The Straits Times, 8 November 1950

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1950. it PRICE TEN CENTS,
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    $32 MILLION SURPLUS THIS YEAR
    624 1 $32 MILLION SURPLUS THIS YEAR Budgeting For $72 Million Deficit In 1951 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. JHE Government of the Federation of Malaya will end this, year with a surplus of more than $32 million, although four months ago it faced a deficit of $40 million. I
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    62 1 NEWLY-WEDS Petty Officer R. Floyd and Miss E. Latham have to bend rery low to hear whispers of bes( wishes from two very shy little juests after their wedding at St. Andrew's Cathedral. Singapore, yesterday. The two girls, Margaret Emily and Margaret Theo, had earlier given the bride lucky mementoes,
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    'NOTMUCH SENSE': DENING
    199 1 'NOTMUCH SENSE': DENING TOKYO. Tues. CIR Esler Dening, United Kingdom roving Ambassador, questioned by P:ess correspondents here today on the significance of Chinese aci-ion regarding Korea, said: "I frankly do not know. It does not seem to me to make much sense." Sir Esler. addressing Brlt'sh. American and other vo:
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    TYPHOON HEADS TOWARDS P.I.
    32 1 MANILA. Tues.— A typhoon with a wind velocity of 95 miles an hour at its centre was today reported bearing toward tho Philimines from ti\.' south-< a.st A.P
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    THE FEDERATION'S FINANCES
    64 1 THE FEDERATION'S FINANCES THE financial position of the Federal Government as summarised in the memorandum on the draft estimates for 1950 is as follows: Estimated surplus available at Jan. 1. 1950 $41. 460.118 Estimated surplus on 1950 32.418.314 $73,878,442 Appreciation of investments 421.558 Estimated surplus available at Jan 1. 1951
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    Three Killed In Blast
    76 1 CLACTON (Es?ex I Tues. THREE men were killed, one missing and 25 men and women injured in an expiosion today at a chemirai factory on Bramble Island, 10 miles from here. The injured were taken to hospital. The explosion was In a mixing shed in the
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    DETAINED
    28 1 HONG KONG. Tues—Chinese Communist <■ have detained a prominent British businessman. John Keswick, and his wife just as they were leaving Tientsin for Hong Kong. U.P. Cup Victory
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    Foreman Shot, Man Escapes On Bicycle
    276 1 CHINESE foreman of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, Mr. Tan Fook Seng, aged 39. was shot in the stomach at close range and wounded yesterday afternoon while inspecting two of his partly-constructed fourstoreyed shophouses at Syed Alwi Road, Singapore. Although 20 labourers were working
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    U.N. Troops Gain 2 Miles In Counter-Offensive
    270 1 AMERICAN and Bri river in north-wes gained two miles in t) TOKYO, Tuesday. itish troops struck out across the Chongchon t Korea today in a broad counter-offensive and le first few hours against withdrawing Communist forces. The United Nations forces met only light
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    BIG ADVANCE IN TIN PRICE
    36 1 LONDON. Tues. THE run away market in tin continued this morning and. at the opening tin was quoted at £1,290 per ton. an advance of £1121.— U.P. (See also Page 10).
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    MOSCOW PARADE
    25 1 LONDON, Tues.— A pnra<ie of the Soviet armed might through Moscow's Red Square highlighted the 33rd anniversary of the Red revolution today.— U.P.
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    OVER IN HOUR
    29 1 NEW YORK, Tues.— The Guatemalan Government has quelled an uprising by a group led by retired Col. Castillo Aramas. The clash lasted only an hour. Reuter.
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    RED BILLS ON 'TURN LEFT' SIGNS
    55 1 COMMUNISTS yrsterday stuck five Red Dosters on "Turn Left" sierns at Newton Circus. They also out up posters in Tlon» Bahru and outside the Teachers' Training Collet* at Caknhlll Road. Ked flags were hoisted on telr phone lines at Paya Lebar and on a
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    BUSY DAY FOR THE RUSSIANS
    95 1 LAKE SUCCESS. Tues. rE United States today formally presented to the Security Council. General MacArthur's accusation that Chinese Communist troops had invaded Korea. Council members were puzzled by the fact that the Soviet Union's chair was not occupied by Mr. Jacob Malik, chief Russian representative
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    VARIETY SHOW RAISES $31,500
    38 1 The S.A.T.A. and Poppy Day F^, n 5? wHected more than $31,500 last night when more than 1,600 people. Including the Governor. Sir Franklin Gimson, attended a gala variety-cinema show at the Capitol Theatre
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    $75,000 Post
    25 1 NEW YORK, Tues.— Paul Hoffman, former head of E.C.A.. was last night elected President of the Ford Foundation at U5575,000 a year. A.P.
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    FOR BURMA
    15 1 RANGOON, Tues The Burmese Government has accepted a U.S. offer of 10 gunboats.
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    BANDIT CHIEF SURRENDERS: "I WAS TOOL"
    604 1 BANDIT CHIEF SURRENDERS: "I WAS TOOL From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. J^AM Swee, 33-year-old political commissar for the bandits in Johore, with a price of $10,1)00 on his head, walked into the police station at Bentong, Pahang, and gave himself up, the Federation Government announced today. He surrendered
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    Defence Of Hanoi No. 1 Problem
    141 1 Defence Of Hanoi No. 1 Problem SAIGON Tn-'s pOMMUNIST lorcei today \J tightened their iqueezs near Hanoi and the R.-fl River delta. Inci< -China's biggest rice bowl A French spokesman .sail pressure south-east of the bi* northern capital of Ham* had become the number on» problem" French forces which -v
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    HOLLIS BACK
    47 1 Lieut. -Gen. Sir Leslie Holli*, Commandant General of th» Royal Marines, who has beea inspecting the Royal Marina Commandos in Malaya, returned to Singapoie from 'he Federation by Malayan Airways yesterday. The C-.in-C, Far East Fleet, Admiral Sir Patrick Brind, met him b| Kallang airport.
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    BRITAIN 'SIGNS GRAIN PACT WITH SOVIET
    201 2 LONDON, Tuesday. SOVIET Russia has agreed to send Britain 800,000 tons of coarse grains in the next twelve months, the Ministry of Supply announced last night. Russia will be paid in Sterling with which she may buy raw materials from the sterling arearubber, wool,
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    POPE PRAYS AS MILLION WATCH
    31 2 THE POPE prays before reading to more than 1,000,000 pilgrims at Rome the dogma of the bodily Assumption into Heaven of the Virgin Mary. A.P. picture.
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    UNESCO GIFT
    33 2 PARIS. Tues— The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation has decided to send relief workers and $15,000 worth of scientific instruments to the Dibrugarh Medical School in Upper Assam.— Reuter.
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      The 'Exciting' Girl On A Bicycle
      275 2 RUDOLF Pleil, self-confessed murderer of nine women, told a court at Brunswick, Germany, that he killed 27-year-old Irene Hartman because he became excited when the wind blew up her skirt while she was cycling. Pleil repeatedly accused his alleged accomplice, Karl Hoffmann who has
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      ATOMIC EXPERT IS IN RUSSIA
      101 2 LONDON, Tuesday. THE British Government announced yesterday that there is "no doubt" that Prof Bruno Pontecorvo, a British atomic expert, had gone to Russia. The Supply Minister, Mr. George Strauss, told the House of Commons that Prof. Pontecorvo who left Britain ostensibly for a vacation
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      290 2 NOTICES NOTICE Disposal of Vehicles. By the Order of the Director Ordnance Ber*lc«s GHQ FARELF Surpuls W.O. vehicles located at 221 Vehicle Battalion R.A.0.C., 7th Milestone. Johore/Kota Tlnggi Road, will shortly be sold by Tender Contractors not on the ceglttexed Ust but wishing to become elitrfble to Tender should apply
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    U.S. CALLS SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING
    278 3 U.S. CALLS SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING China Named As Aiding Reds ™«r, ,t LAKE SUCCESS, Tuesday THL United States yesterday asked for a special meeting of the Security Council to be called tomorrow to discuss the intervention of Communist China in the Korean war. The reauest was made shortly after General
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    AMERICA VOTES ON TRUMAN POLICY
    238 3 AMERICA VOTES ON TRUMAN POLICY WASiiiMGio::. rues. Ill ORE than 40 000,000 111 Americans are voting t >(<a\ in the Congressional elections which will decide what part the United States is to play in international affairs lot the next two years n policy became an in n itngljp important issue
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    U.S. TAX PUN FOR KOREA OPPOSED
    86 3 LAKE SUCCESS. Tues. AMERICAN proposals that the united Nations should assess all member governments for their fair share of the Korean Relief I-und met open opposition yesterday. France. Belgium and Pakistan, in the Economic and Social Council were against any change from the basis
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    110 3 Senator Knowland said *n a tehgram to the Secretary of State. Mr. Dean Acheson, yesterday that the real reason" t:ie offer was rerused was because of fears that "acceptance might furnish the excuse for the invasion of Korea by Chinese Communists." Senator Knowland's telegram continued: 'Since that has now happened
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    BRITISH ATTITUDE MAY CHANGE
    328 3 In London yesterday, the British Foreign Secretary. Mr. Ernest Bevin, discussed the whole subject of relations with China with the American Ambassador. Mr. Lewis Douglas, and with the Indian High Commissioner Mr Krishna Mencn. Mr. Douglas and Mr. Menon ssked to see Mr Bevin and called
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    N. KOREA FRONTIER
    39 3 rhf« n Korea p t fr ntler with Manchuria, which Chinese Communist troops have crossed to join the Red Koreans in a drive towards Pyongyang Four diVi s.ons are believed to be preparingVor the" next T*lu7t"
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    Russia Wants To Brand Blockades
    200 3 c s LAKE SU CCESS, Tuesday. rpHE Soviet Union introduced proposals in the 1 United Nations General Assembly v^terday that would brand naval blockades-such I? th, United States blockade of Formosa-as aggression The Soviet sought also to Drand a s aggression: L A declaration of
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    PRAVDA PRATTLE
    35 3 WASHINGTON, Tues State Department Press officer Mr. Michael McDermott today flatly denied a statement by the Soviet newspaper Pravda that American troops are in Nepal, Indo-Chlna, Malaya and other nearby Asian countries.— U.P.
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    17 DIE IN CLASH
    33 3 GUATEMALA, Tues Seventeen people were killed when 70 armed men led by a Colonel broke into a military base near Guatemala yesterday. The clash lasted three hours. A P
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    Arabs Wait To Attack, Say Jews
    148 3 NEW YORK. Tues. AUBREY EHA, Israeli Ambassador to the United States, said yesterday that the Arab States "are secretly musing a diabolic hope" that the world conditions will enable them to "renew their onslaught on the state of Israel." He told the convention of
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    P.I. TO PAY U.S. $35 MILLIONS
    56 3 WASHINGTON, Tues.— The U.S. Treasury said yesterday the Philippine Government would be allowed 10 years to pay the unused part of US $47,000,000 sent by the U.S. in 1948 to cover war damage claims. Only U5512,000,000 was needed for claims payments, leaving U5535,000,000 to
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    U.S.-KOREA POST RESUMED
    40 3 WASHINGTON, Tues— The U.S. Post Office Department said yesterday it is resuming air mail service to Korea immediately. All mall service, except tor the armed services, had been suspended since the Korean war started in June AP.
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    Told To Go,Said 'No' To Reds
    101 3 LONDON, Tues. THE British Foreign Office 1 said yesterday the expulsion of its Vice-Consul from Mukden followed his refusal to i allow construction of rifle pits in the consulate grounds. Peking radio said on Saturday that Mr. Leve Stevenion had been ordered to (suit
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    Gold Worth £100,000 In Crashed Plane
    136 3 a rrtttcxj PARIS. Tuesday. A 2S: IS S s u c *"<* yesterday that the Air Bust «^^S5. d Su^iss& ms SttoTafS iSTiS,SS? Hene Payot, veteran French alpine guide, was killed by an avalanche last night while leading a 50-man military rescue patrol over
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    'Think Again on Duty Demand
    381 3 'Think Again on Duty Demand From Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Tues. MINCING Lane criticlT ism of the new rubber duty finds an echo in the newspapers today. The Times, which polr.U out that one of the first effects must be to discourage forward sales and stresses the serious repercussions of
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    BELGIANS ARM CHINA
    70 3 BRUSSELS, Tups. Belgian arms manufacturers are accused by a Belgian newspaper of providing arms to Communist China Quoting figures from official statistics and from its own sources, La Cite said that weapons worth U554,700,000 had gone to China between January and September 1950. A Belgian businessman told
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    NO TEARS AT SHAW'S CREMATION
    154 3 LONDON, Tues I THE body of Oeorge Bernard Shaw was cremated at the Golders Green crema- I torinm after a private fjuoeral i service attended only by a I few relatives and "friends i^ e w were n 0 rlergy and at i Shaw's wish,
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    WINDFALL IN FEDERATION FROM TRADE BOOM DUTIES
    576 4 $7 Million Deficit Becomes $32.4 Surplus From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday THE rubber and tin boom will earn $hO million 1 more in 1950 for the Government of the Federation of Malaya than was anticipated a alone is expected to bring
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    9 4 Hb-i-rv OFFICER R. Floyd, at H.M.S. T«rror, »nd his
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    WELFARE SPENDING SLASHED
    195 4 from Our SUIT Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. CTRONG criticism of the Social Welfare Department of the Federation and a slashing cut in its 1951 estimates have been made by the Sending Committee on Finance of the Federal Legislative Council In its report on the estimates the committee
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    Ship Took U.S. Aid To Indo-China
    145 4 Ship Took U.S. Aid To Indo-China DESCRIBED oj a:: American Embassy spokesman ha Saigon recently as "another <id ship." the U.S freighter, steel Age. docked in Singa- oore yesterday utter dtliverng equipment to FYencn •r'oi.ps fighting me Communists in Indo-Ciiinii. She is the second ship to deliver part of the
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    DATO ONN AND MALAYA HOUSE
    68 4 Dato Onn bin Ja'afar writes to point out with reference to the report of his address at UMNO House on Sunday, that at no stage did he criticise Malaya Hall, where students live and meet in London. On the contrary, he had much praise for
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    ELEVEN FINED
    27 4 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Tues.— Eleven Chinese were each fined $10 in the Police Court today for hawking foodstuffs in a orohibited area.
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    Women Jurors Next Year
    63 4 UOR the first time in its history, Singapore will have Ihe 1931 jury list which is on dispiay In the Snpreme rOa Ab b o U ut d 8 n 00b names ate listed, a, agatost near* T.OOO f r wo'meo whose names aPlgarhi the J»gJ
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    N. Perak Transfer
    45 4 From Our Own Correspondent TAIPING. Tues.— Mr. Cloh ChenK Swee has been transferred from the Treasury] ol the Taiplng Sessions Ccjurt as chief clerk, succeeding^r Ong Jin Hoe who. has bten promoted to secretary *ccountant of the Larut and Matans: Town Board.
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    Fed. Will Spend $440.4 M. In 1951
    323 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. THE Government of the Federation of Malaya will 1 spend the record sum of $440.4 million in 1951 as against $368.8 million this year. Revenue is estimated at $367.6 million-a deficit over tho year of $72.8
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    STAMPING DOWN
    41 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. DECALSE the Federal Government will only issue- a limited number of new stamps next year, it will lose 5505.500 in revenue. Stamp collectors spend that much on new Malayan issues every year.
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    4 Items For Wellington Conference
    147 4 •\ITHEN the Commonwealth vv Parliamentary Association bi-annual conference opens at Wellington, New Zealand, this week, Malaya will oe specifically Interested ;r. four subjects— Pacific detencc the economic position of "the Commonwealth, migration and problems of SouthEast Asia. Malaya s delegates Mr. P. t de Souza.
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    J.B. TEA, COFFEE PRICES DROP
    54 4 From Our Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Tues— In consequence of the warning that Government would ake action against those selling tea and coffee at 20 spnts a cup, coffee shop keeoers nave reduced the prfcf to 17 cents Coffee or tea without milk also costs
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    RAILWAY WILL COST $39 MILLION
    148 4 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. MALAYAN Railway will cost iVi the Federation $39,950,000 in 1951, according to a Supply Bill to be introduced at the Budget meeting of the Federal Legislative Council. The draft estimates of revenue and expenditure of the railway show
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    HONOUR FOR YONG YIT LIN
    67 4 Mrs. Yong Ylt Lin, widow of Mr Yong Yit Lin. who was shot in May, will receive a certificate of honour awarded her husband at a ceremony at Government House on Nov. 20 Nineteen people will receive orders, medals and certificates from the Governor, Sir
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    OBJECTION BY BAR OVERRULED
    83 4 Fuib Our Own Correspondent jCTiiore bahru, Tues.— Mr. O. H. Da Silva. In the Johore High Court yesterday submitted the petition of Mr. A Muttusamy for admission to the Bar of the Federation. He stated that Mr. Muttusamy had been called to the Bar in England
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    $200,000 A YEAR ON HOTEL GRANTS
    386 5 $432,00()T08ui1d 18 More Houses From Our Stiff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. PRACTICALLY $200,0 M a year is being spent in Kuala Lumpur alone in allowances to maintain senior (iovernment officers in hotels and boarding houses because of the acute short;il!o of accommodation. This was
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    SPORE SHOW
    33 5 ni/hr J nC f Which was leatur I** night s successful stage show "You Don't Have To Know The Language," at the Capitol Theatre for Poppy Day funds. Straits Times picture.
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    SCHOOLS' STRIKE AVERTED
    132 5 SCHOOLS' STRIKE AVERTED KE action by Mala} leligtoua teachers in Ke- was averted recentlj when an emergency meeting down a proposal U .strike In support of a demand for a better wage scale, the Me.'ayu Rava reports fron X ifa Bahru. Tho paper says that Malay teachers employed by the
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    MURDER TRIAL DATE FIXED
    37 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues.— V. Vellasamy was charged in the Hi?ll Court with murdering Letchumi at the P.W.D labourers' lines Kota Tinggi on July 23. The trial was fixed tor Nov. 12 and 13
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    Singapore Diary
    98 5 1 M.t A Orchard Road, joint Bi. iff meeting, a.m. chess club. 5 p.m.. Art Club 6 p.m., education illin on tmdi? union movement. 8 P in V. W. C. A., Katong Groups' St. Hilda's School. Ceylon p.m. < HINfcSK V M. A., s-legie Road, basketball. 5 p.m
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    BEAT UP VILLAGERS, OFFICER FINED
    168 5 From Our Staff Correspondent a ftiropttam ?UA? UAI TAT A LUMPU R- Tuesday. A EUROPEAN police lieutenant, who dragged villagers out of their houses and assaulted them was today fined $100 when he pleaded guilty in the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court to a charge of
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    BAIL OF $500
    31 5 Charged with fraudulent possession of 19 bags of rice on Nov. 6. Lav Char was granted bail of $500 until Nov 14 in the Second Police Court yesterday.
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    JUMBLE SALE
    48 5 y The Seventh Day Adven- Lists Mission will held a Bazaar and Jumble Sale on the Malayan Seminary com- pound at Upper Serangoon Road between 3 p.m. and 9 p.m. tomorrow in aid of the welfare work of the Asso- ciated Dorcas Societies of the Mission.
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    46 5 I hST WE FORGET: Another cross with Its poppy is r i h H d c^* Garden of Remembrance at St. Andrew" wno died in either of the world wars are on sale all this week at the Chapter House of the Cathedral Straps limes picture.
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    Singapore's Garden Of Remembrance
    168 5 THIS years Singapore Gar1 den of Remembrance in memory of those who died in the last two wars. Is beßinning to DOW in the grounds of at Andrew s Cathedral The fust six crosses with tneir red popples and bearing the names of those remembered, were
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    Frenchman Shot On Perak Road
    235 5 From Our Own Correspondent i prfvph 4, KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. A K 5 CH tln miner w h« drove on after bandits had ordered him to halt on a road in Perak yesterday was shot in the back and is now in hospital. The bandits
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    To Be Banished Again
    79 5 A T c nar &t against 50-year-old Lim Chong Yang of returning to the Colony after hh f t had been banished was withdrawn in the Singapore Relief Court yesterday Lim. who has been held In custody since his arrest a month ago. was discharged the
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    NEGLIGENCE: $50
    29 5 .JOHORE BAHRU. Tues Za:nalabidin bin Abbas was fined $50 in the Police Court today for negligent driving as a result of which he collided with another car
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    Panic Led To Arrest
    82 5 When he was stopped at junction of Merchant Street and Boa i Quay by a policeman who wanted to look at his identity card. 61-years-old Yap Foo panicked and tried to run away. The policeman- searched him and found a packet containing a quarter of a
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    U.S. THANKS GOVERNOR
    75 5 Americans in Singapore warmly appreciated the message from the Governor. Sir Franklin Glmson. over the attempt on President Truman's life, said the American Consul-Genera!, Mr W. R Langdon, in a letter to the Governor, released yesterday. He said he was sure that the White House, to which
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    WOMEN CHARGED WITH FIGHTING
    56 5 Two women. Lim Lian Hlng and Leong Van Tal. were charged in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday with disorderly behaviour by fighting in the charge room of the Kreta Ayer police station on the night of Nov 6. On their clalml*)* trial, the case wa«
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    S.C. Guilty Of Murder But Insane
    137 5 S.C. Guilty Of Murder But Insane From Our Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Tues. FOUND guilty of murder but Insane, Jantan bin iusope. a special constable, denied in the High Court here today that he shot his victim in the hope that someone would shoot him f inc c the Muslim religion
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    LOTTERY CHARGE
    29 5 Alleged tc have assisted in a chap ji kl lottery. Ngee En*. of Anguillia Road, claimed trial m the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday. unSfi&S* 00 ffered
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    BOARD TO ASSESS TIN WAR CLAIMS
    336 5 BOARD TO ASSESS TIN WAR CLAIMS From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Tues A PANEL of assessors, drawn from the tin mining industry in the Federation, will be responsible for all tin mining claims relating to war damage compensation. The War Damage Commission decided that in this way the industry
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    18 6 HMXiW On 5h November. Ai .^,r Patrick Hadow. Ctalrmw p Evans M Co. Ltd.. formerly of Malaya.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Wed., Nov. 8, 1950. The Federal Estimates
    1076 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed., Nov. 8, 1950. The Federal Estimates The Federal Government's estimates for 1951, with the two official explanations which accompany them, make vexed and involved reading. Vexatious because once again they make so clear the extraordinarily favourable position the Federal treasury would enjoy were it not
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    78 6 LONDON, Tues.— T;e President of the Newspaper Society, Mr. W. T. Curtis-Wil-ron, yesterday warned that the world was facing a newsprint famine which "must "v more acute with each year that passes." Mr Curtis-Wilson, in a letter to the editor cf The -nmes, said that it was true
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    2394 6  - Stalin: 'All that is in the past' WINSTON S. CHURCHILL By QN the evening of Aug. 14 we atlended the oflicinl iinner at the Kremlin, where about 40 people, including military commanders, members of Politburo, and other high officials were present Stalin and Molotov did the honours in cordial fashion.
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      444 6 I HAVE been following very closely the letters j written by "Veritas" and "Another Unwanted European." I whole-heartedly support the latter s, published in last Saturday's Forum We allowea great deal to the Englishmen who, by their gallant efforts, have made Malaya a habitable country. All our
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      MALAYANS NOTSAKAIS
      104 6 pjOES "Another Unwanted European." writing in last Saturday's Forum, actually mean that had Europeans lever come to Malaya there would never have been railways, airways, radios. Press. 3icycles, cinemas, penicillin md many other drugs, etc., in Ma:aya? Has he been to see Japan? rhe interior of Great China
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      SKIN PIGMENT IN THE QUEUE
      102 6 HAVE no grievances against the white man. But I certainly do not like the manner In which the Singapore Haroour Board Police issue permits to people who want to enter the wharf area. I do not mind queueing up with the rest of the crowd
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      ON PULAU TEKONG
      97 6 DULAU TEKONG is an island opposite Chang! point. Singapore. It has s population of over 5,000 Th letter-collecting days of thi Island occur only twice t week, on Monday and Wed ne if da you send aa emergenc: letter to Singapore on Thurs day it must be
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      IMPRESSIONS DNREVISITING MALAYA
      242 6 IMPRESSIONS DNREVISITING MALAYA AFTER my retirement twelve years ago from the F.M.S. Railways, I was keenly interested in the transport problems of Ceylon. In those days I was constantly telling the Ceylon public that one of the misfortunes of the Ceylon Government Railway was that their salesmanship was very poor,
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    449 6 Balaam's Ass WHEN I saw the heading Balaams Ass Bites Rubber in the leader page of the Straits Times yesterday morning it occurred to me that very few Asian readers could have heard this Bible story, and that an explanation should be given. Alas, although both my wife and
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      679 6 Straits Times Free Press Ui Roof, $.nM»ort CoW Stool* Oteliwd Ro«0 CLASSIFIED ADS. CEHVICE. On 3rd November «t Hospital to Madge wife (Mickey) Service, Kuala I'll.di. tAMB McLEAN. At m. le..n. daughter of Mr. Mr«- J. P. VUUmB. RAF „sr. and Mrs. Ong O>. T« ■I H(Kk »!<«■ Company, and
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      79 6 f I THE PIPES DRUMS 26th GURKHA INFANTRY BRIGADE will Beat Retreat on the Padang on friday, 10th Nov. 1950 at 6 p.m. by permission of Brigadier LH.O.Pugh, D.5.0., Commander 26th Gurkha Infantry Brigade, ancTthe Officers Commanding: Ist Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 2nd Bn. 6th Gurkha Rifles 2nd Bn. 10th Princess
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    'WE ARE BEING KEPT DOWN'- TEACHERS
    261 7 'Our Legitimate Aspirations Not Recognised 9 THE Malayan teachers' demand for a unified Pan-Malayan Education Service to end discnrnmation between the Asian and European staff may not be granted because "that would be contrary to Britain's present colonia policy of maintaining the separate hierarchy
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    COAST ROAD MAY BE BUILT SOON
    181 7 COAST ROAD MAY BE BUILT SOON \UORK on a new coast road linking Changi village and Tanah Merah Bear may start during 1 lie first half of 1951. provided the Finance Committee upo;oves the transfer of $204 000 orivmallv oarmnrked to Bukit rimah village to build a by-pass road at
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    Taximeters For S'pore
    59 7 The Registrar of Vehicles Department. Singapore, is preparing to implement the Municipal Commissioners' decision for the installation rf taximeters in all Singapore taxis by June next year. One of their Mechanical Inspectors, Mr. s. W. G Edlin. returned this week from the United Kingdom where he spent
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    OPEN AGAIN
    20 7 Trie Serangoon Road Post Office, which was damaged by the whirlwind last Thursday, will reopen for business toda'v.'
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    PUBLIC NOT BANNED'
    142 7 PUBLIC NOT BANNED' Reservoirs DEOPLE will not be barred 1 from visiting the Pierce or Macßitchie Reservoirs even though these Municipal catchment areas have been declared protected places The acting Municipal President Mr. T. P. F. McNeice. told the Straits Times yesterday that it was not the Municipal Commissioners' Intention
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    Ran Brothel Charge
    90 7 A 29-year-oid woman. Lim n Meng Choo, of Hamilton Road, was remanded in police custody until today when she appeared in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday charged with managing a brothel between Oct. 22 and Nov. 6 this year. She was also charged with living on
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    OPIUM TIED ROUND WAIST
    59 7 A 55-year-oJd woman, Low Ah Mway. who was found with six slabs of opium around her waist when she was searched at the Woodlands Customs Station, yesterday pleaded guilty in the Singapore Second District Court to possessing the opium. The case was postponed until Nov. 17
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    CAMERA, PENS A STOLEN
    43 7 A $380 camera, two founan'rf ttS*™ Wo L th about 66 f™, ♦K ln rSS? h Were stolen om the Officers' Mess at Selarang Barracks at Changi. Singapore, yesterday The Property belonged to Lt It Gibson, of the R.A.M.C
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    TO PROTEST
    32 7 C hine se trade associations and guilds n Singapore will hold a public meeting at the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce on Saturday to protest against the introduction ofre-entry visas.
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    APPOINTED
    25 7 ind r b£ II T M > Ol bson-Hlll an 7^ i R Aerla have been ?™mi nted Mcdlc al Officers to chSn. SingaPore school
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    COLONY TO EXAMINE AGE OF RETIREMENT
    174 7 (SINGAPORE Government s«r£n s Set^ pap a committee to u^Ti c tne question of whether the retirement of Government officials at the age of 55 Is in the best interests of the Colony bJn c mml «cc. which has been set up following a
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    Lame And Blind Visit Statue
    203 7 AyA y P5 EE L old people man y of th ehi blind and crippled, hobbled on walking sticks or were pushed m wheelchairs to see the cedarwood statue Hnmp Ur fn% Of A Fatima Sl the Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged
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    GUILTY PLEA TO LOTTERY CHARGE
    44 7 Kay Hai San, aged 32 Pleaded guilty in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday to assisting in chap ji W lottery at Ophir Road at 1 a.m. yesterday. until Nov. 14 for sentence and bail of $1,000 was allowed
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    ONLY WOMAN LAWYER IN S'PORE
    113 7 ONLY WOMAN LAWYER IN S'PORE the moment there is only one woman lawyer in Singapore, but the possibilities are that there will be half a dozen within the next two years. The first local girl to return to Singapore as a lawyer, Miss Kwa Geok Choo, now Mrs. Lee Kuan
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    Own Bills Office For Joo Chiat
    173 7 A PERMANENT sub-offlce for the payment of Municipal water light and gas bills is to be established at Joo Chiat after the success or the experimental office opened at the end of last month at the Joo Chiat Town Cleansing Depot. «f Th s
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    OIL CHIEF HERE
    44 7 fnili ?I esm ent of the Calim nl TT J XU 011 Company. Mr. W. F. Bramstcdt. arrived Rr>f^ n f apore yesterday by n£o£ f0 J a week s vlsl t to the Singapore by hifwife 1S accom P anlpd
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    Three Old Women Wheeled To See 'Our Lady'
    38 7 THREE OLD women of Uie Home for the Aged in Thomson Road were pushed in their wneelchairs to see the Statue of Our Lady of Fatima yesterday. Straits Times picture.
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    $1,000,000 FOR FESTIVAL
    89 7 $1,000,000 FOR FESTIVAL CINGAPORE Hindus will spend more than $1,000 000 during tomorrow's Deeuavali festival. Deepavali, a national festival of India, is the day of marking the successful conclusion of the historic Hindu mythological victory of Lord Krishna over the Demon King Narakasura. It is the New Year Day for
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    NEW PEAK TB ATTENDANCE
    64 7 Attendances at the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association and Clinic and Treatment Centre, last month reached a new peak. There was a daily attendance of 137 people for diagnosis and 300 for treatment Almost threequarters were Chinese. To cope with the cases the Clinic and Treatment Centre hope
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    GOVT. OFFERS 2 SCHOLARSHIPS
    90 7 London Matriculation^ Ww?^ and rf.w ii ?h? h sut> J e^ts who have 10 years M laya f r the lMt inJ^htS 6 EH? for cn Bineerand fhlf Shl ta 25 y ea ana that for vefprlnorv scholarship 21 years y Age Limits as 1 °r
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    RAPE CHARGE
    39 7 Teo Sin Koh, aged 32 was tentatively chargld In The Singapore Relief CourT y<s? Lee Ec Lai on three separate occasions between Oct. 9 and 2 L£. a r m ln A er xJv°u' &S remanded """I
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    BAIL OF $1,300
    48 7 A woman, Chang Yew Luan was allowed bail of $1,300 in two sureties until Dec. 8 when .■the claimed trial in the Singapore Second Police Court [yesterday to cheating Sng L& Keng of a gold and diamond wristlet, rallied at JSy 28 Serangoon Road 04i
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    HOLIDAY 'CONNIE' PASSES THROUGH
    44 7 XIIIRTY-scven people employees of Shell Co, their wives and childrenpassed through Singapore from Biak, New Guinea, yesterday by X.L.M. Constellation on their way to Amsterdam, for six months' leave. This is their first return to their homes in three years.
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    3 Years For Two Men
    108 7 "TTOIS is a very serious matI ter," said Mr. Justice Evans yesterday when he sentenced Tan Klan Chay and Tan Ah Tit to three years' imprisonment each for unlawful possession of the component parts of a .38 revolver. The two men were in a taxi
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    Promissory Note Led To Acquittal
    110 7 Promissory Note Led To Acquittal A promissory note for $900 as exhibit in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday, led to the acquittal of a Malay woman Mariam binte Abdullah, on a a ge of cr mlnal br each of trust of jewellery, worth $575 belonging to Low Kong fah
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    S.R.B. MEETING
    8 7 10 a.m. on Nov. 16. M
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    Big Cuts Likely In S'pore Budget
    159 7 Big Cuts Likely In S'pore Budget gINGAPORES deficit in next years Budget, estimated at F 13,500.000 is likely to be greatly reduced as a result of ruts recommended by the Select Commitiee anpointed to study the draft estimates n/^ ViSed Budget Will bfl presented at the meeting of tne Singapore
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    TYRE THEFT BID: GAOL
    60 7 Yip Chung Kee aged 18. convicted of attempted theft of a lorry tyre on Oct. 6 was sentenced in the Singapore Second Police CQurt yesterday to three months' imprisonment. Yip. it was stated, was sevn jacking up a lorry by the owner. Tan Say Eng He
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    NEW MOON DAY
    25 7 New Moon Day celebration: will be held at the Buddhisi temple^ 263 Outram Ro;k! faingapore, tomorrow at 71£ Mr. p. f, Welikale
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    Jumabhoy Cannot Withdraw, Will Now Contest City Ward Seat
    393 8 Jumabhoy Cannot Withdraw, Will Now Contest City Ward Seat SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS \|R. J. M. Jumabhoy, Singapore Municipal election candidate, who wanted to withdraw from the elections on Monday, after hi* nomination, told the Straits Times yesterday that he now intended to fight the election. News of Mr Jumabhoy having
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    SETTLERS GET 3 ACRES EACH
    74 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. pADI lands are allocated in lots of «»ree acres each to settlers who own no land, the Selangor Government said in reply to questions tabled by Mr. Leung Cheung Ling at the State Council meeting today. Cultivators are
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    POSTPONED
    48 8 From Out Own Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Tues The charge against S. K. Bhadra of being in fraudulent possession of 14" boxes of DDT was mentioned in the Jjhore Bab.ru Police Court L-.iay and postponed for another month pending the disposal of an appeal in the High Cour:.
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    37 8 MR. DAN JUDAH, only Asian international dance examiner, demonstrating the correct tango poise at a tea party given by the Penang Dance Association. His partner is Miss Lucy Chong. one of the Malayan champions.— Straits Times picture.
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    University Fund
    150 8 $7,844 Raised In Batu Pabat F addition to regular monthly subscriptions collected in Government offices in various parts of the Federation, the following donations have been received for the University of Malaya Endowment Fund: SINGAPORE: Dr. R. K. MacJOHORE: University of Malaya Endowment Fund. Batu Pahat. $7 844
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    COMMANDO GENERAL PLEASED
    210 8 From Oar Staff Correspondent IPOH, Tues. "IIALAYA is a fine country and I am happy to see that the Royal Marine Commandos are playing a full part in making sure that it is kept so," Lieut-General Sir Leslie HolHs. CommandantGeneral of the Royal Marines, told the Straits
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    'Trespassed In Cemetery'
    85 8 BECAUSE he had stomach ache, Tanmpnlya Marlyapan, aged 32. Ik awaiting sentence next Tuesday on a charge of criminal trespass In the Hindu cemetery in Upper Aljunied Road. He tofld the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday that a priest had instructed him to get ashes from the
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    NO CARD: MALAY CAUTIONED
    45 8 Fifteen-year-old Mohamed Tahir bin Mahmood was cautioned and discharged in the Singapore First District Court yesterday for falling to produce his Identity card on Oct. 23 Mohamed, it was stated, produced instead a statutory declaration on the loss of his card.
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    JOHORE ESTATES STAFF UNION
    58 8 Office-bearers of the Johore Estates Staff Union are as follows President: Mr. K. Q. Pillal: hon. secretary: Mr. A. C. S. Menon; hon. treasurer: Mr. E. Krishna Iyer; committee. Messrs C. T. Mathews. K. K. Nair, K. F. Chong, M. P X Nalr. V. Oovindan, M.
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    To Study Conditions Here
    40 8 MTHnEE leaders of the "Alllndia Depressed F>l deration In India will arrive in Singapore next month on fMtStalitt toot «rf Binr*Por. and the Federatkm. ThJ ««Sei*«on wflj obwrre the *enex»l and worWnj eondltions Indiana In MaUya.
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      212 8 WHICH.&AILMENTS DO YOU SUFFER \F't til™ 1 j»4ji*|^Sb)B Your doctor win ttll you eh.it oft«n these ire wjrninj r of MINERAL VITAMIN DEFICIENCY > -warnin« thttyoi ir« Mt getting enough Minerals and Vitamins WhWh Nature d.raidi«« to hive. The cooked-out foods /ou eat are.it giving you enough for yC Heed°tnese
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      235 8 Here are three of the new features >SV\ on Pan American's new Double-decked V Clipper* Service t^ the U.S.A. jtf-i (VIA MANILA) o[ o** SliKril KIlTi I IKS Pan Americans famed foam- cushion chair loungei otn-trh >vay out to full bed length give you r< al sleeping comfort at no
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    The London Letter London shivers in first frost of the winter
    1703 9 The London Letter London shivers in first frost of the winter From Our Own Correspondent mhntitr-c .f n t v LONDON, October 30. W hr nn abOUt T seve^ of eight degrees of it, came down from a "brilliantly -larht sky on London and South-East England this week-end It a
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    87 9 Jnrt LVi? alda 1 d Q ueen ridin the Irish State Coach and with a Sovereign's Escort of Household Cavalry, leave Buckingham Palace for Westminster for the State opening of Parliament. LEFT: Mr. A E. Gingfleld. a first prue winner at the London Costers' Ball, admires a
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      113 9 WHAT makes t o;' 3CarsofscrvicetoAir SSet* >et come and b y lh claracter of its staff who s*rv« LaKfenhip can be founded only tlie P ublic Cr^tt A* °.ver33'°oo'»ile^of»nduplicated. ver33 '°00'»ile^of»nduplicated hy sco}* and character of service Great Airline. ICa<lershl P M W HE' A QANTAS EMNRI AIRWAYS, Avttrolio jZ*
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      367 9 m'G'M RECORDS ERIC WINS TONE ANO HIS ORCHESTRA PONY EXPRESS— Q S THE HIGHWAYMAN-F.T. MGM THE MELODEONS WITH ORCHESTRA PUT ON AN OLD PAIR OP SHOES WHY DO THEY ALWAYS SAY NO? M GM 292 GEORGE SHEARING QI'INTET ILL REMEMBER APRIL JUMPING WITH SYMPHONY SID MGM 293 THE LYN Dl
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      260 9 STRAITS TIMES CROSSWORD I h,m M *:rt!! w CROSSWORD No. 212 urp>ae "> WHU h|l( Inn frizzled. UU «TiTl II 111 MM B^a Serpvntirw (arm of ha* Aa to frem gB EBB 3 i 1 I (Dndmi A ™T f»l M i la M. RicliM bbltlMd turn tha R»<al inn
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    LONDON STOCKS
    300 10 LONDON. Tups. <l HELPED by a further rise »n the price of the metal. in shares showed good resistance to profit-taking. Rubbers remained quietly steady. Coppers were buoyant and old shares irregular. Selected developers were helped by the progress report frctn the Far West Rand Closing middle prices
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    SHIPS ALONGSIDE
    65 10 SHIPS alongside th P Singapore Harbour Board codewns yesterday were: Salatiga 44; Benalder 42-43: Stan Selo 41; Beluru 40; Celebes 38-39: Bonneville 36-37: Ismailia 33-34: Hoegh Silverstar 31-32: Onda 23-30: Kilwa 27-28; Polydorus 25-26: Fred Clover 21-22: Bennevis 19-20; Benvannoch 17-18. Queen Anne 15-16: Tjikampak 13-14: S'.vJiona 13-14:
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    Canadian Dollars
    37 10 rpHE Malayan Exchange Banks 1 Association announces tti^; control direct rates for Canadian dollars are now Buvin* T.T 34 5 16. Airmail (O.D.> 34 7 1«. (90 dayO 34 11 16. Betunf T.T..O.D. ready 34.
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    MALAYAN SHARES
    943 10 From A Market Correspondent THE local Tin share market yesterday was easier in sympathy with London. Despite the unprecedented rise in the metal price there was little encouragement for fresh buying. Rubber shares were also" easier. Industrials remained fairly steady. Price quotations announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association
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    TIN: $590 A PICUL
    35 10 SINGAPORE. Tues., Nov. 7—5590 (up $52.75. new record.) £1,290 a ton in London LONDON. Tues.. Nov. 7.— Spot £1.275—£1.290; Forward £1.250— £1.26«; Settlement 1.290. Turn-overs: a.m. 200 p.m.; p.m. 20 tons.
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    Rubber At $2.18
    272 10 "DTJBBER established a new record figure of $2.18 a lb. in the Singapore market yesterday, First-grade for November shipment changed hands at 10 cents above Monday's close. Sellers' reserve, trade demands and short-covering caused the sharp rise throughout the morning, but the firm market became irregular m
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    PRODUCE MARKET
    86 10 From A Market Corrwpondent THE copra section of the Singapore produce maxtet yesterday was firm but quiet, with the main buying interest at around $43% a ptcul. A couple of buyers raised bids to $43 but sellers withdrew completely. Coconut oil was steady although there was still no
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    H.K. EXCHANGE
    28 10 HONO KONO, Tues. IJiREE market currency exchange foi Hong Kona ioiiar» quorpd today as follows US$l HK56.46: Cl HKSI6; one tact of gold HKS3O9— U P.
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      384 10 -PRESIDENT LINER SAILINGS TO NEW YORK AND BOSTON VIA CEYLON. INDIA. ECYPT and MEDITERRANEAN PORTS Spore P. Sham ,?f?i"l Wi»amett« Viet 9/13 Nov. 14/15 Nov. 16/W Nov P,.,. lohnson 1/S D.c- «/7O«c. 8/9 O«. E.T Oa M v ?;r 18/21 D«. 24/:rD.c. iZll OH! To LOS ANCELES! SAN FRANCISCO tr
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      509 10 EAST ASIATIC LINE FAILINGS PROM SCANDINAVIA/UK. /CONTINENT Soor. P Sham fen*n» Danholm" tor Bangkok 14-16 Nov. "Nordhval" for Saigon Bangkok 20-21 Nov. *Kin»" toi Manila. Hong Kong Takubar. Kobe Yokohama 29 Nov.- 1 Oec 27-28 Nov. 26-26 Nov •Falstria" for Saigon Bangkok 26-27 Nov 25-25 Nov. 24-24 Nov "Malacca" for
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    345 11 mo Perth. (W.A.) "PHIS month's gathering at the Malayan Association's rooms was notable for one visitor, Mr. Hare, of Robinsons, who was with his wife and daughter Joy, the latter having just finished her education at the Methodist Ladies College. The whole family leave for England next
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      123 11 SETTING THE SCREEN ABLAZE WITH THE FLAME OF MIGHTY SPECTACLE and ADVENTURE FROM TODAY! fc I II I I RW I It HP unmatched by any star! m^.&r I J i 4 1 1 J■ I I IW FLAMING TECHNICOLOR Preceded by: British Movietone News THE ROYAL COMMAND FILM PERFORMANCE
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      240 11 Rupert and the Dragon PilU-41 Standing up rather .ruMy. Rup<,« b« «irpr,«d I «»dainu Rupe/».< wallu 10 a higher point and gaze* A fine rhaje hc'« led me. alfirn' around. Tht fir M peraon he aeei 3 P 1 1 »»»<* back" He gets u Pong-Pmg walking aadly down ">y»tified
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    ONDINE TO WIN TOP K.L. SPRINT
    982 12  -  EPSOM JEEP By Evening Star Looks Best Bet KUALA LDMPUK, xuesaay. Nni w F wit h a nice pull on the weights, has a at Kua a Lumpur tomorrow second day of the September I certainly do not intend to hold his defeat in
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    TODAY'S GOING
    22 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. THE going at Kuala Lumpur tomorrow is likely to be heavy again. Further rain fell last night.
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    CHANGI, TENGAH DRAW SIX-ALL
    27 12 R.AJ 1 Changl and RAJ". Tengah drew six-all in a firstround encounter in the Sanderson Inter-station Cup rugger competi'ion played at Changi yesterday.
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    ST. ANDREW'S WIN
    51 12 Five Denaltles featured yesterday's rugger Between University of Mi'ava and St. Andrew's Schoo. on the' University ground. The Saints woii by nine points (three penalty goals! to sU (two penalty goa.sl. Sa nts penalty goals were convert d by Adcock while Mor Singh convert ed for the
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    N.S.W. NAME TEAK
    49 12 SYDNEY Tue».— The N« w S 0 1 1 wf>« warn to inert MCC here on Fr £v will be: A. Morri. leiPUinl. I Burke Davtdson. R James. F. Johnston R. Lindw.U X Miller. J Moroney. 8. Sismiy. A Walker R Benaud. R. Kissel U «*>»• man.-Reuter-AAP
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    Sports Diary
    64 12 SOCCER: S.A.F.A. six -•-side tournament. Jalan Besar s^ium. HOCKEY: B.R.C. t bX.R.C, Padang; Police S.A. Dufch Club. Thomson Road: R.A.F. Chan r i y Sherwood Forwters. Chanri; SX.C. Women Girls S.C., Pad*n«. RUGBY: G.H.Q. FABELF t FA.F. Chantf. Chanfi; K.\.t. Temah R.E.M.E.. Tengah; R AOC t 8.E.M.E.. REME:
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    Straits Times Selections
    119 12 CALL BOY POINTER EPSOM JF.LP RACE 1 3 15 EVENING STAR Catherine Loch Clyde SPRING VT Evening SUr Maific Lamp SPRING UP Wonder Bird Evening Star RACE t 3 45 ROSALINE Caravan Kimberlev CARAVAN Epsom Downs Rosaline CARAVAN Epaom Down* Rosaline RACE S 4.15 KAISERINE Minstrel Boy
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    Today's Race Card
    259 12 pARD of events for today's races at KuaU Lumpur t is given below. Double totesr wiir be i on Races Two and Three and Races Five and Six. The Big sweep will be drawn on Race Six. Race I—3 15- Class 5, Div. 3— s£ Furs. s
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    KOTA RAJA TEAMS WIN K.O. GAMES
    236 12 KOTA RAJA "A" and "B" teams cleared their first hurdles in the Singapore Amateur Football Association six-a-side tournament at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. Rajas' 'A"— an all-star side trounced H.M. Dockyard by 23 points to one. but the surprise of the day came from
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    Comic Court Wins Melb. Cup
    152 12 MELBOURNE. Tups. IN SPITE of carrying top weight 3 5 Comic Court, by POWBH Court out of Witty Maid, easily won the Melbourne Cup, Australia's premier horse race, here toa Comlc Court (25-1) covered the two miles in the record time of 3 mm 19V4
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    Services To Drop Out of S. A. F. A. Competitions TO RUN OWN LEAGUES
    375 12 Services To Drop Out of S. A. F. A. Competitions TO RUN OWN LEAGUES O ciation's competitions g*W «f ident) and Council members i"«.7STr A last ni*ht by f[ Tt W. J Randall, RAF^epresentative on the Council. Instead, Ft.-Lt. Randall said, the Services will hold an inter- Services football League
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    Hazare On Way To 100
    91 12 NEW DELHI, Tues. INDIA'S Hazare was well on his 1 wav to a century today when tllimD were drawn in the openfng'^esT' against the Common"■'Arthe^dose India had hit up 340 for four Harare was unbeaten with 98. This is the fourth day's play. The match
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    R.S.G.C. Had Good Year
    157 12 ROYAL Singapore Golf C lub 'i> financial position materially during the past >ear i SSd gWin tranquil conditions it is expected that more improvement wUI be made next year. ™t« the R.S.G.C. Committees annual report for the. year ended be presented l at the Club's annual
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    SCC Beaten 2-0
    53 12 Taking their chances with more I assurance Ceylon Sporta Club l| scored an easy two-nil victory over Singapore Cricket Club In a friendly hockey encounter on the padang yesterday. Pick of the CSC. forwards was Thillagaretnam who giving a fine display of oppor'unism scored both goals for
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    Y.M.C.A. Tennis
    72 12 ■DESULTS i>: t.r a in the V.M.C.A. Open II tennis ournament played yesier- II -i: Lim Bong Sor. and Y. P. Lee beat I Kami, it W-i Eng Lock 6-1. 8-« Cilia Chin Siaiig ana K. 8. Panic beat ir. Chan Ah Row and Chua Kok U»n I
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    CHAMPIONS GIVEN HARD FIGHT
    54 12 KUALA I.i;MPUR, Tues.— Lim I K"p Fong and Ng Slk Kee. holder* I I the Seianeor doubles title, were I taken through three gruelling sets I ;odav by A. Piruz and Mok Y»t Wah to tht Selangor open bad- I mimon championships. 1 They event ally
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    COLONY HOCKEY XI
    54 12 SINGAPORE will be represented by the following against Malacca In the Quadrangular Hockey meet between Singapore. Selangor, Malacca and Negrl Sembllan which starts in Singapore tomorrow. Low Hong Hee; R. C Fernando. B Marks, D. Devadas, MaJ. CookP, G. Clarke. S. K. Sundram. M. Thillagaretnam. B. Coutis
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    FARRWINS BY K.O.
    41 12 LEICESTER TUf.i.— romaiv Pf»l furine? British hvavwetijl.l Champiou knocked out Pir-t Wi.de of Be mum i; ihp third of his second bout In h. •comeijaclc" oamuainn here last n Farr scslei 196! b und Wilde 2051. 0 RPII'T
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    32 12 TODAY: 9.20 a.m. (8.5) and 9.48 ?m (9ft.p 8.12 am. (2.8> and 3.30 p.m. (2.5). TOMORROW: 950 am (8.9) and 1035 p.m. <93>: 3.50 am (2.9) and 4.09 p.m. (1.5).
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    SAFA SIDE TO TOUR MANILA
    303 12 SAFA SIDE TO TOUR MANILA PROPOSAL that on S.A.F.A. A S ide tour Manila and Bangkok early next year was whittled down to Manila alone, on vote being taken at che monthly Council meeting held at Singapore Cricket Club yesterday. Dates for the Manila tcur will be between Jan. 19
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    10-wkt Win For NSW
    31 12 SYDNEY Tiles —New South Wi.i be.t OwMUlaad by lt» wicket, in UwtC ■fi his-. «JBaytdjH gs,ti°%. h l is r .«d d^ r T5j no ar RtMitrr-AAP
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