The Straits Times, 11 October 1951

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    19 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER: ESTABLISHED 1845 J^ PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1951. TWELVE PAGES
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    EGYPT MAY CUT WATER TO BRITON
    266 1 Move to get troops out CAIRO, Wednesday. IjH.YPT may cut off supplies of drinking water and fresh food to the Suez Car_-_1 zone m a move to force British troops out of the area, Wafdist (Government party) circles predicted last night. Yesterday, Britain bluntly
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    BOLIVIANS WANT MORE FOR TIN
    83 1 A .lIIXtiION. Wed. BOLIVIAN negotiators hive repeated a de--111 md for I'.S 51.50 a pound for 'heir tin m a new longt<r,.i contract with the United stales Reconstruclinn Finance Corporation demand was conla 1.-1 m a memorandum tied to the R.F.C. d :rn: a conference
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    $15,000 fire in market
    45 1 FIRE m Raymond Avenue market, off Balestier Road. S'nuapore. last night destroyed eight stalls and goods worth $15,000. More than 100 other stalls, all made of wood and attap. wan .saved by firemen who put out the blaze m 15 minutes.
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    3 REDS WOUNDED
    32 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Fo.!«wing up the burning of a bu« and a lorry ln Kedah yo- crday. security forces wounded three bandits. One security force man was ell.htiv wounded.
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    ALL-OUT SEARCH FOR INDIAN OIL
    51 1 KARACHI. Wed. The Burma Oil Company said today it was going all out on the biggest exploratory operations ever made tn the Indian sub-continent to search for oil. The company has begun sinking its first test well at Sui, m Baluchistan, near the Persian border.—
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    BACK TO THE TALKS AGAIN
    123 1 BACK TO THE TALKS AGAIN TOKYO. Wed. UNITED Nations and Communist representatives met today at Pan Mun Jon to arrange for the re-openlng of the Korean armistice talks which wer c suspended seven weeks ago. Final obstacle to the resumption of negotiations was removed only a few hours before thp
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    I'll be fair, says Peron
    45 1 BUENOS AIRES,* Wed. President Peron will surrender his presidential authority to Vice-President Hortensio Quijano 30 days before the November elections so that he may fight an electoral campaign on an equal footing with opposing candidates, it was announced today. Reuter.
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    10-day air, sea trials start
    41 1 LONDpN. Wed. "Operation Assess" biggest postwar Royal Air Force and naval manoeuvres started at midnight yesterday. Lasting 10 days, it will be a non-stop "Battle of the Atlantic," extending over 400,--000 square miles of ocean.— Reuter.
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    DEL TUFO ON WAY BACK
    43 1 LONDON. Wed— Mr. M. V. Del Tufo, Chief Secretary of the Federation of Malaya Government, has left London by air for Singapore to take over the office of Officer Administering the Government. He is due to arrive tomorrow.
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    NEW COMMANDER
    28 1 HONG KONG, Wed— MajG«i. G. C. Evans returned here by air from Britain today j become the Commander Ot the British Forces ln Hong Kong.— Reuter.
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    617 CANDIDATES
    23 1 l ONDON. Wed— The Labour Party yesterday announced it was presenting 617 candidates for the General Election on Oct. 25— AFP.
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    ONE WILL FLY OVER MALAYA THIS AFTERNOON...
    245 1 ONE WILL FLY OVER MALAYA THIS AFTERNOON... I The Comet I at Kallang today BRITAINS record- breaking jet airliner, I the de Havilland Comef, j j which wiU open up a i i new era of Common- I wealth air travel next I year, arrives m Singa- I pore today
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    'Abolish C'wealth preference plan' —'HINDRANCE TO TRADE'
    105 1 'Abolish C'wealth preference plan' 'HINDRANCE TO TRADE' INDONESIA'S chief delegate to the ECAFE trade promotion conference m Singapore, Ibrahim, yesterday urged that the system of preferential tariffs among British Commonwealth countries be abolished. "These tariffs," he saidß a tu l trade between Indo-H nesla mon wealth H "When talking about
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    Churchill Memoirs
    97 1 "THE Tide Turns m the I Pacific" is tbe stir- I ring title of the first m- stalment of Mr. Winston I I Churchill's fifth volume of his War Memoirs which i opey, m the SUNDAY I I TIMES this week The series is entitled I "Closing the
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    Runaway Red gaoled
    88 1 WASHINGTON. Wed. T'HE Federal Bureau of Investigation announced today the arrest of Gus Hall, one of four leading American Communists who jumped bail last July after conviction for advocating the violent overthrow of the United States Government. The statement said Hall had been arrested at. Laredo. Texas,
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    `WE WON'T PAY,' SAYS MR. SYMINGTON
    84 1 `WE WON'T PAY SA YS MR. SYMINGTON From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Wednesday. lif R. Stuart Symington, Director of Reconstruction iTI Finance Corporation, the only authorised agency m America for tin transactions, said America "has no Intention of paying arbitrary and unfair prices Just because we need tin," says the
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    U.S. general to see Tito
    75 1 WASHINGTON, Wed. (GENERAL Lawton Collins, M Chief of Staff of the United States Army, is expected to pay an official visit to Yugoslavia as a guest of Marshal Tito while, at the same time General Omar Bradley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will
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    NO KNIVES
    28 1 LONDON. Wed.— Tass. the official Soviet news agency today quoted Pravda as describing the British General Election as 'more like a duet than a duel."— Reuter.
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    A mother's sacrifice
    45 1 NEW YORK. Wednesday. A BROOKLYN mother dropped four of her children from a third-floor window into a blanket held by neighbours, then collapsed and died m a Are which destroyed the building. Her other five children were out at the time.— AP.
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    U.S. DEFENCE NEEDS WILL CURB EXPORTS
    609 1 U.S. DEFENCE NEEDS WILL CURB EXPORTS ECAFE trade talks A WARNING that America world not be able to provide a number of commodities owing to defence commitments was given yesterday by Mr. E. E. Schnellbacher, head of the U.S. delegating to the ECAFE conference m Singapore. He added that U.S.
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    One killed, three hurt in ambush
    180 1 IPOH. Wed. ANE Malay special constable was killed and two European mining engineers were wounded this morning, one of them seriously, when bandits ambushed a borincr gan<x they were leading m ths swamps off the n_i] e Gopen»-K otri Bahru Road about 17 miles
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    WILLSEEK U.N AID
    33 1 PARIS. Wed.— Gen. Jean ac Lattre de Tassigny. French High Commissioner m IndoChina. said yesterday that France would appeal to the United Nations if the Chinese intervened m Indo-China —AFP
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    PRINCESS TO MAKE TOUR FOR THE KING
    303 2 PRINCESS TO MAKE TOUR FOR THE KING LONDON, Wednesday. DRINCESS Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh will carry out next year's tour of Australia and New Zealand m place of the Kin; and Queen. A Buckingham Palace announcement last night said: "On his doctors' advice the King has now most
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    STUDENT PRINCE
    24 2 PRINCE AU Murad Talpur, aged 18, is back at Cambridge University to resume hie studies. He to now Emir of Khair pur.
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    Bevan group 'threat to USrelations'
    94 2 Bevan group 'threat to USrelations' LONDON. Wed. iy|R Churchill l_ut night said the anti-American attitude of British Left-wingers would threaten AmericanBritish co-operation If the Labour Party won the General Election. A Conservative government, however, would "be able to rebuild those relations of cordial and Intimate comradeship and understanding with America
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    ON THE AIR
    27 2 NEW YORK, Wed.— Japan is to have the world's biggest radio transmitter and a super cammunic&Uons and television network probably by next spring. Reuter.
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    Rebels take over ship
    52 2 STOCKHOLM. Wed. COUR armed Polish fugir Uvea berthed the Polish trawler. Helena, ln Karlskrona yesterday after another mutiny m the Baltic. Reports said they had locked up the captain, the first officer and a crew member below deck, and then set course for the nearest Swedish
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    MALAN CHALLENGED BY FOUR AFRICANS
    113 2 CAPETOWN, Wednesday. pOUR coloured South Africans yesterday began the 1 country's biggest legal battle ever by applying to the Supreme Court to upset the Separate Representation of Voters Act, passed thl. year The seeks to place coloured people a separate B unable to vote forH
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    All this for one atom casualty
    102 2 CHICAGO, Wed. piVE persons and a small mountain of medical supplies would be needed to treat a single atomic bomb victim, a navy expert said today. Lieut. Allen Kenny, safety officer of the Navy Bureau, told the American Society of Medicine and Surgery of
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    'ARMS MEAN WAR'
    30 2 ROME. Wed.— The ItaUan CommunLst leader. Palmiro Toßliattl yesterday said that "war cannot be avoided" between the Western Powers and Russia If the allied rearmament continues.— UP.
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      1113 2 NOTICES SI ~-AA INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS OF lULAYA DRAI'GIITSMAN PROFICIENCY EXAMINATIONS IMI. The following examinations will be held In December this year M follows Intermediate 'A* (Draughtsman) December sth— 7th Intermediate 'A* (Building Inspectorate) December sth— 7th Intermediate 'B (Draughtsman) December 10th— 13th Intermediate "B* (Building Inspectorate) December 10th— 12th
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      447 2 NOTICES PRIMARY ADMISSIONS TO GOVERNMENT ENGLISH SCHOOLS IN KEDAH. 1952. Admissions In 1952 will be limited to children over 6 years but under 8 year* old on 1.1.1952 preference being given to those between 7 and 8 years old. Numbers admitted will bo governed by accommodation and teaching staff available
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      257 2 TODAY'S RADIO cpnnr As Spore; 7.30 "Time for Music"; 8 Sports Review; 8.15 "Classical 10 am. News from R.L.; Choice"; 9 "Bllgh of the Bounty"; 10.45-13 Schools; 1 pm. Light Uu- 9.30 News; 9.45 "Musical Consic; 1.30 News; 1.45 Dance Music; sequences"; 10 Dance Music; 10. 30 3-3.50 Schools; 6.15
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    BRITAIN PLANS AIRLIFT TO SUEZ
    204 3 Middle East Service chiefs alerted TROOPS WILL NOl BE MOVED LONDON, Wednesday. BRITAIN is prepared to operate an airlift it' necessary to keep its garrison of 10,000 men m the Suez Canal zone supplied and reinforced.. official circles said today. The Government has decided it
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    BRITISH ENVOY SEES FAROUK
    84 3 BRITISH ENVOY SEES FAROUK CAIRO. W.d. Till: British Ambassador, i Sir Ralph Stevenson. had a 75-minute audience I with Kine Farouk of: I Kevpt yesterday. The interview was re- quested soon after Pte- I mier Nahas Pashi had: i i-alled for abrogation of: I thi> 1936 Anglo-ErvpU-n: Treaty. Well-informed sourer-:
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    Egypt finds support in the Sudan
    134 3 KHARTOUM. Sudan, Wed. EGYPT'S decision to proclaim Farouk King of the Sudan caused a sensation here yesterday. The news was splashed on the front paces of all tli- newspapers. The pro-Egyptian Sudan Graduate. Congress, representing various classes of I Sudanese, cabled Kum Farouk's Grand
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    PACT MEETING
    24 3 ROME. Wed— Foreign dip- j quarters yesterday i he Atlantic Pact j Council will meet m Rome '-a round November 24." AP.
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    HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
    15 3 WASHINGTON. Wed—President Truman has congratulated Nationalist China on j lis national birthdav.— U.P.
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    3.000 MORE POLICE
    43 3 JAKARTA. Wed— The police force m East Java will be increased by 3,000 men to be j trained during six months m I five groups, according to Antara news agency. Thr i first batch will begin trainin;? this month.— AFP
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    22 REDS HELD
    24 3 TOKYO. Wed. Japanese police raided 800 Communist propaganda outlets yesterday and arrested 22 persons for violating orders against antioccupation activities. UP.
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    TURKEY WILL STAY FREE'
    31 3 WASHINGTON, Wed—President Celar Beyar of Turkey told President Truman yesterday that Turkey will maintain her Independence and territorial integrity ln face of all pressure and threats." UP.
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    A complete theatre has been stolen
    63 3 MELBOURNE. Wed THIEVES have stolen a whole theatre from the town of Mildura. The Wonderland theatre was complete eight years age when lt was closed. Todathere is nothing left. The roof, walls, tons of cor rugated iron and other valu able building materials ar«
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    LABOUR CHIEF
    22 3 MISS ALICE BACON, chairman of the Labour Party pre-election conference which ended at Scarborough early this week. A. P. picture.
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    Oil companies to stay in Iraq
    147 3 LeYs be patient, says premier BAGHDAD, Wednesday, il yesterday there is little litate Persia m expelling foreign oil companies. "It is not sound to push our country into insecure paths, because that may expose us to catastrophe." he said at a Press conference. "Can
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    U.S. move to 'free' atom secrets
    65 3 U.S. move to 'free' atom secrets WASHINGTON. Wed. CONGRESS has taken steps, to enable the United States to exchange atomic information with friendly nations. The Joint Senate House Atomic Energy Committee has approved legislation amending the original 1946 Atomic Energy Act. which forbids giving information until an international control system
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    REVIEWED
    33 3 TAIPEH. Wed. Generalis•imo Chiang Kai-shek today ■eviewed three of his best infantry divisions and one •olumn of his armour corps, s under the command of his .econd son Major Chiang Wei-kuo.— Reuter.
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    Blackout areas
    164 3 PLECTRICITY may be cut off m the followinc area, today: DAY Armenian Street, Tan Chye Place/ Fort (aiming, Seah St./Waterloo Street, St. Andrews High St.. Stamford Rd., Firestone, Mackenzie Rd., Bukit Timah Pumps. Balestier Rd.. Jalan Ampas, B.M.8.C., Mo Ritchie. Braddell Rise, Seletar Pumps. Nee Soon, Seletar Wireless.
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    KOREA-HELD BRITONS SEND LETTERS
    140 3 MOSCOW, Wed. THE Britsh Embassy m Moscow has received and sent to London the first letters from four Britons interned m North Korea since the outbreak of the Korean war. an Embassy spokesman said today. The letters were accompanied by a covering letter to the British
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    NAZI TURNS A YOGI
    49 3 LEOPOLD FISCHER,; former lieutenant m; Hitler's S.S. troops, poses i m his new role as "Swami. Agehananda" (Saint 1 i Homeless Bliss) m a 5 cave near Birla Temple, I centre of Hindu wor- l ship m New Delhi. In- i dia— A. P. Photo.
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    Princess and Duke take trip in a boat
    186 3 OTTAWA, Wed. CANADA'S royal guests today arrived m the capital. And Princess Elizabeth was due to make her first major speech since arriving from Britain. The Princess and the Duke ol Edinburgh arrived aboard a special ten-car train that will be their
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    AND ANOTHER GREAT WELCOME WAITING
    96 3 CANBERRA. Wed rpHE Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies. said m the House of Representatives today that he and the New Zealand Prime Minister. Mr Holland, told the King m June he must feel no sense of obligation to vi. the Dominions. Mr. Menzies said: "Every Australian
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    DRIZZLE -AND 9 GODS ARE HAPPY
    161 4 DRIZZLE -AND 9 GODS ARE HAPPY SUDDENLY from clear skies a slight drizzle of rain fell on worshipping devotees during a Chinese ceremony at the 7 m.s. Tampenis Road, Singapore, on Tuesday night. The occasion was "the farewell to the gods" ceremony that brought the Kew Ong Yah (Nine Emperor-Gods,
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    Revise pay scales now, it says
    142 4 Revise pay scales now, it says A RESOLUTION demanding the immediate revision of salary scales ana cost of living allowances for more than >,000 civilian employees of the Admiralty m Singapore, will be placed before the annual meeting of the Naval Base Labour Union, on Sunlay The resolution say s
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    ECAFE CHAIRMAN STOPS SOUTH KOREA WAR SPEECH
    534 4 Soviet delegate offers aid to small nations impassioned speech on the agonies of war m South Korea was interrupted at the second session of the ECAFE Trade Promotion Conference at the Victoria Memorial Hall yesterday when Mr. Yap Pheng Geek, the conference chairman,
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    Govt, seeks land to rehouse fishermen
    145 4 'THE Singapore Fisheries Department is lookin; for Crown land near the coast to rehouse fisher men, who may have to be evicted, to make room fo future developments m the Colony, Mr T W Tw?£l_. Deputy 9S?" ctor of said yesterdaj two lots one
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    SAMPAN MAN HAD RUBBER, GAOLED
    62 4 Tan Tian Chong. a bumboat man, was yesterday sentenced to three months' imprisonment m the Fourth Police Court for fraudulent possession of $950 worth of smoke-sheet rubber on Auk. 3. Tan was arrested by Inspector Cecil Cheng, who. with a party of police boarded his
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    DELEGATE FROM UYBEKISTAN
    49 4 Two more members of the Soviet delegation to the ECAFE conference are expected this morning at Kalians Airport. They are Mr. I. I. Krotov. and Mr. Abdurasman H. Babakhodiaev. from the Soviet Asia Republic of Uybekistan. of which the two chief towns are Tashkent and Bokhara.
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    Chairman thanks delegates
    112 4 J^ELEGATES representing 26 countries at the ECAFR Conference m Singapore wfere; yesterday »^oftg^ttitated by thfe chairwan. Mr' YadJPl**.* "6eck. fat r thelr '<tfilth__iflc- > Mfemeßts I on Crade (fcta&ftWris; 'jJbsslßili'tles and aspirations." Every statement, said Mr Yap. had been helpful and constructive. "This is a most welcome
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    More save despite no tax rebate
    152 4 ■pHE Singapore Legislative Council decision to refuse income tax exemption on deposits m the Post Office Savings Bank, has not discouraged ■"depositors. I On the the ■s.apore Posts. Mr. ■w.A. thinks new record figures be up Bn the three I 'Exemption from tax not
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    H.K. woos S'pore with its goods
    201 4 H.K. woos S'pore with its goods HONG KONG manufacturers representing a capital of Straits $60,000,000 who have come to foster trade m SinKapore m face of increasing Japanese competition and the embargo on the export of strategic materials imposed by the United States, opened their campaign m Singapore, iast night
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    They said 'no' to home
    97 4 THE Director of Social Wel--1 fare, Mr. R. W. I Band yesterday criticised the Bueis Street fire victims for refusing the department's offer of temporary accommodation. Mr. Band said there was accommodation at Jalan Eunos home, off Changi Road, for between 200 and 300 people,
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    Teachers to form union
    86 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. THE ALL Malaya Malay I Teachers' Association decided at a conference Ivrc today to take immediate steps to convert the Association into a trade union The three-day conference was attended by 50 delegates. They rejected the FennWu report and accepted the Barnes report
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    FEWER LOGS FROM INDONESIA
    31 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. Indonesia Is supplying Singapore with fewer logs owing to Increased exports from Johore. Thp principal areas now supplying the Colony arc Labis and Meramg-Endau.
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    FOUR PASS EXAM
    31 4 The following students m the First Year Certificate Cours^ of the Teacheu.' Tg2r.it} CoU««-. re_»e«;;mn_atH?n h-Mi-Trr^'' CHiwv GbtA' 'ehen, 'BebH* Kway. Howe Soo Chye and Owee Teck Yew.
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      117 4 i EAST-WEST SOCIETY: "Fa•hion", public discussion, British Jouncll hall, 8 30 p.m. I YMCA: Commercial classes, 5.30 p.m.. French class, 5.30 p.m.; gym nestles and keep-fit class S p.m.; Christmas treats sub-com-mittee meeting, 5.30 p.m.; billiard! tournament, Bp.m. YWCA: Sewing classes by Mrs. K. Y. Lee, 10 a.m.; Wayfarers' Group,
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    EXAM ON MODERN LITERATURE
    89 5 For the first time modern literature will be studied by final-year arts students m the University of Malaya for their B.A. degree examination. There will be a special examination paper on: "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, by James Joyce: "Sons and Lovers", by
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    S.H.B. opens new sick bay for workers
    123 5 S.H.B. opens new sick bay for wo rkers ANEW sick bay for the 4,000 employees of the Singapore Harbour Board has been opened next to Gate 2. Reconstructed from former living quarters the occupants have been found accommodation elsewhere the building provides three wards, with space for more if necessary.
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    RUSSIA OFFERS TRADE WITH ALL
    544 5 'We can pay with our products 9 J'HE Soviet Union is ready to trade with any country m Asia on a basis of "mutual equality and mutual profit," Mr. V. P. Migunov. chief delegate for the Soviet Union, told the trade promotion conference of the
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    Ceylon P.M. will open monastery
    151 5 THE Prime Minister of Cey--1 lon, Mr. D. S. Senanayake, who will arrive m Singapore on a two-day visit tomorrow on his way to Australia, will open the new Buddhist monastery m St. Michael's Road, on Saturday at 10 a.m. He will light an oil
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    36 selected from Johore
    44 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Thirty-six candidates have been chosen from 143 applicants from Johore for places m Kirkby Training College England. The names of the 36 candidates have been forwarded to Kuala Lumpur wnere the final selection is to be made.
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    Wiltshire is flying back today
    114 5 M B Wiltsnire former acting Commissions M of Singapore Police, leaves London b y air todaj on his way back to Singapore. H e is expected tc arrive on Sunday aftpmnnn Mr. Johnson, Super-J| who is I m England on leave before I expected to
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    At one table: but no talk
    74 5 Mr. R. c. Chen, leader of the Chinese delegation to the ECAFE Conference on Trade Promotion, and Mr V. P. Migunov, head of the Russian delegation were at the main table during yesterday's Singapore Rotary Club lunch. They did not speak to each other.
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    UK needs exports to meet deficit
    255 5 A PART from Britain's desire to help the ECAFE countries, it was also m her own interests to make more goods available for export, said the leader of the United Kingdom delegation, Miss M. W. Denehy, at yesterday's session of the ECAFE trade promotion
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    'Emancipation of women'
    54 5 Mrs. Sutan Sharlr will be principal speaker at a meeting which will discuss the emancipation and progress of Malay women, at the British Council Hall tomorrow at 5.30 p.m. The meeting is organised by Mrs. Shirin Fozdar. of the Bahai Centre. Singapore Other speakers will be Che
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    HINDUS IN STORE CELEBRATE
    63 5 Hindus In Singapore celebrated the Vijayadasami festival by holding special prayers yesterday. According to Hindu mythology, it was on this day that Goddess Parvathi, consort of Lord Siva, supreme head of all Hindu Oods, killed Mahlshasura. a demon who was a terror to the entire Universe.
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    TRIBUTES PAID
    31 5 Singapore Rotarians and guests yesterday paid tribute to Sir Henry Gurney, the murdered High Commissioner for the Federation, by observing a few moments' silence during their weekly lunch gathering.
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    No Govt, motion on Press yet
    140 5 THE Singapore Government 1 has not yet gazetted amendments to the Emergency (Newspaper) Regulations, 1951. following an undertaking given m the September meeting of the legislative Council by the Colonial Secretary, Mr. W. L. Blythe. The hope that the Gov- ernment would keep its
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    DEALTH
    52 6 MR CHUA CHENG HOCK aged 63 na&aed awnv peacefully at 21 mil on Bth October 1951. behind his bsloved wife. tto sons. Boon Kirn. Boon Chin, tun daueh'ers-in-law. Uo daughters Hock Ta- Hock Choo, one son-in-law On<. Tiring Guar, and 8. g'lndchi'drcn Funeral on Friday 12th Oct'<.?r lO'.l at
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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
    34 6 •ANASINGHAM— Mr. <5_ ham sincere|y tnank all fri.nris and relations I need tbefc wedding and ■ml them i 1 1^. and congratulatory _ret their ln- ih. nk thetn Individually. IJrei'i Bast, Chunnakam. Ceylon.
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  • The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. Oct. 11, 1951.
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      Portent At Kallang
      686 6 On this island of Singapore which has become one of the main points on the airways map of the globe, both young and old have come to take for granted the unceasing change •md advance which they see m the civil air services and m the Royal
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      Russia's Trade Offer
      431 6 The Russians had much the better of the argument at yesterday's session of ECAFE's trade promotion conference. While the American delegation warned that it is no use iooking to the United States for certain products because of the competing needs of the armaments industry, the Russians made
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    BRITAIN WILL STAY IN THE CANAL ZONE
    1356 6  - BRITAIN WILL STAY IN THE CANAL ZONE Egypt, Suez and the Sudan BRITAIN is to stand firm on her treaty rights with Egypt. British troops will stay m Suez. With the world m the state it is, there is not much choice. Fortunately British troops m the Canal Zone (they
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      'Time the Govt, got down to the job'
      489 6 IS it not about time the Federal Governmem stopped being naive and got down to the Job. Ever since the death of the High Commissioner i\ has reiterated that the bandits were not really aftei this high official. Whom does it think
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      THE BOW-ANDARROW VIEW
      280 6 THE BOW-AND-ARROW VIEW <rpHE loss of that .reat x friend of Malaya. Sir Henry Gurney, Is deeply deplored by all races m Malaya; but the man-ln-the-street Is asking, was it necessary? A breach of security over the High Commissioner's movements there may well have been, but is not the pomp
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    On the Margin On the
    402 6 On the Margin On the 'Strain Packet' THE fir-,, mail steamer arrived at Singapore on August 4. 1845, having taken eight days (rum Galle, Ceylon, She brought mail from London which was 41 days old, bui that mail cau ul great excitement ln Commercial Square because it was the first
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    2,000 MUST RE-APPLY FOR TRUST FLATS
    426 7 Old register has been scrapped FORMS ARE AVAILABLE^kWk^m _______M FROM TODAY _______M NEARLY two thousand people whose names were on the register of the Singapore 1 Improvement Trust for housing will have to re-apply if they want Trust accommodation, Mr. H. C. Tinsley, the
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    Clerks, not envoys, get headaches
    109 7 Clerks, not envoys, get headaches THE St. John Ambulance Brigade first-aid service at the Victoria Memorial Hall. Singapore, venue of the ECAFE conference, is being kept busy with headaches. The first-aid room had six patients yesterday. During the morning the patients, complaints, and treatments were: Typist, headache, two aspirins; technician,
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    RESEARCH WORK IN K.L. PRAISED
    67 7 The research work being done by the Department of Agriculture, Kuala Lumpur, is praised by the technical masazine World Crops. The magazine also contains an article by Mr. Ounn Ls.i Tek of the Department of Agriculture. Kuala Lumpur, who wrote on "Fodder? and Feedingstuffs In
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    Colony plants more pepper
    178 7 Colony plants more pepper PEPPER planting has started again m Singapore m the Jurong and Chua Chu Kang areas, as a result of the current hteh price of pepper, says the annual report of the Agriculture Department The Report adds that the ■earcit; of planting areas and the high cost
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    STUC delegates to hold meeting
    49 7 Tii. Aral meeting oi the representatives' council of the newly-formed Singapore Trade Union Congress will be held at the Singapore Motor Vehicle Drivers' Union office m Queen Street. Singapore, en Oct. 17 a: 7 p.m. Office-bearers m the governing council will be rjid sub-committees
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    Worn thief cries in dock
    89 7 \\'HEN Grace Fernandez, a 22-year-old woman, was fined $100 by the Singapore Fourth Police Magistrate. Mr. P. Claque. yesterday for housebreaking, with intent to steal a watch, she burst into tears m the dock. I am m a desperate financial position. 2 am a mother
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    BROKE BAN: $200
    29 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. Chong Boon Seng, a Singaoore driver, was fined $200 m the police court for driving a lorry on a road prohibited to lorries.
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    HAWKER GAOLED
    35 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed Low Teriß Kuan, a hawker, was sentenced ln the Police Court to one day's imprisonment and fined $50. m default one month's imprisonment for offering a bribe tn a constable.
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    DANCERS PAID ENOUGH TO RUN CITY
    214 7 DANCERS PAID ENOUGH TO RUN CITY SINGAPORE men spend $3,000,000 a year on dance hostesses. This is equivalent to the expenditure on Government and City administration, Dr. L. C. Hill, a local government expert, told Singapore Rotarians yesterday. Dr. Hill, who is studying the Singapore City administration to recommend reforms,
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    2 months' gaol for deserter
    47 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed.— Ahmat bin Hamid. a special constable at Hock Lam Estate, was sentenced to two months' imprisonment for desertion. He was given two days leave on Aug. 22 and was not seen again until he was arrested on Sept. 24.
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    New chief justice comes from Africa
    69 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. THE new Chief Justice of the Federation will be Mr. Charles Mathew. He is due here at the end of November. sm take the place Sir Stafford Foster I Sutton left the Federa- 1 when enter- ed the service. H Mr
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    TALK ON KAMMA
    47 7 Under the auspices of the Singapore Chinese Buddhist Federation and the Singapore Buddhist Association, the Yen. Narada Thera will deliver a lecture on Kamma, or the Buddhist law of moral causation, at the Mahabodhi School hall, Lorong 34. Geylang, on Sunday at 3 p.m.
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    Railway revenue increases
    109 7 Railway revenue increases KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. IN spite of numerous at- i tacks on trains earlier this year, the Malayan railway had' a total revenue of $33,027,158 m the 12 months up to August. Figures released today showed that the total revenue was $27,169,358 m the corresponding period last year.
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    JUDGE BACK
    20 7 Mr Justice Pretheroe. judge of the Federation Supreme Court. Kuala Lumpur, returns to Malaya this week from Britain
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    Show nets $9,100 for nurses
    135 7 FE Lady with the lamp film premiere m aid of the apore Nurses ScholaiVi Fund, launched m conjunction with the Royal College of Nursing London. d $3,100. Of this amc unt $6,000 lu_s been sent to the Royal ColV Fund. This. together with all the
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    Attractive kimono, but it is better to be cool
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    CHINESE CABLE CHIANG SUPPORT
    95 7 MORE than 500 Chinese m Singapore, most of them representatives of Chinese associations and societies, yesterday cabled Chiang Kai-shek reassuring him of their support. cable at a the Chinese* Chamber pre-M where anni-M the NationalLsM Government was celebrated. to theß "Long Na-B "Lon^B Live _10-B gans
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    LADY GUBNEY AT FUNERAL FILM
    44 7 KUALA LL'MPUK Wed. T ADT Gurney today saw a m- film of her husband's funeral, which wa s made by the Malayan Film Unit. Lady Gurney was accompanied by the Commis-sioner-General. Mr. Maccolm Mac Donald. and Mrs Michael Hogan.
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    PRESENTS WERE STOLEN GOODS
    76 7 Abdu] Wahab Mohaoned Ibrahim, a salesman. n^<d 25. pleaded guilty m the S-Ond Police Court yesterday to theft of $272 worth -if silk goods belonging to his employer. R. M M SamiwaMa between March and July '.hi. year Inspector K. B. One prosecuting told the court
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    Friend told me to knife my wife -ACCUSED MAX
    151 7 Friend told me to knife my wife -ACCUSED MAX f YAPILLAI Arumugam, aged 24, said m Singapore 1 Third Police Court yesterday that he was provoked by his 15-year-old wife into knifing her. Arumugam was commuted for trial at the next Assizes on a charge of murdering his wife. Saraspathy.
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    CG gives $1000 to Gurney Memorial Fund
    75 7 CG gives $1000 to Gurney Memorial Fund KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. THE Commissioner-Gene-ral. Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, today gave $1,000 to the Gurney Memorial Fund, sponsored by the Independence of Malaya Party. Two further contributions, one of $10,0S0 from the estate of the late Mr. Liew Weng Chee, and $1,000 from Mr.
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    COURT CLEARS LABOURER
    58 7 A labourer, Soh Seng Enr. who was accused of assembling with five or more persons at a house nenr the 9th mile. Tampenis Rond, for the puroose of committing r.ang robbery during the eariv hour, of May 23. this ye cleared m the Singapore Assize Court yesterday.
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    Progress the sure cure, says Om
    258 7 Progress the sure cure, says Om KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. (CONSISTENT and positive progress m the constitutional, political, social and economic fields is the surest preventive against the spread of militant Communism m Malaya, said Dato Onn bin Ja'afar, spokesman for the organising '.ommittee of the Independence of Malaya Party, today.
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    New curfew as the hunt for Gurney's killers widens
    356 8 New curfew as the hunt for Gurney's killers widens MORE AIR STRIKES MORE TROOPS CALLED IN KUALA LUMPUR, WednesdayTil E Federation Government today clamped 48-hour curfew on four wired-in resettle ment areas within a radius of ten miles of the Gap, m a new phase of their operations to hunl
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    LOANS TO HELP STUDENTS
    163 8 LOANS TO HELP STUDENTS UNIVERSITY of Malaya has set up a loan fund to help students who run Into money troubles towards the end of their studies. A special committee Ig to fix the amount of each loan But it must not exceed a year's tuition fees. This rule limits
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    TEA PARTY
    33 8 JOHORE BAHRU,. Wed. The delegates to the AllMalaya Malay Teachers Conference m Johore Bahru were given a tea party today by Dato Syed Abdul Kadir bin Muhammad, acting Mentri Besar. Johore.
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    C.-G. PAYS HIS LAST RESPECTS
    89 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. p.\RLY this morning, the Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, paid a three-minute visit to the *rave of the late Sir Henry Gurney at the Cheras Road cemetery just outside Kuala Lum unl anfl by MrTB Henry's I secretary, who was I Henry's
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    STUDENTS STUDY ELECTION
    55 8 Representatives from Singapore, Malaya and Siam are among the overseas students attending a survey of the British election campaign arranged by the Students Welfare Department of the British Council. The survey aims at giving students an overall picture of the election machinery m Britain and a knowledge
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    VISIT TO THE GRAVE
    22 8 MR. MALCOLM MacDONALD. the Commissioner-General, at the grave of Sir Henry Gurney m Kuala Lumpur. Straits Times picture.
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    In S'pore to study municipal work.
    121 8 DATO Sri Amar D' Raja, President of the Town Board, Kota Bahru, Kelantan, is m Singapore to study the work of convexsjoi^^o^i^jcvird^nto Dato Amar m Singa pore on Tuesday.. He wii.H a wiliH the town boards Jo-B hore Batu anrfl Muar as He tola
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    FUND WEEK
    24 8 KUALA KANOSAR, Wed.The University of Maaya Endowment Fund Week m Kuala Kangsar will start on Oct 15 and end on Oct. 21.
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    Mr. Raj attacks motion on China
    193 8 Mr. Raj attacks motion on China A PROTEST against a resolution asking that the United Nations should recognise the Red China regime as the de facto government, to be submitted to the annual meeting of the Labour Party, on Sunday, was made yesterday by Mr. C. R. Dasaratha Raj, Labour
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    GAOL TERMS QUASHED
    80 8 A shopkeeper, Lim Slang Poh, and his assistant. Tan Ah Chian. who were sentenced to one month's imprisonment each, without the option of a fine, for selling Government imported rice m excess of the control price, had their convictions set. aside on appeal m the Singapore High
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    Malayan Hands Are Beautiful
    317 9 Malayan Hands Are Beautiful By MAGOA DUNIN pOR the last week I have been watching hands. What I saw confirmed my early impression upon arrival m Malaya women of all races here have lovely, well cared for hands. The equatorial climate, so unkind to complexions is, m recompense, more than
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    SHE IS AMERICA'S LEADING COOK
    841 9  -  DECAUSE about a "million and a half American cooks knew exactly what they wanted and were able to buy the things to make it with— fame has come to a gentle, silveryhaired grandmother named Mrs. Irma Rombauer. t At 73. Mrs. Rombauer has rocketed from
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    Dress Of The Week
    129 9 CALL I N^, _i.. sportswomen! You don't have to catc.^ the biggest fish or win ever/ set but it is your duty to look) as pretty as possible when you try. The girl holding that weird looking fish was all prepared to face the tropical elements.
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      270 9 25 "Ah, make the most i what we yet may spend. Before straits Times Crossword tato <™rgera.d) DOWN. I I I I |S I |4 I B |0 I 1 7 I E^Si 1. Ministerial gathering I car bet on encountering (7, 7). 2. A Spanish belvedere (7) gH 3.
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    Party Leaders Woo The Floating Voter
    1234 10 Party Leaders Woo The Floating Voter IN Transport House, where the Labour Party and the Trades Union Congress bed down together; at Mr. Churchill's house m Hyde Park Gate; at the Liberal Party's headquarters m Westminster; and at the dim offices m Bloomsbury where pale and bespectacled Communists interpret the
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    RUSSIA COUNTS ON HER LATEX-BEARING DANDELION
    285 10 THE Soviet Union is bank- Cultivation of Kok-Sagyz production, lng heavily on the is labour-consuming, but the The Kok-Sagyz and synthe-lbbor-producing nlnnt, Kok- process of extraction of rub- tic plants have been turning Sagyz, and synthetic rubber ber is not complex. It can out
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    Cock-fighting In The Borneo Oil Country
    800 10  -  lUSI across tfte wide, J crocodile-infested Baram River m Sarawak is Brunei territory. It was here, near the oil town of Seria. that we came across a group of Sea Oayaks engaged m a cockfight. A small clearing had been hacked out of the
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    LONDON STOCKS
    333 11 LONDON. Wed. DELIEF m Conservative vie- tory at the forthcoming elections continues to dictate the market policy. Prices m many sections today moved higher as buyers slowly gathered courage following initial caution m view of the Egyptian and Persian situations. Gains m British Government funds were up to
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    BANIR ESTATES PROFIT
    87 11 BANIR Rubber Estates' profit for the year to March 31, before tax. was £31,035 (£6,370). Deduct l.x. Uaa reliefs for double taxation and previous losses brought forward, _i 3,000 (£650), tt i_8,035 (£5,720). To rehabilitation expenditure £5,000 (same), final dividend five per cent making 15 per cent.
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    Melbourne share market
    160 11 MELBOURNE. Wed. CHARES fell back on the Melbourne Stock Exchange today as the mer.cet reacted from the wool bocm upsurge. There was a general atmosphere of caution as investors and brokers weighed deflationary and inflationary factors m Australia (aid abroad. Tin stocks Armed a little on merger
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    RUBBER MARKET
    150 11 Business at slightly lower prices From A Market Correspondent T)HE Singapore rubber market yesterday was dull A and featureless with business passing at half-a-cent and one cent a lb. below Tuesday's closing The close the wasH with October first-grade a buyers, three- quarters a cent below Closing prices
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    TIN: $466 3/8 A PICUL
    38 11 SINGAPORE, Wed., Oct. 10— 5466.37. (np $2__7V_.) London: €1,000 a ton LONDON. Wed. Cash Buyers, £1,000. Sellers £1.010; Forward Buyers £940. Sellers £945; Settlement £1,007. (down £7_). Turnover: am 75 p.m. lt tons.
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    THE PRODUCE MARKET
    123 11 T»HE copra section of the Singapore produce market was firm yesterday with a small amount of business reported at $43 a pic ul. Buyers opened at $42 .4 with sellers at $43. Coconut oil was v steady with sellers at $71 a plcul and buyers holding off.
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    KUALA PERTANG
    65 11 j£UALA Pertang Syndicate, which owns rubber estates ln Kelantan Is paying a second Interim dividend of 15 per cent, for 1950. making— since it ls stated that no further dividend ls to be paid for that year a total of 25 per cent against the single payment of
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    Malayan shares
    193 11 Buyers seek Tins and Rubbers THERE was a slightly firmer 1 tendency m all sections of the Malayan share market yesterday, with good buying support for Rubbers and selective Tin shares. Price changes announced by tbe Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were: IMH MRIM-S Karen Seller* BB Petrol 81/- 52/Heory
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    H.K. EXCHANGE
    34 11 HONG KONG, Wed. FREE market currency exchange for Hong Kong dollars was quoted at the close today as follows: US$l HKS6.BS (cash), HK86.88 (T.T.); £1 HK515.83; one tahil of gold HK$33O UP
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    CANADIAN DOLLAR
    32 11 'THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association announced yesterday that control direct ratwt foi Canadian dollars were: Buying T.T 34"*. Airmail (O.D 34% (90 days) 35V. Selling T.T./OX) ready 34 7 16.
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    175 11 CHIPS m the Singapore Roads and alongside the Singapore Harbour Board godowns at 4 pjn. yesterday were: Outer Roads: Hai Hsuan. El Greco, Om. Euryades. Tran Nlnh. Lac Tchad, Glinka. Baron del Haven Le Maire, Hoegh Silverstream, Troodos. Stanvac Selo, North Star. Ternate, Chip Lam, Cingalese Prince. Anchorage
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    BLUES START SEASON WITH GOOD WIN REME rattled in the loose
    373 12 BLUES START SEASON WITH GOOD WIN REME rattled in the loose All Blues lb; K.*..ivi.a_. "A v. A I.THOUCiH this was their first game of the A season. Singapore All Blues (Asian Rugby Union) tackled, shoved and handled well enough to defeat R.E.M.E. "A" XV by 16 points (two goals
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    Plaque to show big donations
    469 12 BADMINTON HALI \yHEN the Singapore Badminton Hall is completed, a special plaque, bearing the names of donors who have have contributed $1,000 and more, will be placed prominently m the new badminton headquarters, S.B.A. president, Mr. Lim Chuan Geok. told the Straits Times yesterday. Names
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    S.H.B. given hard fight v. FARELF
    190 12 S.H.B. given hard fight v. FARELF ir Board had to I* ht hard >esterday to add G HQ. ARELF to their growing li-. at Mc.orles. SHB tventuiltj i.in oui winners by 12 points (three tries and a penalty) to i.yi at Keppel Harbour ■Mk i-'-oser and harder score mimesis, espe-
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    H.K. C.C. lead S'pore Services
    104 12 H.K. C.C. lead S'pore Services HONG KONG. Wed.— The Hong Kon_; Cricket Club led the Singapore Combined Services by 44 runs with two wickets In hand when stumps were clrjtwn this evening al the close of their first day's play In a two-day match. Singapore, batting first on a s
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    Western India lead M.C.C.
    72 12 AHMEDABAD. I India i Wed.—Western India led tbe MCC touring team by 68 runs with Aye second Innings wickets to fak at the end of tbe second day's play here today. The match ends tomorrow. MCC were all out today for 192 ln reply to Western
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    COLONY HOCKEY XI FOR MALACCA
    67 12 'THE following will represent Singapore m the Quadrangular Hockey Tournament against SelanRor. Negri Sembilan and Malacca on Oct. 28 and 29 at Malacca: Patrick Yee; Chua Eng Cheng. Sgt. P. Coulter; r 1.1. H. W. Wood, Capt. F.O. Reynolds (V/Capt.), S. VeUupUlal; Lt.-Col. R. J.
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    PEAN FIGHT FOR McGOVERN
    30 12 PEAN FIGHT FOR McGOVERN LONDON Wed. -Tommy Mcllrii.sh lightweight boxilon his b. en selected >n Boxing Union to niu Finland'" Elis Ask for the crown. Ask r!»r of the champion-
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    22 12 (1.71 8.151 (Ul! 37 i5.1l PO RO*': 0.P34 i 8.3». 0 302 ,17. 3110 f ..91. 15.24 (3.9 i. 1
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    Observation is in great form
    248 12 From EPSOM JEEP PENANG, Wednesday. OBSERVATION, a three-year-old chestnut by Panorama, did a workout this morning that leaves no doubt m my mind that this newcomer will race m better company than Class 3 if he makes normal progress. In a day of slow work
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    Blues XV v. Johore
    50 12 The following will represent Singapore All Blues at rugger against Smth. Johore XV Farrer Park on Saturday: A. Rajuretnam. Pestana, Kassim, Eng Siang. Wah Chin W. Fung. Michael Chua, M. C. Dutt, W. Vaz, P. Wong. Sinthamony, P. Mayo V. de Bryne. A. N. Other, Mahendrjn
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    GHQ Signals held
    33 12 RAF Changl "A" and OJS.Q. Signals drew three-all ln a game of rugger played at Changl yesterday. Leonard scored a try for Changl and Ketternich kicked a penalty for Signals.
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    At the barrier
    102 12 rpHERE was barrier pracUce this morning for Reward (TJoa), Seventy Seven (Jones), Grecian Prince (.not entered for this meeting, Lansdown), Unaware tHe a ley i and De-Win (J. Donnelly). De-win gave most trouble about lining up, but when the five horse* were aent off De-Win and Reward
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    Khalsa hockey XI
    40 12 The following will represent Khalsa Association against Singapore Recreation Club m their First Division Singapore Hockey League tie to be played on the padang today: Bakar; Avtar. Via*; AJit, Tirlok, Soln: Inder, Beant, Harbajhan, Harban. Harba i.
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    Rain mars SHA trial
    211 12 /"■> ROUND conditions at Balestier after the rain yesterday afternoon were hardly Ideal for the Singapore Hockey Association's State trial to pick a team for the Quadrangular meeting to be held m Malacca on Oct. 28 and 29. However there was a fairly keen game between
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    Narrow victory for Sappers
    234 12 FN an extremely hard and fast RE. halves combined better that game of rugger at Oillman their opponents ana McPherson, ground yesterday, Royal Engineers scrum-half, showed greSt promise, emerged winners m an inter-corps Scoring opened wiih Simon tie against R.A.S.C. by six points going over for
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    Sentinel's Sportlight
    724 12 (SPORTSMEN'S TROPHY I MATCH IN JEOPARDYI I I J^ALAYAN soccer's "match of th c year**— the annual clash between I Singapore and the Federation for the Sportsmens Trophy may not be played this season. The trophy, at present held by {Singapore, was presented by a group of Federation
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    Chinese 'A9 beat Recs
    81 12 Chinese 'A 9 beat Recs JTORCTNG the pace m the second half with their speed and combination, Singapore Recreation Club just managed to defeat Singapore Recreation Club one-nil m an "A" hockey fixture on the Padang yesterday. It was a keenly-contested game and the issue was very much m doubt
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    FATHUL KARIB IN SMASHING WIN
    216 12 FATHUL KARIB, held to a one-all draw by Star Soccerites m their first meeting m the SAFA Junior Cup competition, yesterday proved that form was all wrong by winning the replay by six goals to one at Jalan Besar Stadiu£^^^^^^^^^^^^^_ But Soccerites, ln l great
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    TODAYS SOCCER AT JALAN BESAR
    77 12 Singapore Chinese FA champions ln the SAP A. Community League, play their last fixture, against Malays at Jalan Besar Stadium today Chinese are aiming at an undefeated record The last time Chinese won a s.A F A championship without a single defeat was m 1830
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    SERVICES BOXING
    30 12 Recruits from the Malayan Basle Training Centre will meet the Ist Singapore Regiment RA. at boxing nt the M.B.T.C Ovmnaslum at Nee Soon Barracks at 8 p.m today.
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    R.I. GAIN 3-0 WIN
    34 12 In a hockey match at Gilman Barracks yesterday Raffles Institution beat Singapore Regt, R A by three goals to nil. Kandasamy (2) and Leong Kok Weng scored for the winners.
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    Walkover to B.O.D.
    28 12 RAP. seletor conceded a walkover Singapore Hockey Association Division 2 league tie scheduled to be played on the B O D C A. ground yesterday.
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    HAIGH AND KIRK WIN CUP GOLF
    66 12 The R.S.Q.C. Sir Arnold Robinson Cup competition (twoball foursomes) resulted ln a win for H. L. Haigh and S. Kirk (80 9Vi=70 1 ,4). Other cards were T. M. Bishop L.E.C. Davies (83— 10V*=72%), J. Y. Ferguson P. V. Gray (84—11 73). W. H.
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    AIRMEN DRAW
    36 12 In a hard-fought rugger match m which forwards dominated play RAF. (Aengab) drew 3-3 with R.A.F. (Seletar) at Tengah yesterday. Cooper scored a try for Seletar, ana Nichols Was successful with a penalty kick.
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    EZZARD LAUGHS
    68 12 PITTSBURGH. Wed. pORMER heavyweight champion Ezzarct Charles ls laughinu at the "no confidence" reports on him prior to his 12-round battle with Rex Layne at Forbes Field tonight. "Some people say I have not regained my confidence after losing the title to Jersey Joe' Walcott last July," Charles
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    NEE SOON WIN
    43 12 At Nee Soon yesterday Nee Soon Garrison beat Royal Army Ordinance Corps by eight points la try by L C Swinburne converted by Cpl Raines and a penalty goal by Cp» Raines) to three points (a try by Sgt Lewis*.
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    SOCCER DRAWN
    32 12 Oan Eng School Staff v. Students soccer match at Ou*ram School ground yesterday ended m a one-all draw. The scorer for Teachers was: D. Tambyha and for the Btuden:s, Chitarajam.
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    Odd goal decides
    37 12 University of Malaya second beat Posts and Telegraphs threetwfe ln a hockey match at Sepoy Lines ground yesterday. Jegatheesan scored all three goals for the winners. W. Ponnlah got both for P. St X
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    To play in Rangoon
    29 12 Royal Air Force Changi rugger team will leave on Friday for Rangoon where they will play a Com. bined Services and Civilian XV on Saturday.
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      327 12 VEHICLES FOR SALE CHRYSLER Royal 1939. Reupholstered, repainted. Engine overhauled. European owned. What offers? RNZAF. Changl, Ext. 391 till 4 o'clock on week days. 1947 STANDARD Vanguard Saloon available mid-October Genuine buyers please contact Manager, Taiping Rubber Plantations Ltd.. Trong. Only offers ibove $3,600 will be considered. CHRYSLER Royal 1939
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      32 12 HOCKEY: Div. 1, SRC v. Khalsa— SßC. SOCCER: Com. Lge., Chinese v. Malays J. Besar. RI'GBY: St. Andrew's v. Raffles Woodsville. BOXING: Malayan Recruits v. S'pcre Regt. (R.A.) Nee Soon 8 p.m.
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