Malaya Tribune, 24 June 1947

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    53 1 The Malaya Tribune THE PEOPLE FQfl THE PEOPLE The only national newspa per in malaya B%" w in Singapore. Lumpur, Ipoh Penang. 'Phone 5811 (Three Lines) „..,11 SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1947 TEN CENTS. The Malaya Tribune London Agents:—Messrs. Colta Turner Ltd., Talbot Momse, 98, St. Martin's Lane* W.C.1.. TUESDAY.
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    BIG POLICE HUNT ON FOR "OILY MEN"
    423 1 Homes of Ipoh Judge, Officials Burgled (Tribute Con esponden t) IPOH, Tues—"Oily man" burglars are now opera<iAg m this town. Dressed in "geestring", with a liberal application of oil rjr greese on their bodies, these burglars have in if ms mst month broken
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    Commons Question on Killearn
    148 1 Reuter. June. 23.-The funcKiUearn, High Com- Southeast Asia, leet of a question 1 ol Commons today ervative member. er. He asked U this I be made permanent Inevitable over ihe fundi--ns of ral and Guvpher Mayhew, Un for Foreign Af L( i d Killearn s r
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    Malay Arrested
    36 1 been detained in th tie- kidnapping c and L to be charged kidnapping with basse grievous hurt d that the Chinese >ppcd in connection late cl war" existing I hap Sa Io and '329
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    CYCLIST ATTACKED
    32 1 uth who was ridilong Owen Ro..a last night, was c et Ulg ol nine "deadThe gang knocked B his vehicle and hern rode away on it. has not been rccov-
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    Monty May Visit Malay Regt.
    95 1 iTr'Jbui c Staff Reporter* The arrival Cf Field Marshal V»rccur.t Montgomery, Chief oi Ure Imperial General Staff, in Sii gape re or Thursday will be 1 marked by the sanfe chain of seci CV that has been followed s'l cc the start of his trio.
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    U.S 'Slave Bill' Becomes Law
    204 1 Senate Ignores Truman's Pica Reuter. WASHINGTON, June 23.-—lgnoring a last-minute appeal from President Truman, the U.S. Senate to-day over rude the President's veto and voted into law the bitterly contested labour bill limiting trade union activity and banning the closed shop. Voting was 68 in
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    "SAVE THE FRANC" PLAN SUPPORTED
    51 1 Reuter. PARIS. June 23 r —The F. ench Socialist Parliamentary group dec ded by a majority vote of 70 out or a possible 90 to support the "save the Franc" programme which Monsieur Paul Ramadier. the Socialist Prem'or. will present in the F.eneh Assembly this
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    HAND GRENADES FOUND IN SCHOOL
    21 1 Six hand grenade* we found buried in the compound of a school in Pasir Panjang, yesterday.
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    KEPONG "OUT OF DANGER"
    348 1 t Triou f c .s'or Reporter) The ouu Lvii ib+iaits b'teamshf'j j Company s s.s. Kepong which cvi tided with the 8.000-tcn Trcvay lor 81 4.22 yesterday afternoon, j and which was apparently listing astern and in danger. i> "safe and out of danger*' according to
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    RUSSIA REPLIES TO CHINA
    104 1 Reuter. NANKING June 23.—Soviet Eml sources revealed tcday that the epiy to the Chinese note cf protest Charging Russian complicity in the recent Sinkiang border incident was delivered to the Foregn Minnstry on June. 21. A representative of the Foreign Oflice confirmed this Information and stated:
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    Men From "Forgotten Island" In S'pore
    342 1 The first group ot Boyanese to arrive in Singapore from the forgotten Island of Boyan siepped ashore yesterday afternoon from their 16-tpn prahu in which they had completed a twelve-day journey. Soon after their arrival, the rews spread rapidly from Sheer'- Wharf aloi g
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    JAP CLOTH REACHES UK
    41 1 Reuter. LONDON. June 23—A first shipment cf 32,000.000 yards of cctton grey cloth, made in Japan, arrived at Manchester decks today. Altogether 64.000,000 yaids will bB sent, which is the largest single shipment ever impoited into England.—Reuter.
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    Maniac -Killer Escapes From Tg. Ratnbutan
    142 1 (Tribune Correspondent) iron, Tue>.—Two mental nal.ents, one of then eatavie ted cf murder, escaned from their cell in the asylum in Tanjong Rar ontan on Saturday ni?ht after assaulting their warders, ane of whom is in a critical condition. The two men who escaped
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    Tappers Prefer Repatriation
    60 1 MALACCA. Tues. A mas* d f r -j. oi l .ditt.'. feft-atr labourers in .Jarm endmatd the resolution parsed by the Committee that Irdian estate lab ■m. is will seal the aid of the Dover: meet for repatriation if "heir wages are cut by estate employers in
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    HALLARD'S CONVICT 99
    105 1 Joh i Ballard, the 23-year old soldier who escaped from Outram Road Jail in toe early hour* (.1 Sunday morning was known as convict "L 99.' At the time of his escape he wa> wearing prison clothe, stamped with h B numbi>r and the Singapore police requests
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    620,000 DIVORCES IS U.S. LAST YEAR
    42 1 U.P. WASHINGTON. June 23.- The dUvcsce and marricgu rate reached an all-time peak in the Unit. A States last year. The Publ.c Health Service reported that the 1 were more than 2.300,coo marriages and ti20.ooo divorces-—VP.
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    Tug-Ferry Collision
    54 3 Reuter. FRANKFURT. June 23.— Thirty people W er e drowned arly today when a diesel fug collided with a motor ferry on th,. River Neckar at Mannheim. Dena the German news agency in the Unfed States >n,» reported. Of /he 36 people on board the ferry only s
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    Juvenile Musicians Delight Audience
    322 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Presented by the Church Choir an«| pupils of Mrs. Lucien Wang, and Mr. Gob Soon T.ioe. the Singapore Community Church Concer| during the week-end earned the appreciation of the entire gathering. If the results were nut up to standard of a highly critical
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    India Wants More Malayan Trade
    87 3 Reuter. LONDON. Jure 23 The Ir)--,J,an, an shipping policy is aimed a* increasing trade wi>th Ceylon. Burma. Malaya. Japan, 'he Dutch East Indies and other countries, a message from New Delhi published in the Financial Times said today. Discussing the Indo-British shioDir.g talks due to
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    BROADCAST ON ST. JOHN'S ASSOCIATION
    73 3 M'-mbers of the St. John's Ambulance Association and preMnt and former members of ht M. A. S. are invited to listen m to a broadcast on the plans th c r .'building of the Grand Chur ch from which th* *>rd*i originated. The broadest will
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    Hirohito Speaks In New Role-For One Minute
    162 3 U.P. TOKIO, June 23.-Emperor Hirohito stood stiffly bend ma* fl^3^^^ f peoplfon Monday hl T s new role as the fnir tL f01 the Ja P ane Se to unite in solvol of -^A^^L eCf crisis and in the buildP f the CUltUre
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    INDONESIA HOPES FOR PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT
    227 3 Reuter-AAP. Batavia, June 23.—Hove for i: Peaceful settlement the rolitlral crisis brightened today when i t .-Gov. General Van Mock paid rt short visit to P~?mier SJahrir. It was the first meeting be r twecn the Dutch and Indonesian waders since the Netheilands Commission General
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    19 3 TOKYO. Jun, 23.—Maj. Gen. Archer L. Lerch. U.S. Military Governor of South Korea, arrived in Tokyo on Saturday night.
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    Mother And Children Come To Court
    235 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) When a 12-year-old boy was convicted on a charge of fraudulent possession of two sarongs at the Juvenile Court yesterday, the mother of ihe accu.-ed appeared before the magistrate with four of her other children—and pleaded for leniency on behalf of
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    CHINESE HOTEL MANAGERESS BURNT IN FIRE
    77 3 U.P. TRACY. California. June 23. men were burned to death on Sunday when a fire destroyed the 14-room twostorey frame City Hotel and six weri injured including the Chinese woman who operated the hotel. The operator, Mrs. Yip Shee Lee who is in San
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    Marshall Utters A Warning
    129 3 Reuter. WASHINGTON, Juue 23.— Georre Marshall, United States Secretary of Stats, today warned the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee that Latin American countries wouid "seek help elsewhere" if Congress failed to approve President Truman's plans for *he supply and .standardisation of arms in the Western
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    Frankie Club In Britain. Too
    275 3 But The Girls Won't Swoon U.P. LONDON, June 22.—English teen-age girls don't wear bobbysocks, but that has not prevented hundreds of them from joining the new British chapter of the Frankie Sinatra fan Club. "But the bobby socks not only differ irom the Americans said
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    Backwoods Of Malaya
    501 4 At a rccent official function—the most important of the year—held by the Resident Commissioner of one of the "unfederated" Malay States, with the exception of the Ruler of the State there were few other Malays present, fewer Malay women still, not one Chinese woman and only a
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    EMERGENCE OF THE MEW BURMA
    1633 4  -  In this article specially written for the Malaya Tribune, Dodwell Cooray summarises seven exciting years in Burma which have led up to the inauguration cf the Constituent Assembly in that country, Dacoity, not politics, he asserts, is Burma's biggest problem. by Dodwell Cooray Last week
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    Colour Returning To Britain
    232 4 The last few days have been marked by the return of several colourful ceremonies which were regular features in pre-war London season, btit have been absent from the scene during wartime years. These have brought with them a welcome return of pageantry and colour which, for
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    Ceylonese And The Indian Congress
    723 4 The question a s to whether Ceylonese can become members of the Malayan Indian Congre.-s has been agitating the minds of it good many people for some time. Ido not see how this question really arises, as every Ccylonese who comes into the Con-gre.-s comes
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    GOVT SERVANTS SEND NEW BACK-PAY MANIFESTO
    238 5 (Tribune Staff Reporter) r, Th l e Sin S a Pore Government Servants Back Pay z!qSS h as Jl i st forw arded a manifesto to the Secretary for, n«? f r he Coloni es, demanding back pay for the full period of enemy
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    TITLE DEEDS TAKEN BY JAPS RETURNED
    125 5 (From Our Own Reporter) PENANG. Jure 22. Title deeds cepesitej by Per ang re--siderts ar.d. associatiot s with ihe Yokohama Specie Bark. per ang, during occu Ib orJer to raise loars to meet forced to the Japanese Army i n 1942, have row been
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    Second Prison Escapee Charged
    205 5 Alter six days freedom, Wong Cheung Kam, aged 2-2, Cantonese and the second of the nine remand prisoners cho escaped from the Outram Road Prison on June 16 to be recaptured, was yesterday, at the Fourth Magis'rate's Court, remanded in police custody for further investigations. Wong,
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    Jeram Kuantan Rubber Estate
    101 5 Aa extraordinary general meeting and the 31-t annual general meeting of Jeram Kuantan Rubber Estate Ltd. were held at the company's registered office in Singapore with Mr. F. M. Edmonds m the chair. A resolution was passed to convpn the 185.700 Preference Share. s of 50
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    Stole Cloth From SHB Godown
    222 5 A ihin and sickly lookirg Malay youth, Ismail b'n Rahmad <2uk was sentence j to 14 months' rigorous imprisor mer.t by Mr. H. A. Forrer, the Fourth Criminal District Jucge. yesterday, tor coshores rlv retair >r g two bales oi cloth which were allege ato
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    T.B. And You
    94 5 Vital statistics lor the week ended June 14 again tell th c sad ale of tuberculosis which acounted for 59 deaths during the week in Singapore. Tuberculosis was again the hief cause of mortality on the Island, and the citizen ought to do his bit to stem
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    200 5 untitled section of public opirion expressed by leadm? citizens ol J 1! sapore on "THE JOLSON STORY** is quoted below: JJe Lord Bishoo of Singapore JJJE RIGHT REV. J. L- WILSON: Direction. Acting avd •echi icolcur well dore. Good JDtertaii men! Tor lovers oi American lazz. THE HON'BLE M R
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    INTERNAL AIR MAIL SERVICE NOW OPEN
    183 5 An internal Air Mail Service has now been inaugurated between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh and Penang. Letters posted at the G.P.O. by 6-45 a.m. will reach K. L.. Ipoh or Penang thessacm c day except that on Sunday. ther c will be a
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    INDIA TO CLAIM EX-INDEPENDENCE LEAGUE ASSETS
    276 5 Efforts are being made at the instance of Pandit Jawaharlai Nehru to recover the assets of the ex Independence League that are in the custody of the Malayan Governments, s ay s Swami Satyananda. Honorary Joint Secretary of the Indian Relief Committee in Malaya.
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    Tomorrows Wedding
    42 5 At 8 a.m. tomorrow Miss Bep Salden of Sittard (Holland) will be married to Dr. Prans Mreyen, Duich medical officer, at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd. The reception will be held at 8 Thian Siew Avenue at 11 a.m.
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    P&O SHIPPING: CONTRASTS IN ONE CENTURY
    227 5 The departure in June of the P. O. "STRATHEDEN of 23,--7CQ tons for Australia, on her first post-war voyage as a regular P. O. passenger liner, makes an interesting contrast with the maiden voyage of the "INDUS' in June, 1847, exactly a hundred years
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    KUNDONG RUBBER ESTATE, LTD.
    123 5 A credit balance amounting to $18,695 as at Sept, 30. 1943 was levealed in a report of the directors of the Kundong Rubber Estate, Ltd. to be submitted at tiie company's 21st annual general meeting in Kuala Lumpur on June 28. The directors propose to carry
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    MP's Join Police In Hunt For Hallard
    140 5 r~ (Tribune Staff Reporter; me Military police in Singapore have joined forces with the civilian police in the hunt for John Hallard, tne 23-year-cld private who escaped from Outram Road in the early hours of Sunday morning Hallard. also known as Hallancl, who
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    SMOKES TO COST MORE
    51 5 New tobacco duties have been gazetted. Cigars and biiuff will be $11 per pound lin the case of Empire countries $10 per pound), cigarettes $5.50 per pound ($5 per pound), unmanufactured tobacco $4.40 per pound ($4.20 per pound) and manufactured, $5.70 per pound »$5 50 per
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    Spore Dance Hostess Found Drowned
    118 5 (Tribune Staff Reporter) The body of a dead Woman, fully dressed in a Shanghai gown, was picked up by the Marine Police from Kallang River early oh Thursday morning. Death was attributed to drowning. The deceased was identified as that of a 32-year-old Cantonese dance
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    Rubber Price Now 17 Cents Below Peak
    217 5 (Tribune Market Reporter) The rubber price touched its lowest level since the liberation when business in No. 1 Ribbed Smoked Sheet f.o.b. was transacted at 2S\ cents per lb. yesterday afternoon. This registers a drop of a little over 15 cents, compared with
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    MORE SALES IN MAY
    112 5 (From- Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Jure 23. There was more selling of rubber duriner May than in April as revealed in the Malayan Union rubber statistics for May complied by the Registry of Statistics in the Malayan Union. Stocks on April 30 amounte I to
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    Aimed Chinese Take Cash.
    107 5 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Using a taxi, a gang of three Chinese who iiad a couple of pistols between them, visited the house of a Chinese at the 2nd. mile, Thomson Road, at 8.30 a.m., yesterday. They robbed the occupants of cash and valuables worth $320. Three
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    30 5 JHANSI. UNITED PRO-VINCES.—A ten-year old girl bathing lo a lake got. mto difficulties and shrieked lor aid. One by one flv** other girls swam out to help. All were drowned,
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    "Sangola" New Motorship For B-I. Service
    349 5 The twin-screw motursh p i 'SAMGOLA completed by Barclay. Curie Company oi i Glasgow tor B.I. Company s Calcutta, Straits and Far East service, is tne first of a new class of ship, replacing war lcsses. BOe has a gross tonnage of 9.000 and
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    There Is No Peace, Says Archbishop
    86 5 Reuter. Toronto, June 23. Card nal Spellman. Archbishop of New York, speaking at the Marian Congress here yesterday said that only prayer could save the world from another war. "We know there Is no peace, and naught for which we fought has come to
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    AUSTRALIAN BIRTH RATES UP IN 1946
    240 6 Reuter-AAP. Sydney.—Australia had the 1 highest number of births, greatest natural increase in population and lowest infantile death rate on record in 1946. There were 176,408 births last year. 15.848 more than in 1945. and they exceeded the number of civilian deaths by 101.740.
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    OCCUPATION MARRIAGE VALIDITY QUESTIONED
    356 6 KUALA LUMPUR, June 21—In a divorce case at the High Court, this morning before the Chief Justice, Malayan Union, Sir H. C. Willan, in which one Violet Beatrice H. De Alwis (Nee Jayatilaka) petitioned for dissolution of marriage from her husband A. Edward De Alwis, an
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    France Must End Vietnam Strife
    95 6 Reuter. New York. June 23.—France would be poorly advised if she did not attempt, "more intelligently than she apparently has thus far," to bring an end to the righting in Indo-China, to reach an agreement with Viet Nam. the New York Time s said today.
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    GIRL BEATS UP MAN
    52 6 CAWNPORE.—A young man who tried to molest an athletic-looking girl alighting from a train here received a surprise when she suddenly set about him and beat him round the platform. The would-be Romeo had to be rescued by onlookers, whereupon the girl dusted her hands and
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    JAPS TO DISTRIBUTE FOOD RATION
    50 6 U.P. TOKIO, June 23. The Japanese Government has been authorized to distribute as part of the staple food ration for the second half of June 1937 1,000 metric tons of imported cereal, and 34,000 tons of indigenous rice stored in substitution for imported food.— U.P.
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    Youth Gets Death Sentence For Gun Duel With Cop
    396 6 As a sequel to a gun duel between a Chinese gunman and a Malay Police Sergeant which took place at North Bridge Road on the afternoon of September 23 las:, a 22-year old Chinese, Chua Yew Chong, who stood his trial
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    British Troops To Parade On July Fourth
    69 6 Reuter. TOKIO, June 23.—General Douglas Mac Arthur will review the Amerian and British Commonwealth troops in Tokio on July 4th Independence Day. Lieut.-Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger, CommandingGeneral of the Bth Army, has boon designated Commander of the trocps. The troops will parade on
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    All Round Lack Of Interest
    249 6 SHARE MARKET (Tribune Financial Corr.) The local share market opened the week quietly with a lack of interest displayed in all sections. The further fall in the price of the rubber commodity yesterday seemed to have created an uneasy feeling. McAlisters firmed to $56£." Hammer,
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    Prize Fighter, Novelist Dies
    76 6 Reuter. HOLLYWOOD; June 23. —Jim Tuliy, 56, author of "Beggars of Life" died here today. He was a hobo prize fighter and circus roust about, before he turned to writing novels. He was a hobo prize fight"realism" phase of American literature of the prohibition era along
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    CARDIFF COAL CLERKS STRIKE
    169 6 Reuter. Cardiff, June 23.—Colliery clerks and administrative workers stopped work today in 270 pits in South Wale.s producing over a half a million tons of coal weekly—more than one-eighth of Britain's overall weekly target. First indications were that the clerks had come out fairly solidly in
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    TIGER AXED TO DEATH
    38 6 Reuter. NABHA STATE. Four villagers were reported to have killed a full-grown tiger, using only axes and hoes. The tiger had killed a large number of cattle and was generally terrorising the neighbourhood. Reuter.
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    HIROHITO VISITS JAP DIET
    20 6 TOKIO, June 23.—Emperor Hirohito visited the Diet this morning, and ofTicially opened the new Diet session.
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    Tried To Kill Employer, Then Hanged Himself
    102 6 U.P. Roberts Reinran £S** in jail on s'n. H §fed 5 th; noose fit Reyes who worked ng Reinhart for V° r Saturday tried writer i n hor sm J 001 When the gun fe be tried to attnfi- d twi <* butcher
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    More Australian Buyers For Japan
    104 6 Reuter AAP. Canberra. Jun< fa n. may enter Japan when *j£ J'th that country is resumed o August 15 has be, n ££3 rom 16 to 24. i, was here today. This was les, than the mn numbers for wh.eh Australia ha. asked, but was
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    Republicans Place MacArthur Thaf
    78 6 U.P. MADUSON. W>SC 00 sir. Jur* 22 General Douglas Mac Arthur. considered by Wisconsin as a native son. wa.> pIB third place, behind Thomas Dewey ar.d Stassen in the W< taken by Wisconsin Repub> cans meeting at this yearstate convention. Dewey received 321 Wjfm the selection
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    WIMBLEDON OPENS: ALL SEEDED PLAYERS WIN
    393 7 Near Upset By South African Reuter. WIMBLEDON, June 23.-All eight seeded men wf y t?J W,n their matc hes in the first round of the wimoiedon championships which began here to-day in kSLT? 4 Uncertain weather, before crowds equal to the biggest pre-war attendances.
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    Rough Tactics Is Stadium Basketball
    208 7 ihe basketball tourists from tonita received their rirsc deal the hands of a combined s?apore team at the Him- rid last night scone* 41 tn Kapore'a 46. A crowd of more than 7 000 rclucteg the Governor-Gere- m d Ma cDoraM and Dr Wu the
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    Travancore And Pakistan
    37 7 TRAVANCORE (India Juno > H VJ J! C re State has anl has a PPomt,d a n preservative to the Pakistan •;mment which will b l M*h*J following th e rhh h withdrawal W mSfa.
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    HIGH SCORES IN COUNTY GAMES
    343 7 Reuter. LONDON. Jure 23.-Cricket f Wse oi play scores: At th Oval, Surrey vs. GlanjOfßan, Glamorgan Ist innqq tr c T d Squlres 136 > Barling 9 Mclntyre 107, Holmes 80) r Buxton. Derbyshire vs. n a o2l ,r S' Lanc ashir e Ist. inn-
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    52 7 Reuter. LONDON, June 23.—All bakeries in the Soviet Union have been ordered to put their equipment in full working order in anticipation of the end of broad rationing in the tutumn, Moscow Radio said todoy. The consumption of bread is expected to increase very considerably when rationing ends, the Radio
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS
    11 7 FOOTBALL LEAGUE Army vs. S.R.C, Jalan Besar. 5.15 p.m.
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    F. & N. CLUB LOSE AT TABLE TENNIS
    113 7 F. N. CLUB LOSE AT TABLE TENNIS In a friendly game of table tennis consisting of seven singles the F N Sports Club lost to the Chinese YMCA. Results <F N players first.): Thomas Ang lost to Lee Meng Kong 16—21, 21—18, 21—19, 20—22, 19—21; Tan Kwang Lqe lost to
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    Move to ensure better Soccer Refereeing
    429 7  -  (By Our Soccer Reporter Singapore football enthusiasts have responded well to Jhe S.A.F.A. appeal for civilian referees and, considering the keenness shown by the students All thp first Referees' Class held yesterday, the Singapore Amateur Football Association can be assured of having their pwn
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    £500,000 Food Gift To U.K.
    92 7 Reuter. SYDNEY. The people of New South Wales had contributed more than £500,000 to buy food for Britain, the Lord Mayor (Aldeiman Bartley) said. Addressing the Millions Club, Alderman Bartley said that £410,000 had been sent to the fund, and £100,000 to the Red Cross
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    State Lotteries: An Official View
    89 7 JPOH. Monday. A 32-word question was asjted by the Tribune representative at the Press conference with the Resident Commissioner, in connection with the introduction of statecontrolled lotteries, and the Hon. Mr. A. V. Aston replied with a single word. Th c question asked was "Will
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    Army And Recs Meet In Key League Game
    324 7  -  (BY PIVOT ToQ f strong leading position in the S.A.F.A. League with 16 points for ten games, meet the SingaClub this evening for the first time this season, their nrst round fixture for April 29 having been postponed. Army s nearest rivals
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    YOUNG MUSLIMS SOCCER TEAM
    98 7 Road. The following will represent the Young Muslim Sangam against REME Base Works at McNair Road ground on Wednesday, at 5-15 pjn. S. M. Abdullah, 3. S. Ibrahim S. M. Abdul Kadar, 6. A. Kadar Oli, V. O. Syed, K j. Samad K. N. Maidin, S.
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    JOLLILADS WIN
    21 7 P^ e T J 3 1Ulads W the R.A.F. Paya at soccer by a single tStSTM suppifth on sun^
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    25 7 Reuter. LONDON. June 23.-The King has ?a?I lsl aUy conse nted to open the 1948 Olympic games at Wembley. London, on Thursday, June 29— Reuter.
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    Shield Sports Competition During "Battle Of Britain Week"
    161 7 Reuter. London, June 23.—The R.A.F. Sports Board is supervising the organisation of thi s year's Britannia Shield Sports Competition to be held during the Battle of Britain Week. It is open to members of the armed forces of the nations who took
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    Melville needs 4 runs for 4th successive Test Century
    347 7 Reuter. LONDON, June 23.—South Africa were 387 runs behind with eight wickets in hand against England at the end of the second riay's play in the second test match which was continued at Lords to-day. In reply to England's 554 for
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    Congratulation To Malayan Chinese
    147 7 Sports Letter Sir, Hearty congratulations to the Malayan Chinese Team for lowering the colours of our visitors. It was a great triumph of stout and resolute defence that completed bottled-up the lightning thrusts of the Sing Tao forwards which had characterised all their games Yesterday, they
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    Earl Granted Divorce
    123 7 Reuter. London, June 23.-The eleventh Earl of Carlisle was granted a decree nisi in the divorce court here today on the ground of adultery of the Countess of Carlisle with Sir Walter Turner Monckton, K.C. In a second petition heard at the same time, Lady Monckton wa
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    CSA & The Rest Win At Table Tennis
    147 7 CSA The Rest Win At Table Tennis The Chinese Association defeated the Batu Pahat Table Tennis visiting team in the first fixture by five game* to nil, while "The Rest" of Singapore fcfeat them four—one in the second fixture played at the Great World Hall during the weekend. Results are
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    HALF-CENTURY TO HUSSEIN SHAH
    64 7 The cricket match between the RAP Base Headquarters and the Sinr gapore Clarke Rangers played at 8t George's Road on Saturday ended in a draw. &*tore of the game was the forceful knock of 53 rum by Hus§fa§h, who shaved a variety °\.n tr °fe round
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    New UK Move To Step Up Rice Shipments To Malaya
    189 8 Reuter. LONDON, June S3. —New measures t:> increase shipments of rice from Siam are discussed with .he Siamese Government, said Dr. Edith Sumn-Tskill, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food, in reply to a question in the House of Commons
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    Jap PM Urges "Spiritual Reform"
    119 8 Reuter. TOkio. June 23—The democru lie revolution cf Japan canx; be achieved without the spiritual reform of the nation" Prime Minister Tetsu Katayama told Social Democrat Diet members in Tokio. Social Democrat members <>r both Houses, .aid Katayama. should letd others in the move" meat
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    52 8 U.P. JERUSALEM. June 23.—The Palestine Inquire Commitle announced today a "hands oft" policy toward the death sentences given three members of the Irgun Zvai Leumi for participation in the Acre Prison break. However, the Commas- i-ion left the way open for further consideration by ihe United Nations General Assembly. 1
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    Songgram Staging A Come-Back
    56 8 BANGKOK. Jure 23 —Pibul Sorggaram i* c'ehi i'elv attem-pt-irq to regain oolitical cortrol o: Siam To former premier arrrurcej trday that* he was maryng an effort to win a majority of seats in Parliament ffi the cony: g general Election in 1949 or even be o-e.
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    Canton's Worst Floods: Rice Crops Ruined
    129 8 Reuter. Cant in. June 23 -UNRRA oo reavers who lit w jv.t flooded aieas in Kwangtung Province in South China estimate that 60 to 70 pci cce.t. cf what promised to be a bumper riCeCTop in thCanton delta ha. been ruined. Great areas of
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    ARMED CLASH IN SYRIA
    144 8 Reuter. ALEPPO. Jure 23.—The Syrian Governmert has gert armor feces to ihe legi-T. ol Diabal Akrar'. rear tne Northern Froi tier, following an arnrci clash tnere in which 20 k> 30 persons were killed, it was announced here to ."tar. The clashes broke out bet- j
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    France's Vital Economic Flan
    123 8 U.P. PARIS. Jar. 23.—The Frcrch Cabiret met at 8.30 a.m. »7.30 G M T. i to pirn a strategy for the Goveri merf > vital ecoromic programme. Premier Paul Ramad'er was t 0 PCO before the National Assembly later to .lay in the secord rourd ot
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    China Lend-Lease Accounts
    99 8 U.P. WASHINGTON, June 22. The United States and China are scheduled to start negotiations on Monday for the settlej ment 0 i lend-lease ar.d reverse j lerd-leaso accounts. Officials said the first discusj sions will open between Ambassador Koo and Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
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    Three pictures taken on Su "day befor? the Sing Tao— Malayan Chinese match. Th" Malayan Chinese won fhree one. rhotos show (?op to bottom): The Malaya. 1 C hinese line-up: the players btdng i ntroduced to Mic Chinese Consul-General. Dr. Wu Paak-shin- Dr. Wu kicking-orT to sta ' the game.
    49 8 Three pictures taken on Su "day befor? the Sing Tao— Malayan Chinese match. Th" Malayan Chinese won fhree one. rhotos show (?op to bottom): The Malaya. 1 C hinese line-up: the players btdng i ntroduced to Mic Chinese Con-sul-General. Dr. Wu Paak-shin- Dr. Wu kicking-orT to sta the game.
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    SOVIET ENVOY TO AFGHANISTAN
    42 8 Reuter. LONDON. Jure 23. Thr Prcsi ■■urn pf the SuDreme Boviet of the USSR ha~ ted M. I. v. Bamuflovakr. Ambassador to Af«?an>star. Moscow ra«?fa said torn v. Monsieur Vnkulir. th- previous Amba-sa xr. ha.s be recalled. -Renter.
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    Woman Stripped Naked, Tortured By Kempeis
    330 8 (From Our Own Reporter) KUALA LUMPUR, Juno 23.—Further allegations of atrocities corr.r/iitted by memoers of tne iCempeitai during the war were heard today when the War Crimes Court began the trial of Sergeant Major Ishibe TosrUro and fceigeant famaguchi Ivmsuru, Kempeis of Teluk Anson,
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    Raffles College Exam. Results
    675 8 The following have been awarded the Lhp&ma in Arts Rattles College: Class I: Mis. Kwa Geek Choo. Miss K. Fung, Lim Ewe Hock. Teh Cher Keat. Class il: E. W. Barker. D. R. Danial hew Kiang Main. Khoo Lay Liang. Miss L.m Swee Eng. belvadurai, Tan
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      125 8 WEATHER REPORT Bright Periods Singapore weather forecast for 24 hours, from noon today, oy tne r.a.l>\ Central r orecastixiH: Station, Air Command, Far East. Bright periods and Casual thundery showers this afternoon and evening. Fine t i night and fair t men m :rning. Wind light south-easterly but variable and
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