Malaya Tribune, 20 December 1948

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  • 62 1 The Malaya Tribune BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Larger Sales Than Any Afternoon Paper in Malaya. Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh A Penang Telegrams: "Tribune Spore." Telephone: 6811 (9 lines) EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS THE MALAYA TRIBUNE London Agent» Messrs. Colin Turner Ltd., Talt yf
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  • 143 1 Reuter. Ilajputana, Sun. N. hrn Indian Prime nd tonight that the tction in resuming in Indonesia was trary to the principles ot ted Nations Charter." Pandit Nehru, who was the Indian Nationngrcss meeting in Jaipur, 'We are pledged to end n domination of Asia. Nehru said that
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  • 226 1 A.P.-Reuter. NEW YORK. Sun.—New York and Washington papers Sunday prominently reportea the police action" in Indonesia against "terrorist md undesirable elements" in the Republic. Radio newscasts featured the report of tne Dutch occupation of Jogjakarta. U.S. State Department offids said Sunday "the Indonc- n matter is in the
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  • 67 1 Representatives <>f the Indo ncsian Republic in Singapore ami India are holding <lis'-iis-sions in Singapore "to consider steps and measures to cope with the new situation in Indonesia." Dr. Oetoyo told the Trt- bune th s morning. Participating in the discus- sions is Dr. Sccdarsono. r epic-
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  • 81 1 U.P. i THE HAG lE, Sun L 1 A Government spokes- man confirmed reports i that Sukarno, Hatta. j I Hadji A goes Salim, Sjah- J rir, Surijadarma, Gen. 1 Sudirman C-in-C of the Indonesian Armed Forces 1 i and eight other mem- hers
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  • 933 1 But War Not Over And Guerillas May Start Operations War In Indonesia U.P. in T V IVIA Sun The enUre r Djakarta was captured withminutes aR operation which htid tak?n eight hours and 45 The crushing blows of the fall of Jogjakarta to the Dutch and
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  • 37 1 Reuter. DATA VIA. Sun. A Dutch Army communique annum eed that after the capture ol Jogjakarta a plane piloted by an American landed with seven passengers, all of whom ha.l been internet! for Investigation. Reuter.
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    40 1 Above is Dr. Sutan Sjahrir who. with President Soekarno and other Republican leaders, was arrested by the Dutch yesterday. Sjahrir was recently engaged to Siti Noeroel Komaril Koisomowardhani, daughter of the late Sultan Mangkoen.goro VII, Sultan of Solo.
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  • 198 1 Dr. Philip C. Jessup, U.B. delegate, was joined by Australia in making his appeal for the emergency meeting. "Reports have come to my Government said Jessup in a letter to the Council's President, "emanating from PARIS, Mon.—The U.N. Security Council I
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  • 80 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter! President Soekarna planned to fly to India and set up a government in exile, it is learned to-day. The plane that was to taki him to India left Singapon during the week-end. Permission foi it to land at Jogjakarta was withheld by the
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  • 297 1 Reuter. THE HAGUE. Sun. Holland has prepared a dossier on the Indonesian situation which would justify the Dutch "police action" before the United Nations Security Council, the Dutch Foreign Minister. Mr. D. U. Stikkcr. stated here tonight He said the Government had been working for
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  • 227 1 China War A.P. NANKING Sun. The Com munista edged closer to Nanking and Increased their picsBUre around Tientsin Sunday, hut only scattered lighting was reported from any China war front. The Communist radio reported capture of Ticchang. 50 miles north of Nanking and 35 miles northwest of Hsicnnumiao.
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  • 120 1 Reuter. PARIS. Sun. Mr. Jan Herman Van Roy en, leader of the Dutch delegation to the United Nations ami Dutch Ambassador in Ottawa told newsmen that the Indonesian Republican Premier Mohamed Hatta had been given up to yesterday to reply to a Dutch request for definition
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  • 163 1 DUTCH MEET DIFFICULTIES A.P., Reuter, U.P. the HAGUE, Sun —There were strong Indications on Sunday of political difficulties the Netherlands might meet in Indonesia outside the Republican territory whirm Dutch armed forces invaded on Sunday. The Dutch Foreign Minister. Dr. D. Stikker. confirmed a foreign press correspondent's
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  • 39 1 Reuter. TOKYO. Sun. —Japan's wartime Premier. Hideki Tojo. under sentence of death for war crimes, was quoted by his lawyer today as saying "I am just hoping for the execution of the sentences as soon as possible." -Reuter.
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  • 133 1 Ten American sailors from thr ships now in port and two Chinese were injured in a scuffle at a restnarant in one of the Park last night. No one was seriously injured. There were no arrests. Sgt. Alexander (ireenacl: Forrest and Cpl. Ronald
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  • 354 2 U.P. VATICAN CITY, Sun. The Vatican and the Kremlin can be looked upon today as the principal representatives in two rival camps, battling for the supremacy over the souls of millions of men. On one side stands Joseph Stalin, who controls the destiny
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  • 29 2 Reuter. ADELAIDE. South Austiaia, Sun. —An entire family except the father was killed when a car collided with a train at a level crossing near here today. Reuter.
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  • 80 2 Reuter-AAP. SYDNEY. Sun.-Less than an hour after her marriage a 19-year-old bride was killed instantly today while riding with her husband on a motor cycle to their wedding breakfast at Warwick. Queensland. The frrotor cycle skidded in sight of members of both families who were following
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  • 186 2 AP. SYDNEY, Sun.—-Australia has her money troubles. She has too The Dominion's Director cf Industrial Development. Harold P. Breen. put it like this: Australia is suffering from industrial induigestion. She has developed her consumer products too quickly. Industry is calling for more coal, more iron,
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  • 157 2 Frankfurt, Sun. Santa Claug has some special Christmas treats in stoic for thousands of Europe's needy children. War orphans and DP children will frolick at scores Of Yule parties given by Americans in Germany. There will be warm meals and "good ies" for all. And many
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  • 179 2 Sinatra Says: U.P. HOLLYWOOD, Sunday. Frank Sinatra, who's crooned hundreds of sentimental ditties, would turn off the radio if he had to listen to some of them. "Some of the songs I have to sing are pretty terrible,'' he admitted frankly. "I wouldn't have
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  • 122 2 A.P. FYZABAD. INDIA. Sun.—A question was posed whether a court should be referred to as j "he" or "she". The Chief Justice of the AlI lahabad High Court. B. Malik. wanted the questioner to wait for a year or two when with th? increasing
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  • 81 2 A.P. HOLLYWOOD. Sun.—Danny Kaye was explaining why he plans to play before audiences as far afield as South Africa and Australia. "I don't want to wear out my welcome', he remarked on the Happy Times* set. "I nevei play a town until at least two years
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  • 312 2 Reuter. NEW YORK. Sun.—New military technique and equipment in the development of airborne troop warfare were tested successfully in recent United States Army manoeuvres. These developments, it is believed, will change the scope and the technical character of preparations for airborne assault in future wars
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  • 75 2 A.P. BUENOS AIRES, Sun.—A truck filled with 37 passengers rolled down a hill into the side of a fast electric train, killing 31 men, women and children in Buenos Aires on Sunday night. Three men leapt from the truck as it went through the crossing gateway.
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  • 712 3 thousands Of Sheep And Cattle Die SYDNEY, Sun. Uncounted thousands of sheep and cattle have died over a huge area of central Australia from thirst, starvation and dust sufTocation in one of the most severe droughts -2_Lf__ continent has known for many years lorongea dry
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  • 109 3 A.P. LONDON. Sun. Five De Havilland Vampire jet-fighters the first of their Kind to be delivered to the French Air Force, have been flown to France, it was announced in London on Sunday. They were flown by French pdots who trained with the Koyal Air Force
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  • 43 3 A.P. LONDON, Sun. Britain's national debt has dropped for the first time since 1939. a j White Paper disclosed recently. The debt last March 31--end of the fiscal year—was €25.620.762.603 Sterling a .drop in one year of £9,882.297 Sterling. A.P.
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  • 116 3 Reuter. Jaipur, Rajputana, Sun The plenary .session of the India National Congress expressed its sympathy with all those who had suffered by the "policy of racial discrimination' of the Government of the Union of South Africa. Congress declared that foreign possessions in India (Portuguese and French) should be
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  • 62 3 A.P. SOFIA, Sun —The Buigauan Communists plan to ban "perverse and corrupt food products of decaying Western countries." They also intend to indoctrinate journalists by "improving the Marxist and Leninist education of our journalist fraternity" in order to transform the press "into a reliable daily source of
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  • 24 3 A.P. LONDON, Sun.- New Zealand is gradually replacing the Argentine as Britain's principal source of meat supplies. Government figures showed A.P.
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  • 233 3 CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts. Sun. Inhabitants of the Aleutian Islands enjoy "almost complete freedom" from heart diseases, a Harvard University expedition to the North Pacific islands disclosed. The expedition, under the direction of Harvard's Peabody Museum, spent last summe r in the sub-Arctic area studying the
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  • 39 3 A.P. HAMBURG. Sun. Private Charles Knill. the British soliier who was shot during a Soviet frontier incident last veek. Sunday was reported "comfortable." An Army medical report ■aid his condition was materially the same as previously \.P.
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  • 30 3 U.P. MANCHESTER. England, -For the third time in four weeks. Egyptian cotton ->rices for Lancashire millowners have been raised by Government's bulk buying or--4anusation. it was announced tonight.—U.P
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  • 455 4 MR. H. R. Cheeseman, the Federation's retir--ITI ing Director of Education, reveals in a broadcast that twenty-five years apo he submitted a plan for more girls' scnools. That plan was approved by the powers of the day. Then, just as has happened to so many other good
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  • 1565 4  -  Siam today is full of political intrigues. Although it is the only country in the Far East which is free from the Communist menace, succesive coups and counter-coups to overthrow the government in power are the order of the day. In the first of two articles,
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  • 20 4 Mr. Malcolm Mac I Donald's visit to Siam and Britain's eiforts to stiffen the antiCommunist riefea-j ces of Siam.
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  • 73 4 THE Vicar at St. Mchobu Church. Thanington, near Canterbury really didn't like mentioning it to his conjugation, but he bad not that a snoring sleepei was interfering with the services. It became so pt-r.Mstent that even the churchgoers began to be aware of it, but they could find
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  • 185 5 I.I'SIKISIKI. Pondoland. Sun. In a rocky gully under the rting sands and savage sea.« the Wild Coast of Pondoabout 20 miles from Port Johns, in the Union of South Africa, lies a treasure as ulous as any that has capd man s imagination down the
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  • 84 5 UP. gue, Sun. Nearly one y three Czechs changed his domicile between May 15 and May 1947. including re than a million and ft hall who moved into the deI pulated former Sudtten man areas, the State Stoical Office reported. The figures were based on a special interim
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  • 69 5 U.P. INDIANAPOLIS, Sun. J —Benjamin Fort, a But- f ler University professor, i i has asked the telephone j company to include his i middle name in his list- ing on the phone book. He complained that he got too many calls from j oilicers and soldiers' wives
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  • 168 5 U.P. COLOMBO, Sun. Happiness at the decision of the Ceylon Communist Party to remove him from membership, has been expressed by Mr. W. P. A. Wickremasinghe, M.P. who, along with Mr. L. Rajapakse, M.P., have been expelled from the party. "1 am happy that you have i
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  • 305 5 Criticism Unfair Say s Senator A.P. WASHINGTON, Sun. A report on what the Southern states of the U.S. have done and are doing to improve the lot of the negro is being compiled by Senator S*ennis, Democrat of Mississippi. In response to his request
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  • 39 5 U.P. LAKE SUCCESS. Sun. United Nations announced its acceptance of a combined bid by four firms for the erection of a 39 storey secretariat building and complete foundations for the entire United Nations permanent headquarters. —U.P.
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  • 98 5 U.P. Washington. Sun. It was disclosed today that secret documents involving the former Soviet foreign minister M. Litvinov and the late British prime minister Neville Chamberlain are among the four spy papers, which the State Department refused to clear for publication. The four papers are the
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  • 74 5 A.P. GRANTHAM, ENGLAND, Sun.—The hospital nurses were pretty, but 13-year-old John Coe decided he just didn't want aa operation. So he got up and ran—in his pajamas. He sprinted through half a mile of busy streets to his home but pursuing attendants got there almost as quickly in
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  • 73 5 U.P. LONDON. Sun.—A collection of richly coloured silks and cottons designed by one of Britain's top couturiers will be flown to Nassau, to give the Bahamas their lirst taste of British haute couture. The clothes which range from exotic handcd-blocked prints to simple linen suits in the
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  • 197 5 U.P. COLOMBO, Sun. T"e Indo-Ceylon talks which took place a few weeks ago between representatives of the Governments of India and Ceylon in connection with a copra and coconut oil contract have definitely failed. Whi»n \f Dharmo Viva urhn r»r T CI Mnnnn Indian wnen
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  • 119 5 U.P. ADEN, Sunday. Criticism of the order prohibiting meetings and processions in the Aden protectorate promulgated on account of communal riots between Arabs and Jews some time ago, was made by Fatat Al Jezirch, the only newspaper in Aden, as a violation of the
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  • 147 5 Reuter. ROME. Sunday. Municipal elections held in many parts Of Italy during the summer and autumn indicate that the coalition cabinet under the 67--year-old Prime Minister. Signor Alcide dc Gasperi. is retaining its hold in the country. In all. 296 municipalities have held elections since the general
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  • 155 6 SINGAPORE'S cycling season has ended. Pre-war the popularity of cycling in Singapore reached its zenith in 1940, hut since the liberation it can safely he said that this branch of the wheeled sport was not revived until this year. The first marathon road races over 100 and
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  • 76 6 j The Kiwi Members' League i will meet the Hooglandt, DieI thelm Sports Club in a friendly game of soccer at Farrer Park today. The following will represent the Kiwi XI Lee Bee Cheow; Lawrence Lim; Lim Jin Chiang; Jacob Chua. P. Lopez, Tan Cheng Kiat, Tan Good
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    • 124 6 i SITUATION VACANT SARAWAK I require experieru,, j cal draughtsmen Borneo. Afattcauts sho2 born m Malaya or Uld >* Ex-emplovee.s' of Dept. of Topograph?" 1 considered. Wl I be in per.son Ho* Shell Co. of 8A Quay. Singapore. r TOgOy" mercantile iNsi,,, I horn UttM DAY fj 0 M M
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  • 113 7 the New World i bvtl night, Mr. Harold dr l astro won the title j Mr Singapore 1948, and I Mi s Ho Ly** Ying; hei, Miss Singapore Ifttfl i tmrn up were: lien: lay Tea f huun, mml Victor Women: Miss Lee i Hang I.an.
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  • 6 7 FREDDIE MILLS
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  • 23 7 The Kuantan XI defeated the Malay Regiment by s—l. Play on a wet field was largely responsible for the Regiment's defeat.
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  • 24 7 I Singapore Indians will play a friendly game of soccer against the British Military i Hospital on Thursday, Decern i her 23.
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  • 185 7 A WELL known Singapore sportsman, who wishes to remain anonymous, has given the Tribune Thomas Cup Fund a surprise Christmas package—a ease containing twelve bottles of "Challenge" Scotch Whisky, valued at $125. He said: My idea Is that everyone who eontrlbutes $50 or
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  • 25 7 The President and members of the T.P.C.A. gave a dinner in honour of the T.P.C.A football team for their victory run this season.
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  • 216 7 To Wait Till Next April Reuter. LONDON, Sun.—lnspite of tempting offers for a fight with Ezzard Charles, the coloured American in the United States, and the eft.jrts of Lee Savold to engage him in London, Freddie Mills, Britain's outstanding boxer of the jear is adamant
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  • 130 7 LONDON, Sun.—Selectors could learn little from the English trial where the miserable conditions and slippery ball affected the standard of play. What little good football vices (Portsmouth) 14-0. was seen came from the Possi- i n a lively North of England bles who beat
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  • 69 7 The Rest beat Shell Sports Club by 9£ points to 1\ points at draughts played at the CSC. yesterday. Results (Shell i 'ayers mentioned first): Koh Hock Chye vs. Leong Kum Fatt (1 pt. —2 pts.). Lim Eng Hoe vs. Chia Tian Kirn (0-2 pts.), Lim Cheng
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  • 381 7 Below are the weights for first day of the Penang Turf Club's Christmas-New Year Meet to be run on Deci. 25: Horses Class 1. Div. 1, 8* Furs. Princess Guinevere 9.07 Liberty Man 9.03 I Everest 8.13 I Game Law 8.09 Coral Sea 8.07 Taj-ga 8.06 I
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  • 315 7 SEMBILAN defeated Singapore by a convincing margin of three goals to nil in a interstate hockey fixture played at Seremban yesterday. This is Singapore's first inter-state defeat this season. Mustapha who scored two and Yoon Chong one were the prominent Negri forwards, while B. Manuel played
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  • 63 7 Members of the Ta Kung Poa basket-ball team were en- tertained by the committee of the Singapore Chinese Amateur Athletic Federation to a teaparty at the Cecil Restaurant I on Saturday. Among the guests were Dr. Wu Paak-shing, the Chinese Consul-GeneraJ, Mr. Lee Kong Chian and
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  • 47 7 A Basket Ball team from United States Aircraft Carrier Tarawa, will play a Singapore Basket Ball team at the Happy World at 8 p.m. tonight Proceeds will be in aid of the Singapore Handicapped Child.on Fund of which Lady Gimson is the President.
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  • 26 7 The Perak-Penang rugby match which was to have been played in Ipoh over the weekend was cancelled because Penang could not raise a team.
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  • 26 7 The Dutch XI drew with Raffles Old Boys' Association one-all in a fast and keenly contested game of hockey at the Raffles' ground yesterday.
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  • 213 7 NEW YORK. The possibility that Japan might be invited to participate in the 1952 Olympic Games at Helsinki, Finland, was disclosed by Avery Brundage, President of the U.S. Olympic Association. Like Germany, Japan was not eligible to compete in the IMB Games at London because
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    • 152 7 SPECIALLY SELECTED FOR YOUR XMAS ENTERTAINMENT! and introducing- with a cast of THOUSANDS! Season Starts TOMORROW! "BRING CHEER THIS YEAR" I J to I THE LEPERS. I i- s I DGN'T DELAY SEND TODAY, j tj I enclose towards "THE LEPER X'MAS CHEER FUND" the following:— I J CASH j
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 49 7 l,rl YMMWi ON) WOUldn-t MtSSi ALL iffiK T ct£ E /HES SSJ KN °?T E 1 H< HUBERT? ER-1 [IT'S NOT WAS SURE THAT 100 I A MINUTE OFFSET Ml] Ifl C "H' K# MET c 'J (DROPPED IT, HUBERT.' I ——i "f~~~) i P ««t vI j I
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  • 1025 8 TANDJONG PIN A N C». Saturday night. The past two days' hearing of the Catalina Arms Case has been marked by angry scenes between the judge and the American defending counsel Mr. W. 11. Quasha and Dutch assistant Mr. L. M. Schoorel. Yesterday morning, when Connie
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  • 192 8 Will Accommodate 140 Trainees (Tribune Staff Reporter) pLANS for the setting up of the Teachers' 1 Training College in Singapore, as part of the Colony's 10-year Education Plan, are already being made by the Education Department. The Director of Education, Mr. A. W.
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  • 45 8 U.P. HONGKONG. Sun. The Tiger Balm King. Mr. Aw Bood Haw, will open a new Englishlanguage paper here to bo known as Tiger Standard shorty after the first of the year, adding to his already extensive publications in Hongkong. Singapore and South China.—U.P.
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  • 251 8 (Tribune Staff Reporter) AN elaborate programme has been drawn up "to brinp home to the children of Singapore the essential meaning of Christmas/ Mr. T. P. F. McNiece, the Secretary for Social Welfare, Singapore, told the Tribun? yesterday. About 500 inmates of four "Homes"
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  • 38 8 TNT MONDAY MORNING MARKET: Presbyterian Church Hall, Orchard Road, 8.30 a.m. to noon. EURASIAN ASSOIIATION: Annual meeting, S.R.C. —5.30 p.m. INTERNATIONAL A X TISTS ASSOCIATION: Life Class, College of Medicine—o p.m. to 8.30 p.m.
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  • 233 8 CATHAY: "Sin Town with I Constance Bennett and Brod I Crawford—l.4s, 4.15, 6.45 and I 9.30 p.m. I ALHAMBKA: "My Brother's Keeper," with Jack Warner— I —1.45, 4.15. 6.45 and 9.30 p.m. REX: "Sword of the Avenger." with Ramon del Gado and Sigrid Curie—l.4s, 1, 6.30 and 9.15 p.m.
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  • 26 8 HOCKEY: Khal.sa Assn. v H. S. Bank, St. George's Road; S.R.C. "A" v. Cable and Wireless. S.R.C. BASKETBALL: Tarawa v. Singapore. Happy World. 8 p.m.
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  • 186 8 ENTERTAINMENT with a ban-. rh at radio listeners over the festive se expect when they time in to tho of Radio Malaya on Christmas Eve and Year's Day at 8.30 p.m. On Christmas Eve, they will hear Radio Malaya's "Xmas Fair" a variety show
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 143 8 Government of the Colony of BfoftApon J 191»? Lo»h (1962-1979) j Notice is hereby given that the Transfer Register of the above loan will be closed from 31s* December, 1948, to 14th January, 1949, j bo*h d*»ys inclusive, for the preparation of i S In f erest Warrants. J Hongkong
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    • 51 8 see the new... all-new REFRIGERATOR A NEW LOW PRICE 695/" iorC Sole A'jcnts: rCI? LEE FLETCI cX 102-lOt; Orohai Also obtainable in Singapore at: The Emporium. i Aurora Ltd. 17-19 Battery Rd. High St. Orchard Rd. 118 Whiteaway Laidlaw Co. International Radio Co. *■J j (opp. Post Office) 234 Orchard
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