Malaya Tribune, 16 January 1947

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  • 52 1 The Malaya Tribune ji\ THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE THE ONLY NATIONAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA Now printed simultaneously in Singapore, Kuala L umpur. Ipoh Penang. 'Phone Numbers: Editor 581S Editorial 5811 Advertising 5812 Circulation Accounts 2005 iGHI PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1947 TEN CENTS The Malaya Tribune THURSDAY, JAN.
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  • 469 1 "Should Be Concluded As Soon As Possible" London, Jan. 16.-Britain and France are to go straight ahead with negotiations for an alliance. u„ This if yie_result offlrially announced last night, oi the two-day talks
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  • 93 1 10. A Foreign p k •mail today acidly i n Pi avda allei\ h British Foreign Bevin. had de-Anglo-Soviet treaty, he tid, had mi inter- In remai Its- in a j Dec 26—"for the 1 gument" and the the Soviet official completely at a
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  • 46 1 fan. 15. -Sergeam 3e »era] Jacqu s rmer French I n t< -China, was ..idea on board nei Past. Of bouna frcm Saigon, here last night, r carrying 1.6U3 9 wounded in the > and 250 civi- j d resumed her i< urney today.-- i
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  • 69 1 I S FOR MALAYA j illion yards of extile have been Mo lay a and now pment in Japan c Malayan Reprein Japan, is seeing n and the ship- l the material. PAL WORKERS ULTIMATUM I ultimatum was laming by the newlyent Central Exettee of Mie S ngaal Labourers'
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  • 263 1 Tr hunc Staff Reparian Gi.n Singh's are in the aeWa ■gain today. Yesterday, the last day of their legal occupancy of premise* No. 4 Battery Road, they found their water supply cut off from their second floor, which is Used residentially by members
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  • 349 1 Reuter. Hanoi. Jan. 15. Several thousand rasced half-starved Annamites, Chinese and Indians trekked through barbed wire and street barricades of Hanoi today where they had been trapped since Dec. 19, and were threatened with starvation and' lack of water. Only a few of
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  • 21 1 WASHINGTON. Jan. 14. (Up)President Truman had accepted the resignation of Donald Ru»--<AI a-. Assistant Secretary of State in charge of administration.
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  • 88 1 Reuter. PARIS; Jan 15.—Paris police ith day searching ior burglars i h br ke int > the Par.s Central Police Station 'asr n'ght where h ransacked drawers and tiling cabinets in ihe office of the phiel al the Criminal InDepartment To reach the office the burglars must
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  • 104 1 LONDON. Jan. 15.—Profe-sor J. J. Smertenko, Vice-President of the American League for Free Palestine, will be expelled from thL, country tomorrow Tonight he is being kept in village police station at Walling ton in Surrey. Tomorrow he will be transported out of Britain in the >ame
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  • 33 1 Oslo, Jan. 15 —An official Norwegian statement on Spitzbergcn is expected tomorrow An Oslo newspaper meanwhile has suggested that the matter of an understanding with Russia over its joint defence should be reopened.
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  • 311 1 I Fist Fight Follows Atlanta (Georgia) Jan. 15.—The Legislature In a move unprecedented since the reconstruction days early today elected Herman Eugene Talmadge Governnor of Georgia, to fill the ofh cc he helped his late father to win during the summer's bitter "white suprernacv" campaign.
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  • 138 1 Reuter. London. Jan. 15. —Jet-pro-pelled motor cars are not likely for some years yet, according to Sir Edward Appleton, British scientist. Speaking in London f oday. he said: "I do not expect any revolutionary changes Lncars for some years. I "We may perhaps later
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  • 56 1 NANKING. Jan 16.—The U. S. Amoa^>adcr Dr. Leigbton Stuart Will bring a new s et cf pop.cc pi posals to Yenan as soon as the drafting of these is completed, r-ay-ICr. Shao Lit Sze. Government negotiator. Dr. Stout toll Reuter; TRh latent development In the Chinese
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  • 427 1 LONDON, Jan. 15—The libel action brought by Mr. Winston Churchill against the author and publishers Of the book "Dinner at White Kouse" was settled :n the ex-Premier's favour in thQ High Court today. Churchill asked for a statement in the open court on behalf! <)t
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  • 60 1 NAIROBI. Kenya. Jan. 15 Two bandied Airicans have been arrested tor intimidation and molestation at Mombasa where *nere is a gmeral strike of all Aittcan labour, it was officially announced today. fne pan hat been paralysed Dy th walkout of Airicans on Monday. The strikers demand :n:?re
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    • 502 2 1 TRIBUNE PRE-PAID classified [advertisements! Casual Advertisements. Wanted, Personal, SituaH tions Vacant, Situations Wanted, For Sale, etc. au $3 .00 per insertion of 20 words, 15 cts. for every) additional word. Public Notices Announcement: $4.00 per single column 1 inch per insertion. Domestic Occurrences: Death, Engagement, Mar j riage, Birth
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    • 675 2 NOTICES. Singapore" improvement trust Addition No. 2 of 1046 to the General Improvement plan under Section 52 of the Singapore Improvement Ordinance. Plan of proposed widening of Thomson Road from Mount Pleasant Road to Lornie Road. Notice to owners or reputed owners of property affected by the plan. Whereas the
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    • 253 2 NOTICES. MjJNiciPAt wmcjp For Information of Medical Practitioners. Please note that cases of SivfALL POX have been noiifieo !in residents of St. Georges' Road and Joo Chiat Road, j By Order, N. A. CANTON, Municipal Health Officer. Re YUSOF~BIN AHMAD I also known as YUSOF BIN 1 HAJI MOHAMED also
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    • 608 2 SHIPPING SILVER LINE KERR STEAMSHIP CO. INC. NEW YORK GENERAL AGENTS SAILINGS To Halifax and New York MV. "DERWENTHALL" Singapore early February. Agents: HADDEN COMPANY LIMITED. Chartered Bank Chambers Phone Nos. are:— 7052, 6802. NOTICE j SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY It is hereby notified that with effect from Ist January 1947, the
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    48 3 t k from Ji!ns md we asked him ut* a timers are 'AH t ye. and more a* effiflzea dan- 1 vr told us 'B >' killed a lot ii Burma and Of hUMI.^- iv onlj killed iltd have the* Here's an artist's no #> ul t-eer". V
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  • 784 3 Production Of Alternative Food Vital, Says Killearn "We have a long way aheaci of us yet to get out of tne wood," said Lwd RUbearn, Special Commissioner, at the end of his owning statement welcoming the delegates, to the meeting of Hudson
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  • 156 3 The Singapore Anti-Opium Society has been revived to resume its work of weaning away opium addicts from the habit and to tnlp Government And ways and means to make the opium law effectiveThe Society invites individuals and organizations to devise some means to help the addicts to
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  • 272 3 Mutiny Court Martial "On the orders of Naik Ghulam Qadir (accused No. 1) I picked up one of the bodies found inside the office and. with the help of Allah Bux (accused No. 2) and another man. carried it to the sea and
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  • 397 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) The Governor-General, Mr. Malcolm MaeDonald, and his charming bride arrived in Singapore yesterday evening. Mrs. Mncdonald stepped out cf the plane wearing a carbon blue tailored suit with a cherry blouse. This combination of colours suited her admirably as she is tall and
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  • 37 3 U.P. PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 14.—Its a bad season for Dan Cupid in the City of Brotherly Love. Records show that in the first nine months of last year, 418 more divorces were granted than during all 1945— U.P.
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  • 113 3 A claim of $75,000 has been lodged against the Dutch authorities by the Singapore Motor Vessel Traders' Union, through the Secretary of Economic Affairs, fcf the lose of cargo which it is alleged was confiscated from" the vessel JBC 1227. The vessel sailed from Tanjong
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  • 319 3 Prices quoted below are for picul weight except where otherwise stated. Foodstuffs: -Yesterday's quotation* were "Meehoon": Siam No. 1 $85; No. 2 $80; Indo-China $70; Kedah $75. Rice: Slum No. 1 $iO4, No. 2 $102. Rice milling: Siam $36; Glutinuous ric.-: Siam $90; Kedah $75; Rangoon
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  • 102 3 I Tribune Staff Reporter) Sir Franklin Gimson's sleek Rolls-Royce *as the cynosure of all eyes at Changi Airpcrt yes- i terday soon after the Governor had arrived to welcome the Governor-General and Mrs. MaeDonald. The left rear tyre suddenly went flat, and the Governor's •Alalay driver
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  • 319 3 That Ho Kian Swee—"Two-Gun Ho" as he was known to the underworld —who was shot down after a running fight with the police in Joo Chiat area on Nov. 7 last year, had deserted her for another woman, was the statement made by Tan
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  • 448 4 Peace And Procedure The deputies of the Big Four Foreign Ministers, meeting in London to begin discussion of the most difficult of all the peace settle ments, have received from Mr. Bevin some sound advice. They must be interested, he said, more in peace than in procedure. Applied to Germany,
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  • 199 4 Although war in the Pacific ended over a year ago. there is still one spot on the coast of Japan where the blast of exploding rocket s blends with the roar of low-flying fighters swooping in for the kill. Scene of spectacular air-to-ground attacks, it is
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  • 138 4 Washington.-The constructs of a dam on the northern part of £iam's principal river. Choa Phya (Menam), patterned after Amsrica's Norris Dam. may provide a solution to the problem of "cultivating the country's secondary rice crop during the dry season. Thi 5 opinion was expressed by Pridi Banomyong.
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  • 865 4  -  by W. A. Harpur The Unchanging East Is in danger of losting its reputation to London. For London is developing a physical, cultural and emotional stability in surprising contrast to the London of fifty years ago. All that remains pliable is being moulded to a pattern and becoming
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  • 702 4 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Sir.—Having read the Constitutional Proposals several times I am convinced that they are schemes which appear to be beneficial to the Malays, but the hidden aim s are anti-Malay. i pro non-Malays and for British j Imperialism. The following are
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  • 168 4 Sir. -Some pre-war Government servants, who reported for duty promptly on liberation but who later resigned, have been told that the Government has ruled that they are not eligible fcr the advance on back-pay granted to those still in the service. No reasons were given. There 1%
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  • 329 4 VANCOUVER (Canada).—lnto Canada's "Death Valley"—a strange tropical freak in the Arctic north, where cannibal head-hunters are reputed to guard a fabulous hoard of gold—will go next summer ten U.S. ex-Marines with airplanes, parachutes and army ducks. They are not going primarily to seek the treasur?.
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  • 324 4 Chef to the Royal Family on many of their tow George Badcock, who has j ust retired after 42 years with the L.M.S., says that the King and .Queen and Princesses have simpler tastes and are easier to please than most travellers. There were only two
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  • 102 4 Reuter. TOKIO (Air Mail).—For the fii>t time, Japanese are u-ing "squatter" tactics to air their grievances. Because Prime Mini->hr Shigeru Yobhida declined to consider a series of demands piesented by Japanese repatriated they walked into a sectioli of th< Imperial Diet building aud 'squatted" for several
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  • 475 5 Millions Of Dollars Needed In Singapore (Tribune Staff Reporter) "We need millions of dollars worth of building materials, equipment and labour before we can ever hope to bring educational facilities up to normal again, and these cannot be conjured up in the space of
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  • 63 5 an Indian, was ntenced to 14 Mr. Tan Thoon ra District Court of retaining h ol his quarters Gaining trinpen ril belonging to Watts, of 305 card, cheque book ion certificate, Mrs. Scales of 24 Road, and c belonging to was that he these
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  • 349 5 IPOH How seven people were killed and five othen lred in the small riverine kampong of Kanan, was told when «f 40-year-old Malay was d for trial on a murder charge. i rushed to an mil stationed near distance, A Havildar immediately the scene of
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  • 85 5 SHANGHAI, Jan. 15.—The Ta Kung Pao from Tientsin said today that a United States marine plane wa s shot down near along the Peiping-Mukden railway, on Monday. The pilot was seriously Wounded. Marine authorities have sent 40 officers and men on an armoured train
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  • 218 5 Sentence of five years' rigorous imprisonment was passed by Mr. Justice Jobling at the Singapore Assizes yesterday, on Koo Wan. an ex-Chinese member of the S.S. Volunteer Forces after he had been found guilty of carrying arms. The accused who wa s in Kitchener
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  • 43 5 U.P. WASHINGTON. Jan. 15.-The House intei state Commerce Committee chairman, Charles A. Wolverton, revealed plans today for congressional Investigation into airline accidents. He Introduced a measure to give the committee power to subpoena Federal Aviation officials for questioning.—JTJ.P,
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  • 65 5 I Pending a decision on I the future function and organization of the Volunteer Forces in Singai pore, the present status I of the Volunteers in SinI gapore, as in the Malayan I Union, will continue until 1 the end of 1947, it is stated officially.
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  • 174 5 (Our Own Correspondent) Butterworth: Two batches of lighter labourers were charged before Mr C. W. Shorland in the Magistrate's Court, alleged to have committed criminal breach of trust of property which they were entrusted to transport from Penang to the prai Wharf. The first batch are Indians
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  • 135 5 The 600 Malayan Chinese repatriates quarantined two weeks ago on St. John's Island when they arrived on the Tjibadak. will be released to-day. They were part of th" 1.355 who were repatriated on the Tjibadak by UNRRA-CNRRA. Ten passengers died on board the Tjibadak on
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  • 320 5 M ost Cold-Blooded Crime By Japs Moulmein Riddle Solved The exhumation of three graves seven miles from Moulmein by a War Crimes investigator has finally solved the riddle of one of the most cold-blooded crimes perpetrated by the Japanese in Burma. Shortly before the surrender, the Japanese became alarmed at
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  • 420 5 "Ridiculously Poor Salaries And Poor Food" 'Tribune Staff Reporter) MALACCA, Wednesday .--Twenty-one out of the 22 nurses attached to the General Hospital, Malacca, downed thermometers and case-«;harts and walked off the wards protesting against the treatment they were receiving at the hands of the hospital
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  • 133 5 U.P. JERUSALEM. Jan. 15. British military authorities were reported today to be reinforcing the army and police garrison in Palestine to a total of 125,000 men in the belief that the dissident Jewish underground can be dealt with only militarily. Usually reliable sources said senior commanders
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  • 56 5 Reuter. Bombay. Jan. 15.—The police opened tire to-day to disperse a group of strikers before the factory of Firestone Rubber and Tyre Company in central Bombay after the strikers had pelted the police with stones. No one was injured in the firing, but three police
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  • 215 5 In King's Absence The Duke of Gloucester is due to arrive in Singapore tomorrow and not today as announced earlier. The programme already announced for January 16 has neither been cancelled nor changed, but merely postponed to the following day. The Duke
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  • 19 5 WASHINGTON. Jan. 13—Repre-sentative Willis Bradley, California, has introduced a bill extenainf? United States citizenship to the inhabitants of Guam.U.r
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  • 325 5 50 Words A Minute (Tribune Staff Reporter) With a coverage reooru of au.uuu miles by air, road", and sea, and visiting 24 cities, Mr. K. C. Boxall, Traffic Executive for Reuters, Limited, London, has arrived in Singapore. Since November 11, 1945, he ha s been
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  • 151 6 (Our Oivn Correspondent) The share market yesterday was a little quieter but there were buying inquiries for Fraser Neaves at $2.97], Wearnes $19 ex div.and Hongkong Banks were done at £90. Collieries still predominated with' sellers at $2.10 and Hammers could
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  • 77 6 The report and accounts .f Indragin Rubber Limited wvre received and at the a/miul general meeting held at N.T.S. Building, Singapore, yesterday WtXtl Mr. J. A. Ehas iv I tie i hair. All the retiring dfarMdOH were re-elected and ftCiwsra Twquand, Youngs, McAuhflfe it Co. WAN reappointed auditors.
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  • 62 6 Alleged to have misappropriated a jeep belonging to Mr. C. H. Koh. g Singapore lawyer some time in November, last* I year, Tan Chee (30>. claimed trial when he appearedf before Second Magistrate L. Ci Goh. yesterday. The case wast j postponed for mention
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  • 87 6 Reuter. J London, Jan. 15--The S House ol Commons Privii leges Committee today began its private meetings J to investigate incidents on Dec. 19 concerning PhH I Pirttttn, Communist Mem- her of Parliament, and Tom 1 D. Lucy, member of the Press Association report. Sing staff. It
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  • 90 6 Masked Chinese gunmen entered two houses in Singapore on Tuesday right and got away with $1.689 In cash and jewellery. The first robbery took plane at a house in Lorong Limau, when three Chinese gunmen, one of whom was masked, effected their entry at 8 p.m.,
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  • 21 6 A special plane carrying the recalled Spanish Ambassador to Britain. Domingo de la Barcena. took off from Northholt yesterday for Madrid.
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  • 197 6 REX THE DOLLY SISTERS with Betty Grabl3. John Payne and June Haver. The life story of the two unknown Hungarian sisters who combined their talents and rocked Broadway and Prance in the eai ly 1900%; receives a spectacular revival when Director Irving Cummings casts Betty Or able
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  • 117 6 Reuter. LONDON, Jan. 14.-The underlying tone in most markets was again wry firm but appearances rather belied the amount of business transacted during the course oi the day. Possible exceptiuni were British funds which sagged away owing to lack ot interest and in the foreign bond market
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  • 22 6 Tile loss of cash watches and other valuables, amounting to $360, has been reported from the Officers' Mess at Glugor Cantoment, Penang.
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  • 223 7 LONDON. Jan. 14.—Football fix ture for Saturday, Jan. 25: ENGLISH LEAGUE FIRST DIVISION Aston Villa v. Blackpool Bolton W. v. Leeds U. I Chelsea v. Grimsby Derby v. Arsenal Kverton v. Liverpool Hllddersfield v. Portsmouth Manchester U. v. Stoke City Preston N. E. V. Middlesboro Sheffield Utd.
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  • 40 7 The second committee meeting of the Peterdale B. P. will be held at «.hc residence of Mr. Robert H. W. Suriya, 14 Lim All Pi n Road, on Saturday, at 7.30 p.m. All Committee Members are requested to attend.
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  • 21 7 As from to-day. further duties will be imposed on various luxury articbs imported into the Malayan Union.
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  • 386 7 F.A. Cup Thrills Reuter. London, Jan. 15—London's two pig clubs, Arsenal and Chelsea battled for two hours on the Arsenal ground at Highbury this afternoon before more than 53,000 spectators and it is still not known which club have the honour to receive Derby
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  • 40 7 Copies of th? Oral English Results for the 1940 and 1941 School Certificate Examinations have now arrived from Cambridge am have been made available to th° Senior Inspector of Schools or Superintendent of Educatkrc in each region.
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  • 247 7 Reuter. Launceston, Jan. 15.—Joe flardstafT, who has yet to play in a Test match in Australia, and Denis Compton shewed grand form today in the first day of a three-day match against Tasmania, and at the close of play the pair had added 250 runs for
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  • 94 7 An argument over food between Indian and Chinese labourers of the Singapore Harbour Board, resulted in one of the Indians being struck on the head from behind by a Chinese with a bayonet. That allegation was made by Hataiyan, an Indian labourer, before
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  • 113 7 The Stage Club's production of "Night Must Fall' by Emlyn Williams at the Victoria Theatre had an excellent reception from a first night audience which was larger than usual. Vernon Margrave in the part originally created by Emlyn Williams had a great personal success, and was
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  • 93 7 Players who have been select;ed for thf Singapore's Hockey XI to play against Selangor and i Perak on Jan. 18 ai d 19 respecj lively are requested to ue at the 1 railway station by 6 p.m toI morrow and not at 7.30 p.m. i
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  • 105 7 The Army defeated the Navy in a keenly contested game of hockey played yesterday evening on the Seletar Naval Base ground by two goals to nil. Play was fast from the start, both sides being in fine fettle and half-time saw an empty slate. After
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  • 270 7 Com. R.A.F. 14 pts.. All Blues 0. A Combined R.AF. XV de- feated the Singapore All Blues by 24 points (three goals, a I penalty goal and two tries» to nil, in a tournament game of j rugger which was played at I Jalan Besar stadium,
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  • 95 7 PENANG. —In a scrappy majsh at Dato Kramat the PRC Hockey XI beat the YMSA by 3 goals to 1. The Indians started well and looked thje better team when they opened the score through Kantar SJmrh. after an equaliser by M. L*»alar th* YMSA deteriorated. The P.K.C.
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  • 236 7 Sunday's Boxing Battling Sima, fresh from his I successful visit to Australia, will ngure in his hrst fight since hi* return from Down Und*r on Sunday nejct, when he meet, the tough and popular Siamese welterweight, Nai Som Pong ten rounds at the Happy World
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  • 134 7 U.P. Canberra, Jan. 15. —Australia now has an unrivalled opportunity to build up a vital .export trade with the Far East, according to Sir Srinivasa Sarma, an Indian journalist who has Jus completed a tour of Australia. Australian goods are in keer demand in
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  • 80 7 Alleged to have robbed a Chinese ship chandler's wife of $850 in cash and jewellery at the point of a gun, and then to have kidnapped her husband. Leong See Hee (23), Quik Seng Xi (20), and Lim Teo Chuan (18) were arrainged on tentative charges of armed
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  • 50 7 Jan. 13. —Reports received here today disclosed ihnt the trial of 38 members of ihe Ballist Organization, an Albanian counterpart of the Chetniks, has ended at Prishtina, Macedonia with the death sentence for th redefendants and terms of forced labour up to 20 years for the others.
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  • 245 7 (Tribune Staff Reporter) The meeting hall of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce echoed yesterday to the warning that the future of the Chinese community in Singapore and the mainland would be at stake if the Federal Constitutional Proposals were afloptqd and the colony
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  • 405 8 "Peace" Move Fails Reuter. London. Jan. 15.—Today's moves to end the great British transport strike have failed. A meeting this evening to decide the fate of the strike which is now estimated to involve up to 60,000 men resulted in a heavy vote for its
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  • 108 8 U.P. CAIRO. Jan. 15 A committee of top-fiight Arabs sent invitations today to all Arab groups la the Middle East for a "popular" meeting in Cairo to plan the "liberation of wide areas including Palestine by means which, a spokesman said, would Include money
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  • 278 8 IPOH. A suggestion that com munits leaders should start rjme sort of home nr me Doys ol tfuir respect vt- communities as a temporary measure was made !n tne Teiuk Anson District Court by Lt.-Coi. J. G. Adams at the conclusion of a
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  • 76 8 Reuter. NUREMBERG. Jan. 13.—The body of a 24-yoar-old wife of a United States Army officer was found hanged yesterday from a clothes line in the basement of a Nuremberg billot. The woman, who wa s the mother of a three months' old child and had
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  • 209 8 'From Harold King, Renter's Correspondent* London, Jan. 15. —U Saw, pre-Japanese invasion Prime Minister of Burma, it is understood, has pre posed to Prime Minister Attlee and Defence Minister Alexander that the present conversations on Burmese self-government now taking place between Burmese
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  • 189 8 Reuter. Sydney, Jan. 15.—Controversy flared up again today over the suggested appointment of William John McKoll, Labour Premier of New South Wales, to sue- eeed the Duke of Gloucester as Governor-General of Australia. The British Empire Union I telegraphed to Mr. Joseph j Chifley. AustraPan Prime
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  • 104 8 U.P. WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—The United States Supreme Court today closed hearing on the I use "f the Government versus Mr. John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers Unio i and adjourned without a word ma it \.'hen a will announce a den si
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