORD MANCROFT, Conservative peer who has just returned from Malaya, wrote m the Yorkshire Post today that he was greatly impressed by the courage and determination with which planters were facing the present wave of banditry and bloodshed. The planters were determined
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    $5,240,000 Airport For Manila
    101 3 $5,240,000 Airport For Manila MANILA. Tues. A United States-Philippine combine has received $5,240,000 contract today for converting Manila's International airport into a firstclass world commercial station. Work on new runways and taxiways starts this month. The United States v. ill pay for i the project from funds approved In 1946
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    NEW CLASS An AIR LICENCES
    53 3 NEW CLASS A n AIR LICENCES LONDON. Tups. -The "Class A' civil air pilot's licence for non-professipnal fivers is to be replaced^hortlv by student pilots licences. This is nar; of a revised code of the Air Navigation Regulations now nearing completion following utmments reached by the Intc-'- I national Civil
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    Wedding Cost A Pretty Penny
    105 3 NEW YORK. Tues. An American Chinese has come home happy after spending his life savings- U. 5.515.000 -on a wedding ceremony at Somhop. near Canton. Chin Ying-wah. cook at a New York Chinese restaurant ivcd for 15 years, then itturned to China to find t
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    Attack On Boy Scouts Denied
    236 3 Attack On Boy Scouts Denied NANKING, Tues. THE United States Army Advisory Group today categorically denied Chinese Press reports that American soldiers had attacked Chinese Bgy Scouts outside the Sacred Heart Church m Nankins last Sunday. Declaring that thorough Investigations had been completed the A.A.G. m a statement said several
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    ATOM ACCIDENTS NOT SO HIGH
    116 3 NEW YORK, Tues. \N Atomic Energy Com- mission official said today that the danger of injuries to people working on atomic energy had been over-rated. Mr. Ralph R. Boyer, special assistant to the Commission Comptroller. said the injury rate for the first six months this
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    GIRL, OLD WOMAN AND A GHOST'
    189 3 MANILA, Tuesday. PHILIPPINE constabulary patrol have arrested the 22-year-old girl private secretary of the fugitive Hukbalahap leader Luis Taruc, but have been unable to find him. i Notice of the US$15,0'jO reward for the capture ot Taruc caused a flurry of reports on his
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    Mayfair Still Speculates On Princess And Peers
    190 3 Mayfair Still Speculates On Princess And Peers LONDON, Tues. SPECULATIVE eye s m Maylair are now more than ever focussed on four people —Princess Margaret, Miss jSharman Douglas (the Ameri|can Ambassador's daughter* the Marquess of Blandford and the Marquess of Mllford Haven. Society gossip has m turn associated the name
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    41 4 SPHINX LOOK: This brown evening fown by Carven of Paris was inspired by the ancient art of Egypt. It has sold corselet embroidered with hieroglyphics. The model is posinr before a statue of the sphinx in the Louvre Museum. A.P. picture.
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    Defence Of Malaya May Fall On N.Z. And Australia
    581 4 LONDON, Tuesday. A COMMONWEALTH regional agreement may be reached giving Australia and New Zealand the task of guarding Malaya against disorders current there. This was predicted by political observers discussing the Conference of Commonwealth Prime Ministers which opened yesterday. Communism, it
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    SIX GENS. WANG OF TSLNAN
    145 4 SIX GENS. WANG OF TSLNAN NANKING Tues THE weird story of how thft > Reds after the fall of Tsinan captured six "Generals Wang Yao-wu" while the real Shantung Governor's body lav buried In a secret graye is told by a provincial official was escaoed the Red encirclement. Mr. Wang
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    NO CHANGE. SAYS P.M.
    88 4 LONDON, Tues. MR. Mackemie Kings illness will not mean any change m his plans for retiring from the Premiership of Canada. A member of Mr. King's staff said: "He already has made it known what he Intends to do when he returns from his European trip
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    Guatemala Again Claims British Honduras
    166 4 PARIS. Tues. TUATEMALA said before the v United Nations yesterday that British Honduras belonged to her and reaffirmed her refusal to accept British sovereignty. Senor Julio Herrera told the United Nations Truste3ship Committee: "I believe the so-called British Honduras was occupied some years ago by
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    Ultimatum To U.N. By Egyptians
    135 4 Ultimatum To U.N. By Egyptians HAIFA, Tues. UNITED NATIONS Headquarters yesterday rereived an ultimatum from the Egyptian Military Command threatening resumption of warfare unless Israeli troops were ordered to vacate two strategic points m Northern Negev. A special U.N. investigation team is hurrying to the spot. The Haifa announcement j
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    29 4 WINTER TURBAN of black fur felt fits close at the back to Accommodate furs or a high collar. It was exhibited at a recent London millinery show. Reuter picture.
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    TD DO IT AGAIN,' SA YS MARSHAL GRAZIANI
    268 4 TD DO IT AGAIN, SA YS MARSHAL GRAZIANI ROME, Tuesday. MUSSOLINI'S Commander-in-Chief after the 1943 armistice. 67 -year-old Marshal Rodolfo Graziani told a war crimes court yesterday he was ready t< repeat his past deeds if tliey were for the benefit o his country. "I have marched for democracy and
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    DOLLARS POURED INTO CHINA
    264 5 More Military Aid Advocated WASHINGTON, Tuesday. PRESIDENT Truman has revealed thai m the last six months the U.S. has given US$BB,OOO,OOO as military aid to the Chinese Central Government m its fi?ht against Communism. At the same time the House of Representatives sub-committee on foreign affairs
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    19 5 RAF RECRUITING: Marshal of the Royal Air Force I.i d Tedder at a recruiting drive m London. A.P. picture.
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    RUSSIA'S COLONIES DEMAND
    91 5 RUSSIA'S COLONIES DEMAND PARIS. Tues. RUSSIA proposed yesterday that, the United Nations send missions to the world's 70 colonies to make on-tne-spo( surveys of conditions there, and that It should be entitled to discuss petitions from colonial Deoples Mr A. G. Kulagenkov. one of the Soviet delegates, said U.N. was
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    U.S.ldeas On Spain Changed
    119 5 PARIS, Tues. rwas learned here today that strenuous British and French objections forced the United States to change whatever ideas it had for revising the United Nations stand against Franco Spain. The UJS Secretary of State had not formally proposed a change m the status of
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    15 Words On Churchill
    97 5 LONDON. Tues. MOSCOW Radio devoted one scntence of 15 words yest. day to Mr. Winston Churchill's speech on Satur- day urging Western nations to force a peaceful settlement with the Soviet Union before Russia possesses the atom bomb. "Churchill, the leader of the Conservatives, delivered a
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    PAKISTAN MISSION TO INDONESIA
    42 5 KARACHI. Tues.— A Pakistani goodwill mission tc Indonesia headed by M. Hatimalvl, a director of the Pakistan State Bank, left here today by air. The mission is expected to visit both Batavia and JogJakarta, the Republican capital. Reuter.
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    61 5 *ITM BTV» T DECORATED: The Italian Defence Minister examines the Italian Military oss for Valocr with which Hollywood actor Douglas Fairbanks who is also a Commander m the U.S. Naval Reserve was decorated m Rom recently. Mr. Fairbanks was decorated for br*- cry when as a U.S.N. officer he led
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    ColonyMayEnrol Women Specials
    562 5 From Our Woman Correspondent rE Commissioner of Police (Mr. R. E. Foulger) wants to incorporate local women into Singapore's special constabulary, now being increased under the Emergency Regulations. The women special constables, he said, would be employed primarily to 1 search women suspects and women travellers coming
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    MALAYA & EUROPE CRISIS
    258 5 MALAYA EUROPE CRISIS Malay News From On Malay Correspondent MAJLIS, the Kuala Lumpur Malay newspaper, m a leading article on Oct. 10, suggests that the Government of the Federation of Malaya should take precautionary measures m view of the critical position In llirope. The paper says: "Should war break out
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    CUSTOMS MEN NEW J.P.B
    93 5 Ten senior Customs officers were yesterday 3worn In by the District Judge (Mr. J. L. McFall) as Justices of the Peace for the Colony of Singapore. They were Messrs. E. J. Selby. W. A. Rodlck. F. 8. Rlckard M. Killick. D. A. Maby J. F. M.
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    CUT THROAT WITH CHISEL
    63 5 Lee Soon Yuan, a 35 yearold Shanghalnese, cut his own throat with a chisel at 65, Selegle Road on Oct. 4. Yesterday he pleaded guilty, In the Third Police Court, to attempted suicide. He said he was an unemployed, incurable tubercular patient. The Magistrate (Mr. F.
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    IMPORTANT MEN' ARRESTED
    43 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— Kuala Lumpur C.I.D. and Police raided three houses In Pudu Ulu, three miles outside town, at four o'clock this morning and arrested two Chinese described as "Important men on the wanted list." The raid was without Incident.
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    PICKET SUB. HAS RADAR
    59 5 WASHINGTON, Tues. THE United States Navy announced yesterday that its first radar picket submarine would »> on active duty with the Atlantic Fleet on Nor. 1. She Is the Tigrone. Another submarine is still being converted for picket service. The Tigrone is equipped with radar to
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    Leader Withdraws From Hyderabad Complaint
    174 5 PARIS, Tues. NAWAB Nawas Jung, head of the Hyderabadi delegation before the Security Council, has Intimated to the latter his temporary withdrawal from participation In the Hyderabadi complaint against India. He withdrew m a letter to the Security Council president. A spokesman of his delegation
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    DEATHS
    57 6 AT Johore Bahru, General Hospital, on llth. October 1948— Kancy, wife of A. O. Boyd. Rim: Cstate, Scudii Johore. TAN—Jeannle Tan Jin Neo aged 18. Passed away peacefully on llth Oct.. 9 a.m.. at her re■ldenre 34. Cuff Rd. leaving behind her beloved parents Mr. A lfrs. Tan En*
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    Shoes Singapore, Wed., Oct. 13, 1948. RED RUBBER TRADING
    954 6 Shoes Singapore, Wed., Oct. 13, 1948. RED RUBBER TRADING The offer of Soviet Russii to buy up the whole rubbei crop of Ceylon is the mosi extraordinary thing that hai ever happened m the historj of the rubber industry m the East. This report has beer received sceptically, but 11
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    Tin In Russia
    225 6 Tin production m Soviet Russia is an unknown quantity to readers of the Straits Times, except perhaps those who read mining journals. Therefore we pass on some information which we have dug out of an article on the metal industries of the Soviet Union m the Metal
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    MALAYAN AND CHINESE
    2352 6 RED SUN OVER .MALAYA. JOHN MAN'S ORDEAL. By Ooi Cheng-Teik. Published by thr author. Printed by the Caxton Press, Kuala Lumpur. $3.50. T«HERE is an unusual and arresting quality in this book by a new Malayan author. It is a collection of verse, the main work being
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  • MAN-IN-THE-STREET
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      An Englishwoman On The Shortage Of Nurses
      449 6 An Englishwoman On The Shortage Of Nurses THERE has been much discussion recently as to the difficulties m obtaining recruits for the nursing service. May I suggest that this is perhaps due to the wrong approach on the part of hospital authorities, and to the wrong kind of propaganda? I
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      INQUIRY INTO HOSPITALS
      48 6 TT is high time that a special commission under the Inquiry Commissions Ordinance to investigate into the conduct and management of the Federal and Singapore Medical Department was instituted to probe into the recent complaints made by nurses of the treatment meted out to them.
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      Fifty Years Ago
      167 6 From the Straits rimes oj Oct. 13, 1898 Oil as fuel for steamers is already known In Singapore. The experimental stage may be regarded as over, at any rate to the extent of the advantages being proved. On several vessels plying to and from this port the
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    COLONY REGISTRATION CLARIFIED
    642 7 Rice Curds Are Not Essential Liberty Cabawtt 331 North Bridge Road. Kandang Kerbau Markeu. Tamil School SO Ophir Road. Boys Scouts H.Q. Palemban* Road, Municipal Service Union Trywhltt Road, Boxing Stadium New World, Happy World Main Entrance Queen's Theatre, 921 Geylang Road, Town Cleansing Depot Joo Chlat
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    PLANSFOR TEACHING THE BLIND
    279 7 PLANS FOR TEACHING THE BLIND From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. PLANS are now being considered for the tstablishment of a settlement for the blind near Kuala Lumpur. In the proposed settlement the blind people will be given the opportunity to learn and follow trades like basket weaving. Encouragement
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    10 7 MALACCA. Tues. A waterspout appeared off the ccas' last night.
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    4 Acquitted Of Murder
    130 7 ALL four accused men were acquitted on the capital charge m the Yeo Chu Kang secret society murder case m the Singapore Assize Court yesterday by Mr. Justice Jobling. On a charge of abduction with intent to cause grievous hurt Lim Ah Song and Tan Swee
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    TOOK BAGS OF SUGAR
    80 7 Khoo Hock Wah, a lorry driver who disappeared with 80 bags of Government s-^ar was yesterday sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment by the Second Police Magistrate <Mr. L. C. Goh) He was convicted of criminal breach of trust. Inspector Noordin bi n Tallb, prosecuting, said
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    WORKERS FIGHT FACTORY FIRE
    63 7 A short circuit fire at a Chinese oil mill m Loron* a Geylang, yesterday morning was put out by workers before two flre engines— one from the Central Fire Station and the other from Geylang Sub Station arrived. There was no damage. A nre engine attended
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    55 7 JUNIOR HBKAHi Low book rf, c iv«« at Rafflei' new junior library eu^ie the smallest members to choose L h uf u0?u 0 1 ca f n^ s Pla^ n S. d by the Horary assistant to the British Council (Miss K. Ferguson it has 4,000 books and more than
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    Give To Children, Says Sir Franklin
    449 7 A N appeal by Sir Franklin Gimson, Governor of Singapore, for the United Nations Appeal for Children, was broadcast over Radio Malaya last ni ht -Z^r—TT^ r, Sir Franklin said: "Unless starved children, tuberculous children, crippled children, and ignorant children are to be denied
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    POLICE BAND
    33 7 The Police Band will play at Katong Park tomorrow at 5.30 p.m. Instead of Waterloo Street. This is the first time the band will play m Katong Park since the liberation.
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    G.H. Cafe Shuts Half Tea Room
    191 7 lIALF of the main tea 11 room of the G. H. Cafe has been closed to the public and clearing gangs have already begun removing the debris of the collapsed outside wall. Danger will not be removed until the side wall has been shored
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    LITTLE SHIPS RACE MONSOON
    125 7 KUANIAN. Tues. TO ensure ample stocks of rice, flour, ana sugar before the full force of the monsoon hits the eastern side of Malaya barges have been augment ine the weekly .steamer from Singapore. Four extra shiDs In the Dast fortnight w?re delayed by lack of
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    RADIO MASTS COME DOWN
    82 7 A considerable falling off m signal strength m Singapore's medium wave transmissions (483.9 metres and 400 metres) has been caused by the dismantling of two Japa-nese-built wooden masts from which the serials concerned are suspended. These masts have been condemned by the P.WD. as unsafe. Two
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    14 7 Mr J. E. Pepper has beew appointed to officiate as Deputy Financial Secretary, Singapore.
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    Fired Revolver In Club: Planter Fined
    149 7 From Our Staff Correspondent A F TWIT* hi* c JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. A V Q i?l j\, lac ry mana *er of Ulu Remis s%& h-g^&xiss CiTU Servi s Mr. W. M McCall, who prosecuted said that Twitchin and two others went to the
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    Rain On Roof Held Up 23rd Day Of Hearing
    639 7 Rain On Roof Held Up 23rd Day Of Hearing THE 23rd day of the hearing of the R.A.F. generator case m the Ninth Police Court was temporarily held up yesterday by a heavy shower. The rain pounded on the corrugated iron roof of the prefabricated court with such noise that
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    20 8 Men of the Gurkha Rifles, two dressed as women, m religious dance during tne celebration of Dassara. Strait* Times picture.
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    London Unmoved By Rubber Deal Report
    516 8 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Tues. REPORTS that Russia is trying to increase her supplies of rubber from Ceylon and Dutch sources have left the London rubber market almost unmoved, says The Times m a leading article. But the development has attracted interest. Its
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    Judge Frees Two Men
    205 8 Judge Frees Two Men I rom On Own correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. WONG CHOON TAN and Wong Sek Wah, charged under the Emergency Regulations with consorting with persons known to possess arms, were acquitted by Mr. Justice Laville. The Judge said the prosecution must prove that the persons who had
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    HOLD-UP IN SINGAPORE HOUSING SCHEME
    75 8 1 HOLD-up, which will last fcr some time threatens the programme of buildrr.g 100 Singapore dwellings for workmen under the Princess! Elizabeth Weddi <? Celebrations Fund. Though the fund -is nearly a year old, the building has made no progress. Until suitable legislation had been
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    CHINESE DRAMA AT CAPITOL
    218 8 CHINESE DRAMA AT CAPITOL A FILM which sent the house manager to the top of a ticket kiosk to direct crowds at its premiere is now showing at the Capitol Cinema. The film Is the Tung Hwa motion Industries picture "The Soul of China", hailed es China's greatest cinematograph accomplishment
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    Identity Parades: Point On Appeal
    439 8 THE Singapore Court of Criminal Appeal consisting of the acting Chief Justice (Mr. Justice GordonSmith) Mr. Justice Laville and Mr. Justice Taylor yesterday reserved judgment on an important legal n/tint concernlnr identification parades. punt* m*w»»^*^'» The point was whether words used by a complainant m
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    "BLACK" PETROL LINK WITH FORGED COUPONS HAUL
    301 9 ■^HE Singapore police seizure of a large number of forged petrol coupons biggest to date •-w linked up with the recent leakage of (Government petrol into the black market. The Singapore Petrol Rationing Officer (Maj. AH. Gauntlett) told the Straits Times yesterday: "It
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    Will Not Be Red Prisoners
    141 9 Will Not Be Red Prisoners tifciiMAN youths are 1 talking about joining ilie Russian Army if there la another war simply to be captured by the Allies. They feel it is better than the prospect vf being taken prisoner by the Russians. Tliis was told the Straits Times yesterday by
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    Singapore Diary
    127 9 TODAY Book Fair. Victoria Memorial Hall. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Society of Chinese Artists eighth annual art exhibition. 47, Hill Street. 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Y.W.C.A.. Katong Clubs" picnic. 3.30 p.m. Wesley Guild. Capt. G. Harding m A Walk Through Palestine," 4, Port Canning Road. 8
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    Social Welfare
    27 9 Mr. Chin Chye Fong. a J member of the Rural Board and the Sirgapore Improvement Trust, has been appointed to thr Singapore Social Welfare Council.
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    Typewriter Has Its 75th Birthday
    243 9 /\RNATE and heavy and looking more like a linotype machine, the first typewriter made its appearance m Sept. 1873. The 75th anniversary of this Remington Model 1 is now being observed Miss Sholes. daughter of the inventor, was the ftrst woman to use the machine
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    Leaving For U. K.
    23 9 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues.— Going to England with the Mentri Besar. Johore, on Oct. 21 U Inche Abdullah b Mohamed.
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    WOMEN FINED FOR FIGHTING
    67 9 i Wong Yin Kuay and Cheng Yong Won. two women, who indulged m a running fight all the way from Whlteaways to Chulia Street immediately after noon on Monday, were fined $5 each m the Second Police Court yesterday for disorderly conduct. They told the Magistrate
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    Typist No. 1 At Work
    18 9 Miss Sholes, daughter of the inventor of the typewriter, the first woman typist
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    Radio Staff Gives Seven Java Dances
    277 9 I AST night the Indonesian staff of the British Broadcasting Corporation gave a large gathering of friends at Thomson Road a musical evening of a type rare m Singapore. A group of seven Indonesian dances m different styles was given against the music of
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    Big Loan For Penang
    142 9 PENANG, Tues. TO purchase lar.d and cover the cost of rehabilitation i works and services, the Pe- 1 nang Municipal Commissioners today decided to borrow $4,000,000 by issuing 3 1/4 per cent, debenture stock. Stock will be redeemaoie at par on Oct 1, 1988. No application
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    GAMBLED: LOSES $30 IN FINE
    68 9 From Our Own Correspondent BUTTERWORTH, Tues.— Abdullah bin Bas. who claimed trial on a gambling charge, i was fined $30 with the option of a month m gaol by the jßutterworth Magistrate (Mr. 1 S. T. Stewart). Police told how a posse broke up a
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    LOOKOUT AT COAST TO BLOCK REDS
    255 9 LOOKOUT AT COAST TO BLOCK REDS From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. MALAY volunteers are manning look-out posts on the Kelantan coast to watch for Communists who try to enter Malaya by sea from Siam. Fifty three of these posts have been set up along the coast. The headmaster
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    Planting Leader Retiring
    174 9 i From Our Staff Cnrropondei't KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. LT.-COL. G. D. A. Fletcher, chairman of directors of Harrisons and Crosfleld iMai laya), leaves Malaya on retirement at the end of tills I month. He ig 56. A member of the Federal Legislative Council. Lt.-Col. Fletcher has been
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    CHALLENGE ACCEPTED
    63 9 Madame Renee, m a letter t) the Straits Times yesterday, states that she has accepted the challenge of the Bokhara Palace to produce a carpet more than 200 years old. The offer by the Bokhara Palace to Madame Renee is one of $5,000 if the carpet is proved
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    SOLDIER FINED FOR NEGLIGENCE
    54 9 Pte. A. J. H. Lee was yesterday fined $100 by the District Judge (Mr. Tan Ah Tah) for negligent driving. It wes alleged that a station waggon driven by Lee collided with a trlsha at East Coast Road on July 31 causing the death of the
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    FINANCE OFFICER
    30 9 from our Stan Correspondent PENANO. Tues. The Settlement Finance Officer (Mr. H. C. Roberts) will leave Penang on transfer to Kuala Lumpur at the end of this month.
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    London Stocks
    354 10 LONTJON, Tuei. WITH the current period of trading due to end today, trading on the London Stock Exchange was small yesterday, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Rubbers advanced further. Tins were Irregular to lower. Movements In the Oil market were small. The tone was slightly easier. Closing middle prloes
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    The Produce Market
    199 10 1-rum A Market Correspondent YESTERDAY'S drop m the price I of coconut oil on the Sliigapon market brought the price level down to the lowest since free export of coconut oil was allowed. Copra prices, however remained unchanged The pepper market started to rise again Biter several
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    MALAYAN SHARES QUIET BUT FIRM
    795 10 From Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Tuesday. rpHE Malayan share market was rather quiet today 1 Prices were well maintained, however. Prices quoted by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association today wer« Bayer Seller Atlas loe 14.00 It. 00 Alex. Bricks Ord. 1.70 1.80 Pref. 3.2S 3.3} cd
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    Singapore Rubber
    194 10 A LARGE volume of business was transacted on an active Singapore rubber market yesterday. The market was firm at the close. Closing prices yesterday w«*re: No. 1 sheet f.o.b. buyers 43% cents, sellers 43*6 cents; spot loose buyers 43% cerrts, sellers 43 H c»«nts per lb. The Singapore
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    SHIPPING IN PORT
    98 10 SHIPS m port alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (godowns m brackets) were: Main Wharf: Ores.es (33—34), Breconshira (36 37). Chupra (38 —39), Charon (40 41). Weit Wharf: Staffordshire (1 —2), Myrmidon (4—5). Glengyle (6—7), Friesland (8 9), Benmacdhui (13 14), Steel Scientist (15—16). Empire Dock:
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    NEW ISSUE BY ROBINSONS
    158 10 ROBINSON Company nave issued to Ordinary share holders a circular armounc ng tha Issue of 50,000 Ordinary shares of $5 each at par. This follows a board resolution of Oct. 4 ckrid ing on the issue to existing sharej holders of the balance of un- issued
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    58 11 A SITTER: The Penang Chinese inside-right, Boey Guan Wah takes a shot for goal while sitting down, while the Negri full-back. Cheong Cok Heng< it a second too late to stop the ball during the M.C.F.A. Cap final between Penang and Negri Sembilan played at Penang on Sunday. The Penang
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    NO REGRETS SHOWS TOP FORM
    579 11 Van Breukelen 's Horses Best From EPSOM JEEP IPOH, Tuesday. MO Regrets best three year- old m the country, is back m serious training after a fourmonth spell. Looking a picture of fitness, the Jigger gelding strode out m taking m useful pacework over half
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    SECOND DAY
    45 11 Weights for three races on the second day, Wednesday Oct. 20 are: CLASS 1, DIV. I—4 FURS. Cinder Billy Carol I 8.05 Gold Sold Oasto Permit* Dormer Jo 9.10 9.07 9.05 Liberty Man Colbay air wood Snap* tPla&hjed 8.00 8.00 7.13 7.11 7.07
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    Double 10th Sports Meet
    178 11 GEMAS, Tuet. A successful sports meet organised by the Kuo Mm School was held on the public padang over the weekend m commemoration for the Double Tenth celebration. It was originally intended to hold an inter-school athletic meet hi which the Chung Hwa School, Buloh Kasap
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    Weights For Ipoh Races
    495 11 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Tuesday. WEIGHTS for all eight races be run on Saturday, Oct. 16, the first day of the Perak Turf Club's October Meeting are as follows: Baron 9.07 Win The Double Five 8.10 Peace 8.01 Honey Princess Comb 8.08 Guinevere 8.01 Game
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    Island Club Foursomes
    96 11 •'PHE Island Club's Octox ber mixed foursomes competition, held on Sunday afternoon resulted m a win for Mrs. S. K. Gaw and Dr. Subramanyam. They returned a net score of 35 over the first nine holes. The best cards returned were: Mrs. 8. K. Oaw and Dr.
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    MALACCA XI v. JOHORE
    54 11 From Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Wed.— The following will represent Malacca against Johore In the interState hockey match at Muar tomorrow at 5.15 p.m.: Sta Maria; Porter. Hendrofl (captain); John Carvalho Robert Foo, Herman Sequerah; Fletcher, Mohd. Nor, B. Carvalho, Webber and Mahmocrl. Reserves: Hajl Idris,
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    C.8.0.8.A. SOCCER
    71 11 A SOCCER practice for members I of the Christian Brothers' I Old Boys Assn. will be held at the St. Joseph's Inst. ground to1 day at 5 15 to select a team to I represent the Association to play against the Tlong Bahru Rangers on Saturday All old
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    KUGBY RESULTS
    24 11 LONDON, Tuesday.—Yesi terday's rugby results were: Rugby League: Warrlngton 38. Halifax 4; Rugby Union Penzance and Newlyn O, Abertillery 14.— 1 Reuter.
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    Programme For November Meet
    343 11 rE Free Handicap for three-year-old, which will be revived at the Singapore Turf Club's Winter meeting next month, will carry $2,500 m stakes and a trophy. The distance will be, as before seven furlongs. The racing dates are Nov. 13, 17 and 20. Entries close on
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    K.L. Asian XV Hold Club Side
    414 12 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. •THE Selangor Asians' All A Blues team played j good Rugby to hold a Selangor Club "A" side to a scoreless draw m their first try-out on the Padang this evening. Mud and a slippery ball which
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    Key Sultans' Gold Cup fie On Saturday
    129 12 MUAR, Tues. JOHORfc meet Singapore m an-important fixture m tbe Sultans' Gold Cop soccer competition on the Muar Club Padang on Saturday, Oct. 16. The outcome of this match will decide the Southern one finalists, both States having won their games against Malacca.
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    A Reply To 'Ruggerite'
    202 12 SPORTS LETTER T THINK "Ruggerite's" letter m the Straits Times of Oct. 8 on the Singapore All Blues v. All Blues Rest of Malaya fixture was written with more exuberant enthusiasm than good judgment, and I hope Singapore Asian rugby players have viewed his letter only
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    Seletar Airmen Defeated 2-1
    334 12 LAST minute goal by Read enabled the Singapore Cricket Club to score a 2—l2 1 victory over R.A.F. Seletar m a hockey match played on the Padang yesterday. The game did not produce any fine stickwork by the players who were content m hitting the ball
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    Sports Diary
    75 12 TODAY SOCCER: S.A.F.A. Cup <quarWr-(lnal>, A.A.A. v. R.A.F. Sembawang Jalan Besar stadium. FRIENDLY SOCCER: Naval Dockyard Malay XI v. H M.S. London \-wal Base. IIOCKF.V: S.R.C. v. Kaflles College— S.R.C.- Khalsa Assn. v. Hong Kong it S'hai Bank Xl— Khalsa ground. RUGBY: Nee Soon R.F.C. v S.C.C. padang;
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    R. I. Hockey
    27 12 The first and second elevens of Raffles Institution and AngloChinese School will play hockey matches on the R.I. pru'.id today starling from 4 p.m.
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    Cup Cricket To End Season
    294 12 1 rDmr Din Our Staff C»i responde'.t SEREMBAN, Tues "I 'HE annual Europeans v. Rest cricket match for the Qoh Eng Thye trophy, which will wind off the cricket season In Negri Sembilan, will be played here on the Negrl Sembllan Club padang on Sunday,
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    WINNING GOAL CAME ON TIME
    737 12 BOD Move Into Quarter-Finals 223 8.0.D 1. Tifer S.A 0. A GOAL scored m the very last minute of play prevented the first draw m the Singapore A.F.A. Cup competition and gave victory to 223 8.0.D. by one goal to nil over the Tiger Sports
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    PSC Beat School XV
    200 12 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG, Tues. 'PHE Penang Sports Club -I- trounced the Penang Free School by 24 points (three goals and three tries to 3 point« (a try) at rugger yesterday on the Free School ground. The Europeans proved too good for the schoolboys. They
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    CHARLES-BAKSI FIGHT FIXED
    97 12 PITTSBURGH, Tues. JAKE Mintz. manager of heavyweight challenger Ezzard Charles, announced today that he had re-scheduled the match with Joe Baksl for Dec. 10 at MadLson Square GaTden, New York. Mlntz said the winner of the Charles-Baksl fight would meet Joe Louis m a world title fight
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    Kian Seng Kicks Four Penalties
    426 12 S.C.R.C 29 pts Medical College 9 pts. 'THE Medical College, playing their first Rugby fixture of the season, were beaten by the Singapore Chinese Recreation Club by 29 points (a goal, four penalties and four tries) to nine (three tries) at the M.C.U. ground yesterday.
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    17 12 I poh race weights, track notes and other sport m Page Eleven.
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    S. R. C. XI v. Raffles College
    55 12 'pHE following will represent thei Singapore Recreation Club m a hockey match against the Raffles College on the Club padang at 5 p.m. to-day: B. Noronha; R. H. Barth (capt.), P. Neubronner; H. Hoeden. O. Oxford, P Pennfifather; O. Rom. R. Barker. A
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    3-Horse Race
    36 12 3 -Horse Race Newmarket, Tuesday. jy]AJ. MacDcnald Bucha.ian's Abernant won the Middle Park Stakes run over mx furlongs here this afternoon. Mlarcel Toussac's Targii wax second and Mr. Jamn Pank's Decorum third. Only three ran. Reuter.
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    Chinese Score 2-0 Victory
    292 12 Chinese Score 2-0 Victory r rHE Singapore Chinese Recreation Club emerged winners by two clear goals over the Ceylon Sports Club m a fast, but scrappy hockoy i match between the Clubs' second teams at Horr^ 1 Lim Green yesterday. Both sides lacked combination. Swee Lim Swang In the Chinese
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    34 12 Today: High Water, 8.:. 9 a.m. 1 7 ft. 3 m.). 7.29 p.m. (7 ft. 5 m.). Tomorrow: High Water. 9.15 a.m. »7 ft. 7 m». 3.39 p.m. 18 It. 0 m.)
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