Malaya Tribune, 30 April 1948

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    64 1 The Malaya Tribune BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Larger Sales than any Afternoon Paper in Malaya HimnUaneonsly "tXuala Lumpur. Ipoh d\ Penang. T( If (rrams: "Trifmne R'pore." Telephone: 5811 (9 lines J. EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS The MALAYA TRIBUNE London Agents Messrs. Colin
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    $32 MILLION HOUSING PLAN TO GO BEFORE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    442 1 SI T MayBe A bsorbed By Singapore Govt. NEW HOMES FOR 40,000 IN TWO YEARS (Tribune Staff Reporter) The Singapore Housing Committee's final Report, recommending a A hree-year, $32 1 million 'Mas'er Plan' for the planning and building of the future
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    "BACK PAY NOT FOR CREDITORS"
    123 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Mr. A. P. Rajah, a Municipal Commissioner, will move at this arternoon's Municipal meeting a motion to ensure that Municipal back pay granted for the period of Japanese occupation I'alis only into the hands of the widows or other dependants, and not
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    CUP GAME POSTPONED
    31 1 The Malaya Cup fixture between the Combined R.A.F. and the Combined ArmyNavy, for tomorrow at Jalan Besar Stadium, has been postponed to a date to be announced later.
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    4's Company 5's A Riot
    78 1 Mr. 7. C B'trry, the C./.JJL^ f.'fci*?/, fo/,/ r/jc Pres* f/u* morning that beginninn from tomorrow, May Dwi, on// person* forming n pi .s.s/i m -■r a«K inbtinu in gi'orups u ill br prosecuted. s ti< addt il th >t five 01 '»//.</» jmtmmu together
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    PIG DEALER ROBBED
    120 1 A Chinese pig dealer from Johore who came to Smgaport was robbed Of $900 in cash b> thne compatriots near the railway station at about 7 p.m. >estei day. lit had soid his pigs and was intending to return to Labis when the th're<« men accosted him
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    BURNT to DEATH
    48 1 Reuter. SHREWSBURY. Apr. 29.Mrs. Edith Mary Harper and her three-year-old daughter, Patricia, were burned to death and her husband and four othei young daughters were seriously injured when their home in Copthorne Road, Shrewsbury, caught fire today. Two firemen were hurt in the rescue attempts.—Reuter.
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    Siamese Border Rising Quelled
    156 1 Reuter. BANGKOK, Apr. 29 —Peace was speedily restored in Siam's southern districts adjoining Malaya where an anti-Government uprising broke out earlier this week, it was officially announced here tuday. The announcement said 30 "rebels" and six members of the Siamese police force were killed in the
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    NECKLACE FOUND
    50 1 Reuter. LONDON. Apr. 29.—A £3,000 pearl necklace lost in Loudon on Monday by Miss Susan Warren Pearl, daughter ot a United States diplomat, has been f mud m a Kensington arcade by a maid, Mrs. Esther Rodder oi i tmum°rsmith. She is c aiming a $370 rew.nd. iteuier.
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    APPEAL TO ABDULLAH
    41 1 l.Akr. Apr. 29.— tin- United Nations Consular Commission in Pulestine has appealed to King Abdullah of an: jordan "in the strongest terms" to abstain from "any mUtary decisions or acts," the 'ommisaioa reported to the Security Council today.
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    WINNING GOAL
    57 1 Currie, the Combined RAF. goalkeeper lies helpless on the ground while Jejferies makes a rain bid to stop the ball crossing the line an incident from yesterd<iy's soccer at the Stadium. This goal proved the deciding point in a match which was won by the Malayan Chinese. Scorer
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    EQUAL PAY FOR WOMEN
    105 1 Reuter. LONDON. Apr. 29 -The High Commissioner for India, Mr. V. K. Krishna Menon, summoned a staff meeting at India H<n<se today to announce that in future there would he (quality of service and opportunity for both sexes in the service of the Government of India
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    Jews Accept "Cease-Fire"
    279 1 Reuter and U.P. JERUSALEM, Apr. 30.—After British rocket f ring Spitfires had put on a demonstration over Jaffa today Jewish Irgun-Haganah forces ceased fire and accepted an 18 hour truce, it was stated officially here tonight. The British Commissioner in Tel Aviv sat in on the truce
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    PALESTINE ACT BECOMES LAW
    47 1 LONDON, Apr. 29. The Palestine Act, which provides for the ending of British jurisdiction in Palestine when the British mandate is surrendered on May 15, became law with the givmg of the Royal assent. The Act had passed through both Houses of Parliament.
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    Union Defence Chiefs Meet
    112 1 Reuter. LONDON, APR. 29. The Defence Ministers of the five Western T'nion countries and their service chiefs meet here tomorrow to discuss security plans for Western Europe. One of the first subjects .'or discussion will be possible supplies of arms from the I'nited States and perhaps
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    80,000 Tons Surplus Rubber Estimated
    344 1 Reuter. WASHINGTON, APR. 29. —At the concluding session here today of the fifth meeting of the Rubber Study Group it was announced that British Government's Invltathe group had accepted the tion to hold its next meeting at Kuala Lumpur, Malaya, early in 1940. The Group
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    HERMIT DIES
    44 1 Salisbury, Apr. 29. —Charles Coule, 72, ot Ljv-i.li yar;.i cot Uiges, Dean, who for years lived as a hermit, died in an mbulance on its way to Salisbury Infirmary today after he had been found lying on the floor of his home.
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    NEW SOVIET OUTRAGE
    67 1 Reuter. VIENNA, Apr. 29. Ame rican authorities announced tonight that a Russian navu, party boarded an American teased ship on the Ranuh*» an-, threatened to shoot the Ha<; down. The vessel had broken down The Russians ordered the American sergeant in charg. to lower the American flag
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    Smiling Through Best Time
    231 1  -  By ALLAN LEWIS All horses, excepting a few, were confined to slow work at Bukit Timah this morning when No. 2 track was opened for fast work only and the outside of the course proper for slow work. Of the ones that did fast work. United
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    STOP PRESS
    93 1 Scratchings and order of running for tomorrow's i RACE 1.- Class 3, Div. 6, 6 furs. Nil. RACE 2. Class 2, Div. 6, 6 furs. Royal Borough, Rima. RACE 3. Class 2, Div. 3, 6 furs. Grand Hill. RACE 4. Class 1, Div. 1, 5| furs. Sovereignty. "RACE
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      22 1 TODAYS WEATHER Scattered showers this afternoon becoming fine tonight. Temperatures in past 24 hours: Max. 91 degrees. Min. 75 degrees. Rainfall: Nil.
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    WAR DAMAGE PAYMENTS: SCHEME TO BE DISCUSSED ON MONDAY
    295 2 (From Our Own Reporter) KUALA LUMPUR, APRIL 29.- THE COMMISSION-ER-GENERAL FOR MALAYA. THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR THE FEDERATION AND THE GOVERNOR OF SINGAPORE WILL DISCUSS THE DETAILS OF THE SCHEME FOR WAR DAMAGE PAYMENTS AT SINGAPORE ON MONDAY. MR. J.J. CARSON,
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    AMALGAMATION OP AIR LINES
    72 2 Reuter. Canberra, April 28. Asked by an Opposition member whether amalgation of Australia's two major airlines was being considered, Mr. Joseph Chifley, the Premier, said in the House of Representatives today that discussions with airline representatives had covered a wide range but it would be a
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    PROBE INTO K.L. RIOTS
    179 2 (From Our Own Reporter) KUALA LUMPUR, April 29.—The Court of Inquiry into the recent rioting- by members of the Ceylonese Pioneer Corps at Circular Road commenced its sittings yesterday. Col. Murray of the Gurkha Riiles in presiding. A number of civilians, who were allegedly attacked by
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    TO K.L. RIOT COURT SEQUEL
    170 2 (From Our Oum Reporter J KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 —There was a sequel to Saturday night's rioting by the Ceylonese troops in Kuala Lumpur in the District Court yesterday when David, son of Munasinghe, was charged before Mr. B. G. Smith. District Judge. Accused claimed
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    A CORRECTION
    104 2 Mr. A. V. Rajagopal, Secretary of the Singapore Federation of Trade Unions, writes to the Tribune as follows: "In your issue of April 21, under the heading 'Unions approve City wide Strike' on page 3, you have published that Mr. Rajagopal, Secretary of the S.F.T.U. said that the
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    YOUTH GETS JAIL FOR EXTORTION
    241 2 A young well educated Chinese, Robert Gow, alias Kirn j Chai, was sentenced to nine month*' rigorous imprisonment I by the Third Police Magistrate, j Mr. F. B. Oehlers, when he wa" j found guilty of extortion and i impersonating a Government i official. The
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    INTER-ISLAND TRADE TALKS
    287 2 'Tribune Stafr Reporter,. At the monthly committee meeting of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce yesterday the difficulties of the inter-is-land trade were discussed. Mr. Kwek Soan Loh. President of the Singapore Overse;Chinese Importers and Exporters Association, informed thmeeting of his negotiationwith the Economic Affairs Department and with
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    SHB Wins Claim For 2 Lighters
    230 2 JUDGMENT IN FAVOUR OF THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD IN THE ACTION WHICH THEY BROUGHT AGAINST THE INTERNATIONAL TRADING SYNDICATE CLAIMING POSSESSION OF T W O 80-TON LIGHTERS WAS DELIVERED IN THE HIGH COURT YESTERDAY BY MR. JUSTICE JOBLING. THE PLAINTIFFS CLAIMED THAT THE LIGHTERS
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    INTIMIDATION ALLEGED AT PULAU BRANI
    168 2 Three Javanese were arrested by the Police at Pulau Brani on Wednesday afternoon in the area of the tinsmelting works where about 360 workers are on strike. The Straits Trading Company, who operates the tin works in the island, stated that work has completely stopped
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    Mr. Mac Donald's New Title
    193 2 The Rt. Hon. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. hitherto GovernorGeneral for Malaya, will assume the title of Commissioner General for the United Kingdom in South East Asia from tomorrow, May 1. says a London announcement received by the Special Commissioner's office in Singapore yesterday. The following
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    POLIO TOTAL NOW 28
    39 2 Three more cases of poliomyelitis were reported in Singapore yesterday, one being from the rural area. One Chinese child among the cases previously reported, died yesterday. Tlve total of cases notified to date is 28.
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    EUROPEAN FOOD INSPECTOR FINED
    111 2 Chief Inspector C. VV. Ro berts formerly attached to th Food Control Department, found guilty of abetting the concealment of 198 bags of Rangoon rice by the First Dis ,rict Judge, Mr. E. P. Shank? yesterday, and fined $500, o* MM month's rigorous imp ri sonment
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      411 2 ON YOUR RADIO TODAY BLUE NETWORK U p.m. Last News I Summary in Mandarin- 12 01 MALAY ENGLISH PRO^^AIVniES OB^ ay SS^^SS' PROHRAMMPG 19 J» N MALAY Amoy Selections; 1 p.m New JrKUUKAMMES g n mme SU ri in Manda Amoy CantoProm 12.00 noon to 2.00 fc» /S* S3 AnnounceRadiated
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    Anti-Bandit Campaign
    111 3 KOALA VoSSvS. R< =P°rte?» no documents oi r!Tn «eot wo, found The camp revealed s of r««t occupation. f o N far anofitS haV made V mm mUitarii torrmm xupplvd by Dakota aircraft Recently a short Police operation, in which the mili'oow £2 3 T C jOOk place
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    Labour Party Enters Political Arena
    296 3 A who rreetlj stood for election to the Legislative Council to represent the Municipal South-UW area, informed the Tribune yesterday that aSm ram, re l 2 hour Party would enter the political arena next" eT ♦v JL S party will be nex t to the
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    CO-OP. SOCIETY'S $1,177 PROFIT
    121 3 One hundred and seventeen oans amounting- to $21,52? vere granted by the Singapore Mercantile Co-operative Thrift .nd Loan Society, Ltd.. states fM annual report for the year nding Dec. 31, 1947. Of these. 106 loans totalling 512.553 remained outstanding It the end of the year, 63
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    GOVERNOR'S TOUR
    45 3 Capt. Douglas Snowden. A D.C. to H.E. the Governor ot Singapore, who accompanied him on his recent visit to the Coco.s-Kceling Islands and pnristmaa Island will describe the trip in a talk from the Blue Network of Radio Maiava Jt 9.45 p.m. today.
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    New Appointments
    29 3 Mr. W. K. Wilton has been appointed to act as Chief Surveyor Singapore. Mr. L. S. Himeley has been appointment to act as Deputy Chief Surveyor. Singapore.
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    JAIL BREAKS: JAP STYLE
    119 3 TOKIO, Apr. 29.—Three j hundred and twenty prisoners have escaped from Hiroshima prison during thy past six months by injectiny themselves with a drug which caused them to suffer acute diarrhoea, thereby obtaining medical certificates for their release, the Japanese press reported today. The instigator of
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    GOVERNOR'S TRIBUTE TO RAMAKRISHNA MISSION
    380 3 POR Fu^^HER^EDnrATmX'^ 0 THIS WORKSHOI THEIR CHARGE IS AnSoSs°tol? E t S££ HANS F» TO OTHER. SEFLL TO THEMSELVES. BUT USEFUL HJa Excellency the Qovtrior Sir Franklin Gimson. >aid this tribute to the RamaI trUut Mission yesterday j vhen he declared open the workshop built
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    2 HURT IN GUN DUEL
    148 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Chinese gunmen, surprised whiie in the act of robbing a Chinese temple In Kampong Batak. off Changi Road, staged a desperate gunfig>t about 9 a.m., yesterday. Following the battle, two men were arrested, one of whom was wounded in the arm, while
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    SFTU Accepts Ban, But Lodges Protest
    295 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) I Over a hundred delegate; from affiliated unions of ttu Singapore Federation of Trade Unions met last night at theii headquarters in River Valle\ Road and decided to call off th< mass meeting and procession planned for May Day. The meeting
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    RAID ON RED QUARTER
    72 3 Reuter. ROME, Apr. 28.-Some 500 Italian carabinieri and police raided Milan's Communist quarter of San Giuliand Milanese today and seized 60 rifles two machine guns and many hand grenades. The raid, carried out in 40 lorries accompanied by armoured cars, was in anticipation o' possible disorders
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    Ex-Premier Of Siam Goes To U.K.
    74 3 Reuter. Bangkok, April 28.—Ex-Pre-mier Luang Dhamrong NavaaJJJJW left for Hongkong on Monday by the Siamese airW *tT u Whi( i h hcs&n a new Bang-kok-Hongkong air service. Dhamrong said he was on a business mission" and denied 'tports he planned to visit Sin-i gapore
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    NORMAL CLASSES
    60 3 The Inspector of Schools Singapore, states that Normal Classes will meet at the usual times despite the extension of school holidays. Ist Year Classes will commence on Wednesday May 5 and Saturday, May 8. 1 2nd Year classes will com- mence on Thursday. May 6 and Saturday, May
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    New S.E.A. Offices
    49 3 As from May 1. the Secretariat for Economic Affairs will Floor of the Fulierton Building to be reached by Lift No t (opposite Whites ways). The pew telephone number for ail the staff (other than the Trade P u n Section > will be «>B7l (5 lines).
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    Port Swettenham Strike Continues
    142 3 (From Our Own Reporter j Kuala Lumpur, April 29. Harbour workers at Port Swettenham, who went on strike yesterday morning, are still out and fifteen ocean going steamers in the port are held-up. Negotiations between the employers and workers took place all day long and employers
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    OUTBURSTS AT CHINESE CHAMBER MEETING
    222 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter/. Vehement expressions of political opinion and outbursts jarred the atmosphere of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce yesterday when the committee considered the request of the Kuomintang Party for the loan of the hall on May 5 to celebrate Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's election
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    Compensation To Japan?
    1065 4 Details of the war damage claims proposals are now before the public. The suggestions arrived at are the outcome of discussions in London between representatives of the Colonial Office, the Treasury and the Board of Trade, and at these discussions Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, Malayan Commissioner-General, has
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    SCHOOL LEAVING AGE-18
    893 4  -  Britain's Educational Plans For The Future By Bint el Ballad I had not seen my friend for over two years. When we last saw each other in Sharia Soliman Pasha in Cairo, little did either of us dream that tms evening in 1948 would find us both
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    New Light On The Ancient Mayas
    340 4 MEXICO:— The key to many missing links in the history of the civilisation, of the ancient Mayas, who rilled the greater part of Central America more than 1,000 years ago, as well as to the ancient Mayan script is believe to lie in frescoes
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    Kedah Girls Emerge From Seclusion
    660 4 (By EMILE JOSEPH) Faced with age-old custom* and traditions, the early Ke dan pioneers of both educational and social advancement for girls found it oxtrem 'ly difficult to coax them out from the secluded cubicles of the Malay home. Of course, the State itself then
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    SERVICE "BIG 3" FOR TALKS
    74 4 LONDON. Apr. 28. Mi. A. V. Alexander. Define. Minister, and the three heads of *c armed forces, will form part t the British delegation to tne conference of Western Union Deience Minister.-- due to -t in in London on Friday. The heads are: Lord Montgomery.
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    NEW SOUND PROJECTORS FOR SINGAPORE'S "VIC"
    338 5 SEMI-EDUCATIONAL FILMS TO BE SCREENED (Tribune Staff Reporter) Singapore's pioneer talkie-house—the Victoria Theatre—is now being installed with two GaumontKalee sound projectors and will be used to screen ,emi-educational, cultural and documentary films In the near future. Work in the installation and other renovations is
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    Mad Dogs Prowl Bangkok
    137 5 Reuter. BANGKOK, Apr. 29. Mad prowl the streets of BangI ok, causing an epidemic of j di ophobia. During the first half of April, the Pasteur Institute here treated 133 cases of hydrophobia Fourteen of them proved fatal. According to the city health authorities, the spread
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    R.A.F. To "Bomb" Heligoland
    238 5 U.P. LONDON Apr. 29. RAF bombers plan to drop (iO tons of bombs on what remains of tho much-battered target of Heligoland at midnight tonight. The Air Ministry said 25 Lincoln bombers and 15 Lancaster, each carrying a single 1,000 pounder and lour 500 pounders will
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    "PASS US OR...." -TEACHER THREATENED
    121 5 Reuter. NEW YORK, Apr. Pom t stood by Miss Margaret John I. it hifih school t> 'it fi. r, tottny after shots had been find at her home and n mysterious telephone caH had :<'i>tl sin- would be "pushing up daisies" if she did not
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    OFFICES FOR PAKISTAN ENVOY
    58 5 Reuter. LONDON, Apr. 28. The BriI tish Health Ministry has orderled Chelsea London Borough Council to derequisition three j houses in Lowndes Square for I use as offices by the High Commissioner for Pakistan. The Council had previously refused an application for these houses because they
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    40-HOUR WEEK IS COSTLY
    208 5 AAR. SYDNEY, Apr. 29. The forty-hour week ha 3 caused Australia to lose a valuable export advant age, according to Mr. L. Withall (Secretary of the Associated Chambers of Manufactures of Australia) (The forty-hour week came into general operation in Australia at the beginning of 1918).
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    NO MEETING
    52 5 Reuter. Berlin, April 20. The office t the American Milit-<iy Gov* ■rnor, Gen Lucius D. Clay, .nnounced tonig.it tnat a. here had been no request foi x meeting of the Allied Control Council and no subject had >een put on the agenda, the Jouncil would not meet tomorrow.
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    Last-Minute Aid To Olympic Team
    289 5 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Mr. G. H. Kiat, hon. treasurer of the Malayan Chinese Olympic Contingent and chairman of the M.C.O.C. Finance Committee, wishes to thank all those who have contributed towards the general fund which has made possible for every selected candidate from the various
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    25 5 Reuter. WASHINGTON, Apr. 29.The United States is studying a request by Persia for a new credit of about $10,000,000. the State Department disclosed today. Reuter.
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    LONDON BANS POLITICAL PROCESSIONS
    151 5 Reuter. LONDON, Apr. 29. Public processions of a politicttl nature have been banned for three utonths within certain London boroughs. An official statement issued tonight says the Home Secretary, Mr. Chuter Ede, consented to make the order after being informed by the Commissioner of Police that
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    AUSTRALIA'S DEFENCE
    67 5 AAP. SYDNEY. Apr. Total strength of Australian defence forces was 43.694. the Minister for Defence I Mi. J. J. Dedman) announced. Numerical strength of the arms of the services, said Mr. Dedman, was Royal Australian Navy, 11,107 (including 6.859 in trie permanent and 4.248 in the mterim forcesi;
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    NEW I.C.I. CHIEF FOR S'PORE
    72 5 Reuter. Hongkong. April 29. The Hon. Mr. Ronald Dare Gillespie. Director of the Imperial Chemical Industries in China, leaves for Singapore from Yochow "his week-end to take charge of the 1.C.1, in Malaya. The Honourable Mr. Gillespie ■s a member of the Legislative Council. Chairman
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    RAF CONFERENCE
    64 5 Reuter. London, Apiii 29. Marsh, f the Royal Air Force Lot 'odder. Chief of the Air Staf >pened his annual confereuc lere today of Home and over eas R.A.F. commander -i' thief, members of the Air Council and representatives o he Canadian, Australia, Nev. Zealand and South African
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    ST. JOHN'S MEETING
    42 5 A public meeting will be held in the Municipal Committee Room at 5.15 p.m. today to revive the Singapore St. John Ambulance Association. Sir Fianklin Gimson, the Governor, will be in the chair. All interested are invited to attend.
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    MALAYAN NEWS BRIEFS
    1323 5 Mr. T. A. E. Barker, Actng Assistant Director of Edu ation (Indian), visited Kedal a.-t week. Rev. Father Francis Lek vho is the Parish Priest 0) Sukit Mertajam and Permn ang Tinggi was feted last /tc.c by tne parishioners o Vr Matang Tingi to a tea >
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    CONCRETE RUNWAY
    147 5 Reuter. BANGKOK. Apr. 29.—Bang- kok's airport at Don Muang. ir j the eastern suburbs of the city j will soon have a new concret» runway capable of supporting airplanes weighing one hundre< I tons. The construction of the new runway is in the hands of ar American firm,
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    HEAD POSTMAN AWARDED I.S.M.
    109 5 Inche Ahmat bin Marsome Head Postman of the General Post Office, Singapore, has been iwarded the Imperial Service Medal. Inche Ahmat bin Marsome las served the Postal Depart nent loyally and faithfully for he past 35 years. He and his family suffered a great deal luring
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    33 5 U.P. LONDON, Apr. 28.—Eleven-ear-old Andrew Balfour, the /oungest son of Lord Balfour, jvas shot to death last night it his father's estate in Scotland, while cleaning a rifle, it was disclosed today. -U.P.
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    GOVT. DEAF TO CHURCH'S APPEAL FOR "BACK PAY"
    360 6 WE WILL SEEK TO FIND OUR BUTTER ELSEWHERE." SAYS THE BISHOP OF SINGAPORE RT REV LEONARD WILSON. IN THIS MONTH'S SINGAPORE DIOCESAN NEWS SHEET IN WHICH HE SAYS THAT DESPITE REPEATED APPEALS. GOVERNMENT HAVE NOT YET PAID THE DIOCESAN GRANTS FOR THE
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    JAIL AND ROTAN FOR PICKPOCKET
    97 6 A pickpocket was ordered to j receive six strokes of the rotan .in addition to six months' j rigorous imprisonment, by the j Third Police Magistrate. Mr. F. B. Oehlers. yesterday. He was further ordered to undergo police supervision for the period of one year.
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    Chinese Freed On Robbery Charge
    124 6 The trial of Lee Shoon Eng lon a charge of robbing Kang Ah Koi in a taxi on the evening of February 26 last on the way to Waterloo Street from j Taijin Road, coucluded at the Fifth Criminal District Court yesterday, when the District
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    Comeback Attempt By Nazis?
    48 6 U.P. FRANKFURT. Apr. 29.— Gen. Lucius D. Clay said toon f he expects strong political comeback attempt by Ger many's surviving Nazis'. Under American policy of freedom in politics there will increase of Nazis and persons who sponsored Nazis" in public life, he predicted.—U.P.
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    M.D.U. Condemns May Day Ban
    310 6 "The Labour Government in England canno* shirk responsibility for this hostile attitude towards the Malayan labour movement. Once again has th<Labour Government shown that it is labour only in name," declared a statement issued by the Malayan Democratic Union yesterday afternoon on the May Day
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    Chinese Grapplers To Meet
    180 6 The cream of Malayan Chinese grapplers will be in action at the Happy World Covered Stadium tomorrow night against "mixed" opposition. Topping the card is the Malayan Chinese heavyweight king. Son of Kong, and the Italian head-lock specialist. Leon Labriola. Three weeks ago. a large crowd
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    51 6 Reuter. Istanbul, April 29.- Bulgarians were reported by the press here today to have arrested a Turkish officer found on Bulgarian territory a few days ago after he had crossed the frontier in Thrace "by mistake." The Turkish Government has takm steps to secure the officer's release, it was stated.
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    "Protection Corps" Officials Jailed
    465 6 The curtain rang down on the trial of the four Committee Members of the Singapore Harbour Labourers' Union (Chinese Section) at eight o'clock last night. All four were found guilty of assisting in the management of an illegal society the Singapore Workers' Protection Corps, and sentenced
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    Tenancy Of Office Premises Disputed
    249 6 An action brought by Peat, j Marwick, Mitchell and Co. against A, M. Heddlc and Co! claiming possession of the office occupied by the defendants in Union Building was dismissed with costs, by Mr. Justice Jobbling in the High Court yesterday. The plaintiffs said that
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    RICE RATION BROADCAST
    17 6 Full details of new rice ration broadcast from Radio k tonight, at 8.18 p
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    AIRMEN WON'T GIVE S'PORE DEFENCE MUCH TROUBLE
    431 7 POST-MORTEM ON YESTERDAY'S CAME....by SPECTATOR SIX thousand spectators didn't see much of the R.A.F. blitz plan for the Malaya Cup games, but t'rte Malayan Chinese were just an edge the better team and th-eir margin gt victory was a fair indication of their
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    USEFUL B.P.
    93 7 The second strings of the Useful B.P. and the Playfair B.P. will meet at a badminton match of five singles and three doubles at the latter's court, Rangoon Road on Sunday at 2 p.m. The following have been chosen to represent the Useful 8.P.: —Teo Boon Eng. Khoo
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    73 7 The Social Athletic Party beat the Singapore Cricket Club at soccer on Wednesday by two goals to one. It was a fast and interesting game from start to finish. The S.C.C. scored first through one of their forwards and was equalised later by Tan Ching Meng. A pass by Bong
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    Social B.P. Win
    118 7 rhe Social Badninton Party itcd the Anchor Badmint Party by six matches to t the homr court last Sunday. The results were: Social B.P. players listed first): Mens Singles: Seah Kirn Hock beat Chua Hcng I*; C 1-15, 15-4, Lim Siong «;;rn boat Lawrence Ong LVIS 15
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    Handicaps For Tomorrow
    393 7 Below are the handicaps for tomorrow, the third day of the Singapore Turf Club Summer Meeting: HORSES CLASS 1. DIV. 1, ABT. 5\ FURS. Oriental 9.10 Minstrel Boy 9.04 Kashmiri Song 9.02 Liberty Man 9.01 King Arthur 8.13 Gold Casto 8.07 Sovereignty 8.06 Courtenay 7.12 High Street
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    Malayan Chinese Beat Airmen
    440 7 MALAYAN CHINESE 2; COMBINED RAF 1 FIELDING A FEW CHANGES AND DISPLAYING GOOD FORM. THE MALAYAN CHINESE BEAT THE COMBINED R.A.F. STDE BY THE ODD GOAL IN THREE AT JALAN BESAR STADIUM YESTERDAY. The first two goals were scored in the last five minutes of the
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    Rovers Draw
    183 7 A hard fought soccer match was played yesterday at St. George's Road ground when the Rovers Sports Club was held to a one-all draw by the R.A.F. (Sembawang) in a Div. II Soccer League match. A fast pace was set right from the start of the game, and
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    Second Division: Police Beaten By Penalty Goal
    194 7 Ist. Devonshire Regt. 1 Police 0 Scoring the only goal of the natch in a penalty re-kick '".he Ist. Devonshire Regiment iefeatod the Police in a second division league soccer fixture played at the Police Training School ground, yesterday. Play was pretty even
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    Walkover For R.E.M.E.
    76 7 Singapore District R.E.M.E. had to concede a walkover to the Social Athletic Party in th~ Div 111 Soccer League match yesterday when the R.E.M.E. team failed to turn up on time at the McNair Road ground. The team was half an hout late. The R.E.M.E. team, however,
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    Indian Association Cricket Teams
    221 7 The cricket teams of the Indian Association for the weekend will be Against Singapore Kangaroo."on Saturday, May 1, at CYMA ground (St. George's Road): S. M. Ally (Capt.), Rajah Arasaratnam, P. N. Krishnan, B. L. Goenka, Mohd. Shah, M. Rasiklal. R. S. Nadarajah, Fred Campos, F.
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    Hospital Youngsters Soccer Teams
    92 7 The teams to represent the Hospital Youngsters Ist and 2nd Eleven at soccer against the Blue White Rovers Ist and 2nd XI: at the Medical College Ground on Sunday, will be selected from the following: K. Jeevarajah. Mohindar Singh, Harrown. J. X. Carvello. S. Murugesu. R.
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    R.A.F. TEAM
    14 7 T/k Co. httt'd RAF team before tke match against th* MCFA fteterday.
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    37 7 U.P. TOKYO. Apr 2?». The Brat postwar trade mission to leave tram Japan left by alf wr India and Paktetaa t<» negotiate tor the procvrcmenl of jnt< and taw cotton f<>i th«* Consumption of Japan I .P.
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    BRITON WINS INTERNATIONAL ROAD RACE
    143 7 Reuter. Jersey. (Channel Islands), April 29. Fred Gerard. Leicestershire racing motorist, driving a British ERA, today won the International Road Race over 176 miles in which 22 of the leading British and continental drivers took part at Saint Helier. Gerard covered the 55 laps of
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    Malayan Sportsmen In Shanghai
    49 7 U.P. SHANGHAI, Apr. 29. A group of 27 Malayan Chinese sportsmen advance echelon to arrive for the National meet opening on May 5 arrived on Wednesday night. A spokesman of the group told officials here at the airfield that other groups would arrive shortly. U.P.
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    GOLD CASTE, SMILINNG THROUGH BEST BETS
    2313 8 TOMORROW'S RACE PROSPECTS BY ALLAN LEWIS (By ALLAN LEWIS) Th* Pl»»u events set down for tomor roy/. third of Singan'-re Turf Club's S n m m c Meeting, are visions 1 and J! for 1 Hordes t< be run r*v«r s'/« furlongs and which
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    GOVERNOR'S CUP WEIGHTS
    68 8 The following are weight* for the Governor's Cup race. *o Im* run on Saturday, May 8 GRAND PRIX II ft 07 «nvF rt,A«s{ 9 04 nnsrwEM/s BOY 8 0"» CAME LAW 8 00 KING MIDAS 8 00 ECLIPTIC 7.18 DO F'RLE FIVE 7.12 CRISPIAN 7.11 MAtPI GRAS
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    DON FAILS TO GET HIS "DOUBLE" MORRIS HITS SEASON'S FIRST 100
    554 8 Reuter. WORCESTER, Apr.—Don Bradman failed to get his customary double century in the Australians' game against Worcestershire, which continued today, but nevertheless treated the large crowd to some splendid batting for his 107 which I took lust 150 minutes.
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    NARROW WIN
    45 8 The Malay Football Associa tion defeated the Singapore Harbour Board Boys" Club yesterday in the Div. 11l Soccer league match by one nil, played at the C.V.M.A. grounds. The M.F.A. got their goa' through Dollah, who converted after taking a penalty for hands.
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    News from the Mews
    190 8 JOLBAY who won so impressively at his first start in Malaya, on Saturday last and Royal Borough havt been taken over by tlu Kuala Lumpur trainer, H. Sleigh. The Malayan Jockeys' Associa tion are getting on with their arrangements for their Charity Dance to be held
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    PROBABLES FOR 1,000 GNS
    126 8 Reuter. LONDON. Apr. 29. Probables and jockeys for th? 1.000 guineas fillies race, the second of the season's classics, unning over one mile at Mewmarket tomorrow are: Ash Blond (P. Evans). Camini (C. Smirk), Madonna T. Hawcroft).- Fair Dinah H. Rackham). Tudor Lady T. Evans), Open
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    HARD COURTS CHAMPIONSHIPS
    62 8 Reuter. COl'H\ T EVOUTH, Hamp hire. Apr. 20.—Franz Kukulwic. the former Yugosla l Davis Cup payer now a na uralised Indian, was e'imin ted in the quarter finals of 'ie men's singles of the Bri sh hard courts championsh'p' eve fo'ay. He lost to Ho ard Walton,
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    Non-Benders To Meet Raffles College
    65 8 The fbilowing htv. beet invited to plaj cricket for Ore Non-Benders Cricket Ciab versus the Raffles College I rnon on the S.c.c. padang, at 11 a.m. on Sunday:A Gilraoai (Captain). T. .1 Leijssiua Bvu Wong, A. W. Nichoboa, I X D'Almeida. A. Bakei U R
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    CHOLERA TOLL
    25 8 Reuter. Lahore. April 29. Cboien cases in West Punjab mutx th* epidemic broke out on aprtl today totalled 1,355 with IM deaths. Reuter.
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