Malaya Tribune, 16 July 1947

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    56 1 The Malaya Tribune BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE THE ONLY NATIONAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA printed simultaneously In Singapore. Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh I'enang. 'Phone 5811 (Three Lines) j r AGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1947 TEN CENTS The Malaya Tribune London Agents:—Messrs. Colin Turner Ltd.. Talbot House, 98, St. Martin's
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    NO LUXURY BUILDING IN S'TORE THIS YEAR
    317 1 Govt., Services C0-0 per a ti ng (Tribune Staff Toparter) for erecting multi-storied luxury flats in i;:uv not set Government approval just yet— ale not this year. reason is that owing to marked labour uid sh. rtage, luxury building schemes if unreal constitute
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    29 1 Reuter. LONDON, July 15: A new floor is to be laid at the ly Hall. Wembley, where half a million dancers have worn out the floor in ten years.—Reuter.
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    23 1 Reuter. LONDON, July 15: A new financial and trade treaty between Brita'n and Uruguay was signed this morning in the British Foreign Office.—Reuter.
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    Britain Wants Lavish Wedding For Princess
    65 1 LONDON. July 15.—The Dlily today that its .x to one for ing lor Princ?s3 Pnilip Mount1\ c rcu'a'ed asked It* rearly idera for a pother the royal have an a"Sfl n view o" the* nic situation. ri suit cf th? po'l in austerity we£«
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    PHILIP WON'T SAY WHEN
    79 1 HMraUROH. July 15— Liett. mtbatten gav e a non- r tonight wh en ls d a 1 his first pub--7*^ cm n with Princess cc his betroth a r he was getting married v.*' n was asked by V- ibotham, wife of the the Argyle and
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    13 1 untitled 25 feet long, have been R Kintyre. Argyll. b/ Utwa fishing-boat crews.
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    21 1 untitled July 15: The British :> Fleet on its summer 1 n July 15 and Aug. 23 Waters, the British h-re announce.
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    20 1 untitled today that a vast reha- (It vi'lopment program•rtljr be started in the ated Donetz basin, once coal and steel
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    JAP DESTROYERS AT NAVAL BASE
    31 1 Picture cf thre Japanese Ces rovers row tied up at the S nqavore Naval Bust They arrived this ireek from Japan acccmpi.n'eoL by five isccrt vessels
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    16 Nations Reach Unanimity
    203 1 U.P. PARIS, July 15.—Working against a six weeks' c.eadline. the 16-nation European bloc was tyfJ tonight to craft speedily a common recovery blueprint to head off with American aid a threatened economic collapse next winter. After only four days' intensive work here, the conference on European
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    36 1 LONDON, July 15: In April and May there were respectively about 3,600 and 3,400 voluntary recruits for the Army, sa d Mr. John Freeman, Financ'al Seretary to the War Office, in the House of Commons today.
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    48 1 LONDON, July 15: Lord Latham is to retire frrom the leadership of the London County Council at the end of this month as he is in need London County Council will meet of a rest. The Labour Party on the in about a fortnight to elect a successor.
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    Train Mishap Death Toll Now Twenty
    106 1 U.P. Hongkong, July 15.—1t wa s officially announced today that the death toll of the Yingtak railway accident was only 20 as compared with the original reports of over 100. A statement by the manager of the Canton Hankow railway re- vealed that 23
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    India Bill Gets Third Reading
    457 1 Reuter. LONDON, July 15. The Indian Independence Bill which will create the two new dominions of India and Pakistan on Aug. 15 was given its third reading with- out division in the House of Commons tonight after just over 3 3/4 hours of debate. Mr.
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    Wants Wartime Measures To Fight Economic Crisis
    125 1 Hastings, July 15—Mr. Arthur Deakin, General Secretary of the British Transport and General Workers Union, the world's largest union, today called for a return cf many wartime measures, including a limited policy cf direction of labour, to lead Britain out of her grave
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    European food officer charged
    233 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Chief Inspector of Police Claude William Roberts, lately of the Food Control Inspectorate, faced a summons charge in the Second Singapore District Court this morning. Inspector Roberts, onetime urficer in Charge of the Food Control Inspectorate, was charged with the offence of abetting
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    39 1 BELGRADE. July 15: The visit to IfoScoW of Col.-vJeneral Et.ver Hodja, Albanian Prime Minister, who arrived there yesterday with his Vice-Prem er and Minister of the Interior. Lieut.-General J sta Dhida. will be brief, it was learned heie today.
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    New India C-in-Cs: Slim And Messervy?
    253 1 Reuter. NEW DELHI, July 16.—The n 0Ver nment has invited Gen. Slim, former Comanr tn *1 tl 3 r e 14th Arm V and AUC to the King, to be Com-mander-in-Chief of the army of the new dominion of India it was learned here.
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    Police Hunt Taxi Robbers
    94 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) The Police are looking out for a 2-man Chinese gang which snecialises in robbing taxi drivers. Their modus operandi is to hire a taxi in town and drive cut to the suburbs where the driver is robbed at the point of revolvers. A
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    NEW CALL-UP OF RECRUITS
    101 1 The fi-st batch of recruits to the Locally Enlisted Personnel Training Centre, Johore. is expected to pass out at the end of July and go to the training schools of the particular arms of the Services in which they enlisted. are mostly English-speak-ing recruits, whose training
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    OVER 100 ARRESTS
    62 1 Bucharest, July 15.—Over 100 members of the opp:siticn in Rumaria have been arrested »n Bucharest ard the provinces in the last 24 hours, it was learned here tonight. Tho<e arretted are reported t have beer largely member.! Oi the Natioral Peasant Party, including ihe president Dr. Julius
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    Collection To Be Made For Social Work
    265 2 The annual general meeting of i the Muhamedan Starlight C. C. was held on Sunday evening at the house of Mr. N. M. Hash mi, No. 101, Onan Road, which was lent for the purpose. I Mr. Mohamed Sheriff bin Khair Mohamed presided
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    In A Few Lines
    48 2 WASHINGTON. July 15: The administration of United States occupation aieas in Japan, Korea and Germane may be handed over to civil authorities working under the State Department within a year or 18 months, Mr. John Pour.foy, Assistant Secretary of State for administration, said here.
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    44 2 Reuter. LONDON, July 15: Agricultural land for a radial of two to two and a hall miles round the Lond.m main airport* is being spayed against the threat of the Colorado beetle. Spraying i» I carried out for the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.—RcUter.
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    31 2 Reuter. LONDON, July 15: A deputation of firtyhound racing chiefs, introduced by four London Members ot Parliament met MY. Chuter Edc. Home Sec-otarv. in an effort to reestablish mid-week greyhound racing.—Reuter.
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    41 2 Reuter. LONDON, July 15: Mr. untitled BeVan, Minister of Health, at a hospital exhibition in London said: "Over 2,500 women from displaced persons camps in Germany wen brought in in during the winter, and are proMm <« graat help in many hospitals."—Reuter.
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    84 2 Reuter. LONDON, July 15: Frederick Wayife, 70. insurance agent oj KinVstandint'. Birmingham, has hired ;i motor coach to take hia family ol 35 on holiday to Rhyl. The family includes 17 grandchildren.—Reuter. WASHINGTON, July 15: Mr. Clinton And-r-on. united Stan s Sec ret arv of Agriculture, referring to the wheat
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    40 2 Reuter. LONDON, July 15: The latest elections to the Honorary Fellowship of New College, Oxford. are Field Marshal Lord Wavell (a scholar of Winchester 1896 to 1900) and Air Chief Marshall Lord Dowding i (commoner of Winchester 1895 to 1899).—Reuter.
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    32 2 Reuter. PARIS, July 15.—M. Emile Bollaert, French High Commissioner to Indo-China, left Paris t* air early today on his return to Saigon, where he is expected to reorganise the French administration. —Reuter.
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    58 2 Reuter. KARACHI, July 15.-The untitled Muslim League ha* drawn up oneweek programme beginning with its inaugural meeting to celebrate tne birth of the Dominion of Pakistan. All naval units allotted to Pakistan in the division of the Indian armed forces will take part in ccremoives to mark the installation of
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    Jew Terror Chief Is Arrested
    102 2 Reuter. JERUSALEM, July 15.—A Leading Jewish terrorist was caught tonight when police and troops combed the curfew-bound Jewish town ol Nathanya. placed under military rule while the search was on for two Britisn Army sergeants kidnaped Hast Saturday. Eleven other terrorists and f, >o suspected
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    Tigers Kill Cattle In Kelantan
    242 2 (From Our Own Reporter.)! 1 IPOH, July 15.—The campaign against pests is being continuedJ| states the Dept. of Agriculture In Kelantan tigers continues to give trouble. Fifteen heads of cattle were taken away by tigers in Kelantan during Hie last two month*, and four buffaloes
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      299 2 IN SINGAPORE Agents For Malayan Railways AND GLEN LINE FOR LONDON, ANTWERP. AMSTERDAM. ROTTERDAM, GLENGARRY.. G. 15 16 ANCHISES July 27 From UJ\. lor Siraits, Hong Kong ar.d China TITAN -...G3B. 39 GLENBEG Due early August. j I MHM 111 W s. m. to. SAILINGS TO SAIGON, HONGKONG, SHANGHAI, JAPAN
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      440 2 ah n o.\ SALE OF 35 Dozers of braces. 3 uross of skin balms. 50 pieces or electric j table docks, 13 gross of ccat h angers. 23 dozens of rote books. 120 dozers of socks &r stockings. BS assorted ladies handbags cases of buttons. 430 dozers of "Tii?er Brand"
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      386 2 ENGAGEMENT mcnt is am I Cdr. Philip H R.N.. elcest so lM Key wood of Gj Sussex and 46. Ar] W.U and T« eldest daughter J' I C P. Corneliu SingapoD A B SITUATIONS v.\( VM I i Vacancy cxi #louse Shift James Power mencinp: sal; p.m. and $300 annual
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    RICE RATION: UNION GOVERNOR SOUNDS A WARNING
    1758 3 broadcast yesterday evening, the Governor of .van Union, Sir Edward Gent, referred to the rubber as being one of the most urgent pronfronting Malaya. I have no reason at all to agree with some pubs I have read that the session of the
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    French Consul Awarded Legion d'Honneur
    160 3 The French Consul General in Singapore. M. Andre Ouibaut received the highly prized medal, le Legion 't'Honneur, at a simple ceremony at his home in Gallop Road yesterday. The investiture which always takes place or, the 14th of July, the birthday of the French Republic,
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    Labour Upride Down
    494 4 In a reference to social unrest during the first nine months of the civil administration, the Colonial Secretary in his Singapore Annual Report mentions the efforts of Government to prevent runaway inflation during a period when no amount of additional purchasing power would have brought into existence
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    MALAYANS to TALK ABOUT
    1013 4 MR. B. W. F. NAPITOEPOELOE. who is a Protestant missionary with his headquarters i.i Tapah, was born on 15th June 1901, i n Batakland, Sumatra. He was educated in the Middle School, Batavia. At the age .1 -0 he left school and work ed as a
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    Cassandra
    703 4 (By special aria gem fit v tth THE DAILY MIRROR j LONDON. It was on February 18, 1946, that Mr. Vishinsky, desiring to prevent the Security caunc 1 recording a decision of which he dia not aoprove. about the Levant, suddenly whipped the original Veto out of the Russian
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    Evatt To Press Case To MacArthur
    221 4 The Australian Minister for External Affairs, Dr. H. V. Evatt, Will visit Japan this month to discuss "matters considered to bo of increasing urgency" with the Supreme Allied Commander, General MacArthur. Dr. Evatt gave no hint of what matters w r ere considered to
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    A People's Govt.?
    128 4 Letters To The Editor The People's Postbag Sir,—To the public demand for a Higher Cost of Living Allowance a benevolent government has given us Higher Cost of Living but not the Allowance. That, in short, is the effect of the increase in controlled price of sugar and
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    Hospitals
    114 4 Sir,—I was a dresser at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, and left it because of the conditions we pro bationer dressers had to endure. These are some of our grievances: (1) The salary drawn by a probationer dresser is $50 a month, plus $25 for H.C.L- Thi; sum is paid
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    Back Pay Mystery
    108 4 Sir, —I see no reason. e.jjH 50 per cent. Back-Pay as cd under Wcrley's Scheme able to the ex Service mer» of the Local Malayan Force:» not yet beei: paid. It should fl recalled that the scale which» approved for payment has ready been gazetted in the
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    Taction's Hall
    45 4 S'ir.—Japanese are con?:: i as a nation half-civilize: jl during the occupation they* sensible enough to issue rjfl fcr half-fares for to all school-children, age limit or sex discr:ir.:-a so often practised by bus-j ductcrs. Moreover they er'ated by the Tokub«';B (Municipal Authorities'
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    Join the Well-Paid Ranks of the I.C.S. TRAINED MEN
    201 5 about your future What world of to-day? There marvellous opportunlUes. for UMM *tio have had trammg One thing there is no worth i pl.ice for the untrained. his men everywhere have eded through I.C.S. -C'ucv Courses. So also ou "We offer
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    S'PORE SECRET SOCIETIES BIG GANG WAR BREWING
    633 5 Inside Story Of Police Swoop On Funeral (Tribune Staff Reporter) Serious tiuiible between two rival secret societies in Singapore is "in the air" and although a major clash was prevented by timely poiice action over the last two days, vigilance is being maintained.
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    DEMOLITION OF UNAUTHORISED BUILDINGS
    171 5 Replying to a question by Di. (Mis*) Soo Kirn Lan in the Malayan Union Advisory Council meeting on Monday on the demolition of unauthorised buildings, the Governor said: 'I am not aware of any deliberate campaign i n progress in tne Malayan Union for the demolition
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    TWO BATCHES OF MALAYAN STUDENTS FOR ENGLAND
    318 5 The following Malayan stud- I ents will be leaving for the Unit- j ied Kingdom by the troop-ship "Georgic" which leaves Singapore on or about August 5 and is due to arrive in England in the last week of August: Dr. Megat Khas
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    Funeral Society Met Grants In full
    266 5 The Singapore Christian Funeral Society held its thirtyseventh annual general meeting on June 8. 1947. at No. 211. Queen Street. Singapore, when the Committee's report and statement oi accounts for the year ended Decembei 31, 1946, were approved. The assets of the Society amounted
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    ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING TOMORROW
    20 5 The next meeting of the Advisory Council will he held tomorrow at the Municipal Council Chamber.
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    Show In Aid Of Evicted Malay Squatters
    170 5 Sixteen Malay associations in Sii gapore, including the Putera, have merged ir.to a body called the "Malay Wei "are Council" to ciganize a "Malay Art Night" in aid of the 200 Malay .squatter* evicted fr-m Trafalgar Street, recently. Che' Sidik bir. Abdul Hamid.
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    Sir Ralph Hone Returns From UK
    207 5 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Accompanied by his wile and five months-eld son Richard, Sir Ralph Hc?.e.- KB E.. M.C.. T.D.. K.C., Secretary-Gei eral to the Goverr or-General. arrived yesterday morning on the Netherland Lin e r Oranje five months' holiday in U.K. Sir Ralph is
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    "I Live By Stealing A Little" Says Boy
    236 5 (Tribune Staff Reporter) "I am an orphan. I have no relatives. I have no friends. 1 have no home. 1 make my living by stealing a little. If I succeed* in stealing something then i can feed myself,'' said an 11-year old
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    SAMSU IN TUBES
    68 5 While she was at the Cus-oms headquarters, on July 7, after being arrested for possessing a gallon of illic t samsu. found in two inner bicycle tub-s carried in a basket in a trishaw. Tan Ah Kirn. a aged Ctrrese woman Droduced another two tubes containirg a
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    SHB European Gets Fine & Day's SI
    74 5 SHB European Gets Fine Day's SI An European, John Christie (23). employee t>y the Sii Harbour Beard was t(» a day's simplo impri-orment and a fine of $250. ir default three mrnths rigorous inprisonii'itnt, when he pleaded guilty to a charge of crimir al br -h of trust of a
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    Gloster Meteors to Show Paces In K.L., Penang
    323 6 Two. Gloster Meteor IV jet propelled aircraft will be visiting Kuala Lumpur from Friday, July 18, to Monday, July 21. They will be employed on range, height and speed tests. They will then fly to Butterworth. The Commanding Omcer. R.A.F., Station, Kuala
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    Armed Robber Gang Make Another Raid
    111 6 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Another armed robbery took place in a house in AHuntrC Road in th*, early hours, yesterday. Three days previously, the same five-man gang was believed to have robbed the occupants of another house, half j a mile awayAll buildir.gs here are
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    Death Of UMNO Deputy Chief
    93 6 The death took place ycsterduy I at Ipoh of Inclie .Ahmad Taliir I bin Tia Rajah, Deputy-President 'of the U.MN.O. Inchc Ahmad, who was 512, was also in charge of the Economics section of U.M.N.O., and a senior officer of the Co-operative Society. As a
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    From Soldier, Actor, To Farmer
    93 6 (From Our Own Reporter) IPOH.—Just five and a half miles from town, along the IpohTanjong Rambutan road, a recently demobbed British soldier has embarked on an interesting, and what he hopes to be a profitable career as a poultererThis ambitious ex-soldier is 40-year-old Mr. Eric
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    PETITION FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE
    115 6 A decree nisi to be made absolute in six months was granted by Mr. Justice Brown in the Singapore Supreme Court yesterday in favour of Hanna Humphries ir.ee Pothoven) wno petitioned the court for a dissolution of her marriage with Cuthbert Brighton Humphries "formerly known
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    PRESS LINOTYPIST DIES AT MACHINE: MISADVENTURE
    438 6 Declaring that N. Mutthiah (51) a linotype operator on a local newspaper, had died accidentally, on June 29. the Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, returned a finding of death by misadventure at the conclusion ol hi> inquiry yesterday. Mutthiah was stated to have
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    OPIUM CHARGE FAILS, STEWARD ACQUITTED
    203 6 Leading Steward Kang Ah Siew «31- of the. H.M.S. Glory, aircraft-carrier, was yesterday round not guilty of possessing 22.5 tahils of opium, by the First District Judge, Mr. E. thanks, and acquitted. Lt W. MacDcnald had said at a previous, hearing that in his (witness)
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    EAST-WEST SOCIETY
    36 6 A talk entitled "Anthropolojrv of Malaya" will be given by Mr. H. D. Collins at the Ml meeting of the East-West Society in the hall of the YMCA. Orchard Road, tomorrow at 8.30 p.m.
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    Malay Women Stage Concert
    69 6 MALACCA. Mor.duy. Tli,. Angkatan Wanita Sedar. the women's section of th..Malay Nationalist Party. siage:i a concert at the City Park for the purpose of collecting furds lor the erection of Its perma nent headquarters in Malacca. Tlie concert was well attended. Some of the leading roles
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    KIDNAPPED KEDAH MAN'S TREK TO FREEDOM
    136 6 SUNGEI PATANI. July 13After a whole night travelling by Jungle routes to evade recapture by his kidnapper*. Lim Ah Ser.g, a coffee-shop owner of Gurun, found himself in safety yesterday mornirg ot 3 a.m. when he reached the police Station at Sungel Lalarg miles
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    TAMBALAK TO PAY 3% DIVIDEND
    223 6 The directors ol Tambalak Rubber Estates Uj recommend the payment of 3'< dividend foi the encbd Mar. U this year% at ithe 34th annual ireetingr of the company to be held fia July 30 This was revealed in the chairman s staw? just issued with
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    MALAYS, RECS SPLIT POINTS IN RETURN MATCH
    610 7 S.R.C 2. M.F.A 2. Levelling the scores half way through the first session, and then again five minutes from time, the Malay Football Association jus; managed to share the points with the S.R.C. in their second encounter in the S.A.F.A. League at Jalan
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    Useful BP Draw With Merridale
    134 7 The Useful and llerridale badminton parties shared four games each in their friendly Btateh on Sunday last at the former's court Results: (Useful players first) George Chen lost to S. A. Durai 15—2. B—ls. 11-15; Goh Tian Chve beat Lim Cheng Qu< c 15- 5.
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    Warm-up Bouts For Woodcock
    104 7 U.P. LONDON. July 14. Brucĕ Woodcock, the British heavyweight champion, will probably have two or three warm-up rights before he ttseets Olle Tai'berg for the European heavyweight chamoionshio Tom Hurst. Woodcock's manager is leaving for the TJi iter! Mates but hi* trip is prime- rilv a
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    Inter-Party Tourney Over
    119 7 The Ooen Inter-Party Had gggSP Tournament which has vvt" oin f «i*nce last momh -h'n C CIUC e<i last Saturday When the Argonaut b.P defeated the Sentosa B.P. by winthe fiv e games played. and thus won for themselves h <™ Ur f teing the Chamnton Party
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    Czechs Win Europe Zone Final
    96 7 Reuter. ZAGREB. July 14—Czechoslovakia, by winning the doubles tocay, gaired a winning 3—o lead over Yugoslavia in the European zone of the Davis Cup firal They will now meet the winners of the American zoic tie between Canada and Australia to decide who shall play
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    10 Years' Jail, Rotan For Armed Robber
    323 7 "I am a professional nickpocket, but I had nothing to do with the armed robbery," stated a Chinese Har hour Board labourer, Leong See Hee, at the Singapore Assize Court yesterday in answer to three charges of armed robbery, extortion and atten Ued
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    Flew Out From Australia To See Dr. Dickson
    101 7 (From Our Own Reporter.) Ipoh, Tuesday.—Mrs. Haunt ot Sydney Australia, mother ot the late Mrs. Edna Jean Dickson, victim of the Ipoh shooting incid Salt, bus arrived in Ipoh by air on a visit to her son-in-law Dr. Dickson, who was also
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS
    40 7 TABLE TENNIS. STTA Junior inter-club League begins today 8 p.m.. Great World, and nighily ud to July 26. STTA general meeting. YMCA tennis pavilion. 5.15 p.m. BADMINTON St. Chinese MYF vs. Foochov/ MYF. Kg. Kapor Rd. 6.30 p.m.
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    TOURISTS WIN FINAL GAME
    118 7 BASKETBALL (From Our Own Reporter.) 'tn. ei<ung Seng tfasketball team ik »ii Manila came out top again :t: their final match in Singapore tat night against an A!l-Ma!..ya;i .side whom they beat by 66 pointi t' 36 at UK' Happy World. Ch.ua Boon OheHg, Lee Say
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    no title fight for Louis this year
    279 7 Reuter and U.P. NEW YORK. July lf>.—Joe Louis will nut defend! his v.orid heavyweight championship this year, accordinii to a statement made tonight. The decision was eeached at a meeting when the champion, his manage Marshall Miles and Sol Strauss actin« director of
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    Paterson- Marino Fight Will Break Box-office records
    85 7 U.P. GLASGOW. July 14.—British boxing attendance records ar expected to be broken on Wedresday night at Glasgow's huge HampCer. Park when Jackie Paterson and Daco Marino meet lor the world's flyweight title, Promoter Charlie Black said to cay. When the bout was orgii
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    O. R. A. MEETING
    46 7 There will be a meeting of the Sports Section of the Old RafflCuians Association on Wednesday, July 23 at 5.30 p.m. in the school hall. AH old boys interested in football, I adminton, hockey, cricket, table '«n ■ii and swimming are Invited,
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    Record Entries For Penang Races
    46 7 PENANG. Juiy lo. —Record tOtricJ have been received lor the Pcnanj; Turf Club's BUttimef Meeting over three days—Juiy 26. August 2 and 4 —totalling 184. the highest received kineq th'- resumption of racing here. Then- will be nine races eacn da\.
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    Malacca Badminton: New Trophies
    95 7 To perpetuate the memory ol the late ||r. P. G. George Mahias Pamacasa. founder of l he Malacca Bacmicton Assn.. Ins brother. Mr. P. G. Michael G. Mahinoasa, J.P.. present chairman of the M.B.A. has presented two silver Challenge Cups i«r Junior Inter-Party Tournament and Irter-Bchooi
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    YOUNG PEOPLE'S FELLOWSHIP
    92 7 At the third general jmeetlng oi' the Geylarg Young People's Fellowship oi the Geylarg tracts Chinese Me<liodisi- Church held on Saturday, Juiy 12. 1947* tot following! wore elected oillcc-fcearers: Presitent; Mr. George Wee EvHock; Vice-Presidents: Mr. Wii son Khoo, Miss Molly Lav. Mr. William Lim, Mrs. Andrew
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    WEIGHT-LIFTING OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
    72 7 A mectiro will be befl on Saturday, July 19, at 31. Win- Chester House at 2.30 p.m. to consider the organisation of tn p Open Smgapcre Amateur Wrigln L ftii k cnampion ships in Aug- i ust. Body beautiiul competitionopen to men and women of all rationalities
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    JOYFUL JUNIORS WIN 3—0
    34 7 Pluyaig at the St. Joseph InJhtution ground on Sunday the Joyful Juniors beat the CYMA (St. Peter AOd St P:uih by thre. to nil. Chan Wnli scoring the three goals.
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    S'pore Police Round-Up Returned Banishees
    184 8 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Singapore's police have commenced rounding up returned banishees. It is understood that severai of these men, banished from Malaya in the years before the war, made their way back here during the Japanese occupation. Already two have been caught. They were sent
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    Licensing Of Bookmakers As New Source Of Revenue
    381 8 KUALA LUMPUR, July 14.—'There is unlicensed hcokmaking in this country on a large ..cale as shown by the number of convictions in the courts of law. "It is apparent, therefore, that a source of revenue is not beii g tappea at a
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    Gratuity For Penang Passive Defence Services
    198 8 Penang. July 15 Members of the Passive Defence Services of the Island of Pena: g. who were net interned and who joined up before December 8. 1941. shall receive as gratuity. 48 dayss pay at the rate of their pay on December 7. 1941.
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    Chinese Couple In Malacca Honoured
    180 8 (From Our Own Reporter.) MALACCA, Juiy lo. —A picturesque Chirese ceremony was performed at the resiaence ot Mr. Tan Cheng Lock in Heeren Street, when Mr. and Mrs. Tan Siew Sin were the recipients cf congratulatory plaques irom certain sections of the Chinese community in
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    Expatriation Pay Necessary, Saye Union Governor
    392 8 "The policy of the Secretary ot State in this matter is entirely concerned with his responsibility for ensuring that so iong as fully quahnea candidates for th-.' pubLc seivice need to cc recruited from Britain ana elsewhere overseas tcr the reinforcement ol local personnel
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    Tied Man And Woman To Tree: 6 Convicted
    119 8 (From Our Own Reporter.) Sungei Patani, July 13.—Six Indian labourers who tied an Indian estate conductor, Jchn, and a wcman labourer, to a tree in Sunge: G?tt3h Estate on the night of June 2d, were yesterday convicted on a charge cf wrongful
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    Smallpox Figures For Union
    48 8 Fifty carte* o[ smallpox, with 12 deaths, were reported in th > Malayan Ui ion tor the weeK eroing July 5, 1947. Previous week's total was 4~ cases with 10 deaths Kedah reporlei to cases. Fcrak 13 ard Solangor 12. Mass vaccination v m progress.
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    155 8 How an accused ban and into the sea when tCil ed to arrest him on was relared at the P 1 minni D: s tr:ci when Mohan. d Sheri deader! mill, honest)) nertv ,o a U ."1 Shenil pxolairj Cloth was Malay P <■ The Droseci
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    28 8 Prices o Walti der contro; and observe th L prices:— Ovaltine I-lb. Si: S{ perl or $1.10 per tin. Ovaltine I-lb. (20 or $1.90 per tin.
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      79 8 TODAY'S VyEATHER REPORT Long Bright Periods Singapore weather forecast I for 24 hours, from noon today, 1 compiled by the R.A.F. Central I Forecasting Station, Air Comj murid, Far East. Fair wtth Ion? bright intervals Wind South-easterly, 8 U j knots. Sunrise: 0634 hrs. j bunset: 1841 hrs. Moonrise- 0416
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