Malaya Tribune, 13 March 1947

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    51 1 The Malaya Tribune 0 THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE THE ONLY NATIONAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA Now p/inted simultaneously in Singapore Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh Penang. 'Phone Numbers: Editor 5813 Editorial 5811 Advertising 5812 Circulation Accounts 5815 EIGHT PAGES 'SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1947 TEN CENTS The Malaya Tribune THURSDAY, MARCH 13,
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    AUSTRALIA MAY TAKE BIGGER SHARE IN S'PORE DEFENCE
    509 1 NEW ORIENTATION OF POWER IN PACIFIC A,i Cabinet Ministers and Defence Chiefs n at Canberra yesterJay to din >|)ijs, the new orientation of Impend! iiic und the livelihood of a greater t,i :of Singapore tq be undertaken by luesicns were expected ;o
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    Housing Caused Her Suicide
    114 1 Reuter. Mar. ii Major Kov ynonanj i ::neriy u\ the Ind: M Airborne Div.s.jn. told th* at .t Hamm rsmith tr. »y on nu wife Kathaged 34. that >ne had ob- noosing situa- Mrs. Wyndham. who ar ;i;^in England from India last found hanged banisters ot
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    NEW CHURCHILL BROADSIDE ON GOVT. SCUTTLING
    863 1 U.P. London. Mar. 12.—The British Government s order of the day was "scuttle everywhere"—from Egypt to India and Burma—said Winston Churchill, Opposition leader, in a vigorous attack on the Government during a debate on the economic state of the nation in the House or
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    Women in lorries had hair dressed in men's fashion
    403 1 Witness untitled massacre trial court SINGAPORE, Today.—The defence this morning requested continuation of the Chinese Massacre trial in the absence of the chief defence counsel, Mr. S. Xurose. and the case proceeded with the second defence lawyer, Mr. K. Kakuda, temporarily
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    Gloves Off In Moscow, Washington
    344 1 Reuter. London. Mar. 12. —Gloves were off in Washington and Moscow today when in two of the most forthright pronouncements of the post war era President Truman and the British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Bevin, challenged the Soviet Union on its record in Eastern Europe and
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    TRUMAN BOMBSHELL
    79 1 MOSCOW, Mar. 12.— All observers here agreed tonight that President Truman's speech today on Greece and Turkey can only come as a diplomatic bombshell into the hitherto not very promising atmosphere of the Moscow conference. Since t«arly this morning when first 8.8.C. broadcast forecasts of the speech were
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    Troops Stand By In N-W Province
    108 1 New Delhi, Mar. 12.—Troops were standing by in the Northwestern Province towns today as the wave ot riots spread from the Punjab to Peshawar and other districts where the Muslim League has been agitating against the ban on meetings and processions. A delayed Government
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    The King Honours 3 S'pore Residents
    318 2 Three old residents Of Singapore, two of whom were decorated in the New Yea,' Honours of 1942 fc>« fore the Japanese occupation of Malaya, and the other awarded a Medal of the British Empire in July. 1946, were presented with their decorations by II.X.
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    GREEK PRIEST SENT INTO EXILE
    80 2 U.P. JOLIET Illinois. Mar. 12 —A G"eefc pW»t, Rev. Joseph Fesltb, was exiled indefinitely to a traptt»l monastery near Louisville. K'liiucKy. by Bi-hop Daniel tvancho of Pi:tsburgh. for allegedly ootaming $1,400 under fai-e p:e* nces from a number of his congrega'ion here. Th.? cou t
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    CHEESEMAN: CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE SATISFIED
    221 2 Ipoh.—Expressing satisfaction at the representations made by both individuals and organisations on the proposed Federation plan for Malaya. Mr. H. R. Cheeseman, CMO., chairman of the Consultative Committee, declared in an interview with the Tribune that his Committee's recommendations would soon be submitted to the Government
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    "Red Pompoms" Here, Buying English Fags
    182 2 'Tribune Staff Reporter) Strolling about town or taking joy-rides in trishaws are the "red pompoms" I popular name for French .sailors. Numb, ring about 200. they I have just disembarked from five > minesweeper-, on their way to join the French Fieet in IndoChina
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    Only Solution For India's Muslims
    82 2 Reuter. BOMBAY Mar 12. Mofcaraeo Ai; Jinnah. President of the AltIndia Muslim League, told a gathering of Muslim journalists here tonight that there Was, po Honourable solution for fndia\ Muslims except Pakistan. W > have got to stand on our own legs. Oar ideology, our
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    Move To Improve Standard Of Training For Malayan Teachers
    243 2 Ipoh.—"The position is that training classes teachers have started. We are making every effort to get to the prewar standard. If we do that, we will do very Well. said Mr. R\ R. Cheeseman. CMC, Director of Education, Malayan Union, to
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    Jap Repatriates From NEI
    48 2 U.P. TOKIO, Mar. 12 —A Japanese Foreign Office spokesman said today that all Japanese na-ionals remaining in the Dutch East md es. numbering 13,65«, will be repatriated by the end of the year They are mostly engaged in reconstruction work under the Dutch government.—U.P.
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    Schoolboys Guilty Of Murder
    175 2 U.P. STAFFORD. England, Mar. 12 —Four teen-aged coys were found guilty ot murder today in shooting a gardening instructor in a Church of England reform school because he interfered with their plot to escap?. Th.? boys—two of them 15 and two 16 years old were ordered
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      400 2 ENGAGEMENT Mr. LIM TEE CHOY of No. 303 River Valley Road. Singapore, and Mrs. CHIA ENG SAY (nee Madam TAN AH NEE) of No. 39 Chapel Road, Singapore, wish to announce the engagement on the 26th February 1947 of Mr. LIM KEE KHIANG the eldest son of Mr. LIM TEE
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    MALAYA SMOKES $9-MILLION CIGARETTES A MONTH
    285 3 Glut On Singapore Market (Tribune Staff Reporter) AI enough cigarettes are still on the ration, an abundant supply in Singapore shops is slowly nullifying the rules and regulations governing their sale. onol?:eially government-controlled cigarettes have ceaiei to exist. Kun< red* cf people wh j
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    PASSENGERS BY THE ORANJE
    100 3 Distinguishe.: riviere to Sinyopcre vro arrive; irmv y luthhamptoD on feh> Nederland liner "Oronje" yes ■■•■relay were the Sultan of Dcii and the Prince and Princess Bhanubandh of Siam. The Sultan who is staving at the Adelphi before leaving tor Sumatra is expected *o confer with
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    Court Sequel To Theft Of $21,000 Worth NAAFI Cloth
    129 3 Four Chinese—Tan Yam Song. Koh Ah Wong, Tan Ah Kow and Chua Teo Chew—appeared in the Second Poh'ce Court yesterday before Magistrate L. C. Goh on a tentative charge of housebreaking and theft of articles of clothing and cloth valued at
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    "CONFOUND THE EXPERTS"
    122 3 I The popular "Confound the Experts" quiz programme will be lon the air at 945 p.m from Radio Malaya. There will be tour experts in the studio who will try to answer questions sent i?n by listeners. If they ail fall— the questioner gets $5. Today s
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    Corpse's Thumb-Print On Will: Clerk Fined
    210 3 Corpse's ThumbPrint On Will: Clerk Fined nent an Tan lr- >>■ wyer cierk. B M intentionally g> v tr.ar- ea ''J, a t before the i iths at the t m June l last S* 1 j. ncl Judge Ah1 J J„ u Lrn said that he ty and that
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    16 Tons Of Black Market Rice Seized
    82 3 Th? drive to suppress the black market in rice met with some measure of success last montn uuring which 15.57 tons of rice and 1.30 ton of damaged rice valued at about $7,000 were confiscated. J There wire 336 prosecutions for infringement oi
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    Belgium Fast Recovering From War, Says Diplomat
    376 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) "Belgium has made gpod recovery despite war devastation and unsettled conditions on the European; continent. To-day the country is 80 per cent rehabilitated. There is food and wearing apparel in plenty, but prices still remain high," said Mr. A. Mertens,
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    Lady Gimson On The Air Tomorrow
    54 3 At 10 p.m. on Friday. Lady Gimson Will open a new edition cf 'Personal Choice" in which Malayan personalities will present their favourite records with the reasons why they Ike them. "Personal Choice" wijl b; on the air from Radio Malaya every Friday tfom
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    LOITERER JAILED
    77 3 Lee Chu Hon (23) who pleaded guilty iri the Fourth Police Court yesterday to lettering at. the junction of Yio Chu Kang Road and Rosyth Road during the early hours of yesterday morning, while "being a r.puted thiel" wit. sentenced to three months' jail with hard labour. Another
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    Armed Robbery Charge
    83 3 A young Chinese. Leong Seng Chai. appeared befor Mag strat a. M. oyL'.ie yesterday on charges of armed robb?ry. Cash and jewellery amounting to $869 were alleged to hay: been taken from i compatriot, Chua Ah Arr, at an address in Wayang Street on Tan. 29. He
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    NEW NAMES FOR ROADS
    64 3 At a recent meeting of the Rural Board it was decided to rename Kee Sun fctoju Kee Sun Menue and Sun Drive as Tay Lian Teck Road. Tay Lian Teck Avenue md Tay Lian Teck Drive resq tively. he next meeting of the Ru- B?ard will
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    AMBASSADOR RECALLED
    106 3 U.P. Washington, Mar. 12—The Soviet Ambassador to the Unitea i States, Nikolai Novkov, abrupuy recalled to Moscow, leaves New j York by a Scandinavian plane ior Copenhagen tomorrow. The surpr se Soviet move cam. i at a low ebb in Soviet-American relations and. although diplomatic headquarter said hi
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    Rush For Birth Certificates
    75 3 I Application ior Birth Certificates of children under 6 ycafs of age arc not refused but th" demand for certificates since trie reoecupation has been ?o grea* that priority must nec-ssarily be given to applications where certificates are' more urgently required for schooling: Increased rations; employment;
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    PDS Treated As "Rubbish"
    242 3 warning to tho authorities thai the effect oy any luUire recruiting will be disastrous"' unl?So the Dcience Service personnel were a lair deal is contained in a statement to the press by Mr. lv Soo Wan, A.P.P. Representative, commenting on the recent Woiiey Report. Deprecating the
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    "Government Officers Behaving Like Prima Donnas"
    893 3 British Novelist Criticises Public Relations Dept. (Tribune Staff Reporter) "Having a Public Relations Department is all very well, but to set it up as a sort of organisation to whitewash the failings of Government is I trunk the wrong way to go about* things,"
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    ROTARY CLUB ADDRESS
    262 3 In the course cf an address tc the Singapore Kotary Club yesterday. Mr. Mackenzie expressed his astonishment and relief that conditions in Malaya were so much better by comparison, to anything he had experienced in Burma. Here at last was a country! he said, which showed* signs
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    34 3 The Government might want to encourage by saying to invalids abroad: "Come to Britain. Never mind our climate and our atrocious cooking."—An M.P. in the committee debate on a national health service for Scotland.
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      233 3 NOW OFFERING THE ENORMOUS REDUCTIONS DURING STOCK TAKING PEEIQD 17th March to 29th March Don't M'ss The Opportunity Visit At— PARMANAND'S. 42, High St JI SINGAPORE scieiitific j-way treatment POOT AERO-PBD is specially prepared to give *i v/v-F 1 (Onea PeriiiJ imtapt relief in cases of sore, aching, itch- T
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    China And Moscow
    525 4 In seeking to discuss Chinese affairs at the Foreign Ministers Conference at Moscow, Mr. Molotov, the Soviet Foreign Minister, was relying no doubt on the precedent of fifteen months ago when the Big Three clarified their Far Eastern policies. But in proposing a Four Power discussion of
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    THE BRITISH BATTLE OF OUTPUT
    893 4  -  by Dr. George Gretton For about a month Britain has been dealing with a serious economic crisis. The causes are well known it was precipitated by the impact of unusually bad weather on dangerously low fuel stocks. The most serious aspect is not the discomfort
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    How S.S. Guards Made Fortunes
    341 4 STUTTGART.—The notorious Drain's Head detachment of the SS' made fortunes out of thel»helpless victims in the concen tration camps, according to Eugen Kogon, a journalist, who describes his experiences during seven y:ars" imprisonment in a book entitled -The SS State." The SS combined soldiering with
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    When Hitler Said 'Scrap The Navy'
    300 4  -  (By A.J. McWhinnie The news of a British convoy success in the Barents Sea had jusj reached Hitler. He was infuriated. Flying into a rage, he ordered the decommissioning cf all German warships bigger than destroyers. Inside secrets of this 1943 decision are revealed
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    The People's Postbag Another Man's Poison
    367 4 Letters To The Editor Sir,—The taste of Toddy (on i which you wrote the other day* vs. bitter or sour and the smell may be horrible compared with I whisky or brandy which is hygicnically refined: but the effect, i if taken in excess,
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    The Milk Muddle
    67 4 Sir.—Will you allow m? a little space regarding the Milk Muddle? The Inspectors at the Food Control Office should visit each and every retailer in Singapore and find out for themselves the amount of milk hoarded by thespeople. If milk i> not displayed for sale it should
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    AMERICANS & PALESTINE
    228 4 AMERICANS PALESTINE (By Arthur Wcbb> "What do Americans think about Palestine?" Few Americans, outside those with Zionist affiliations, are losing any sleep about what is happening in the Holy Land just now. The Zionists have been so violent In th'ir piopaganda that it no longer registers. Most people are throw
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    PLASTIC EYES
    562 4 (By Bernadine Bailey). Until the development of tl. 1 new plastic eye. all artificial eye were made oi glass, a special glass that was available only in Germany. By 1936, when Hitler began to restrict the export, of certain German materials, opticians in the United States became alarmed-
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      25 4 Royal Worcester DECORATED BONE CHINA ORNAMENTS VASES from 18.50 Each TRAYS from $4.75 DOGS from $7.50 TOBY JUGS from $3.75 TREE TRUNKS from $5.50 i
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      54 4 THE PERMUT (am not pjvut/ /7 i I IS A 1 -r ANJn Br AN1S L Nr ONLY TIMES A YEAR wcr T //V/;y JS S F r^' c '-W|f. G W CLOCKS A Bl ON L 1 A > '-t Q v 1 CORRECT/ COVERL D »N 1 ONLYINMID-
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    Truman Asks For $400 Million Aid To Greece, Turkey
    1716 5 U.P. WASHINGTON, Mar. 12.—President Truman todl n a f ft ed United States Congress to put up $400,000,000 to assist Greece and Turkey. The President also asked Congress for authority to detail American civilian and military personnel there when requested by
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    SA EUROPEANS TO BOYCOTT INDIANS
    61 5 Reuter. [NGING 'South Afri--12 bi ting here, than 1.000 presided over by Chairman of the ii urai Union, 1 to institute an movement of f.;.mers 'r• j. from all towns of j.'.V.vaj were afe*eafc jng made a n-.-01u- hat Ihe ultimate ii Indians to East
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    970 Death Leaps
    70 5 U.P. 12 Tho Miol rraiisportaUon reveal- ;dunnfl toe 12 ;t] pei. ending February 1,241 people atmmit su eide by ml ol trains. It ;ere successful In and the number have increased Japanese press comments said that the suicides were probably due to the growing ecoLies including the
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    Govt. Plans Steps To Restore City's Transport Services
    181 5 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Whi th< STC strike continues with no change in lock over conciliation, the Government, in with the Labour Department. I understand, ting ways and means to restore the city's trans- iction to be an- i in the next few
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    19 5 untitled aged 62, a st irekeeper, of Miltonwton, was found dead on Railway near KimpLuton, by the driver train
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    Charity Concert By Singapore Children's Choir
    187 5 A charity concert to be given at the Victoria Memorial Hall in aid of Social Welfare Funds will mark the debut of the Combined Children's Choir and the Children's orchestra since the liberation. The concert will take place on April 20. at 7 pm.
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    Ghastly Voyage
    70 5 U.P. Yokohama. Mar. 12.—Sullen and unmoved, nine Japanese charged today with one of the worst crimes in history—guard- ing allied POWs in the holds i of the prison ships Orvoku- Maru and two others—pleaded not guilty before the Eighth j Military Tribunal. Under their guard more than 1,300
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    Locating Allied War Graves In Java
    55 5 The last British Military j unit now left in Java is the 68 j War Graves Registration Unit, i which is stationed in Batavia. and has the task of preparing two permanent cemeteries for Allied War dead in Java. This unit will probably remain
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    MASSACRE TRIAL PICTURES
    100 5 The three Japanese h °ounser at the Massacre Trial now on at the Memorial Hall Singapore. From leu7tJr!S& Mr Fujiiwa, Mr. S. Kurose (chief defence counsel), and m left f r *9ht: Mr Km Kakuda. Mr. Chiah Yak Hang, one of the early prosecution witnesses who said
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    World's Biggest Tin Dredge For Banka Mines
    101 5 U.P. TAMPA. Florida. Mar. 12.— The Moran Towmg Company tug, Watch Hill, began its longest single towing assignment ever undertaken by an American company, when it left Tampa towing the huge tin dredge built in this country for the Netherlands East Indies Government
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    SIX PRIVATE RICE MILLS TO OPERATE
    90 5 TAIPING—It is announced that following talks between Krian private rice millers and Government authorities six rice mills in that district are to be licensed for 1947 only. The rice millers were told that stricter control of the rice mills would be exercised this time
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    POLES DEPORTED
    35 5 LONDON. Mar. 12.—The Office said today that the first group of "recalcitrant" Poles who refused either to join the Polish Re-settiemtnt Corps in England or return to Poland, has been deported to Germany.
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    GOVT. SERVANTS PLANNING MASS RALLY ON MAR. 21
    205 5 BACK PAY ISSUE The Singapore Government Servants Back Pay Cotlncil, meeting last evening, provisionally fixed the date of the mass rally of Government employees to demonstrate their united si and on the back pay question on March 21. The venue will probably
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    Japs Convicted For Thefts From SHB
    88 5 Seven Japanese were charged tn the Third Police Court yes- terday with fraudulent possesi sion of property belonging to the Singapore Harbour Board. They were arrested on Monday when they were searched by a constable, as they were j returning to their camp. They
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    Deputation To See Governor
    202 5 j KUALA LUMPUR. W\d\— While public feeling against the I tardy way in which the housing problem is being tackled was mounting in the Union capital, a heated speech by Mr. J. R Vethavanam at a me eting of the Town Board here today, in which
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    Gaol and Rotan For Gangster
    60 5 Sentence of 7 years' and 8 months' rigorous imprisonment with 15 strokes of the rotan was passed on a Malay, Maskor bin Haji Barrah, by Mr. Justice Brown at the Assize Court yesterday. j Masfor was on trial before a common jury on a charge
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    Rubbers Neglected On Easier Share Market
    254 6 OUR FINANCIAL SECTION The share market again had an easier tone yesterday and there were sellers of industrials and tins, while rubbers were again neglected. Breweries kept steady at $22', I but and Neave s declined ;to seiiers at $3.65. Steamships were offered at
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    S'PORE FOOD, PRODUCE MARKETS
    339 6 Prices quoted beiow are per picul weight except where otherw.se stated i Foodstuffs:—Yes T erday's quotation- were "Meehoon": Kedah $30: Siam No. 1 $95; Rangoon $35 Rice: Siam No. 1 $98: No. 2 $96: No. 3 $90: Rangoon $62. i Qlutiaunus rice siam No 1 $75:
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    LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE
    162 6 Reuter. LONDON, Mar. 12.—New time dealings brought little relief to the dulness and uncertainty which has been so prevalent in recent markets. At the start th. 1 general tendency was slightly iirmer. but the behaviour oi the Giit edged maiKet, which again closed lower on tat day,
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    Sofia Diplomats Send Protest Notes
    400 6 Reuter. LONDON, Mar. 12.—Seven Allied and neutral diplomatic representatives in Sofia have sent notes to the Bulgarian Government protesting against a "disgraceful behaviour" of Bulgarian militiamen towards members of the diplomatic corps and c. gainst demands by the Bulgarian authorities to examine the accounts ,r
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    BBC Director Of Music Dead
    86 6 Reuter. LONDON. Mar 12 —The death uceortra in London *iter a brief ilnes< of Dr. Hely-Hutchin-on. j Dlrtffefor ol Mu-ie at th.. 8.8.C. j "ince 1944 H< wa> 16. ,He w.is j i piani-t composer, coiiduclor and I ivCturer. Born in Capetown. >on of the
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    BATTLE IN GREECE
    54 6 U.P. Athens. Mar. 12. Military authorities announced today hat 22 rebels were killed and 50 wounded so far in a largfscale battle wh'ch was now in progress 1.000 feet high in the mountains near Lam a. Regular Greek Army forces who were pressing the rebels suffered two
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    Sir Malcolm Is Accused Of 38 m.p.h. Speed
    186 6 London. A summons lor speeding in Beckton-road, Canning Town, brought against Sir Malcolm Campbell at West Ham was dismissed on payment of 10s. costs. He pleaded guilty. Police-sergeant G. Darking said Sir Malcolm, driving a private saloon car. was tined over a
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    23 6 Reuter. London, Mar. 12.—A tour of tlie lvliddle inciudlnss a v «it to l,v a ol labour ol parliament Nas been oMciailv Neuter.
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    Uproar In Assembly
    97 6 PARIS, Mar. 12.—Ihe Executive Committee ol the Popular Republican Party «M.R.P.» protested in a communique issued shortly alter midnight about the "attack on parliamentary liberties" arising out of yesterday's riotous debate on IndcChina UP the, French National Assembly auu fighting in the lobbies between Communist and Rightwing
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    Mountbatten's P.R.
    66 6 Reuter. LONDON. Mar. 12. Tne Press Relation:; cheer to the WeeroyDesignate, Viscount Mountbatten. will be Wing Commander Inn Campbell Johnson, former chairman of the Liberal Party Publicity Committee The Liberal Party today announced iiis retirement from the nflßee Wing Commander Johnson will leave for India by air on
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    U.S. OFFICERS TO BE RELEASED
    53 6 U.P. Peiping, Mar. 12 The American Pciping headquarters group announced tha* t_h< y had boon informed that the Ycnan captured ass statu miliary attaches, Major Robert Reed and Capt. John Collins, v/ere en route to Harbin. The two Americans would be released immediately on their
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    COMPLETE ENGLISH SOCCER SHUTDOWN FORECAST
    291 7 "Sensational Developments" May Follow Mid-Week Ban Reuter. London, Mar. 12. '"Startling'developments- concerning the possibility of a complete football shutdown following Government's decision to enforce the ban on mid-week sports were forecast by a League f rTicial today. the oAdal Hid not elaborate en his statement.
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    ORTIZ BEATS DADE
    47 7 U.P. Lo s Angeles. Mar. 12. Manuel Ortiz, tne former world oantam j weight boxing chamoion who lost Ins crown to Harold Dade th? Chicago Negro two monthago. won it back last nieht in a 15-round points decision over Dade. The margin was close.--
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    RUGGER CUP
    22 7 Reuter. LONDON, Mar. 11. -Rugby League cup first round, second leg, result: Keighley Saint. Helens 5. Keighley were eliminated. Reuter.
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    M.C.C. WIN
    262 7 Mt j 12 The their match with i- i ndcd today hortly after 2.30 l Wellington completely lunch in Uieir rttonings bf u11 out S jj,"Their mnimji lasted J"'-v- 1 u."■ I Voce took s for -evi-i runs I fjili Bedser who bowlbesi form d batsmen at the
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    34 7 Angeles, Mar 12. Joe r urving from a profitable American barnstorming «noanced that hs next of the world heavySV 1 C wiU h next ™™™r w "i"er of the Joe
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    Pestana Fights Tonight
    390 7 Amateur Boxing Best Qgh| of the third preliminaries !n the S.A.B.A. open tournament held at the Happy World Stadium last night was the Flyweight s-icond round between C Stanllslaus and Jimmy Ten. Stanllslaus won by a very narrow margin, the judges taking quite some time in arriving
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    A Mystery Of The Sea
    137 7 Reuter. Bristol, Mar. 12. For two and a half years, the loss with all hands of the 40-ton steamsh p "Pamela" has been a mystery at sea. 1 She left Sharpness docks, Gloucester, for Liverpool in October 1944 and after droppng her pilot at Barry
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    Players Will Still Strike Unless....
    92 7 Reuter. LONDON. Mar. 11.—The Secretary of the Football Player's Union said to-lay that mid-week games developments following the conference at the Home Office today did not affect the Union's attitude rerardinsr the strike. He boned to hear from the Ministry cf Labour »0-morrow. mid-week sporty
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    Jollilads Soccer XI
    104 7 The team to represent the Jolhlads Athlet c Union against the Seaiorth H ghlanders soccer team on Sunday on the Police Training School ground: Kanapathy, S. Murugasu, K. Thambyrajah, Muthiah, Abdul Rasak, S. Pillai, R. Gov.ndasamy, Arumugam. Noordin. Joseph, Sulong Bin Omar, P. Vaithy. TEAM TO MEET
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    Badminton Results And Fixtures
    774 7 MERRiDALE B.P. The following will represent 1 ihe Merridalc Youth ri P 1Junior Section/ the "IHstrict Dawns" 1A Branch > HQ S'pore DlTtSlon, Fort Canning In a friendly match consisting cf thrc* men**; saigles. one nie.i. doubles r.nd one mixed fi >u'r te be played at
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS
    26 7 FOOTBALL LEAGUE Navy vs. S.C.F.A. {If, Ja.an Besar, 5.15 p.m. BOXING Singapore Amateur Bo.ans Association tournament, fourth day. at Happy World Stadium 7 p.m.
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    S.R.C. CRICKET TEAMS vs S.C.C.
    209 7 The SC.C. and the S.R.C. Will meet in their first postwar two-day crteket match on Padang this week-end. The ma Mi between the first teams v. ill be played on the S.C.C. I ground and the game between the second elevens on Saturday only» on
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    ENTRIES FOR ALL-MALAYAN BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS
    462 7 Entries for the all-jMaUyan open badminton championships, to be held during tne Easter Holidays in the Kuala Lumpur Town Hall, are as follows: MEN'S OPEN SINGLES* Selangor:—R. Alimat Yeoh Teck Chye Jee Kirn Teck, Abu Osman, S. M. Omar, A. S. Samuel, A. M. Shar
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    S.C.C. LAST MINUTE WIN
    260 7 S.C.C. 4; Singapore Customs 3. Down by three goals to one and with fifteen minutes of play, the Singapore Cricket Club attackers spurted in the lap to win by four goals to three in a friendly soccer match against the Singapore Customs on the Padang yesterday.
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    MOLOTOV ACCEPTS BEVIN CHALLENGE
    319 8 Moscow, Mar. 12.—The British Foreign SecretaryMr. Ernest Bevin tonight challenged M. Molotov, the Soviet Foreign Commissar to give the figures and numbers of German prisoners of war in the Soviet Union now. M. Molotov agreed to do so. Mr. Bevin also called on the Soviet Union
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    Dutch Dakota Disappears
    58 8 BATAVTA. Mar 12.- -A Dutch Dakota, carrying 2* naatengers and a crew cf two. was today reported missing on a flight ."rem Batavia to Bandoeng. The aircraft, which belongs *o the Netherlands Indies Air Force, had sufficient fuel for four hours in the aid. The flight from
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    U.S. 'No Longer Under British Shelter'
    192 8 New York. Mar. 12.—The United States can no lenger "lead a sheltered existence" under the protection of the British Empire and must face world responsibilities, the New York Times said in its comment today on President Truman's address to Congress. "From the day it
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    15 8 Deputy Librarian of Paddington Mr. S. H. Horrocks (36) is to become librarian at Reading.
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    Parliament's Rice Figures Not Quite Correct
    139 8 'Tribune Staff Reporter) As usual tacts ana ligures about rice quoted in the House of Commons suffer from a slight degree of inexactitude. Dr. Edith Summ:rskill. Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food, informed the House this week that exports of rice from Siam
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    Japs Considered Soviet A Menace
    197 8 U.P. Tokio. March 12 —The success ol the Soviet rive year plan forced Japan to take counter measures and build up h.r war poteat.ai in oraer to 'increase our nation's power." former MajorGen. Kisaburp Okazaki testified at the war trial th:\ afternoon. Okazaki who was
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    Vichy Admiral Faces Accusers
    124 8 U.P. I PARIS. Mar. 12.—1n continuaj tion ot the war guilt trials of fuiimr Vichy Government memI bers here. Vice-Admiral Georges Fobe:t the 72-year-old former Commander of the French We<t Indies pu->es-iom of Martinique, Guadeloupe and Guiana from the fail of Fr.mce in 1940 to July
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    STALIN ORDERS CANCER RESEACH
    68 8 Reuter. j MOSCOW. Mar. 12 —The I "Izvestia" today reported that Marshal Stalin had called on two Soviet scientists, Klueva and Rcskin. to abandon all I routine projects and devote themselves entirely to cancer research. j The "Izvestia" added that the I two scientists had discovered
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    3 PLEAD FOR TERRORIST
    151 8 Reuter. LONDON. Mar. 12. Three barristers pleaded in the quiet dignity of a Downing Street room yesterday for the life of Dov Gruner. Jewish terrorist now in Palestine prison under sentence of death. Appearing on behalf of Gruners uncle who lives in New York, they applied
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    Civil War Rages In Paraguay
    143 8 U.P. SUNCTON. Mar. 12 Nortrern Paraguay has been declared a war tone, the Government radio said today, indicating that the revolt, centred on Ooncepcion, had erupted into a full-scale civil war. Radio National also charged that the Bolivian Communists broadcast a nramisc to rend arms
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    Britain Plans To Advertise
    93 8 U.P. LONDON, Mar. 12. The Cabinet is plann ng to launch !an unprecedented advertizing campaign to rally the support of the Brit sh people in a drive for the nation's economic recovery, high Governmeint sources said today. Estimates were be ng prepared to use both the
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    Murder Without Parallel
    77 8 U.P. WARSAW, Mar. 12 -Rudolf Hoess,. described as a mass mujderer without parallel in wor,d history, went on trial before the Polish war crimes court here charged with the responsibility for the deaths of 4.000,000 people, of which 3.000.000 were Jews, in his role as the commandant
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    Refuses To Return
    84 8 U.P. I WASHINGTON, Ifar. 12.--The former French Premier, M. i Camille Chautemps. who was j th e Minister of State in the first Fetain post-Armistice Cabinet. I now in the United States, has decided to refuse to return to France to stand trial by the j High
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    EMPIRE BEING "BLUFFED OUT OF EXISTENCE"
    204 8 CANBERRA, Mar. i2.—Sir Earle Page, leader of the Country Party Opposition, In the Australian House of Representatives, today accused the United States of including Australia and other na tions to pass the death sentence of Empire preferences as a result of which the Empire
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    Malleable Material For Another Fuehrer
    215 8 German Youth Waiting Reuter. London, Mar. 12. —The British delegation to Germany, who existed on German rations as part of the study of problems affecting German youth, reports "the mass of young people are neither despondent nor hopeful—they are waiting—malleable material for another fuehrer who
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    Today's Council Approves SHB Cargo Sales
    166 8 (Triune Staff Reporter) At today meeting of the Advisory Council, the Attorney General moved that 'The Singapore Haroour Board (Temporary Powers of Sale) bill be passed througn all its stages. The Attorney General said this bill would give power to the Harbour Board to
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    RETAINS TITLE
    27 8 Reuter. LOS ANGELS. Mar. 12. Manuel Ortiz regained the world bantam weight, title when he outpointed Harold Dade m a 15-round contest here last night.—Reuter.
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    Indians Want To Emigrate To South America
    110 8 Reuter. London. Mar. 12.—An appeal to the Government- of Scutn American Republics to revise their policy in relation to immigration and allow Indians and Asiatics into their territories Is made today by the Indian Workers' Association. There is an urge in Brazil for
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    PROTESTANTS RAISE FUND TO HOLD LANDS
    149 8 Reuter. Belfast, Mar. 12. The Northern Ireland Prem er, Sir Basil Brooke, in the House of Commons today defended the action of Protestants n subscribing to a fund to enable their co-relig.on sts to hold farms against Roman Catholic bidders. The fund was launched
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      92 8 TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT j Bright Periods cf l^^?^ Showers weather forecast for 24 hours. From noon today, compiled by the K.A.F. Central Forecasting Station. Air C inmand. Far East: Bright periods with occasional shower?. Fine tonight and tomorrow morning. Wind: Northerly 5-10 knot-, falling light variabi? or calm tonight. Sunset
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