Malaya Tribune, 2 April 1948

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  • 59 1 The Malaya Tribune BY THE PEOPLE FOR TiTE PEOPLE Larger Sales than any Afternoon Paper In Malaya Printed Sxmultanfously Kuala Lumpur, Ipon Penangr. Telegrams "Tr-bune.Singapore." Telephone: 5811 (9 ftnea). ki{»^jp£ges. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1948 PRICE TEN CX \TS The MALAYA TRIBUNE London Agents Messrs. Colin Turner Ltd., Talbot House,
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  • 761 1 Britain Follows U.S. Counter-Action U.P. Reuter. LONDON, Apr. I.—The Foreign Office spokesman said tonight that British Foreign Secretary Mr. Bevin is following closely the developments in Berlin, but no decision so far had been reached on any possible action at a higher level -,han that
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  • 97 1 U.P. Radio Moscrrw announced last night that the dissemberment of Germany was already an "accomplishexi fact" The broadcast said the authority of the four-power Allied Control Councl had ceased to exist. American airline officials aUscloscd the Russians had also mad' moves to halt flights of American commercial airlines.
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  • 91 1 SHANGHAI, April 1. I i X' us K- furrter i /ln'iit'i f'hjn vrrote his n fir obituary as A i> Fools day ftii- f lir last night. \\'h»n his girl frund. j/. Chi C'hing. rend /,'!/>>/ this murntni/ vh>. t<> i>"is>,n in hei' K*>m. hut if
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  • 43 1 Reuter. IERUSALEIf, Apr. 1. ea said tonight n\nv k lied an<l 17 woundlarge Jewish food ng to fight its way Arabs blockade to I» wish quarter of made a second to burst through i bloc ks in the Hills. Reuter.
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  • 36 1 FANCOUVER, APR. 1. A named Am ana Mala, i nine mota t h-oid ride-to-be arrived by air flney today for her with a lonely kanmed Bluery which is •of the Toronto Club.
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  • 42 1 KEW DELHI, APR. I.—tori] servants in Calcutd( cided on a hunger morrow despite Panuras warning in Par- Tuesday that they ■aid be dismissed if they tr.ke or took other feed action to cause a itak-d iwn of discipline public services.—
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  • 22 1 U.P. BTANBUL, April I.—Fifteen OBxterboH fighters arrived tJ- third batch of Amemm planes to Turkey in *m days. U.P.
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  • 192 1 'Tnti.n.- Staff Reporter) is hopelessly zed to *he extent declared Mr. G. lAr Supervisor of Electn address on: "Electo the East and last night, mmenting on the polling stations the island during local elections. attention to the si of the importMings and offices in an area from.
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  • 69 1 U.P. DESMOINEB, lowa. April I.— District Judge Russell Jordan ruled that Reverend Ripley Turpin must preach to his entire congregation "not just those who put money in the collection plate. Jordan ordered Turpin to restore 14 members of his congregation who alleged that the pastor ousted
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  • 68 1 Reuter. London, Ap*r. 1 Princes Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh make their first foreign visit since their marriage when they go to Paris on May 14 at the invitation of the French President, U was announced from Buckingham Palacv tonight. They a;re to open the
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  • 41 1 Nanking, Apr. I. First Indications tnat the presidential election will not be a •walkover" for President Chiang Kai-shek was th l nnouncement in todays Kucmintang organ the Central Dailynews that Dr. Cheng. well-knoA-n Chinese scholar will stand.
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  • 36 1 WASHINGTON Aor. 1. -Pres'dent Truman will send a message to Congress tomorrow giving his position on the Republican supported $4,800,000,--000 tax reduction bill passed by Congress. The President is expected to veto the measure.
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  • 82 1 Reuter. BERLIN, Apr. 1.—Col. Sergei Tulpanov, Soviet Information Control Chief, told a German audience at Halle *ln the, Soviet zone tonight: "Masses of spies from the British and American Z(mes are moving into Berlin and from there to the Soviet zone for military, economic and political
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  • 106 1 Reuter. MADRAS. Mar. 31.—Police today raided the Madras headquarters of the Communist Party of India and 18 affiliated f rade union offices. Eight persons were arrested, papers seized and offices closed. Police searches of homes of leading Communists in Calicut, and Malabar were also reported. While no
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  • 19 1 England lost the final test against the West Indies by JO wkts. \See back page).
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  • 87 1 U.P. JERUSALEM, Apr. l.—The Palestine government announced today that Holy Land violence claimed 1 849 lives since the partition decision last November 29. Hea\yiest losses were suffered by the Arabs with 922 fatalities. Jewish death was 817. Eiahty-eiyht British troops and 22 British police were killed
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  • 83 1 ROYAL LIKES— DISLIKES Reuter. CANBERRA, Apr. 1. Australian officials nave received helpful advice fiom Buckinaham Palace for their </uidance during the Rogwl visit to Australia, it was officially learned today. It was said that the h'in</ dislikes Princess Margaret Rose being so termed, and prefers her to be known as
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  • 46 1 Two robberies occur red in Singapore's Chinatown during a black-out last night. One man was robbed of fountain pen and $2 50 in cash vvhile another was robbed of 5250 in cash and jewellery. Both victims are Chinese. Five men participated in the iold-ups.
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  • 63 1 Early this morning, two Chinese were arrested as they landed from a sampan on tht l Pu<*ir Panjang coast. Tico revolvers were found on the 4 men. It is believed that the men and the recovery of the guns are connected with the recent theft
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  • 70 1 Reuter. HONIX>NG. APR. 1. The British war crimes court which is distending following the completion of its last; case against Japanese, alieg- j ed to have committed crimes in Hongkong, tried a total of I 48 cases involving 129 accus- ed since March 1946.
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  • 23 1 Reuter. Lake Success, Apr. 1. —The Security Council has adopted the American, proposal fo r truce in Palestine unanimously.—Reuter.
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  • 38 1 Reuter Washington, Apr. 1. Marshall aid Ls expected to be on its way to Europe within a fortnight after last night's vote in the House ol Representatives passing tho $6,205,000,000 omnibus recovery bllt—Renter.
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  • 59 1 Kingston, Jamacia, Apr. I. —Sedition charges against Kingston City Councillor. Mr. Thosvy Kelly, and charges o! unlawful assembly against Mr. T. H. Glasspole. a member of the Jamaican House OI Representatives ,Mr. Ken Hill, anothi-r City Councillor, and certain officers of the Trade Union Council have been
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  • 28 1 U.P. ALEXANDRIA, April L— Thirty students were injured when the police fired on 3,000 Jemonstrating students of a college of the King Farouk University. U.P.
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  • 31 1 Reuter. HULLAVINGTON. Apr. 1.The pilot of an R.A.F. Spitfire from the Empire Flying School. Hullabington, Wiltshire, was killed when his machine crasnni today not far from the aerodrome. Reuter.
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  • 187 1 Reuter. London, Apr. 1. Tho Treasury today announced the names of three ex-civil servants who will consider cases arising out of Government's proposals for dealing with civil servants with Communist or Fascist conductions The following have been P" >inted: Sir Thomas Gardiner, chairman, formerly Director General
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  • 47 1 Reuter. BELFAST, Northern Ireland. Apr. I.—The Belfast City Council today decided on a Communist "purge." A resolution, passed by a large majority, asktd departmental heads to resort any cases of employees holding Communist views who could de harm to the Municipal or national interests.— Reuter.
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  • 286 1 U.P. NEW YORK, Apr. /.—An army of cannibalistic fighters —the toughest in the world for their breed a r rived today. These fighters, who devour anything that gets in their way, are army ants. They were brought here by Dr. Theodore Schnerla of the
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  • 57 1 WASHINGTON, APR. 1. Spain has been eliminated from the European recovery programme by the jo nt House and senate conference now sitting on final aid legislation. President Truman ta "utterly opposed 1 to the inclusion of Spain in the European recovery programme, the Presidential
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  • 117 1 AAP. Tokyo, Apr. I. Even if the Japanese wanted to, they could not rearm for another wair within 50 years. Mr Percy H. Johnston, chairman of the- United States Committee of Industrial Experts accompanying the UnderSecretary for the Army, Mr. William Draper, to Japan
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  • 106 1 Reuter. MANILA, Apr. 1. Plans for placing the armed forces of the Republic on a war footing are at present being discussed by the Department of National Defence and the General Staff of the armed forces of the Philippines, it was reliably reported today.
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  • 159 1 Bullet Riddled Body Recovered Marine Police searching for 'he body of a Chinese who .iumped into the sea off Beach Road on Wednesday afternoon after being fired at by a detective who was attempting to arrest him, recovered the body late yesterday afternoon. He had two wounds believed to have
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  • 61 1 TOKIO. APR. I. Japan will ask the United States for a lease of 30 Liberty ships of the 10.000-ton class, according to Japanese press reports which stated that the Transportation Minister, Seichi Okada, will present such a request to Mr. William Draper. United States
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  • 40 1 Reuter. JERUSALEM. APR. 11. Armed Arabs raided the film section of the Palestine Government's Information Office in the Arab Katamon quarter of Jerusalem today and looted £10 000 worth of cameras, projectors and other motion picture equipment.—Reuter.
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  • 41 1 PARIS. Apr. 1.- Eleven of the 15 victims of the Indian Air Lines plane crash on Mount Cardon. Corsica, last week-end were buried at the village of Saint Pierre De Vanaco near the scene of the accident today.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 105 2 Reuter. Liverpool. April 1. Foi seven hours yesterday Privatt Michael Goldblatt, 21, horn 1 from Egypt for demobilisation after over two years overseas service, waited for his turn to disembark from the troopsMp Empress of Scotland at Liverpool.- When his turn came he bent to
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  • 1365 2 AT A COLOURFUL CEREMONY AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE YESTERDAY. 33 PERSONS. INCLUDING THREE WOMEN WERE PRESENTED ORDERS AND DEFENCE MEDAL RIBBONS BY GOVERNOR SIR FRANKLUj GIMSON. Among them were 27 volunteers, who Mr. P. A. B. MrKerron Colonial Secretary, said, were continuously on duty during'the
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  • 161 2 The Secretary for Social Welfare. Singapore, has received a gift of $386.05 from the Headmistress of the Ngee Ann Girls' School. 299 River Valley Road. Singapore. The Headmistress explained in her letter that this sum has been contributed by the pupils and staff of the school
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  • 100 2 Thirty persons, including 16 Chinese. 12 Javanese and two Malays, their alges ranging from 20 to 57 wore charged with vagrancy in the Third Police Court yesterday. All the accused were arrested at the Coolie Lines at Nd. son Road at about 1.45 a.m. yesterday
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  • 65 2 Two young Chinese, Wee Leng Huat and Tock Kirn Tong faced a charge of extortion m the Fourth Police Court yesterday. Accused were alleged to have put one Kuck Siang Hai in fear of injury and thereby allegedly induced him to part with $21. Both accused were ordered
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  • 54 2 Reuter. LONDON, MAR. 31—The Admiralty announced today that approval has been given to the appointment of Colonel R. H. Quill. Royal Marines, as aide de camp to the King as from April to fill the vacancy resulting from the promotion to the rank of Major-General of Colonel
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  • 213 2 Mr. Gerald Hawkins, newly appointed Secretatry for Defence, told the Tribune yesterday that he was unable to elaborate upon his new duties which from their very nature were confidential and therefore must necessarily remain 'hush-hush". He pointed out. however, thai, every country
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  • 332 2 He smashed a telephone, punched a Revenue officer and then went on to assault a police constable at 1 a.m. jn April 1. < A few hours later the same man, Arthur Frederick Sheppard, a middle-aged seaman, was fined $275 or eight weeks simple imprisonment,
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  • 257 2 The Overseas Assurance Cor poration. Ltd., report for the period ended August 31, 1947, shows that the profit, including interest and sundry receipts and less other expenses, was $135 165. The Directors recommend a dividend of 6 per cent, for thr year, absorbing $39,000, transferring to General
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  • 164 2 A young Chinese, Chan Ah Long appeared before the Fifth Criminal District Judge. Mr. J. McFall. on a charge of housebreaking on the night of February 29 last at Churen Street. Asked what he was doing at Sorth Bridge Road at such an early hour (4.40
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  • 46 2 Holders cf a School Certificate without a pass in ORAL ENGLISH who wish to sit the abeve examination only with the object of qualifying for registration as Teachers, must apply to the Inspector of Schools, before Ist July 1948 The fee is $1.
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  • 39 3 slums Mr. C. C. IN 9 ffc Oat* of 4\oe. ifore 11. E. the th> Colonial Urcrrtartf ■>>■•> th* Attorney General. g,.''< »i fiii tare shows the .iivn General. Mr. E. .s. taking the oath.
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  • 185 3 THE HOPE THAT BY AY \GUBT THIS YEAR THE CLUi I WOULD BE ABLE TO 8E i CURE SIX NEW PLANES j THE SERVICE". OF A CIVIL I FLYING INSTRUCTOR, ANh THEREBY BEGIN FLYING i"IN A BIG WAY," WAS EXi PRESSED BY THE CHAIRI
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  • 59 3 TOKYO. Apr. 1. Two Japanese Government communications workers were arraigned before the United States military court in Tokyo today fci cutting off five international radio telephone circuits in the recent strike of communications workers. The lines, which connected Japan with Stockholm, Moscow,
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  • 37 3 BANGKOK. Apr. 1.- Madame Pridi Banomyong, wife of the former Premier Nai Pridi who fled Siam for Singapore afte> the recent coup d'etat, left for Singapore with her family by sea last night.
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  • 288 3 Tho following now books will ••e aaoed to Raffles Library within the next few days:— Alinpton (C.A. > Europe. Almedingen (E.M. The Almond TreeBrahms (Caryl) Footnotes to the Ballet. Cooper (Lettice) Robert Louis Stevenson. Darling <P. Praser) Natural History in the Highlands Islands. Davies (Sir
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  • 52 3 A talk on Muhamed Asad s "Islam at the Crossroads" will be given by Mr. Ahmad bin Mohamed Ibrahim today at 7.30 p.m. at No. 121, Serangoon Road. The talk is intended to be the first of a series on Muslim books and is open to
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  • 52 3 Ong Se Mui, who was wounded in a police ambush in Lorong 15 on Nov. 13, last year, and whose preliminary inquiry concluded on Wednesday, was yesterday committed for trial on charges of carrying arms and unlawful possession of five rounds of ammunition, by Seventh Magistrate A.
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  • 285 3 The Christian Brothers Old Boys' Association held its annu al general meeting at the St. Joseph Institution on Wedncs day. In his address, the Chairman, j Mr. T. W. Prins. recalled wit. i regret the loss of three staunc 1 supporters of the Association j
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  • 334 3 The High Commissioner of the Federation of Malaya th* j Governor of Singapore and the j Commander-in-Chief. General j Headquarters. Far East Land Forces, have appointed a Joint Tribunal to consider claims re ceived from members of the Volunteer Forces. Local Defence I Corps. Johore
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  • 338 3 Kuala Lumpur. April 1. "l> am unemployed and had to earn a livelihood, and that is why i lid this. If I hold this toypistol and threaten people by pointing it at them they wiil give me money." Thus said a 20-year-old Chinese, named Le.
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  • 171 3 The wedding of the Kuala Lumpur District Judge, Mr. Maurice Garton and Miss Nora Major of 36, Lillington Read, Leamington Warwick, was solemnised at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday morning The Rev. Kinross Nicholson officiated. The groom is the son of Mr. John Thomas Garton, while
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  • 103 3 Bail of $500 were offered each cf the two accused. Lim Lian Poh (22) and Teo Chin Lee (26) who appeared in th. 1 Second Police Court yesterday on two charges of attempted extortion and extortion It was alleged th2ft at 19 a.m. on Mar. 29 accused attempted
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  • 121 3 Pte Davis James «21». of a Scottish regiment stationed at Gillman Barracks, arrested by the Military Police for alleged possession of a 38 revolver on Mar. 28. was produced before Seventh Magistrate A. G. Shears on two tentative charges yesterday The first charge alleged that at
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  • 107 3 Fifteen thousand feet of iron piping were alleged to have been stolen from the Royal Navy when, three Chinese N« I Ann. (28). Soh Ah Yeoh (20) j and Toh Sing Keh (30) annear}ed before the Fourth PoP.ee j Magistrate, Mr. R. Wait, on a j
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  • 747 4 Tuesday's proceedings in Federal j Legislative Council sug- I gest that the unofficial majority even in that I wholly nominated body j will be a factor making itself felt in legislative business. The reference jto a special committee j of the expatriation pay I recommendation in no
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  • 139 4 U.P. CANTON.— Improvements in Kwantungs basic pow>r resources are being und?rtaken following a series of conferences between Governor T. V. Soong and the Minister of National Resources Commssion Wong Wen Hao according to an official announcement. Four oil burners have already been ordered from the United States
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  • 904 4 Light is now thrown upon the nature of the unrest in tin Malay provinces of South Statu, incomplete reports of i which have been reaching the outside world from this comparatively little known territory since the date of the Javanese surrender. A long staiemt*nt
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  • 213 4 U.P. SHANGHAI. The evening daily paper Shih Sin Pao said editorially that Chinese diplomatic efforts since the war ended have been unsatisfactory and gave as one example the fact that General "Wedemeyer was royally treated in China for one month and yet at the end of
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  • 107 4 Reuter. HONGKONG—TIi e greatei proportion of ships under the 1 United States flag operating trans-Pacific services compared with before the war is commented upon in the annual report of the Hongkong Chamber of Commrece. American tonnage now accounts for a large proportion of the traffic using
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  • 110 4 Reuter. NEW YORK. A far reacning programm c to modernise busy Hudson R»ver waterfront has been submitted by the Port of New York authority. The cost of the programme is estimated at 114.0U0.000 dollars (about £28.500.000). Proposed new structures Include six piers, four large railroad
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  • 41 4 U.P. BUKIT TINGGI—The Republican controlled oilfield of Airmolek. Central Sunr.atra. is now producing 275 tons of oil monthly, according to officials here in the Republican capital of Sumatra They said the oil output is b?ing utilised in reconstruction work.—U.P.
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  • 61 4 Reuter. HONGKONG. (Air Mail) A warning that it would be foolish to expect trade to remain indefinitely at its present most satisfactory level with the world situation far from reassuring was given by the financial secretary, the Hon. C G S. Follows, when introducing the Colony's budget
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  • 341 4 Letter To The Editor of your i to read that ail tht dStf>r given only to nuis*, T?"* 1 one js apt to ti,, nk I. nurses iaw j( in h **>.vv, JwtaR the wu r Wheth, 1 po, nurses an- 11, ,tKl t t» the Medical DepaMn
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  • 81 4 U.P. BATAVIA. RaUuv munication between here ar.i the Republican capita! Jogjakarta is expected to restored by the end o: M month, it is learned. All land commun ial m routes between Dutch W Republican areas wen when the Dutch U«ncW their "police action" :ast WThe teopentag ol Ifc
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  • 1311 5 Discon tent Growing More Evident KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. I.—That the disrontenl of Government servants was growing more evident and that it would soon bea matter of the utmost gravity, was s tated by >lr. E. I). Shearn, President of the M |avan Association at
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  • 207 5 Kuala Lumpur, April 1.--A 60-year-old Chinese vegetabl« gardener, named Mook Koon, who tried to apprehend two armed Chinese robbers after they had robbed his daughter and her fiancee of $70 in cash was shot dead, by the robber.s during the early hours of this morning near
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  • 246 5 Reuter. London, April t. March went out like a lion last night derailing an express train, sinking a speedboat, blowing a 681-ton steamer on to a breakwater and preventing warships from berthing. These were only a few of the ace dents of a
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  • 1314 5 The American Consulate in Kuala Lumpur is being moved from its present location. The new address will be 347, Ampang Road. There will be a meeting of the Malayan Chinese Organising Committee for the 7th China Olympics on Monday, April 5. at 5 p.m. at the Goh
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  • 28 5 note, are Mr. Maurice, Garton, Kuala Lumpur uistrict Judge, and his bride Mas Nora Major after their wedding at St. Andrew's Cathedral on Thursday mornint).
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  • 160 5 Reuter. London. April 1. There war an optimistic tendency during the early stages in to-day' stock markets. Most of the leading Industrial shares wer. on the upgrade with Breweries and Textiles singled out foi buying attention. The bright ness, however, became cloudeJ by further consideration of th<
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  • 158 5 Reuter-AAP. Nanking. April L Five sniploads of United Stater, arms an ammunition sufficient to equip ■even Chinese Nationalist divt sions are now en route to Shanghai, unconfirmed but reliable re ports claimed today. These re ports also s xid that by the be ginning of
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  • 119 5 Reuter. London, March 31. Progress broke the chain of tradition when a squad of 18-year-old trainees marched off the barrack square at Mill Hill today and embarked for the journey to the new depot at Shorncliffe, Kent. So ended a military chapter doting back through 14
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  • 34 5 Reuter. London, April 1. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt arrived in Loudon today and as impressive a list of public engagements awaits her as any arranged for ie figure visiting this country since the war.- Reuter.
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  • 572 6 R.A.F. CHANGI 3; S.C.C. L THE R.A.F. CHANGI MAINTAINED THEIR REPUTA TION OF BEING THE ONLY UNBEATEN TEAM IN THF FIRST DIVISION LEAGUE WHEN THEY REGISTERED AN EASY 3-1 WIN OVER THE S.C.C. AT THE PADANG YESTERDAY. HIGHLIGHT OF THE MATCH WAS A HAT-TRICK" BY THOMPSON
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  • 112 6 Heavy-weight wrestling champion, Con Balasis, who thrilled wrestling fans here I last year, amv-d yestc-day on the Dutch vessel Boissevain from South Africa to (meet King Kong, the heavy- weight champion of Europe !at the Great World on Saturday. Balasis spent four months I touring
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  • 82 6 Thr following tiey of the 'B" and "C" Sections of the Mayflower Badminton Party Tournament will be played at 'the Home Court on Saturday, 4th April:— •"B" Section: Yeo Bin Chiat versus Neo Sent: Kei-: Yeo Seng Kok versus See Ho Meng; Lav Teng Chuan versus Koh K«
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  • 109 6 C.H.S.U. Badminton Soccer Teams The following will pky soccer for the Commercial Higr. School Union against the C.A. "C" team at the Telok Kurau School ground on Sunday at 5.15 p.m.: A. Concencio: X Dragon. Cheok Hye: Thiam Kvng. O. de Souza. E. Rodrigires: Hoon Leong. d Govinda. C. Nicholas.
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  • 24 6 THE AAA centre-forward about to take a shot at goal a picture taken in the AAA Malays match on Tuesday, which Malays lost one-nil.
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  • 356 6 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Unless a solution can be found to settle the difficulties at present encountered with regard to local labour, not only rubber millers, but. it is feared, other industrialists in Singapore may have to close down their factories and open up in other neighbouring territories.
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  • 300 6 THERE WAS A GLUT OF GOAL SCORING IN YESTER- DAY'S SECOND AND THIRD DIVISION LEAGUE GAMES. Superior in all departments the 223 8.0.D. swamped the Malays by B—nil in a Secom. Division league soccer mate i played at St. George's Road yesterday. The Malays, were a considerably
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  • 68 6 Reuter. LONDON. Apr. I.—The En (/land soccer team to meet Scotland at Hampden Park, Glasgow, on Apr. 10 teas chosen today as follows: Swift 'Manchester City); Scott i Arsenal j, Hardwick i Middlesbrough Wright /Wolverhampton), Franklin /Stoke City), Cockbum I Manchester United) Matthews (Blackpool), Morten-
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  • 60 6 U.P. SAN MATERO, APR. I. The Bay Meadows race track today suspended Jockc Johnny LonGden, one of the top money-winning Jockeys of the country, for rough riding in a race Saturday. He was suspended for Aye days on grounds that he crowded another horse when hi s own
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    • 619 6 agentT*%kJ IN SINGAPORE. Agents For Malayan Railways AND GLEN LINE FOR LONDON. ANTWERP. ROTTERDAM. HAMBURGMEMON Calls Casablanca. Tangier Due April 6 From U.K. for Straits, Hong Kong and China GLENSTRAE ETA April 4 GLENGARRY ETA Apr. 6 HRECONSHIRE ETA April 15 GLENGYLE ETA April 23 IN DO-CHINA S. N. CO.
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    • 573 6 NOTICES SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. Tenders are invited for the purchase of "Brass and Aluminium Scrap from the Water Department." Tender close 12 noon Friday, 16 April 1948. Tender Form from Municipal Secretary's Office, Room No. 235 Deposit required $100 MUNICIPALITY OF SINGAPORE Tenders are invited for renting the Refreshment Stall at
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    • 33 6 SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY MOUNT EMILY SWIMMING POOL The Public is hereby notified that the Pool will be closed from Friday, 2nd April 1948, for iboutj four days, for the purpose of cleaning. By Order.
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    • 502 6 TRADING WITH THK ENEMY ORDINAVrr No. 22 of 1930 Lr CUSTODIAN OF PROPERTY PKOCLAMVrinv No. 14 of 1945 U!S Notice is hereby given that anv person or persor ing a cla m to the property. described in the S c'h eV-V" hereto are requested to forward such claim to the
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  • 1051 7 Football News And Views By SPECTATOR [F you've been "spotted" for an international "cap" and tjien find that, you've been left out of your own club eleven, what are your chances of getting the cap? You'll probably feel that
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  • 16 7 Reuter. LCNDON. Mar. 31—Football result: FIRST DIVISION: Derby County 0 Liverpool 4. 1 Reuter.
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  • 309 7 NAVY nearly pulled off the "hat-trick,'' mt mus* consider themselves fortunate to act nvcn\i with a po<nt. scoring their equalising goal when Tigers had only nine men in the field. TIGERS gave a gallant display their best of th< season after Chin Lye had to retire
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  • 711 7 Spectator Tigers S C 2 Royal Na.vy 2 I IF RECENT FIRST DIVISION LEAGUE GAMES HAVE BEEN SCRAPPY AND DISAPPOINTING. YESTERDAY'S* ENCOUNTER BETWEEN THE TIGER PORTS CLUB AND i THE ROYAL NAVY THRILLED A LARGE CROWD—THE I BIGGEST OF THE SEASON —AT JALAN BESAR
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  • 50 7 The BODCA will be represented by the following at cricket against the 221 Vehilc Company of Johore on St. George's Road ground at 11 a.m. on Sunday: Van Rooyeii (Capt), Wijeweera, A. Other, Gupta, Collins, Razak. C. C. Chiang. Ram Singh John Smith, Kanesan. Carvahlo. Reserve: Pennefather.
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  • 41 7 DIVISION 1 Tigers 2. Navy 2. RAF Changi 3. S.C.C. 1. DIVISION 2 Police 5, Signals 4 Malays 0, 223 BOD 8 RAF Tengah 3. RE Base Gp. 0 DIVISION 3 C A. 5, Med. Stores 0
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  • 59 7 ihe following will represent the Singapore Khalsa Association against the St An die w s Old Boy s on Sunday on j St. Andrews School ground m 11 a.m.: Solakhan Singh. M B. Singh. Mohinder Singh Choo r Singh. Balwant fcingh Sardool Singh. Waair Singn. Sewa Singh, Ram
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  • 138 7  -  By SPECTATOR The reduction of the j "turnstile" charge to 30 I centti from 50 rente drew a larger crowd to the j Stadium yesterday—cer- I tainly the biggest for a league game this sea- J son. i Servicemen are charg- cd 30 ennts for the
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    28 7 Acrobatics in football A Malay player does a highkick kick and jump during the game between the MFA and the AAA, which the 3 A's won I—o.
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  • 499 7 I Below are results of the ties of the Singapore Malays Badminton i 'Ui'namgnt, played iast week-end: Singles: M.SaOiiili (Muhib- I bah) beat Hussm Ali (Emily) 15- j '2, 15-5; S. Raj nl > (Fajar) lost to I Buang Rahman (Bustanul Ariffin 15-8, 14-14 (0-5), 12-15;
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  • 308 7 I By Hermann Rappa<> A ttstic treiat k promised light fan s tonight at the Happy World Covered Stadium, vi-nue of the InterServices Boxing Championships The Governor. Sir Franklin Gimson. has signified his Intention of being present, and also the Chiefs of the Services, including the
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    • 112 7 Greater Hygiene 1 some c Harpic' into the bowL Ltavf overnight. 3 Then flush. That's nil that's needed to keep the l*aorj spotlessly clean even where 00 brush ran reach. HARPIC REGD SPECIAL LAVATORY CLRANSIR PILES- -Nervousness Curbed in 10 Minutes tflger necessary to suffer and torment from Files over*
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  • 206 8 Two Chinese, arrested on in formation received and alleged to haive been subsequently Identified as two of three men who had obtained $15 frcm a compatriot at tne point of a revolver, were 'produced before Seventh Magistrate A G. Shears, yesterday The men. Ng Fee alias Wang Ah
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  • 22 8 The untitled Badminton Party defeated tin Avorova Badminton Party hy tive g;imt's to two in their return mutch played on Mar. 27.
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  • 347 8 KINGSTON, Jamaica, Apr. I—Victory came j suddenly and easily to ihe West Indies here today when they beat England in *he founh and final Test thatch by 10 wickers. After fighting bravely. Eng- 'and went down thoroughly beaten and so the West Indies
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  • 44 8 Reuter. LONDON. Apr. I.—Six players of *he Indian Davis Cud term s team headed by T. S Kakko, Captain and manager arrived at Northolt aerodrome today from India. They will meet Britain in the first round of the competition. Reuter.
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  • 40 8 Reuter. DAMASCUS. Apr, 1. The Syrian Prime Minister. Jamil Mardam Bey, escaped unhurt .when his car was smashed by a lorry while on his way to Beirut to attend the meeting of the political committee of the Arab League. Reuter.
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  • 179 8 (From Allan I/eurts) IPOH. Fri. Very littip work was done this morning;. The majority of horses worked in the small ring behind the Grandstand. Little Beau (Spencer) who won so convincingly last Satur- I day at his first start in Malaya, was taken down the straight and came
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  • 75 8 Reuter. SOUTHAMPTON, MAR. 31. -The first flying boat to arrive at the new British Overseas Airways Corporation base here today was the •'Piyimouth' which had left Sicily earlier today on the iast stage of the journey from Japan carrying 21 passengers. The first man to step ashore was
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  • 24 8 LONDON. Mar, 31— Britain's electricity supply industry which enabled the country's war effort to withstand continuous German air attack passes to public ownerrhip tonight.
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  • 289 8 A young English-speaking ex-detective. Scow Koon Seng now an apprentice radio engineer., hi an arm. preliminary inouiry in tht Seventh Police Court, admitt. Ed under oross-examinatioi. by defence counsel that h( had an armed robbery charge p. nding against 'him. Accused in the preliminary
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  • 197 8 There will be a two-day trial to select the Malayan *L hinese Aquatic Team for the Chinese Olympiad to be held n Shanghai on May 5. The order of events for tomorrow and Sunday commencing at 3_p.m. at the Singapore Chinese Swimming Club Pool will
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  • 70 8 Reuter. GLASGOW. MAR. 31. Nine hundred AustraLabound emmigrants trooped up the gangway of the liner s.s. Empire Brent here today in the biggest mass emigration from the Clyde for many years Two special trains from London carried nearly 500 prospective settlers and a shuttle service of special
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  • 29 8 Reuter. VIENNA. Apr. 1. Two Soviet soldiers alleged to have shot up an Austrian dance at the village of Josefsberg; on Easter Monday, killing, two people and wounding 21.—Reu-
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  • 420 8 Seremban, April 1. The gen eral committee of the Negri Sembilan Planters Association in a review of 1947 published in their annual report, referring to the meeting of the Rubber Study Group held in Paris in July last year, says that theio was wide disappointment felt ir
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  • 128 8 The following have bevn selected to represent the liari ied s v Singles at cricket on Saturday at the 223 BOD. ground at 2 p.m. sharp: Mar. Neds: H. Shah. H. Rodrigues. (1. Isa <Capt>. B. Kleinman H Danker. F. Rodrigues. S. M. Ally. V. Ferrer. A. Oliveiro.
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  • 182 8 (BY ALLAN LEWIS) IPOH. Carlton, late Md Winter, who had his firs* race in Malaya last Monday is a n s ce type of horse and he cautrht mv eye when h* finished sixth over the 5' furlongs straight. He is ir» the 1J mile race
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  • 66 8 Mrs. A. Weeks, who returned a net score of 41, won the Women's March Medal Golf Com petition at the Island Club, Te cards were taken out for play over the second nine holes Members are requested tc note that the April Mixed Four somes Competition has
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  • 186 8 U.P. SHANGHAI, Apr. 1. Shane hai's security agents today intensfied their "cloak and dagger" activities to nip in the bud what they feared would be an all-out communist attempt to carry out the most serious disturbances in this Nationalist nerve centre during the "bloody"
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  • 877 8 Below is the race card for the third Perak Turf Club Easter meeting 11 yof gether with the record of the last v and trainers of the candidaVs■ n,ns HORSES—CLASS 1-11; M]]v< 03? Ros*wplTs Boy 907 Mr. r.«m r-i,,' 0 Tarahnb. Mr v p i
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  • 136 8 Dissatisfied with the decision which made him the loser because of foul tactics, last Saturday, Leon Labriola's challenge to Dara Singh to a return contest was promptly accepted, and the pair meet tomorrow night at 4he Happy World Covered Stadium under condi\ions which gives
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