Malaya Tribune, 8 December 1948

Microfilm: NL2148
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    62 1 The Malaya Tribune TIIE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Larger Sales Than Any Afternoon Paper in Malaya. Printing Simultaneous* Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh Penan* Telegram*: "Tribune B'pore." Telephone: 6811 (9 lines) EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1948 PRICE TEN CFNTS THE MALAYA TRIBUNE London Agents—Messrs. Colin Tummy Ltd* Toir H House,
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    SHAW FILM H.Q. BLAZE
    487 1 Firemen Rouse Families As Flames Leap (Tribune Staff Reporter; More than 100 firemen lought a blaze «hic 1, completely destroyed M r,: t <,l,uarters <>r s aw Krothe Ltd., Road. Tlx- lire started on the ground floor ct 2.45 a.m. and spread quick dim and dry
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    ERROL KICKS POLICE OFFICER
    185 1 U.P. MEW rORK, Tuesday. Film acta Em P'lynn, star of a M -punch Hollywood awls, tangled with rk policeman early as thrown into gaol on a thud-degree assault charge. Police said the dashing Irish ked one of New York's finest on the shins. Flynn, who ;'ot
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    Squatters Probe
    60 1 Reuter. LONDON. Tues. Britain is awaiting further information from the Chinese Government on the eviction of Chircse squatters from land *n Malaya during recent British operations against the bandits a Foreign Office spokesman today. China recently protested to Britain about evictions, naming places which the Foreign Oce could
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    PRISONER ESCAPES
    69 1 STOP PRESS SEGAMAT, Today. Six bandits were caught in a security raid on Oha-ah when a large police and military force screened all men In the village. Two were identified as members of a 20-man armed gang. On the way to the police station one of the prisoners
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    "Behave"—Stanley Warned
    838 1 "Behave Stanley Warned Reuter. LONDON. Tues—At one point in the London graft inquiry, Sydney Stanley was warned by the Chairman to behave himself. It had been stated that Mrs. Stanley was the director of a firm making fruitboards. When the Attorney-General confessed he was ignorant of what fruitboards were, Stanley
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    China Situation Desperate?
    237 1 U.P. SHANGHAI, Tues.—The desperate situ.-.tion facing the military commanders in north, cc jtral, and eastern China was indicated today in apy.ais received by Major-General Chennault. Messages direct from provincial councils, governors and commanders came to Chennault in support either of his plan to re-establish tho famous wartime
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    Slickness Will Not Start
    56 1 From Allan Lewis Slickness will not go to the tapes to today. The two best outsiders are Lusan Maid and Miss Linor. Going will be very good. Jockey Je tiers who fell off Amvika last Saturday will not be riding. Two of his fingers were broken
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    U.K. Coal Miners Set a New Record
    30 1 AP. LONDON, Wed. British miners dug 4,340.100 tons ol coal last week and set a record for 1948, the Ministry of Futi announced.—AP.
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    Cup Team Impresses Ceylon
    107 1 (Tribune Special Corr.) CARTAGE Today. CEYLON was greatly impressed by the Malayan Thomas Cup players. The vice-president of the V.M.C.A. after watching the team in action said that Malayan badminton standard was streets ahead of India's. Law Teik Hock easily accounted for Ceylon's number two player,
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    MARSHALL
    35 1 Reuter. WASHINGTON, Tuesday:— US Secretary of State George Marshall underwent a kidney operation today. Mr. Marshall's condition was not made known. When it is known it may determine whether he remains Secretary of State—Reuter.
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    SEVEN KILLED
    19 1 ATHENS, Tues.—Four men and three women convicted of aiding the Greek guerrillas were executed at Salonika today.—
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    TEA WITH TRUMANS
    43 1 UP. WASHINGTON, Tues—Thc White House announced today that Madame Chiang Kaishek, will be President and Mrs. Tinman's guest at tea on Friday. It is expected that the meeting will be of a social nature rather than a business conference. -UP.
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    APPEAL TO ABDULLAH
    40 1 A.P. AMMAN, Wednesday:—The Transjordan Cabinet yesterday approved an appeal to King Abdullah to proclaim himself King of a unified Palestine and Transjordan. The appeal was contained in a resolution passed by a congress of Palestinian Arabs A.P.
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    ECAFE ACCUSED OF INTERFERING WITH STATE TRADE
    392 2 SLOWNESS CRITICISED Reuter-AAP. LAPSTONE, New South Wales, Tues. Coylon, supported by India, Burma, and the Philippines, today successfully opposed a recommendation to the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East that "state trading should be avoided in international agreements." The Trade and
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    Calwell Voices Fear Of Japan
    88 2 UP. SYDNEY. Tues.--Immigra-tion Minister A. A. Calwel! warned today that "the resurgence Ot Japan is not only a possibility but. judging from the way things arc shaping in the Pacific *>nd around the *'orld. can become almost a certainty." He said Australia must populate befpH
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    Alarm bells for lighthouses
    116 2 Reuter. LONDON. Tuesday. Keepers of lighthouses In the Far East to be equipped with newtype British equipment will be ible to sleep soundly in their beds at night with the certainty that a loud alarm bell will wake them if anything goes wrong with the light.
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    Weather Forecasts Bring In Money
    274 2 Reuter. NEW YORK, Tues. Private weather forecasting is one of the newest businesses in America. So far there are only half a dozen weather predicting firms in the whole country and they arc doing nourishing business. Tile secret <>f their success was explained by Mr.
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    BERLINERS SAY NO TO RUSSIA
    88 2 A.P. Berlin. Monday. A final count showed that Berliners slapped the Communists with 1,330.820 votes each one a protest against Soviet occupation policies. The vote swept the Socialist Party into power. All the three parties on the hallot are antiCommuni.st. The final results Are re
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    U. S. Help For Palestine Refugees
    67 2 Reuter. WASHINGTON. Tues—Pre sident Trum; )n will recommend to Congress thai the United Stales contribute up to $16,000,000 For the relit of refugees from the Palestine fighting. Report.* placed the unmbcr these refugees at between 400.000 and 509,000. Most of them are said to
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    Argentine Accepts China Immigrants
    168 2 A.P. SHANGHAI, Tues.—The Argentine Consulate has notified G2O persons from all parts of China, including all Russian emigrants here who hold the necessary landing permits, of p«r> mission to resettle in Argentina, the International Refugee Organization said yesterday. IRO sources indicated that Argentinian resettlement remains by
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    GERMANS FLEE SOVIET RULE
    50 2 A.P. BERLIN, Wed.—An average of 1.000 Germans a month are fleeing Soviet rule in the cast and slipping into Western zones, General Lucius D. Clay. U.S. Commander, disclosed Tuesday. He said the exodus rate from Eastern zones ranges from 2;».ooo to over 30,000 a month. A.P.
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    'A SUPER-DUPER SPY THRILLER'
    91 2 UP. NEW YORK. Tues. The Communist Daily Worker, commenting on the Chambers Hiss spy accusation affairs today interpreted th c "pumpkin hysteria' (Chambers hid microiilms of secret documents in a pumpkin or his farm) as a new move oi the war-mongers. "The stage is set for
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    Austrian Peace
    43 2 A.P. WASHINGTON. Tues.-The Ignited States notified Austria today that the States agreed to resume negotiations for an Ausrian peace treaty. A note handed to the Austrian legation said that the United States Government is fully prepared to participate in renewed negotiations.—A.P.
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    Should Writers Marry?
    150 2 A.P. LONDON. Tuen. Write! Vincent Shecan's divoiced wife ■itili thinks he is H wonderful f. ll..w but -h. will not many hun again because «niters tu not time foi no»rrlace. Pretty Mis. Sheenn. the former Dlann Forbes Robertson, eai.'l on Monday tluit he .i.-.u. i nu .aid
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    ENVOY
    42 2 Reuter. RANGOON. Tues.—Thc Burmese Education Minister. U Win. may succeed Sir Maung; Gyee as Burma's Ambassador to London, a usually reliable source said today. U Win resigned his post as Ambassador to New Delhi in September to join the Cabinet. -Reuter.
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      234 2 iiiiEa ii!fc KM) NEI WORK 6 p.m. Programme Sum- Ml News in Cantonese and mary; 6.05 Popular Malay Amoy. 1 pm. Lunch-time music songs by HMV Col. anil PROGRAMME IN INDIAN by the Radio Orchestra; 1.80 Pathe Orch.; 7 p.m. Time LIS Opening AmiounceNews; 1.48 Rhythm Parade Signal; 7.01 Comic;
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    Gandhi's Name Is Synonym For Peace
    379 3 Reuter. will Ir^n Tues f A bronze statue of Gandhi ¥rjk^° n be erected in Hiblya Park in Central The name of Gandhi has become a synonym L Pe XS°{!? thousands of Japanese who llZl ad °P ted his works teachings to promote world
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    Ashida Arrested At Last
    124 3 Reuter— AAP. Tokio. Tues. A slender neatly-dressed Hitoshi Ashida. more subdued than usual, was p esent at the Procurators this morning to answer questions considering his connection with Ihe Shown Denko bribery scandal. It took the prosecutors a long time to take the linal step of
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    HUMAN RIGHT'S
    44 3 U.P. PARIS. Tues. —Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt today hailed the declaration on human rights adopted by the Social Committee of the UN as "probably the most important thing done by the UN for man from a moral and spiritual point of view." —U.P.
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    WOMEN CONDEMN THE U.S.
    105 3 Reuter. BUDAPEST, Tues. TttS second World Congress of th International Federation ol Democratic Women has passed a resolution condemn ing "the American imperialist policy of remilitarising Japan" as "a great nunace to the peace of the world and especially th e people jf Asia". The resolution
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    POPE'S XMAS RADIO TALK
    80 3 U.P. I VATICAN CITY. Tues.—The I Pope will make the traditional j broadcast to the world on Christmas eve. the Vatican secretariat of state announced. The Papal Christmas actdres?», one of the two most important lclivcrcd by the Pontiff each year, will be given before the
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    C-54 'RAN OUT OF ALTITUDE'
    287 3 U.P. PEARL HARBOUR. Hawaii. Tues.—Lieut. Colonel William Calhoun, pilot of the Ait Force C-54 Skymaster transport which he ditched in the Pacific on Sunday with the loss of four American sci viccmcn, said today that the plane remained afloat for 12 minutes after It crashed.
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    THE SQUATTERS
    496 4 THE Malay Mail accuses the Tribune news--1 papers of distorting the facts concerning the squatters "in a miasma of sentimentaiily which obscures the issue." The Malay Mail goes further. It declares that by pressing for investigation into the treatment of the squatters and the burning of their homes,
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    THE EMPIRE BUILDER AT IT AGAIN
    825 4  -  ;With India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon all granted independence, Britain Jws ttearls liquidated the Empire she look so much trouble to build. Now, she seeks to build a a new Empire in the wilds cf Central Africa, comprising Southern and i Northern Rhodesia and
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    U.S. OFFER TO ABYSSINIA
    149 4 ABYSSINIA, faced With growing economic and financial difficulties since the end of the war, may shortly accept an offer by a private group of American financiers to invest about 100.000,000 dollars (about £25.000,000) in developing the industries and agriculture of the country. The offer was made
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    Ceylon's All Out Food Drive
    109 5 UP. MBO, Tues.—Ceylon- Agriculture and At Dudley Senanayected that the ful: and propaganda (i .h of Agricultuiv the present hnanL>*' concentrated on 1 a j objectives. of Importance H using the yields n the island; prona] husbandry to possible extent the cultivation ot promoting the
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    IT WAS ONLY A COCONUT
    49 5 Reuter. Hastings, Sussex, Tuesd.—A round dark object floating offrt. was reported to the polir« as n mine. Pali Cards rushed to the sp.,i When the "mine" was mated close enough a policenan bravely grabbed it. It was tne outer husk of a nut. Reuter.
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    MILLIONS CHEW CUM, PAN
    98 5 U.P. BOMBAY, Tues. —Just as Americans chew na of Indians chew etle leaf. r.'.uch India's national habit gum-chewing is And, whether or nt is objectionable, is pure i matter of view. 11-known English lanBombay daily, Free Journal, in an editorial on chewing, said. In the United
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    'SWEET' HOARDERS
    29 5 AP. MANILA, Tues. Thej tippine government today' threatened to confiscate sugar j in Manila to bring to a in artificial scarcity aswrtedly engineered by Chin-J wholesalers, —aP.
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    Expensive Skull
    69 5 Mrs. Mary Leakey, wife of an archaeologist, stepped from an aircraft at London Airport, earrving a brown paper parcel which had rested on her lap all the way from Nairobi Inside the parcel was the skull ot a prehistoric ape, estimated to be 20,000,000 years old. Mrs. Leakey
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    U.K. Starts Best Legal Aid Scheme
    308 5 LONDON, Tues.—The British Government has launched what it claims is the most revolutionary legal aid schem? anywhere in the world in a new bill now before Parliament. Its aim is to ensure that nobody is denied justice owing to lack of money. The Government
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    FORMOSA TO BE CHINA'S PRINCIPAL MILITARY BASTION?
    265 5 UP. UONGKONG, Tues.—There are reliable reports that the Island of Formosa may be developed into the "principal military base" of the Chinese Nationalist Government, the Far Eastern Economic Review reported here. The island already is Doing used as an infantry training base as
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    Police Want 'Perfect Maid'
    120 5 U.P. NEW YORK, Tue*.— The "perfee* jewel" of a maid who made, oft with $10,000 in JeweH from a Brooklyn aaaaiifanini's home ait. i- j-ss than 12 hours of service, wax sought by tfta ptHaa yesterday. Mr. an,l Mrs. William Conescu said that they hired the
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    Dutch vaccine for Republic
    59 5 Reuter.-AAP. BATAVIA. Tues. —Fifteer. thousand (15.000» dexses of smallpox vaccine and 20,000 of anti-typhus serum are to be sent to the Indonesian Republican authorities at Atjeh. North Sumatra, it was learned here today. Requested by United Nations military observers the vaccines will be delivered by the
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    Nanking 'Lost Face' Over The Gold Yuan
    180 5 UP. HONGKONG, Tues. The Nanking Government has "lost lace" with the Chinese people as never before as a result of its devaluation of the new Chinese currency, .says the Far Eastern Economic Review. Pointing out that million., of Chinese have lost thei .Uptime's
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    GERMAN BEER
    36 5 Reuter. Bremen, Tuesday. Geimany's first direct post-wai trade of cargo for the Far East, 2,000 cases of Bremen beer for the Dutch East Indies has left here in the British ship Breckonshire (9,980 tons).—Reuter.
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    UNO SINGED
    35 5 Reuter. PARIS, Tuesday.-—Fire broke out in one of the United Nations committee rooms of the Palais de Chaillot tonight. Every available fireman was rushed to the scene. More than 150 firemen were called—Reuter.
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    More Women Sew Their Own Clothes
    368 5 U.P. CHICAGO, Mon.—High prices are forcing more U.S. women to do as their grandmo r iors did—make their own clothes—a mail order executive said. James N. Dow, head ot Sears, Roebuck and Company's Yardgoods and Pat-tern-Buying Department, said that many women are outfitting themselves
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      44 5 VIC FLINT- By Michae O'Malley and Ralph Lane W~HIT A SEAGULLI SNOU6H SUPPOSE WHILE TAPPyTT'LL HANDLE IT. Jkff IN A LITTLE lmK GAMBLER. POOR/UNOEPSTANO SHOOTING FOR lIS RACING TOM3MT THOSE THAT'S WHY^ V r WyrSMACK UPON S f WE'D BETTER Iff/fl] 'By V. Hamlin"
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      539 6 Business OnportifiUy Progressive Retftlt Business for Sale. OWOei Manager mtlfing. llo\ No. Al95ft M.T. 8'pore. PERSONAL ENGLISH 46, nn»-rgi'tif buMinrs.iinun. lirst-cla.*-: board/uccommt>diition as pacing guent In privnt.home ol English-speaking good-ntiturod (Chinese familyi. Dally food it qnlr.riwntBreakfast fiuropeun, Dinner Chinese or European optional. Private home preferably ii few miles outside the
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      658 6 r NOTICE I TENDERS TENDERS will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office. Singapore, up to noon 24th December, 1948, for the following cervices during 1949: 1. (a) Photographing of prisoners in H.M. Loca Prison, Outram Road and Convict Prison. Changi; (»>> Supply 2 printed copies (passport size) ol the
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      645 6 Singapore Municipality Tenders are invited for the Mipplv nnd delivery at the Singapore Fire Br.gade, Hill Street, of the lollowing uncooked rations for the period 1/1/49 to 31/3/49: Fresh Fir.h (should be Chincharu. Tnmban Be ar, Teru. bole, Parang, Sella and Kcmbonj): Assorted, Vegetables (should bq &f*B Bonus, Brinjalr., fiawi
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    DANES SCORE EASY WINS OVER SWEDES
    142 7 THOMAS CUP BADMINTON Reuter. pOfENHAGEN, Tues.—Denmark won all four <• oi (he matches in the first day's play in the second round Thomas Cup badminton chamaianships against Sweden here tonight. Thi Swedish team—whose chances were r believed to be high—arrived without Vs player, Conny
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    Thomas Cup Team Miss Chilly Sauce
    142 7 (Tribune Special Correspondent) Colombo, Tuesday. rh» Malayan Thomas Cup Team, all looking very 1 mart, disembarked in Colombo this morning eived by officials of the Colombo Badminton .l.w (/ation. They took part in exhibition games at the V lf.C A. Hall before a large
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    Today's Sport
    72 7 ■Ot'MJY; S.C.C. Women's J Chang) ladies' H.C.— V S R. C. v. S.C.R.C.— BH.Q.. Sig. Regt. v. 221 Coy. Johore Bahru; H i l-ARELF v. Spore Khalsa Assn. College—St. George's R.A.F. Sembawang K-A.K S< lotar—Srmbawang; v. Nee Soon GarrirK i■ < Alexandra; R.A.F. S3 v H. M. S.
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    Slow Motion Films Confirm Woodcock Was Fouled
    363 7 A.P. LONDON, Wed.—Slow motion films o/ fhe controversial blow that lost Lee Savold his fight with Bruce Woodcock Monday night confirm the referees' verdict of a foul. The American heavyweight, disqualified in round four, cocked his fist behind him and drove it three
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    GSC Office Bearers
    112 7 At the Annual General Meeting of the Girls' Sports Club held at tne S- R. C. last Saturday the fQllowing committee and convenors for the year were elected: President: Mrs. G. A. Tes sensohn (re-elected); ViePresident: Mrs. G. L. fecoU (re-elected); Hon. Secretary: Mrs. G. F. Clarke
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    TEST DATES
    46 7 Reuter. London. Wed. Dates and venues for Uie four Test cricket matches between England and New Zealand next summer Leeds, June 11 to 14. Lords. London, June 25 to 28. Old Trafford, Manchester, July 23 to 26. Oval, London, August 13 to 16 Renter.
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    Tribune Thomas Cup Fund Donations
    95 7 i-ateat contributlona to the Tribune Thomas Cup Fund:— A Eurasian working girl 8.00 The total now stands at $3,535. The Fund will be open so .long as the Thomas Cup Team are abroad. Send ail contributions, however small, to The Tribune Thomas Cup Fund, c
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    483 for 4
    31 7 PRETORIA, Tuesday. The M.C.C. touring side ran up a total of 483 for the loss of only four wickets here today when opposed to a Combined Transvaal side.
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    RACE CARD
    758 7 THE following are the acceptors and non-acceptors, weights and probable jockeys for to-day, the second day of the Pcrak Turf Club's December Meeting:— RACE ONE Horses CI. 2, Div. 2, Maidens 6 Furs. 0 0 0 Longchamps II 9.00 Spencer (Breukelen) 0 0 2 Eddy Fraser 9.00 Lawler
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    YMCA Beaten 1-Nil
    32 7 A goal scored In the second halt of the hockey match between the BODCA and the MCA on the BODCA ground yesterday evening gave the BODCA a one-nil victory.
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    TRIBUNE SELECTIONS
    102 7 (By ALLAN LEWIS) Kaee I—EDDY ERASER Longehamp* II Race 2—KIREMASTER Fair Week Sir Keith Race 3—LOVELY BORE Jimmy Boy Young Zulu Race I—JACK'S DARLING Sister ail Race S—GOLDEN NEWS Kimbolton Free Frenchman Kaci- «—VICTORY New Verne Loch Clyde Race 7—BON AMI Pilgrim's Way United Pisces Race B—PATHFINDER Port
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    RSGC Dec. Tourney
    184 7 The Royal Singapore Golf Club Competition (Stableford> for the December Medal held on Saturday and Sunday last resulted in a win for J. Markham in "A" Division with a score of 41.1 8 and for R. C Burton in "B" Division with a score of 34.3 8.
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    MANSFIELDS' FIXTURES
    187 7 The following will represent Mansfield S.C. at soccer and table tennis: Soccer: vs. Bou stead S.C. today at Farrer Bark i Yco Kin Poh. Szahall. Tan Slew Eng. Wong Woon Kee. Sunny Tan. M, I>. Gordon. Koo Ah Hiß, James Goh, Tan Kirn Kee, H. Twist. Buang B.
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    Jack's Darling Should Be An Easy Winner
    156 7  -  From ALLAN LEWIS Ipoll. Twla>. "MR. Jo's'' Jack's Darling should land a winner tcday, the second day of the Perak Turf Club's December Meeting. On recent form I don't think Jack's Darling will experience much trouble to win the fourth race. I take
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    Tigers Win
    54 7 I n a return friendly match of water polo played at th? Tiger Pool, Pasdr Panjang. on October 6th. the Tige r Swim mlng Club's "A" Team beat the H. M. S- Birmingham's A Team by Aye goals to one. In another gam< between the "B" teams, the
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    ROCKLITES
    58 7 The team for Rocklites S.P. who Will meet the Indian Arsociation at Qeylang Stadium at 5.15 p.m. on Dec. 15 will be chosen from the following: Anthony Yong, M. Swyny, D. Swyny, C. Rodrigues, Aloy D'Souza, N. K. Sabai, Q. Chan. Ismail, K. Dragon, A. K. Pillay. G, D'Silva*
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    OXFORD BEAT CAMBRIDGE
    162 7 LONDON. Tuesday. Alter one of the finest inter-varsity matches of all time. Oxford beat Cambridge by 14 poihts (one goal, one dropped goal Bd two tries Ito eight points (one goal and one penalty goal) before 35.000 wildly excited ***** fans at Twickenham this afternoon. No quarter
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    JOHORE TO SPEND $1 MILLION MORE ON EDUCATION NEXT YEAR
    530 8 Terror Closes Many Vernacular Schools EDUCATION estimates for Johore are up by a million dollars for 1949 but there will be no increase in grants to the Government-aided schools. This was revealed by the Superintendent of Education, Johore, Mr. T.
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    WHAT'S ON TODAY General
    128 8 HOUSING AND TOWN PLANNING EXHIBITION, Britsh Council Centre—10 a.m to 9 p.m. SINGAPOKE I'KBAN CO OPCKAT1VE UNION, Extra ordinary general meeting, oflict of the Co-operative Societie? Dept.. Fullerton Building—5.1! p.m. MEDICAL U O L L E (1 E ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, symposium on "Dental Condition.* of interest
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    Cinemas
    171 8 HL\: "Dick Tracy's G-Men' (full 5*criai) with Ralph Bird— i, 6 and 9 p.m. CATHAY: "Ghost Catchers," with Olsen and Johnson—1.45, 4.1ft, 6.45 and 9.30 p.m. AJLHAMBRA: "Dick Tracy" (Full Serial) —1.30, 5.15 and 8.45 p.m. CAPITOL: "Savage Stallions," uit technicolour) with P*ggy Cummins—1.45, 4. 6.30 and 9.15 p.m.
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    RABBITS BECAME TURKEYS
    80 8 A.P. BELFAST, Twos. Tne crat» was labelled "rabbits" and then were rabbits' ears sticking through the lid. But the Customs people wen suspicious. Too many black market turkeys were being ex ported to England without licenses. They pried off the Hd Inside there were rah bits alright;
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    UN AGREES
    35 8 Reuter. PARIS, Tues.—The Unlteo Nations Steering Committee agreed today to recommend to the General Assembly that discussions on the Italian colonies be transferred from the Political Committee to the minor Political Committee.- -Reuter.
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    LOCAL WAGE AND HOUR QUIZ
    308 8 (Tribune Staff Reporter) THE Singapore Labour Department is conducting a wages and hours of work survey in respect of manual workers. Mr. G. W. Davis, Deputy Labour Commissioner, told the Tribune that response from employers had been very satisfactory. All manual workers are to fill
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    UN Confiscates Franco Papers
    56 8 U. PARIS. Tues. United Nations press officers today conns cated about 100 copies oi Franco propaganda leaflets after unidentified persons dumper them on the documents table." in the press sections. The documents purported tc prove that the individual ha> more human rights in Spain chan anywhere
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    ISRAEL HAS A CHANCE
    39 8 PAPvIS, Tuesday.—Argentina said Tuesday that she would vote for admission of Israel to membership m the Unlteo Nations v An Israeli spokesman told reporters "There Is now a very good chance we will be admitted."
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    Malays like Laughter
    65 8 Recent listener research made by Radio Mala > a has unearthed the fact that Malay Listeners appreciate the English ITMA programme by Tommy Handley and his team, while the Chinese do not. "I suppose one theory is that the Malays like listening to laughter, even if they
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    Federation More Radio-Minded
    104 8 pOR the first time in Malaya's radio history, Singapore has lagged behind the Federation m the number of licences held tion 5 23 000 ab Ut 2 ,ooCi and the Fedcra "These are the latost figures available, but by now I imagine that there must be at
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    Bandits Help In Sham Fight
    43 8 U.P. HONG KONG, Tues.— An army unit maneuvering in rural territory in a te*t of Hong Kong's defences while engaged In a nioek battle today raptured two real bandits after a brief exchange and then went on manotivering.—l'.P.
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    BIG CATCH WAS LOADED STEN
    55 8 IPOH. Tuesday. A Afalay Special Constable caut-«c quce*" "fisH when ne cast hi. M t »nto Sungei Kinta yesler.Uy. He dragged something iieavy out or tne river anu thought it was a oig catch. It turned out to be a fully loaded Sten gun with
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    Malayan Scouts, both land and sea, stride down the Singapore in the International Jamboree in Australia. The Scouts sailed yesterday in m ark fw I Maetsuycker. 1 ***** mh I
    30 8 Malayan Scouts, both land and sea, stride down the Singapore in the International Jamboree in Australia. The Scouts sailed yesterday in m ark f w I Maetsuycker. 1 mh I
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    Pakistan Buys Our Pines, Wants To Sell Her Cotton
    128 8 IF Malaya was interested, Pakistan could sup--1 ply her with cotton, jute, cement, hides, and skins in increasing quantities, said a Pakistanbusinessman, Mr. Shuhid ul Gafoor, wh?ii he arrived in Singapore yesterday. "Pakistan cotton is growovertime," said Mr. Shahid, "and needs
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    Dearth of Mills
    133 8 As yet there were only two textile mills in Pakistan, and moat of the cotton was being woven into cloth in the neighbouring Dominion of India. By 1950. however, the Muslim Dominion expects to operate three more large mills. "Just now. because the new Dominion has not
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    Bombay Dockers Strike
    66 8 UP. BOMBAY. Tues. —Ten thousand Bombay dock workers struck today la protest ove r the arrest of P. O. Mello. general secretary of the Dock Workers Union. He and seve n other union leaders were arrested under public security after a rally of dock workers The strikers
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    ATHENIAN RED YOUTH ROUND-UP
    66 8 UP. ATHENS. Tues.—Police reported that they ha i broken up an Athenian Com munist Youth ring, arrestin over 50 students and others. Chief activity of the gam *as reported to be spreadine of propaganda and sending oi Information to Greek guer rillas. After working o n
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    City Fathers Limit Trisha Riders
    147 8 JHE Singapore Rick and Trisha Workers' yesterday declined to comment en the new trisha* rules which the City Fathers will consider at a special meeting this afternoon A spokesman of the Union told the Tribune: "We have only just heard the news, and we cannot
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    Baronetey For Grocer
    93 8 SYDNEY, Tues.—An Australian grocer who deliver* his orders on a bicycle may sueeeed to a Scottish baronetcy dating back to 1703. He is Frederick Baden Powell Hay, who runs a grocery business at Northcote, Victoria, Australia. Whether he'll become Sir Frederick Hay, 10th baronet of Alderstone, depends
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    GREECE ACCUSED
    20 8 A.P. ATHENS. Tues. Bulgaria accused Greece Tuesday of blocking a Balkans border settlement at the last moment.— A.P.
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    Reds offered ice-breakers
    79 8 A.P. TOKIO. Tu-s afacAttttur bus Amen,an ire h t JK cold weather radkuei uj Russ.uns in the km won't stop repatriatine nese prisoners again ti X er. Laat winter the P stopped repatriatiaa Dec 72 did not icsiime until u» They gave difficult dimai donuons as the
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    BRITAIN'S STRENGTH
    32 8 A.P. LONDON, Tuesday. The Defence Minister, Mr y Alexander, told the Bam of Commons today that the total estimated strength of Britain's armed forces on January 1 will be 810,500,-A.p.
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