The Straits Times, 25 November 1949

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    18 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1949. PRICE TEN CENTS
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    SENATOR SEES ASIAN PACT
    333 1 Counter To Red Threat In Pacific MANILA, Thursday. IJNITED States Senator William F. Knowland said today that he thought the free nations of Asia would eventually want the same type of -security within the United Nations structure as North Atlantic Pact nations. Senator Knowland, who is
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    TIDAL WAVE
    20 1 TOKYO. Thurs.— A tidal wave today flooded 2,500 houses ar Takaoka, on the west coast of Japan. Reuter.
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    BACK HOME
    41 1 (HE FATIMAH binte Masa, first Malay woman to obtain a diploma in Social Science in Britain, who has returned to Malaya with her huslimd, Inche Idri* Ahmad Shah. 8.8.C. Malay announcer whom she married in London. Straits Times picture.
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    49 1 HEAVY RAIN, coinciding: with the high tide, yesterday caused floods in Singapore. This picture, taken in Robinson Road, shows floods at the intersection of Cross Street and Robinson Road. Passengers in the taxi on the extreme left were marooned when the engine of the car failed. Straits Times picture.
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    Riots After Nigerian Shooting
    125 1 LAGOS. Thurs. RIOTING and looting of European houses and si i >:is were reported today at Emigu. Aba and Querri In N ria as reprisals for the Ktv'gu shooting last week wi-.on police opened flre on miners. rcpwrU >.iy that 20 and 40 miners •led "and
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    STOP PRESS
    49 1 LONDON. Thurs. Tin prires at the close of the official market were: Spot, V.640 buyers: V.645 sellers with business done at 1645 down to C642>2. Three months, 1 595 buyers «00 sellers with business done at X 600 to t595. Settlement price unHunged at t64J' 2 U.p.
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    E.C.A. Rice On Way To Indonesia
    103 1 E.C.A. Rice On Way To Indonesia NEW YORK. Thurs. rpHE first of $10,000,000 worth 1 of rice shipments to Indonesia will leave irom a Gulf of Mexico port next Tuesday in a revival of the Economic Cooperation Administration grants to Holland for Indonesia. This was disclosed by Mr. Thomas Barclay,
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    SCHOOL UNDER POLICE SIEGE
    70 1 PANAMA. Thurs. Police laid siege to high school students in a national university building last night after fighting a gun battle with the youths in which seven persons were wounded. The police, Panama's only armed force, said the students opened fire on a patrol car that
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    None Nice Enough
    39 1 LOS ANGELES. Thurs, The RKO Radio Studios announced their plans today to make a picture entitled Nice Girl and said "a searrn is under way to find a hitherto unknown actress to play the title role."—U.P.
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    U.S. Calls Ward Back Home
    218 1 U.S. Calls Ward Back Home WASHINGTON, Thurs. STATE Department officials said today that they hoped the American ConsulGeneral at Mukden, Mr. Angus Ward, would soon be able to begin his long-delayed journey home from Commu-nist-ruled Mukden. China. The State Department has Instructed the American Con-sul-General at Peking. Mr. Edmund Clubb.
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    Bata via Plan For Federal Polling
    176 1 BATAVIA, Thursday. rHK Bureau of Federal Consultations, representing the Federal territories of Indonesia all areas outside the Jogjakarta republic today decided on the division of seats in the future Parliament of the United States of Indonesia. Elections in these areas are to be held
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    ODDS SWITCH ON CZECH BOOKMAKERS
    53 1 PRAGUE. Thurs. CZECHOSLOVAKIA yesv terday moved to liquidate another private enterprise bookmakers. A prominent Prague bookmaker disclosed that be and his colleagues had received notice that their licences would not be extended, and that they will be put out of business by the end of
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    Hour Circling Above Storm
    44 1 A Qantas Constellation which arrived in Singapore yesterday afternoon circled for more than one hour above the storm which raged across the island before it landed at Tengah. P^ss'imi-rs said thp.t th" pilot kept the aircraft veil above the storm.
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    SENATORS AT BATAVIA
    37 1 BATAVIA, Thurs. Four American senators, on a t'jur of Europe and Asia, arrived here today. They will stay hero until Saturday and then pay a short visit to Jogjakarta to meet Dr. Sukarno.— Reuter.
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    CHURCH FIRE
    25 1 AMMAN, Thurs.— Fire brok out late last night in the Holy Sepulchre Church in Jerusalem, reputedly built over the tomb of Christ.— Reuter.
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    New Powers For Bao Dai Govt
    281 1 MacDONALD ON INDO-CHINA VISIT "THE Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac1 Donald, who has just returned from a 10-day visit to Indo-China, said yesterday there was "every reason to expect" an early transfer of important powers to the French -sponsored Bao Dai Government. Mr. MacDonald said
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    21 1 MRS. JOSEPHINE MCNEILI Ireland's first woman diplomat, has been appointed by the Irish Government as Minister to the Netherlands. A.P. picture.
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    INDONESIA MAY SEEK U.S. LOAN
    48 1 WASHINGTON. Thurs.— Mr. Herbert E. Gaston, President of the Import-Export Bank, said yesterday he expects the new Government of Indonesian to apply soon for an American loan. He added the Bank was prepared to give "very serious consideration" to the expected application. A.P.
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    CLUB SECRETARY ON TRUST CHARGE
    90 1 rHE Secretary of the Singapore Club. Stewart Sellar Cook aged 55 years, pleaded guilty in the First District Court yesterday to a charge of criminal breach of trust of a stock of whisky worth about $5,000 Mr. M. Boyle, A.8.P., asked the Court not to
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    POLICE MISSION ON ITS WAY
    36 1 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Wed.— The threeman committee of Inquiry, led by Sir Alexander Maxwell, to study the Malayan Police Force, was due to leave bv air today for Malaya.
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    SUGAR PACT
    22 1 WASHINGTON. Thurs. The United States has railed an Informal conference (or Dec. 1 to consider an international «usar agreement.— A.P.
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    PRICE OF RICE DOWN 2 CENTS FROM MONDAY
    298 1 THE retail price of rationed rice in Singapore and the Federation will be reduced by two cents to 26 cents a kati from next Monday, it was announced simultaneously in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday. The reduction is in line with the
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    U.S. ENVOY TO INDIA IN S'PORE
    54 1 The U.S. Ambassador to India. Mr. Loy W. Henderson, arrived at Kallang Airport yesterday from the United States on his way back to resume his post. He said Pandit Nehru had created a "great Impression on the American people" during the Indian Premier's tour
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    Malayan Trade Up In Oct.
    210 1 Malayan Trade Up In Oct. SUBSTANTIAL rises in the value of Malaya's jverseas trade occurred in October, compared with Septemoor. Imports were valued at $156,028,335 compared *ltl\ $141,608,284 in September, while exports were valued at $147,160,240 compared *".t!\ $128,196,610 In September. For the 10 months ended m October imports were
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    EASTERN STAR
    28 2 STAR OF THE EAST diamond, valued at more than $l,00«,00e worn by Mrs. Philip Isles at a New York fashion and jewellery shojr recently. A.P. picture.
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    U.K. GRANT TO MALAYA
    125 2 LONDON. Thurs— Mr. David Rees-Wllliams, Undersecretary for the Colonies, said yesterday that the British Government's recent grant of £3,000,000 to Malaya was a contribution towards the cost of Emergency measures in 1950. In a written reply to a Parliamentary question In the House of Commons he
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      Royal Wedding & Funeral In Siam
      285 2 Royal Wedding Funeral In Siam LAUSANNE, Thursday. KING Phumiphon of Siam and his fiancee, Princess Sirikit Kiti yakara, may be married at Bangkok next spring, an official of the King's household said. The 22-year-old king, a student at Lausanne University, is to return temporarily to his country next February for
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      'Liberation' Plan By Reds
      69 2 SAN FRANCISCO. Thurs. MOSCOW-educated Chinese Communist. Liv Shao-chi. said in Peking yesterday that Communist -led "national liberation armies" should be set up in all Oriental countries still controlled by Western "imperialists." Liv made the statement at the opening of the Trade Union Conference of Asian and
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    TITO'S FAVOURITE
    31 2 PRIMA DONNA, Zinka Mi la no v. photographed in Paris before she left for the United States. Madame Milanov Is well known as Marshal Tito's favourite singer. A.P. picture.
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    "I HEARD CRYING" —ISAAC
    250 2 OSLO, Thurs. ISAAC Allal, the 12-year-old Jewish boy who alone survived when a Dakota crashed on the banks or Oslo Fjord on Sunday with 27 children and seven adults aboard, told for the first time yesterday how, after the crash, he "heard people crying and whimperIng
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    FOUND-A COMET
    76 2 PASADENA California. Thurs J)ISCOVERY of a comets the first major find of Palomar Observatory's ambitious survey of outer space —was disclosed yesterday at the California Institute of Technology The announcement said the find was on one of the first photographic plates taken in the four-year survey by the
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      399 2 U.S. SELF-SUFFICIENT IN RUBBER' SAN FRANCISCO. Thursday. r THK United States has become self-sufficient in rubber, says Mr. Leonard K. Firestone, president of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. of California. "With our synthetic plants and a good stockpile of natural rubber, our positionTs secure. Never again will we be
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    MANILA REFUSES A CEASE FIRE
    287 3 Guns, Planes In Attack On Batangas Rebels MANILA, Thursday. THE Philippines Constabulary, with the approval of President Elpidio Quirino, today ignored a request for a "cease-fire" and sent seasoned troops, artillery and warplanes against political rebels in Batangas province, 60 miles south of Manila. Provincial
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    Brussels Pact Stays Intact
    111 3 Brussels Pact Stays Intact LONDON. Thurs. yHI five Brussels Treaty Allies announced yest i;i:y that they will keep iii >ir own defe:i -e urgani- 1 ..iii Intact instead oT m -:ing fully into the North A "itic Treaty. .tier an all-day meeting, r': Defence Ministers of Britain. France. Belgium, the
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    20 3 U.UiKRTO BENZI, the 10-yt-ar-old Italian conductor, rehearsing with the London Philharmonic Orches<n. at the Albert Hall, London. A. P. picture.
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    Welfare, Not Armies
    123 3 WASHINGTON, Thurs. PAKISTAN today appealed I to the member nation* 01 the Food and Agriculture Organisation to divert funds spent on defence towards bettering the social welfare of their peoples. Speaking at a plenary session of the organisation's annual conference. Pakistan's chief delegate. Malik Feroz Khan Noon
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    TOKYO VISITOR
    50 3 TOKIO. Thurs. Mr. Paul W. Kitchfleld. chairman of the board of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Ccmpany of Akron. Ohio arrived In Tokyo yesterday for an expected two-day visit in Japan, during which time I ho will "make a preliminary study of the economic condl''on s here."— U.P. I
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    SOFTEST' JOB IN THE WORLD
    70 3 NINETEEN-year-old model Rita McHugh (above) has the world's softest job reclining for two-hour periods on a mattress as the "Sleeping Beauty" in a Manchester store. Manufacturers of the mattress are to send her on tour of Britain and later, of America. Rita has to pretend
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    MOVE TO END TASS IMMUNITY
    151 3 LONDON, Thurs. BRITAIN accused Tass, the official Russian news I agency, yesterday of "fomentine internet strife" in Britain and threatened to strip it of diplomatic Immu nity, which frees the agency from libel suits. Viscount Jowitt who, as Lord Chancellor, is the nations highest law
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    "SPY" CHARGE
    20 3 LONDON. Thtnr. TV» nia accused the United States, Britain and Yugoslavia yesterday of "persistent" spying against Albania. -A.P
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    T.U.C. Decides To Back Wage-freezing
    261 3 LONDON, Thursday. THE British Trades Union Congress yesterday 1 urged "vigorous restraints" on any new wage demands—as long as the government can hold down the cost of living. The TUC, which speaks for 1 3,000.000 organised British workers, said thjs must be done to counteract
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    WIDOW REFUSED HONG KONG ENTRY
    87 3 HONG KONG. Thurs. MRS. Maya Freeman, widow of one of the two men slain in a drinking brawl at the Freeman home in Canton last September, was refused entry into Hong Kong: yesterday. Immigration authorities i said Mrs. Freeman had a I Chinese passport with
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    SURRENDER LEAFLETS
    100 3 IN the re"port which appeared in yesterday's Straits Times concerning; surrender leaflets for Selangor bandits, reference was made to slogans saying "Long Live the Loyal Malays" and "Death to the Terrorists." These slogans are not contained In the leaflets In Chinese and Tamil for distribution in Selangor. but
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    Vishinsky Calls Chinese' Pygmies'
    359 3 NEW YORK, Thursday. jy|R. Andrei Vishinsky, Soviet Foreign Minister said yesterday that Russia no longer recognised the Chinese Nationalist delegation as the spokesman for China in the United Nations. He said he fullj supported last week's message from the Chinese Communists saying that the present delegation
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    Sound Rubber Background
    103 3 r^r£x r Own Corf espondent LONDON, Thurs.— Describing mh£ POrtant the fact tnat """Ural rubber consumption in the United States IB October increased by o ver 7 .o°° tons and synthetic defined by nearly 4,000 tons, Lewis and Peat, in their weekly market report say that It
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    U.S. To Let In
    185 3 U.S. To Let In Jap Businessmen WASHINGTON, Thurs. THE United States is plan1 ning to let Japan establish trade representatives in the United States within the next month or two A U.S. State Department spokesman said other nations are being urged by the Washington government to take similar action. The
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    NEPAL REPORTED ENLARGING ARMY
    84 3 PATNA, Thurs.—Professor Dilli Raman Regmi, formei President of the Nepali National Congress, said here that the Government of Nepal proposed to increase the strength of the State army from 40.000 to 100,000 and was planning the import of arms from Britain and America. Professor Regmi added
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    PRISONERS FREED
    23 3 CARACAS. Thurs. Venezuela's ruling military junta celebrated its first anniversary in office today by announcing it had liberated all political prisoners.—A.P.
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    Catholic-Muslim "Pact" Possible: Vatican
    147 3 VATICAN CITY, Thursday. A COMMON anti-Communist front of Catholics and Muslims appears possible, the Catholic agency, Fides, said yesterday in a long review of "Christianity and Islam" in its weekly information bulletin. It reported that the isolation of the Muslim world was "coming to an end,"
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    BRAZIER IN MALACCA
    48 3 MALACCA. Thurs.— Mr J. A. Brazier. Trade Union Adviser. Singapore and the Federation, will meet trade union representatives at the Malacca Clerical Union premises, on Saturday at 2.30 p.m. He wfll later In the afternoon attend the Municipal Labourers' Union general meeting at Wolferston Road
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    THE KING IS WELL AGAIN
    84 3 LONDON, Thurs THHE King went shooting on A hia brother-in-law's farm yesterday. After eight hours In the field, he showed no signs of fatigue. Last Friday night he danced Into the early hours ot the morning at a Palace party. Observer* have drawn the conclusion
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    Rains Flood S'pore Roads
    42 4 ONE OF the many roads in Singapore flooded by the rain yesterday was Orchard Road, where this picture was taken. In many other flooded roads, motor cars and trucks were stranded when their engines failed.— Straits Times picture.
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    Tapper Murdered On Penang Island
    106 4 ol N(iEI ARA, Penang island, had its second shooting within two months last night when a rubber tapper. 31-year-old Goh Guan Saik, was killed by a-m?d bandits while returning home from the village. I The shooting took place In the Sungei Ara hills about three
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    Diamond Was Class—Charge
    55 4 Diamond Was Class— Charge A WOMAN paid S3O for two pieces of ordinary tl.t-is which she had been derived into buying as diamonds, the Singapore Second Police Court was |«M yesterday. In the dock was 45-year-ulil Lee Muay Kia charged w,lh cheating Ng Bee Lan. I pleaded not guilty and
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    TWICE AS MANY EXPECTED TO VOTE IN DECEMBER CITY POLLS
    201 4 TWICE AS MANY EXPECTED TO VOTE IN DECEMBER CITY POLLS MORE than twice as many Singapore municipal electors as voted last March are expected to ?o to the polls on Saturday, Dec. 3, to return six commissioners. The electors' roll of 13,000 names has increased 55 per cent. Thirteen candidates
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    ST. ANDREW'S DAY AT CATHEDRAL
    91 4 Continuous intercession for the Dioceses of the Anglican Communion is to be held at St. Andrew's Cathedral on Tuesday, the eve of St. Andrew's Day. They will be divided into half-hour periods of prayer. There will be a choral celebration of the Eucharist on St.
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    GURKHA GUILTY OF ROBBERY
    117 4 GURKHA GUILTY OF ROBBERY From O»r SUB Cwreii^nient IPOH, Thurs. A BRITISH officer in a Gurkha regiment acted as interpreter today when 21 -year-old Subir Thapa was charged at the Ipoh Assizes with armed robbery at Lenggong, Upper Perak, fn.m a woman. Ng Kek Sow, of 12 packets of cigarsttes.
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    TRIAL CLAIMED
    45 4 From Our Own Correspondent SEREMBAN. Thurs. Bail of $500 each was allowed Lum Wai and Yuen Ah Lou when they claimed trial oefore the president of the Sessions Court Seremban, on charges of possession of chandu. The ease *?s r.djourned to Dec. 6
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    HAJI (85) LOSES APPEAL FOR LIFE
    150 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. rHE appeal of 85-year-old Haji Abdul Kadir bin Haji Salleh against sentence of death for murdering a Chinese woman during Sino-Malay disturbances in Bruas at the end of last year was dismissed by the Federation Court of
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    COUNCILLOR OFF TO HK
    53 4 SINGAPORE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL member, Mr. John Laycoek, left for a short holiday in Hong Kong yesterday, accompanied by Mrs. Layeock This pictore taken just before they left Clifford Pier for the *hiD shows Mr. and* Mrs. Laycoek with Miss Amy Laycock and Miss Millie Layco ck.—
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    Prison For Corporal
    89 4 Fr*m Oar Own Correspondent RAUB. Thurs. CPL. Hussaln bin Mohamec 1 Salleh of the Malay Regiment, gave a packet containing 10 rounds of rimless cartridges to Mat Tan bin Tarsin to place behind the premises of a Chinese shopkeeper at Jerantut Ferry. In the Raub Assizes today,
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    World Feels Pepper Shortage
    155 4 World Feels Pepper Shortage From Oar Own Correspondent LONDON, inurs. H1CJH pepper, prices >n Singapore are rettcv.ed in London where it is sUted there is barely one ton of white and 87 tons of black pepper in \iiown stocks. The price has soared U 11 6 id 10/6 a pound
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    THEFT OF $170 AT TELUK ANSON
    56 4 From Our Own Corwpomfcnt TELUK ANSON. Wed An Indian. Muniandy, pleadrd guilty to theft of *ITO at the Great World Amuseim- t Park, Teluk Anson, on Nov. 19. He was also alter -it iv; v charged with possession i»l stolen property in resm-ct if
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    'A GREAT JOY' SAYS BISHOP
    159 4 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. '|"«HE spirit of Christian bro therhood had developed very strongly in Johore Bahru the Bishop of Singapore, the Rt. Rey. H. W Baines, told parishioners of St. Christopner's Church tn day at a social in his honour at
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    18 SELANGOR SCHOOLS PROTEST
    379 5 18 SELANGOR SCHOOLS PROTEST Restrictions On Chinese Studies Memorandum To Education Dept. From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. EIGHTEEN Chinese schools in Selangor today sent a 600-word memorandum to the Senior Inspector of Schools setting out their views against the restriction on the hours of study of English school
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    26 5 M C OBOBGK fcDMOND, Singapore* Municipal Engineer, mnd Miss Mary Heßgie. after their wedding at the Presbyterian Church yesterday. (Report in Page 7).— Straits Times picture.
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    RULERS TO MEET NEXT WEEK
    167 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. 'HE new Federal flag will Nj one of the items on the 1 agenda at the two-day meeting of the Confereaee of Rulers in Kuala I.umpur on Wednesday and The Sultans, the Ilaja of Perlis, and the Regent
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    Art Society Exhibition Details
    255 5 Art Society Exhibition Details T^ETAILS of the open photograXJ phic exhibition, the nVst exhibition to be sponsored by the newly-formed Singapore Art Society, are now available. The exhibition, which Is being organised on behalf of the society by Mr. Lofce Wan Tho and Dr. C. A. Gibson-Hill, will be held
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    BROKE CURFEW
    51 5 From Our Staff Corrctpondem SEREMBAN, Thurs. A hawker. Loo Nam. and a 10-year old Chinese boy and sever Chinese women rubber tap pers pleaded guilty at Serem ban to breaking the curfew at 5.10 a.m. at Mantin. Loo Nam was fined $10 while the rest were rnnvirt^rt nnd
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    STRAITS TIMES PICTURES 1949
    85 5 HAVE you sent copies of Straits Times Pictures 1949 to your friends abroad? If orders are placed before next Wednesday they ran be despatched by the Willem Kuvs and the books should arrive in Europe at Christmas-time. The publication is selling out fast, and orders should
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    K.L. MAY BAR NEW HAWKERS
    120 5 K.L. MAY BAR NEW HAWKERS From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. KUALA LUMPUR may halt further licensing of hawkers. The decision tor confirmation by the full body ot Municipal Commissioners *ai made by a commissioners' committee on Wednesday The present total ol licensed street stalls Is 1.217 and hawkers
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    25,214 ACRES OF FOOD PLANTED
    71 5 In the third quarter or the year, 25.214 acres wtre planted with food crops, other tlian padl in the Federation of M 1 1 iv. i 11 005 acres of sweet potato; 936. groundnut: .1.313. maize; 45. ragi; 137 soya bean; 530. pulses. 9.248, market
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    NEW STATION From Our Own Correspondent
    27 5 NEW STATION From Our Own Correspondent KUALA KANGSAR. Thurs —A new police station has been opened at the village of Sauk, midway between Kuala Kangsar and Lenggong.
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    Stole Two Fowls, Lost His Son
    125 5 Stole Two Fowls, Lost His Son A man lost his first- Dorn son because of shock suffered by his wife over his arrest for stealing two fowls a day before her confinement, the Singapore Second Police Court was told yesterday. The man, 21 -year-old Koh Thlan Lye, of Aljunled Road,
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    ACCUSED OF ASSAULT
    93 5 Charged with housebreaking and causing grevious hurt to an occupant of a house in North Bridge Road, 26-year-old Tan Cheng Pheow and 20-year-old Tan Boon Chung were, In the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday committed for trial at the nex Assizes. It was alleged that twu women
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    $500 BAIL
    31 5 SEGAMAT, Thurs.— Ball in $500 was offered a 48-year-old squatter of Nagappah Estate, Chong Meng, charged In the Segamat Court with outraging the modesty of a 12-year-old Chinese girl.
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    Singapore Diary
    161 5 V M.C.A., Orchard Road, art exhibition, 9.30 a.m. to 3 p.m. METHODIST GIRLS 1 t'ONTINUATION SCHOOL, Chrlatmea pio;ramme, Drill Hall, 2 p.m. ST. JOSEPH'S CONTINUATION SCHOOL, Parents' Day, 3 pjn. to G p.m. YOUTH LEADERS' .TRAINING COURSE. Mr. L. Rayner on 'The Legal Aspects of Club Work," Social
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    'Trial Was Illegal,' Says Counsel
    248 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. THE Federation Court of Appeal reserved judgment today in an appeal by Ahmad, alias Attan bin Hashim, against the death penalty imposed under the Emergency Regulations for possession of a firearm, a hand grenade, and 15 rounds of
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    DEAR'S GAOL
    40 5 rroni Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE, BAHRU. Thurs.Raman Nair, a car driver, was today sentenaed to one year's :lgorous Imprisonment by the President of the Sessions Court. Khiang, on a ch?.vve of nt> rnptinj{ to uaault a Chinese boy.
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    ANNOYED DANCE GIRL, GAOLED
    74 5 THE Singapore First District Judge, Mr. H. E. Kin^ don, yesterday sentenced a planter, L. C. Lincoln, '<• one month's simple imprisonment for forcing hiway into the bedroom of a dance hostess at Makeieace Road. It was stated that while at the Cathay Restaurant with Lincoln,
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    32 6 THE FAMILY of the late Mrs. Foo Wh.i Cheng (nee Matilda Lim Kim En«> thank all relatives and friend." for their expressions of *ympathy In their bereavement and attended tr.e funeral.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Fri. Nov. 25, 1949 Distasteful But
    808 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Fri. Nov. 25, 1949 Distasteful But Bills now before the Federal and Singapore Legislative Councils seek to terminate the liability of the two Governments in respect of the civil liability schemes evolved in 1940 and 1941 for the Volunteer Forces and Passive Defence Services and make
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    Bangkok Pointer For Singapore
    280 6 The three Chambers of Commerce in Singapore are now considering the allocation of Japanese imports under the new trade agreement between Japan and the sterling area. This provides for two-way trade valued at 900 million Malayan dollars and shows how fast the industrial revival of our
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    PLUTONIUM FOR EUROPE
    992 6  -  ASTLEY HAWKINS In The English Lake District By Renter's Correspondent LONDON (By Air Mail). ORITAIN'S atomic energy plant, a factory of the future built secretly amid the rolling Cumbrian Hill 8 in north-west England, is now taking shape for the first large-scale production of plutonium In Europe.
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    SILLY FOLK IN SINGAPORE
    242 6 IIAVE you heard stories n of "vampires" and "head-hunters"? I am sure you have, because this talk is now :.U over the island! Of course there is nothing in these stories, but there are thousands who seem to believe in them, and especially these living in
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      The middle-man in rents: A tip for Mr. Gulliford
      376 6 MR. M. W. Gulliford's article in the Straits Times of last Wednesday (RENTS: CASE FOR AN INCREASE) only dealt with the issue arising out of the position of the house-owner vis-a-vis the chief tenant. It \s indeed very unfortunate that property
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      THE WOMAN'S POINT OF VIEW
      244 6 THE WOMAN'S POINT OF VIEW IF some of your corres- pondents and others who oppose Family Planning could come along to our clinics and see some of the cases receiving attention there, they might change their minds about the need for this great work among the women of Asia Only
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      THE OPPOSITION
      71 6 1AM a ratepayer and a taxpayer, and there are thousands like me In Singapore who object to your suggestion that our money should be used to promote birth control clinics. If we have to go against religion to gain a doubtful happiness, we say: keep it (or the
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      BETTER THAN LOTTERIES
      114 6 THIS Is to draw the atten- tlon of your readers to the sale of SATA Greetings Seals. Here Is a fine opportunity for all who are interested in the great social work which SATA is doing, to support the sale of these Seals. I appeal to all
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      JOHN ENGLAND'S BRICK
      115 6 JOHN ENGLAND," writing under an English nom-de-plume, 'has seen fit to throw a brick at me. As a Municipal Commissioner, I am doing my best to carry out my duties for the welfare and benefit of the public. "John England" is entitled to his convictions and criticism,
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    3 Art Exhibitions Open In S'pore
    293 7 FOR the first time in the history of the Colony, three art exhibitions opened simultaneously in Singapore yesterday. The Commissioner-General. Mr. Malcolm Mat Donald opened the exhibition by the Chinese artist. Prof. Chang Tan Nunr. at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce; Sir Roland Braddrll
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    FOUR SOLD WITHIN ONE HOUR
    141 7 FOUR SOLD WITHIN ONE HOUR PROFESSOR C. Ragusa. ot Florence, whose Italian art exhibition opened at Raffles Hotel yesterday sold four of the paintings on view within an hour of hanging them. The exhibition, which includes 70 oil paintings by lour modern Italian artists. Natali. Gragnoli, Domenlci and Fanlgllulo, is
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    'NOT FAIR' SAYS SIR ROLAND
    175 7 'NOT FAIR' SAYS SIR ROLAND rE need for a cultural centre in Singapore, was again stressed last night by Sir Roland Braddell when he opened the third annual exhibition of the Y.M.C.A. Art Club. "It isn't fair to show works i of art in places where they cannot be seen."
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    PARKING FINES
    52 7 Ng Leong Chuan. a lorry driver, and Amok Singh, a taxi driver, were convicted on charges of parking within 10 feet of fire hydrants In Havelock Road and Dhoby Ghuat on Aug. 20 and Oct 28 respectively, and fined $10 each by the Eighth Police Magistrate, Mr. P.
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    Balwant Will Get His Chance Soon
    142 7 DALWANT Singh, the Sikh member of the Malayan Air Training Corps, who, a,f ter cutting his hair short, was unable to take off on his first scholarship flight on Wednesday, will get his big chance next week. Mr. J. Wagstaff, Captain of the Royal
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    Christmas Concert
    52 7 A Christmas concert will mark the close of the school year for both pupils and teachers of the Methodist Girl's Continuation School in Singapore. The concert will be held at 2 o'clock this afternoon in the school's drill hall. Parents, friends, principals and teachers of other schools have
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    NO PAY CUTS FOR 200
    62 7 The Anglo-Dutch Lighter age Company of Singapore yesterday announced that ihey had reached a settlement with their 200 worker* 'n the question of a wage cut. An official of the company told the Straits Times: r The matter has been satisfactorily settled by direct negotiations.
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    MRS. GAN, 47, PUTS 3 MEN TO FLIGHT
    263 7 BLEEDING FROM MOUTH, BUT— A STRAITS-BORN Chinese housewife fought a lone battle with three robbers in her house in Fowlie Road yesterday morning and put them to flight. She then phoned for the police before faintness overcame her. She Is 47-year-old Mrs.
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    VARIETY CONCERT
    48 7 The Indian section of Radio Malaya will be producing a variety Tamil concert at the British Council Hall, on Wednesday next at 8.30 p.m A programme of 14 Items will be presented. Free tickets to the concert can be had from the Indian Section, Radio Malaya.
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    SEARCH MADE IN COURT
    85 7 AN ice water hawker who was fined $10 in the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday fur stoppin; in one place too long, told the magistrate, Mr. S. E. Teh, that he only had 50 cents on him and could not pay the fine. The magistrate ordered
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    Malayan Tin 'Not Scratched'
    74 7 From our Staff Correspondent I__ IPOH, Thursday. HE tin resources of Malaya have not been scratched, said Mr. Ramplen Jones, when addressing the Rotary Club In Ipoh yesterday on "Fifty Years of Tin Mining Experience." The vast areas of the east coast, the speaker said. tave
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    Municipal Man Weds
    121 7 THE Municipal Engineer, Mr. George Edmond, was married to Miss Mary Heggie at the Presbyterian Church In Singapore yesterday afternoon. Miss Heggie is the daughter of Mr. A. J. Heggie, of Bonhill, Dumbartonshire, and she arrived In Singapore on the Wlllem Ruys. Mr. J. R. Hill, 0.8.
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    Police Car Had To Stop
    121 7 AEI Tiang Bie, an Englishv speaking Chinese, and< Miss Nancy Son, a clerk, were driving from Kallang Road into Mountbatten Road at 7.05 p.m. on May 5, when a police car travelling towards Kallang from Oeylang Road had to brake violently at the junction of
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    12 STROKES THIS TIME
    80 7 Eighteen-year-old Chong £ian Chong, who pleaded guilty In the Singapore Se cond Police Court to a charge of breaking into a house and stealing a wristwatch, two fountain pens and $13. was yesterday ordered to be given 12 strokes of the rotan. A second accused, 17-year-uld
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    HOUSEBOY'S SUICIDE
    60 7 I'rom Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. A verdict of suicide was re corded by the Kluang Magls trate in the case of a Hainan ese houseboy who was found hanged in Ulu Remis Estate Layang Layang. The boy was found dead in his room when he failed
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    Mr. Oehlers Issues A Challenge
    117 7 Mr. Oehlers Issues A Challenge MR. F. B. Oehters, Labour Party candidate for the City Ward In the Dec. 3 Singapore Municipal elections, yesterday challenged hl s opponents in the ward to hold election meetings. Mr. Oehlers was speaking at an election rally at the Cenotaph grounds. He said he
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    MYF MEETING
    22 7 The Wesley Methodist Youth Fellowship's annual meeting will be held at 7.45 tonight at the Wesley Hall Fort Canning. Singapore.
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    Aizah (1½) Wants Her 'Nanny' From U.K.
    248 7 Aizah (1½) Wants Her 'Nanny' From U.K. IDA Aizah, the 18- months-old daughter of Inche Idris Ahmad Shah, the Malay announcer with the B.B.C., now in Singapore, prefers her English "nanny" to her Malay ayah. Since her arrival from England early this week, [da Aizah has been fretting for her
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    COUNCIL SESSION
    24 7 The next meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council will be held at the Victoria Memorial Hall at 10 a.m. on Dec. 20.
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      33 7 Your new dress or suit from this delightful fabricRAYON CLOCHE \vl Our Silks 6 Woollens 4 k Depi. First floor REMINDER The Christmas Toyland ii on the Second Floor ROBINSONS RAFFLES PLACE SPORE
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    UMNO CLASSES IN ENGLISH FOR ALL RACES
    179 8 From Our Staff Correspondent ALOR STAR, Thursday. THE Education Section of the Kedah United Malays National Organisation has decided to open its proposed English night classes to all races. These classes are expected to be opened in Alor Star and Sungei Patani at
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    PADICROP ESCAPES DAMAGE
    89 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. LAST month's heavy rains in Malaya caused relatively little damage to the padi crop, latest reports received from field officers of the Agricultural Department indicate. In Kedah only 1,186 acres have been totally damaged and 2,445 partly damaged. The advanced
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    ACCUSED OF ROBBERY
    58 8 Llm Poh Sang, a 26-year-old Chinese, was tentatively charged in the Singapore Second Police Court on Wednesday with committing armed robbery of cash and valuables worth $713 on Oct. 27. He was remanded for 46 hours for further investigation. It was alleged that he was armed with
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    PHONE WORKER CLAIMS TRIAL
    57 8 Fifty-year-old K. Narayana Kurup, an employee of the Oriental Telephone Company, claimed trial in the Singapore Second Police Court on Wednesday when charged with criminal breach of trust of a roll of telephone wire valued at $4. Bail of $250 was granted. The case was fixed
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    ABDUCTION ALLEGED
    72 8 Sit Sim Poo and See Pheng Kar claimed trial 'n the Singapore First District Court on Wednesday to a charge of abducting another Chinese, Aw Koon, from North Boat Quay en Nov. 7 Mr. M. Boyle, A.S.P., asking that the accused be remanded in police custody until Dec.
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    DISOBEDIENT CYCLIST
    59 8 Refusal to obey the orders of a police officer to turn back as he rode his bicycle against a "no entry" sign cost Chiong Chye Tham a $20 fine. Iraposed by the Eighth Police Magistrate, Mr. P. Claque, on Wednesday. On a second charge of riding his bicycle
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    WEDDING AT IPOH
    30 8 WEDDING AT IPOH IPOH WEDDING: Mr. Robert Nf Khoon Khoon and Miss Mary Lin Slew Lan who were married at St. Michael s Church. Ipoh, on Monday. —Modern Studio picture.
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    RIVER PATROL KILLS BANDITS
    248 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. TWO Malay bandits were believed to have been killed when a police river patrol fired on them in a boat on the river south of Lubok Kawah in the Mentakab area of Pahang last night. The boat, containing supplies
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    CLOSING DATE
    43 8 From Our Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.Johore entries for the certificate and higher stage examinations of the London Chamber of Commerce to be held in April, 1950 at Johore Bahru will close at the Education Office, Johore Bahru, on Dec. 24.
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    SINHALESE ASSOCIATION
    106 8 At a general meeting of the Singapore Sinhalese Association, the following officebearers were elec-i for the year 1949/50: President: Mr. N. G. Nugawela* vice-presidents, Messrs. H J C. Kulaslnghe and William Sena; hon. secretary. Mr. N L G. Wljeweera; hon. asst. aecy, Mr. J. A. B. Galagoda; hon.
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    Reparations: Last Ship On Way
    144 8 Reparations: Last Ship On Way TPHE last delivery to x Malaya of Japanese reparations material out of the British Empire allocation Is due in Singapore this week by the Ben Wyvis. The shipment consists of between 300 and 400 tons of machinery. Boilers and pumps make up the bulk of
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    $2,400 FROM SATA SEALS
    67 8 The Singapore Anti-Tuber-culosis Association has so far sold $2,400 worth of stamps in its Christmas seals drive, but officials report a slight falling off In volume. A SATA official told the Straits Times yesterday, "We hope there will be a big revival when people begin to
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    'CHILDISH OFFER'
    73 8 Sentence of six rtionths' rigorous imprisonment passed on a taxi driver, Tan Kim*Hin, for trying to bribe a police constable with $2 in order to escape arrest on a minor traffic chage, was reduced on appeal in the Singapore Supreme Court on Wednesday to a fine of $50.
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    YOUTH FINED
    44 8 From Our Own Correspondent KLUANO. Thurs.— Perenal aged 19. was fined $5 with the option of two days' simple Imprisonment by the Circuit Magistrate. Inche Azman bin Hajl Abdul Hamid. for failing to produce his Identity card when demanded by tfce police.
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    No Change In S'pore C.-of-L. Allowance
    184 8 'TWERE is to be no change in the cost-of-living -I allowance of Singapore Municipal employees before the end of this year, the Finance Committee of the Municipal Commissioners has decided. Continuance of payment at the present rate has beer unanimously agreed to "pending consideration
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    Pose Cost Him Year's Gaol
    87 8 -pWENTY-year-old Abdul 1 Rashid Nenek left the Singapore First District Court yesterday to serve a sentence of one year's rigorous imprisonment for impersonating a police officer and robbing a Chinese of $165 in cash. It was stated that the accused waylaid a Chinese in a
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    REGISTRAR IS NEW JUDGE
    51 8 The Registrar of the Singapore Supreme Court, Mr. F. A. Briggs, has been appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court in the Federation of Malaya. He will be stationed in Kota Bahru in place of Mr. Justice R. Moor, who is goinp on .leave prior to
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    HORN SOUNDING COST HIM $10
    39 8 rR sounding; his taxi horn unnecessarily while drlvin alonr North Bridge Road, Singapore, at 2.45 p.m. on May 25, Neo Teek Soon was lined 510 by the Eighth Police Magistrate, Mr. P. Claque, yesterday.
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      FILM FUN
      153 9  -  By DAVID LEWIN < 11/ HO is there to take up HUMPHREY I BOGART and ERROL FLYNN when they say they are Just about the only pair left not too scared to have any turn once they get away from the studios? Bogart In New York the other
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      GUFFAWS GALORE
      1178 9 Cinema news and reviews 17IND Hearts and Coronets. Make a mental note of that title now because it is the funniest British film I have seen in the last two years. It won't be showing in Singapore until the New Year, so you will have to wait patiently
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      Edwardian Joget Modern
      392 9 Edwardian Joget Modern AT THE THEATRE at The Winglow Boy (Victoria Memorial Theatre) have been delighted with the sets, In particular a glorious gramophone of the early j 1900's. Its enormous flowerred amplifier does a great deal to give the scenes "atmosphere." The gramophone plays too— in a squeaky falsetto—
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      119 9 FLAMING >VfWri/K£ i^JW&M TODAY! W 11 am., 1.45, 4.15, 6.45 and 9.30 p.m. NEXT CHANCE! LOVELY SIMMONS and CRANGER teamed together for the FIRST TIME! in «.h» 1948 I R%] I Entertainim TESTIVAL^ W^*^^\ F lm! _^5L ADAM and EVKlync pHnMF rg^M?^>f 4 42 \(|j>^ 6.30 9.38 p.m. I A
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      245 9 iiliil <&T OPENING SOON! m n yo&^ FAR EAST'S MOST LUXURIOUS m *Typf BALLROOM RESTAURANTS m \b#™l/#% 4> 630&9 3 0 pin RANDOLPH sfl r Fr^Bw t)vU 1 1 Vf Lm tBsBBBBBBW I^^ \h ii™U^i his A^fc \2L^j^frwt l 1 r J B^SBIHi^SBB^B^BBBBB^ BBBBBBH nuGCfo COLUMBIA'S Cgmmier Creek IN PERFECT
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      252 9 6 Station Opening; 0.03 Th» lUdlc 9.30 Burmese; 9.45 English: 9. SO fOlCAFOM Orchestra; 8.40 Dance Music: 7.15 Music; 10 Radio Newi Reel: 1015 Tempo Time with Silvester; 7.30 "London Dancei to...'; 10.48 10.00 News from Kuala Lumpur. Uxu^ ot Howard Barlow; 8 Talk; 'Hllalre Belloc 1 1103- 'World Af10.05
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    Industry And The Rate Of Interest
    1277 10  - Industry And The Rate Of Interest RICHARD DENMAN mm i&S&KKKm LONDON, Nov. 15. THE long term rate of interest reflected in the valuation of British (iovernrhent securities lias been undergoing some sharp fluctuations recently. But if we ignore the day-to-day bounds and rebounds which have rather exaggerated the prevailing uncertainty,
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    American Capital In Japan
    355 10 American Capital In Japan AMERICAN invest- ment in Japanese industry is swiftly developing under the organised blandishments of the Prime Minister, Mr. Yoshida, and his Conservative Government. Already, important rubber, electrical power, heavy industry, chemical, mining and petroleum interests in the United States are negotiating to provide new capital for
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      141 10 /in f O m c I AKTA VITI contain! mt just ont viljmin but I I MM FOUR MOST IMPORTANT vitamins A. 81 C and D IN LARCI AMOUNTS 1 AKTA VITE 1 costs a little more I than ordinary food I tonict to buy but I MUCH LESS to
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      556 10 In aid of the UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA FUND Under distinguished Patronage. VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL TUESDAY, December 6th The following members of the KINEMATOGRAPH RENTERS' SOCIETY K. R. S. I are offering the various PRIZis mentioned against each Comfi pany for the "Star-Double" Competition or for "Film-rule" representation* In respect of
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      581 10 iBstttSffitt^KliBBaial; BBSBHU SHREWD anticipation ol what theie would be nothing In the the enemy will do if they are hand anyway and he was not given the chance, Is the mark of vulnerable. every expert player. Let's look a' East had hoped to get a spade a typical dealer. lead
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      CALL FOR FREE COMPETITION IN RUBBER
      325 11 CALL FOR FREE COMPETITION IN RUBBER From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Thursday. jtiAKING a plea for free competition, Sir John 1T1 Hay, chairman of Kamuning Rubber and Tin Co., Ltd., In his annual statement to shareholders, after pointing out that rubber in terms of American cotton is worth one-third of
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      TIN PRICES
      34 11 Singapore, Thursday, Not. 24. I3H.CS V 4 a plcui (up |MI). London, Not. 23. Spot: £«4t (down £2. 1H). Three months (buying) £595 (up £19). Three months (afternoon) €590 (down £2. 195.).
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      Malayan Share Market
      119 11 Malayan Share Market From Our Market Correspondent A LTHOUGH the local tin metal price showed small and steady improvements recently, there was no sympathetic reaction in the tin share market yesterday. A parallel was shown in the rubber share market. Industrials, however, showed slight improvement. Price changes announced by the
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      MALAYA THE EXCEPTION
      110 11 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Thurs.— When the House of Commons recently discussed .sterling balances and sterling area reserves. Mr. W. S. Shepherd (Const said he would like the Financial Secretary to the Treasury to say bow far, the sterling area was a liability to Britain in
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      PROMISING
      60 11 LONDON, Thurs.— The small experimental area of five acres of cocoa which the company put down in collaboration with other estates In the Harrisons and Crosfleld group promises well, says Mr. R. F. Allmey. chairman of Strathisla (Perak) Rubber Estate* Ltd, In his circulated statement to shareholders. But. he
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      RUBBER MARKET
      210 11 WITH New York showing rather unexpected improvement on Wednesday, the Singapore rubber market yesterday opened at »4 cent per Ib. above the previous days levels. Some profittaking and interest falling caused prices to sag slightly later In the day. fhe market was quiet at the close Closing price,
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      £13,021 PROFIT
      54 11 Port Dlckson-Lukut (FMB> Rubber E-tates made a profit for j the year to March 31, 1949 of; £13.021 The company's credit balance from last year was £12.923, taxation over-reserved and eastern assets recovered £1.898. taxation £7.272. proposed dividend of five per cent, less tax £6.778. leaving P 13.792
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      SHIPPING AT S'PORE WHARVES
      112 11 SHIPS alongside the Smganore Harbour Rnarrf pore narpour aoara wharves yesterday (godowns In brackets* were: Main Wharf: Bengal (35-36). Bolssevaln (38-39). Senunl (40). Mount Mansfield (42-43). Wee* Wharf: Molenkerk (1-2). Van Heute* (4-5). Radnorshire '6'6 '7 Autolycus <8-9>. B?n«e; (11, pri^ignd ,15-16). Emphe Dock. Burnside (19-20)
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      361 11 LONDON, Thurs. 'THERE was scarcely a trace of life In the London Stock Exchange yesterday. A moderate amount of business brought only a handful of price changes. British Government funds were irregular but movements did not exceed quarter percent in either direction. Following were the closing middle prices
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    PERAK TO STAGE $10,000 RACE IN APRIL
    344 12 PERAK TO STAGE $10,000 RACE IN APRIL Weight-For Age 1-1/2 Mile Event By EPSOM JEEP IPOH, Thursday. THE biggest race in Malayan Turf history a $10,000 handicap for Class 1 stayers— will be staged at Ipoh on the last day of the Perak Turf Club Easter Meeting on April 10,
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    VonNidaAnd Thomson To Play Here
    141 12 VonNidaAnd Thomson To Play Here NORMAN VON NIDA, the world-ranking Australian golfer, and his protege, Peter Thomson, who are now playIng in the Wack-Wack Tournament In Manila, have agreed to play an 18-hole exhibition match on the Island Club Golf Course in aid of the University of Malaya Endowment Fund.
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    U.K. RUGBY RESULTS
    47 12 LONDON. Thurs: Yesterdays U. K. Rugby Union results were: County championship: Kent 31, Berkshire 0. (played at Blackheath); Sussex 3, Hampshire 18 (played at Hove). Other match* Oxford Universtiy Greyhounds 8, St. Thomas Hospital 8: Devonport Services 16. Royal Naval Engineering College 20.— A.P.
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    27 12 BIYANI GARCIA, a Junior lightweight who arrived in Singapore from Manila on Wednesday with Speed Cabanella. Both boxers will be seen in action shortly. Straits Times picture.
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    Cabanellav Prapadaeng On Dec. 9
    204 12 THE lightweight boxing contest between Siamese Phol Prapadaeng and Speed Cabanella. scheduled for Dec. 2 at the Great World, will now probably be held on "Dec. 9, following discussions yesterday between Singapore promoter A. Razak ajid Jack Warner, Australian promoter and representative of Stadiums Ltd.
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    39 12 IRELAND'S goal under Are in their match against England which the Irishmen lost nine-two at Manchester on Not. 16. Here Rowley heads in England's fifth goal, beating goalkeeper Kelly and Irish centre -half Vernon (No. 5). Reuter ph oto.
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    4 Men Out Of Colony Team
    119 12 THE Singapore All Blue.* rugger team which leave for Seremban to-night for their first tie against the N.S. All Blues in the southern section of the annual All Blues competition, will be without the services of four of their best men. Thev are Kenny
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    King Kong Meets Camera In Jan.
    123 12 KING KONG, the 350-lb. wrestler who has been in Singapore for the past two years, will come up against another giant when he meets Prlmo Camera, former heavyweight boxing champion ol the world, in Manila in January. Camera, who turned all-in wrestler after the
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    Selsey Rated Best 2-yr -old Imported
    624 12 By EPSOM JEEP DESCRIBED by a turf official as the best two-year-old to come out to Malaya since the war, Selsey, winner of four races in seven starts in England this year, has been listed in Class 1, the first two-year old I think,
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    43 12 The East Java Chinese Basketball team which arrived in Singapore yesterday in the Dutch ship TJitalengka from Batavia for a series of natchrs in Singapore and in the Federation. The women the China National Games held in Shanghai last year Straits Times picture.
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    Present Boys Bow To The Old Boys
    348 12 Present Boys Bow To The Old Boys THE Old Boys of St. Andrew's School showed the younger generation that they had not lost any of their rugger ability when they defeated the schoolboys by 16 points to 6 in the annual Past versus Present fixture played at Woodsville yesterday. S
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    Sports Diary
    28 12 HOCKEY TOURNEY: R..VF. Malaya v. R.A.F. Tenjih, at Seletar. HOCKEY FRIENDLY: S.C.C. 'V t. S.R.C. 'A.' B.C.C. padan*; Chinese v. Medical Faculty, Biik it Timah Road.
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    Penang Paid $22,000 To See Tourists
    217 12 From Our Staff Correspondent PENANG. Thursday. T<HE INDIAN Football Tourists' two games in 1 Penang on Sunday and Tuesday attracted a record crowd of about 20,000, who paid approximately $22,000, according to the Penang Football Association secretary, Mr. A. Rahman. The tourists received 30
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    How Does Thomas Cup Fund Stand?
    421 12 By KEN JALLEH £IX months ago, the public of Malaya greeted the triumphant return of the Malayan Thomas Cup team -with a cheer heard the length and breadth of Malaya. The people were happy, and proud for it was mainly due to their generous
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    East Java Start Tour Tonight
    239 12 East Java Start Tour Tonight BASKETBALL fJiWENTY-four players— l 4 A women and 10 men representing the East Java Chinese Basketball Team, arrived in Singapore yesterday for a series of ten matches in which the women will figure in five. The visitors will play their first match at the Great
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    Settlement Boys Win Badminton
    125 12 The McKerron Cup for interboys' clubs badminton was won by the Malay Settlement Boys' Clul> who defeated Katong Bo.vs 1 c.v.') In the final by four games to no at the Clerical Union Hall vestnday. Mr. P. A. B. McKerron. Otlivet Administering the Government, gave away
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