Malaya Tribune, 10 April 1948

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  • 61 1 The Malaya Tribune BY THE PEOPLE FOR TfTE PEOPL* Larger Sales than any Afternoon Paper In Malaya Printed Simultaneously Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh Penang. Telegrams: -Tribune, Spore." Telephone: 5811 (9 lines). WGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS The MALAYA TRIBUNE London Agents Messrs. Colin Turner Ltd., Talbot
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  • 484 1 Ate/) Necessitated By Unemployment (Tribune Staff Reporter) The labour situation in Singapore has deteriorated with some resultant unemployment, as a consequence of which the Immigration Department has tightened up on applications for entry permits into th e colony. An element of unrest, exists in the
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  • 51 1 Pi \bnnt a p c c i 1 f nr n xjmndi nt Al- ais phoned trout this mt.m.nn: Onine sht/itltl be very i I I BSTB. Sheffield i 77»» Security, p ,nt> Avon. J j STRONG 8 TABLE i iNCiES Fran's Lost, BtMtkuans II and 1
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  • 99 1 Reuter. ,t Api 11 Haroid J. j "Casta Qntaf of the j Merry-Go-Round," n left a tortune. not yet know how but understands it is yards of £50,000." left to him by his aunt, Helen Wanonder, Chesham, Buckingham- died in September, nder says "I am
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  • 55 1 Reuter. CAIRO. April 9: Abdcl- 1 Wiisir. tried and found .of the murder In Fe- v of 85-year-old Yahia. ruler of Yemen, xectlted by hanging yesy, according to a report reaching here from Sanaa .al ol Yemen. the assassination of Abdullah El Wazir tned himself Imam fcr
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  • 48 1 U.P. Batavia, April 9. -An offlcir.l announcement today say- the Provisional Pede.al Government of Indonesia has allocated sufficient foreign exchange to permit 8 76'/ Indonesian Moslem* to lak; part In the annual pilgrimage to Mecca this Tola is 4.000 rnoiv than iast yea;. —U.P.
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  • 79 1 U.P. TOKIO. Apr. 9. A 22--year-old Japanese confessed loilay to a murder liecause his victim's yhost haunted him nightly. Hajime Inouye surrendered himself to the police and solved the. mysterienis slaying of an Hlf-year-old man in a rest100m in the suburban Tokio UTea on March
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  • 378 1 BERLIN, Apr. 9. —Strong reports were current, in Berlin tonight ijiat Marshal Vassily Sokolovsky, the Soviet occupation chief, had gone to Moscow for taiks on the situation in Germany. It was irr 30ssible to obtain confirmation or denial of r:oort3 from Soviet quar ers, but it
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  • 63 1 LONDON. Apr. 9 —Thirty British Labour members of Parliament will defy their party's boycott of the United Europe conference at the Hague from May 7 to May 10. it was learned tonight. Labour members who will go to The Hague include R W. G. MacKay, and
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  • 390 1 JERUSALEM, Apr. 9.-Field guns of the Arab I iberation Army were tonight reported to be shelling Haganah forces who today reoccupied the small shattered village of Castel dominating the Jeru-salem-Tel Aviv convoy route. Castel, in the Judean mus west of Jerusalem, is a "prestige position" in the
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    65 1 Singapore's quarter-mile star, M. K. Sundram, will know at Seletar today whethez he will go to the World Olympics i« London with L. O. Valberg, the high jumping fireman. Sundram will be tested today ever the distance by the Malayan Olympic Council. He will be paced by a
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  • 90 1 NEW YORK Apr. 9. A New York radio station reported tonight that a mob had seized control of 'he National Pilace at Bogota, Colombia, where the Tan-American conference is being held. The report said some rooms in the palace were set on fire and the Colombian
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  • 111 1 Reuter. Hayes. April 9.—The body of a woman aged about 24 was found today just inside the gates of the H.M.V. factory at Hayes, Middlesex, near the Grand Union canal. The injuries, according to B medical examination, are consistent with having fallen from the top of a
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  • 117 1 Reuter. Alexandria, April 9. In- dust rial and commercial lead- i ers said here today that to prevent a repetition of the havoc caused during the police strike on Monday and Tuesday they would themselves rather meet the extra pay demanded by the
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  • 160 1 Reuter. LONDON, Apr. 9.—A rumoured engagement between Princess Margaret, 17-year-old daughter of King George VI and 27-year-old Prince George of Denmark was categorically denied today by the Fiince himself and described by a source close to ihe British Royal family as "absolute nonsense." "As Princess
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  • 47 1 An American, Mr. D. E. Clutter, was slightly injured when the motor-car in which he and his wife were seated was involved in a collision with a. 15 cwt Military tiuck at the junction of Tanglin Road and Jervois Road at about 10 p.m. yesterday.
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  • 79 1 A cools hee luti received from Mr. Ong K< ng Seng that Mr. Ate Hoon Haw has declined to lend the Malayan Chinese Contingent to the 7th National Olympic Meet. In accordance with the resolution passed at the meeting of the M.C.O.C. on April 5. Mr. Ong
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  • 62 1 Ihe Singapore Fire Brigade dealt, with three lallang fire s yesterday afternoon. At 1 p.m. yesterday an engine was called out to deal with a fire in Cavanagh Road. At 2 p.m another fire was dealt with at Havelock Road near th,. police station. Two fire engines
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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  • 780 2 "It is fair to say that by the end of the year ,ol ayan had turned the corner of recovery and that given an able and fair Government, it should be one of the first countries to recover comp:etely," states the United
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  • 164 2 An application fo: an order that a sum of $1,500 paid into the Chartered Bank by Sim Swee Khoon, till recently chief cashier of the Singapore Welfare Department, on August 11 last be paid in the Social Welfare Department, was made by Mr. L.
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  • 255 2 THE SINGAPORE LEPER HOSPITAL IS OVERCROWDED AND IS RATHER LIKE CHANGI GOAL CONDITIONS FIVE YEARS AGO. THERE IS NO ROOM FOR MUCH RECREATION FOR THE OVER 300 PATIENTS, OUT OF WHICH ABOUT 40 ARE SCHOOL CHILDREN. This was revealed in a Abroadcast over Radio Malaya last night
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  • 329 2 U.P. Geneva. April 9.—The com. munist, bloc at the international conference on Freedom of Information today withdrew its demand tor legal measures to combat warmongering and distorted news in the world's press. The concession enabled the United State?. United Kingdom and other western
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  • 30 2 An Indian fell off an omnibus in Orchard Road at about 9.30 last, nignt. He was removed to the General Hospital. His condition is not serious.
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  • 138 2 Mr. D. J. Sloss, Vice-Chan-cellor of the Hongkong University arrived in Singapore last evening by a BOAC aircraft. He was met at Kallang Airport by Mr. R. C. H. Lim, an "old boy" of his University. Mr. Slos s said that he had come
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  • 291 2 U.P. Shanghai, April 9.—lnitial reaction to Chiang Kai-shek's address at th< national assembly, in which for the first time he personally made direct reference on foreign, aid to the Chinese Reds brought from neutral sources commendation of the fact that the Generalissimo has brought out into
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  • 72 2 Thirteen tenderers, ranging up to $12.016, have been received for the repair, painting and colour-washing (1 t Sub-warders' < Bachelors' I Barracks behind Out. ram Road Prison. The tender of Kwong Sang Lee and Co. for $7.392 has been accepted. Fourteen tenders for resurfacing of McNair Road Pigott
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  • 106 2 Reuter. LONDON, Ap il 9. Cap*. Raymond BlacL'ourn, Labour member of Parliament, today j proposed that Britain and the United States should each send their "Big Three" leaders to discuss with Marshal Stalin relations between Russia and the West. He suggested as representatives for
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  • 72 2 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Fifteen alien Chinese were deported trom the colony of Singapore on April 4. Of this total number of business eight were habitual criminals, and one a gang robber. Three of them were active members of dangerous and unlawful societies, while two were former banishees
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  • 68 2 Tuberculosis accounted for nine more deaths for the work ending April 3 than 10. the previous week, according to the Municipal Healtn statement issued yesterday. The total tuberculosis mortality rate for the week is 38 as compared the previous week total of 29. Seventy-seven cases of
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  • 59 2 U.P. CANBERRA, Apr. 9.— Labour Member Grant told the Senate in a debate on international tariffs that Japan as a satellite of the United States, propped up by vested interests, in a few years would show no signs she had lost a war. He said Mac Arthur
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 331 2 *0N YOUR RADIO TODAY* BLUE NETWORK j l er r 0 l T 10 ;?°M Rythn n I Amoy Cantonese; MAT A V JCV PKriRff V 1 n tNm Sum- 1.J5 Opening Announcement MALAY EWGIJSM 1 ««nr Okm Dawn. Prog summary in Tamil wi* PROGRAMMES «OGRAMMES IN MALAY Signature Tunc;
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  • 482 3 ™J HE BIGG EST PRISON ESCAPE OF NINE REMAND PRISONERS LAST YEAR. FOUR OF WHOM ARE STILL A ARGE WAS RECALLED AT A PRELIMINARY INQUIRY IN WHICH HOW NG (68) APPEARED ON A TENTATIVE CHARGE OF HARBOURING ONE OF THOSE ESCAPEES HIS OWN
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  • 70 3 The fifteenth meeting ot the International Emergency Food Council Sub-Committee was held yesterday at the Cathay Building. Singapore under the chairmanship oi Dr. William Clyde. C.M.G Agieement was reached on the May and June rice shipping programmes which con. tamed most satisfactory figures for exports
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  • 190 3 The Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, returned an "open finding", yesterday, at the conclusion of the inquiry into the death of Nadason, a syce employed at the Raffles Hotel, who died as a result of severe burns received while asleep in a garage in
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  • 270 3 MR. C. A. B. STARLING. NEWLY ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF THE AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION OF MALAYA STATED AT ITS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. THAT INSURANCE COMPANIES W r OULD SHORTLY BE REVIEWING THE POSITION OF PREMIUM RATES AND POLICY CONDITIONS "IN THE LIGHT OF THEIR 1947 CLAIMS EXPERIENCE". MR.
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  • 32 3 The Singapore Stamp Clut. will hold its next social meeting at th* 4 Capitol Restaurant on Tuesday. April 13, at 5.15 p.m This will be a special all-auction evening.
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  • 173 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) A decision as to whether to off the present strike by wiremen employed in the Singapore Oriental Tĕlephone and Electric Company, is expected to be made known to the company on Monday by the latest. The strike, which involves some three-hundred telephone wiremen, started on
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  • 189 3 A determination to revive sporting activities among Old Boys' associations in Singapore, was expressed by Dr Ong Swee Law presiding over the annual sports meeting of the Anglo. Chinese Old Boys' Sports Association, at Coleman Street yesterday. He also said that by devotion of time
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  • 88 3 U.P. RANGOON, Apr. 9.-It was reliably understood ftrom neutral sources that the area in Central Burma which was the scene of heightened Red activity for the last ten days, is now under martial law from Pegu northward, at least to Meiktila. Trains are stopped at Kyaukse.
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  • 387 3 A legal submission that the Arms and Explosives' Ordinance did not apply to a soldier on duty, was upheld by Mr. Justice Thorogood at the Singapore Assize Court yesterday. The submission was made by Mr. F. H. D. Elias on behalf John Oakley, a soldier,
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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    • 582 3 FOR SALE 12 BORE DB. Hammerless Shotgun, in excellent condition, by Davles U.S.A. with leather case, cleaning equipments—Price $400 or nearest. Apply Box PL-A, c/O Malaya Tribune. Spore iQ.234) EXCEPTIONAL OFFER—For sale, beautiful Chinese si!k carpet, washed, pre-war quality. Size loit. by 18 ft. Telephone *****. (L.220) WHY MUST YOU
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    • 521 3 VEHICLES FOR SALE FOR SALE—AUTOMOBILE 1946 Lincoln Sedan (maroon colon 14,000 mile*, good condition interested party picas* address B<>x No. AlO7O, M/T S pore. <M.232Ai 19*u FIAT MARVELETT just Men reducoed. and re-upnoi.su vi Taxed, has comprehensive insurance, tyre and engine in good condition. Phone for appointment and inquiries Tel.
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  • 737 4 The first meeting of the reconstituted Singapore Legislative Council passed off without any "fireworks". There was, however, an atmosphere subtly different from that obtaining a; pre-war Legislative Council meetings. Nine of those present on Wednesday were there of their own right, so to speak, and not at
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  • 1651 4  -  CONDUCTED By OBSERVER Tenants have just entered into the new blocks or liats erected by the Singapore Im- SIT cVirpo r Lii\ 1 O provement Trust at the upper end of Sen S pon Road The flats, which are in four rows, are set diagonally to
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  • 165 4 letters To The fifr, h, f «rred. ;n J! J spew h v in th dl on Wedn r V. posed trade p% in the Malay p known u Kebun iS Geyhu* Sera Road 1 n Cfcu The OpefUni of t there will certalnlv F •"strict more ponub.,
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  • 86 4 Sir I write to thank vou for the fairness of yo„i Blitonal of April 7. I wish >ou had the space to publish boil, y. Veerasenan's attack 011 nit anl my reply. Mr. Veerasenan's statement was typical of Comn.iinist hitics and would have the public. May I point
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  • 143 4 NEW DELHI. The Government ot India have deeded to establish within the first qumquenmum commencing from 1947 two oi the four high technical institutions recommended by the Higher Technological Education Committee barker Committee). These w;ll be located In or near Calcutta and Bombay Each of these institutions
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 129 4 Phone 2632 Phone 551 I Kuala Lumpur Penan; 9 I LTD. I (Incorporated in England) I For fi MODERN OFFICE EQUIPMENT I 'PHONE 6480 H 104. ROBINSON KOAI) SINGAPORE. I SOLE IMPORTERS THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD. BIN-LATEX FOAM RUBBER SEAT CUSHIONS GIVING REALLY UTOPIAN COMFORT WHETHER USED IN BUS.
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    • 88 4 Silver cant be trusted With a Secret! People who are Just a trifle careless about the detail of their surroundings shouldn't use Silver! Silver tells. How clearly, how unmistakably it reflects care or the lack of it. And yet, how easy, after all, to make sure that your silver always
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    • 73 4 NOTICE OF REMOVAL. J We have the pleasure to inform all our Pe.!rons and friends that as from I0t!i I April, 1948, our Office will |j be removed to cur own premises at:NO. 27, CIRCULAR ROAD SINGAPORE Telephone No 2544 or 7478 after office hours. All communications should he forwarded
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  • 232 5 Reuter AAP. I>\EY Apr. 9.—Captain Alexander Mci'ormerly of the Seaforlh Highlanders, who is walking from Perth to Mel- ]mii -hed when it was suggested on his Adelaide he had undertaken the walk of 2,000 miles to save the fare,
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  • 142 5 Reuter. PARIS, APR. 9. France has proposed a meeting or the Finance Ministers ot Bri- ta.n France and Bene- j lux countries to consiuer ways cf sharing the burden of France's sterling deficit est.mated at £80,000,000 this year. Britain and the dominions have expressed their willingness
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  • 54 5 Hi s Excellency the Righl Honourable Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. P.C resumed the duties of the Office of Gov-ernor-General of the Federation of Malaya, the Colony ol Singapore, the Colony of Sarawak, the Colony of North Borneo and the State of Brunei, on the 10th day
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  • 45 5 1 9. About the last in i mer Czecl o Is today rectiv- notice t<> quit th»* them, who are and living with be lound work ipltal and 600 nsf erred to the Germany be* British and Amerlingness to accept aern zones.
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  • 37 5 Reuter. >N Api il 9. Burma ned her proposed .•jn to Bangkok esignatiofl of the net on Wednesday, nounced 'oday. was reported from that Siam's Foreign Phya SriviMUl Vacha, Burma suggesting a lent Reuter.
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  • 58 5 NATIONAL FILM PRODUCTION COUNCIL MEET Mr. Harold Wilson, President of the Board of Trade, re cently presided over the first meeting of the National Film Production Council, held at the Board of Trade. Sir Michael and Sir Alexander Korda (Re presenting Brit. Film Product re Association). Mr. Harold Wilson, and
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  • 1409 5 Members and pre-war members of the Ipoh YWCA are invited to meet at the home of Mrs. Thamsen. 28. Tiger Lane at 5 p.m., on Tuesday. Anril 13, to meet the President. Mrs. W. G. C. Blunn, and the Malayan YMCA Secretaries. Commemorating the Ceylon National Day.
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  • 97 5 Reuter. LONDON. Apr. 9— Textile production this year will be the biggest problem" Britain has evoi faced, but the problem ot selling: textiles ";s going to be even greater." Trade M.n.ster Haroid Wiison told memtipiii of the Wholesale Textile Association here today. "We have put
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  • 33 5 U.P. Batavia, April 9. -A Customs official a L Batavia P-st Office today discovered a parjel containing 2,500 tubes ol <pium worth 30,000 guilderPolice are investigating the o-rigin of the parcel.—U.P.
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  • 32 5 Reuter. CANBERRA, Apr. 9 Australia is negotiating with Britain for the relaxation of import licensing restrictions applying to a limited range of Australian goods in British colonies especially Africa. -Reuter.
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  • 35 5 Reuter. MANILA, Apr. 9. Trial of the 35 constabulary mutineers at Naic, Cavite, province south Of Manila, is scheduled *o begin early next week prob.' >ly on j Monday, it was reliably learned today. Reuter.
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  • 325 5 Reuter-AAP. CAIRO, Apr. 9—Flans are afoot to make the Egyptian desert bloom again. Long ago, Egypt was the granary of Europe. Rut today, large areas which once bore grain aie cnly sandy wastes. Now, a committee of Egyp- tian members of Parliament I
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  • 88 5 Reuter. Canberra, April 9. Mr. J IJ Dedman, Australian De- ience Minister, told the jol Representatives here to- day "tnere will be no war lor 'at least live years, perhaps 'not for a long time afteii wards." Speaking in a foreign debate. Mr. Dedman added: •It would
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  • 54 5 Reuter. BOGOTA, Columbia, Apr. 9—The Guatemalan Foreign Minister, Senor Muenoz Meany, said at the Pan-Amencan Conference here today that the crisis facing Britain provided a "propitious climate in which to press his country's claims against Britisn Honduras. Be criticised trie presence of troops in Br.tish Honduras, as an
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  • 24 5 Two organisations have been exempted from registration under the Societies Ordinance. They are "The Peoples educational Association" and the "Singapore Wheel
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  • 191 5 Reuter-AAP. SYDNEY, APR. 9 —For 15 months in a hut in Changi Barracks, Singapore, an Austral an prisoner of war officer scratched HO.fOO words of a bock on a school slate. The officer was Captain L-s'ie Greener, whose book "He L ved
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  • 358 5 Reuter-AAP. SYDNEY, APR. 9.—A telegram handed in at the G.P.O. Melbourne recently read: 'Oondaboond, care Rev. Ellircn Goulburn Island Mission, Noithern Territory. WMi see you in six months. Ky.eLitae.* The telegram meant what it saidi but there is a slury behind it. Fifteen months
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  • 64 5 tribune Staff Reporter* The vessel. M.A. 41. chartered to a Singapore firm by the Master Attendants Office has tk-en detained at Tanjong Pinang in the Rhio Archipelago Islands. Ihe crew of the vessel hay 1 be*-n sent back to Singapore. Th agent in Singapore stated
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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  • 119 6 MRS. CHUA CHEOW TIEN S nee Madam Yap Kim Heok, age 50 years, passed away peacefully at her residence, 98 Branksome Road, at 10.35 p.m. on 4-4-48, leaving behind her beloved husband, Chua Cheow Tien, 6 sons. Chua Chuan Tin, Hong Th an. Heng Seng, Hong Chew, Hong Sfang,
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  • 211 6 The foll-nviir, are the probable jockeys for today's races:— RACE—Rock Lady (Bagby). Catherine (Tankard), Baba (Spencer) Innishmakill (Wadsworth). Yamseng (Robinson). Peter Con <Flannery>, Lady Of Kent (Wahab), Donnalla (Woods), In (Dawson). Jaunty (Jeffers), Craigmount (Gentles) Bareness (Tait). RACE 2 -Madang (Tankard). Sheffield Plate (Ellery). All Boloney (Turner), First
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  • 48 6 The Singapore Rotary Club have issue*' a reminder that nominations will be required on I Wednes' ay April 28, for the foi- j lowirur office bearers in the Club for the new Rotary year: President, two Vi<e-Presi.'<?nts. Score- j tan treasurer and five Directors. t
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 563 6 SHIPPING MANSFIELD CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Singapore) BLUE FUNNEL LINE SAILINGS FROM U.K. AND U.S.A. "Eumaeus' Due from U.K Apr. 10 Aeneas'* Due from IT.Xl T .K Apr. 13 "Eurypylus". Due from U X Apr. 14 "Stentor" Due from U.K Apr. 19 Sailings for LIVERPOOL, GLASGOW and CONTINENTAL PORTS "Aleinous"
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    • 468 6 Situations Vacant The Chairman of the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association thanks all those who hay? at jd ed to him for Ihe post of Organising Secretary of the Association, and rrgrets thai he is unable to reply rtdividually. The vacancy has now been filled. FOR SALE FOR SALE best offer General
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    • 491 6 AUCTION SALE OF VALUABLE SINGAPORE PROPERTIES To Be Held At Our Saleroom, Nos. 14 16 Robinson Rd. On Thursday, 15th April, 1948 At 2.30 P.M. Lot. 1. 999 years' leasehold land and house No 16. Madras Street, area 3,149 sq. ft Monthly rent $87 50 (Messrs. Braddell Brothers Solicitors). Lot
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    • 226 6 TENDER No 7 Sale Of Army Foodstuffs. Tenders are invited for the purchase of the following:— LOT. NO. ITEM SFS2 14,280 Lbs Oatmeal. SFS3 20,182 Lbs. Flour. SF .51 Various Commodities. 21 Lbs Bengers Food. 180 Lbs Biscuits Fancy. 204 Lbs Biscuits SjS. 120 Lbs Malt noncrushed. 144 Lbs Oats
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    • 356 6 Rich, Red Blood Builds Weight If you are Thin. Underweight, Losing Energy. Tired all the time, have Pale. Sallow Complexion, suffer from Skin Blemtahes. Circle* under the Eyes, and lack that myeterloue magnetic force called "It" you are run-down and need the new discovery of a Hollywood. California. ph>«iclan. This
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    • 495 6 ĔĔk K. P. M7is REGULAR PASSENGER J, FREIGHT SERVICES BETWEEN SINGAPORE AND Tg. Pinang, Dabo, Blinjoe. PPim,,* Cheribon, Semarang, Sourabaia Vast i* dan Padangbaai. Boeleleng. 53fe C Koemai, Sampit. Bandjermas n ill f' V 1 Sabang and Penang. EJ2 "Gen. Michiels" for Tg. Pinang. Dab. Mm >ue joe P. Pinang,
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  • 588 7  -  FOOTBALL NEWS AND VIEWS BY SPECTATOR inesc Olympic soccer ill be due In Shiga■ti May 19 on the first i, their tout of the South, vill l»e back again on 25 f»n their way to Ranmd thence to London I Wot Id
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  • 308 7 On yesterday's game SHOCK-TEAM Changi, with four victories and a drau> out of five games, had all the shocks yesterday and were lucky to get away with an odd-goal defeat. Recs took all the credit in a game that started poorly but ended full of thrills. RECS have always
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  • 65 7 SOCCER: S.A.F.A. Div. 3.— Posts and Telegraphs vs. S.H.B. Boys' Club, McNair ground. ATHLETICS: Sundram's official trial, R.A.F. (Seletar), 5.30 p.m. WRESTLING: Larry Duncan vs. Dara Singh, Happy World. 8.30 p.m. Gerry Visscher vs. George Zbiako, Great World, 8.30 p.m. CRICKET Y M C A. vs. Rafles» College,
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  • 871 7 Below is the race card for today's races, the first day of the Penang Turf Club Spring meeting, together with the records of the last three runs, owners and trainers of the candidates: RACE ONE 2.30 P.M. Horses—Class I—Div. 2—5 J. Furs. 4 0 Rock Lady 9.12
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  • 156 7 The following are the result; of the finals in the All-Singa-pore Amateur Boxing Championship's held at the Happy World Covered Stadium last night. FLY-WEIGHT: Sonny Chia (EOS) outpointed P. C. Mahmood (Police). BANTAM-WT.: J. Archer (EOS) outpointed N. Edmonds (Cable Wireless). FEATHER-WT.: Sgt. Little (RAF) lost to R.
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  • 1609 7  -  t By i ALLAN LEWIS PENANG. Today. The Penang Turf Club's Spring Meeting opens today with a fairly well balanced programme of eight events. Excepting for two divisions of class four mr 5» 2 furlongs, fields will not be big, but lam expecting the
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  • 44 7 U.P. Buitenzorg, April 9. A tornado hit the city of I Buitenzorg, 25 miles south o[ Batavia. on Thursday. Som. i damage was done. Twenty i trees were uprooted while I telephone and electric power I lines were badly damaged U.P
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  • 118 7  -  < By "GARRICK") Race 1. FTRST IN Tnntsrmakill amseng. Rare 2 LOF.AU LADY All Boloney Itadang. Race 3 CONSTANCE Friar s Last ni'ptii w Race 1 iOI'NG LUCIUS Run Rabbit Run StarJet Tiger 11. Race 5. TRUE SECURITY I'lank Spec Golden Oak. Race 6 Silt LANf7CLOT Shubel ffoonrunstar Race
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  • 86 8 IPOH, Friday. Mr. G. C. Sansum, ASP. of the lpuh C ft)., uas today shot and killed bp it Chinese while U iding Q polite port if into thr /unfflf near Kati in the Kuala Kanusar district. The shooting occurred when tht party were renting
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  • 120 8 Reuter. C AIRO April 9. The Arab League Political Oommfttee meeting in Cafro tomorrow evening |j expected to accent, subject to three conditions, the United States nlan for a temporary trusteeship over Palestine, according to well inform- 1 ed Arab ejrcles here. The conditions
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  • 60 8 Reuter. SHANGHAI. Apr. 9. A group of American scientists sponsored by the National Geographic Society in Washington left for Wukong near Hangchow, 100 miles southwest of Shanghai, today after making a brief stop over here. They are to be part of a chain of observers of the
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  • 22 8 Bright periods, occasional thudery showers late afternoon and evening. Temperatures in past 24 hours: Max. 90 7 degrees. Rainfall: Nil.
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  • 249 8 Reuter. LONDON, Apr. 9.—Sir Stafford Cripps, Chancellor of the Exchequer, said today that in the first quarter of this year Britain had to find £147,000,000 from her gold and dollar reserves to meet the current deficit in the balance of payments
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  • 170 8 A well-balanced and enteri taining concert was given at the V.M.C.A. Hall last night in aid jof the Paya Lebar Community Centre Fund and the Paya Le- bar M.Y.F. Community Service j Fund. It was under the dis- tinguished patronage of Lady Gimson, wife of the Governor
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  • 46 8 The Commander-in-Chief, Air Command, Far East. Aii Marshal Sir Hugh Lloyd, ac-comDank-d by members of his staff, left Changi early this .naming in hi s special aircraft on a visit to Ceylon. He is expected to return on April 18.
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  • 27 8 U.P. Shanghai, April 9.-Domes, tic Airlines are standing by to evacuate the personnel from Chengchow. which is threatened by Rods moving past the recently-captured Loyang.—TJ.P.
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  • 185 8 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Ihe Naityang Girls' Higa School presented a delightful concert at the school campus last night before a crowd of more than 500. Ballet and folk dancing and musical items were presented by the Kindergarden. Lower Primary. High Primary, and Middk- School departments. "See Our
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  • 63 8 The Johore Bahru District Football XI will meet the Kota Rajah XI on Sunday at the Istana Padang, Johore Bahru The team for the J.B. District XI will be selectee from the following:—Kadir Van. Arsha Bakar Simm, Mohamed, Hamid Yusop, Stanley, Omar Ismail, Tain, Mohamed Mm Said. Sze.
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  • 44 8 Reuter. LAKE SUCCESS. Apr. 9 The United Nations Palestine Commission today appealed to Br.tain for quick action on a number of administrative problems "to prevent a complete hreakdown n f the administration" after May 15 when the mandate ends —Reuter.
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  • 278 8 Reuter. GLASGOW, Apr. 10.—All Scotland is keyed up icady for today's international soccer clash between Scotland and England at Hampden Park where a crowd limitation of 134,000 has been imposed This is nearly 20.000 less than the ground Cuoaclty but th- famous Hampden roar
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  • 121 8 At the annual general meeting of the Play air BP Jieh' last Sun--1 day, at 43, Veerasamy Road ♦he following were elected officebearers for the current year:—President Mr K. C. Chilian; VicePresidents Mr. Johnnie Tay ana Mr. ch*Jon Hian; Secretary Mr. k. T. Kuruvilla. Treasurer Mr. Lim Liang
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  • 115 8 (Bu ALLAN LEWIS) PENANG Sovereignty has concluded a long sopll at Cant. Rloxam's pronertv a* Cameron Highlands and is again working under the charge of Neal Hobbs at Kuala Luninur, and looks extremely we'l. Oriental from the same stable has recovered from his indisposition end is
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  • 86 8 U.P. SYDNEY. Apr. 9.—Australia's 18 year old Olympic hope Nancy Lyons clipped 1.2 seconds off the world's women's breast stroke record for 100 yards today, returning a time of 1 minute 11.8 seconds. The recognised world record to date was 1 minute 13 seconds of Holland's
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  • 61 8 Reuter. LONDON, Apr. 9. Responsible diamond trade quarters here today described as greatly exaggerated a claim that this years Tangankika diamond output would amount to £3.500,000. The claim was made yesterday when it was announced that a London valuer, Albert E. White, had been appointed to the
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  • 380 8 Reuter. LONDON. Apr. 9 —American producer of an "horriffr*" documentary film. "India SnepVs." Mr. Walter Footer. 1s in London to resume rds 13-year-old battle with the censors herp for permission to show it publicly. It is Mr. Footer himself who says the film js "horrific."
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  • 114 8 Reuter. London, April 9. Sumant Misra, India's leading player, today reached the final of the men's singles in the Paddington lawn tennis tournament here by beating Roland Carter, a British Davis Cup trialist, 6—2, 7—5, in the Semi-final. In the final tomorrow he will meet Howard Walton,
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  • 159 8 Wrestling fans will see 17. 1 stone Gerry Visscher, Australia's toughest wrestler in action for the first tfi*M in Singapore at the Great World Arena tonight. Visscher buih up a good record for himself, but his methods. Australian reports indicate, have put him very often
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  • 64 8 The following will represent the Chartered. Bank Sports Club against Mansfield Co., Ltd., in a game of football on Mon< ay, April 12. on St. Joseph's School Ground at 5.15 p m.: C. B. Von Hagt (Capt.), Muin. Ying Yoke Hoh. G. W. Butler. C- R. Nonis P.
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  • 606 8 S.R.C. 2. R.A.F. (Changi) 1. PERSISTENT AND DOGGED PLAY TRIUMPHED OVER OVER-CONFIDENCE AT JALAN BESAR STADIUM YESTERDAY. WHEN THE SINGAPORE RECREATION CLUB. WINNERS OF 1946 VICTORY CUP. DEFEATED THE CHANGI AIRMEN IN A DIV. I S.A.F.A. LEAGUE MATCH. Had the Recs entered the field
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  • 259 8 Reuter. LONDON, Apr. 8.-The Pope in a ft Hierarchy of India has emrWsiscd t ance of Catholic action in the new i, v pendence, Vatican Radio report C J tmi 01 Thp letter stro SS(4r j fnH i «="">°o.''al imprest" Wjth wh'eh the Pone h<*(\ r-ppn
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  • 137 8 Reuter. LONDON, APR. 9. The I final acceptors for the Chester Cup, to be run over two miles and two furlongs, on Saturday May 8, at Chester, were announced today as fol- lows (with weights); Na- tional Spirit 9.7, Anwar 9.4, Mombasa 9.2, Ramponneau 8.13, Asmodee 8.12,
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  • 25 8 An Indian was taken to hospital with serious injuries received when he jumped from a moving omnibus in Orchard Rd. last night.
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  • 271 8 Tho following ;,>,• ti the week-. n rr fa the SnuraKre K• against GHQ PARELF Solakhan S R KuldM) StaS '-V Sin P h and Shar.na H HOME BOMB IWTr» The S.C.RC. p,- 1^; an- Honu- OMekst uZtZ L^? tho Captain's XI Captains XI on Hon 1 on
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