The Straits Times, 17 October 1950

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1545 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1950. if PRICE TEN CENTS.
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    SINGAPORE CEREMONY
    24 1 C APT. TOFT, emissary for Km, Haakon. pins the Norwegian War Medal on Mrs. A. I. Harris, of Singapore. Straits Times picture.
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    MEDAL FROM NORWAY
    167 1 MEDAL FROM NORWAY \N un isual ceremony took place a'ooard the Talabot in Singapore harbour yesterday w- :i Mm A. I. Harris, now worklru tor 1.C.1, in Singapore wa» a yarded the Nurwek'i «'i War Medal for her ser;i- a .stewardess on bo.ir.l Che Tiradcnte s during the '\ar rears,
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    WEST JAVA ESTATE ATTACKED
    37 1 JAKARTA. Mon. Hadra Sari Estate in West Java's Sockabuml district was attacktd by 200 heavily armed gan :stcrs on Sunday Tne gang made away with mure »han half a ton of rubber. Reuter.
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    CURFEW IMPOSED
    23 1 JAKARTA. Mon—lncreasing insecurity in West Java nas prompted the authorities to reinstate the curfew from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m.— Reuter.
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    RED SHIPS HELD
    25 1 TAIPEH. Mon. -Two Communist merchant .steamers have been brought to the Nationalist outpost of Quemoy after surrendering to a Nationalist gunboat.— Reuter.
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    GOVT AGREES TO PAY TALKS
    437 1 Federa I Un ions Can Negotiate Own Scales From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. /pHE Federation Government confirmed today that it had agreed to direct negotiation on the revision of salaries with "those services) which are sufficiently organised to be able to express the
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    RUBBER $1.86 A LB. FOR SPOT
    53 1 SPOT loose rubber was quoted in Singapore yesterday at 51.86 a Ib. buyers a new record price. First-grade November rubber, baled, closrd at 51. 75} buyers. The rise was attributes to unconfirmed reports of renewed U.S. stockpiling and to orders from Hong Knr.g. Prices
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    Australian Labour Drops Fight
    167 1 Australian Labour Drops Fight CANBERRA, Mon. rE federal executive of the Australian Labour Party today directed the Parliamentary Party to withdraw its opposition to the Governments Anti-Communist Bill in the form in which it is before the Senate. The Senate, where Labour retained its majority after the Party's defeat in
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    BOMB FLUNG AT FRENCH TROOPS
    42 1 SAIGON. Mon— Terrorists *hrew a grenade at a French Army patrol car outside a crowded dance hall here last nleht. injuring 12 people. Four French soldiers were taken to hospital In a serious conri IV on.— Reuter.
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    NEW MINISTER
    23 1 THE HAGUE. Mon. Mr. Hendrik L. S. Jacob, newlyappointed Dutch Defence Minister, was sworn In here today by Queen Juliana. Reuter
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    FOG HOLD-UP
    22 1 LONDON. Mon. Thick fo? In the Thames Estuary ami Bait England today held up shipolng. aircraft and land traffic -Rewter.
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    36 1 MALAYA'S representatives at the recent Commonwealth conference in London, Dato Onn (left), Mr Malcolm MacDoimld, and Mr. C. C. Tan (right). With them are two Ceylon Ministers, Mr. J. K Jayawardene and Mr. R. G. Senenayake.
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    8 POLICE KILLED IN JOHORE
    147 1 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. piGHT policemen and a Telecommunications linesman wpre killed and seven other policemen and two linesmen were wounded in Johore yesterday during a bandit attack on an estate road. Innr lorry had been crippled with an electrically detonated mine
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    RCAF TRAINING
    34 1 OTTAWA Mon The Royal Canadian Air Force has launched an air training programme produce 600 train ed ollots a year for a pool or qualified tilers In the event of w-.ir R-'unt
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    Arson Bid In Harbour Board Fails
    84 1 ARSONISTS failed in a bid A to burn down the Harbour Board power-station last night, the fire being put out within ten minutes. The Harbour Board Police found a bottle of petrol a bundle of rags and a match box near the window of
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    MR. W.L. BLYTHE SWORN IN
    84 1 Mr. W.L. Blythe, the Singapore Colonial Secretary, was sworn in as Ofnrer Administering the Government at Government Ho.'se yesterda morning following the departure- to England of the Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson. The Chief Justice. Sir Charles Murray Aynsley, administered the oath. Mr. R W. I
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    BID TO FREE 800 ENTOMBED G.Is
    151 1 TOKYO. Mon. A SOUTH Korean mercy patrol tonight sped to- aids a railway tunnel prison iiere 800 American prisoners of war are reported entombed u'er a 170 miles death march fi'm Seoul. Reports from the frontline weak to walk wilhout the help of their
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    SIR CHRISTOPHER COX FOR STORE
    57 1 Sir Christopher Cox, Education Adviser to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, will arrive in Singapore on October 24 by air from Sarawak. Sir Christopher, who is touring South-East Asia, will visit schools In the Colony for 10 days before leaving for a two
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    Acid Attack On Head Of Girls' School
    173 1 THE principal of the Nanyang Girls' High School, Madame Liv Yuen Sien, was attacked in a Singapore street yesterday by an acid-thrower, believed to be a Chinese schoolboy She is in hospital with burns on the face, neck, and arms Her spectacles prevented
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    'Boffin' Pilot To Be A.O.C. Malaya
    227 1 AIR Vice-Marshal Robert Stewart Blucke, who won a bar to his A.P.C. for the aid he gave the Bofflns "back room boys" in defeating beamguided German night bomber attacks on Britain, is to take over command of the R.A.F. in Malaya. He will succeed
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    SIAMESE ENVOY
    31 1 THE HAGUE. Mon.— Luang Visutr Arthayukti. former Siamese Ambassador In France, today presented his credentials to Queen Juliana of the Netherlands here as newly appointed Minister to Holland— Reuter
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    Going: To Kashmir
    19 1 BRISBANE. Mon. MaJ. Oeneral Robrrt Nlmmo. retiring General Commanding Queensland, has been appointed senior military obser-
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    Allies Closing On Red Capital
    152 1 TOKYO. Mon. COUTH Korean forces were within 34 miles of the Communist capital. Pyongyang, tonight. Other troops were 45 miles east of the city. The Communist radio at Pyongyang admitted that United Nations forces were "pressing towards North Koreas central defence area British Commonwealth and
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    "Ignorance Colossal"
    69 1 I'HE Ignorance of economic arrt! political conditions and the bandit situation ;n Malaya among delegates to the Institute of Pacific Relations Conference in Lucknow was simply colossal, said Ungku Abdul Aziz, of the Department of Economics in the University of Malaya. He made this comment en arriving in
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      Her 30 Cents Now $60,000
      224 2 A CHINESE amah who fled Shanghai after the Communist "liberation" won the second prize on Saturday in Hong Kong's Kwangtung Sweepstakes, a newspaper reported yesterday. The prize was eaual to i US$2O,OOO (about $60,000 Malayan)- for a 30-cent ticket. The paper withheld the amah's name
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      OLD SOLDIERS MEYER DIE...
      22 2 RAMROD BACK, despite his 84 years, Sr,t.-Maj. Murphy, IX M. it a vetrran at the Chelsea Royal Hospital.
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      INDIA SILENT ON TIBET
      58 2 NEW DELHI Mon.— The Indian Government said yesterday that It could not confirm reports of a Chinese Communist Invasion of Tibet. The External Affairs Ministry announced that the Indian Government representatives in China and Tibet had no Information on the reports originating in Red China that
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      28.000 "D.S. SPIES"
      29 2 LONDON. Mon. Communist China says tt has arrested 28.000 persons since January 1949. on charges of spying for the United States and Chiang Kai-shek's regime.— Reuter.
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      BURMA GENERAL NOW ARTS STUDENT
      67 2 RANGOON, Mon. GENERAL Ne Win, Supreme Commander of the Burmese Armed Forces, recently sat for and pasaed -vi private student an examination entitling him to enroll as a student at the Rangoon In iversity. One source said Gen. Ne Win passed the examination "with honours."
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    TRUMAN PREPARES REPORT ON PACIFIC CONFERENCE
    389 3 HONOLULU, Monday PRESIDENT TRUMAN spent the night here working on the speech he will deliver at San Francisco tomorrow reporting on his meeting with Gen. Douglas Ma'cArthur at Wake Island. No important foreign policy changes are expected to result from the Truman-MacArthur meeting, as
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    31 3 TOUGH TROOPS of the French Foreign Legion who have been engaged in full-scale fighting with the forces of Ho Chi-minh in Indo-China. They are holding a captured Vietminh fiat— A.P picture.
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    5 Per Cent Did Not Say Yes To Reds
    163 3 5 Per Cent Did Not Say Yes To Reds BERLIN. Mon. ITAST Germany's Communist Government announced last night that nearly 95 per cent of voters in the Soviet zone endorsed the unopposed Communist National Front in yesterday's el v i ion. It was not a final count. An estimated 13.000.000
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    FREE WORKERS' BREAK STRIKE
    24 3 MILAN. Mon —A 22-day o!ri farm strike in Novara eiHed today when 4.000 "free"*, workers arrived in the riceflM; U.P.
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    STAR WITHDRAWS
    22 3 GLASGOW. Mon.— The film ■tar Douglas Fairbanks has dropped out of Glasgow University's election for a new Lird Rector —Renter.
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    USI WILL AGAIN ASK FOR TURK
    122 3 USI WILL AGAIN ASK FOR TURK JAKARTA Mon. THE Chinese-owned Indonesian language daily Keng Po. quoting the Attorney General, wrote today that the In- doneslan Government would i submit a request to the Belgian Government for the ex- tradition of Capt. Turk Wes- terling. The paper asserted the question would
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    Cabinets In And Out
    77 3 JERUSALEM. Mon. •pHE Israeli Government has resigned, plunging th« country into its firs' Cabinet crisis. Mr. Ben Gurion has been Prime Minister since the state was founded in May 1948 Religious b!oe members of his Cabinet notified Mini that they were unwilling to accept a recent
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    U.S. PRESIDENCY
    40 3 NEW YORK Mon— New York's Governor, Mr. Thomas E Dewey, twice defeated Republican candidate for the U.S. presidency, says he is backing General Dwiijht Eisenhower for president in 1952 and wil" not be a candidate himself.— A P
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    NEHRU JOINS
    39 3 NEW DELHI. Mon. 'pHE Indian Prime Minister. Pandit Nehru, has agreed to join the Working Committee of Con^ress^ (executive of the party in power in India i. the Congress President, Mr Pur.shottamdas Tandon. said last night. Reuter.
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    NOT REDS' SAY PASSENGERS
    53 3 HONG KONG, Mon. THE United States Consul-late-Cieneral here yesterday revalidated the visas of 46 America-bound passengers aboard the President Cleveland, most of whom are Chinese. They signed a statement vouching for their non-Commu-nist status. Two Philippine nationals had their visas revalidated by consular officials aboard the
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    SOVIET GIVE UP URANIUM TESTS
    47 3 BERLIN. Mon— Russia Is 1 rutting down exploitation of East Germany's meagre uranium deposits, but Is offering new jobs to Germans in Soviet mines reports a Socialist newspaper. Soviet engineers have abandoned tests for uranium near Wernigrade because of poor results. AP.
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    NEW SHIPPING RULES FOR PEARL RIVER
    228 3 I HONG KONG. Monday. T»HE Chinese authorities in Canton yesterday anL nounced regulations for foreign vessels plying on the Pearl River. Passenger freight charges of river steamers have been standardised. All fureien ships must give i detailed reports on movements. Ch.iv.sr report* said that
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    Tar East Air Force Adequate' —CRAWLEY
    223 3 Tar East Air Force Adequate' —CRAWLEY LONDON, Monday. VI R. Aidan Crawley, Under-Secretary for Air, told 1 'a press conference here today that Royal Air Force strength in the Far East was adequate to meet a probable air threat from a potential enemy. Summing up the results of i his
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    TORTOISE RACE FOR MOTORS
    76 3 PARIS. Mon. PRK.MH motorist M. Durand won a "go slow" race along the Rue I'epic, Montmartre. taking 10 hours. 40 mins. 51 sees, to drive 722 yards yesterday. Timekeepers who clocked his wheels found they took nearly three minutes to make a complete turn. Regulations disqualified
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    SEVEN KILLED
    34 3 MEXICO CITY, Mon. Seven died in Mexico this week-end and 410 people were injured. A snowstorm caughi 5,000 ascending Popocatepetl Volcano killing three, with 10 serious injuries and 400 minor injuries. A.P.
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    22 Killed In Week-Long Battle
    73 3 UMTATA, Eastern Cape Province, Monday. 'TWENTY-TWO Africuns have oteu killed and many 1 wounded in one v/ the bloodiest tights here for years, it was announced today. Drunk tribesmen renewed a feud and about 500 on each tide battled for a xeek ivlth guns, spears,
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    Another French Border Fort Falls
    263 3 SAIGON. Mon. T»HE French admit the evacuation of Nacham near the Indo-Chinese border with Communist China. All French border posts In the 60 miles frontier between Caobang and Donggang have now been evacuated. An American freighter carrying arms for the hardpressed French and Vietnamese forces
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    STEEL DEMAND
    45 3 CLEVELAND Mon—Military agencies are getting urgent requirements lined up and a sharp increase in defence orders Is expected IB the steel industry in thrcoming week. Steel Magazine said. Ingot output continued at record level this week at 101.5 per cent of capacity.— A.P.
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    Nehru Says 'No' To U.N. Army Scheme
    273 3 NEW DELHI, .Monday. DRIME MINISTER Pandit Nehru opposed today 1 tfee creation of a I'nited Nations armed force to resist aggression. He tola a Press conference: "It seems like converting the United Nations Into a large edition of the Atlantic Pact, and making
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    BIG DEMAND FOR OWN HOUSES
    370 4 Building Society Seeking $40 Mil More Capital i FIVE-FOLD increase in capital is sought by toe Federal and Colonial Building Society, which is sponsored by the Colonial Development Corporation, because more money is needed to meet demands for loans for houses. The Society aims at
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    TRIED TO SEAL HOLES—THEN BOAT EXPLODED
    300 4 TRIED TO SEAL HOLES— THEN BOAT EXPLODED 4 MIRACULOUS escape from death was described in the Singapore Coroner's Court yesterday when Chia Kirn Tio, clerk of the vessel Tons Henf which blew up in the Singapore River, gave evidence at an inquiry before Mr. W. G. Porter into the deaths
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    Boy, 3 Falls 25 Fee/, Unhurt
    55 4 From Our Own Correspondent BENTONG, Mon. A THREE-year-old Ckin- ese boy recently miraculously escaped death when he fell 25 feet from the top floor of a shopJouse in Ah Peng Street ito a gutter. Despite his fall the child was only slightly dazed when
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    RAFFLES MUSEUM
    55 4 The Director of Raffles Museum. Mr M. W. F. Tweedie. poii.w oat :hat Raffles Museum has always been opened on Sunday n-ornngs from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. H« '*as referring to yesterday's report which stated that the Museum and Raffle.* Library had opened on Sunday for the
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    Your Views Sought
    91 4 person wishing to make representations to the Select Committee set up to consider the Laycock (Marriage Age) Bill should address them to the Clerk of Council, Secretariat, Singapore. The Select Committee was appointed at the Legislative Council meeting last Friday after the Bill, banning child Marriages under
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    FOR BURIAL
    34 4 The embalmed body of an American oil company official. Mr. Fred Newland. aged 57. who died at Pekan Baru, Sumatra, arrived in Singapore yesterday by Qantas Skymaster for trans-shipment to Los Angeles.
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    1,000 Take Advice FromFPA Clinics
    264 4 MORE than 1,000 women— many from the poorest class have received advice from the clinics established by the Family Planning Association of Singapore, Dr. Mary Tan told members of the Y.W.C.A. Fortnightly Club yesterday. Reviewing the progress of the association since its inception 18 months
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    STOLE FENCING
    41 4 Chan Van. 41. pleaded guilty In the Singapore Second Second Police Court yesterday to theft of cast Iron fencing, from th« Junction of Canning Rise and Fort Canning Road, the property of the P.w.D. Chan was allowed bail of
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    Sick, She Tried To End Life
    90 4 A 59-YEAR-OLD Chinese woman. Phoon Ah Tal. told the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday that during a recent Illness she was afraid of being treated at the hospital and decided on suicide to end her suffering. Phoon. pleading guilty to attempting suicide by taking
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    RICHARD THE SECOND
    65 4 RICHARD THE SECOND KING RICHARD II (David Lyttle) pronounces sentence of banishment on Bolingbroke (Henry Hochstadt, kneeling right) and Norfolk (Chew Hock (Juan, kneeling left). Douglas Irquhart as York is on the left, and Scow rirnr Fong as Gaunt is on the right. A dram Ik moment in last night's
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    Teachers Score With Richard II
    347 4 QNCE again the Singapore Teachers' Repertory have acquitted themselves nobl). They have come a long way since their first sketchy attempt at scenes from Julius Caesar in 1947, which, like the curate's egg. was good in parts Now they can be relied upon (or an
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    Kallang Air Arrivals
    68 4 'THE following were among the passengers who arrived at Kallang airport, Singapore, yesterday. Passengers in transit are not included in the list. QEA/BOAC From Lonaten: Messrs. A. Harrison. P. J. M. Hop Kins. sirs. O. Ayrrs. Messrs. P. H. HarvU. F. S. Miller and A. W. dough.
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    C.G's Asia-Born Deputy Arrives In Malaya
    150 4 From Our SUB Correspondent PENANG. Mon. BACK In the Par East for the first time since he left Japan at the age of two Mr. W. Addis, new Deputy Commissioner General for Colonial Affairs. South-East Asia arrived In Penang last night, and sailed for
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      94 4 ST. JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION, Home Nursing course, General Hospital. 5 p.m. Y.W.C.A. Raffles Quay, baUroom dancing, 5.15 p.m. POLICE BAND, Tiong Bahru. 5.45 p.m. to 6 45 p.m. T. W. C. A.. Orchard Road, gymnastics and keep-fit class. 6 pm. V's Men's dinner meeting, 8 p.m. CHINESE Y.M.CTA., Selegie Road.
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    BUILDING OF $1,000,000 FLATS TO START SOON I
    172 5 BUILDING OF $1,000,000 FLATS TO START SOON I BUILDING of the Singapore Improvement Trust's $1,000,000 nine-storey housing project in Chinatown is expected to begin early in December, the Trust's Senior Architect and" Planner, Mr. S. C. Woolmer, told the Straits Times, yesterday. The Trust is to erect three nine-storey blocks
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    PWD Chief Clerk Gaoled For Forgery
    239 5 From Oar Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. WITH a record of 24 years' service. Mohd Dome bin Muhammad, Chief Clerk, P.W.D., Kluang, was toduy sentenced to three years' imprisonment by Mr. Justice Storr at the Assizes. He waa convicted of dishonestly using aa genuine
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    University Fund
    81 5 DONATIONS totalling $9,059 for the University of Malaya Endowment Fund were received during the week ending Oct. 7. The total of the fund now stands at 83.615.159. each SUte and Settlement together with the Colony— having contributed the following: Singapore »1.981.9349fi Johore 88.264 70 Malacca 39.199 94 Nesjri
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    Warning To Shipping
    89 5 RECENT incidents where foreign ships were fired on from Communist-held is- lands scattered to the south of Hong Kong, have resulted in a warning being Issued to Singapore shipping companies. The circular from the Master Attendant. Singapore, cautioned all shipping that nly between the Colony and Hong
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    Bandits Kill Three A.Ps In Johore
    236 5 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. DANDITS in JUHORE on Thursday killed three Auxiliary Policemen, wounded another, and abducted four others when they held up eight unarmed Auxiliary Policemen. In the ensuing struggle, one of the policemen grabbed a parang and stabbed two
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    $200 FINE
    28 5 For assisting In the management of a chap jl kl lottery. Low Wee Chor. aged 23. was yesterday fined $200 In the Singapore Fourth Police Court.
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    K.L GIRL ON B.B.C.
    44 5 MADAME BUTTERFLY, the first complete opera to be televised by the 8.8.C.. had the Kuala Lumpur soprano. Miss Tang Lian-shin, in the title role. She is seen right with Kenneth Neate, who played the part of Pinkerton. A. P. picture.
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    Naval Workers Appeal Again
    298 5 Naval Workers Appeal Again ■'THE Singapore Admiralty Local Staff Union has 1 sent a fresh memorandum to the Admiral Superintendent tailing for revision of salaries of the Naval Base non-industrial employees, cost-of-living and housing allowances, and the abolition of the I present grading system. The memorandum recommends that effective dates
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    ASIAN DIRECTOR CHOSEN
    159 5 ASIAN DIRECTOR CHOSEN rR the first time since the company was founded 51 I years ago an Asian has been appointed director or Fraser and Neave. Singapore. He is Mr. Tan Chin Tuan. managing director of the Overseas Chinese Banking Corporation and a Singapore Legislative Councillor. The appointment was mad^
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    Saravanamuttu Given Dinner
    79 5 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Mon The Ceylonese community of South Johore entertained Mr M. Saravanamuttu. Ceylon Commissioner for Singapore and the Federation, to dinner on Sunday at the Royal Johore International Club. The Rtgent of Johore and Ungku Tun Amlnah the British Adviser, Johore. and
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      76 5 SINGAPORE 10 a.m. News, followed by Emergency News from X.1. 10.10 Close; 10.50 Schools: 12 Malay: 1 p.m. Radio Orch.; 1.30 News; 1 45 Dance Muse; 2 close: 6 "Listeners' Choice": 640 UN. feature; 7 News. Share Market Interlude; 7.30 Love From Lelghton Bubard"; 8 "Music Shop": 8.30 "Talk of
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      87 5 Wo-lt.il (Horn Nowo'ny, accompanied at the pUno by Myrtle Oow>; 7.45 Radio Doctor. 8 Popular Classics: (Retn'.cek. Ollnka, Khnatchaturtan); 8.30 As Spore: 9 Tommy Handley In "ITMA": 9 30 News: 9.45 "Keyboard Melodies': 10 "Blue Danube"; 10.30 Dance Mui.c; 11 Close. PCNANC 10 a.m. -2 p.m. as B'pore: 6 •Crooneis'
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      81 5 "Crime. Oentlemen Pleav 1U.30 "Tu-'Sday Serenade"; 11 Cloe»". UVKBS 4.4S p.m. '•From the London F.dilori»b 4.5S Chopin; 5. 1S Commonweal: h Survey"; 5.30 "Oreat Expectations"; 6 Indonesian; 6.30 Cnntoneae; 6.45 "Mus.c from the Screen"; 7.15 Prencli; 7.30 English Half -Hour: S "The Soloist Performs": 8.15 That; 5.45 Dutch; 9 Kuoyu;
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    DEATH
    27 6 FARMER: On Friday, the 6tt» Oct., at Tin dal House l^ospital. Avle-burv. Marjorie. Beloved wife of O. St. O. Farmer. Cremation at Oxford, on 11th Oct.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. Oct 17, 1950. St. James's Turbines
    650 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. Oct 17, 1950. St. James's Turbines Two serious failures in less than a month have drawn attention again to the unsatisfactory position Singapore is in with regard to electric power. Hard work by the engineers and a run of good luck had almost removed the
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    The Last Days Of Singapore
    456 6 Readers of the Straits Times who were in Singapore during the last weeks of the Malaya* campaign must have had some strange thoughts as they read in the memoirs of Mr. Winston Churchill, new being published in our columns, the secret orders deciding their fate
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    U.N. EXHIBITION FOR K. LUMPUR
    76 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon— A United Nations exhibition is being organised by the Department of Public Relations and the USIS at the Public Relation* Information Centre at the Government offices, Batn Road, Kuala Lumpur, starting on United Nations Day— Tuesday, Oct. 24. The exhibition will be
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    INDIAN NE WSLE TTER
    824 6  -  FRANK MORAES I From BOMBAY, Oct. 12. THERE Is a lull on the Indian news front. Abroad, India's eyes are focussed on Korea; nearer home, on Tibet, where, according to recent reports from Kalimpong In West Bengal, the Chinese Communists have started a minor invasion. Inside
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      The Pass Degree
      220 6 a LETTER signed "Diddle-de-Dee" and headed "The Professional Officers" In last Friday's Straits Times reveals that its writer has been misinformed aWout the value of Pass degrees In the professions. i Contrary to his statement, a Pass degree Is rarely regarded as a sufficient qualification. It may
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      "FINE WORDS" ON THE AIR
      260 6 UINE words, fine phrases and aptly put anecdotes by our recent Parliamentary visitors these are what I heard in a broadcast of Oct. 10. I listened very carefully to the flamboyant eulogy of the part played in the national economy by the Malayan peoples, in
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      THEM.LC.ANDTHE TODDY SHOP
      83 6 IT was a pleasant surprise to note that the Pahang Government had deckled not to reopen toddy shops In the State, and to close those operating in Ranb. Kuala Llpts and Kuantan It was most welcome because the decision was unanimous. The Malayan Indian Congress is glad
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      SIR JOHN HAY AND THE RUBBER PRICE
      266 6 SIR JOHN HAY AND THE RUBBER PRICE MR. L. D. Gammans, MP., in a published statement, recently wrote I— we that S.t John Hay s prwparea to defend the exisung high price of rubber and presumably hope* it will go on. His main point is that other primary commodities have
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      THE PROFITS OF ELECTRICITY
      60 6 OVER-BURDENED." In his letter of a few days ago, strongly protests against the huge profit made by tb« Singapore Municipal Electricity Department last year. If this is not profiteering, oae would like to know what It la. One wonders whether all this talk on* hears about
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    On the JWarpin
    454 6 Old English |N the "University Letter" in the Sunday Times— which, by the way seems to me to be getting better and better I read that some students for an Honours degree at the University of Malaya havo begun a new co.;rse In Old English. As an
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    STORE JURY 'CHALLENGED'
    645 7 Yong Murder Trial Opens In The Assizes JJG Kai Sung, 44-year-old Hakka, on trial yesterday in Singapore before Mr. Justice Brown charged with the murder of Mr. Yong Yit Lin, 52-year-old J.P. and former chairman of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, used his right of challenge
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    LABOUR PARTY PLAN GREETED
    177 7 LABOUR PARTY PLAN GREETED FORMATION of a La- bour Party in the Federation and proposal to start a Malayan Progressive Party in Kuala Lumpur were welcomed yesterday by Mr. C. C. Tan. president of the Progressive Party in Sinfiaoore. I Tan said that it would be a step in the
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    A COW AND BULL STORY
    46 7 "A bull chased my cow away from the shed and she was uncontrollable." said 23--yoar-old Munni Ral. In the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday Munnl. who was charged with allowing his cow to stray in Kirn Chuan Road, was fined $10.
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    HAD TO FLY BACK
    41 7 A Constellation bound for Singapore returned to Jakarta shortly after taking off yesterday afternoon with one of its four proDellers feathered The aircraft was expected to reach Kallang airport. Singapore, after repairs In Jakarta, at 11.30 p.m.
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    Red Candles End Case
    115 7 A 63-year-old woman who had head injuries, and her daughter -in-law who had a dislocated shoulder, after they were assaulted by three men, yesterday told the Singapore Second District Court judge, Mr. Tan Ah Tah, that they would be Killing to drop the charges against the
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    Bathing Girl Snatched By Crocodile
    233 7 Bathing Girl Snatched By Crocodile From Our Own Cormpeadcnt JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. JEMALUDIN. who lives in a kampong by the banks of the Muar River near Bulok Kasop, in Segamat, saw his 15-year-old daughter carried away In the jaws of a crocodile a few days ago. The girl Azizah, and
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    FILM ON ENGLISH JUSTICE
    49 7 The British Council, In conjunction with the Singapore Film Society showed "English Criminal Justice" to more* than 100 people In the British Council Hall last night. Before the film, the Chief Justice of Singapore, Sir Charles Murray-Awn stay, spoke about the film and English Law.
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    Truman's Broadcast
    26 7 President Truman's broadcast on his talks with General Mac Arthur can be h*trd In Malaya at noon tomorrow. It is being relayed by Manila.
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    S'pore Street Drama
    72 7 A SINGAPORE doctor. Or. E. Laidlaw Thomson, was on the 'Pot to rive first-aid to an Indian Municipal sweeper who was knocked down by a taxi in Orchard Road yesterday afternoon. Picture above shows a Chinese boy helping to apply a splint to the man's broken leg
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    KAMPONG TO BE CLEANED UP
    238 7 fEYLANG Serai one of the Colony's largest hutment areas is to be cleaned up and its sanitation improved by Singapore Municipal Health authorities. Work is expected to start as soon as the permission to enter the property is obtained from the landowners. Singapore Municipal Com-
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    MONTH'S GAOL
    26 7 A young Indian, P. Kandasamy, was yesterday in the Singapore Fourth Police Court sentenced to one month's imprisonment for theft of an electric fan.
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    $60 A Month for Grandma Ong'sFamily
    125 7 QRANDMA Ong's family is to receive $50 a month or "other suitable amounts" through the Public Assistance Section, as the result of a request from the Straits Times (which has collected over $4,000 for the family), I states the monthly report of Singapore's Social
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    $100 COCONUTS
    31 7 SEGAMAT. Mon. Caught while stealing 50 coconuts from a neighbour, 42-year-old Ahmad bin Sulong appeared in the Segamat Circuit Court and was fined $100 or 50 days' hard labour.
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    Train Driver Defied Snipers, WinsB.E.M.
    158 7 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. A MALAYAN Railway locomotive driver who stuck to the controls of his train though wounded by bandit snipers has been awarded the British Empire Medal. The drlTer. Gurusamy Ragavadoss who Is stationed at Gemas. Was on the night
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    Funeral Of Mrs. Miles
    90 7 FE funeral took place at Bidadari cemetery yesterday morning of Mrs. Ottollne Dorothy Miles, wife of Mr. C. V. Miles, senior partner of the law firm of Rodyk and Davidson. Mrs. Miles died at Kandang Kerbau Hospital on Sunday. There were many members of the Singapore
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    WATCH THEFT ALLEGED
    65 7 Alleged to have committed ti ?ft of a wrist watch valued at $60 on board s.s. Brooklyn Heights last Saturday. Hassan bin Tambl. aged 24. and Alias bin Al. aged 21, claimed trial in the Singapore Third Police Cour yesterday. They were alternatively charged with dishonestly disposing
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    COCKTAILS ON NEW SHIP
    56 7 Many distinguished guests among the shipping fraternity of Singapore were present at a cocktail party on board the Blue Funned ship, Pyrrhus, at Singapore last night. The Pyrrhus, a new ship on the line, provides the utmost comfort for passengers while earning dollars for Britain with
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    S'pore Murder Inquiry
    60 7 Because he Intervened on his brother's behalf in a petty quarrel over a pot of boiling water Oan Cheng Kal, a 37--year-old cook at the Tan Took Seng Hospital was stabbed to death This was stated In the Singapore Relief Court yesterday when a fellow-cook. Loy Teck
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    22 WOMEN FINED
    23 7 Twenty-two Chinese women were yesterday fined $20 each when they pleaded guilty In the Singapore Fourth Police Court to gambling.
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    3 ACCUSED IN SUGAR CASE
    77 7 TWO partnrts and an assistant of a Beach Road sundry goods shop were yesterday charged in the Singapore Second District Court with concealing 1,313 katis of sugar on Ot't. 12. They were Kwab Leng Kiah. 45. U n Swee Kirn. 47, and Ng Seek Yanr.
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    Police, Warders Test Outram Gaol Security
    209 7 iyt ORE than 150 armed police and prison officers iTI surrounded Outram faol, on the edge of Singapore's Chinatown, yesterday as the prison siren sounded the "gaol-break" alarm. Seven radio patrol cars converged on the area as instructions from their headquarters took them off
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    .....SO THE PLANE HAD TO GO ROUND AND ROUND
    93 7 .....SO THE PLANE HAD TO GO ROUND AND ROUND ABOAC YORK freight carrying aircraft from London, which circled low over Kalians Airport yesterday afternoon, caused a flutter among the people who thought the plane was in trouble. However, the aircraft made a perfect landing, coming in from over the direction
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    EXPORT of TYRES BANNED
    139 7 EXPORT of TYRES BANNED From Our Slurt 01 pondrnt KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. gXPORT of motor car, motor-cycle and motori( truck tyres has b».>n banned; by the Federation Government. A Government official said the ban was Imposed threrc I weeks ago. when it became clear that "we were going to run
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    CONCERT PIANIST
    32 7 The well-known concern pianist. Isidore Goodman: passed through Singapore yesterday afternoon by BOAC Constellation from London on his way to Australia where htt will give a series cf piand recitals.
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    600 GOVT CLERKS PROTEST
    473 8 Reject Benham, Ask Negotiating Machinery From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. FOLLOWING the Government's decision to put the question of salaries revision to direct negotiation, Government clerical workers, at a meeting at Kuala Lumpur today, unanimously rejected the Benham Report, demanded the immediate setting up
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    DIVORCE SUIT DISMISSED
    206 8 DIVORCE SUIT DISMISSED Hum Oar Stall Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. •pECAUSE It was not proved that Mr. D.A. Bates, an English mining enßineer. was domiciled in Selannor, a divorce suit brought by his wife, Mrs. G.J. Bates, was dimlssed today in the Kuala Lumpur Supreme Court. Mr Justice Taylor ruled
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    J AM CHONG ASSN. OFFICERS
    59 8 At th'ir annual meeting yestn.Uv. the Lam Chong Association, Singapore. elected the fnwwowlng office-bearers for the ci. >u ing year: President: Mr On<r Chin Hfe: -presidents: Messrs: Ec Soon K'voe. Tan Teow Eng. Tan Cher Ai'c Ho Phoon Lim and Foo Chin Penij: hon. secretary:
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    SAMSU FINE
    24 8 JOHORE Bahru. Mon— Soo Pin. of Panrtan. was fined $5 here today for beinit in possession of a bottle of illicit sam.su.
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    SOUTH MALAYA DISTRICT G.O.C.
    44 8 MAJ.-GEN. R. C. O. Hedley returned to Kuala Lumpur yesterday from leave in England and will assume command of South Malaya District. Maj -Gen. D. Dunlop, who was temporarily appointed to that command, will return as G.O.C. of Singapore District.
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    Full Staff Of Architects For P.W.D.
    81 8 Full Staff Of Architects For P.W.D. 'pOR the first time in 20 years, the Public Works Department has now a full complement of architects. This was disclosed by Mr. A. E. Oardiner. Director of Public Works, who told the Straits Times: "We have been short-staffed for many years. We recently
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    Malaya Buys More UK Sugar
    50 8 rENTY times more re fined sugar came from the United Kingdom to Mai aya in August this year than was shipped here in August 1949. In August this year 8.88 4 tons were received, compared with 440 tons in the s am? month last year.
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    Dance For T.B. Fund
    72 8 JOHORE BAHRU Mon. THE British Adviser. Johore. and Mrs J. Falconer were among the large gatherIng who attended the dance last night at the Royal Johore International Club in aid of the funds of the Johore Bahru District Anti-TB. Association. During the evening there were two
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    HIS LAST PROWL
    35 8 TIGER caught in a pic trap at Gunong Semangxol and ■hot by Mr. G. C. Grace. OCPD, Knan (left). With him arr Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Bunyan— Koay Joo Hong; picture
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    'WRONG NUMBER' IS FULL-TIME JOB FOR THEM
    213 8 gINCE Saturday night six Chinese clerks of the Oriental Telephone and Electric Company in Singapore have been working flat out telling callers they have the wrong number they are dialling one of those changed with the introduction of 1,000 new lines. Many thousands
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    Labour To Decide On Nair Today
    134 8 r PHE Labour Party, Singapore, at its general council meeting today, will consider among other things the suspension of one of their Vice-Presidents, Mr. M.P.D. Nair. Mr. Nair was suspended some time back from membership rights of the Party for having made an unauthorised
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    DRIVER FINED
    35 8 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Mon Lim Keong Mui. a lorry driver, was fined $20 here for using a lorry without having paid the Road Tax licence and a Goods Vehicle licence.
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    U.N. ANNIVERSARY IN SPORE
    194 8 SPECIAL talks by consular representatives on the achievements of the United I Nations Organisation and the magnitude of the task ahead of It, will feature the fifth anniversary celebrations of UNO. In Singapore this year. Tne rublic Relations Office, in conjunction with Commonwealth representatives and consulates
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    British withdraw from doomed Rangoon
    2233 9  - British withdraw from doomed Rangoon WINSTON S. CHURCHILL By IJO troops in our control could reach Rangoon in time to save it. But if we could not send an •row we could at any rale send a man. It was resolved to send Gen Alexander by air to the doomed
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      111 9 Everyone knows the best Virginia cigarettes are made in London; but, fortunately, they do not all stay there! The famous Benson Hedges red tin is a familiar sight in almost every country of the world. You will find these cigarettes in the hands of particular smokers who prefer to pay
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    jit's smart to wear rayon
    97 10 RAYON has now started a reign of popttlarity in the fashion world. All the French designers have adopted this material for their latest creations. Although at one time the welldressed woman would wear nothing but silk, now, if you want to be smart, you must
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    Last glamour boy-Flynn
    220 10 HOLLYWOOD. ADOLPHS Menjou, whose dapper moustache and fancy garb have been familier on' the screen since 1912, oemoans the lack of glamour boys in films today. "Women now seem to prefer the rugged he-man type IlKe Burt Lancaster and Paul Douglas." said the movie veteran "About the
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    Food and nutrition
    668 10  -  NURSE JANET MOTHERCRAFT IN MALAYA By many mothers are worried about food and about what not to give their offspring that quite often they unknowingly press the child to eat some riidding or food of little nutritive value There are a few broad principles, which. If followed,
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      222 10 Rupert and the Dragon Pills 22 Leaving the buildings on one side aiain and is well up ou. of reach. the great creature lands and Rupert When he looks for the pel dragon slides off his back on to the rocky he U iust in time to see it scuttle
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    London Stocks
    331 11 LONDON, Mon. WITH the turnover restricted by the approach of end of account, the London Stock Exchange began the week on a quiet note and with scattered small changes In prices. These, however, were generally to better levels and followed the good lead given by British Government securities.
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    EXCHANGE RATES IN HONG KONG
    33 11 HONG KONG. Mon. pHti. market currency esciumge rot Hong Kong dollars was quoted today as follows: 03*1 HKS626; £1 HKSI6 10; one tad of gold HKS2B2 U P
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    RUBBER MARKET
    265 11 New Record: $1.86 A Lb. For Spot A NEW record In the price of rubber was established in Singapore yesterday. Spot loose registered $1.86 a lb.. which was six cents above last Wednesday's peak. Rubber dealers attributed this big Jump to as yet unconfirmed reports that the United
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    TIN: $432 3/8 A PICUL
    34 11 SINGAPORE. Mon.. Oet lt-*432J7i (down $*).12,>. £877 a \m m Imim LONDON. Mon.. Oet I«.— Sp«H: £rT76— £B7t; Forward £<S2 £855; SetUemrnt £877. Turn-oTtrs: am 45 P.m. 60 tons.
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    The Produce Market
    152 11 From A Market CVrerrpondent pEPPKR prices In the Singapore produce market eaaed by to plcul for both the white aad black varieties yesterday, Muntok sellers quoted BMS. Sarawak otTers wer* at t-MM. and Lampong tas quoted at Ml 5. No business was reported in either the copra
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    Malayan Shares
    175 11 Rubbers Improve rr.ien A .Varkr-t CotUJfjondtnt RUBBER shares continued to rttract attention yesterday and prices showed small improvements. Tins and Industrials remained quietly steady. Rice changes announced yesterday by the MVayan Shar;broi£ers* Association were; Bajrert 8fllrr» Ale* Bricks Prrf I.U Fraarr Nr«»« Orda 3 07 i Utaaon Lit
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    London Rubber
    31 11 LONDON, Oct. 16 Spot UVid, Nov. 54d. Dec. 52>?d. Jan. -Mar. 4VA&, Apr-June. 42 '-.j, Oct. cj.f. 53 nominal Oct -Nov. cj.f. 50 \a, Nov. -Dec. cJI. U\d.,Tone: Dull.
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    RUBBER DIVIDENDS:
    24 11 LONDON. Mon. fPOH Rubbei Company resumes 1 dividend* with five per cent., the last previous d.vidend being four per cents in IMS.
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    TEMOH DREDGING
    45 11 •pEiJOH Tin Dredging directors propose payment of a dividend of 2s. per stock unit (10 per csut, against previous 7'«). less tax. for the year to June 30, 1950. The net profits are £38.644 (£l4. 501. previous yean Meeting In London Dec. 12.
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    Ships In The Roads And Alongside
    198 11 CHIPS In the Singapore Roads and alongside 8.H.8. godowna yesterday were: Outer Raaate: Hal Hsu.in. 3».i:0. Alexia. E. Tesbury, ux .-.u.n. Bunabaal. NUa. MaeUuycfcrr. Mahadera. Maung Buu, V<reverett. Oerton. Atieh. Chai. Macleod La Colorado, Eastern Pride. Inner Roads- Noruav. KWantan. B. C. Nawa, Chart,
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    TPCA Rally To Defeat Malays 5-2
    324 12 FEDERATION ROUND-UP From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Tp.cA. beat Selangor Malays by five goals to two in the Selangor A.F.A. Cup tie played on the Taylor Road ground this evening. Malays started oft with two quick goals by Sharlff and Razali but
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    World Champ In Singapore
    131 12 MERV YN Wood. 6 ft. 3 in Olympic and Empire sculling champion who recently annexed the world title on SchuylkJll River Philadelphia, passed through Singapore by Qantas plane early yesterday on his way back to Australia to continue his job as fingerprint expert vith the New
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    TWO CHANGES IN SCOTTISH XI
    77 12 LONDON. Mon.— The Scott iah Football Association announced two change* in the Scotland team to meet Wales at Cardlfl next fctwXa; 'ii <•■ Willy McNaught. Ralth Rovers' left back, replaces Cox of Ranger* and Bobby Collins, Celtic right wing, comes Into the side In place
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    COLONY FULL OF NEW HOCKEY TALENT
    459 12 IYiangular Meet Begins Today P? THERE is one game In the Colony in which each year reveals a fresh crop of new talent, that is hockey. This season has been no exception and the number of promising players that have made their appearance is
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    54 12 A FLYING SAVE: Coventry's goalkeeper Wood had to "fly" to this stiff shot taken by Brentford's centreforwa rd Pointon (not in picture). Wood succeeded in turning the ball round the post while another Brentford attacker looks for a chance. Coventry won this Second Division match played at Griffin Park on
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    Y.M.C.A. Were Disappointed
    62 12 Yes'erday's hockey match between the Police and the V.M.C.A. fell through because Police cou'd not gei up 11 players to take the Held. Members of the V.M.C.A. XI. who turned up at the Police Train°ng School ground, were disappointed when a police officer, who had volunteered to
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    NJOO WINS ON DISQUALIFICATION
    66 12 DOBBY NJOO, light and "welter champion of Indonesii defeated Little Paras on a disqualification in the fifth round of their fight before 9,000 people in Jakarta on Friday. Paras deputised for Little Nene who has malaria. Marcel Vogdehel, drew with Tan Gwat Tek, featherweight champion of
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    Indonesians Collected $5,912
    160 12 Indonesians Collected $5,912 QROSS gate receipts of the Indonesian soccer tourists' six matches in Singapore totalled $23,051, of which the tourists- share of 25 percent was $5,912. Government entertainment tax took $6,276. while Municipal rates amounted to $3,138. Biggest crowd to watch the Indonesians in action was in their last
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    HOCKEY OFF
    21 12 The friendly hockey match between BOD. and P.W.D. scheduled for yesterday at the St. George's Road ground was cancelled.
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    Referee's Warn ing Went Unheeded
    303 12 Referee 's Warn ing Went Unheeded Chinese 3; Indians 0. fHINESE beat Indians by three goals to nothing in X/ the last of the seasons S.A.F.A. Community League matches at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Uttce again, end-oi-season aimoaph:re prevailed. There I was only a handful of spectators and from them
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    9 WICKET WIN FOR C WEALTH
    144 12 BARODA. Mon. The Commonwealth cricket tourists beat Baroada by nine wickets today. The 'scores are:BA«()I»A— I»T. INNS.: IM COMMONWEALTH— IST. ISM.: it* BARODA— >ND. INNS.: r*war I mniMi b Laker Ii Viikirr mo out I). K Oarkoad c Jtuoirit k WsrrrM SS Vljajr Haiarr
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    BUSINESS HOUSES FINAL TODAY
    169 12 'THE Singapore A.F.A. Business Houses league championship .vill be decided brtween Oriental Telephone S. C. and Tiger Btandird 8. C at Jalan Besar stadium oday. Tiger Standard were unbeaten in the "A" division with Praser 3c Nrava B.C. close runners-up. There wa* keen competition tn "B"
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    3 GOALS BY MISS HAYES
    107 12 Playing their opening game of the aeason yesterday, the Singapore Cricket Club Women's 2nd XI Deat > 'h«* Vvomeriji i<o.ai Force 2nd XI by three goals to one In a friendly hockey match on the padang. Contributing greatly to th'lr win was the good defence
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    Pack Rolls Over For Winning Try
    340 12 A DETERMINED push by the pack in a five-yard set scrum a few minutes before the end enabled Singapore Cricket Club "B" to score a narrow 11 points (one g«al and two penalties) to eight points (one goal and one penalty ?oal) victory over
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    Kid Walkey Confident
    181 12 AM confident I will reX peat my victory over Basil Shaw.' said Kid Walkey after his workout at Joe Diamond's cacnp last evening. And judging by his workout, thf "Kid means busin se when he meets Basil Shaw in a return bout at the Happy World stadium
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    Badminton Fixtures
    112 12 SINGAPORE Badminton Assoolalion's Cc« for the weekend to be played off at the Clerical Union Hall are:: SATIRDAY. at Mil p.m. Junior Inter-Club: Shell SC v Merry'ime B.P. Women's Sin«le* (Kin.il;: Mas H»len Hen" Mrs. Chlonh Hlok Chor (Lucky ca:ke' M \n\V. at ».3» a.m. Junior Inter-Club: I.urky
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    Faultless 109 By Reg Simpson
    312 12 PERTH, Monday. THE M.C.C. began their two-day match against 1 Western Australia Colts on a concrete-like pitch here today and at close of play had scored 239 for two wickets after dismissing the Colts for 103. Hostile, lively bowling by John Warr, Cambridge and Middlesex
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    Bus Was Late, So Varsity LostTwo-One
    234 12 Bus Was Late, So Varsity LostTwo-One RA.F. CHANGI beat Unl- versity of Malaya twoone in a game of hockey, played at Changi yesterday. Taking the field with four (topgaps and using borrowed slicks I and pads because a bus carrying I all their materials and some plai yers had been
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      36 12 SINGAPORE TID V S TODAY: 2.38 am fSft) and 1.43 p.m. (8.1): 1-45 <♦••> an d 8 46 pm (1.1). TOMORROW: 3.45 am (7.3) and J. 32 pm (S. 1 8.2» am (5.5) and 10 pm (1.8).
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      59 12 SOCCER: SAFA Businew Houtea Final: Ti(er Standard v Oriental Telephone at Jalan Besar. RLGBi: Spore Harbour Board, t Far I >st Station at Phoenix Park. HOCKEY: Triangular Tournej: Civilians K.A.t. on padang: R.E.M.E. v Shell at Psya Lebar; Ceylon S.C. t 8.0.D. at BalextiFr: P Si T v Cable Wireless
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