Malaya Tribune, 17 January 1948

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    63 1 The Malaya Tribune BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE La rger Sales Than Any Afternoon Paper In Malaya J* ow in Singapore, •t KĔmii XWipur, Ipoh Penang. 'Phone 5811 (Three Lines) FIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE SAT URDAY, JANUARY 17, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS The Malaya Tribune London Agents: Messrs. Colin Turner
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    Burma Film Withdrawn
    133 1 line St iff Reporter) the Army General Singapore accuses >h* in f'lm "Obiectjve Bur w»nt n<_ r a distorted and untrue version of thr» Burm*» the film will be with- S nganore audiences revolves around :< American pai atroopcrs M the imnre.ssion thai it Americans and not
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    STALIN RECEIVES POLISH PREMIER
    44 1 Reuter. LONDON. Jan. 16 —Marshal red Jo; r f Cyrar.kiePolish Premier and trade delegates m •aterday, Moscow raiced tonight the in of a public act by QtaRW s'nee reports ■ed him with the 1 cancer specialist to M Sweden. —Reuter.
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    SOCIAL WELFARE PLANS FOR 1948
    311 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Son;.! Welfare extension plans for 1948 include :scale operations for the setting up of a proper remle Probationer Service and a legalised Juvenile Coun These plans will.folJow on the heels of the pnl of the Cmldren's Ordinance due early this year Qualified
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    BRITISH EMBASSY REQUESTS PROTECTION
    657 1 Swift Moves By Chinese Government NANKING, Jan. 16.—A British Embassy spokesman told the United Press that Sir Ralph Stevenson has requested tne Chinese Government to take all necessary precautionary steps to protect the British Kmbassy and staff in Nanking possible outbreaks of violence. The request was
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    EXCLUSIVE PICTURES
    34 1 A full page of exclusive pictures of the In<t me sum Republican Army, taken bu UM KENG HOH On ft s 11 cent tour of Indonesia uul appear in tonwrrouf* Sunday tribune.
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    Kashmir Dispute: 2nd Round Opens
    147 1 Reuter. Lake Success, Jan. 16,—The second round i.i the India-Pak:s- j tan dispute over Kashmir open- j ed in the Security Council tonight, when sir Zafmllah Khan j presented the first draft of Pak j Istan'a cou.it r charges j Before adjourning sTter a short
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    STOP PRESS
    50 1 Reuter. HONGKONG Jan. IT. 17 foreign men and women, including two babies, arrived by air in Hong Kong this morning from Canton. They reported all quiet at Shameen during the night. They were escorted from the i.«'ard to Canton Airfield by guards provided by the Chinese authorities. Reuter.
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    Shinwell Unaware Of German Crisis
    155 1 U.P. Berlin. Jan. 16. -British Wa 1 Secretary Emmanuel Shinwell Old a surprised and baffled group o: allied correspondents today that he was not aware of any crisis either In the Ruhr or la Berlin—or anywhere in Germany. air. Shinwell said he had just completed
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    Food Strike By 50,000 Workers
    75 1 U.P. FRANKFURT, Jan. 16 Fif-ty-thousand steel, dock and rail workers started a 24-hour strike at 6 a.m today in Duisburg and Muhlhausen. about 20 miles north of Dusseldorf. protesting against poor food and conditions, military government Officials in Dusseldorf -aid today. Although railway employees walked
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    U.S. Check On Visitors
    52 1 U.P. WASHINGTON. Jan. 16. j Attorney General Tom Clark issued drastic new immigration controls to keep a closer check on I foreigners. The new controls are I expected to become effective within six months. The new regulations apply only to foreigners entering this country on visitors
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    Delhi Holiday Today: To Pray For Gandhi
    340 1 Reuter. NEW DELHI, Jan. 16 —Delhi, the capital of India, will stop work tomorrow which has been declared a local holiday so that meetings can be held to pray for the life of Gandhi who was «■nding tonight the fourth day of his
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    M C S Grievances Sent To Govt.
    208 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Members of the Malayan Civil Service Association, Singapore, in their memorandum to the Government expressing dissatisfaction over the Salaries Commission Report, are also known to be asking for more transfers uocountry. The sub-committee of the Singapore <MCS) Association, elected in
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    VIOLENCE SPREADS TO CITRUS
    87 1 U.P. Jerusalem, Jan. 16— Violence spread for the first time today t > ritrus plantation area southeast of Tel Aviv where Jews and Arabs normally work together in peace. Jewish extremists bombed an Arab cafe in Ness Ziona in this Citrus area killing two Arebs and
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    MALAYANS TO PLAY IN COLOMBO
    53 1 Reuter. CALCUTTA. Jan. 16. S. A. Durai left Calcutta for Colombo by train today and A. S. Samuel and Chan Kon Leong will leave for Colombo by air on Jan. 20. After exhibition matches there the team will go back to Malaya via Madras on
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    Burma Border Clash Denied
    129 1 Rangoon. Jan. 16— The Chi nets Consul General in Burma, Mr. S. C Hsu. today denied Burmese press reports of fighting between Chinese troops and Kachin tribesmen in Upper Burma near the Burma China frontier. Some disturbances had been reported from the Chinese side of the
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    China Assembly
    39 1 U.P. NANKING, Jan 16.—The Government today ordered all National Assembly delegates elected last November and December to report to Nanking, beginning March 19. to participate in the Assembly sessions scheduled to U held March 29 —U P.
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    NEW ALLIANCE
    39 1 U.P. J BUCHAREST, Jan. 16. Bul- garjan Premier Georgie Dimitrov today signed a new friendship and military alliance pact with Ruma- nia and declared that Greece now 1 constituted "a threat to peace in the Balkans." LT.P.
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    Gave Wife Two Chances
    53 1 U.P. LONDON. Jan. 16. Alfred George Naoes gave his wife a second chance after divorcing her three years ago for committing adultery with Harold Butler. The young couple remarried last year. Today. Naoes obtained his second divorce frlm her the charge was adultery with the same
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    35 1 LONDON. Jan 16. Mr. Krishna Menon, High Commissioner for India in the United Kingdom, is due to arrive at London airport tomorrow from Delhi, where he has been on a visit during the nast month
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    INDIAN CHAMBER'S NEW INCOME TAX MOVE
    328 2 Th* Selangor Indian Chamber 01 Commerce in a memoranbe the basic year 'or assessment of tax. Provision should be made to accept by statutory declaration or by some other means, the statement of the tax payer with regard to all Bad Debts which are
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    STOLE TEC'S BIKE FINED $300
    102 2 PENANG. Jan. 15: —A Raleigh bicycle belonging- to a Malay detective which was s oten from the garage a the- Prlicc Headquarters some time 'n September last year caused th e receiver of the stolen bicycle t 0 be fined $300 or three months' rigorous
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    Tanker Takes Unusual Route
    63 2 The "Chipola," a United States naval tanker, arrived in Singapore yesterday after traversing an unusual route from San Pedro. Her itinerary, which included the crossing of the Panama and Suez canals, the Mediterranean and th e Middle Eastern ports to Singapore, could well be termed a
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    Our Spitfires Arrive In H.K.
    87 2 By landing at Kai Tak R.A.F. Station, in Kowloon, at 12.30 I It.m. (Singapore time) yesterday, the six R.A.F. Spitfires of No. 28 Squadron have success- I fully completed the long dis- j tance. island-to-island training flight from Singapore to Hong j Kong which they
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    He Rode Bicycle Without A Light: Fatal Accident
    115 2 While riding his bicycle without a light on the night of Dec. 30 last, a 15-year-old Chinese youth. Goh Chee Kok was knocked down at the junction of St. Andrew's Road and Stamford Road by a Royal Navy stationwaggon. Goh died in
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    AID FOR PAKISTAN RIOT SUFFERERS
    81 2 The Overseas Pakistani League has organised the "QUid-e-Azam Relief Fund, Karachi" to collect donations from Singapore Muslims. The treasurer of the League inform s all those concerned that the first instalment amounting Rupees 25.000 wa)s sent yesterday to the Central Committee, Quid-e-Azam Relief Fund. Karachi.
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    TIME LIMIT FOR TAKING LOANS
    106 2 IPOH. Jan. 16.—Secretary to the Chinese Tin Mines Rehabilitation Loans Board, Mr. N. A. J. Kennedy, states that it has been decided that in all cases where an application for financial assistance from the Board has already been accepted but has been deferred at the
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    MALAY BOOK CLUB
    133 2 IPOH, Jan. 16. —A book club called the Malay Book Club has been established at No. 21, Hale Street, with Datoh Panglima Bukit Gantang as President. The Club has, amongst its principle objects, the promotion of interest in literature, the collection and distribution of drawings and photographs
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    TONG SOON KOK ASSOC.
    120 2 At the Special 45th annual general meeting of the Association held recently the following gentlemen were elected as office bearer.t for 1948. Patrons Messrs. Chia Poh Heng Teo Koon Lim, President, Mr. Cher Chew Hualt, Vice PTes f dents, Messrs. Goh Jwee Haw A Heng Hott
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    MALAY WOMEN'S W. A.
    76 2 Within a few months of its formation, the Malay Women's Welfare Association, although urgently in need of funds, is bearing fruit slowly but steadily in it* perspective. Credit lis due to Che Sahara Binti Noor Mohamed. OnraMKer ant President of the Association, for fulfilling one of
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    U.K. Exonerated On Trengganu Issue
    189 2 SUPPORTERS OF THE PRESENT SULTAN OF TRENGGANU, TUNGKU PAU D X A RAJA, SON OF THE LATE SULTAN ZAINAL ABIDIN. LAST NIGHT ISSUED A STATEMENT EXONERATING THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT FROM ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DETHRONMENT OF THE FORMER SULTAN TUNGKU ALI SHOKTLY AFTER THE LIBERATION.
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    Decorator Wins Appeal
    165 2 Under sentence of 21 months' rigorous imprisonment for abetting the offence of criminal breach of trust in respect of 21 bales of cloth, the property of the military, an Indian Muslim decorator. Syed Jaffar, had his conviction and sentence quashed by Mr. Justice Brown at the Court
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    M.U. Move To Improve Travelling In Buses
    285 2 rPOH. Thursday —Efforts are being made by the Transport Department, Malayan Union, to improve the condition of buses for the benefit of the travelling public. The standing passenger concession which was extended to, bus operators after the liberation to transport dlfficul ties, was
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    IPOH HOUSING SCHEME DELAYED
    143 2 IPOH. Jan. 16— The lone; delayed housing scheme for Ipoh was again mentioned at the monthly meeting of the Kinta Town Board, nresided over by Mr. R. F. H. Drake Brockman Only three officials and five new members, attended the meeting Arising out of the minutes
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    CHINESE CONSUL ENTERTAINS H.E.
    81 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 15The Chinese Consul. Kuala Lumpur, and Mrs. A. C. T. Kwong entertained His Excellency the Governor and Lady Gent at an informal dinner at the Consul's residence at Pahang Road last night. Among the guests were Mr. ami Mrs A. N. Goode and
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    Condolence Meeting
    72 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 16.— Under the auspices of the Selangor Indian Association a public meeting of condolence of all Indians will be held at the Association premises, 23, Taylor Road, Kuala Lumpur, on Sunday. Jan. 18, at 5 p.m. in connection with the untimely death of the late
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    European's Remains Cremated
    141 2 IPOH, Jan. 16—For the first time in Malaya, the body of a European was cremated yesterday a the Hindu Cemetery in the Tamil Settlement, The late Mr. D. Nicol, of 10, Seatield Gardens, Aberdeen, Scotland, came out to Malaya by air on Dec. 29, and was, at
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    Fell Into Police Trap
    252 2 IPOH, Jan. 16— The story of I how the Police laid an ambush in an estate at the 4th mile, Lintang i Road, Sungei Siput. and how after a two hour vigil, their efforts were rewarded by the arrest of a Chinese and the recoverey of
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    BUYS A SHIP
    43 2 Mr. lay Ckn Sing, a local bust nessman of Sims Avenue. Singapore, has bought the motor vessel "Nanmei Maru." The Baretto Shipping Company had engineered the sale on behalf of th e Ministry of Wa Transport, who owned the ship
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    NO SMALLPOX
    60 2 IPOH. There has been no reported cases of smallpox in the town, revealed Dr. Byrne Medical Officer of Health at yesterday's meeting of the City Fathers in answer to a query by Mr. M S. Mahendran, regarding the incidence of this disease and tuberculosis, Dr. Byrne said however,
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    Penang Goes Ahead With Building Plans
    263 2 PENANG Jan. 15.—With a view to relieving tne usuls congestion in town, the Municipil Commissioners are building a number of quarters for all three grades of Municipal employees —the senior officers, the intermediate officers and th e labourers, it was revealed by Mr. W.
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    8 Years' Jail And Birch For Bandit
    349 3 Remarking that a short lerm of sentence would do n o good, Mr. Justice Thorogood sentenced an 18 [ndian, Ramasamy Rajygopal, who described himHarbour Board labourer, to eight years' rigorous risonmem and 12 strokes of the rotan at the Shiga por, Assize Court
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    MORE TUGS DUE HERE
    69 3 an tugs, the NautTus. Baut, and the Flounder, are live from Manila with s in tow. On arrival, the Argonaut and ander will by towed to tr« Eati R ads, and the Argosy i itei proceed to dry toefci I* i it the Nautilus and the
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    World Tourists See "Mulberry"
    167 3 Several world tourists from s.s. President Monroe and s.s. Tegelberg wer c among the large crowd of visitors at the Mulb?rry Harbour Exhibition at the Vie- toria Memorial Hall yesterday j morning. Ten contingents from nine Singapore schools and one from the army ana over 1,000
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    BANDITS ESCAPE WITH $6,280 LOOT
    156 3 CASH AND VALUABLES AMOUNTING TO $6,280 WERK TAKEN AWAY FROM TWO SINGAPORE HOMES JHItH WERE RAIDED BY GANGS OF FOUR CHINESE GUNMEN ON THURSDAY NIGHT. The first robbery took place in a house occupied by a European —a Group Captain m the RAF —in Changi
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    Golf Caddies End Strike
    51 3 Island Golf Club caddies have ended their three-month-old strike to the great relief of members who found caddies* ready to shoulder their golfbags again yesterday. It is understood that Mr. Tan Chin Tuan and Mr. Lee Kong Chian were instrumental in reaching a settlement with the
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    Empire Air Raid Distress Fund
    200 3 It was recently announced that £28.000. had been given to Malaya from the Lord Mayor's Empire Air Raid Distress Fund as the result of an approach by the Secretary of State for the Colonies on behalf o! all Far Eastern British colonies. In general this
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    Colourful Indian Variety Concert
    127 3 Colourful Indian dances in national costumes and picturesque scenes were the highlights of a very successful Variety Concert held at the Victoria Memorial Hall last night, in aid of the Ramakrishna Mission Orphanage. The opening tableau showed the Divine Mother standing on the Lotus. Shrimathi Amiya
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    NEW JUDGE ARRIVES
    61 3 One of the latest additions to the Malayan Union Supreme Court Bench is Mr. Justice Graham Callow, Puisne Judge, Nigeria, who arrived here yesterday by the S.S. Tegelberg. Mr. Justice Graham Callow will be leaving this morning for Kuala Lumpur where he will spend a few days
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    VICTORY SAVINGS CERTIFICATES
    18 3 Sales of Victory Saving Certificates up to Jan. 14. amounted to $663,463.50 in the Union.
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    A Governor In The Confessional
    771 4 A governor in the confessional with no attempt to expurgate the original offence gives rise to reflections on the value of new resolutions for the future only. Sir Franklin has now virtually pledged that the veto will not be used again during the life-time of
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    The Inside Story Of Mulberry Harbour
    1597 4  -  By f MAJOR D.H De T. READE A mammoth model of Mulberry Harbour has arrived in S ngapore, and is now on show. The Colonial Office sponsored the sending to Malaya of this model. It came from Australia, and after exhibition here is going
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    Letters ,To . The Editor The; People's, £ostbag The Purpose Of Marriage
    396 4 Letters ,To The Editor The; People's, £ostbag The Purpose Of Marriage Sir.—Britain's highest legal tribunal. th e House of Lords, has ruled that a divorce cannot he granted if either party refuses to consummate a marriage. In other words, the use of contraceptives is legal in the marital relations of
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    Legal Tender?
    193 4 Y.B.S. Sir,—On the morning of January 15 my friend and I went tor bicycle registration at Middle Road. After having gone from one point to another and before getting the licence and number plate, we had to wait at the payment section to hear our names called by
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    Raffles Library
    179 4 A. MEMBER. Sir, —It is gratifying to read in the Sunday Tribune that Singapore's Raffles' Library has had a windfall of books during the last few months, and the anonymous donors are thanked for their generosity. r have discovered an improvement recently in thr- library Foliage has been
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    Regional Defence In M. East
    99 5 Reuter. J in. 15.—A regional tern in the Miudle I within the framework ol n ,ns was foreaht by diplomatic observers night when the text of v 20-year An&lo-Iraqi treaty i earhcr In the day, was new treaty, which replaces it ol 1930, may form
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    TURNED BACK
    36 5 Reuter. US Bwitserland, Jan 15 v 12 hours' cxamiSwiss police, 12 passengers in a special the last members lian Royal family nia to Lausanne ex-King Michael li staytnrned back at the ntier today —Reuter.
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    Tungku Aziz States Claim To Trengganu Throne 8t2tez dlgim
    849 5 'Justice Must Be Done* ALOR STAR, Jan. 15.—"We earnestly hope that t he British Government will not turn a deaf ear to our legal claim, we are not fighting for personal gains but for the principle that our customs, our religion
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    DROP IN NEGRI CRIME
    106 5 Seremban, Thursday. "The whole State is comparatively quiet, although house-breaking and theft show a slight increase figures for serious crime show noticeable decrease." states the Chief Police Officer, Negri Sembilan, in his survey of crime for the month oi December. Under serious crime, the survey shows
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    HARBOUR ARRESTS
    103 5 Penang, Jan. 15.—Four Chi nese sampan men. who were arrested by a Marine Police patrol, on the night of Oct. 8 last year were brought up before Mr. J. P. Blacklrdge in ttv Third Magistrate's Court on a charge of loitering in the harbour with intent to commit
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    No Case To Meet
    127 5 KUALA, LUMPUR, Jan. 15.— Remarking that the evidence of the complainant was unsatisfactory and untrustworthy, the Second Magistrate, Inche Rani, on Monday morning acquitted and discharged one Mohd. Yusof of Victoria Bakery, without calling upon the defence, on a charge of having committed theft of two
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    Kulim's New School
    191 5 Kuilm. Jan. 15. The new school term this year saw the openins of the Government English Schcol in Kulim. with an enrolment of about 60 boys. The new school was declared open on Jan. 11 by Ch e Samsudin of the Sultan Abdul Hamid College, who Is
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    Sun Fo Optimistic
    362 5 Reuter. SHANGHAI. Jan. 15.—The differences between the United States and the Soviet Union and the international problems today threatening to erupt into another world war can be satisfactorily solved. This is the opinion of Dr. Sun Fo, Vice-President of the Chinese Republic, expressed in an article jn
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    PASSPORT RACKET
    38 5 U.P. BRUSSELS. Jan. 15. BelgianState Security Police and military Intelligence have launched an allout campaign to rounci up an international gang engaged in a false passport racket, a reliable police source told the United Press. U.P.
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    35 5 U.P. MALTA, Jan. 15. The British Naval Headquarters here announced tonight that marine contingents aboard transports coming from the United States will be transferred to warships in Maltese waters between January 18 and 23. U.P.
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    HOW A HOLLYWOOD STAR IS BORN
    163 5 Based on the motion picture *VARItVf GIRL' CECIL oi-MILLES UNCONQUERED, CATHERINE SEEKS A WAY TO SNEAK OUT WITH OUT BEING SEEN, AS PRO-DUCER-DIRECTOR DEMILLE PREPARES TO SHOOT A SCENE. J_ ctor Grnrgv Marahojl wants Catherine to h n n(i th back of the DeMille
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    Malaysia Methodist Leaders
    162 5 Methodist Indonesian ministers in Sumatra and Sarawak xclw arc spreading the Gospel among the natives there. They are (left to light) David Hoetabarat, Stvurman Hoetabarat, Augustine Sinaga, and Luther Hoetabarat. All these men are fully ordained ministers. They were in Singapore recently when they attended the Malayan
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    BRITAIN BLAMED
    59 5 Reuter. ROME. Jan. 15.- Britain was blamed for the rioting at Mogadishu in former Italian Somaliland last Sunday in editorials published here today by all morning newspapers right and leftwing. Two companies of the King's African Rifles were called In to quell the riots when there were 140
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    STRIKE WORKERS' FINAL WEAPON
    152 5 ALOR, STAR, Jan. 15 —Maintaining that the Trade Union movement is merely the medium of "collective bargaining between employer and employee," Mr. C. Senior Trade Union Officer, in an exclusive interview v;ith the Tribune, attributed its newness to Malaya to what may appear to be a
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    European Woman Jailed
    621 6 A EUROPEAN WOMAN WHO WAS STATED TO HAVE BEEN "UNCEASINGLY ABUSIVE" FROM THE TIME A POLICE OFFICER SAW HER UNTIL SHE WAS PLACED IN THE LOCKUP. TOLD THE FIRST DISTRICT JUDGE YESTERDAY THAT SHE WAS A "VICTIM OF THE BLITZ" AND DID NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THAT
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    NEW TEMPLE
    49 6 PENANG, Jan. 14.—The new Huah Giam Temple, dedicated to the Goddess of Mercy and Lord Buddha, and located at 395 Dato Kramat Road, will be opened on Sunday, Jan. 18. The opening ceremony will last until Jan. 20. All are invited to join in this religious celebration.
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    U.N. Action on Korea
    58 6 U.P. SEOUL Korea. Jan. 16. The United Nations Commission took action to force Soviet Russia's hand to a showdown whether or not she will co-operate and permit delegation members to enter the Soviet zone of North Korea thereby fulfilling the General Assembly mandate to carry out
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      327 6 The HO Hong Steamship Co. (1932) Ltd. (Incorporated in Singapore) PASSENGER ft FREIGHT SERVICES For Hong Kong, Swatow Amoy B.S. "HONG SIANG" 22nd. Jan. For tiangoon via Penang. S.S. "KAMUNING" 21st Jan. S.S. KEPONG 22nd. Jan. For Palembang and Pladjoe. M.V. "BIDOR" 24th Jan. FOR DJAMBI M.V. "EMPIRE MAYMEAD" ..(Hong
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      367 6 SALE BY TENDER Tenders are invited for the purchase of the following Huts erected at and comprising part of the NAAFI "A" Warehouse, Beach Road, Singapore:— ONE (1) NISSEN HUT THREE (3) ROMNEY HUTS FIVE (S) TWIN NISSEN HUTS These Huts may be viewed on Wednesday, 21st instant, between 8.30
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    Indian Catching Still Poor
    81 7 I Duh > /isinh ji) lai\< BS J ON, Jan. 16. Indian batsmen receiv ./<./ pnehet in th* lulptti hnnsflf r i howling without much im m fit hling again iff thi txrulers down. Kishen- ss'./ im tht slips Imtiu mi*M**i l>»th opening i|j Phadkai at
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    MCFA MEETING POSTPONED
    62 7 fan Chinese Footk," tion reconstitution E heduled to be h"ld Singapore or Kuala L morrow, has been > Jan 31 Dj tponement is neces- < reply has been ret. nang, Kedah and li Nation's cirI the meeting. fhinese Foot- .ill send a I n Jan. 20 m
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    TABLE TENNIS
    53 7 The following will represent ing Club in i me ol tuble-t°nnis i v M A on Sunday v Liew Hin Choy, Ng Yew V ng K< ng. Chio Eng Nee. 1 Ann. Cho See 'i\ i K ng Ho. rhp game will bt« held at the im ng
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    Rovers Jnr. Team
    46 7 Hovers Junior meet at soccer the District Team on at the BOD. St. George* Road, r selected from the reow Sear, Cyril d, Ong L»-ng Hoo. Tong Sens, Choo En* Hue. A. Kadir sort] bin Sa'at. I Kally Din. See K>h Tittß GUan.
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    Tasmanians Display Better Form
    709 7 INDIA'S BOWLING LACK STING Reuter. j \VSi ESTON, JAN. 16 -HONOURS WERE EVEN AT THE ENI) ~1 THE SECOND DAY'S PLAY IN THE RETURN MATCH I'l I\\ I I N INDI A AND TASMANIA, TIIE HOME TEAM, SHOW,SCi \H Ml IMPROVED FORM FINISHING THE DAY AT
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    POLICE BEAT CEYLONESE IN HOCKEY LEAGUE GAME
    196 7 A single goal, scored ten minutes after the start, gave the Police a one-nil victory over the Ceylonese Sports Club in the League hockey fixture played at the Thompson Road grounds yesterday. The game was keenly contested, with the Police getting the better
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    SCC Lose By Odd Goal In Three
    193 7 In an evenly contested game at the Padang yesterday, the S C.R C. just managed to win their hockey encounter against the S.C.C. by two goals to one. The Chinese fielded a scratch team in which skipper Swee Lim Swang appeared in a
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    Hockey Team In Tram Crash
    40 7 U.P. SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 16. Eighteen members of the Canadian Air Force Olympic Hockey Team escaped injury today when their chartered bus was rammed by a tram. The team arrived today on the Queen Elizabeth. —U.P.
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    Threat To U.S. Golf Supremacy
    126 7 U.P. RICHMOND, California, Jan. 16:— Foreign threat to American professional golf supremacy gets another test this coming weekend with the annual $10,000 Richmond Open Golf Tournament. Top Americans will be Jimmy Demaret leading money winner of 1947, Sammy Sand 1946 winner of the Richmond event,
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    Today's K.L. Race Card
    472 7 Below is the card for today's races at Kuala Lumpur, the first day of the Selanjcl Tur Club's January meeting, giving the records of the last three runs of the candidates. RACE ONE Horses, Class 2, Div 3, 6 Fo^s 020 King Sion 5y 9.00 --0
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    Rugby League Cup Draw
    81 7 LONDON, Jan. 16:—The draw for the first round of the Rugby League Cup. resulted as follows: Husiingthorpe Vale vs. St. Helens; Widnes vs Hunslet; Warrington vs. Workington Town; Huddersfield vs. Bradford Northern; Salford vs. Wakefield Trinity; Leeds vs. York; Hull Kingston Rovers vs. Oldham; Hull vs.
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    HORNETS HOCKEY
    57 7 The following will represent the Singapore Hornets against the Johore Cricket Club at hockey on SunQay at Johore Bahru: Transport will leave Chapel Road at 4 p.m. sharp: E. Noble; R. H. Barth, M. Modder; R. S. Barth, M. Toledo. J. Scheerder; B. Bailey. C. Rayney, D. Booth.
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    Dunearn Star B.P.
    94 7 In a badminton match of lour singles and three doubles played at Dunearn Road, the Dunearn Star B.P. defeated the Senang Hati B.P. by four games to three. Results: (Dunearn Star B.P. mentioned first). Singles: A. Wahab Sarkawi beat M. Ali 15-8. 15-4; Ashari H. Saleh beat
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    S. A. L S. U. Vs. REX B. P.
    52 7 The S-A.L.S.U. will meet the Rex Badminton Party at badminton m% 6 Carpmael Road on Sunday, at 7 a.m. Players will be chosen from the following:—Chan Mun Kit, Aziz bin Ahmad, Lim Keng Hor. Stephen Chew, Paul Lim. Ec Hoon Khye,
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    SELECTIONS
    39 7 Selections by "GARRICK" Race I:—HONEY COMB Dobra Race 2:—GAME LAW Blank Spec Race 3:—GRAND HILL Mountain Queen Race 4:—SOME CLASS Lynchburg Race S:—WINGS Oaklaw Rare 6:—LENIENT Rex Flash Race 7:— DAGOBERT Everest Race B:—SINGING BIRD II Luekv Star
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    S'pore Malay Badminton Tourney
    200 7 The Singapore Malays Badminton Championship Tournament, for 1948 will begin in March this year. This is the second tournament held by the Singapore Malays since the liberation and the first to be held under the sponsorship of the newly founded Singapore Malays Badminton Association. This year
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    YWCA Sports Club
    38 7 Former members of the Y.W.C.A. Sports Clud and others desirous ol joining should .communicate with Mrs. Zehnder. Telephone No. *****. between the hours of 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. before the end of this month.
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    FAREWELL PARTY
    33 7 The Methodist Churches and Schools of Singapore are giving a farewell party to Bishop and Mr». Edwin P. Lee at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Monday. February 2, at 4.45 p.m.
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    SELANGOR Vs. JOHORE
    66 7 Johore will meet Selangor at hockey on Sunday in Singapore. The game will he played In Johore It no suitable ground is available at, Singapore. The Johore team will be chosen from the following:—J. Ponniah, R. West, UK. Cheah, Salim. G. L. Carson, Rataiasinprham, J. JMo°re. Razak.
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    Learned To Skate On Frozen Marsh—Wins Title
    136 7 U.P. PRAGUE, Jan. 15.—Dick Button, who trained on the froten marsh lakes of New Jersey in America skated to the European men's figure championship over older and more expt-rienced skaters today because of his talented free skating. Button, aged 18. won the title
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    Aged Woman Acquitted
    216 8 A fifty-seven-year-old voman, Lim Bah L:o who was aileg?d to have committ-d housebreaking in to commit theft of jeweller? valued at $442.40, and dlfhonestly retaining a stolen gold rin;r valued at $4. was acOUitted and discharged in the Fourth Police Court yesterday. A Great World dance hostess.
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    J.C.S.A. To Sue For Recovery Of Full Back Pay
    658 8 Considerable funds are urgently required to institute lepal proceedings against government for the recovery of full back pay tor period of Japanese occupation states Mr. V. G3orge, Hon. General Secretary, of the J C.S A Back Pay Committee in a circular
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    Youthful Gunman Jailed
    392 8 IPOH. Jan. 13. Chin Fong Kwee, aged 19, one of the two Chinese who made a daring escape from a Police truck as It was on its way across the ferry at Parit in Aug. last year, was yesterday produced before the Hon. Mr. Justice Cox Evans
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    RAILWAYMEN ASK FOR BETTER PAY
    220 8 The Permanent Way Officers Union of the Malayan Railway, who are submitting- a memorandum to the Chief Secretary regarding the salary scheme proposed by the Salaries Commission State "That the scheme proposed ie retrograd? and very disappointing." Pointing out that the scheme "does not meet
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    Postman Threw Away Letters, – Jailed
    302 8 Postman Threw Away Letters, Jailed PENANG. Jan. 18 S Vobiner aloud in the Court room, a young Chinese of 20 years old. Cheah Kuan Hock, a former postman, in pleading guilty before Mr. B J. Jennings in the District Court to two charges preferred against him said, "I was foolish
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    ARMED HOLD-UP ON K.L. ESTATE
    212 8 Three Chinese, one armed with n Sten Tun. raided the house of the clerk on Amherst Estate, a few miles outside Kuala Lumpur on the Bentong Road on Thursday night after having cut the telephone wires from the estate. The clerk. Mr. Warrior, was held
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    CHINESE CHAMPS VS THE REST
    137 8 A programme in which Chinese champions are pitted against the Rest is the attraction at the Happy World Covered Stadium tonight. In the main bout. Lambong. thr» Chinese strong man and champion of Bangkok, who arrived yesterday, meets Roughouse Peters. British RASC grappler. Weighing 200
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    RUSSIA REFUSES
    84 8 Reuter. Berlin, Jan. 16—Russia nas refused to agree to British and American suggestions that lnterAliled inspection teams, appointed to check on former German arms plants, should be allowed a free hand to inspect any plant at any time. The Russian disagreement came at a meeting in Berlin of
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    CASH RELIEF STOPPAGE AFFECTS 400
    127 8 PEN A NO, Jan. 10 Approximately 400 pooi i la Pen vng ar.d Province VVelleslcy have been affected d acTOtfauance from the beginning of th's month of rel ef which they have been receiving from the I fare Council in Kuala Lumpur. These unfortunates who
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    Indian Test Team To Visit Malaya
    266 8 PENANG, Jan. 16.—1t is expected that cricket to Malaya will be started off with an important match as it is understood that following arrangements maae tlx All India Test cricket team will be playing against an All-Malaya XI some time in the beginning or
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    People In The News...
    267 8 People In The News Mr. X Doraisamy, formerly of the Anglo-Chinese School. Penang and now of the ACS Nibong Tebai will be going on transfer in a day or two to the Methodist Boy>' School, Sentul. Dr. Lim Kean Hock son of Mr. and Mrs. Lim Cheng Ean. left Penang
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    FINED $7,500
    84 8 Kerk Quee Huay. a womari licensee cf a Government nee re tail shop and Tan Bock Ling, manager o c the shop were fined I total rf $7,500 by Singapore's Seccnd P" lic° Magistrate Mr. A. M. S Webb for the blackmarket sale of 5 480 katties of
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    Chinese Nominee Rejected
    110 8 Government have refuse accept the nomination 0 1 a Dai British candidate, sugges: the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce to repieser/ the Municipal Com mission. The retiring member. Mr Ying Chow, was re-nominatec i? the Chinese Chamber of Cm merce against the Colonial Secretary, who ukel for
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    KLANG RELIEF STORE OPENED
    132 8 A branch of the Sult?nah Re Fund Store was Tstana Jam'i'ayah. Klarr- \\xr. wcpk The n short, simple an<l Irenretarw n| hv a lar**» MalftV "•>•'■■•■ me Riiltwi indTai kr Ampuan of Selangor Thl* is fftmth Malay crafts mrh v«m in 7 11 lh' 1 stor^
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    STORMS DELAY QUEEN MARY
    80 8 NEW YORK. Jan 16 Atlantic storms of r it J cane force have I liner Queen Itt »M hours in her Southampton to V Sf The great lin< M York tonight ha, had J her course to avoid micr areas of th< r Cunard White Star
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