Malaya Tribune, 4 May 1948

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    Masthead
    61 1 The Malaya Tribune BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Larger Sales than any Afternoon Paper in Malaya ed Snnultnnf oualy KuclCnjpiinipur, Ipoh <& Penang. Telegrams: "Tribune Spore." Telephone: 5811 (9 lines). EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS The MALAYA TRIBUNE London Agents Messrs. Colin Turner Ltd.,
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  • Article
    BID TO SET SINGAPORE SAWMILL ABLAZE
    94 1 An attempt to set fire to the Joo Lim Sawmill in Lavender Street was made yesterday morning, in th: early hours. Immediately after a fire had broken out »ear the main engine, the jaga saw three Chinese hurriedly leaving the premises. Using fire extinguishers,
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    NEW PREMIER SWORN-IN
    49 1 Karachi, May 3.—A new Premier of Sind Province, Sir Illah Bakhsh was sworn in today a week after Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Governor-General of Pakistan had dismissed the former premier on charges of "maladministration and gross misconduct in the discharge of his duty and responsibility and corruption."
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    £50,000 For Princess’ House—A Protest
    168 1 £50,000 For Princess’ House A Protest Reuter. ItmStm, Mag 9. A protest ggainst tkt sending of r ,O, ltll ii on modernising Clarence House, ahu li i.s to be the Honsm of Princes* Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh, 'at a time when hundreds of thousands of peoy, despt lately
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    WILL SUCCEED MOUNT BATTEN
    113 1 Reuter and U.P. NEW DELHI, May 3.—Mr. Chakravary Rajagopalachari, Governor of West Bengal, is to succeed Lord Mountbatten as Governor-General of the Dominion of India, it was announced here tonight. Lord Mountbatten will relinquish his appointment on June 21 The new Governor-General— stooped, frail-looking and 69-year-old
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    RIVER VALLEY RD. ROBBERY
    52 1 A Chinese family living m River Valley Road was robbed of $450 in cash and jewellery by four Chinese shortly before 9 p.m. yesterday. The victims were herded into a room and locked in while the robbers ransacked the premises. The robbers were armed with pistols
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    TORNADOES KILL 19
    42 1 Reuter. New York, May 3. —At least 19 people were killed and over 100 injured in tornadoes and violent windstorms which tore througl) seven mid-western states during the weekend. The storms caused millions of dollars worth of damage. Reuter.
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  • Obituary
    MINISTER'S FUNERAL
    39 1 Athens, May Paul of the Hellenes with M. Themistocles Sofoulis, Prime Minister, and all members of the Cabinet today attended the State funeral of the Greek Minister of Justice, M. Christos Ladas, who was assassinated on Saturday.
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    EXPELLED IN HIS GYM SHORTS
    164 1 Reuter. BERLIN. May X. Nine F>r\th ciVzenn expelled fr'-m Kuwifa so suddenly that <>np (.f th*->n 'i professional t.-.T'r itiS icon lyjmnastum tkorU nr\it a sweater under h>s areui coat u-tre found in the Mrfy momtnt) campin <i in tht Berlin I irk-aar-den of a
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    POPE'S CALL FOR PEACE
    59 1 Reuter. Vatican City, May 8. The Pope today issued a tetter addressed to Catholics throughout the world calling on ihem "to unite with us to en*reat divine help to avert the dangers of another calamity." The Pope asked Catholics to make May a month of special
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    SHIP ABLAZE
    37 1 Reuter. Norfolk, Virginia, May 3. The American freighter Shell Bar, 3,805 tons with a crew of 35 reported today she was on fire in the Atlantic about 15 miles from Cape Matteras, North Carolina. Reuter.
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  • Article, Illustration
    Top, Cavender, Navy's inside-right slides to score the sailors' first goal in the match against the Indians yesterday. Anguillia, the Indians' goalkeeper, had no chance. The game emtled in a two-all draw. Above, a Navy player jumps for the ball another incident in the match.
    45 1 Top, Cavender, Navy's in-side-right slides to score the sailors' first goal in the match against the Indians yesterday. Anguillia, the Indians' goalkeeper, had no chance. The game emtled in a two-all draw. Above, a Navy player jumps for the ball another incident in the match.
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    British Industries Fair Opens
    367 1 Reuter and U.P. LONDON. May 3.—The British Industries Fair, annual lure N> overseas buyers to inspect md purchase British goods, »nened in London and Blrminkham today with the most out•tanding display of manuaclures ever assembled. The 3,400 exhibits, ranging from iet engines and diamonds to cricket
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    NO ENGLISHMEN ON ICS
    121 1 Reuter. Los Angeles, May 3. Initans point proudly to the fact hat today there is not one Englishman in their civil ser'*ce. sakl Lai Chand Mehra, University of California graluate who recently revisited India. Mehra, who has not been in Tndia for 27 years, said the
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    U.S. Lifts Another Colour Bar
    215 1 WASHINGTON, May 3.—f he United States Supreme Court ruled today that restrictive real estate agreements which bar coloured persons from all-white neighbourhoods cannot be enforced by state or federal courts.. Chief Justice Fred Vinson wrote two opinions upholding in full the rights of coloured property
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    STILL ERUPTING
    53 1 WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND, May 3:—The 7.500 feet New Zealand volcano Mount Ngauruhoe in central North Island which erupted four days ago for the first time in 22 years was still active today. The eruption began without warning and flames poured out for two hours. No damage has so
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    300 KILLED IN FRENCH RAID
    72 1 U.P. Paris, May 3. The Agenc France Preaac reported frorr Saigon today that French aircraft bombed a grouping oj Vietnamese partisans on th( Plainc dcs Jonch in Mekong delta, south-west of Saigon o; Saturday, killing an estimatet 300 peisons. The agency said that the planes
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    Palestine: Britain Ordered To Mediate
    672 1 Reuter. LAKE SUCCESS, May 3.— The United Nations Trusteeship Council decided today that negotiations on terms of the truce of the old city of Jerusalem should take place in Jerusalem, and the British High Commissioiiei- should be asked to mediate. Palestine was quiet generally today,
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    TAXI DRIVER ROBBED
    79 1 A Chinese taxi driver was robbed of $25 in cast by three European seamen shortly after midnight last night. Engaging the taxi near MacKenzie Road, the man told him to drive to Keppel Harbour. Ordering him to stop in Teluk Blanga Road, one of the three Europeans
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    BRITAIN QUALIFIED
    34 1 Reuter. Washington, May 3,- Britain today formally qualified fcr aid under the Marshall plan. The first requisitions of supplies for Britain are expected to be made soon, an official said here today.—Reuter.
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    MISRA'S EASY VICTORY
    33 1 FULHAM, LONDON, May 3:—Sumant Mi3ra, Indian Number One, had a straleh* set win in the first round of the men's singles when the Hurlingham lawn tennis tournament opened here fcodny.
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      24 1 Today's Weather After thundery showers and thunderstorms, otherWise T -mpe,ature s i s past 24 noon: Max. 89.5 degrees. Mm *l degrees. Rainfall: Nil
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      67 1 ILLEGAL RADIO LONDON, May 3 —The Australian Postmaster General today began an inquiry into the operation of an illegal radio station at Melbourne Jast night, Australia Radio reported. A Melbourne commercial station's evening programme was interrupted by a voice which asked listeners to alter their tunings slightly to hear a
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  • Article
    AUSTRALIA & COLOUR BAR: MR. MASSEY To MAKE REPRESENTATIONS
    245 2 AUSTRALIA COLOUR BAR: MR. MASSEY To MAKE REPRESENTATIONS The Australian Commissioner in Singapore, Mr. Claude Massey, is leaving for Canberra on Saturday to make representations to his Government concerning, among other matters, the White AUstrlia Policy and public reaction here. The Australian colour bar question is again brought to the
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    Record Entries For Dog Show
    298 2 The Dog Show to be held on Friday, May 7, at the Happy World is now all set for the grand opening at 5 o.m. There are 10 non-pedi-rrreed dogs besides St. Beriards, Great Danes, Alsatians, Dalmatians, Scottish* Terriers, Dachshunds, Wire Fox Terriers, Cocker Spaniels.
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    S’PORE REDS TO REJECT CHIANG
    243 2 CHINESE LEFTIST organisations in Singapore are to reject the election of Chiang Kal Shek as President of the Republic of China, at a meeting of representatives to be held this afternoon at two o'clock at the premises of the Singapore Seamen's Union in Seah Street.
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    ALLEGED THEFT OF TOTE TICKETS
    87 2 M. Vadivellu, a 37-year-old I idian appeared before Mr. L. C. Goh, the Second Police Magistrate yesterday, on a charge of committing theft of 100 tote place, tickets of "cse number seven, on race number two run on Nov. 22. last. The tickets are alleged
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    PROTEST TO S.H.B.
    87 2 Representatives of various unions of Singapore's coastal and marine workers, with a total membership of about met at '.he premises of the Singapore Federation of Trade Unions oil Sunday night and resolved to fend a protest to the Singapore Harbour Board authorities against the Board's action n
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    PIRATES JAILED
    92 2 (From our own Reporter) MALACCA, May 3. Arraigned in a charge of piracy before Mr. Justice Graham Callow, four Chinese, Chua Cheng Kirn, Pee Swee Kirn, Ong Chim Pak and Chua It Pia, pleaded guilty at the Malacca Assizes. The first and third accused were sentenced to ten
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    S’pore Millers Hail Lifting Of Controls
    606 2 (Tribune Staff Reporter) THE FREEING OF CONTROLS ON RE-EXPORT OF COPRA AND THE EXPORT OF COCONUT OIL FROM SINGAPORE AS FROM YESTERDAY. WAS HAILED BY LOCAL OIL MILLERS AS PAVING THE WAY FOR SINGAPORE TO TAKE A SHARE OF THE WORLD OIL TRADE AGAIN.
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    RIVER HOLD-UP ALLEGED
    215 2 Alleged to have participated in the robbery of part of the general cargo from a motor vessel anchored in Singapore River, off Boat Quay, Tan Hock Seng, of No. 8, Upper Nankin Street, and Lee Ah Tee, of No. 8. Keng Chow Street, appeared for a preliminary
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    Court Of Inquiry For Port Dispute
    182 2 The Commissioner for Labour states that In connection with the trade dispute at Port Swettenham, the High Commissioner has decided that as the dispute has not yet been settled, a Court of Enquiry shall be set up forthwith under the Industrial Courts Enactment, 1940.
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    FOR MALAYAN VARSITY
    55 2 Miss K. I. Bradley, Principal of Furzedown College, one of the largest teachers* trainjng colleges in London, is expected in Singapore tomorrow by the Oranje for service with the new University of Malaya. She has been seconded from Furzedown College for a threeyear term in Malaya as
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    $5,000 BAIL
    55 2 A well dressed Chinese, Wong Tat Chee, appeared before the Second Police Court Magistrate. Mr. L. C. Goh yesterday, on a charge of using a printing press without a licence. The charge was explained to Wong, and the case was postponed to May 10. He was allowed bail
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    GRENADES: 2 CHARGED
    170 2 The seizure of two handgrenades and the arrest of three Indians in the vicinity of the Breeze Plain Coolie Lines of the Singapore Harbour Board on Sunday had a sequel in the Seventh Police Court when two Indians, Palanisamy (17) and Sabapathy (22), both of whom gave
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      250 2 R OXY OPENING TO-DAY 3 SHOWS 3, 6.15, 9.15 p.m. An Old Favourite Melodrama! Rainbow Oi The River' starring the boy who thrilled you with his sweet me! odious voice BOBBY BREEN supported by May Bobson, Charles Butterworth 7.15 Happy Theatre 9.11 TARZAN TRIUMPHS LAST NIGHT Tomorrow FRONTIER BADMAN 7.15
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      49 2 QUEEXS To-Day 3.00, 6.80, 9.15 p.m. Hunphrey Bopart— Mary Aatoi THEJHALTESE FALCON VICTORY THEATRE HAPPY WOPwLD Today at 7.15 fi 9.15 Concluding Chapters "DRUMS OF FU MANCHC' GREAT WORLD GLOBE 7—9.15 p.m. "The Little Giant" NEW WORLD LTHO 7—9.15 p.m. Remember Pearl Harbour ROYAL 8.30—7.80 p.m. Sulochana in Tamil
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      200 2 Today at B.ls—fi.^fi— fxiM p.n». AROON in CARAVAN (Hindustani > Last Three Shows 8.15, 6.15, 9.15 p.m. MABAP XI LAJ" in Hindustani starring SWARNALATHA, NAZISUPPORTED BY 15th Aug. 1947. Hindustan Pakistan Independent Day Celebrations All India BY Janab Mohamed AH Jinnah, Pandit Jawaharlai Neh.-u, Mahatma Gandhi, Raja Gopa'.aehariar A Many
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      354 2 ON YOUR RADIO TODAY BLUE NETWORK I^JSTsSS MALAY ENGLISH i r 2 v .T 20 5 mS tatS- tions; 1 p.m. News in MandaPROGRAMMES <ude 12.45 News in Malay; rin, Amoy A Cantonese; 115 100 Close Down; 6 p.m. Pro- Opening Announcement From 12.00 noon to 2.00 p.m. gramme Summary;
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    C-In-C Inspects Gurkhas
    205 3 j tif C-in-C General Sir Neil Ritchie KCB, KBE, DSO. MC, vest en lay inspected a parade the Ist Battalion 10th kha Rifles at Shillong Lines Johore Bahru. The battalion which has re- i ived in Malaya, h listinction throughout the Burma campaign where j.. ,<n'l men
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    CHINESE JAILED ON ARMS CHARGE
    43 3 Pleading guilty tc two charges of carrying armr and unlawful possession oi ammunition a Chinese, named Choo Thiam Choon, was sentenced to live years' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Justice Brown at the Singapore Fifth Assize j Court yesterday.
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    Mr. Tan Cheng Lock Calls For Unity
    716 3 MR TAN CHENG LOCK HAS ISSUED A CLARION CALL TO THE CHINESE IN MALAYA TO FORM THEMSELVES INTO A MALAYAN CHINESE LEAGUE SO THAT THEY TAN. BY WORKING IN CLOSE CO-OPERA-TION WITH OTHER COMMUNAL ORGANIZATIONS. BRING INTO BEING A NAilO-.'AL, UNIfY OKGANIZATION FOR
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    PERAK TRIAD SOCIETY CASE APPEAL ALLOWED
    844 3 IPOH, May 3.—ln the Perak Supreme Court, the Hon. Mr. Justice L. E. C. Evans read a written judgment in a Criminal Appeal heard by him on April 7. the fact that the offence charged is a continuing act, the charges last referred to
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    Package Meant For Capt. Farran Kills Brother
    118 3 Reuter. WOLVERHAMPTON (Staffordshire), May 3. Rex Farran, 26-year-old brother of Capt Roy Farran. who was acquitted by a Palestine court martial last October on i charge of murdering a Jewish youth in Palestine, was killed today when a postal package he was opening
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    50 CASES FOR ASSIZES
    106 3 The fifth Singapore Assizes opened yesterday in the High Court, the Hon'b!e Mr. Justice Brown presiding. The calendar contains 50 cases in all and most of the charges relate <.o a»med robbery, attempted robbery, unlawful possession of arms and ammunition carrying arms, thefts of motor \ehicles,
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    KING'S BIRTHDAY PARADE TODAY
    34 3 The Singapore Volunteer Corps will parade tmm year as last year in connection with His Majesty the King s Birthday at S.V.C. Headquarters. Beach Road, today (Tuesday), at 5.15 p.m."
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    SINGAPORE D. M. S. TO BROADCAST
    38 3 Dr. W. J. Vickers. Singapore Director of Medical Services, will talk on the Medical department and how it is tackling Singapore's health problems, in a broadcast from Radio Malaya tonight at 9.45.
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  • Article
    88 Face Triad Society Charge
    381 3 DESCRIBING THE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES CARRIED ON BY SECRET SOCIETIES. A SINGAPORE POLICE OFFICIAL STATED THAT THESE SOCIETIES COMMITTED ARMED ROBBERY EXTORTION PROTECTED PROSTITUTES tAND HAWKERS, AND BESIDES THIS, ALSO PARTICIPATED IN INTER-SOCIETY BATTLES, IN WHICH ARMS WERE INVARIABLY USED Mr. Cheah feug Chcok. A.S.P., attached
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    SUN'S ECLIPSE ON SUNDAY
    167 3 Singapore residents will be able to see the Sun's eclipse next Sunday motmng about 8 o'clock. It will be a partial eclipse, will begin in the Indian Ocean, cross axtreme South-Hast Asia and end in the Northern 'Pacific Ocean. A piece of clear glass, smudged with
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      715 3 SITUATIONS VACANT. EXPERIENCED female clerk/ i typist required by Chinese firm. Accuracy in typing some knowledge of accounts essential. Salary $175/.- p.m. Replies stating particulars re qualifications, age, etc., to Box A 1142 M.T. Spore. (X.403) WANTED reputable salesman with thorough knowledge, photographic equipment, supplies and trade. Box A 1147
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      490 3 FOR SALE ALWAYS REMEMBER "Sheep Brand" Curry Powder that will make you happy, healthy and fit Just try a bottle (only a a bottle), Phone up 4006 or call at 235 Waterloo Street. Sunshine Company (up-country enquiries invited). (L.416). FOR SALE: Brand new Lee Enfield .303 rifle with sight going
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      455 3 TUITION BALLROOM Dancing: Lessons/ Classes. C. H. Tan, (A.tf.A. TJD., London) The Carlton* 28A, Cavenagh Road. Apply: Monday to Friday 6—B p.m. Saturday/Sunday 10 ajn—l p.m. Phone 6181. (L.423). EVENING RADIO Classes. Theory and Practical. Conducted by Taw Cheng Hock, Associate. 1.R.E., at No. 2 Lorong 34 Geylang, Singapore. Commencing
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    33 4 M*. BOKN KIN KIOEN deeply Iratefal ta ttioae frh-nd» and relative* who kind!y attended tt» fnneral of his late broffcvr, Bo«b Moek Sang, and all wir\* teat wreutb* and inestagas «f lympatta.*.
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    Ceylon Troops In Malaya
    735 4 Recent incidents involving the Ceylonese Pioneer troops in Malaya received wide publicity in Ceylon, but we are surprised that the Ceylon Premier, Mr. Senanayake, has not shown greater evidence of being concerned at the very serious turn of events. It has conveniently been discovered that the
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    Malaya's Health
    240 4 The infantile paralysis outbreak has Drought to the fore health questions. The fact that Europeans constitute only one per cent of the population of Singapore but in the early stages represented 75 per cent of the polio fatalities has given rise to some speculation as to whether Europeans
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    CHINA IN SAFE HANDS
    814 4  -  by N. K. LEE wnsiil of China, Penang) Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek is assuming his new seat as the first Constitutional President of the Republic of China. It would have been indeed very surprising if somebody else had been given the place. The result of the election
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    AS OUR READERS SEE IT Ceylonese Troops , I I
    662 4 AS OUR READERS SEE IT Ceylonese Troops I I Sir, One of the rontributory factors which has done much to aggravate the present unemployment problem in Malaya which is looming large on the horizon, is undoubtedly the action of the British Miliary Authorities in employing thousands of Ceylonese a'l the
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    A Plague Of 'Experts'
    366 4 Sir, Referring to the letter by Lim Chid Ho on th< subject of "Income Tax Ex perts and their Salaries (Malaya Tribune issue of April 7» which deserves commendation I congratulate Lim Chid H< for having expressed himsel fully on behalf of the em ployees of
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    Rice Change Welcomed
    215 4 Sir, The Food Control Authorities are to be thanked for introducing the new system of issuing rice which, it is to be hoped, will prevent unscrupulous dealers lrtm substituting bad rice for good. There are, however, two more important aspects of this question for which Governmental action
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  • Letter
    Certified Secretary Examinations
    159 4 Sir, My attention his been directed to the letter on professional examinations in Malaya which appeared in your paper on February 28 last, and I desire to inform you that the Preliminary, Intermediate and Final examinations of the Corporation of Certified Secretaries are held in Singapore, Penang,
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      155 4 Situation. Vacant Applioationa are invited for the post of resident super tntendant, Y.W.C.A., Fort Canning Hostel, age 35-45 with experience ia administration, simple book-keeping, catering Apply in writing to the General Secretary, Y.W.C.A. Fort Canning. TUITION "SINGAPORE SHORT OF STENOGRAPHERS BK. KEEPERS." 1948 November L.C.C. Beginners* (lasses: Typing, Bk. Keeping,
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      65 4 Taste! Taste!] Tas's!! What else matters? y Good Taste knows neither Frontier nor Continents. On Taste, and Taste alone, Gold Leaf's popularity rests. Sule Importers: F. A. BARTHOLOMEUSZ LI.HI I'M) PHOTOORAPHY, SEE THE LARGEST STUDIO IN TOWN FOR MOST ADVANCEI Lilywhite STUDIO 162. ROCIIORE ROAD, (off Victoria Street) Singapore: Tel:
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      82 4 Established 1872 Malaya's Leading Jewellers Diamond and Gem Merchants B. P. de SiKu Ltd. (Incorporated in Ceylon) Singapore, Penang 19/21, High St., 1, Bishop St. T s 10%-20% INCREASE' "NOT.IN COST'BUT IN OUTPUT f** y. LET THIS TAN-SAD J \7 CHAIR r WORK FOR YOU. AIDS _r"^MT^ POSTURE f f
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      32 4 I for L A I» f K S jr HP In llriMVit On* jr jM fty t u iibati ii.-. i AwBrJm S A wr WW I Sizes 2 lo lh m
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  • Article
    TO DISCUSS POLIOMYELITIS
    162 6 Infantile paralysis or Poliomyelitis, of which 37 cases have been reported in Singpoore in the past few days, will form the subject of a symposium arranged by the Alumni Association of the King Edward the Seventh College oi Medicine, at 8 p.m. tomorrow (Wednesday) at the Department
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    JAIL AND ROTAN FOR ROBBER
    48 6 Sentence of live years' rigorous imprisonment and six strokes of the rotan was the punishment given to a young Chinese, Tan Ah Hoo, by Mr. Justice Brown at the Singapore Fifth Assize Court yesterday, when Tan pleaded guilty to a charge of robbery.
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    Malayans Back By Oranje On Sunday
    469 6 The following passengers imong whom are Malayans, will disembark at Singapore -rom the Motor Shin. Oranje. on Sunday: Mr. W. Adams, Mrs. G.G.L. Anderson, Mr. R. A. Ancell. Mrs. H. A. Ancell. Miss B. M. Ancell, Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Acomb, Mr. L.
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    CONTRIBUTIONS TO CHINA GAMES FUND
    293 6 The following is the list of donors towards the expenses for the Malayan Chinese contingent competing in the Seventh National Olympic Meet. Any deficit will be met by Mr. Lien Ying Chow. Singapore: —Lim Kirn Lee $2,000, Lim Shing Hong Ban Kee $500. Lee Wee
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    SUNDRAM NOT FOR OLYMPICS
    129 6 AAA. (Tribune Staff Reporter) M. K. Sundram's ambitior to represent Singapore at the World Olympics to be held in London in July—will not be realised after all, for at the Singapore A.A.A.'s committee meeting held at the S.R C. yesterday, it was decided that the curly
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    46 6 Reuter. SHANGHAI. May 3.—Mak ing his first visit to China j since the war. Bob "Believe It or Not" Ripley will arrive here today aboard "President Cleveland". He will spend some days here in search of some of the oddities in which this country bounds. -Reuter.
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    CHINESE FIRMS OBJECT TO JAP IMPORTS
    146 6 U.P. Hongkong, May 3. Threr leading Chinese business or gam sations cabled a protest asking the British Government to halt the alleged Japanese dumping of goods which they said was undermining local industii The Chinese Manufacturer' Union, the Hongkong Cotton Weaving Manufacturers' Association and
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    Our Newsmen Visit U.K. Provinces
    345 6 Last week the Press delega tion visited Cardiff, seeing the j City at work and making it the centre of visits to the colliery area and to the highlydeveloped Social Services of South Wales. On Friday they left for Mancheater where the boast used to
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      604 6 SHIP V I WG MANSFIELD tTCOT, LfiT (Incorporated in Singapore) BLUE FUNNEL LINE SAILINGS FROM U.K. U.S.A. wz In "or* "\nehises from I .R. from Holland and UK. •Myrmidon" Due from ILK. ™> •Talthyblus Due from U.S.A May •Tvdeus" Due from U.K. < May 6% Sailings for LIVERPOOL, GLASGOW CONTINENTAL
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      612 6 NOTICES 'trading with the enemy ordinance No. 22 oi 1939 CUSTODIAN OF PROPERTY No. 14 of 1946 s.ALE BY TENDER No. 69 The Custodian of Property, Singapore, invites tenders for the purchase of the following: Ford V 8 22 HP., 5N.653, Engine No. V.660F; Dodge 24 H.P. Engine NO.D 2-*****2.
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      610 6 Government Commercial Day School, Singapore. A Two-Year post-School Certificate Commercial Course is being re-instituted at Raffies Institution, Singapore, and will become in due course the basis of a Government Commercial Day School. Applications (from male students in the first instance) to join this course should be sent to the Principal,
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    CHUNG WAH PLAYERS to VOTE "TO JOIN or NOT..." TODAY
    498 7 Football News And Views By Spectator CHUNG WAH F.C. are calling I a meeting of their players I this evening to decide whe-1 ther they should accept the invitation of the S.C.F.A. to i affiliate the club to the F.A.
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    POST-MORTEM
    125 7 s On yesterday's game INDIANS finished dismally in the first ten minu- f,s i,r would have gone home with both points. NAVY'S rally in fht last 15 minutes hotoever t fully 'nrned. ihem the draw, although their perform- rtfic* <m the whole, was disappointing. THE sailors appeared to mis.s
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    ARMY-RAF CRICKET
    98 7 IT* A will meet the R A F al i ket us the S.C.C. on 4 and 5 May. Th»- Army aide is: Col JRev.l J. u\ j Steele, (Capt.) Major X W. Bradley, Major F Hepsoy. Major I. A Robertson Major H L B. Salmon. Capt R.
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    WEIGHTS FOR LAST DAY
    380 7 Below are weights for the last day of the Singapore Turf Club Summer Meeting on May THE GOVERNOR'S CUP Horses. Clas- 1. Div. 1, Abt. 1J Miles. Grand Prix II 9.07 Some Class 9.04 Rose well's Boy 8.05 Game Law 8.00 King Midas 8.00 Ecliptic 7.13
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    DAVIS CUP: IRELAND WINS
    67 7 Reuter. Dublin, May 3. -Ireland gained a winning margin over Luxembourg in their first round European zone Davis Cup tie here today when Cyril Kemp and T. G. Moveagh beat G. Wertheim and G. Wampach 10 —8, 6 —4, 6 —3 in the doubles. This gave
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    41 7 The following will represent the Geylang Youngsters in a football match against tht Katong Boys' Club XI, tomorrow at the Geylang Stadium, at 5.15 p.m.: Yahya, A. RahNarayan, Eric Santa Maria, H. man, Hamid; BulatChia, Bakar, Rahlm; Tony Chua, Husinali, Monteiro.
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    EVERGLOW B.P. WIN
    124 7 In a return match of badminton played last Saturday at their home court, the Everglow B.P. defeated the Anchor B.P. by six games to one. Results were as follows (Everglow B.P. players mentioned first): SINGLES—Wee Thiam Bock beat Sim Hock Seng 15-6. 15-2; Kow Sim Chye beat
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    GLOUCESTER'S RUGBY "ATOM"
    153 7 Reuter. London, May 3. Among records that belong to the 1947-48 Rugby season is the performance of Willie Jones. Gloucester's flyhalf and a Welsh international who as a member of Glamorganshire's county cricket team has reported for summer duties at that game. During the Rugby season he
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    OWNER, TRAINER AND JOCKEY DISQUALIFIED
    110 7 Reuter-AAP. SYDNEY. May 3. The South Australian Jockey Club Committee at Adelaide recently dismissed the appeals el M. N. Habib. owner of the mare Best Rose. S. Osborne trainer, ana jockeys E K. Nichols and E. VV Bad get against two years' disqualification imposed on
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    Cold & Rain Upset Olympic Athletes
    141 7 Cold Rain Upset Olympic Athletes U.P. SHANGHAI. May 3. -Hun dreds of athletes are arrivin* in Shanghai daily for the national meet opening on May 5 Overseas athletes from South East Asia whe mostly arrived by plane fotinc the Shanghai climate on e cf the most serious handicaps The cold
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    Narrow Win For Dockyard XI
    377 7 Dockyard X 1... L Katong 0. Displaying marked superiority in the forward line the Dockyard XI defeated the Katong "Eurasians XI to the tune of one goal to nil in a Second Division fixture at the S.R.C. padang yesterday. The game was clean and a
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    INDIANS AND NAVY SHARE THE POINTS
    1529 7 NAVY 2 INDIANS 2 A GRAND GOAL SCORED A MINUTE BEFORE THE END BY THE NAVY'S CENTRE FORWARD. WATSON. ROBBED THE INDIAN ASSOCIATION OF FULL POINTS IN THEIR DIV. 1 LEAGUE GAME AT JALAN BESAR STADIUM, YESTERDAY. THE INDIANS, UP TO THIS STAGE. WERE
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    99 NOT OUT
    37 7 U.P. Washington. May 3.—When Alfred Heitmuller was 24 years old, his doctor told him he i would die within a year. On Sunday Heitmuller celebrated his 99th birthday. His doctor died long ago.— U.P.
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    HAMBRION TO SCORE "DOUBLE" TOMORROW
    1676 8  -  (By ALLAN LEWIS Tomorrow, the fourth day of the Singapore Turf Club Summer meeting, the usual card of eight events is set down for decision and the fields are well balanced and should be of average size. Racing should be interestmer and finishes close. At
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    104 8 At the annual general meet:n<r of the Hon<r\onp. TTn i "<***- Sity A «WTCW *HO heY on Apr'l W th Cecil's M»«» foUowfn** v"»ve e'ecte.' C 4 'leat-prg f Ih«* ye-»r: Dr. Hu Tsa? Kuer Vice-President, Mrs Fis'e LeeHon sec"etaiy, Mr. Woin W*M" Sang- Hon
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    Hits 215 In Debut
    170 8 Reuter. LONDON. May 3—Although tlv county championship cricket programme has not yet started, some countries have begun first cbss matches opposed by University and representative sides and a feature of today's plan was double century by G. H. Dog. gart fo r Cambridge University against Lancashire.
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    News from the Mews
    174 8  -  (BY ALLAN LEWIS MR. LIM Chong Pane: prewar owner of Kentucky Derhy. Ascot, etc and that good little one, Rosalie. ir? again coming back to the 'Game. Mr. Lim has just purchased "Bermount" 4 yrs old Br. E.G. by Berwick from Mountain Cherry by Blandford. I
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    VON CRAMM RETURNS
    56 8 Reuter. MUNICH. May 3—Form*: I ad'ng German tennis s a ron Oct (fried vo.i i is j)ir.jd th? aid orT.ils on cf the German T.nTier n 1 "nnrch. He will try M Rfld ."*c?w sources of relief tee 'e I iffertßej in Germany luri J -eyr I
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    U.S. Sends Reinforcements to Alaskan Outposts
    366 8 Reuter. WHTTEHORSE. YUKOF TERRITORY May 3.- At a rate unusual since the enl 01 th- war. United States troop an<; supplies are moving thiough Canada to Alaska, ir th Arctic. Fifty miles across the Bering Strait from Alaska is thr nearest land, the Tchuklchi
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    FREEDOM OF SPEECH FOR FASCISTS
    172 8 U.P. London, May 3.—A police magistrate held today that Fascists have just as much right of freedom of cxpiession in Britain as anyone else. The magistrate, Herbert Malone, fined two persons £2 each, dismissed another case, and ordered 28 other persons to be held on
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    Leicester Face Innings Defeat
    587 8 Reuter-AAP. LEICESTER. May 3.—Leicestershire, following on after King dismissed in their first nnings for 130, had lost five .vickets for 113 in their second <nock. and are almost certain to lose by an innings in their game against tne Australians which will end tomorrow. Lan Johnson
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    486 8 (BY ALLAN LEWIS There were quite a Few interested spectators present at Bukit Timah this morning when Cup candidates wo:c Xpected to work fast, hut the 30ly one to go against the v/atch was Win The Peace. Other candidates were restricted to pace work. No 2
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    160 8 The Spore Indians won their seventh game in succession when they beat the C.V.M.A. (Our Lady of Lourdes) to the tune of five games tc two at table tennis played yesterday at the latter's premises. A return encounter will take place at the I.A. premises on
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