Malaya Tribune, 24 June 1948

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    62 1 The Malaya Tribune BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Larger Sales than any Afternoon Paper in Malaya fi'h'thi'i FHmnltaneouslif I fi'if I t»» Ipoh Peiianrj Telegrams "Tribune H'pore.'' Telephone: 5811 (9 lines). light* 4**c\f:s SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS The MALAYA TRIBUNE London Agents Messrs. Colm Turner
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    EX – PALESTINE POLICEMEN FOR WAR ON TERRORISTS
    407 1 EX PALESTINE POLICEMEN FOR WAR ON TERRORISTS CREECH JONES DEFENDS GENT COMMONS DISCUSS MALAYA DISTURBANCES Reuter. POLICEMEN formerly employed by the Palestine Government to deal with terrorism in the Holy Land are likely to be sent to Malaya to assist the authorities in their big drive to end the wave
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    EMERGENCY REGULATIONS
    36 1 Emergency regulations similar to those already issued in the Federation of Malaya ha\ <* been signed in fcingapyrc* and are already in force. The full text of these regulations will be on sale this afternoon.
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    S'PORE TROOPS ALERTED
    66 1 THE Seaforth Highlanders have cancelled all sports en-gngeni-'its until further notice. This may be taken to mean tha (he soldiers have .anui ordered to sland-by in #C.v of ihe situation In tht' L'l-rn'lon, th c Tribune 'e-.rns. Official Army somces however refused to make any definite utatcuiewrf
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    UNION CHIEFS IN HIDING?
    74 1 (Tribune staff Reporter) Singapore's CID chief. Mr. E. V. Fcwlcv. said in a Tribune interview yesterday that it was natural that some of the labour unions' leaders and communists oeing hounded out upcountry have fallen back on Singapore. Singapore pressmen have hail little or no success
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    C-G And Party Tour Troubled Areas
    65 1 JOHORE BAHRU, June 23. The Commissioner-General Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. accompanied by the Mentri Besar. Dato Onn bin Jaafar, and the British Adviser. Mr. A. Sleep, visited and other troubled areas in Johore today. Mr. Mac Donald had frank talks with the managers of
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    MOON KILLER AT IT AGAIN?
    72 1 U.P. Manchester. June 23. Nine-year-old Alfred Lestei was found dead at his Manchester home tonight in the third slaying of a Lancashire youngster in the past two months. Police said so far there war, no connection established between Lester's death and the "Moon Killings" at
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    AUSTRALIA'S TEST TEAM
    104 1 Reuter. London, June 23. Australia's team for the second Test beginning at Lords tomorrow will be se'ected from the following 14 players Don Bradman, Lindsay Haaaett, A. Morris. 8. Barnes, W Brown, K. Miller, lan Johnson, Bill Johnston, Don TaUan, C McCool, D. RingRay Lmdwall, N. Harvey,
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    "RESIST GENT'S PLEA"
    112 1 Reuter. yf j >11 ha>1' sin ''s /roBi MatoM I' s that yx > of Ck n l SHU <>»> Kat-shek yhtrr th'll hr rxecMt- pressed Mr. ]„kn Pi»U* V' l:i > mtnis .1 "i t)u House of in'ins ni'iht. Ifr. Pl'itts Mills was rcthe Colonial Srcrcuvi
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    JOHORE LOG HAULIERS' ASSN.
    73 1 Fat and individuals ensa m log haulage from Afcf to Singapore have form- i ej the Johore Log Hauliers' j Aquation to promote arid prt«t their interests as well j fc to it present, express, and i p' 1 effect to the opinion and representation of
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    EYE SPECIALIST IN SINGAPORE
    36 1 I-' r > Faot famed Bandoeng f weiaiist. arrived in Singpore yp«ter<lay on board the J'h-'m Ruys, en route to wilin! on a long holiday. Accompanying Dr. Fast was Fast an<i their son.
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    S'pore CoL: Governor Asked To Report
    173 1 Reuter. The Governor of Singapore is to be asked by Whitehall to give figures of the latest cost o. living and rice prices in the Colony. This was stated in the Fouee of Commons last night by Mr. Creech Jones, the Colonial See i
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    RESERVED SEATS at COMING RACES
    115 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) There arc still several re-1 served seats available for the coming Singapore Turf Club's July meeting on July 10. 14 and 17. They arc priced at $5 and bookings are open to any ordinary or subscribing members. A spokesman of the S.T.C.
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    MONEY WAR IN BERLIN
    109 1 Reuter. Berlin. June 23. Money war flared up i;i Berlin tonight as the Western and Soviet sectors barred each others currency and the Russians threatened measures against the whole economy of the Western sectors. The Russian threat came from Herr Heinrich Run, chief of the Soviet
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    BATTLESHIP FOR U.N. MEDIATOR
    33 1 PARIS, June 23. France is to put a battleship at the disposal of the United Nations Palestine mediator Count Bemad >tte. it was announced after a cabinet meeting today.
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    Penny-by-penny suicide bid
    31 1 U.P. London, June 23. Louis Tragonctte, 23. today pleaded t/uilty to attempted suicide by swallowing 30 British pennies. A doctor testified he recovered 23 pennies by an operation.—U.P.
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    CID Raid On Youth League
    97 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter» Five Chinese and an Indian were detained last bight when officers of the Singapore Criminal Investigation department conducted three raids. Uno of the prenrn. es raided nma the Democrat ie Youth League's former' premises in S'uut Street. Mr. K. V. Fow:?:. Chef
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    Masked Men Take $2,900
    193 1 (Tribune Staff Reportert Last night a gang of seven Chinese, all aimed with revolvers and masked, broke into a Chinese contractor's residence near the junction of Grange Roa 1 and Patterson Road and got away with the contractor's motor-car and $2.900 in cash ■Bd other property.
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    BANISHMENT ARREST
    70 1 Last night the C.I.D. arrested a Hokkien. named Tan Seng Piau, on a Danishment warrant. The man is believed to be an important member of the Singapore Workers' Protection Corps. A Hynanese was arrested last, night on a charge of being a member of a secret society. Police
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    SOLDIER RUNS AMOK
    127 1 U.P. VIENNA, June 23. United, States authorities reported! today that a French member of tha International Paivol was trilled instantly and a Russian j member seriously wounded by an off duty Soviet sol i'er, who It was alleged went beserk wP> an automatic gun late last night.
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    Bad Weather Holds Up The Big Fight
    297 1 U.P. Reuter. NEW YORK, June 23.—Bad weather has forced a postponement of the Louis-Walcott heavyweight title bout. Louis earlier weighed in 2131 2 lb., registering an 18.75 pound advantage over Walcott, who scaled 194 3 4 lb. Louis at first planned to stay
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    Gent To Broadcast
    21 1 Sir Edward Gent, High Commissioner of the Federation of Malaya, will broadcast tonight at 9.45 from Kuala Lumpur.
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    LOUIS SCOWLED
    149 1 Reuter. New York. June 23. J Joe Louis scowled all through the weigh-in r ceremony which was 1 /ipW tw semi-privacy in a dressing room at Modi' i son Square Garden, re- J ports Reuter. Walcott ivas smiling and appar- enthi supremely confi- J </r (l f. A.s
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    STOP PRESS
    45 1 An Indian woman, wife of a labourer, was stabbed to 'death at the labourers' quarters in the S.H.B. at 10.15 a.m. today. Her husband was also stabbed in the neck. His condition was reported as grave. Police have detained a number of persons.
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    Federation Intensifies War Against Terrorists
    640 2 Military Ready For Any Challenge (Tribune Staff Reporter) INTENSIFIED military activity is f follow yesterday's oneway conference Kuala Lumpur between General Sir Ned Richie th 0m mander-in-Chief, and military and civil authorities on th are stated to possess adequate strength to meet any challenge to
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    S'PORE ASSN.
    124 2 At a recent meeting of the Singapore Association, M. H. D. Mundell was elected president, Mr. H. Sehweizer was elected vice-president and Mr. J. F. L. Cowin was elected honorary secretary and treasurer, pending replacement by the Committee when he goes on leave. The following were elected committee
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    YOUTH HURT IN ROAD ACCIDENT
    80 2 A young Chinese, knocked down by a Royal Navy truck at the junction of Selegie and Sophia Roads yesterday afternoon, sustained a fracture of the knee. Another accident, this a collision at the Queen Street and Albert Street junction an hour earlier beween a motor
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    COLONIAL OFFICE HOME JOURNAL
    81 2 It is announced by the Colonial Office that Mr. Kenneth Bradley, Under Secretary, Gold Coast, has been appointed cdi- tor of the Colonial Service Journal which is to be published by the Colonial Office. The j Journal will be in effect a house I magazine for
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    3 CHINESE ON GRAVE CHARGES
    109 2 A 25-year-old Chinese, Tan Chin Seng, faced three serious charges when he appeared yesterday before the Second Police Magistrate, Mr. L. C. Goh. He is alleged to have cheated a woman, Chan Kwee Eng. of $150, at about 4 p.m. on Jan. 2 at Church
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    Cry Went Unheard
    77 2 Two Chinese, one anned 1 1 with a revolver, yesterday robbed a young Boyanese j woman. Mariam binte Shariff, !of a gold locket and three i gold buttons while she was on j her wa y to market. I The incident occurred at I the junction of
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    'MALAYAN' NOT 'CHINESE' REDS
    275 2 The Chung Shing Jit Pao, official organ of the Singapore Kucmintanq, yesterday in an editorial criticised thr handling of news by certain local English-language newspapers (named) in connection with th* riant terrorist incidents in the Federation. It deplored the emphasis- frequently laid on- "Chinese gangsters" and
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    CITY FIRES
    59 2 An extensive lallang Are broke out near the General Hospital at about 3 p.m. yesterday. It was extinguished by the Fire Brigade without loss to property or injury to anyone. Two hours later the Fire Brigade wa s again called to deal with another lallang nre at Ridout
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    Red Editor's Charge Against Authorities
    203 2 KUALA LUMPUR. June 23. —A complaint that when he was taken back to the prison last evening, the prison authorities removed all his papers and notes and handed them over to him only this morning, was made by Mr. Liew Ngit Fun, publisher and manager
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    SAIGON-BOUND
    17 2 The French vessel. Louis Pasteur, arrived in Singapore yesterday with nearly 3,000 Saigon-bound troops from France
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    26 2 Mr. R. E. Earle has been appointed to act as Local Chairman of the Singapore Harbour Board during the absence on leave of Mr. J. Cooper.
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    97 FOR MECCA
    22 2 Ninety-seven pilgrims for Mecca will emoark upon the vessel Melampus, when she berths at the Singapore wharves this morning.
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    Jail For Possession Of "Dangerous " Ammo
    189 2 Jail For Possession Of "Dangerous Ammo Mr. Justice Gordon Smith, at the Singapore Assize Court yesterday, remarked that the ammunition found in the possession of the prisoner was of the particularly dangerous kind used by gangsters. Under the circumstance*, observed the judge, the maximum sentence of 10 years' rigorous imprisonment
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    CONTROL OF JAPANESE INDUSTRIAL CAPACITY
    618 3 industrial capacity in Japan will not be ,me no large that it is a potential war danger .hue Benham. Economic Adviser to the teneral if: Singapore yesterday. amed Eusoff j who formed legation to the ujfi tot Asia Ootacaraund a Press conto Malaya, out that
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    Pedestrians Head Road Death Toll
    219 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) More pedestrians are being killed and injured in Singapore today through road accidents than any other class of road user. Statistics show that during the past five months well over 250 pedestrians have been victims of road mishaps. One of the reasons
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    INQUIRY INTO $11,446 ARMED ROBBERY
    235 3 bbery which took Ph l\ c C liege of Medidaf par this yea r was ie«!l«d when Hussain bin All. J tm- Malay, of No. 36 Nelson Road, appeurrd yester- dock for a preli- Inquiry beiore Seventh A G. Shears. Hb sue aheged xiave the
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    44 3 The death took place on Sunday of Madam Palaniyammal oi Taipmg at the residence of her sons-in-law, Mr. V. Suppiah. The funeral took place on Monday afternoon at the Hindu burial ground at Tupid and was largely attended by friends and relatives from outstations.
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    TEXTILE POLICY
    242 3 Sir, I am just one of the local textile merchants. At present it seems that the local Government here is about to fix the import quota for U.S. and Japanese textiles, and the question whether the quota should be a combined one ao aa to allow an importer
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    Illegal Society Charges
    125 3 Two Chinese were produced before the Second Police Magistrate. Mr. L. C. Goh, yesterday, on charges of assisting in the management of unlawful societies. Lim Bee Seng <32), is alleged to have assisted in the management of "Tiong Gi Sai," an illegal society, in June. The other.
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    Police Keep Watch As Workers Get Paid
    249 3 (Tribune Btaff Reporter) Police guards were posted in :he office of Mr. C. H. Koh (the liquidator for the Tai Thong Rubber Factory) for the past two days when some $40,000 were being paid to 400 male and female workers of the factory
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    M.N.P. DENIES PRESS REPORT
    111 3 (Tritntne Staff Reporter) A press report on Tuesday alleging that the Malay Nationalist Party was concerned over the police raid on their Penang headquarters is "utterly unfounded," an official spokesman of the Party declared yesterday. The spokesman said, that the Government was justied in taking any
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    INDIAN CONCERT NETTED $3,477
    71 3 The ladies Section of the Singapore Regional Indian Cong: ess has announced that they realised a net sum of $3,477.77 from the proceeds of a charity concert staged by i them at the Victoria. Theatre some time ago in- aid of Indian schools. The total receipts
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    International Directors
    869 4 No one who has followea tne situation in iviaiaya since tne Japanese coilapse can seriously douot that Soviet Russia has painstakingly lostered the building up oi a Communist organiiation here with the dual purpose of encouraging and inciting local subversive elements and at the same time interfering with
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    MALAYA'S HERITAGE OF VIOLENCE
    937 4  -  By SCRUTATOR Never before in Malaya's history has there been such widespread lawlessness and disorder as we are witnessing at the moment. Confronted daily by stories of murder, arson and robbery it is only too easy for people to fa'l into the error of thinking that
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    Taiwan And Japan
    110 4 SHANGHAI. Tfctvu Chinese f>i* m d province off the southeast coast of China likely to he stiongiy represented in the hinese delegation the pena ng Japanese peace conference, according to Cr.~ ese leports. This foi.'.weu the passage i a. resolution by the recent National As -mb.y recommending
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    AS OUR READERS SEE IT Raids On Hawkers
    376 4 SIR, —After the formation of so many new Government departments, it appears strange that the hawker problem is still not being tackled in a manner which can be said to be satisfactory. It is harrowing not so mucn to see the arrest
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    Emancipation Of Women
    374 4 Sir. —Reference Mr. Mamat's suggestion on "Women's Movements" in Singapore, I think such movements are essential particularly among our community in Malaya, and we should without hesitation encourage and render every possible help and advice to them to exerc-se their aims and objects on proper lines rather
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    Welfare Of Indians
    192 4 Sir, —I was amazed to read in your letter bag column an article written by a "Fellow of the Inquisitive Fraternity" on leadership of Indians. The writer seems to be evidently one of those who are perpetually dissatisfied with anything that goes on in this world. The
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    Sons Of The Soil Join R.A.F. Regt. In S'pore
    525 5 nnu no < Tribun e Staff Reporter) The 03 Squadron of the R.A.F. Regiment (Malaya) has been formed and the selected recruits will soon go into training at the R.A.F. Sembauang. For fhe past few days, more than 120 sons of
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    He Lost £90,000 In One Week—Paid Up
    178 5 He Lost £90,000 In One Week —Paid Up Tn one week. Jack Chandler, the Honeysuckle res-W.ardour-street. [90,000, lost, and aled last week Streatfeild, in when Mr. Loui3 Wymouth-street. 'ssfully sued for £19,128 bets. Hi A-berg, bookmaker since h gave evidence that introduced Mr. to him, and he paid Mr. Zjff
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    43 5 Reuter. In Washington last night President Truman announced that he had appointed Mr. James Grover McDonald, of New York as a special diplomatic representative to the Jewish state. The provisional Israeli Government recently appcinted Mr. i Eliahu Epstein as its representative in Washington.—Reuter.
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    Radio Telephone Service To Cars
    179 5 Reuter. NEW YORK. -A radio telephone service to motorcars is DOW past the experimental stage, according to Mr. Terence McCarthy, general manager of Telephone Exchange. Inc., which operates a car phone service in New York. Already are 40 subscribers, "and sufficient equipment has been manufactured
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    MINISTERS MEET
    54 5 U.P. WARSAW. June 23.— Foreign Ministers and top East European diplomats including V. M. Molotov (Foreign Minister of the U.S.S.R gathered today at Wilanow Palace outside Warsaw. A Balkan diplomat told the United Press that "this is the biggest and most important conference in Europe since the end
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    GREEK ADVANCE
    53 5 Reuter. ATHENS, June 26: Greek Government troops drove foi I ward today on both the northiem and southern er.ds of their "horseshoe" front round Mount j Grammos, the guerilla strongI hold, capturing 44 villages near I Konitza to the southwest, and i steam-rollering resistance down the nearby Sarandaporos
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    MALAYAN NEWS BRIEFS.
    672 5 Sir Harold Willian, Chief Justice, Federation of Malaya, has returned to Kuala Lumpur from leave on Sunday by air. The* Hon'ble Mr. R. Raman, the well-known Kuala Lumpur lawyer and Legislative Councillor, is indisposed and confined to bed. Boy scouts of the First Troop of the Sultan
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    Probable Names For The Royal Baby
    436 5 Reuter. LONDON. The name of the first child of Princess Elisabeth a&d the Duke of Edinburgh, will probably be George, if a boy, or Mary, if a girl. The child, expected in Octo bcr, will be second in the line of succession to the
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    WEATHER SHITS FOR PACIFIC
    51 5 U.P. WASHINGTON. June 23. President Truman today signed a Bill authorizing the United States to maintain two weather ships in the Pacific and seven full-time and one part-time in the north Atlantic. Presently the United States has two in he North Atlantic and one in the
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    800 Baltic Refugees Seek A New Country
    706 5 Reuter. ROME. Fear is the dominating factor which has driven the 800 refugees and displaced per sons, now on their way to Australia aboard the American troop 3hip "General Stcv/a.t," to sever completely th-.ii associations with Europe Mid s<ek a new life in
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    Bagdad Building Garden City
    196 5 Reuter. BAGDAD. A modern "garden city' complete with a =ports centre is being built on the west bank of the Tigris river within sight of the palace of the Regent of Iraq. Plans for the combined sports centre and garden suburb include sites for 700 two-storey
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    WARNING TO US
    79 5 Reuter. MANILA.—Secretary-General of the Communist Party of the Philippines and one of the recently designated leaders of world communism, Mariano P. Balgos. told the Manila Times recently that he vehemeutly ou- jected to the U.S. scheme to rcI construct Japan. He added that this eventually would rneau
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    TURKS: OLYMPIC "DARK HORSES"
    396 7 TALKING SOCCER.... BY SPECTATOR ul-PF'S more soccer news furkey, d.awn to meet Ouaa in the preliminary round or the Olympic football eawpttitian. in a recent issue of World Sports, official magaZ in, ot the Britisa Olympic a- odatioa, Add Giray. memr,.rof tn. Turkish Comraitto ol Football
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    Chew Bee Ousted
    194 7 C. K. Pang and Robert Chia emerged easy victors against their opponents yesterday in the S.L.T.A. championships (mens singles —quarter-finals) played on the padang Pang found Lim Hee Chin weak opposition and defeated him in two straight sets. 6—4. 6—3. Chia was in brilliant form yesterday and
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    POLICE SPORTS
    133 7 A large number of entries were received from members of the force for the Singapore Police Force Annual Sports Meet to be held at the Police Training School. Thompson Road on July 3. There will be about 15 events, comprising the various track events, the high jump, the
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    Sportsletter
    73 7 "Grandstand Spectator." Sir Sometime ago a player in the lower division was sent off the field for 'persistingiy using his hands.' fet m Monday's game. Div. 1—RA.F. Changl) vs. M.F.A.. an R.A.F. piayer, who was nulled up for hands on four DELIBERATE— one of which he punched the ball
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    H.K. Cricketers In Federation
    67 7 From Our Own Reporter) KUALA LUMPUR. June 23. -Good bowling by Chua Ng Then g who took four wickets for 31 run- high-lighted today's play here b?txe 3 n the Federation and the Hong Kong Cricket XI now touring Malaya. At the close of play. Hons
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    Draw For Table-Tennis Championships
    594 7 IT CELLULOID" The draw of the various in- j ftvUnal events in the Singapore Table Tennis' Association Championships of 1948, held at the Chinese V.M.C.A.. resulted as follows: SENIOR MEN'S SINGLES: Top s^tion: Lai Ying Hon (Champion) bye, Wong Wah Soo vs. Chua 800 Lim, William
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    CRITICS EXPECTED TOO MUCH FROM HONG KONG TEAM
    1590 7 Weekly Cricket Review....By RAM PIARA THE much-discussed Hong Kong cricket team was seen I in action for four days at a| stretch on the Padang, and the average critic's opinion was '.hat the tourists were no match for the teams they opposed.
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    Post-Mortem
    222 7 Post-Mortem On Yesterday's Game IT 18 A PITY the Club took .so long to realise that they were opposed to a team that was easily demoralised. The Indians went to pieces in the last 20 minutes. Incidentally, Onman Anguillia's weakness was revealed. He is not so difficult to beat
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    SCC Rally To Share Points With Indians
    688 7 grjrj 4 Indian Association. .4 After being four goals down, the S.C.C. staged a thrilling rally yesterday to share the points with the Indian Association in a First Division game at Jalan Besar Stadium. The game was one of the best this season
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    HONOURS LIST
    240 7 BATTINC. 101 Robinson (R.A.F. Sembawang vs. Clarke Rangers). 10a Hinshallwood (R.A.F. Biittei worth vs. Penang Far* Schooy 58 f/Ldr. Leggett (Combined Services vs. Hong Kong). 57 Llewellyn (R.A.F. Tengah vs. Non Benders). 56 F/O Lloyd (Combined Changi XI vs. C.S.C.). 56 lam Cheng Poh (C'.R.C. vs. P.R.C Penang).
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    News From The Mews
    144 7 (By ALLAN LEWIS) KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. Jack Spencer's team ridden by Gordon Lansdown were the only horses to no any pace work, at Kuala Lumpur, this morning. All other horses were confined to i trotting and cantering exercise. United Pisces who recently went into R. N.
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    KOTA RAJA CLUB
    54 7 An extraoi dinary general meeting of the Kota Raja Club will be held at the Istana Kampong Glam on Sunday at 2.30 p.m., the agenda including discussion and consideration of the erection of the Kota Raja Clubhouise. In conclusion Doa Selamat will be performed *>y Tuan Ustad
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    COLONIALS SOCCER
    65 7 The following have been In--1 vited to play for the Colonial." I against the Dockyard SC. on j Sunday, at Seletar, play eoni- menclng at 11 aju.: —A. E Delilkan (Cupt), E. De Xi el tier, T. a. Dole. P. De Kretaer. A. Perera, Allan Ford, D. Mil-
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    S'pore's T.B. Deaths Highest In Colonies
    274 8 Reuter. LONDON, June The number of deaths In Singapore from pulmonary turber- < sis last year was 1,468, Mr. Arthur Creech lenes, Colonial Secretary, said today in a Pnr'.lnmentary reply. The average number in the years 1930 to 1941 was 1.714. The figure for
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    YORK HILL HOME FOR CHILDREN
    184 8 'Tribune Woman Reporter) The occupants of Nantina Hotel. Queen Street, are all eagerly looking forward to the month of duly. For them. July means a < hang" of abode from the Nantina to the York Hdl Home, where there arc large, ground* for running around,
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    Dock Strike Will Cost UK Millions
    194 8 Reuter. LONDON June 23.—Prime Minister Clement Attlee told trie House of Commons this afternoon that the strike of 20.000 dockers which has paralysed the port of London for 10 days will cut on millions of dollars of British export earnings. He was explaining why
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    Churchill's Request Is Rejected
    240 8 Reuter. LONDON, June 23.—The Government today rejected a request by Mr. Winston Churchill that it should offer its services as mediator in the Dispute between India and Hyderabad. Mr. Philip Noel-Baker. Secretary for Commonwealth Relations, told the House of Commons that it still remained the Government's
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    Yorks Run Up A Big Score
    288 8 Reuter. LONDON. June 23. -Although there was never an trace of slackness cither in the bowling or the fleUUng of Kent. Yorkshire ran up a big score against them today by consistent batting, keeping "them in the field all day. The later batsmen livened
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    Olympic Soccer Draw
    84 8 LONDON. June 23. India meets Burma at Worthing, Sussex, on July 26 in the preliminary round of the Olympic Games soccer tournament, it was announced here today. Pakistan meets Yugoslavia in their preliminary round mutch at Southend. Essex, or Juiy 27. The dates of other preliminary round
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    Geylang Soccer
    54 8 Reuter. The following will represent the Geylang Youngsters "A" In a friendly football match agaiust the Chartered Bank S.C. on Saturday at the Geylang Stadium at 5.15 p.m.:— Rahim. Hamld. Syed Mansor. Bulat Chia, Narayan, Charles I Nicholas, Hugh Montelro. HusijSyed Ali. Reserves: —Yahya. nail, Tony Chua. Abubakar,
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    Chinese Veterans Football Team
    685 8 FOLLOWING are pen-sketch-S9I of members of the Chinese Veterans' team to meet the Combined Services Veterans in a charity soccer match next week GOAL: Yeo Ah Kow: Age 14. Played for S.C.F.A. from 1928 to 1937. Represented Singapore in Malaya Cup Finals in 1929. 1930 A
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    VICE-CONSUL
    34 8 It is officially announced that the Exequatur empowering Mr. L. D. Dymond to act as Honorary Vice-Consul of Uruguay at Singapore with' jurisdiction including the Federation of Malaya has received His Majesty's signature.
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    JOCKEY'S DERBY "HAT-TRICK"
    95 8 U.P. BELFAST. June 23. Australia* Jockey William Rue Johnstone today set up a turf record probably equaittd anywhere in the world, namely riding winners of the English. French and Irish Drrbies ins dc three week*. Rid in y th* Aiia Khan s Nathoo over a mile and
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    DIRECTOR AND TEACHERS SENT TO PRISON
    99 8 U.P. Budapest. June 23. W >co Court sentenced a duecor and two teachers of the Catholic school In Esztergom esidence of Joseph Cardinal Miodszcntv. yesterday to prison terms for "inciting against democracy". The three were convicted of provoking a demonstration by students from their
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    44 8 Reuter. Naples. June 23. Fifteen people were wounded today when police, battered by sticks and stones, opened fire in a clash with about 15.000 unemployed demonstrating outside the prefect's office here. Many arrests were made but the city was reported to be calm. -Reuter.
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    WIMBLEDON RESULTS French Veterans Thrill Crowd
    348 8 Reuter and U.P. WIMBLEDON, Surrey, .Tun? 23.—After b cays of showery weather Wimbledon today 2 glorious sunshine for the opening 0 f th* mon doubles uvent in which all four se?d>d pairc 2 cafelv through. The veteran French pair Jean Borotra and Jacques Brugnon,
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    Johore Warning To Sportsmen
    64 8 JOHORE BHARU. June 23_The Police Commissioner, Mr I D Mac Donald. has re-issued the following warning to sportsmen in Johore "people in Johore owning rifles or shotguns should on no account go out shooting game. Persons seen carrying luns of any kind are liable to oe
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    Malay Badminton Tourney Finals
    381 8 Singapore badminton fans will be entertained to good badminton on Saturday, Sunday and Monday nights at the Haw-Par Hall (Clerical Administrative Workers' Union), when top-ranking Malay badminton players battle for the 1948 Malay championship of Singapore. The games will mark the close of the Malay Badminton
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    COAL CRISES
    48 8 Reuter-AAP. Sydncv. Juno ft. Over 2,>0. 000 workers in the Sydney are were idle today as a result C the Australian coal crisis whic led to widespread power e»»t yesterday. Miners from five collieries were still on strike today and train services were heavily curtailed. —Rcuter-AAP.
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    TODAY'S SPORT
    69 8 SOCCER HA FA. hn Spore Chinese *h*»L Assn. r.s. KrmnU W T r lana Stafta*, IwSm Kmtou* Kmrtimu i 2 //round «.Sr. r,\ Malays II r.s. police rwS Road ground. DodbS? r*. Dernnshm- Re* Bow; SWB AiutißorV ?2 r.s. 223 BOD. jfi ground; Dir. 3 tfeMM JJ pita!
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    P.C. Foils Bid For Freedom
    188 8 How a bold bM by an alleeed trafficker in ammunition to evade arrest was foiled hv plucky young Malay tranV constable last December was revealed at the Singapore Assize Court yesterday. The young Malay leaped out of a traffic lorry when he m the man
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    Devadas Gandhi In Germany
    54 8 Reuter. BERLIN. June 23 Devadas Gandhi by vis wife left Berlin b> air for Frankfurt this evenjrj. Eailier he was receded J Soviet Headquarters at J*# short by W.-Gcn. chenko Soviet o**f Jg and other senior Soviet mm He was in Berlin on his capacity M
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    STATE EXPRESS XI
    47 8 present the State hxprr in a rrieadly B*»* of on Kn agai-t the Blue day, Jwnc Jj ground Yon; -GohTeckThye.Jn jjfJJJ Mahmood. Basri Liong Sum cW Cheng Ah King. tlg**> am Cheng Suan Tim ami Thcvan. Sunl Q* Reserves Lion*. and Lee Cbee Kow-
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    KEPPEL untitled WIN
    38 8 i pin romp* 1 ootball team best*... ledok Bus .-ton,; V VIn thr I j ls tcan. scored |ok Bu oal. Tbeo. Ke ■cored the. Bus replied With J and just before Katong Bus Rot
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