Malaya Tribune, 23 April 1947

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  • 60 1 The Malaya Tribune B y THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE THE ONLY NATIONAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA Now printed simultaneously in SingaporeKuala Lumpar, Ipoh Penang. Editorial 5811 Advertising 5812 Circulation Accounts 5815 BGHi PAGE|_ SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1947 PRICE TEN CENTS. The Malaya Tribune London Agents:—Messrs. Colin Turner Ltd., Talbot
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  • 469 1 "This Is It" Said Big Sweep Winner (Tribune Staff Reporter) X in Singapore, snatched up a copy of the Sunday Tribune first thing on U iday morning, and anxiously glanced at the Ipoh Races big sweep H iv< a start as his eyes
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  • 140 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Iftei i butterlesa four weeks, nee more be n rm&] butter their various Cold I rage r. tailers. 7:. n was brought back the arrival of the which came into Sin. with over 6.000 Iter Or these. 2,000 ied for civilians. re ing the
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  • 73 1 Shot Left For Dead—Lived JGKONG. Apr. 22—Shot dead by his Japanese Malcolm Canivet. Han Army Ordnance survived to meet .spital one of his lards who asked him him." Bhost comebac wa s contained iff affidavit read today «r crimes court during c Major General Tanane ol the three L mmander
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  • 131 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Singaporeans will have to continue tolerating the incessant and often unnecessary tooting of horns, as an inadequate traffic police force is still unable to cope with violators of the horn ban. This was stated in an interview by the Traffic Police Chief.
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  • 238 1 Reuter. LONDON, Apr. 22.—The British War Minister. Mr. Bellenger. stated in the Commons to-day that before the execution o f Dov Gruner and others, the General Officer Commanding Palestine had informed that *Ti aop°al had been entered befoie the Council and listed for hearing
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  • 113 1 Reuter. Paris. Apr. 22.—The troubled conditions in French-owned Madagascar were reflected today in incident "In the almost deserted lobbies of the National Assembly in which a deputy representing the Madagascar "Democratic Movement of Renovation" and the wife of a former radical deputy
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  • 31 1 LONDON. Apr. 22.—The Conservative Daily Express said yesterday that its polls of public opinion showed that 58 per cent of the people were dissatisfied with the Labour government' conduct of affairs.
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  • 49 1 U.P. Gloucester. Apr. 22.— James Bridge. 26. was killed today when a Meteor jet aircraft he wa. testing tor the first developed engine trouble and crashed near here. Bridge was pinned beneath the wreckage and was dead when freed. The plane did not catch fire. —U.P
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  • 40 1 U.P. NEW DELHI. Apr. 22 —Reliable sources said today that Viscount Mountbatten is visiting the frontier to survey the trouble spot, on the north-west border on hi-, first trip from Delhi since taking office.- U.P.
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  • 163 1 Warships Due Soon (Tribune Staff Reporter) The Singapore Staff Torpedo Officer is leaving Singapore shortly on the sloop "Amethyst" for the east coast to "tackle" a torpedo and about 20 mines which have been reported as washed up on the Trengganu coast. The last
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  • 39 1 Reuter. CAPETOWN. Api. 22.- -King George made constitutional nistory today when he presided a meeting of the Executive Council (Union cabinet). The Governor-General, as the King's representative in the Union, usually presides over these meetings.- Reuter
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  • 42 1 Reuter. RANGOON, Apr. 22.—Armed police guarded the Labour Commissioner's office in Rangoon today following a threat of 'siege" by employees of the army ordnance depot. The dispute may lead to a strike by 7.000 workers employed by the ordnance depot.—Reuter.
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  • 246 1 Reuter. TEXAS CITY, Apr. 22.—A warehouse here stored with ammonian nitrate burst into flames to-day, a week after disastrous explosions caused by the same chemical, reports Reuter. The wazeliousc is owned by the South-west Sugar and Molasses Company. Heavy ciouds of smoke again obscure the city where
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  • 101 1 Reuter. RANGOON. Apr. 22. Plague claimed 928 lives In Burma during the three months period j from January to March this year, according to Health Department statistics. Deaths due to plague, cnolera and smallpox over tht same j period totalled 1.717. Under Burma districts
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  • 108 1 U.P. LONDON, Apr. 22.—Trying to get to the bottom vi things, the Labourite member, Mrs. E. M. Braddock, stood up in **he Commons today and asked the Secretary of War, why British "forces personnel" in Egypt were issued underpants made from flour sacks. "The underpants
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  • 97 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter)' The police made six -arrests ye-terday: Three 8.0. R. > were picked up at 9.30 a.m. in a civilian jeep which was reported l'jst at 1 a.m. A man working in a coffeeshop in Bugis Street was arrested by the police who believe
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  • 60 1 A male Cantonese was shot dead at Jalan Besar at 11.30 last night. lhe police rushed to the area :mmediately after some shots were heard, and cordoned off the j spot where three empty casings were found near the victim who i received four
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  • 49 1 A Chinese taxi driver robbed his fare last night when after driving a Teochew to Changi I Road he forced his victim out of i the vehicle after having taken $330 from hi.m. The victim fa.ilj ed to take down the number of the taxi.
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  • 36 1 Armed with a pistol and knives. five Chinese held up the occui pants of a house in River Valley 1 Road at 10 last night and made off with $400 In cash and jewellery.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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  • 33 2 Mr. A. P M. Daniel passed away peacefully on 21st April, 1947 at 10.45 a.m. at Lanka Hotel. 13, Trafalgar Street, Singapore. Cremation today at 4 p.m. at the Sinhalese Buddhist Cemetery.
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  • 1050 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Jugdmcnt in favour of the defendants was delivered in the High Court by Mr. Justice Spencer Wilkinson, in a civil suit in Which the plaintiffs claimed for recovery of possession tfo. 95, tligh Street, Kuala Lumpur, of which the defendants are the
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  • 108 2 PENANG,—It was revealed roday that the Municipality cannot afford to adopt the Malayan Union Government's back pay decision under which Government will make good dollar for dollar the deducfour members of their comries. Today the Commissioner* confirmed a committee decision stating that, owing to tht'ir
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  • 40 2 Reuter. Istanbul, April 22.—The Indian trade delegation headed by Mirza Hassan Isfahan! ha s ar rived at Istanbul after visiting .Ankara and Smyrna and has trade folks with trw Chamber of Commerce ~nd Turk'sh merchant-.--Reuter.
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  • 248 2 The Returned British Prisoners of War Association of which Lady fedwtaa Mojntbatten is President, was formed in 1945 to srive British ey-r/risoners of war a permanent headquarters wriere they could obtain advice ff**cttC2tl heiM on all matters of rehabilitation. T+
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  • 194 2 I IPOH.—Dog-shooting at nignt was one of the subjects discussed at the monthly mcc*- of the Town Board, Kinta, when 1 Mr. Cheah Ghim Leng, OBE., J.P., criticised the present system f continuing this prac--1 tice at night. "In these unsettled times it i does
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  • 57 2 Reuter. Manchester, April 22.—The closing of cotton mills in the recent Brltfsh fuel crisis cost cotton workers well oyer £1.--000.000. It was stated here today The production of yarn fell from 15.200,000 lbs. in the last week of November 1946 to 4 500.000 lbs. in the week ending Fb. 22
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  • 131 2 IPOH. —Referring to complaints I regarding theft of night soil and the attendant danger, the Res: J dent Commissioner pointed out j at a Press conference that "the 1 offence of stealing night soil is j one which ha u always been with I
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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    • 147 2 NOTICES. the bi kit ttMAM rtUBBER ESTATES LTD. NOTICE All roacis on this ComEstate, are Private Roads, and as such will bo closed for a period Of 21 hours from Midnight on Friday 25th April 1947. By Order, EVATT CO. Secretaries. 21st April 1947. THE ULU ."PANDAN~ (SiNGAPOUE) Xt BRER
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    • 285 2 The Ho Hong Steamship Co. (1932) Ltd. SAILINGS TO ft FROM PALEMBANG. 8/9 "KLANG" sails for Palembang 4 p.m. Ist May and thereafter at approximately 10 day intervals. For freight and passage please apply to:— The Ho Hong Steamship Co. (1932) Ltd., Telephone: 6769 *****. 65, Chulia Street, Singapore. Holland
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    • 178 2 LAW BOORS KELLY WALSH LTD. have been appointed Concessionaires for BVTTERWORTR CO. Law Book Publishers LONDON Kelly Walsh Ltd. Raffles Place, Singapore. I BANKING The Travancore Forward Bank Ltd. (Incorporated in Travancore) with limited liability. Head Office:— Kottayam, Travancore. Branches throughout Travancore and at Madras and other important Centres in
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  • 361 3 CLUB MEMORANDUM TO COMMISSION necei^7 J 7c "7 a college prevailing aL of confla enee in the standard nr,T g K k s College: therefore, tn» natural mursw 2SL? *Sf of a full un vers y m hc "m--ur a e Says a memorandum submh
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  • 52 3 Sandaduaa or. tne g.: > Police Fore*, was he '1 ret District on ct irroii ol and huu .<_■ jjieged t< have jh.. Ec rmnuteu gjg is uaa w i allege: to the Sri-O Oi iCwtk r hat r.ight ij the eomiv« a a another Uu premises
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  • 141 3 Jemadar Gurdial Singh, attached tr the Line of Communication. Provost Unit, wts acquitted in the First District Court yesterday w'thout his defence being called. Gurdiah Sin-rh hod been charged with accepting an illegal gratification of $200 from one Jamna Prasad sometime in July la: t
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  • 46 3 The following will represent the V.M.C.A. in a friendly match ag.,lnst the Chinese Swimming Club on Friday at 7 p.m. at the Swimming Club premises. G Cuilwick. Gan Kee Tian. £c Thian Han, Chee Teck Kirn. Robert Lim. Reserves:— Yo\k Wah Sung. Aw Tat Chu
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  • 179 3 Sentence of five years' rigorous imprisonment was imposed on a 26-year old Indian, Savirimuthu, an j employee of the General Hospital, by Mr. Justice Brown at the Assize Court yesterday on a charge of unlawful possession of 793 rounds of .38 ammunition. Savirimuthu
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  • 151 3 "He must know that i t i S a offence in several cour.ones i i the wcr.G to buy opium a: d that the time has come when le.wer.cy c ,^no L be shown." said Mr Paul Storr. Third District udge. in convicting a 40-year-old
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  • 249 3 Allegations that he was found in various hotels with women on different occasions were made against Frank William Norris, of 33, St. Michaels Road, at the Singapore Divorce Court yesterday before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Murray-Ayrisley. when a petition by his wife, Alexandra Mabel
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  • 66 3 Ng Mun Yew alia? Ng Kow 31 and Ng See Pak (26). tWo Chinese were produced in the Third Magistrate Court yesterday qu a charge of attempting to put one Fco Ken Tan pa fear of death or grievous hurt on April 21 in order to extort the sum or
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  • 273 3 Mr. Claud Mulljns. the well-known London ma--3 who has" jdst »-c I tlfed, was asketf id a re- cent BBC broadcast to i give some of his chief j ip em ones. J "Locking back on it all now", he said. "I suppose my main impression is of
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  • 139 3 High St. Hold-up Echo Throe young dimes-... thy first the third arrested at J rtuaU Lumpur and th second rit Ipoh. appeared in the Third Police Court yesterday on chaTges of armed gang robbery Ah Pee Chay <26. Le e Thim Chong f26» and
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  • 93 3 At the annual general meeting of the Singapore Filipino Association he!d at the Far Eastern Music School. 1-A, Kirk Terrace, yesterday afternoon, the following Office bearers were e'ected: Hon. President Mr M. R Anriano: Ren. Vice-Pnv. Mr. P. G Peralta; Hon. Secretary Mr. D. I Molina: Hon.
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  • 223 3 Reply To Back Pay Demand (Tribune Staff Reporter) Tho hkT atl^actor -y" Thai is the reaction of demobbed personnel of the Royal Malay Navy who 1 aye received a reply from the Commander, R N to n:ir claims for* bnck pay and other
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  • 74 3 Ex-Servicemen Find JobesAs "Maids"! Reuter. Sydney— Thirty ex-service-men have taken emnloymem in private homes in Melbourne as "maids", the Deputy-Direc-tor cf Employment 'Mr. N. S. O'Hearei said Mr. O'Heare said the men hod successful!v replaced women as domestics because of the acute shcrage cl labour. They ciaim that they do
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  • 108 3 A Ed] is to be introduced into the Advisory Council to change thr name of the Straits Settlements Royal Naval Volunteer Re-erve into "the Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve." Th-» cnange c 4 name was not mad? by Ordinance but by a Defence Regulation made
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  • 100 3 Mr. A. P M Daniel. for many years proprietor of the Lanka noie\ in 1 raialgar Street, and u well-known member o! the local Sinhalese community, d<M at hi residence on Monday morning. .t?e had been ailing for severa months and recently suffered a coilap.-e. Survived
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  • 78 3 *he written examinaticna c; the Associated Board of th" Royal Schools if Mosir will be hell in Singapore on October 4th 1947. and all entries .should b* received by the Department of Education. Fullertcn Building before June Bth. 1947. Candidates w shing to should anply ;n writing
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  • 83 3 (Tribune Staff Kopcrtcr) in the 2nd District Court yesterday 33 accused pleaoed guilty to charges of voilating Food laws. Fines totalled $3.630 Ali were paid. Mr. D. R Cowie of the Food Office conducted th e prosecution. Food Officers made nine arrests yesterday when they raided Havelock Road.
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  • 52 3 Convicted for untitled a motor car under the influeneo of liquor at thp innct'-nrt sjf Jelan Demand Upper Weld Rned nri <V--30 n Ch n m t"~ rr rt f >v >Tnlr Tee Tinnp Wah w?« fined **oo m default rme taM> laH With hard labour in the Fifth Police
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  • 122 3 The Officer-in-Charce of the Traffic Branch. Lumpur, m his statement on traffic prosecutions for the period. January to March. 1947. s aowa tha* there is an appreciable decrease progressively i n the number of in which drivers of motor vehicles have been prosecuted for inconsiderate
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  • 165 3 North Indian Hindu- riun to build a new Siva temple i--Xorging ahead. It tj to ne ba in Chandcr Road, near KeTtJtu Roaa. A site has been acquired ana the temple builr*lne fend n*anad a good re.>p' nse. An emergency meeiint 31 Ujr North Indian
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  • 113 3 Six Chinese squatters werx each fined $50 or one hhaSm hard labour yesterday ;n Fuurth Police Court, when til admitted having cut wood i*on, a forest reserve at the catchment area on the Mcßitchk Res rvoir in Bukit Timah on Monday evening. Tbe prosecution,
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  • 50 3 A Camp-fire Social Wfl] b held at th, Que, n Street By. Club on Saturday at 1 30 p.m. There will be community singing, games and Traffic Quiz which will be conducted by Capt. W. A. P. of the Traffic Branch Office, liunhcr aDe cordially invited to uU'-„.
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  • 533 4 Several aspects of tne labour situation give rise to bewilderment. Despite an increase in population (variously estimated at from 15 to 50 per cent.) since tne date of the last census, labour is scarce. Lauour has not yet lully recovered from the ravages of the war, and
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  • 1206 4  -  Singapore's Picture Gallery Of Former By Tessie Cornelius With the serene dignity of their years, former distinguished administrators, silently survey contemporary events in the Victoria Memorial Hall from an advantageous position high on the murals. With the exception of a few of the life-size paintings, the observer making
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  • 234 4 Letters Ta The Editor; 1 The People's Postbag "QUILLON". j&jr,—The readers column has alway?, been a very interesting item of your paper which is keenly followed by some of us; but occasionally there appear some letters which serve nothing more than a waste of valuable space. One such
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  • 213 4 LARRY TEOH. Sir,—At present there are no electric Rights in Selama town and on roads leading to the kampongs and villages. At night the shops and private houses use kerosene pressure lamps only. As Selama is slowly becoming an important town with its vast rubber estates and its
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  • 209 4 "WHY NOT?" Sir—With regard to the expensive Census which is going to be taken in Singapore it is more than likely that bad-hats will avoid being included. What is to prevent the regLstration by card of everyone on the Island, and eventually in Malaya? It would mean in
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  • 33 4 USIS. Washington.—The Siamese Ambassador, Prince Wan Waithayakon, called upon the Acting Secretary of the State Department, Acheson, regarding plans for the forthcoming presentation of his credentials to President Truman.—TJSlS.
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  • 492 4  -  (By Muriel Penn 1 LONDON.—A factory which during the war was making the famous Vickers Armstrong naval guns will shortly be turning out Britain's latest model mechanical toys. Outstanding novelty among them is "Bronco", a horse which "gallops" in realistic fashion. No clockwork, gears or
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous

  • 246 5 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Sin^P°re today getting better realized P t S Ua m y and Quality, than is generally beat soairtS h n r i est laboUr tnc >' have dc- £to heat soaked coconut husks for making coir rope j This
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  • 80 5 large man-eafing tiger which recently killed a tpper on Ascot El m Port Dickson, iras ioiled on ?he nigh? of April IT h\ the Game X den Selangor and 1 Negri Sriahihw. i animal had terroaiised consider- unrest among the I nrers in /he dis- j ad
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  • 28 5 Reuter. Surrey Apr 22. Alfred Henry E SO.. M.V.O. ProThird Army 1914-18 war and Marshal cf the i Britain ha> died _at Bletehingley S iri j Reuter.
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  • 187 5 U.P. P o^L 22 Unldentined erunmen, armed 2 ho- P1 n olS poured 300 filets million ddiar Capitol last night while ufa^S ng ff a bi *er political ded ln a fist fi &ht on the Senate floor. Early today, police were still
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  • 83 5 KB April 21.—A. V. Defence Miniver, ...at casualties in m August 1. 19*5 31, 1947 were 15.272 -.ti27 missing. Racial s between V-J rtl 1 ti. 194"; were 63 •■o 5i wounded, while Ail Free casualties in penod were 43 killed, d and 24 missing. Arv n-ures
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  • 190 5 COLOMBO —There is no possibility yet tor a free market ior cocoa: since the world output of cocoa is subject to allocation by the Internationa! Emergency Food Counci! Reporting on a private member's motion in the State Council asking that all restrictions en the
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  • 93 5 Reuter. SYDNEY. Apr. 22. A Canberra correspondent of the "Sydney Sun" says it was revealed today that the Commonwealth's decision to release 7.300 bales of wool for shipment to Japan is experimental and may be followed by larger shipments. It was stated that the
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  • 182 5 U.P. POINT MUGU, California, Apr. 21.—Seventy-five correspondents, photographers, and newsreel cameramen who watched spellbound last week when the greatest guided missile in tho history of warfare was fired westward over the Pacific, to-day were permitted by the United States Navy to describe what was seen.
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  • 72 5 A Chinese. Teo Kirn Hung, appeared before the Second Police Magistrate yesterday on charges of robbery and possession of arms. He was, charged with robbery of $35 cash from one N. K. M. Nayar in Rangoon Road on April 21 and being at the time
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  • 42 5 Reuter. MILAN, Apr. 21.—Demonstrators protesting against North Italian Railway C pany's decision to make w« tickets invalid on Sundays lav across the railway tracks M Saronna junction today holding up traffic until dispersed by strong forces of police from Milan.—Reuter.
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  • 94 5 Reuter. Burnham-on-Crouch. April 22. The yacht. Lone Star, which, with three men and a 14-year old girl occupants, had bevn missing since Sunday, turned up unexpectedly at its anchorage at Burnham-on-Crouch today. Last night lightships on the East Anglian coast, Thames estuary
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  • 131 5 U.P. Washington. April 22 —Republican Senator Fergju>on. who recently returned here from Cairo, told the Senate that lend-lease material- which are not being u-ed by the British in the Near East should be used to supply Greek and Turkish military torces. He said that the
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  • 162 5 Reuter. Hong Kong. April 22.—The death sentence wa- today passed on Kanao Inouye. a Canadianborn British subject, on a charge of high treason. Inouye. a 30-year old native of Kamloopa, British Columbia, waformerly arraigned before the War Crimes Tribunal here but succeeded in his defence
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  • 48 5 U.P. Shanghai. April 21.—Lt. Gen. Chushihming. head of the Chinese mission to Tokio emplaned foi Tokio this morning preparatory to handing over hi- office j to Gen. Fhangcheng. former I Chinese member of the United n s military staff committee i Is at present in Shanghai. U.P. I
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  • 27 5 Reuter. LONDON. Apr. 21.— Nawab Mir Hawai June has arrived in I mdcn to be the first agentpenerai for Hyderabad state in I th; United Kingdom.—Reuter. I
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  • 333 5 Efforts are being made to start a Services Dramatic Club. Producers and actors arc notoriously individualists, and many would like to have a choice of clubs which they might join. At present there is only one effective organisation, the Singapore Stage Club whose membership is
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  • 35 5 Mortimer Brewster (John Jarvis) in an embarrassing situation with Elaine Harper (Marian Law): a scene from "Arsenic and Old Lace", the Stage Club's hilarious comedy at the Victoria Theatre *his week.
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  • 75 5 U.P. BIRMINGHAM. Alabama. Apr. 21.—Fan dancer Sally Rand was charged with "attempted burglary" by Harry W. Bennies her employer. Hennies charged in a warrant that she came to the fairgrounds last night "barefooted" and directed two men to open the carnival car by prying
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  • 75 5 Nanking. Apri 22.—Generalissimo Chiang Kai--hek may visit the United State- in the near future, according to Wu Ting Chang. Secretary-General of the National Government. Wu said that no date had been fixed for the visit, but that any such trip undoubtedly would be postponed until current
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  • 100 5 (From Our Own Reporter) MALACCA, Tuesday. The Rent Assessment Buard dismissed the application of Chong Kong Yoong who i sought the Board's sanction to j take ejectment proceedings against Chop Chin Kee from the ground floor of 111. Kampong Hulu. It was stated that the
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  • 208 5 U.P. Nanking. Apr. 22.—China's Executive Yuan—corresponding to a CaDinet—will be reorganized tomorrow when General Chang Chun, the new Prime Minister, presents the Cabinet list to the reorganized State Council for approval at its first meeting. According to authoritative sources, the line-up will be
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  • 60 5 Reuter. WASHINGTON, Apr. 22 An official U.S. Army Air Force statement issued in Honolulu today said 16 persons aboard the IT.S.l T .S. Superfortress which crashed into the Pacific on Saturday wei> killed. American broadcasting stations here announced. The plane exploded shortly after taking
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  • 35 5 Applicants for Loke Yew Scholarships are informed that scholarships to the University oi Hongkong are still in abeyanc Further information will be published in the Press as soon as it U available.
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  • 156 5 (Tribune Staff Reporter) It is learned that though Dutch control measures have been somewhat relaxed in respect of inter-coastal trade since the recent Dutch-Chinese conference h<*re Chinese boats with cargo for the Indies are still subjected to inordinate delays at the
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  • 125 5 (From Our Own Reporter) MALACCA. Tuesday. Officials of the Importers and Exporters Association. Malacca, in a statement to the Press today declared thai trading between the Indonesian islands and the West coast of Malaya has improved considerably since the signing of the
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  • 200 5 Bangkok. April 22.—For the I first time since it was built with the money contributed by him I seven years ago. Mr. Aw Boon I Haw. the Singapore millionaire visited the Siamese Red Cross Volunteers' training centre, j After being shown
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  • 80 5 A 19-year-okl Hokkion. Ong S Qg At was producod in the Fourth Magistrate's Court yes today on charges of being in unlawful possession of a Browning .32 automatic pistol and one round ol 32 ammunition at the i junction of Anson Road and jTr falgar
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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  • 379 6 INDUSTRIALS TINS IN GOOD INQUIRY SHARE MARKET (Tribune Financial Corr). The local share markets were firm ye-terday wiin oe:ier inquiry in tins ana industrials, altnough London support for tin shares does nor appear to be fi rthcoming; as vet. The preference -hares in the industrial section were keenly sought after
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  • 150 6 (Tribune Market Correspondent) With renewed factory interest the local rubber market remained iairly steady yesterday morning and a moderate quantity was transacted at prices about oneeighth of a cent above yesterday's levels. Inquiries from the London market are still rather below local prices but the New
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  • 275 6 U.P. HONOLULU, Apr. 21.—The United States Navy's campaign to mop up a small group of holdout Japanese soldiers on Peleliu Island in the South Pacific ended without bloodshed to-day when tne Japanese lieutenant and his 25> men surrendered. The navy dispatch from Guam said that
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  • 100 6 U.P. WASHINGTON. Apr. 21. Several army officers, survivers of the Rattan death march, urged Congress today to peWt the Japanese tortured victims and survivors to file claims against Japan's remaining assets. They told the House Interstate Commerce Committee that such a compensation would be
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  • 73 6 U.P. Grand Fords. North Dakota. Apr. 21. A large area cf fertile R*-d River valley, heart of the nation's bread basket was turned into desolate sea and mud water aa the worst local flood in 50 yean swept over the area, it was reported today.
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  • 68 6 U.P. NEW YORK. Apr. 21. The United States rubber consumption in the first two months of 1947 was at an annual rate of nearly 1,200,000 tons or more than double the annual rate from 1930 to 1940, the Rubber Manufacturers Association announced today. Natural rubber
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  • 148 6 Reuter. New York. April 21.—Activity quietened during the afternoon but the market experienced little difficulty in maintaining the earlier advantage. Some quarters opined the market appeared poised for an attempt to make additional recovery. Further good labour news mietit supply the necessary frnpetus as the improvement
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  • 65 6 Reuter. LONDON. Apr. 22. London's biggest blaze since the blitz is still smouldering today in the scrapyard at Barkingside where store buildings and i'umps of magnesium and rubber were destroyed during the night. Firemen from 15 London and Essex stations attended. A blaze
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  • 131 6 Reuter. PLYMOUTH. April 22.- Making her last voyage from Portsmouth to the breaking up yafda in Scotland, the veterarr battleship, Warspite, now a gunless hulk, was caught by a J7O m.p.h. gale in the English Channel. Just after rounding Land's j End. In a
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  • 330 6 Prices quoted below are per picul weight except %aert otherwise stated. FcocLstutfs: Yesterday a quo tatlons were "Meehooa". Kedab S4l: Siam $43; Indo-China $43; Rangoon $4i. Rice: Siam No. 1 $82; No. 2 $78; Range on $58. Glutinous 'rice: Siam No. 1 $70: Rangoon $50. "Gula' Mwacca:—Superioi quahty
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  • 173 6 Reuter. BUG KF ALLS, PdUls ylvaniu, April 22. Dr. Rajah B. Manikam. in -n interview with newsmen hv-i"--. Said that he did Opt belhve there would be "any fromal attack 011 Christianity if India becomes free," but tv added that the Christian Church
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  • 116 6 U.P. Oslo. April 21.—Most of Europe's royalty was believed to be preparing to attend Christian's funeral to be held within the next ten days. Bocau-e the British Royal Family probably will be en rout? home from South Afr ca. thej may be represented by the
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  • 125 6 Reuter. icon, Apr t) tt, !bv the sharp rii ciKsrcv.cs ana tctaceo !L? tish people an s Br as much on smnk.w e .icr n ai-.mi-.cea Increased pS?? his pudge, speech J™J* -but .hey are max* jITS 'heir matey. This frai s. if; tafcn
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  • 32 6 New Jersey. April 21.—Tele phone striker- today rejected h "inadequate an offer by the Nn Jersey 801 l Telephone Camay to raise their vageg by seve:; and a half cents an hour
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  • 696 7 Spearmirth Best Bet GOOD GOING At IPOH TODAY (From Oar Racing Correspondent). IP Wed.--The weather is keepingfine and the ?.***** is likely to bte-fltm for today's races SPEARMIRTH fcr the 4.15 and GOLDEN SLIPPER in the 3.15. a pl^ ea h^ inh n h^
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  • 60 7 (jßfoftt ttf* Ketrcrter) Amateur r> AssociatJcw has by the British W ■•ht-Lifters' Asso- •j,,- s 'he official govern- j Weight-Lifting in the Malayan Mr Teo Cneok hoi. secretary of c\w L A ia :'ow comeorese Natives tw ireHrht-Hftiilg asPc tang. Perak. d Nejjri Sembi.an Jjrt
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  • 73 7 The Merry Makers B.P. 'Reserves' will play a return friendly match against the Geylang Methodist Youth Fellowship on Saturday, at the Anglo-Chinese School Court, Coleman Street, commencing at 2. The following have been selected:—Soh Chee Tiong, Ang Beng Siong. Lim Joo Seng. Petei Seng, Lim Ec Guan,
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  • 90 7 The Ceylonese will make their first appearance at soccer this season against the S.R.C. 2nd eleven on the Padang. It is understood that the C.S.C. Is making every effort to enter a team in the next year's Soccer League. The team to play against the S.R.C. on April
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  • 54 7 The following players are selected to play football for the Jollilads Athletic Union against the m.C.R.E. at Jalan Besar Stadiulh on Friday at 5.15 p.m. 8. Sithambram. K. •Thambyrajah, S. Murugasu, M. Cjhani, M. Sintha, M. Muniyandt M. Krishnan, G. Suppiah, Abdul Rajsak, m.I. Osman, S. Gopal. Muthiah, M.
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  • 51 7 Two shots of the England-Scotland international at Wembley Park recently, which ended in a draw after the Scots had dominated play To r 70 minu'es. Photo* show: Entland's equalising jjoal. The pictures show Horatio Carter, England's inslde-rhrhi dashing between Scotland** defenders to put /ho ball >ve|j out of reaeh of
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  • 716 7 League Soccer Malay F.A 3. S.C.F.A. (1) 2. Opening the score sensationally in the second minute, and leading two-one in the closing stages, S.C.F.A. (1), displaying their best form ever in the Football League, were unfortunate to lose two-three, to the Malay
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  • 125 7 Playing at the Sea-Horse B.P s court on Sunday tHe Rosl-Buu B.P. beat tii« SeaHoiSv B.P. by five games to two. Ros-Bud players mentioned Artt: Singles. Tan Kirn Teck beat Ve 0 Lai Chor 13—13 (5—3), j 15—4; Philip Lim beat Bene- I diet Tay 3 15.
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  • 31 7 A special general meeting of the Singapore Amateur Sports Union will be held on Sunday at noon nt the residence of Mr. Chua'Yeow Kwce. 35 Lorong M. Telok Kurau Road, Singapore.
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  • 257 7 A fine knock of 42 runs (retired) by Lav Hock Cnye was the feature of the cricket match when the Singapore ClarKe R;irgers defeated ;he Royal Engineers at Pulau Brani by ten wickets. The Engineers were skittled out fcr a meagre score of 37 runs. Scores:
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  • 124 7 Reuter. I Epsom. April 22.--Star Song, by Singapore out of Belle Etoile, won the Great Metropolitan I Handicap over two-and-a-quar-i ter mile, here this afternoon, I beating Parhelion by a length, i with Salubrious a head away third For the first time In the history
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous

  • 391 8 Reuter U.P. LONDON, Apr. 22.—The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Dr. Hugh Dalton, with his hand in a slinghe had a poisoned ringer over the weekend—to-day defended in the House of Commons his budget proposal to increase the rate of duty on tobacco which he had described
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  • 126 8 U.P. MANCHESTER. Eig. Apr 22.—Nine out of 10 parents are v .able to explain tne facts of life to their children without feeling they are saying Kiome*hing indecent because they don't have the proper vocabulary, a family life conference was told here yesterday by the London
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  • 56 8 TRIESTE, Apr. 22.-Several hundred Students were barricaded in the Univer<itv ot Trieste tonight after calling a strike whicn precn.'.ated in one skirmish with tlie Italian pence in which one youth was slighter injured. The strikt v. _is called when the allied military government ordered the dismissal of the University
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  • 150 8 Reuter. LONDON. Apr. 22 Close secrecy is being maintained at the British Museum concerning the statue of a mystenrtona Indian goddess discovered recently lying neg'ected in a shea at Suirey commercial docks. j "No statement can be made regarding its future until tne Museums Board
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  • 175 8 ?h!T n a "P roxi matel.v SIS] million has during &%£?S'Tr2r t Mkl i ya Uni °H n at the increased price PUrChaSmg U C -T/ first W3 Apr. Government has purchased 6 7 U 447 60 Zt of "ut at g
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  • 129 8 Reuter. NICOSIA, Cyprus, Apr. 22. —The hunger strike at Cyprus camp finished this afternoon after 100 hours. Earlier, special precautions had been taken to exclude the press and public from the area. At noon today Xylotymbou Camp was quiet and orderly with the interned Jewish illegal
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  • 61 8 Reuter. RANGOON. Apr 22 -Fifty thousand Muslims of the Buthidaung and Maungdaw areas of the Arakan division of Burma ar c campaigning for a separate state, it was authoritatively learned today. Details o; this "Pakistan" movement in Se-utn-west Burma ar e still awaited here. Muslims make
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  • 204 8 U.P. LONDON, Apr. 22.—Henry A. Wallace, former Vicepresident of the United Stages, was attacked twice in the House of Lords to-day for his anti-Truman speeches in Britain. Lord Vansittart. the former i British Fcreign undcr-Secretary. j charged that the Labour Party i foreign policy
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  • 84 8 Reuter. Enth. Apr. 22.— Len Harvey, former heavyweight champion of Britain and tn# Empire, is seriously ill in a hospital at Erith. He is believed to have pneumonia. A specialist examined him today. Len Harvey, 40 in July, retired after being knocked out by Freddie Mills
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  • 22 8 U.P. Frankfurt. April 21.—Army officials said today that 44 Americans in Germany have been accorded army sanction to marry German women.- -U.P.
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  • 163 8 Reuter. LONDON. Apr. 22.—A political sensation k likely to be caused on the eve of the Labour Party national conference beginning on May 23 by the publication of an "immediate remedy for the economic crisis" manifesto by a group of lettwing Labour Members of
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  • 116 8 Three Singapore District Judges are vacating their seats in the Singapore Police and Criminal District Courts by the end of this month. Replacements are now being considered by the Government. Singapore's Third District Judge. Inche Ahmad bin Ibrahim is resigning from the service
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  • 35 8 Reuter. ATLANTA, Georgia. Apr. 22.— Nine persons were killed today when a Delta Air Lines aircraft crashed near Columbus. Georgia, after colliding with a converted Army trailer when landing.— Reuter.
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  • 20 8 CANBERRA. Apr. 22.—Treasury Secretary Stuart McFarlane will go to London shortly for discussions on sterling balances between Britain and Australia.
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  • 31 8 LONDON, Apr. 22.—Geoffrey De Havilland. who lost his life last autumn in a highspeed test fl'ght. has been awarded the Segrave Trophy, it was announced today.
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  • 177 8 IPOH.—"The incidence of tuberculosis followius malnutrition which wa. prevalent during the Japanese occupation, is the sub ject of much concern to the Gov eminent," said the Hon. Mr. A. V. Aston. Resident Commissioner. Perak. when asked what steps were being taken by the
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  • 220 8 LONDON, Apr. Baksi. conqueror and lawbreaker of Bruce Woodcock, left for a vacation in Czechoslovakia to-day, expressing confidence in his of eventually dethroning the world heavyweight char;! pion, Joe Louis. He also paid a glowing tribute to Woodcock and fee British people
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  • 92 8 U.P. j LONDON. Apr. 22.-Promoter I Jack Solomons announced today that British Light Heavyweight Champion Freddie Mills will i fight American Lloyd Marshall here in an outdoor bout during the first week of June. Solomons said that he planned his first ODen air show for Derby
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  • 126 8 Reuter. WASHINGTON, Apr. &—The United States Senate tonight approved the Bill allocating $400,000,000 for aid to Greece and Turkey. The voting was 67 to 23. A second test vot- on a proposal to table the whole scheme was defeated by 67 to 23. Arthur
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  • 33 8 Members and mus'cians of the Merrilads Association are reto nttend the first weekly music practice at Dr. Chia Keng Hoe'<: residence No. 25 Set Avenue on April 27 at 2 p.m
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 76 8 r TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT Fair With Bright Periods Singapore weather forecast for 24 hours from noon today, compiled by the R.A.F. Central Forecasting Station, Air Command Far East. Fair with bright periods, isolated showers. Fine tonight. Wind: south-westerly 5 10 knots. Sunset 1835 hrs. Sunrise 0632 hrs. Moonrise 0905 hrs.
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