Malaya Tribune, 22 April 1947

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  • 56 1 The Malaya Tribune THE PEOPLE THE PEOPLE THE ONLY NATIONAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA Now printed simultaneously in SingaporeKuala Lvm P ar > Poh Penang. AdSin 5812 Citation &I Accounts" 5815 SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1947 PRICE TEN CENTS. The Malaya Tribune London Agents:—Messrs. Colin Turner Ltd., Talbot House, 98, St.
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  • 306 1 Mystery Benefactor Of Asiatic Clerks (Tribune StafY Reporter) A 'otter published in the Malaya Tribune on April ll—criticising the treatment of Asiatic members of the .start" of a large Singapore firm—has resulted in a big '•hunt' for the author of the letter In several
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  • 65 1 S aff Repor er) A 1 grenade was the side enbuilding in Ciryestemay leadstairs to a merchants' On th o und floor U a cloth -by were injured awaj ior medical exploded at the stairway, blasted lhe d r. and madr- a hole on n I
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  • 113 1 Staff Repor er) gun battle bethe police betWo rival Chinese ieties occurred at 9 o'clock in Middle Road. Acre fired and a I aerated water botlirown The gangs soon a> they saw tl* police mtrol arrive. No casualties were reported. police trap catches z tones*
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  • 87 1 COWES I England', Apr. 21. Edward Ashmore, 17. escaped from a reform school un the Isle of Wight by hiding in q empty packing casd 1 St Wednesday but ncarh starved to death as the result. Crewmen investigating a scratching noise they thought was
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  • 55 1 Reuter Dakar. French West Africa, April 21—About 20 members of the party accompanying Vincent Auriol. the French President, on his tour of French African territories are today suffering from slight attacks of p'.omaine poisoning after an official banquet here last night. The banquet was given by
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  • 61 1 Two armed Chinese held up a Tamil pedestrian in Rangoon Road at 10 last night, and while la the act of ransacking their victim's pockets, a police patrol rushed up on them and arrested one while the other made good his escape. In the struggle, the arrested gunman
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  • 70 1 PARIS. Apr. 21. -Large stores of arms anu ammunition were found whai the French police today raided a c .mp for condemned collaoorationists near Toulouse. A minute search of the c.imp was carrieo. out after the police had receiver reports that the villagers had
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  • 18 1 YEOWIL (Englandi. Apr. 21.Died here today, Harry Wincot. 80, composer of "M.id moiseile 1 from Armentiers."
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  • 287 1 Dops Unearth Secret Press Reuter. JERUSALEM, Apr. 22.—Two Jewish terrorists, Barazani and Feinstein, committed suicide in Jerusalem central prison last night, it is officially stated. They were under sentence of death. The death sentence on Feinstein was confirmed on April 18 after he had been convicted
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  • 40 1 The Chinese Consul, Mr. A. C. T. Kwong, lighting the candle prior to performing ceremonies At Sunday's mass wedding at the Mayfair Hall, Singapore. Eighteen couples were wedded at this second mass marriage sfince the liberation.
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  • 148 1 Reuter. CALCUTTA. Apr. 21.—The Bengal Government to-night imposed a censorship on all news comments criticising police activities after press allegations of undue violence and molestation of women by the police during the present disturbances. The official statement said it wa.s not intended to prohibit legitimate
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  • 139 1 Reuter. MANCHESTER. Apr. 22.— Many nations will follow with the closest interest the United States bid to make Hawaii with its mixed population of Portuguese. Japanese. Chinese. Filipinos and others a self-governing state inside the United States union, declare., today's influential Manchester Guardian. "It will be
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  • 282 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Singapore will not have a speed limit, Mr. C. J. R. Bembroke, of the Traffic Police Department, told the Tribune yesterday. Speed limits, he continued, were not practical in many parts of Singapore and were not easy to
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  • 69 1 (Tribune Staff Repor.er) Singapore Government servants have not as yet received notification of any change in their cost of living allowances parallel to that of the Municipal staff. A meeting will be called on 1 Thursday by the J.C.S.A. if nothing is further
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  • 38 1 The name of Kee Sun Road, Siglap has been formally changed to that of Tav Lian Teck Road, in honour of the late Mr. Tay Lian Teck. former member of the Legislative j Council.
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  • 30 1 Reuter. HAMBURG, Apr. 21 The 1 police here have arrested a i number of men for sticking posters on Hamburg city walls protesting at Friday's blowing up of Heligoland.—Reuter.
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  • 55 2 Mr and Mrs. Sng Kwee Sim thank their relatives and friends for tb ir valuable presents, congratulatory letters, telegrams and attendance to their reception MR. CHIA SAI TEE and family wish to thank all friends and relatives who sent wreaths, letters of condolence, paid night visits and attended the
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  • 1197 2 ADVOCATING a full university for Malaya, the Malayan Democratic Union have submitted a memorandum to the Carr-Saunders Commission for its consideration. Referring to the Asquith Report which recommends that ali Colonial Universities should pass through an interim period as university
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  • 262 2 Han who was last Seen alive fishin? hv 4 e oJl it? ar js samAss la the sea. The cause of his death is still ftSS** Two beys and a man alleged ;to have had something to do rith Ng's death were arrested f and
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    • 468 2 BIRTH LlM—at "Braesville" 14, Cair'ihill Circle, on 18.4.1947 To Linda (nee Wee Siok Gim> wife of Lim Oiong Mm the gift of a son, Yinson Lim Eng How. Mother and son well. MARRIAGE The marriage took nlace on April 19th. 1947 at the Registry of Marriages. Singapore, between Mr. Sng
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    • 205 2 AUCTION SALE OF VALUABLE FREEHOLD LEASEHOLD SINGAPORE PROPERTIES including Residential Property in Dalvey Road. with vacant possession TO BE HELD AT THE SALE-ROOM OF MESSRS. NASSIM CO. Nos. 4 4-1. Collyer Quay. Singapore. On Thursday the 24th of April. 1947. at 2.30 p.m. Lot Freehold land and house No. 8
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  • 360 3 Forged Permits Sold at $100 each (Tribune Staff Reporter) A row Singapore racket—the use of forged entry permit- w*tfl which emigrants are trying to enter this been unearthed by Singapore's Immigration officials. Several such cases hav e been crscovew recencly knd it is understood that
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  • 124 3 filatj iculution niy ailU XluC j buj ul g.n otill at a< ;;ted as 1 al] candidates special Langu.ge j r r tiln Saiioki.t j Bi( gy Of Botany Eu uc.it ion OfLater than 3. 1947. r nuriesh inciud c mdldates offer- j r*
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  • 60 3 ver a thousand j pi pie cr ffded the Victoria Me- I ■orial H ill yesterday to observe Daj md to commemorate memory I the grea: ineian tamed Tqba 1 -who ai l rn India an April 21. nine Mr M I pre-ided art; r- and rations
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  • 210 3 Six Jap senior officers, one of them a Naval Cap.aki, were among 51 suspects disembarked from the troopship Dnwara yesterday morning. The suspec s have all bee a picked up in Japan by the War Crimes Liaujon Sectioa In Tokyo, and are wanted for
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  • 63 3 Fumigation of ships against rats has begun once more m Singapore. A contract has been given to a commercial firm, operating under a special permit, pending the passing of fumigation legislation. One large-scale hydrogen cyamoe fumigation on land (nonfoodstore) has also been carried cut 'by the
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  • 38 3 A talk on* "The Significance of the Inter Asian Relations Conference at tfew Delhi" Will be given BY Mr. Harry Fang to the Y.M-.C.A. kitewy Debasing Society on Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the Lecture Hall.
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  • 155 3 Alkged to have stolen ten cigarettes from a sundry goods shop at Bukit Penai at about 3.3u a.m. on December 19. 1946. while ..rmed with a kitchen Knif... a young Javanese. Rai bin Ghmi. was found not guilcy by the jury by a majoiity of
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  • 201 3 (Tribune Staff Repor er) Sir Harry Trusted. Chairman lof tne Joint Salaries Commis- sion. arrived in Kailang airport yesterday evening by BOAC planfrom *tne United Kingdom, lhe I ir:p beffe was made in fine wea- ther. Interviewed by the Tribune, h said the Commission would look
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  • 107 3 A set of Bagpipes, a musical histrume.it made up of a co'oured cloth bag and four wooden Pipes was between the 14 h April and 16'h April. It ta believed to have bee i left in a taxi cr stoic 1 from the b ek cf
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  • 34 3 A fur.her batch of 743 M;iiaya i C linese evacuees se \t to Singapore by UNRRA from arrivec on bonra tne Va l Heutsz. which canto into pore on Sunday.
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  • 322 3 Found guilty of dishonestly using as genuine a forged Cheque for $95 with intent to defraud the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, 18-year old Khalib bin Jahol, a Malay peon employed at Harper Gilfillan Co., Ltd., was sentenced to one year's
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  • 156 3 Efforts are being made to revive the Friends of Singapore, j that fine body which in pre-war j years did a lot of work quietly artd unostentatiously for cultural development and preser- vafiton of Singapore records. Until the formal revival of I the society.
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  • 78 3 Reuter. GLASGOW, Apr. 21 Thousands cf Scottish smokers have found a way out of the 3s. 4d. for 2d cigarettes. They have found that by mixing an ounce of coltsfoot and an ounce of tobacco, the smoking: bill can be cut down by half. Coltsfoot is! a
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  • 99 3 4 'Tribune isti.T Itejort;r,> Prompt action taken by -die -dngap' -c Fire Brigade in ex!ng'o n:ng < lire which broiie rut in the pem-vs ol Raja Co.. army transport ccmract >rs in Serangoon Road, prevented what might have caused considerable damage to army
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  • 125 3 The history of the Royal Corps of Miliary Police <s shortly to be written and while tnere are already official records of the activities of the Provost Marshal and his assistants from the 14th Century onwards, the present Provost Marshal. Major General I.D. EtskUe. is
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  • 95 3 The Committee of Australians and Lervircmen who are assisting tne Australian Bi with the arrangements for tJne Dawn Commemoration Service on April, 10. atfe anxious to hold a tiftdrttensi) smoke sccirl en Friary evp i!nf If sufficient numbers are interested, a dinner for men' only will
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  • 80 3 PENANG. The Municipal Commissioners considered ah application from Mr. K. S. tfaidii. conservancy clerk, at heir meeting for an etf-graria payment corresponding to the Provident Fund donations which will be forfeited. Mr. Naldu is resigning the service tc take up an appointment in Kuala Lumpur with the
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  • 64 3 Throuah the courtesy nf Mr. W J Chilton cf the Marin; Felice a class 'n Seamanship of 3 mlnths' dbration will be held nt ihe Queen Street Sngw' Club Member 4n this clay* will oe "iv en tuition to p/etor? tnr the srfrl tSf cio«s bejjrtfr at r,
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  • 477 3 (From Our Own Reporter) MALACCA, Apr. 21. —A proposal to hold a Welfare Week from May s—ll for the purpose of collecting funds was one of the several items relating to welfare work in the Settlement which was discussed by members at the monthly
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  • 130 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Several food-stalls were thrown into the Singapore River yesterday morning when cJTlcials of the Town Cleansing De partment with police co-opera rfion raided the food-stall area near Cavanagh Bridge. Four hawsers were arrested in this raid. "We have given these people six warnings,
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  • 110 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter; Food Officers covered a wicie rea in their raids yesterday no made 22 arrests. They picked up commercial offenders from New Market Road. Krane Road. Changi Read. Selegie Road. Thomson Road. Kallang Road. Orchard Road, Beach Road, Joo Chiat Market. Mackenzie Road,
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  • 508 4 In great Britain there is increasing recognition that Malaya can play an important part in assisting to produce vitally needed dollars to enable the Empire to pay its way until the return of natural equilibrium. Partly owing to the newsprint famine. Malaya gets a poor Press" in Europe,
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  • 1858 4  -  by Dr. T.H. Silcock The best reward members can give those who started the co-operative movement is a hearty kick in the pants. Prof. T. H. Silcock told a meeting of the Singapore Co-operntive Stores Society Ltd. The first nart of bis address ann°ared
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  • 190 4 The Government of India is rendering assistance bo the Ramakrishna Mission for its humanitarian work in Burma and Malaya. The Mission had branches in these two countries before the war, and soon after their re-occupation it came into the field to assist in the rehabilitation of Indians there.
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  • 452 4 Letters To The Editor The People's Postbag Sir,—I would appreciate it ii you would cievotj a few lines n" your d.aly column for what I have to say below. I refer to Mr. T. Donoghue s article. I would like to state a few facts on it.
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  • 96 4 Sir,—Some people go to Up cinemas to see and enjoy the film being shown for the day and night, while others go tbert simply to loiter about, and. perhaps. to watch and not* tfc» movements of the cinema-goers Among the loiterers there may be some "bad
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous

  • 220 5 "LOVE FROM A UNTY" £10 LOST IN SPORE POST OFFICE 10,000 Articles, Letters A Month In Dead Letter Office (Tribune Staff Reporter) throng »h Sn D l o L the Part of thos sendin S articles 10 1 P S i mCc are main] y responsible for the Dead T
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  • 71 5 Reuter. s SAL* ORD, Apr. 21.— ,1,,. rendition of Arthur the only survivor of j Salford quads, was V- :I today **> be "satisfac•,,n t' l moment". c is still in his oxyyen j tt .„i Mope Municipal i n CS pi Salford, Lancas
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  • 103 5 U.P MILAN Apr 1 20 Leonida gel of the Milan cdi- anti-Communist j has been challenged j i v by journalist Corrado i cc Vita ol the Communist-cont-Sem, it was I:: the midst of a literary rd r-eremony here last Repaci, a right- thrashed de
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  • 61 5 Two B.O.Rs—Robert Craig Scott ana Paul Neilson—were produced before the Second Police Magistrate Mr. L. C. Goh yesterday on a charge of being in possession of a pistol on Serangoon Road at about 11.55 p.m. on April 19. The accused were ordered to be remanded
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  • 19 5 An Indian goddess' statue of half a ton. found at the London docks, was taken to* the British Museum.
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  • 236 5 U.P. BENARES (UNITED PROVINCES), April 21 Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Vice-President of India's Interim Government, said last night that Pakistan (sepaMuslim state) could not be achieved by resort to Speaking at Mao, 60 miles north-east of Benares, he that the promoters of Pakistan could have
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  • 91 5 The 'Carnival Ball held on March 29 at the Chinese Assembly Hall, Kuala Lumpur, in aid of the King George! V Jubilee Home for aged Chinese Women, was a success, as $4, 096.20 cts. was derived on that night. A further sum of $16,631.87
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  • 99 5 Reuter. Heligoland. April 20.—Despite the terrific blast from the almost 7,000 gross torn Heligoland explosion last Friday there is surprisingly little structural change although today Germany's once mighty inland fortress resembles a large rubbish dump. The only noticeable structural alteration was at the southwest section of
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  • 96 5 U.P. LONDON. Apr. 20.—A Treasury official said today the liner Queen Elizabeth had been placed out of the Sterling Area because British passenger., were cashing sterling cheques to buy nonrationed clothes aboard the *hip. A treasury order bans the cashing of British cheques by a branch
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  • 115 5 Reuter. LONDON. Apr. 20 —A Hallfax aircraft will leave England next Wednesday for a round the world flight carrying a number of experts who are to examine the trade markets of the world. Dr. Graham Humby. General Manager of the London Aero Motor Service, who
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  • 166 5 The s.s. Haicheng (7,700 tons) the former Liberty ship s.s. Lyman Beecher, »/Hich arrived from Hong Kong in Singapore on Sunday, is the first of the China Merchant Steam Navigation Administration Line, to call at this port. Captain {Wang Mao Thieng, with an all-Chinese crew,
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  • 161 5 The fortifications of the island of Heligoland, in the North Sea, off the mouth of the River Elbe, were blasted last week when the British Navy used thousands of tons of explosives to demolish the U-Boat pens, battery emplacement forts, and the fourteen miles of tunnels
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  • 747 5 Reuter. Capetown, April 21.—"1f we all go forward together with unwavering faith, high courage and quiet heart, we shall be able to make of this ancient Commonwealth, which we all love so dearly, an even grander thing than it has been in the greatest days
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  • 55 5 PARIS. Apr. 20.—Edouard Depreux. French Minister of the Interior, arrived in Paris this evening by air from Algeria where he spent the past week on a speaking tour. During the landing of his plane Depreux narrowly escaped injury when the landing gear gave way the
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  • 27 5 PARIS. Apr. 20—President Vincent Auriol of France arrived in Dakar today aboard the French warship Richelieu on the first stage of his tour of French West Africa.
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  • 37 5 London. April 21. -A uniformed messenger left the Treasury building in Whitehall this morning with a letter for the Secretariat of the Duchy of Lancaster Informing them that Her Royal Highness Princes* Elizabeth AI-
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  • 274 5 Reuter. SYDNEY, Apr. 21.—Enforcement of harsh and inhuman laws which were formulated by celibates in the dark ages dooms multitudes of Church people to a hell of marital unhappiness, said Padre Stuart Watts in Sydney. He lorcefully condemned the attitude ot two South Australian
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  • 52 5 Reuter. SHANGHAI. Apr. 21.—Dr. Syngman Rhee. Korean independence leader, left for Seoul today in a Chinese Air Force aircraft placed at his disposal by Generalissimo Chiang KaiShek. Dr. Rhee. plans to confer with the United States military authorities and Korean political leaders on the early formation oi a unified Korean
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  • 119 5 Reuter. SYDNEY—An Australia-wide shortage of perambulators is caused through the scarcity of skilled tradesmen. Several manufacturers made this clear when questioned regarding a report that Parramatta (Sydney) storekeepers would not sell prams to parents unless they produced a baby to go with the pram, and established
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  • 108 5 U.P SHANGHAI. Apr. 20. The once-famed municipal symphony orchestra which folded up for lack of funds several months ago is scheduled to resume playing next Sunday under the baton of Professor Arrigo Foa, the Italian violinist and longtime concert master under the former conductor
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  • 61 5 U.P. HONOLULU, Apr. 19.—At-torney-General C. Nils Taraveh said the former Honolulu police chief. William A. Gabrieison, will be allowed to remain in Tokio until the date set for Oil trial on an indictment charging him with connection with wartime vice payoffs, i Gabrieison is at present
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  • 40 5 CAIRO. Apr. 20 Premier Nokrashi Pasha announced today that the Egyptian Government had decided to submit the AngloEgyptian dispute to the United Nations Security Council. This was the hirst omci?i statement on the long reported move.
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  • 174 6 Reuter and U.P. BUENOS AIRES, Apr.—Simon Patino, 87, of Bolivia, tin king of the world and one of its wealthiest men, died in a hotel suite at 6 a.m. of heart seizure. The death was not a surprise as he had been weak
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  • 32 6 Reuter. I I/>NOON, A or. i The International fin Study Group estimates world tut production S in 1948 at i«3.WO ton? J and in 1949 at MiM*. J —Renter.
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  • 328 6 Prices quoted beiqw are per k>icul waigfci except whera otherwise stated. Foodstuffs: —Yesterdays quotations were "Meehoou": KedAh $45: Siam $60: fndo-China $45: Rangoon $45. Rice: Siam No 1 $82; No. 2 $78: Rangoon $56. Glutinous rice: Siam No. 1 $70; Rangoon $50. "Quia" Malacca: Superior quality
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  • 63 6 Reuter. LONDON, April 21- The freighter, Drakensberg Castle, docked at London today with a small menagerie worth about i' 4,500 from East Africa in her cargo. Monkeys performed a "circus turn" for unloading parties as cheetnh, giraffes, snakes aud bjack and silver porcupine, rats— never
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  • 172 6 U.P. New Orleans, Apr. 21. Stabbed four times with a Docket -knife by an unemployed ex-marine after completing the distribution of communion at a high mass In the Chur-h of the Immaculate Conception, the Rev. James Courtney was given a "better tha- even chance"
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  • 159 6 Reuter. MELBOURNE. April 21.— Melbourne began the second week without trains today. The only tiope of settlement of the striKe appeared to rest with the Sydney Arbitration Court, j which today was hearing t.ie I Government application to deL register certain unions. The Court called on the
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  • 58 6 Tokio. Apr. 21.—The overwhelming victory of the Conservative candidates in Sunday's elections for a new House of Councillors was interpreted by veteran observers of Japanese affairs as new proof that the people of this counrty generally distrust Communism and other radipal nolitical theories. The victory was a
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  • 50 6 An accident, resulting in a private car turning over on its right side, occurred yesterday morning opposite the S.V.C. Drill j Hal! in Beach Road. A man was I found unconscious a few yards from the car and rushed to hospital by military personnel.
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  • 50 6 U.P. servatism, however. i a the opinion of competent observers, and, in no *eh£e was it an ihdication of the trend back towards militarism or ultranationalism The constitution provides for a six year term modelled on the United States Senate with half the members elected every third year.—U.P.
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  • 54 6 Shanghai, April 21 -The Central News further to claiming that tne Communist Command er-in-Chief of Manchuria. Lin Piao, had been killed in a heated debate in Harbin now reported that Li Cheng Chao has been named aet'ng Commander-in-Chief of the "United Democratic Army." The report wa,
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  • 382 6 SHARE MARKET (Tribune Financial Corr.) There has not been any great volume of business transacted in i the local share market yester day, but prices remained steaay. Union Insurance Society of Canton declared a dividend of 27/6 per share—a rise of 2/6 but it would appear this
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  • 111 6 (Tribune Market Correspondent* After a duli opening yesterday morning when little business was transacted, the ruobcr market steadied. Sellers were reDorted to be 1 holding oft the market, however. and only a hmited amount oi business took place. The market closed steady but auli. RUBBER PRICES
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  • 49 6 "There's no future in the police force in Scotland said i PC. Douglas Grant, before he j left Prestwick Airport to join the police in Victoria. British Columbia. An ex-Petty Officer, he was capturod when H.M.S. Exeter was I sunk, and spent several years as a P.o.W. in Japan.
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  • 170 6 suggesting tne establishment of for Malaya, and offering criticisms J, v of the two existing colleges Into a the Singapore Teachers' Union has subrnft? y memorandum to the Carr-Saunders' In regard to a Malayan University College entering into any special relat'onshln with London
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  • 85 6 Reuter. Hamburg, April 21—A confession scene of 'Maria Stuart by the German dramatist Schiller playing at Newe Kammerspielr' in Bonn, on tne Rhine, wa. disrupted when a big man carrying a brief case walked on to the stage, knocked down the prayer stool and crucifix
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  • 26 6 The Singapore Union of Postal and Telecommunications Works will hold their first annual oouiereoee on Sunday at the J.C.S.A Hall. Tessensohh Road. Singapore, at 10 a.m.
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  • 80 6 Reuter. 1 ernafonu, an*,* > Jr. *v ow when Mrs ICarjorfe hi od2? cheque at lionte Carlo a Kv*ty to fWnT?2l?*l in > v cne<,w 'VPS mtßf a Sh 5Q. money gambling atVcJ? A bar attendant ittuSSf" s ranger who offered cheque for £100 and trj/£\ leave
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  • 54 6 London. Aoni 20 The D* SSf™'* report* from lS llat 20 Army pi. e ,v;,rcsa£ ajed .vi April loir. a n at-i ed revolt against the P< rtugue* U TH rn,n ent at Sintra Airfield n,a were repaired i ...'me to fly in yesterday's at nacreant
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  • 919 7 Week Of Shocks For English Sportsmen I (From Verno WWW Heifer's Spwts Editor) LONDON, Apr. 19.—What a week for i-n«ikv. spoitsmen, with their *15™ M J*L iSkv U Baksi/ *<*><*cock humbled by America's Joe the C mfort Was that the Chancellor of
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  • 205 7 t r .landers 6; l YoungsUrs 2. vi Youngsteis, nsationully by In the ceer fixture Butt. Seaiorth ::.s eond XI». at y, failed to and went down H Youngsters' left t score straight ..'.I i ff after c fine n th,- ieft flank, vas short-lived,
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  • 34 7 Reuter. April 21.—There iL, arly today of the Air F re( Halifax which 2 from a meteor- erthe Atlantic Northern IreThe Navy ir -earch tohad a crew of
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  • 122 7 FOOTBALL LEAGUE S.C.F.A.I. vs. M.F A Jalan Besar, 5.15 p.m. TAttLr, TENNIS J.C.S.A., vs. Queen Photo T.T. Party, at Tessensohn Road, 7 p.m. j UNION SPORTING ASSN. At the special general meet- nig of the Union Sporting Assn. I held lust Sunday, the election of office-bearers for 1947
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  • 364 7  -  (By Our Soccer Reporter) The Singapore Chinese Football' Association Selection I"—in actual fact the Second eleven—will meet the Malays to-day at Jalan Besar in th* S A F A League. Selection 1 have been pitifully inconsistent in form, ana all the advantage they possess
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  • 121 7 A large crowd witnessed football match played between A. M. D. G. W. Sport Ciuo Chaugi, and N.A.A.F.1./E.F.I, at Changi 0 n Saturday. The game which ended in a goalless draw, was very even and the N.A.A.F.I. forwards were always dangerous in attack but lost many
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  • 150 7 At a friendly match played at the Ĕclipse court on Saturday, the Eclipse HP. beat the Jacques B. P. by 5 games to 4. Results (Eclipse Players mentioned first): Men's Singles:—S. Ahmad Alhabshce beat Ng Chong Wah 13-15; 15 -5; 15-4. Chan Kh v k Eng
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  • 119 7 The A.M. D. G. W. Changi Sports Club team against S/Ldr Stuart Harris's XI. at cricket on the Civilian Sports Field at 11 a.m. on Sunday, will be selected from: S. J. Ferreira. 'Capt.) Leo Pereira, E. A. Albr.'chi. F/Lt J. G. Lloyd, C. Patterson, V.
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  • 234 7 (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh. Tues,—Complete weights for tomorrow"* Ipoh races are as j follows: Horses. Class 2. Div. 1. 5 furs straight: Marlfield 9.00 Prattle On 8.11 Atom Boy 8 U Eugolism 8.10 Zarlna 809 Wlldey 8.09 Houlichan 8.08 Cactus 8.05 Star Range 8.04 Doncella
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  • 100 7 The Singapore Chess Club beat the V.M.C.A. Che-s Team by 7 points to 1 in a match played on Saturday. Results (Chess Club players mentioned first). Dr- Foo Lum Choon beat E. Pierce; Mohd Yasirn beat Mr. Bullock: Lim Hee Seng beat B. R. Maugham; Voo Ngiam Onn
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  • 393 7 LONDON, Apr. 21.—Wimbledon this year will truly Jive up to hts reputation of being the mecca of amateur lawn tennis players from all over the world and one of the strongest fields for many years will feature in the championships which begin on Jr*f!€ 23 Entries
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  • 96 7 Reuter. LONDON, April 21.—Jack Harper, the Australian, will defend the men's singles title in the British hardcourts lawn tennis championships at Bourne-mouth starting April 28, but will have stiff opposition from South Africans and Indians. It i s anticipated that the Davis Cup teams
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  • 16 7 J. B. Priestley has been nominated tor election to the Isle i f Wight County Council.
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  • 393 7 Time robbed "Extras" Changi of victory against A.MD.G.W. Changi Sports Club in a two innings match played at the Sports Club's ground on Sunday. "EXTRAS" XI. Inns. N. Cooper, b Fernando, 3, D. Allford. b Ferrao, 1, P. Jackson, b Ferrao, 11, A. Lewis, b
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  • 84 7 In a table-tennis match last Sunday, a combined C.V.M.A. team beat the United Chinese Library by five singles to two Results (C.V.M.A. players first) Tan Jlak Poh beat Kwek Yong Tong 3—o; Tan Chek Khoon lost to Chow Kwee 2—3; An e Yong Boon Tan Seng
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  • 57 8 Eighteen couples were massmarried a' Mayfair Hali, Robinson Road, Singapore, on Sunday by the Ch'nese Consul, Mr. A. C. T. Kwong. Spcns-rs of the weddings were 'he Mayfair Musical and Dramatic Association. Photo shews the 18 couples after the ceremony, Consul Kwong seated in the centre. The
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  • 103 8 SEREMBAN. The headless body i f a woman was found in a ditch on Takau Rubber Estate on Monday. The P. t Dickson Police who are investig. ting, have made on. attest. Tlu body was found buried under grass and leaves. The hi ad was
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  • 100 8 KUALA LUMPUR. The "t scape" alarm was sounded early yesterday morning, when two Chinese, who are awaiting trial on charges of abduction and a Malay, who is alleged to be a house-breaker, made an attempt to escape from the OtntfaJ Police Station lock-up. The men
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  • 68 8 (From Our Correspondent) IPOH.—lpoh is to have a horn ban. This decision was taken at a meeting of ihe iVaffic Subcommittee of the Kinta Town Board hold recently here. The ban will affect the town limits. A notice to this effect will be Gazetted before it
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  • 270 8 JPOH.—The vexed problem of housing shortage here was one of the main items on the agenda at the monthly meeting of the Town Board, Kinta. presided over by Lt.-Col. R. F. H. Drake Brockman. The chairman referred to a report submitted by the Perak Resident
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  • 112 8 Reuter MOSCOW; Apr. 21.—The French Foreign Minister, M. Georges Bidault, visited *he United States Secretary of State. George Marshall, yesterday afternoon No official reason has been given for the meeting, but it is understood reliably, that it was for the purpose of the signature of the France-Anglo-American
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  • 255 8 New Demand For Public Inquiry Into Sex Effects Reuter LONDON. Apr. 21.—Two hundred and fifty workers at the North England atomic plant—2o of whom are suffering from effects of their work and whose sex desires are said to have
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  • 90 8 Reuter LONDON. Apr. 21.—Russia's rejection of an Anglo Sovet arms standardisation such as already exists between Britain and the United States was in tesponse to a suggestion from Field Marshal Lord Montgomery, it was authoritatively revealed here today. When Lord Montgomery visl ted Moscow last January Generalissimo
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  • 38 8 NEW YORK, Apr. 21.—Rita Pandit. 11-year-old mccc of Pandit Nehru, ana who recently underwent a serious operation in New York nas now ien tne hospital, itungest daughter of Mrs \ijaya Lafc-nmi Pandit, she is attending school in America.
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  • 266 8 Reuter LONDON, Apr. 21.—The King's colt Blue Train was backed to win the Derby at the Victoria Club, London, when cards on the Two Thousand Guineas and the Derby Were called over to-night. Introduced at 21—2 he was supported to win £17,000. Backers
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  • 93 8 TAIPING, Although 65 years old, Kirpar Singh, cattle owner living at Kampong Boyan. put two armed robbers to flight. A few nights ago two robbers said io be Chinese, went to his house. Oiu managed to 1 gain entry but seeing Kirpar Singh rushing
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  • 243 8 Fills European's Post IPOH. —Captain E. S. Lilley. MBE.. Commissioner of Prisons, Malayan Union, has proceeded to England on leave. T He is taking with him Raja Othman bin Raja IS gan Ali, who has been appointed Probationary Superintendent of Prisons, Malayan Union. Raja Othman is
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  • 259 8 KUALA LUMPUR —The Registrar of Trade Unions, Mr. J. B. Prentis, in his statement on the progress of the registration of trade unions in the Malayan Union up to April 3, 1947, shows that out of 338 applications receiver! from non-Government trade unions, 63 were
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  • 160 8 U.P. VIENNA. Apr. 21.—Former Chancellor Kurt yon SchuschI nigg in a written testimony today denied alleged claims that he had turned over to Franz yon Papan or any other Nazi official documents stating that Adolf Hitler was an illegitimate off- spring of the Baron Rothschild family.
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  • 34 8 Reuter. Batavia. April 21.—Shipments of unhusked r'ce from Indonesia to India will soon be resumed according to Jogjakarta radio. I which stated today that transportation of rice to harbours will probably start in May.—Reuter.
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  • 242 8 PENANG: A t the meeting of the Municipal Commissioners, the Deputy President. Dr. W. H. Brodie, pointed out that there was a misunderstanding that the public would be charged for calling out the fire brigade and were afraid to do so. It should be
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  • 41 8 T'wo ol Penan «5 bomb vichtims bave been slven le«zs ans bave been enables to Nns work T'lNH vas revealed dv »llr k' OooKe Wellare OMeer ol Penan? One man is now vorklna »H a clerk, tbe olber as a caretaker.
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  • 221 8 TAIPING. in eject I Pona >ni y r *^tt,,2 landlord oi 211 fiS, 1 M The Premises I jonth. In February t L i Narayanasamv hanSri ls tenancy ol the star Ver fc heard vva- si 500 REFUSED PERMlssiov j Narayanasamy had S to transfer the t'nanf?^
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  • 131 8 Reuter A.A.P. MELBOURNE. Apr. 21 .-iota Bromwlch dtkuugh besta I Dinny Pails in the final ol tne Australian lawn U-nni s championships this year still heads the lis: Of offici.il Australia r..nkmgs for 1947. Use Australian Lawn TeODiS Associate have placed Pa*
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  • 27 8 LONDON APT- «jJJ -•suits: Bcottta. AD-; Saint M!.:< no*. s*fcndly match > Htan Chelsea tout Sou::, o. Prestoa 0. Mrs U>. w.te kong on holidil this
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    • 91 8 mmm j TQDAY'S WEATHER REPORT V 1 Bright Periods, Late Showers Singapore weather forecast for 24 hours from noon today, compiled by the R.A.F. Central Forecasting Station, Air Command Far East. JOTtnt periods with local shower, late afternoon. Risk ot i thundery rain tomorrow morn- i ing. Wind: Light southerly.
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