Malaya Tribune, 20 April 1948

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  • 66 1 The Malaya Tribune BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Larger Sales *han any Afternoon Paper in Malaya Printed Flimultfiwnoutty Kiiit la Linn pur, Ipoh d Peru ma. Tolafframt: "Tribmm* .S pore." Tetephcme: ssii (9 imwj. EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS The Malaya Tribune London Agents
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  • 219 1 SHB STRIKE TAKES TURN FOR WORSE (Tribune Staff Reporter) !he strike situation a* the Singapore HarBoard took a turn for worse Ifiis p when work along the wharves was «I completely af.er "90 per cent of *he ad reported for work yesterday." However, ihere was
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  • 55 1 Reuter. RANGOON, April. 19—A casket, estimated to be 2.500 years old discovered during repairs to a boml'-damaped pagoda in Rangoon, was opened h*>re today. It contained diamonds, emeralds and gold dust valued at thousands of rupees. It also contained two strands of hair, said to be "hairs
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  • 131 1 htermen runt met on nil hi apreed to Increao* ilai lea oi their m» n hv r >o jn addition to ntrreeinj fully to tin* real of the six Tl is in over- 100 stevetui op fOl woi k at the in i began
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  • 85 1 While relaxing on the beach at Tanah Merah last night, a European couple were roD'o*ed of $734 in cash and valuables by two Chinese, one of vh in was armed. The incident occurred at :ibnit 7.45 p.m. A few minutes before the ry, the couple saw
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  • 40 1 Iw,, cheques for $1,001-00 51.000.00 from Messro 01 vi Singh Co., Singapore and Dr. C. J Paglar respeeh;,vt been sent to the Stagapu c Olympic Sports Council foi tunds in conneevith Malaya's participain the World Olympic.
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  • 27 1 MELBOURNE, April. 19.—The urn OTrMBk Federation i h a mm Dr. Charles Green n Australia), the hurdler, m all additional member of their fur the London frames.
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  • 196 1 i Tribune Staff Reporter) None of the tin smeiters on Pulau Brani who went on strike recently came forward to claim theii wages yesterday when a representative of the Straits rrading Company and the Assistant Commissioner For Labour (Mr. C. P. D. Danby) brought the
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  • 38 1 Reuter. LAKE SUCCESS. Apr. 19 -Mt. Gopalaswami Ayyan?ar, for India, told the Se2Urity Council today that it W3s not possible for India to agree to the latest joim nroposal for settling the Kashmir dispute.—Reuter.
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  • 118 1 Reuter. JERUSALEM, Apr. 19.—Britons in Palestine were told by their own Government today: get out ah soon as possible; you are on your own after May 15. Simultaneously. Haga n a h forces In Tiberias, northern Palestine, were setting up Jewish city state, proclaiming
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  • 46 1 An R.A.S.C. fire engine was involved in an accident this morning i\3tm 10 a.m.. in Alexandra Road. A bicycle lay smashed up near the scene of tie mishap. No details were avail/able Of tlv casualties at the time Of going to press.
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  • 61 1 Reuter. BERLIN. April. 19—The Allied Control Council. wh>'h has been para'y:ied since Marshall Vassily Sokolovsky. the Soviet rommander, walked out on March 20. will not meet tomorrow. Its normal meeting date, it was officially stated here tonight. "No r»quest for a meeting has heen made by any of
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  • 51 1 Reuter. MANILA. April, 19.—Heads of I foreign povernmcnts including the I British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin. and high dignitaries of the Catholic Church were among those who congratulated President Quirino upon his assumption of office as chief executive of the Repul lie, it was reported this
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  • 425 1 ROME, Apr. 19—Premier Alcide De Gasperi's Christian toafc a- substantial lead over the Communist Front in every early return for the Senate in Italy's election. Returns from 621 of Italy's 41,648 precincts gave the Christian Democrats 200,516: Communist Front, 136,552; Independent Socialists, 60,739 votes. All but
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  • 73 1 The condition of Aloysius Beins, the S R C. soccer player who was injured in the game aga'nst the Amicubles at the Stadium yesterday, was reported as "quite satisfactory" this morning. After the game. Bans, who was hit by the ball on the light side of the
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  • 97 1 Reuter-AAP. SYDNEY, April 19. Two Brisbane temperance winkers will begin a world tour this month to survey drinki..g conditions and temperance work >n 15 countries. They are Mr. W. Green president of the Queensland Temperance League) and Mr. W. H. Jack (secretary) and thry
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  • 1343 1 TODAY'S TRACK NOTES....by ALLAN LEWIS Bukit Timah «II well patronised by visitor.; this morn when most horses caterer. for the Singapore Turf Chlb Summer Meeting did fast work. Nos. 2 and 3 tracks were In use but most of the fast work was done on
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  • 60 1 Late yesterday afternoon, a cru#d of about 70 labourers, men and women, gathered outside the Labour Office in Havelock Road, demanding wages which, they alleged, an contractor had not paid them. Police arrived on the scene and gave the crowd ten minutes' time in which to disperse.
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  • 96 1 U.P. LONDON, April. 19:—Melville Clark, a Syracuse. Now York, antique dealer Went to Buckingham Palace today to deliver |an old American music box as a belated wedding present to Princess Elizabeth. Clark demonstrated his gift to Private Secretary John Colville, and the tinkling strains of
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  • 57 1 U.P. NEW YORK. Apr. 19 Rubber futures close«! five to IS higher with eales of 72 contracts. Closing prices: April 22.70 nominal. May 22 25 bid. June 21.25 noni'nal, July 21.15 bid, August 20 89 nominal, September 20.70 bid. October 20 HO nominal, November 20.55 nominal. December 20.50
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  • 51 1 Reuter. Alderahot, April rt. Several putyera and tht refer** r, rt strut k by lightning in v violent thunderstorm during tht replay of an Army Poofboll Cup linal hen today. Tht referet ami four or five play* rs were taken to hospital. Tht match WOM abandoned Re
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  • 63 1 Arrangements have been made for •he publication in Singapore of reports of the proceedings of the Legislative Council meetings. The reports will be on sale to the public from the Government Publications Bureau 01 by direct order from the Government Printer. Recently a correspondent of the Tribune
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  • 96 1 Reuter. LONDON, APR. 19,—The first murder trial since the House ot Commons voted last week tc end the death penalty for murder, opened here today when a 22-year-old soldier. Donald 'George Thomas, was charged with slaying a policeman. The prosecution said Thomas fired
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  • 158 1 (FROM LIM KKNG 11 OR) LONDON. Apl. 19: -Today attended a session of Parliament during question time and visited some historic places inside the Parliamentary buildings. Captain L. D. Gammans. a former Malayan civil servant, showed us round and explained the significance of the Parliamentary institution
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  • 63 1 U.P. OSLO. APR. 19. -Foreign Minister Halyard M. Lange told a Military Society meeting in Oslo tonight that if Russia sought a separate military pact with Norway, it would be flatly rejected. Mr. Lange said he did not believe Russia would make such a move, however,
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  • 53 1 Reuter. Washington. Apr. 19. John L. Lewis, leader of the American United M ineworkcrs, was found guilty of < ontenpt of court today in a case arisina out of the recent strike of 400.000 soft coal miners. The judi/c announced he a on Id pronounce
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  • 27 1 Reuter. PARIS. Apr. 19: -Franc? and Burma are to exchange diplomatic missions, a communique from the French For« ign Office announced here tonight. Reuter.
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  • 590 2 SIXTEEN PERSONS, COMPRISING NINE CHINESE AND SEVEN INDIANS, ARRESTED ALLEGEDLY IN C ONNECTION WITH THE STRIKE IN THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR, WERE PRODUCED IN THE FIRST DISTRICT COURT YESTERDAY ON VARIOUS CHARGES INCLUDING CRIMINAL INTIMIDATION. PUBLICATION OF SFDI TIOUS DOCUMENTS AND DISTRIBUTION OF
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  • 394 2 world*\vidf or! MUNTCATIONS WORKERS TELECOMPT T INTER.v ATI ONA L HAVE REPLIED THAT THE LOCAL UNION'S \v\t t A i? AT In a letter to the SingancVe Union the P.TT. international, j whose headquarters are in J Borneo, pledged "strong moral assistance" and material
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  • 199 2 Jamea Buchanan, a seaman employed on H.M.S. Prince Salvor, who had been sentenced to seven years' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Justice Thorogood on charges of unlawfully carrying arms and unlawful possession of ammo, unsuccessfully appealed against sentence at the Court of Criminal Appeal. Singapore, yesterday. Mr.
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  • 89 2 Under sentence "of threj years' imprisonment imposed on him-by Mr Justice Jobling tor theft of a motor car head lamp, a Chinese youth, rang Peck Yong (17) had his sentenced reauccd to 18 months' imprisonment by the Court of Criminal Appeal. Singapore, yesterday. The President
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  • 106 2 Arrested in October, last year, for being allegedly concerned in the looting of bales of canvas from th e 223 BOD Kiat Kong, Chua Chu Kang Road, Sng Jin Yuan, who had been on a $500 bail, dieJ recently. His death was brought to the
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  • 604 2 THE INQUIRY HELD INTO THE DEATHS OF THP THREE SINGAPORE TRISHAW PEDDLERS WHO OIFT, RECENTLY WITHIN A SPACE OF FIVE DAYS AT ?S GENERAL HOSPITAL FROM TETANUS CLOSED ypq TERDAY WHEN THE SINGAPORE CORONER MR Wn PORTER RECORDED AN "OPEN FINDING The men, all of whom
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  • 28 2 Reuter. TOKIO, Apr. 19.-The Jap. nese Government is not planrung a devaluation of the Yen Prime Minister Hitoshj Ashida tom a press conference in Kyoto yesterday.--Reuter.
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  • 289 2 AT THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL SINGA 'PORK. YESTERDAY, A RETRIAL WAS ORDERED ™THE j APPEAL OF YEO CHENG HAN AND CHUA AH BOX .WHO HAD BEEN SENTENCED TO EIGHT YEARS' RIGOROUS IMPRISONMENT AND 12 STROKES OF THE RO CH LAST YEAR N A
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  • 45 2 Three n Paralysis ha T -v (Singapor, T n formed lh( in an 1; theti chiIf] crowds an•< O meats s A u v ''ays aor peaa children have con Whfh believe thai exist, parents take their childten creeds an
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  • 526 3 Three days before Labourers of the Singapore hour Board went on strike (on Saturday April u letter written to M.. Patarajoo, Secretary ot tin Singapore Harbour Labourers' Union, from Mr p Veerasenan, concurrently President of the H.B.L-U. and of -he Singapore Federation of tde
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  • 134 3 Kt'ALA LUMPUR, Apr. 19. A Chinese, Hoh Kam Cheng, employed as a detective, was this morning charged in the District Court with having entired away 1 woman named Lui Yoke Leng whom he had reason to believe was the wife of Chan Ah Choo, a
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  • 54 3 Reuter. rokio. Apr 19. Mi Patrick Shaw, head of the Au:> t.alian mission in Tokio, returned by air yesterday fron Canberra. Australia. Afte arriving at Kurc. Briti-i Commonwealth occupation iorce headquarters, he dined with the Commander-in-Chief BCOF. Lt -Gen H. C. Robertson and flew to
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  • 358 3 (From Our Own Reporter) KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. 19 A young married Indian woman name Sivapakiam, employed as a weeding coolie at the Vivere Eestate, Kuala Selangor alleged at the Assizes this morning how she was carried away while asleep by an elderly Sikh
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  • 66 3 (Tribune Stuff Reporter* A squad of about 30 policemen was rushed to a sawmill iin Lavender Street yesterday afternoon when a gang of intimidators attempted to interfere with the workers. 'I he trouble makers promptly dispersed on the arrival of the Police. Then were no untoward incidents
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  • 84 3 I Andre Stravens. a native of i Madagascar, who was formerly a food control inspector In the Food Control Department. Sin- gapore, was convicted in the Fourth Criminal District Court yesterday on charges of impersonation and extortion and hound over for a period of two years
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  • 106 3 Ramasamy < 15) and Man'k- kam (19) who had been sentenced to three y.ars imprisonment by Mr. Justice Jobling for the theft of d jeep wheel and tyre, appealed against sentence at the Court of Criminal Appeal yesterday. Ramasamy told the court that h<.. did not
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  • 55 3 U.P. WASHINGTON. Apr. 18.The International Tin Study Group composed of representatives of 13 of the principal tin producing and consuming countries on Monday commences six days session here to review the world tin situation. It will open with an address of welcome by the United States Assistant
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  • 298 3 IPOH. Apr ll>. A parang attack on an Indian woman while she was working fan rubber estate, on Aug. 22 last year, had its sequel in the Police Court before Che Ja'al when a. preliminary inquiry was held into 'he circumstances leading to
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  • 701 3 MALACCA, Sunday—A sequel to the holding up of a Malay sampan returning from Batu Panjang in Sumatra with a cargo of rubber and arecanuts by four Chinese in a motor boat near Pulau Hanyut and subsequent robbery of the cargo valued at 32,200 by the
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  • 260 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter. Lt-Col. Anton Muttukumaru. OBE. Officer.in-Chai ge of the administration 01 Ceylon's Defence Force, who will be returning to Ceylon on Thursday, will complete his report on conditions of Ceylonese troops in Malay i and of the mutiny at Woodlands only on his return
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  • 125 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. 19. I A Chinese, Lye Nee Siew employed as a clerk in the goods section of the Road Transport Department, Kuala Lumpur, appeared before the District Judge, this morning on two charges of having received illegal gratification. The charges were explained to the accused and
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  • 89 3 A car, which was recovered five hours after it was missed I from where the owner had parked it. formed tlv subject !of a tentative charge of thelt which was preferred again./. I Tan Keng Song (24) befor- Seventh Magistrate A. O. Shears, yesterday. The
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  • 147 3 FLNANG. April 10: —A resolution by Mr. S. T. Rama- j krishnan that "this meeting of members (»1 the Indian Chamber Of Commerce. Penang, requests the Government of India to appoint a trade Commissioner for Ma- Laya" was unanimously carried at the annual general body
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  • 49 3 Noor Mohamed (33). an Indian, alleged to have Ufe4 force to commit a serious offence on a married womar. in her room in Jalan Kayau village, was produced on a tentative charge of rape before Seventh Magistrate A. G. Shears, yesterday. Noor was remanded until Apr. 26.
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  • 821 4 The death sentence in Britain is now suspended for five years. It is unlikely that it will be re-intro-duced, for in five years' time the abolitionists will be in a position to clamour that such a step would be retrograde in the extreme. The Commons decision was by
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  • 118 4 The British Parliamentary Mission headed by Sir Ralph Glyn, Conservative M.P., has begun a fortnight's tour of Nigeria to investigate the manner in which the grant under the Colonial Development and Welfare Fund is being expended. The Chief Secretary of Nigeria, Mr. Hugh Foot, emphasises that
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  • 1274 4  -  By Dodwell Cooray Field Marshal Pibul Songgram. Premier of Siam from 1938 to 1945, returns to guide the destinies of his country after a lapse of three years. Last week the Khuang Government headed by Nai Khuang Aphaiwongse resigned. Siam's new Premier stepped in during
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  • 426 4 Sir, I read the article un- I der the caption "Clerks: Shab- 1 bily Dressed and Undernourish- ed" published in your paper last Monday with great interest, and I feel that it may do some good somewhere if I
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  • 172 4 Sir, Heated discussions and vehement denunciations time and again fill the air on such vital subjects as "Birth Control" the greatest evil that threatens to upset the equilibrium of the world. The advocates of birth control exaggerate the growth of population and magnify the burden of poverty anil
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  • 81 4 Sir, The present deck fare of $95 from Singapore to Hongkong which is six times the prewar rate is rather unbearable for the common labourers and poorer class. In comparing with those cabin class rates which are only twice the prewar, it sounds far from fair. The deck
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  • 325 4 MANILA in the event of war and the Philippines is cut off from her gasoline supl es abroad, can this country expect to produce a satisfactory transportation fuel? Interviewed o n this vital question by the Manila limes, Major Florencio A. Medina, chief of the research
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  • 257 5 TAIPING, Apr 19 A veriict of death by misadventure j .vas returned by the Taiping Coroner. Che Ismail, at the inquest held into the death of reoh Kooi (38) who met with a tragic end while working at the quarry at Kampong Jelai Batu Kurau
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  • 136 5 The Tanjong Pagar and P:sir Panjang Local Indian Congnss is launching v Campaign for adult education among Indians in tin-, area. A free night class will be started it the premis">1 the Local Indian Congresit 507. Kampong Ba l .ru Rf-ad. Singapon Elementary I ami! will be
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  • 41 5 U.P. MILAN, Apr 19 A third attempt in 24 hours to seize or blow up a government arsenal of North Italy by alleged terrorists was made just before midnight, military authorities announced here. CP.
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  • 493 5 Reuter. JERUSALEM. The big show-down between Arabs and Jews once the British mandate ends is likely to develop into a war of attrition. That is the consensus of opinion in the best-iniormed c rcles in Palestine today. It will be a battle of communications
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  • 205 5 fTribune stuff Fe]»>rt< r). The Siamese Consul-General in Malaya, Luang Ratanadlb, yesterday morning hoisted the Siamese flag over a newly ac--1 quired Siamese vessel in S ngapore Harbour. The vessel is the 554 rf'ions j motor ship, Sai Buri, named after a province in South Siam.
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  • 47 5 Reuter. CANTON. Apr. 19 Twenty odd Chinese students, held in custody as suspected ringleaders of the anti-Rritish rioting on January 16 which led to the burning of British property in Shaineen. are to be arraigned before a special tribunal appointed by Nanking. Reuter.
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  • 64 5 Reuter. BERLIN, Apr. 19: The Ali lied Council, which has been oaralsed since Marshal Vassily I Sokolovsky. the Soviet commander, walked out on March 20, will not meet tomorrow, its normal meeting date, it was officially stated here tonight. "No request for a meeting has been made
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  • 71 5 Reuter. PARIS. Apr. 19. A Saigon despatch today from the Agmct Fiance Presse said that a French journalist, M. Felix 8010 had a narrow escape last night when a grenade expioded at his feet. Two men, believed to be Vietnamese (Indo-chinese Nationalists) threw the gre
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  • 44 5 London. Apr. 19. The British court of inquiry into he circumstances of the collision between a British airliner and a Soviet tighter over Berlin on April 5 has reported that there was no evidence •hat the collision was anything but an accident.
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  • 1453 5 A traffic cop and a Chinese boy cyclist were involved in a collision at Kelawei Road near College Avenue. Penang. Both of them were slightly injured and were sent to the General Hospital. Col. J. Steele. Senior Chaplain af G.H.Q.. F.A.R.E.L.F.. has re- Ived a letter from
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  • 38 6 On April 17, 1948 at 29, Church Street. Malacca of Madam Kuan Si at the age of 74, beloved mother of Leong Soo Kan of Poh Hin Rubber Co., Muar Funeral on April 21st at 12 noon.
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  • 931 6 The ashes of the late Mervyri Le Wynne, Deputy Inspectoi General of Police, Straits Settle merits, who died during the internment in Pladijoe. Sumatra, on April 4, uir, were laid tc rest at the Bidadari Cemeter> yesterday afternoon. The cere mony was attended by a
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  • 219 6 Reuter. j January Mr. M< c 7 D( 'P ut .V to Foreign secretary Etrncst nounced in the House oi Commons that the Govern '»ent believed the document to be genuine. Today answering a question, he -aid that exhaustive «wlulrie ß had led the Government
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  • 54 6 Reuter. Tokio, Apr. 19. Two morv shipments of LARA (licensea agencies for relief in Asia* food arrived in Japan from the United States this week aboard the steamers, Pacific Bear and President Jefferson. SCAP's Public Health and Welfare Section announced today. The shipments and 79 tons
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  • 166 6 Reuter. LONDON. APR. 19._Litt!e of interest has emerged from today's idle session of the London stockmarkets. Despite lack ot attention p.-.ces remained steady whilst British Government securities moved one eighth higher as a result of nibbling by few buyers. Thr fctfUn elections continue t 0 have a
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  • 73 6 ruunu guiuy on a charge of theft of 32 military tyres from the tyre section of No. 2 subdepot. 223 8.0.D.. Keat Hong Chua Choo Kang Road, on the morning of February 29 last Tan Chye Kam. a Hokkien. was sentenced to 20 months' rigorous
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  • 29 6 Mr. R. H. Green has been appointed a member of the Singapore Prison Enquiry Committee in place of Mr. John Bber who has resigned on account of in health.
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  • 255 6 PENANG, Apr. 19.—The Muslim Orphanage committee has launched a campaign to obtain funds for the building of a big orphanage complete with dormitories, classrooms, hall and workshoD. me cost of such a building lis estimated at $20,000. and tl\. committee ha& appealed ito the Endowment
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  • 57 6 Reuter-AAP. SYDNEY. Apr. 19. Purchased for the Marylands Stud. Castle Hill, near Sydney. Gaekwar's Pride ii, due to arrive in Australia from England in three months. Formerly owned by the Maharaja of Raroda. Gaekwar's Pride, winner of nine races, is a satyer. and should be
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  • 74 6 MALACCA. Apr. 19. —An armed robbery cm the seas off Malacca has been reported to the Malacca Pnhrc. authorities bg the returning crcji of the pirated vessel. ft is learned that a Chm r sr motor tomgkaug was returning front Sumatra when mix arm'd Chinese, using
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  • 90 6 Lim Yew Keng. who worked in hhe "Current Accounts' section of the Chartered Bank, was discharged when a four-day preliminary in. quiry into a tentative charge of forgery was concluded before Seventy Magistrate A. G. Shears, yesterday. The Court sat until 6.15 p.m. Throughout
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  • 44 6 U.P. Batavia. April 19. Former Premier Sutan Sjahrir. recalled from Singapore last week by President Sukarno for consultations, told the Indonesian newspaper "Merdeka" here today that the Indonesian office in Singapore will shortly open a branch in Penang —U P,
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  • 270 6 LONDON, Apr. 19- Britain istfjH sation for the loss of the Bri-ish \v' with 14 lives after a collision wi i fighter over Berlin on April 5 Mr Ernest Bevin. the For. tJuls eign Secretary, told the kind" House of Commons this today
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    • 313 6 THE BANKRIPTCv ORDINANCE (CHAPTER tS, j In the High Court tf the Colony of SingajK:? Island of fjiacmm In Bankruptcy v, 1940. Re S J JOSEPH Koon Seng R r i Teacher. Notice is hereby j m a F'rst dividend is nte hn he aeclared :r. tail nt ler A'
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  • 488 7 FOOTBALL NEWS AND VIEWS BY SPECTATOR MAI.AY A may have 'inter-1 port" games with Hong Hong this season. In Singapore today is Mr. Jack Skinner. Chairman of the Hong Kong! Football Association, who will he shortly proceeding to Kuala Lumpur to meet Mr.
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  • 202 7 TIGERS meet the Indians at the Stadium in today's first division match. Indians had been falling off badly, and their narrow defeat of bottom team Signals wasn't convinc :ng proof that they have improved. Full points to the Tigers. Other games today Div. 2. Indians vs. Ft.E. Base
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  • 140 7 A TEAM OF FOUR MALAYAN CHINESE BAOMINTOV STARS WILL PARTICIPATE IN E X HI BIT lON GAMFS DURING THE CHINA OLYMPICS. FRASER AND NEAVF AND MALAYAN EREWERIFS WILL EACH PAY FOP TuZ EXPENSES OF TWO PLAYERS The Secretary of the Malayan Chinese Organising Committee for
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  • 102 7 Reuter. LONDON, Apr. /9.— India's erieket team which toured Australia lust year was today held up as a shining example of democracy by Do,i Bradman, Australians famous ricket captain. Speaking at a luncheon giver to the Australian erieKet team by the Royal Empire Society. Bradman said:
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  • 74 7 Piayers to represent the Shell Sports Club against the Serangorn Rangers B.P. in a friendly game of badminton next Sunday will be selected from the following: Arthur ,Lee, The Tjong Ann, Ng Heng Kwang Hen Sink Tiang, Soo Thoo Soot, Tan Kwang Lee, Choo
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  • 130 7 Playing at the Playfair i Court last Sunday, before a large gathering the playfair 3.P. <'B" team defeated the Merridale "B" Team (Balestier Section > by five games to two Results 'Playfair B.P. players mentioned first) are: SINGLES: Low Siak Liang beat Low Men? Chim 8-15, 15—12,
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  • 77 7 Members of th< Rex Badminton Party are remained that the annual anniversary picnic is to be held on April 25, at Moonlight House, (Bedok end). Entertainment will be provided by Baby Low and his Hawaiian Rythm Boys. Transport will bp available before 9.00 a.m. at the Ka.
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  • 57 7 The following ties in the Marigold Badminton Party tournament will t> played or April 25 at 12 noon: School Boy (Semi-final): Scan Peng GnUp vs Koh Keng Hock, Seah Kee Thong v s Koh Chong Seng. C Singles (It round): Bean Kee Sing vs Choo Peng Kng.
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  • 390 7  -  (By ALLAN LEWIS) Mr. Wee Hian Seng, who recently went to Sydney on a flying visit. returned to Singapore last Friday. Whilst in Sydney Mr. Wee purchased seven yearlings as follows Bay colt by Valiant Chief (800 guineas*. half-brother to Limarlie, who has won his j
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  • 250 7 On yesterday's game j J 1 DOLL J tj plucky Bern* fully revised what he uv is doing when he lapped the ball into the net to (five the i Rocs the equalising goal. It was f few seconds after i this goal that he collapsed. j S AAA.
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  • 1464 7 After being two goals down early in the game, the Singapore Recreation Club staged a Great rally in the .\--cond half, equalising in the closing stages of play. The three A's were lucky to get a point, for. but f° r an unfortunate
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  • 252 7 A forceful knock of 102 ruaal (retired) by Bin! enabled the I R.A.F Seletar to defeat the Singapore Clarke Rangers at j cricket by 3 wickets and 147 runs played at Seletai on Sunday. Syrett of the RAF bowled splendidly to capture 5 wickets
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  • 171 7 The Singapore Indian Association defeated the Serangoon Association by 5 2 in a tabletennis match played at the former's premises. This is the fourth consecutive win for the Indians. Results (Indians Assn. players mentioned first I: Singles S. Suppiah beat Chua 800 Lim I 3-0; Sardool
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  • 175 7 Reuter. LONDON. Apr 19: rhe cards n 1,1,1 UN guinea the Derby and the Vict •i Cup w<m, called over at th Vict- ria dub, London, tod 1 1 My Babu hardened t<> 7-4 tuj the 2,000 guineas aftei being backed at 2-1 md his price for
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  • 347 8 UP. and Reuter. NANKING, Apr. 19. Chiang Kai-shek was elected the first Constitutional President of China by the National Assembly this afternoon. Chiang received 2.430 of the 2,734 votes cast, soundly beating his lone opponent. Judicial Yuan President Chu Cheng, who polled 269 votes.
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  • 129 8 Reuter. LONDON, April 19. The managing director of a London restaurant which rt fused to supply a meal to a coloured person Mr. Tom Sottiu, a West African lecturer at London University —ham expressed hie regret and given in nnqualijled undt i taking to prevent a recurrence. When
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  • 31 8 Reuter. LONDON. Apr 19. -The following are Football results: SECOND DIVISION Leicester 0. Birmingham 0 THIRD DIVISION Southport 2. Hartlepool* 0 SCOTTISH -A" DIVISION. Hibernians 5. IfotherWel] 0. —Reuter.
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  • 26 8 The Malaya Tribune XI will play a likndly soccer gam? against the Borneo Motors XI at the Victoria School ground to-morrow at 5.15 p.m.
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  • 122 8 Reuter. WASHINGTON. April 19:Gratr Reynolds, a Negr.), giving i videnee before the Hotise Aimed Services Com. mtttee here today, said a nation-wide campaign of civil di bedlence had been started in protest against th, segregation ol races within the American armed forces. Reynolds was
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  • 53 8 About loo persons, including officers ol CCMP and FAR ELF, attended the dnnei and dance given by the Colo nial Cricket C lub on Sunday evening. The CCMP Band was in attendance. The Colon al Cricket Club was the first club to revive cricket in the Colony
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  • 45 8 Reuter. RANGOON. .April. 19.—Ninety Communists were killed in an engagement with the Knchin Rifle: in village in tin- Pyinmana district uf Central Burma, the AttU-FaScist People's Freedom League announced today. Tlie vi! age waa burnt, and 200 rifles raptured, it was .stated.— Reuter.
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  • 187 8 Reuter. DUESSELDORF, Apr. 18.—U Thu Nanda, a Buddhist Hign Abbot from Rangoon, arrived in Duesseldorf from Paris today t 0 visit German Buddhist communities in the Ruhr and other parts of Western Germany It was the first time in the history of German Beddh sm that
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  • 178 8 Reuter. WASHINGTON. APR. 19. The International Tin Sludy 'Group opened It? second meeting hor~ today. Thirteen j countries are represented mi eluding ihe United States, the I United .Kingdom and Bolivia The Uniied Kingdom deleI Ration, headed by Mr. Harris jof ihe Ministry of Sappy la
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  • 111 8 Reuter. SHANGHAI. Apr. 20: lhGovernment headquarters In Notth (lama distributed to needy pei pie over ioo.ouj tons of foodstuffs seised from the Communists in th i recent successes of Gen. Fi. I Tso-yia troops in central Hop. 1. according to Chinese reports from Peiping. It is officially
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  • 161 8 Reuter. Capetown, April in. Pt< Id-Marshal Jan Si/iuts South African Premier, told the British Empire Service League con fere k* re today: "Germany is dead, possibly for the next tOO years, just as she lets for l- r >o year ajtt r the 100 Years War
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  • 186 8 Reuter. COLOMBO. A Dr. 19. Dis closing that an effort was being made by the Leftist Groups to hand over Ovlon to Russia, the Prime Minister Mr. D B Senanayake. pleaded for a united front for th*> protection of 'our eountrv' against this menace The occasion
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  • 157 8 (Tribune Staff Reporter,. Salemn Requiem High Mass in memory or the late President Manuel A. Roxas, who died last Friday of heart failure, was conducted by the Bishop of Malacca (Mgr. M Olcomendy» in the presence of high local dignitaries and consular representatives. The catafalque which
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  • 349 8 The following are the hat dicaps for the First Day of the Singapore Turf Club summer meeting, Saturday, April 24: HOKSES CLASS 2 Div 1 —5i Furs Ascot Vale 9 00 Christmas 8.10 Victory Mixch 8 10 Elegant Art 8X9 Ailantas 808 Lucky Atv 8.05 Rivian
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  • 117 8 Reuter. LONDON, April 19. Mr. Hi rbt rf If leaden of the Labour Party, n th- Housi day promised effective action- against L Parliament who sent the telegram to Bia> The Speaker ruled that there was n for a Committee of Privileges to he appou
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  • 394 8 Reuter. LONDON, Apr. 18.—For mon Howard Walton. 31-year-old Roy tennis champion, has staved to aehu recently bestowed upon him -that of reni Brit am in the Davis Cup. He is expt I singles together with Tony MoUram round tie auainst India at Harrow starling on
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  • 95 8 Ar. Yon- Mun Sen. well known artist, who recently commissioned to do a series of pictures of Malayan Industries for the exhibition at the British Industries Fair, will be holding an exhibition of his paintings in the Singapon a n oval Hall from April .'iO to May
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  • 297 8 Reuter and UP. Berlin, April 18. Mr. R rt Magidoff, American rad porter expelled Iron Rani, said when lie rurtv< d by air today that he an his secretary had Mot in od him as a spy on her a initiative. "She was probably eal and told
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  • 84 8 The now Resident p" atoner of Penang, M r ton. is expected to t lite next month from M r Wisdom, arho has I* P Acting H. C. stoc tun of M..S.N.K on leave. Mi. Hid are Loth expected to r; Penang on May 2 b
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