The Straits Times, 23 November 1948

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  • 20 1 23N0V19W The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1 845 TWELVE PAGES. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1948. PRICE TEN CENTS.
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  • 225 1 ItiIDDLK-aged, greyhaired, Mrs. Nellie Whitehouse, from Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire hoarded the Kuala Lumpur mail train last night in Singapore after an 8.000-mile plane journey to the bedside of her seriously wounded son, LanceCpl. Leslie Joseph White'iouse, shot by bandits. H?r son. aged 19. is <n
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  • 140 1 QE Strike Ends— On Conditions LONDON, Mori I*HE strike in the Cunard White Star liner Quftn Elizabeth ended today when ihe management and the strikers agreed that the ship would sail only to New York and not before the Now York foremen's strike ended Many of the crew walked oil
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  • 542 1 Aid To Chiang May Weaken Europe Help WASHINGTON, Monday. DRESIDENT Truman, in an "initial reply" to President Chiang Kai-shek's urgent plea for help, is reported to have avoided any new commitments beyond the $400,000,000 aid programme under which American supplies are going to China now.
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  • 74 1 TOKIO, Mon. SEVERAL chiefs of the Allied missions represented on the International I Tribunal have asked General Douglas Mac Arthur to commute the death sentence of j General Hideki Tojo to life 1 imprisonment. He has also been asked to reduce the sentence of I seven
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  • 73 1 NANKING, Mon. ELEVEN British women and children left here for Hong Kong today In a R.A.F. plane on what was described as "temporary evacuation." They were dependents of Embassy and other British personnel in the Nanking area. Another small group of dependents will be flown to Hong
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  • 90 1 BANGKOK. Mon. .\n i elderly Siamese— a retired judge— attending King Ananaa's murder trial fainted in court today while the late King's nurse gave a moving account of the scenes at fhe Royal bed chamber on toe morning of King Ananda's death. Many others in the
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  • 59 1 COLOMBO. Mon. The Ceylon Communist Party has removed two Communist Members of Parliament from membership of the Party, it was learned today. ;The members, Mr. W. P. 1 Wickremasinghe and Mr. Lakshaman Rajapasse were deprived of their membership following a decision of a party congress to
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  • 32 1 CANBERRA. Mon.-Austra-j lla's Cabinet will introduce legislation to establish an Australian Commonwealth shipping line to operate interstate and overseas ships, Mr. Chifley, the Prime Minister, announced today. Reuter and AAP_
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  • 34 1 SYDNEY, Mon.- A fierce hailstorm hit the Sydney suburb of Bankstown today, damaging 20 Australian Air Force planes on an airfield and flattening market gardens in the surrounding area.— Reut'T and A.P.
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  • 31 1 LONDON. Mon. The English novelist. Mr. A. E. W Mason, author of "The Four Feathers," died at his t.onrtnn home today, after being ill 'or four months. Reuter.
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  • 170 1 From Our Staff Correspondent WIPOH, Monday. OMEN and children having National Registration photographs taken were victims of a terrorist attack at midday yesterday on the main road village of Gopeng, 10 miles south of Ipoh. The villagers were in the j compound of the police
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  • 126 1 LONDON. Mon. I'HE Conservative Sunday Times criticises General Eisenhower's new book "Crusade in Europe" as "a blow at Anglo-American friendship and understanding." "The reports of General Eisenhower's book make surprising and painful reading tor his admirers" the newspaper says. Their military correspondent writes: "One is forced
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  • 55 1 BATAVIA. Mon.— The Indonesian Republican Government has not objected to the resumption of informal negotiations with the newly-ap-pointed Netherlands Cabinet delegation, the Republican news agency Antara reported today. The Dutch delegation is now on its way by air to Batavia. The Republican Cabinet met last night to
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  • 34 1 LIFE SENTENCES TOKIO, Mon— Two former! Japanese Army colonels who commanded all prisoner-of-war camps in the Tokio area have been sentenced to life imprisonment for contributing to the deaths of many Allied prisoners.— Reuter.
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  • 50 1 230 S. Korean Rebels Killed SEOUL, Mon.— An engage ment in which Korean troops killed 230 rebels and captured 460 others was reported by the Army headquarters on Monday. The fight occurred near Kurye. 15 miles north of Sunchon. An estimated 900 Insurgents was caught between two Korean Army Oattallons.—A.P.
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  • 25 1 PORT OF SPAIN, Mon.— Mr. M. A. H. Ispahani. Pakistan Ambassador to the United States, has arrived in Trinidad from British Guiana.— A.P.
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  • 159 1 ABOUT 36 delegats from nine countries for the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East will assemble in Singapore during the next few days for air lift on the final stage of their journey to Australia for the fourth ECAFE session which Resins a" Lnpstone.
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  • 282 1 PARIS, Monday. THE President of the United Nations General 1 Assembly (Dr. Herbert Evatt of Australia) said last night that there were prospects of a settlement of the Berlin dispute in the next three weeks. Dr. Evatt said, in a radio interview, that the
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  • 126 1 Killed On Eve Of Birthday HONG KOXO. Mon. •THE funeral of Ann Bra^a, 16-year-old daughter of Mr. A. J. Bra^a. thr Singapore barrister, i.s to take i>lu< tomorrow at the Roman Cathol here. 1 tie cur in w lien Vtiss Brasu, tvr father and pas.enger Mi- Vmy Wn'r.. wt-re returning
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  • 59 1 THREE STARS IN THE NEWS HOLLYWOOD. Mon. Thera was news today aUoui tlnv.film stars: Wallace Beery, who is reported to be "improvin'.i" In hospital from a heart complaint. Errol Flynn. who lias been reconciled with his wife, Nora Eddlnstton ay.d Bobby Breen. former child star, now aged 21, who is
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  • 68 1 MANILA. Mon.— lt is not necessary to refuse a whisky just because you have high blood pressure according io Dr. J. M. Steel. World Health Organisation specialist. wha< U lecturing here. He told medical students j that alcohol, taken in mo- j derate quantities, is
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  • 39 1 MELBOURNE, Mon. —If Australia did not go after Indian markets she would be beaten by other countries, said Mr. H. R. Gollan. newly appointed High Commissioner to India before leaving here for India today.— Reuter. i
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  • 75 1 POP I SENDS A BLESSING VATICAN CITY. Mon. The Pope has telegraphed congratulations to Princess Eliz:ibeth on the birth of a son and invoked "sDecial blessings" upon her. Prince Philip and their baby Princess Elizabeth and hec son, now over a week old. were visited at Buckingham Palace today by
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    • 302 2 BOMBAY, Monday. DOMBAY and an area of about 70 miles around 13 the city were virtually cut off from the rest of India today as gales with heavy rain swept India's west coast. Bombay's transport services were paralysed as a cyclonic storm with gales reaching
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    • 57 2 'He's Just Not A One-Girl Man" NEW YORK, Mon. PRETTY Eftbalie Kyria- kides. 23, who came from Cairo to marry ex-Service-man Herschel Reagan, has called on* the wedding. "Herschel just Is not a one-girl man," she said. **I found out he did not love me enough to marry me." Their
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  • 413 3 COMPLAINT ABOUT "MR. X" Belcher Shocked, Tribunal Told LONDON, Monday. I) AVID Rufus Williams, assistant secretary of the Empire Parliamentary Association, today told the tribunal probing alleged corruption in Government circles that a complaint had been made to him about "Mr. X" misusing money to bribe ministers. He said that
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  • 172 3 RUBBER: REDS TO BID AGAIN From Our Our Correspondent PENANG, Mon. /CEYLON'S reported refusal \j to sell her entire rubber output to Russia might lead to a renewed Soviet bid to buy from Malaya, according to leading rubber circles in Penang. One prominent exporter told the Straits Times today that
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  • 114 3 BANGKOK. Mon. A SIAMESE purchasing mission, scheduled to leave for London today, will place large orders for British-manufactured rolling stock and railway materials. Official sources said that Slam's initial orders from Britain would be about £15,000.000. Orders will also include agricultural implements, construction materials
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  • 60 3 NEW YORK, Mon. -Three German missionaries members of the Order of the Sacred Heart, think "the horizon is black for Germany," They want to spend the rest of their lives on a South Pacific island. They arrived at New York by air from Germany
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  • 44 3 ENTRY OF CHINESE TO PHILIPPINES MANILA Mon.— The Senate President (Senor Jose Avellno) says he does not see anything wrong with high Government officials certifying to good character of Chinese seeking entry to the Philippines. Both minority and majority Party Senators have had im-
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  • 69 3 FRANCE'S 'NO' TORUHRPLAN METZ Mon.— The French Foreign Minister (M. Robert Schuman) said yesterday France could never accept ownership of the Ruhr by a centralised German Government. France must take precautions to see that Germany could never again be a military threat to her. he said. British and American Military
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  • 125 3 NANKING, Monday. AN export-import system to promote foreign trade was announced by the Chinese Government last nieht It will involve deposit of income from exports with the Central Bank. In return Chinese exporters will receive foreign exchange clearance certificates which can be used
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  • 41 3 WASHINGTON, Mon. THE United States yesterday recognised thine w Peruvian revolutionary regime. The new Government is headed by Gen. Manuel Odria, who led the revolt last month to overthrow the former President Jose Luis Bustamente Kivero. U.P.
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  • 219 3 BERLIN, Monday. nRITISH and American planes, using an additional landing field, achieved a near-record in the Berlin airlift yesterday. They delivered 5,405 tons of supplies at Templehof. Oatow and the new Tegel strip. Except for a special effort made on Air Force Day, Sept. 18. when
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  • 113 3 MARSHALL LIKELY TO STAY WASHINGTON, Mon. PRESIDENT Truman expects Mr. George Marshall to remain as Secretary of State "for some time," an official said yesterday. He also said there was every indication that Mr James V. Forrestal, 3ecetary of Defence, would continue in that post for at least several months.
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  • 34 3 LONDON. Mon.-^Sir Basil Brooke, the Premier of Northern Ireland discussed the impending repeal by Eire of her External Relations Act at a meeting during the weekend with Mr. Clement Attlee. Reuter.
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  • 55 3 LONDON. Mon. Mr. i Edward Cadbury, a devout Quaker and former chairman of the Daily News, the company which controls the London newspapers Star and News Chronicle, died in Bir- > mingham yesterday aged 75. Mr. Edward Cadbury, was also a former chairman of the
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  • 22 3 HAMBURG, Mon. Newsprint shortage In the British Zone of Germany has cut newspapers to two editions a week— UP.
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  • 175 3 LONDON. Mon. BURMA has been encouraged by the British 3ocialist Government to turn lUself Into a Republic, says a writer in today's Financial Times commenting on what he called the "extraordinary performance" of Sir Stafford Crlpps In Burma. He adds: "Yet it remains a m« mber
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  • 103 4 The Du:ch are nearing the end of a three-year struggle to clear away mud and sunken ships which since the war have clogged the gateway port of Belawan in rich East Sumatra. Freighters as large as Liberty ships can slip into Belawan quay one at a
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  • 71 4 A former pupil of the Anglo-Chinese school, Singapore. Dr. Ho Tsun-yue, 51-year-old Chinese, died on Friday at St. Johns, Michigan, Canada where he had practised for 25 years. Arthur Jo Hoy San, 73, prominent Chinese resident of Lima and chairman of the Board of the
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  • 36 4 Fiihed out of the Singapore Harbour and sa/ea from the soup by Mr. John Roberts, a tortoise is still living complacently on the freighter Port Nottingham. Its destination is Mr. Roberts's London home.
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  • 337 4 Indonesian Republic Ends Trade Talks In U.S. NEW YORK, Mon. nR. Alexander A. Mara- mis, Indonesian Republican Minister of Finance, said yesterday that he had had "very satisfactory" talks with American financial and commercial interests. He said in an interview before he left for Europe that he was "satisfied" with
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  • 223 4 IyiORE than 100 women are likely to apply for the iTJ three Australian Nursing Scholarships being offered to Malayan The Australian Commissioner for Malaya (Mr. Claude Massey) told the Straits Times yesterday that *t was expected there would be a last-minute rush before the applications
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  • 76 4 Railway Air Conditioned Cars Back FIRST air-conditioned railway car to be rehabilitated from pre-war rolling stock will be in use this week. A buffet car, it will run on the Kuala Lumpur to Penang day mail service. Two more air-conc'itioned buffet cars and an air-condi-tioned night first car are expected
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  • 125 4 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. WHEN he heard some one say "do not make a noise," Kam Peng Mah, whe was at work in his fathers goldsmith's shop on March 4, looked up and saw that three strangers had entered the shop. Peng Mah
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  • 40 4 Poppy Day Fund collections in Tapah district, South Perak, totalled $2,558 this year, compared with last year's $400. Mrs. D. E Harrison and Dato Laxamana Mohammed Razalli and an active women's committee neaded the effort.
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  • 179 4 'HUGE PILE" OF TAX FORMS AS 21 -DAY LIMIT ENDS "A HUGE pile" of income tax returns arrived at the Singapore Income Tax Office on Friday and Saturday as people > who had received their forms at the beginning of the month rushed to get them in within the 21-day
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  • 144 4 THE Straits Times, by arrangement with Fraser and Neave (pre-war publishers of more than 60 issues of the "Buku Merah"). will compile and publish the Singapore and Malayan Directory in the complete and comprehensive form that former subscribers will remember. Sections include Singapore, Penang
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  • 61 4 The Chancellor at the Chinese Consulate-General in Johannesburg, Mr. Ma Pienchlen, will arrive in Singapore today by the Dutch shlo Bo.ssevain on his way to South Africa. The Boissevain recently had a general overhaul in Kowloon Dock, Hong Kong. Her hull, formerly white, has been repainted
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  • 62 4 Mrs. Cesson Barbara Norman was given an order for maintenance of $250 a month, free of income tax, against her husband, Mr. Leonard William Norman, in the Singapore Supreme Court yesterday by Mr. Justice Jobling. Mr. John Harris appeared for Mrs. Norman. Mrs. Norman obtained a
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  • 234 4 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Monday. 4 MERICAN experts are likely to be sent to the Federation of Malaya and other British areas in South-East Asia to help raise production of strategic materials British geologists are too /ew to be spared for the overdue
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  • 589 5 THE Singapore Army Civil Service Union has appealed to the Governor of Singapore and members of the Legislative Council for their intervention "to obtain and maintain a just remuneration for civil staff of the War Department in Singapore." A memorandum, sent yesterday
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  • 293 5 COLONY CHESS CONTEST EARLY next year, the Singapore Chess Club will hold its first annual open tournament for the chess championship of Singapore for a cup presented by Dr. Lim Boon Keng. The cup stands fully 18 inches high and is made of silver throughout. The event marks a new
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  • 77 5 Tho capital of the Singapore Chinese daily newspaper. Chung Shing Jit Pao, was reduced according to an order granted In the Singapore Supreme Court yesterday by the acting Chief Justice (Mr. justice GordonSmith) Frorr $195,000, divided into 1,950 shares of $100 each the capital has been reduced
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  • 84 5 I nun Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. STAMPS to commemorate the silver wedding of the King and Queen are to be 'issued in the Federation en December 1. The design follows that :n the United Kingdom and consists of a portrait of
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  • 276 5 From Our Woman Correspondent DRIGHTLY-COLOURED celluloid toys with the v mark "Made in Occupied Japan" have made their appearance in many Singapore shops alongside toys from Britain and China. The Japanese toys dolls, ducks, trains and games, to mention a few are cheap, have lots
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  • 80 5 From Oar Staff Correspondent KUAL LUMPUR, Mon. pUSTOMS and excise reve- nue from all sources in the Federation (then Malayan Union) last year totalled $45,553,298 as against $16,756,893 for the period April to December 1946. This is disclosed in the Annual Report for Selangor signed by the
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  • 59 5 The sales of Dutch beer in Singapore are increasing, said Mr. J. KarB, export manager of a Dutch brewery, D'OranJe Boom, who arrived at Kallang airport yesterday by X.L.M. from Batavia He Is making a business tour of the Far East and will be
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  • 269 5 Estate T.U.s To Form Federation From Oar Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. 'THE Federation of All Malayan Estates Staffs Unions is to be formed soon. The rules of the Federation have been approved by the Government. This was disclosed by Mr. P. Deyadasan of Sungel Biput speaking yesterday at a
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  • 101 5 Proposals to admit a new group of people to the Singapore Municipal, electoral register will be made by Mr. A. P. Rajah, a Municipal Commissioner. At a Commissioners' meeting next Friday. Mr. Rajah will propose two important amendments to the Municipal Elections Ordinance They sre The simple
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    • 1126 6 In the comments on the emergency made by Sir Henry Gurney in the course of his review of Federation affairs at the Budget meeting of the Federal Legislative Council, the outstanding point, and the one on which public attention throughout the country has been focussed, was his
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  • 1734 6  -  SIR IVOR JENNINGS By IT would be easier to write about the work of the Ceylon Parliament if Parliament made some effort to make its work known On July 9, 1948, Dr. N. M. Perera complained that the Hansard report was not available until four days after
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    • 389 6 A FTER hearing so much about the bad work done by "amateur" photographers in the Federation of Malaya and the unfavourable criticism levelled at them. I wish to say a few words on the subject. You will agree lh« National Registration demands mass photography on
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    • 338 6 THE magnificent work that is being undertaken by the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association does not seem to receive the whole-hearted support from the general public which it rightly deserves. This Association first camj into existence in June, 1947, with the solo object of removing the scourge of tuberculosis.
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    • 123 6 'One pair of eyes r« last a lifetime You can chew with false teeth, walk with a wooden leg, but never can you see with a blind eye." This does not mean that we are in danger of going blind but a warning that we should not neglect the care
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  • 342 7 $150,000 WAITING TO BE CLAIMED More Than 3,000 Pieces Of Silver THE Custodian of Property in Singapore is asking for claimants for more than $150,000 worth of marked and unmarked silver in his possession. There are more than 1,400 pieces of silver and EPNS which is marked, monogrammed or initialled
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  • 233 7 SIR Patrick Abercrombie, Britain's foremost town planner, will arrive in Ri'-tiapore on Sunday. He will discuss housing conditions in the Colony with Legislative Councillors, Municipal Commissioners, officials of the Singapore Improvement Trust and the architects. It is understood that the three authorities responsible for housing programmes
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  • 113 7 You Have 7 Days Left To Register ONLY seven days remain for Singapore applications for identity cards. Centres will clpse on Nov. 30 but for a few days after will continue to issue identity cards. Between 40.000 and 50.000 people have still to register. Up to Sunday, 658,126 completed application
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  • 36 7 KOTA BHARU, Mon.— The following have been selected by the Kelaman Boy Scouts Association to attend the Pan-Pacific Jamboree m Australia: Scout Master Rahmat bin Hussain. Rover Scout Leader Yusoff bin Haji Kok Thye.
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  • 125 7 SO'JTH AFRICA'S new Far East Trade Commissioner Mr. Hermanus Johannes Steyn) arrived in Singapore yesterday in the Dutch ship Tegelberg from Durban. With him were his wife and three-year-old daughter Janina. Mr. Steyn replaces Mr. Francois Joubert. who has had his headquarters in Singapore since last
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  • 179 7 A 38-YEAR-OLD Indian Municipal labourer (Gopal) was stabbed to death by another Indian, following an argument in an Indian sundry-goods shop in Dunlop Street, P" isapore, early yesterday afternoon. The killer escaped on a bicycle. Two and a-half hours later police arrested a 29-year-old
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  • 530 7 that, among the 21 people detained after the mass screening of Chemor and Kanthan villages, on the main road north of Ipoh on Saturday, several had been Identified as "important captures." In Tapah Road village at mid-day yesterday police arrested two suspected terrorist leaders.
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  • 98 7 CINGAPORE-based Spitw fires, in conjunction with Security Forces, yesterday "flushed" an extensive area of thick jungle in West Johore where a bandit camp was known to have been established. "Spitfires swept the target with cannon and machine gun fire for over 20 minutes." said an R.A.F.
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  • 59 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The wreck of a Dakota, which crashed at Serendah during anti-bandit operations last Friday, was located by a Guards search party in the heart of the jungle yesterday evening. No information was available as to what they found.
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  • 147 7 A WATCH believed to have belonged to Mr. S. Harper Ball, manager of Craigielea Estate, Johore, who was murdered by bandits last 'month, was found after last week's fight on the MuarBakri Road in which a SeaI forth officer was killed. The officer, it was revealed
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  • 255 7 ON his arrival at Kallang Airport last night from Bangkok, Mr. K. S. Lokanathan, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission Asia and Far East, travelled immediately to Bukit Serene for talks vith the Commissioner-General in South-East Asia <Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald). Asked if there
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  • 295 7 Court Order Stops Demolition Work On Colony Market THE demolition by police of Erna market in China Street Singapore, stopped yesterday when a stay of execution was granted by the Sixth Police Court Magistrate (Mr. D. A. Fyfe). More than 100 policemen, under the supervision of two inspectors, had been
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  • 214 7 CAR 'LOST' 4 DAYS IN FLOOD From Our Own Correspondent KUANTAN. Mon. RISING flood waters have marooned a private car for four days at Lepar, in Pah<ir>«. Meanwhile, the padi < in Pekan district. Pah is it ported to be in danger -f being destroyed. Late yesterday ifternoon, the water
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    • 58 7 "RITEMP" WASHING MACHINE The body is finished in special high quality cream enamel with polished top plate. The wringer, incorporating the English Electric' double action safety release, is constructed of rustless aluminium alloy with polished flumes. All gears are fully machine cut to fine limits and will give incomparable service
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  • 84 8 TO fit teachers for senior posts in the Singapore Education Department, the Colony Government is offering two scholarships for study in the United Kingdom. Ttvls la the first time that teachers have been invited under a Government scheme t<> study in England. The scholarships
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  • 53 8 Sir Keith Murdoch, managing director of the Melbourne Herald group of newspapers, arrived in Singapore yesterday by air from London and was met by Mr. Richard West, representing the Com-missioner-General (Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald). He stayed last ndght at Buklt Serene .and will continue his journey
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  • 45 8 From Our S»aff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— Just released after servinc 12 months for housebrcaking, Anjang bin Othman wa« convicted on Sunday for criminal breach of trust He was sentenced to three months' imprisonment to be followed by six months' police supervision.
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  • 240 8 1,500 YOUNG MALAYANS GO TO COLLEGE BY POST SINGAPORE representatives of correspondence schools and "learn-at-home" agencies estimate that about 1,500 young men and women in Malaya are today taking educational correspondence courses. This, over half as much again as the pre-war "enrolment", is despite the unsettled nature of Malayan and
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  • 256 8 A WITNESS in the Singapore Assize Court yesterday described an alleged tryst with the two accused persons in the Medical College robbery case He was Ibrahim bin Haji Mustapha, a former Naaft despatch rider, who said that he waited on his motor cycle with the engine
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  • 187 8 pEOPLE sending telegrams to Japan are advised to pay for replies in advance or open accounts at the Singapore office of Cable and Wireless in Robinson Road. This is because of currency difficulties. The traffic representative of Cable and Wireless (Mr. Lim Quee Kay»
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  • 72 8 The Union Benevolent Society of Singapore will hold its second annual general meeting on Nov. 27 at 1.30 p.m. at the office of Messrs. Boustead and Company. The meeting will elect of-lice-bearers for the comingyear and receive and pass the report of the management committee and tne
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  • 133 8 Singapore Diary TODAY People's Education Association. Professor G. Q. Hough on "English and its German ancestors," Association HQ.. Handy Road. 5.15 p.m. Singapore Stamp Club, social meeting. Capitol Restaurant. 5.15 p.m. Chinese V.M.C.A., 107. Selegie Road, string quartet practice, 7.30 p.m., rover scout meeting, 8 p.m. weight lifting. 8 p.m.
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    • 311 8 The tvho/e family thrives on KUM! Klun is food for cvsrybody in the family, ll i* dairy-fre<h cow'i ■uik in powdered (orm. Th« Klim proce** enable* thi» milk lo relam both iU unilormly food lute and quality. A& v <b L m h*j\ -1 Mother: But can I aflord K.LIMT
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    • 591 8 In th? nw orr.y of deals de- 3 cltb- Double Pass Pass clarer must stiive to conserve his Past trumps so that he can control The bidding is decidediy not (by ruffing) one or more of the reco:nm nded. North's response Plain suits. At times, however, to one club should
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  • 721 9 gVERY so often we iind ourselves in a nearby town if you can call sixty miles nearby. This invariably does us a great deal off good, lor Hllhough the trip nlwavs has business us a basis it is nevertheless pleasant to see lots of fresh faces.
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  • 199 9 SHARIFA Azah has a type of beauty universal in its appeal. She has far more natural glamour than many a Hollywood star; she would attract every eye in the smartest Parisian restaurant and look equally at home in the pages of "Vogue" or as one of
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  • 964 9  - Advice To Father On His Little Son NURSE BRIDGET MOTHERCRAFT IN MALAYA By A FATHER writes, "My son is four months old today and he is so cute and naughty that he is liked by all our neighbours. I would be most grateful if you could send me some more
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    • 29 9 when mother's milk is lacking in quantity or quality LACTOGEN a modified powdered milk, is one of the most suitable foods for baby. WjfSfi^ Jactoge*/ Firrßn A NF<;TLE product
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  • 1615 10 Our London Letter Tells You That... From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Nov. 9. QVER here we're just passing through one of those news-phases in which the things that don't matter are more interesting than those which do. Huge headlines about new
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  • 113 10 AND, by the way, Malayan mammas the eminent medical authority's suggestion, that baoies should be fed, not regularly, but whenever they showed themselves hungry, and that they should always be allowed the hitherto condemned rubber "dummy"— this suggestion has brought London newspaper editors '.he biggest mail they've received
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    • 280 10 radio malaya 53 Scittu^ R«view; 6.00 Mu- 10.00 Australian New«; 10. SO *w»w»w ~~>^»«~ c whUe you ytrofr. 6 so The Qenu fn)m Muslca i comedy; SINGAPORE News; 7.15 Think On Thesa 11.00 News; 11.30 Canberra ReThings; 7.46 To Town with port; 11.45 Clo*. 1.00 Dance Music; 1.30 News; Terry;
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    • 52 11 yAKUAPPA Valley Tin l>iedglng announces the loll'.w ng returns for the firs* half of November: Dredge Talcuaoa No 1-261 hours worked. 80.000 cubic yards covered, 34 picula o» ere won. Dredge Tak'iaoa No 2—325 hours. 75.000 cub -arch. 92 I plculs. Both dredges uer f ■Mtfclac
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    • 139 11 MALAYAN SHARE MARKETS: BUSINESS SMALL From Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE, Monday. r PIIE Malayan share market opened the week 1 extremely quietly, with small business passing at slightly lower levels. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were. INDUSTRIALS Bayer Sellct Alex Bricks Pref. 2.85 2.92'» xd 8.8. Petrol
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    • 116 11 IN the absence of news from London and New York, the Singapore rubber market was quiet yesterday. It closed steady. Closing prices yesterday were: No. 1 sheet f.o.b. buyer 37 cents, sellers 37»4 cents; spot loose buyers 37 cents, sellers 37% cents per lb. The Singapore Chamber of
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    • 59 11 PRODUCE MARKET From A Market Correspondent FAIR Singapore business was done in the Lingga variety of sago flour at $19 H yesterday. With the exception of copra, which has gone up oy 50 cents < sun-dried $35.50. mixed $35), the produce markets were quiet The price of coconut oil Improved
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    • 131 11 ANGLO- BURMA Tin's profit for the year to May 31, 1948, is sufficient to permit payment of one year's Interest on the six per cent. Registered Debentures. One year's arrears of Interest in respect of 1943 will accordingly be paia on Jan. 5, 1949, to Debenture holders
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    • 87 11 SUNGEI BESI: 10./. DIV. CUNGEI Besi Mines' accouni* show a i.tt profit, for the year to Mar. 31. of £32.921 (£l2,9i the previous year). Of the prom £10.061 (nil) Is written oft the property account A dividend of 10 per cent (nil) will be payable on Dec. 10. This dividend
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    • 63 11 PANGNGA River Tin Concessions' accounts to Aug. 31 show a nH divldsnd from Kamuntlng Tin Dredging for the year to Mar. 31 of £20.625 (£6.875 the prevloun year) plus £32 (nil) tax claim To general expenses £169 £70) directors' fees waived (same); final dividend ?lght per cent.,
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    • 66 11 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Mo.l. pAHANG Cons.illdate'i teports a profit en mining of £28.496 compared with a less of £27,566, but after paying all charges, the debit balance is increased by £3.482 to £43,143. The rehabilitation account is £329.509. and the chairman says the Malayan Ooverr.men t
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    • 479 11 'TAKUAPA Valley Tin Dredgings directors, in their annual report, announce that payment of dividends will shortly be resumed. As dredging was not resumed till January 1948, the accounts show no revenue other than interest on Investments. The balance sheet shows that th« assets have undergone
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    • 299 11 American Rubber Re-Sales From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Mon. CANDERSONS 1 monthly re- port says that amount of London business done with the United States during the past month has been comparatively small. The company, meanwhile, has been informed that re-sales of previous purchase have been effected In the London
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    • 84 11 P.& O. INTERIM ON DEFER REDS From Our Own i i n c*spondent LONDON. Mon. T"HE P <fc O Steam Navigation Company announces a second interim dlv'dend on Deferred shares of tight per cent, making a total of 12 per cent 'the same as last year > The Financial Times
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    • 100 11 SHIPS in port alongside the Singapore Harbour "Joard wharves yesterday (godowr-.s 1n brackets i were: Main Wharf: Tegelberg (31-32), Esang (38-39). Gujarat (40-11), Sarpedon (42-43). West .Wharf: Mantin <3). Wo?ang (3-4). B°nnevis '8-9), Glengyle (15-16). Empire Dock: Gorgou (17-18). Gamarla (19-20) Salatlc* (t7>sS>, Hcegh Merchant 29-30).
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  • 537 12 MALAYAN TEAM MAY PLAY AT GLASGOW First Match In Thomas Cup Straits Times Special Correspondent LONDON, Mon. THE Glasgow City Hall may be the *enue of the Thomas Cup inter-zone match between Malaya and the American zone winner on Feb. 21 and Feb. 22. This was disclosed to me by
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  • 207 12 PCFA To Play In Singapore THE Penang Chinese Football Association, winners of the Malayan Chinese Football Association Cup competition, will play two matches in Singapore during the Christmas holidays. At the Council meeting of the Singapore Chinese Football Association yesterday, it was decided to apply to the Singapore Amateur Football
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  • 34 12 Hin Wong scored all the goals for the Chines? Sports Association in a friendly soccer match against the Kiwi Sports League at Farr- 1 Park on Saturday. Th« C.S.A. won 3-1.
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  • 104 12 BANGKOK, Mon. David Kui Kong Young. Chinese bantamweight boxing champion from Hawaii, last night outpointed Chai Sitphol. the Siamese champion, winning all the ten rounds. A record crowd watched *he tight in which the Siamese was never able to cope with the southpaw stance of hU
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  • 264 12 SCFA May Bid For Kallang Site A SPECIAL select committee of five has been appointed to inspect and examine prospects of obtaining the piece of ground at Guillemard Road (Kallang) for the Singapore Chinese Foot hall Association if the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council is not pressing its claims for
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  • 90 12 Conn Fights Again On Thursday DALLAS, TEXAS, Mon. BILLY Conn, the onetime heavy-weight boxing contender, will make the second appearance of his comeback campaign here on Thursday night in a ten-round bout against Jackie Lyons of Oklahoma City. Conn is not expected to encounter much more trouble against Lyons than
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  • 212 12 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. THE English College have a proud record in the field of sport and several of the College's old boys have won distinction in various games after leaving school. In a review of sporting activities of the
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  • 51 12 Sports Diary HOCKEY: S.C.C. T. S.B.C— —S.C.C; O.H.Q. Sfnal Reft. Admiralty Civilians Naval Base; I. A. v. Cable 4 Wireless— Farrfr Park; S.C.R.C. v. C.S.C.— S.C. B.C. CHARITY BOXING: In aid of U.N. Appeal for Children— Great World, 8.30 p.m. TABLE TENNIS: Chines* V.M.C.A. v. 5.H.A.U.— 107, Srlfjle Road.. 7
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  • 399 12 Table Tennis Team To Leave On Dec. 8 SIX of the best Singapore table tennis players will leave by the Sangola on Dec. 8 for a series of inter-colony matches with Hong Kong and Macao. Selected after extensive two weeks' trials conducted by the Singapore- Table Tennis Association, they are.
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  • 50 12 THE following have been selected to play for the Singapore Malaya Cup Football Veter ans against Haikowyu on Thursday at Fairer Park: Said; Pak Tong, Soon San, Humphries; Hor Khoon, Chwee Chua. Aziz; Jargasi, Khoon Onn; G. Valberg; Madon. Dollah. Keng Hock; Awang Gabos, Kee Slang.
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  • 44 12 S.C.C. HOCKEY X1 THE following players have been 1 selected to represent the Singapore Cricket Club against the Singapore Recreation Club m the Padang toc'ay at 5.13 p.m. Haig, Mathot, Van Daatselaar. Geeks. Scheltus. Kuyper. Brands. Moolenburg. Pearcy, Tabor. Bell. Umpire: Mr. Van Houten.
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  • 38 12 TWO pretty competitors in the Amateur Ice Figure Skating Championships at Wembley, London, next month, take time off during training for a chat. They are Bridget Shirley Adams (left) and Pat Devries.— Re liter photo.
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  • 423 12 S'pore Asians Fail In First Game S.C.C 3 pts; Spore Asians Nil. SINGAPORE Asians failed in their first Rugby fixture played on the Padang yesterday, being beaten by the Singapore Cricket Club by three points (a try) in a scrappy game played under adverse ground conditions. The Club fielded a
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  • 189 12 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANO, Mon. "IN view of his magni*flcent display in Singapore, we should certainly like to see Law Teik HocH included in Malaya's Thomas Cup team," the? President of the Penanar badminton Association Mr. Yeap Hock Hoe said today.
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  • 46 12 THE two runs offered for class two at the Perak Turf Clubs December meeting on Dec. 4, 8 and 11 ate for maidens at close of entries tomorrow. Winners of the first run will be eligible for the WCOSd run.
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