Malaya Tribune, 22 June 1948

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    61 1 The Malaya Tribune BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Larger Sales than any Afternoon Paper in Malaya Printing Simultaneously Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh Penang. Telegrams "Tribune Spore." Telephone: 5811 (9 lines). EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS The MALAYA TRIBUNE London Agents Messrs. Colin Turner Ltd., Talbot
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    PLANTERS HOLD URGENT MEETING IN SINGAPORE
    190 1 To SOS To Whitehall (Tribune Staff Reporter) MALAYAN rubber planters are holding an emergency meeting in Singapore this morning discuss the latest situation in the Federation. The venue of the meeting is not disclosed. Informed quarters say that the planters are nut fully satisfied
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    3 KILLED IN EXPLOSION
    35 1 Reuter. Mew Jersey. Jwm Xi .v,-re killed ami ,v,h iwifi Commmmfn w, r. v B i ,1. r.o away. l,rl in,::.- drifted into I ami burnt > iow r |j ill-, away.
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    40 Reds To Die
    35 1 Reuter. lune 21. Forty nd ratings ot the J5 Royal Navy were son- a ti, by a imuUiry t"'"-"t--7y prf i haitf «i with sabobehall ut tli»- CtoMMii J* Party R«rter,
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    COMMANDOS AS 'GUINEA PIGS'
    115 1 Reuter. St. Ires, (Sumwall, June 21. After fire dags at sea in an upon boat three Jfoj/oJ Marine et,in imi.idii "r/ttinen pigs" i' te today reported I<> be xMOUMMXg signs of it etiknes.s. The. men, who are ttsttng tin effects of exposure off tht voosi hi
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    Higher C.O.L.A. For Services' Clerks
    216 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) In line with the local Government servants, civilian clerks employed by the three Services in Singapore may have their cost of living allowances raised to 60 per cent. Meanwhile, the possibility of a drastic. 50 per cent, retrenchment of civilian personnel with
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    AMOK KILLS 4
    51 1 U.P. Batavia. June 21. Four people were killed and six wounded when a Buginese (from Celebesi ran amok in Balik Papan. according to an Aneta report which reached here today. The amok was finally overpowered by a local police officer, who received serious injuries in doing so.-
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    PICKETS AT EXHIBITION
    53 1 Reuter. NEWCASTLE ON TYNE. ity students King's C; liege here tarrying placards protesting i poression oi •c! people in South Aliica" picketed the clcors of City At Gallery today when an exhibition called loath Africa" was tjatA. The iiuden-s. white and Mtaned, handed out leaflets "More Facts
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    Asian Economic Committee
    72 1 Reuter. PARIS, June 21.—Thr Asia n oi the CongWi Eni pean, Asiatic and P ,)k which oegc.n n Saturday, cal'ef f oil economic cciai&itlor South-east Asia. It also asked fo r t pcrma*at Economic Cimmlttei by representatives oi ,r democratic organisations •j Malic countries. b-commission said it
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    TO 'ERADICATE' COMMUNISTS
    88 1 Reuter. PRETORIA, June 21. —Mr C R- Swart. South African Minister of Justice, said here lodcy that he examining tlie question of Communism in the Union with a view to "eradicating" it. Asked whether certain sections of the National Security Regulations which were repealed by the Government
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    ITALIAN COLONIES
    52 1 Reuter. LONDON. June 21. The work of the London conf«:™ce of the "Big Four" Foreign Ministers' Deputies for tfte disposal of the former Italian colonies was carried a stag further today when the report of their investigation Con.mission o n Eritrea was completed and sent to the interested
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    31 KILLED
    30 1 U.P. CAIRO. June 21.-Reliable unofficial sources said ton ght that 31 persons were Kilieu and 43 were hospitalized in the explosion in Cairo's Jewish ?uartcr early Sunday morn-ing.-U.P.
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    TOP SECRET
    22 1 Reuter. rtFRUN June 21.—The OcrmSf R E ~nom.c Comm;s.non or h Tsov°et the Ru-ssian-lto«d O«m.n new, agency epoi ted. Reuter.
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    STRIKE ENDS
    15 1 ended SSl«ht when reemen t £T finally reached between employ crs and workers.
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    London Move
    90 1 A private cable received in Singapore this morning states that it is expected that the Exchange Banks. the United Planting Association of Malaya. the Rubber Growers Association and the Malayan Chamber of Mines will today seek a mating with the Secretary of State to discuss measures to combat
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    3 HELD FOR INQUIRY
    34 1 In the laat 24 hours no re ports of robberies were receiv •d by the Singapore C.LD bui three Hokkiens were apprehended for interrogation in connections with secret society activities.
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    P.M. DEFENDS RED BAN
    101 1 Reuter. LONDON. June 21.—Prime Minister Clement Attlee today defended last wetK's decision to ban the emnloyment of Communists and Fascists from British Air Ministry headquarters but refused to reveal whether the ban would be extended to local government and the armed forces. Answering questions in the
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    2 WORLD RECORDS
    75 1 U.P. HELSINKI, June 21--Fin-nish marathon runner Mikko Hitanen on Sunday set two new world records, runnina 30 kilometers in 1 hour 40 minutes 46.4 seconds and 20 miles in one hour 49 minutf-s 20 8 seconds. The 30 kilometers record held since 1932 by J. Rd>as of
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    CARDINALS DECIDE ON 2 NEW SAINTS
    30 1 Reuter. i Ro, n Catholic Church. c n ire „ation 1, rjrwt's. "S"" s e r Vicenci, an /lulmn ««r __£J now plattomv —Jfeufer.
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    'EADER BY 'KEEPER?
    30 1 HaltuUiy, Changi's goalkeeper, appears to be heading the bail a "shot" at yesterday's league soccer in whicJi R.A.F. Changi defeated tht Malays by four goats to on*.
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    Britain's Trade Improves
    128 1 Reuter. LONDON, June 21 .-Britain trade 4jav by the Board of Trade. twdoaoe geprasanted the excess of imports over the total of exports and re-exports. The value of British exports continued to climb, reaching £129 900.000 for the month £3 500.000 higher than in April and £12.100.000
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    INDIAN G-G GREETED
    101 1 Reuter. LONDON. June 21. ,he High Commissioner of India in Britain. Mr. V. K. Krishna Menon. has called Mr. Chakifvarti Rajagopalachari, the new Governor General, his personal greetings of deep affection and regard and heartfelt wishes for youT success and happiness in the unbroken service of our
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    200 BODIES RECOVERED
    26 1 Shanghai. June ~-ching here today said 200 oodles were recovered irom th< ruins in Foochoj; he Mm River began to receat. U P.
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    MINISTER DEFIES REDS
    35 1 U.P. VIENNA. June 21.-Mimster of the interior Oscar Helmer v ent into the Russian zone on Sunaay night and delivered defiant speech against Soviet Snappings and threats to the Austrian Government.— U.P.
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    GUARD FOR TERRORISTS
    67 1 Reuter. Nairobi. June 21. British -■oops arrived here today to «ruard 250 Jews, suspected terrorists and political *ho are increasing Prop*£U">a oreasure on Britain tor faittng to repatriate them to Palestme by June 15. The icpatriation was cancelled on June 7 because it was considered that It
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    TOWN GUTTED BY BLAZE
    47 1 Kingstown. June 21. The. British West Indies town of Castires, capital of nearby British island of Saint Lu<;iav/as virtually destroyed by Are. leaving most of its nearly 8.00« inhabitants homeless. The fire, which broke out ate Saturday night, was riPTing eaily Sunday afternoon.
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    GANDHI JNR.
    24 1 BERLIN. June 21.—Mr. Devadas Gandhi, eldest son ot the Mahatma. today called on Gen. Sir Brian Robertson. British Military Governor in Germany.
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    POPE NOT ILL
    25 1 Reuter. Vatican City. June 21.—WCU-imonm-d Vatican quarters tonight officially denied a report published in Milan that the Pope was "gravely "1 cteuter.
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    SIT Chief Admits Past "Mistakes"
    332 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) ;.uch of our planning in the past. has> been well meaning but n d e V Man to crave mistakes, says Mr. J. M. raserager Singapore Improvement Trust, in his ret "S»a'haW truth that Singapore suffers «SS %*TW?m~* says, are M W
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    FORD OFFERS PAY RISE
    64 1 Reuter. DETROIT, June 21. The Ford Motor Company today offered an 11 to 14 cent an hour wage increase to its 110,000 members of the United Automobile Workers Union to "erase many of the inequities in our present wage structure." The Union had asked for a
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    COSTLY BEAUTY
    62 1 U.P. Manila. June 21.—Philippine Congressmen, tossing a mudoie into the world of fashion, have passed a bill that taxes women for trying to beautify themselves. Perfumes, toilet water and bath salts will jump from 20 to 30 per cent in pciee. So will >etroleum jellies, hair oils, oomades.
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    FREAK BABY
    36 1 U.P. Manila June 21.—A. woman in the village of Kamumng recently gave birth to a baby with four ears, four eyes, foui hands, four feet and fou. teeth, according to press re ports. —U.P.
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    ANTI-RED DRIVE ON IN FEDERATION
    548 2 GUNMEN GO TO GROUND DURING POLICE HUNT (From Our Own Reporter) KUALA LUMPUR, June 21.—Political gunmen lay low during the past 12 hours as Police launphed a Federation-wide hunt for Communists and Communist sympathisers. According to plans previously drawn up, officers and men of the
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    Chinese Shot By Unknown
    92 2 (From Our Own Reporter) IPOH, June tl.—Another fatal shooting occurred at the ll«/ 2 milestone Betong Road, Kainpar, in the early hours of yesterday morning when an unknown Chinese was fired upon four times No one saw the shooting. A Chinese living near the scene oti
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    PLANTERS' WIVES TO STAY
    83 2 (From Our Own Reporter) JOHORE, June 21. The wives of planters in Johore have decided to remain with their husbands and not to evacuate to places of safety. Among planters also, the talk of evacuation is going down. As most of them are now armed, they
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    Malay Forest Guard Killed, Another Hurt
    306 2 (From Our Own Reporter) IPOH JUNE 21. —ONE MALAY FOREST RANGER WAS SHOT DEAD AND ANOTHER WOUNDED BY CHINESE GUNMEN THIS MORNING NEAR TRONOH. The dead man's body was riddled with bullets. The other wa put to flight and shot as he tried to
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    Vagrant Found Under Bed
    133 2 Chua Seng, a Chinese youth of 22 who pleaded guilty to a charge of housebreaking and theft before Mr. E. P. Shanks Ficst Magistrate and District Judge yesterday, was sentenced to nine months' r.i. It was stated that, on the night of May 29, he entered
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    Warning By Dato Onn
    410 2 In an interview yesterday Data Onn bin Jaffar. Men-tri-Betar of Johore. told the Tribune that the situation in the wftole of Malaya was undoubtably grave and thai it was no easy task the police had set themselves in weeding out the "pests" eating out the roots
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    Planters Nervous
    266 2 (Tribune Staff Reporter) It is no secret, nor is it any good trying to hide the fact that many of us planters are unnerved—not because of the unfortunate people who have already paid with their lives by remaining at their posts, but because of the uncertainly we face
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    CLASSES FOR CLERKS
    54 2 Two senior members of the Government Clerical Service. Messrs. S. Sinnathamby and H. M. Danker, have volunteered to conduct classes in General Orders for clerks in the class 111 grade. Those interested are asked to assemble at the S.CS.A. Canteen (behind the Government Offices) on Thursday, June
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    TWO SMALL FIRES
    65 2 An electrical short circuit In the premises of the Maynard and Co. Battery Road at about 5.40 p.m. yesterday resulted in an engine from the Municipal Fire Brigade rushing to the acene. However, the fire was put out before the arrival of the engine. Earlier in the
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    WEST S'PORE'S LONGEST BLACK OUT
    143 2 Areas in the West and the remaining parts ot Singapore experienced their turn of one of the city's longest blackouts last riTght, in accordance with the Electrical Department's scheme of enforcing a major blackout in oider to shorten future ones. Yesterday, m the areas affected,
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    untitled the quests who last week attended a cocktail party aboard the 2,350-ton motor vessel, Raja untitled in ntion ot the completion of her maiden voyage from Kuchiny. From left to right are Mr. G. G. Thompson, mr. V/ f's Mr fay, Mr. Graham, Mrs. Ritchie, Mr. Purvis, Mm. Anderson, Mr. Johnston, and Mrs. and Mr. innes.
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    SOCIAL WELFARE SHOULD BE GOVT.'S AIM
    602 3 (From Our Own Rcnortcn MALACCA. "While social welfare services will certainly pay handsome future dividends of increased well being and prosperity, they are immediately a cause of expenditure and lot of revenue. Social welfare is a community effort and must oe developed within the
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    NO POLIO AGAIN
    35 3 There has been no fresh case of poliomyelitis or death from the disease reported yesterday, the seventh polio-free day in succession. The total number of eases remains at 97 with 14 deaths.
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    Death After Fall From Bus
    190 3 An inquest into the death of a Oiinese woman. Goh Siew Huah was held at the Coron„'t court yesterday. It was stated that on June 14 at about 9.20 p.m., Siew Huah was travelling with her huiband, Tan Tai Joo, in an omnibus along Bras
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    Cargo Workers Lodge Protest
    280 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) A Joint committee comprising ■toe onions representiflg 10.000 cargo workers, in a letter ad dressed to the Singapore Chinos* Chamber of Commerce yesterday protested against a 'reduction of cargo handling raw contemplated by the Singapore Roads Board after its tarnation. Thr letter, which
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    WESLEY CHARITY CONCERT
    109 3 Women members of Wesley rjhurch and their friends are working hard at a variety concert which is to take place n Wesley Hall on July 7 ana The concert is in aid oi -,he social service projects ol he women's Society of Cnrisian Service. The programme will
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    TWO REVOLVERS FOUND
    51 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Two revolvers were recover-' during the week-end. One weapon a .38 Webly and Scott, by a European SvUian in a plot of land off Havelock Road. a l2 em i It was wrapped in a V* icel The other gun was recovered by thr
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    3 Opium Runners Get 18 Months R.I.
    206 3 Three Chinese who pleadet Cuiltv to charges of being ille gal possession of opium receive< sentences of eighteen months ri Corous imprisonment each at the Fust District Court vester 'lay when Mr. E. P. Shanks F 'fst Magistrate and Distric J,|f i*o presided.
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    ACCUSED SAYS HE WAS 'FRAMED"
    202 3 A young Chinese. Chow Tuck Khong. who said he was a partner in a motor transport company, yesterday pleaded fo: leniency at the Singapore Assize Court where he facerl two charges of unlawful possession of two revolvers and 28 rounds of ammunition. The arms and
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    PERSIA AND HER CUSTOMS
    103 3 (Trlbtma Staff Rei/orter) "Persian Customs" was the subject of a very interest trig talk given yesterday morning to an audience of over r >o persons at the Y.W.C.A.. Fort Canning by Mrs. G. ft. Napttazic. Mrs. S. M. Barnwell presided; Combining good looks, a charming personality
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    PUBLIC LECTURES
    79 3 A scries of five public lec-ture-discussions on the challenge to democracy will be given at the Singapore YMCA in Stamford Road beginning from Monday, June 28. Ihe speaker will be Mr. George Thomson. Public Relations Offlcei. The public will be welcome. The programme of lectures will be as
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    Temporary Hold-Up Of Textiles APs
    199 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) The granting of all A.Ps. from hard currency areas has >s from last Friday, the Rcgi Mr. A. D. Stutchbury. told th This will apply to the imp U.S.A. and Japan. The reason for this temporary suspension is because the po.icy regarding
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    Culture
    782 4 No one has yet defined in precise terms the link which exists between a hot, damp and slightly enervating climate ana the mental inertia which was once the affectation of Malayans, particularly Europeans and others accustomed to cooler climates. In less exciting days we recollect that many ills were
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    TRUMAN'S MESSAGE TO INDIAN G.G.
    22 4 Reuter. WASHINGTON, June 21. President Truman sent a message of congratulations today to Mr. Chakravarti Rajagopalachari today.—Reuter.
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    BLOOD WILL FLOW AGAIN IN BURMA
    1275 4  -  Bv Douglas Lackersteen The policy statement by the Burmese premier, Thakin Nu, that the Communists will be admitted to the new government to be formed upon his resignation next monih is new only in that it is a public admission of AFPFL failure to
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    AS OURE READERS SEE IT DOES 5% CONSOLE The CONSCIENCE?
    642 4 Sir, —May I make a few comments on the news item and the letter headed respectively, "Lotteries Duties Raised" and 1 "A Junior Clerk States a Case," which both appeared in your paper the other day? And let me say
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    A CITIZEN'S ANGER
    198 4 Sir, —I have read and am still reading in your newspaper with disgust the news of an unprecedented wave of crimes committed in the various parts of Malaya. in that innocent planters for no reason whatsoever are brutally murdered in cold blood. I feel that no respectable
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      167 4 NOTICE Army Ferry Service between BLAKANG MATf, PI LAI BRANI and JARDINE STEPS With effect from Ist JULY 1948, use of the above ferry service will be restricted to personnel of the Services, j their families, and to those I persons employed by or for the Services on BLAKANG M
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    Y.M.C.A. MEETING & DINNER
    64 6 Y.M.C.A. MEETING DINNER An extraordinary general meeting of the V.M.C.A. will be held on Saturday. July 3. at the V.M.C.A. hall, after a fellowship supper at 7.45 p.m. The V.M.C.A. Restaurant will serve a special "knockout" dinner on Saturday. Juno 26. ihe night of the first lightning indoor games tournaments.
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    House Theft Earns 14 Months' Term
    75 6 Charged with housebreaking and theft of an oil cooker and a bed sheet, Yeow Poh Fook, 25, who described himself as a Harbour Board labourer, was sentenced yesterday to 14 months' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. H. A. Forrer. Fourth Criminal District Judge. Singapore. Yeow
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    ASSAULT CHARGE
    62 6 A Chinese woman. Tan Geok Lan. was charged in the Third police Court yesterday with wilful assault of her 12--year-old child. Chua Ah Kah. The woman, it was said, the child's stepmother. The child is now in the care of the Social Welfare Department. As the child's father
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    CHEQUES STOLEN
    62 6 The public are warned not to accept cheques bearing Nos. G*****1 to G*****0 is- j sued by the Mercantile Bank of India. Ltd.. Mr. E. VFowler, the Singapore C.I.D. Chief, told the Pre*<s yes- I terday. Those cheques. 10 in number, were among the property stolen from a
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    'Teen-Agers, Grandmas In Anti-Illiteracy Fight
    326 6 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Angkatan Wanita Sedar (AWAS), women's Section of the Singapore branch of the Malay Nationalist Party, is reportedly making satisfactory progress with its programme of social reform for the Malay masses. Two anti-illiteracy classes in the vernacular have been opened recently at Kebun
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    30 APPLIED, 20 REFUSED
    208 6 NEW applicants for public house licenses numbering thirty in all met with twenty one refusals at yesterday's meeting of the Board of Licensing Justices held at the First Police Court yesterday afternoon with Mr. E. P. Shanks. First Magistrate and District Judge presiding. There were 14
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    ALLEGED SECRET SOCIETY MEN
    128 6 Alleged members of the "Chin Seng" secret society of the "36 Group" were cht rged in the First Police Court yesterday. A Hokkien named Tan Kirn Cheng was charged with allegedly assisting in the management of the "Chin Seng" society and being in possession of Triad
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    ISLANDERS' PROBLEMS
    125 6 (Tribune Staff Reporter) investigations into th health and water supply problem that over 2.000 Islanders living south of Singapore are today facing have been made by the Rural Board and the Health Department. Following the tribune report on th« desperate water position of these islands, especially during the
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    SIT Figures On Housing Demand
    404 6 Applications for accommodation at Improvement Trust Houses have been received at an average ratei of 25 per day during 1947, and, during the last three months of the year, at 50 to 60 per day^ This is revealed in the Trust's Report for 1927--1947 published
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    SEQUEL TO STAY IN NEW YORK
    217 6 A Singapore woman. Mrs. Merle Hcng. of No. 47. Grange Road, was not present in the Seventh Police Court for the continued hearing of a preliminary inquiry in which she faces two summons charges under the Finance Regulation Proclamation. However, Mrs. Hcng was represented
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    'TEC ON BRIBE CHARGE
    96 6 A detective Goh Nam Sent* was produced in the First Magistrate's Court yesterday on a charge of allegedly accepting illegal gratification of a sum of $100 from one Tan Kee at the junction of Desker Road and Kampong Kapor Road, on May 3. The case was
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    WEDDING AT JOHORE BAHRU
    40 6 The wedding took place yesterday at St. Christopher's Church, Johore Bahru, of Mis*Ruby Shantha. youngest daughter of the late Dr. J. D. Perinbam, and Mr. G. J. Ret namani, Assistant Editor of the Malayan Nanban, Singapore.
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    $500 BAIL GRANTED
    46 6 A 50-year-old Chinese, Ong Keh Ki. appeared at, the Second Polloc Covkt yesterday dttlrged with possession of a det'j'mtV j and a piece of fuse. Bull of $590 was granted and the case transferred to the uisairt court fr.r hearing on June 26.
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    Popular S'pore Army Officer Leaving
    467 6 (Tribune Staff Reporter) It Will be with genuine regret that m poreans will be saying goodbye to Mrs. L. H. Cox and their two ters, Elizabeth Alexandra and Ann Virr]i Stationed here for over two years, they will leave at the end of ihis month
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    BOYANESE FACES MURDER CHARCE
    151 6 Ismail bin TaUb »21 %fJ anesc, and Scimaa bin (17). a Javanese, were amio* on a tentative charge of nro* ering a Chinese rag and bo* I man. when they wete prodn» I before Seventh Magistrate X Shears, yesterday. Chief Inspector T. F. Erow said that
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    19 6 A boy was killed when untitled old house collapsed on Say.--day night at Sunpci Udangi Malacca during a .norm
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    Wimbledon: Briton Almost Creates Big Upset
    599 7 W.C Choy Beaten Reuter and U.P. WIMBLEDON, Surrey, June 21.—Britain's Don niitler came within an ace of providing the first iirnrisc in t he Wimbledon lawn tennis championhios which bogan here this afternoon in showery v.-h n he was within two points of beatmglast
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    Cheng's Friendly B.P.
    115 7 In a friendly badminton match played in **™S yesterday, the Cheng's Friendly B P beat the City Bank Cluo by 4 games to 3. Below are trie results, Cheng's Friendly B P nlavers mentioned first. 'SINGLES: Billy Que* lost to ting Thian Siew 8-15. 4-15, Sec; Kirn
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    FRIENDLY MATCH
    29 7 Keppcl Bus Company XI will friendly soccer matcn 9 y t Vh« Kiton* Bedok Bus against the Kaion o Service tomorrow at the Railway Ground. Kampong Bahiu.
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    Hats Off To The Selectors
    229 7 Talking Soccer NINE Singapore players in the All-Malaya team! i mtu: confess that my opinion of the selectors, particularly the Federation rcpresentaHYCS, has gone up a few point:-. With the exception of Anguillia. Kirn Seng and Thian Kwee the team Is M I predicted judlv.
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    TITLE FIGHT AGAIN POSTPONED
    48 7 Reuter. CHICAGO, June 21.-The world" vt ltd weight title fight between Ray Robinson, the holder, and Bernard Docusen, which was to have been held here tonight, has again been postponed because of thrcatcnlr>s weather. .Nex| Monday night has been a:; the new date. —Reuter.
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    PIANIST ON AIR TONIGHT
    36 7 Misa Kathleen Seth, the »cll-kr.own Singapore pianist ■no has broadcast from Kong, will be featured torifc?ht in "Personality Parade in the 'Tuesday Magazine" Programme from Radio M «Alaya, Singapore, at 830 P.m.
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    27 7 A untitled match between Uir Chinese Swimming Club the Singapore Civil Service A ociation on Sunday resulted a win by 4 points for the Macs* Swimming Club.
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    TODAY'S SPORT
    52 7 SOCCER: S.A.F.A. I<eaguc, Div. 1 Hon vs. R.A.F. (Seletar), Jalan Itesar Stadium; Tigers vs. 19th Air Formation Signals Geylang Stadium; Div. S Haikwnyo S.C. vs. Spore District Works REME, McNair Road ground; S.H.R. Boy's Chib vs. Unicorns' Club, CYMA St. Georges' Road groand. CRICKET: Hong Kong vs. Combined
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    S.I.A. Tabla Tennis
    104 7 R S Narayana, of Victoria School, won the open ."ing c championship (schoolboys only. |c the Singapore Indian Asso ciation tabic tennis tournamen on Sunday. Victor Sinaaam; (St. Josephs lnst.i. scoring points, was runner-up. paa b Krishnan (Raffles Inst.) war third with 7 pts. The singles handicap
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    POST-MORTEM
    255 7 On Yesterday's Came The Changi Airmen hare greatly improved th*n shoo tint). Seldom have so many as five pretty goals, representing the total ic.ore, been seen in one matfh. Godwin's opening shot, tahtn 25 yards out. caught Arshod slightly off his, S j swift and sudden w<ts the shot.
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    Changi Airmen's Bid For Div. I Honours
    554 7 The Changi Airmen are making a determined bid for First Division honours. Meeting the Malays in the second round of the League at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday, the RAF scored a clear-cut 4-1 victory. The Malays won the lust round They might have
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    I.A. Beat Kranji
    237 7 Provided with several tn poitunities lor scoring the id <iian Association managed convert three of them tb feat the Kranji W/T by [1 goabto 1 in a Div il .soccer fixture yesterday at the Padang. The Kranji lorw H"da olfo Rt tackec! often ar.i dangerous!.,, but their
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    MATCH POSTPONED
    26 7 The Second Division league feccer match between tht Base Group R.E. and the Chinese Athletics, scheduled for play at Geylang Stadium yesterday, was postponed.
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    Week-End Badminton
    356 7 Badminton matches played in Singapore on Saturday and Sunday resulted as follows: MANSFIELDS WIN 5-2 Mansfield Sports Club beat Harrison and Crosrield Sporty Club by five games to tv/o. RESULTS: (Mansfields Sports Club players mentioned first): Quek Keng Chuan beat Chua Poh Koon, 15-8, 15-3: Lee Hock Joo
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    JOYFUL JUNIORS S.C. XI
    82 7 The team to represent the joyfuj Juniors S.C. in a friendly ramc of soccer against the S C C XT on Fri&lt;lay at S.C.C. cround at 515 p.m. will be selected from the following: Tony Adalla. O. Angullia. Hnnry Chua. Lim Kim Hock Hannlff, Gob Ah
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    HK DISAPPOINT AGAINST COMBINED SERVICES XI
    1011 7 PLAY4NG THEIR SECOND MATCH OF THE TOITR ON THE PADANG YESTERDAY, THIS TIME AGAINST THE COMBINED SERVICES, THE HONG KONG CRICKET XI PUT UP ANOTHER DISAPPOINTING PREFORMANCE. Hatting first the visitors were all out for 7» runs. The Services replied strongly with 190, thus
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    Brinkmann's Win
    42 7 In a friendly gamr of soccer nlayrd on thr Prince Edward rtd. ground ou Saturday iiiinkmann's XI defcafed Borneo Motor Sports Club by four goala to nil. Scorers fOl t»c winner were Joe Scab fll, Salaudm (1) and Chan (2).
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    JOLLILADS BEATEN
    68 7 Base Gioup R.E. were too "ood for the Jolhlads whom they beat by three goals to ml in a soccer game at Alexandra yesterday. The Sappers led two-nil at interval. The scorer were Cartwright and Barton. Exchanges were even in tinsecond period but poor finishing by the Jollilad
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    "Take OverKaifeng Defence" Appeal To Chiang
    335 8 U.P. NANKING, June 21.—A group of Honan Province delegates staged ah unexpected seven-hour sit-down strike in front of Chiang Kai-shek's residence, demanding Chiang personally to go to Honan and take over persona! direction of the defence of Kaifeng. It was the second time in
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    BLUE ROVERS SOCCER
    160 8 Tile Blue Rovers will play soecet matches today, tomorrow and Friday against 3 Sub Depot 223 8.0.D. (8.0.D. ground». 223 8.0.D.C.A 8.0.D. ground) and the State Express XI (licNair R»»aJ ground* respectively. Today the Rovers will be chosen from: M. Gammel. J. Rozario. A. Beins. C. H.
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    COUNTERFEIT RING
    58 8 TOKIO June 21. Gen MaeArthur's headquarters announced today that a counterfeiting ring responsible for thousands of dollars in bogut, American military currency had been cracked. Manila. June 21.—President Elpidio of the Philippines today signed an amnesty to the rebel Hukbalahap agrarian reform movement effective unconditionally if their leaders
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    INDIAN CHARGED WITH SWORD POSSESSION
    122 8 "Ao you plc'ccd up the sword from ihe g round it was under your shirt?" asned the magistrate. "Yes", answered the accused. The conversation followed the reading of the charges against Santa Singh in the First Police Oomt yesterday alleging that he had been arrested
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    Australians In Good Position
    394 8 SHEFFIELD. June 21.—Bradman (66 not) and Brown (53 not) strengthened Australia's position after Mv v h*d obtained a 43-run first innings lead ovpr ire in their match which continued toda At close, the visitors w&lt; re IS2 for 1 in Dg thus 175 runs ahead with
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    OLYMPIC TEAM WIN 2 GAMES
    49 8 U.P. Macassar, June 21. Tht China Olympic lootball team presently touring the Indone aan arcnipelago won its last natches in Macassar. The Chinese team won by five goals to two against a Union team and defeated the MOS team by lour clear goals. —U.P.
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    No Make-Up ...Please!
    83 8 Reuter. CANTON, June 21,— Girls with permanent uuvej will not be allowed to enroll :n the c.tys public schools when the new term commences after the iSSnSier cacj.ion. This dccice tuts come litem the Bureau of hlduCUiiOM. Vtrl students are aiso forbidden to powder their Mess and
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    Outschoorn To Worcester's Aid
    355 8 Reuter. LONDON, June 21. —Gloucestershire's second day 10 wickets county win against Leicestershire today was due in no small measure to their left- j arm slow bowler, C. Cook, who took four wickets for 28 in the Leicester 2nd innings. Leicester were in irouble all through
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    VICTORY MARCH BEST on K.L. TRACK
    123 8 [Bit ALLAN LEWIS) KUALA LUMPUR Today No. 2 track was open this! morning for work and most hcrses made full use of it. The going is in very uo~d condition and some fast times were returned. Victory March was the best worker of the
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    17 8 TOKIO, June 21.—Extensive floods throughout Japan have Deen reported following the beginning of the annual rainy season.
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    GUILT PLEA BY 12 IN SECRET SOCIETY CASE
    197 8 Members of a Chinese secret society named Choan Kum Kang, numbering 12, pleaded guilty to charges of being members of an unlawful society at the Second Police Court yesterday. The case was postponed to .lone 26 for sentence. The prosecution stated that
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    Dock Strike: Govt. Statement Today
    210 8 Reuter. LONDON, June 21.—The British Government do not "want to do anything that could be translated as a threat" but expect to 4 make a definite statement tomorrow" about the steps they will f if the London dock strike which now affects 19.000 workers is
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    Want Cabinet To Resign
    95 8 Reuter—AAP. Tolcio. Ju-ic n m people tavour tive Democrat i c Cabinet to tottering three-pal regime headed by th o r? 1 leader. Mr. Hitos according to a poll newspaper Tokyo Sh,n7 The preferencew£ "S resignation 0 f the r rather than dlssolut.cn To the question
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    3 Kings To Discuss Arab Peace Plan
    430 8 Reuter and U.P. CAIRO, June 21.—The three most powerful monarchs in the Arab world, King Abdullah of Trans iordan, King Farouk and King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia, will discuss the final Arab plan for peace in Palestine at meetings here and in
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    3 Chinese Face Grave Charges
    221 8 Tentative charges of possession of arms, criminal intimidiion and wromrful confinement were preferred against th." Chinese who appeared before Seventh Magistrate A. G. mem yesterday. Ng Ah Bee (251 of Lorong 25. ieylang. and Ong Kirn Seng 20) of No. 90. Palembang Road, aced all
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    3 CHARGES OF INTIMIDATION
    84 8 An Indian named Nadaruioo faced three charges in the First Mr;c st» ite's Court yesterday of alleged criminal intim datron in that on three different occasions he allegedly threatened one V. Sngararelti wth injury to his person with intent to cause alarm. Accused claimed trial on
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    N. Y. STOCK EXCHANGE
    104 8 Reuter. New fork, June ZL »c. m in selected in*** i«a' lM m otherwise Irregu'artj Mj Market covering &lt;• *JJ r I lidding tended to *i aU *T fetfng to Intel est bdug d tj the ttepuollcaa coe»» .ions and a!,o dew !o|.!iu nt, .he to***
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