Malaya Tribune, 17 March 1949
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Title Section61 1949-03-17 1 MALAYA TRIBUNE By THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE TH: "Tribune. Spore. Larger Sale* Than Any Afternoon Paper in Malaya Phone: 5811/3 Nine Linen Publinhed simultaneously at Himjaimre, Z,uwpur, Jpofc, and Penany. EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1949 PRICE TEN CENTS. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE: E. Maurice Glcn-er, c/o61 words
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84 1949-03-17 1 Reuter. Wed The Lanatrr bombei Iris." of the Inspectorate i tslio S(i vices, will leave Ljwbin Wiltshire, tomorrow b i 20.000-mile four-week tar of RAF stations in the ■ah u*i Far Bast. Ar v Marshal B. Addison, I ra' of Signals at '■i> AReuter. - 84 words
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Article50 1949-03-17 1 Reuter. DURBAN, Wed. -A Durban policeman, Detective Sergean* G. F. Palmer, alleged in evidence before the Riots Commission of Enquiry here today that during the recent racial riots Senator S. M Pettersen threatened to report him if he did not stop hitting Africans looting an Indian shop. Reuter.Reuter. - 50 words
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Article242 1949-03-17 1 Reuter. RANGOON, Wednesday.—A complete reshuffle of the Burmese Cabinet is expected shortly as a result of a People's Volunteer Organisation conference now taking place at the Central Burma oiltown of Yenangyaung, the Burmese press reported today. Reports said that PVO leaders would be in- J eludedReuter. - 242 words
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Article49 1949-03-17 1 SHANGHAI. Wed. The International Refugee Organiration (IRO) i 3 prepanng for early evacuation of an unreported number of refugees to Europe and South America a spokesman said today. Persons with valid visas or entry peimits will be eligible for evacuation by the reiugce ship Hwa Lien. 149 words
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Article71 1949-03-17 1 A.P. PITTSBURGH, Wed. Ming j Chun-ping, 25-year-old engineering student from the National Wu Han University of j Central China, was found dead in his room Monday, j Death was caused by carbon monoxido poisoning. Ming came here a week ago to study at the University of Pittsburgh for aA.P. - 71 words
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Article28 1949-03-17 1 RHODES. Wed.- It was officially announced tomght that full agreement has been reached between the Israeli and Transjordan on an armistice line for the Jerusalem sector28 words
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Article29 1949-03-17 1 Reuter. AMMAN. Wed. Sources :lose to United Nations officials in Amman said today that British sent to the Transjordan port of Akaba reached brigade strength yesterday. Reuter.Reuter. - 29 words
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396 1949-03-17 1 PAY THIS "DEBT OF HONOUR" Reuter. LONDON, Wednesday —An appeal to* Britain to help Malaya "quickly and generously" with her anti-terrorist expenditure of £35,000 a day was made in London today by Col. Aubrey W. Wallich, European member of the Legislative and Executive Council ofReuter. - 396 words
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Article66 1949-03-17 1 Reuter. LONDON, Wed.-The King was today reported to be continuing his satisfactory recovery from an operation of lumbar sympathectomy to improve blood circulation in his right leg. The King's doctors made theii usual call at Buckingham Palace this morning, but for the first time since Saturday's operationReuter. - 66 words
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Article18 1949-03-17 1 Reuter. GLASGOW, Wed.—Tne Royal Navy's largest destroyer, the Decoy, is to be launched here next Tuesday.—Reuter.Reuter. - 18 words
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Article406 1949-03-17 1 But Rees Williams Thinks Reuter. LONDON, Wednesday. COLONIAL Under-Secretary David Rees Williams told the House of Commons today that although the, position in Malady a was still serious, "just lately there has been a much more hopeful turn and public morale is certainly better than itReuter. - 406 words
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Article72 1949-03-17 1 A.P. LONDON. Wed. India is planning to hold another conference of Asian powers with the idea of developing co-oper-ation in their defence, economic and foreign policies. The Dominion government has sent notes to a number of Pacific and Indian Ocean powers asking for an exchangeA.P. - 72 words
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Article135 1949-03-17 1 A.P. LONDON, Wed.—Head hunting has been stopped in Sara- wak for the second time. The British Colonial Office in its annua: report for the Borneo colony published today said that not a single case of head hunting was reported in 1947. Head hunting was aA.P. - 135 words
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Article176 1949-03-17 1 WASHINGTON. Wed. The U.S. Congress has passed a bill to let a Chinese woman scientist remain in this country after being told she knows too much to go back to her Communist overrun homeland. The measure, which is now up to the White House, would176 words
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Article658 1949-03-17 2 —says LaycocR - —says LaycocR IT is a mockery to call the Sultan of Johore an IkV dependent sovereign power—today he is shorn of all trappings of sovereignty and is reduced to the "ghost of a hollow shell of sovereignty". This statement was made by Mr. John Lay cock in the658 words
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Article84 1949-03-17 2 (Ex-Army Officer) The Pan-Malayan Film Censor who wall replace Mr. Jack Evans has been appointed and will take over Mr. Evans' duties on April L He is Mr. Peter Clague. formerly an officer in the British Army in Malava and connected with the Directorate of Army Legal84 words
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Article188 1949-03-17 2 MALACCA, Wed.—Two Chinese faced a charge of extortion before Mr. Justice Brother oe yesterday. One of them. Kow Tow who said he j was a rubber tapper was sentenced to two years' r»ar<l while the other. 19-year-old Wong Kwon Soon, was ac- I quitted. i188 words
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Article41 1949-03-17 2 KLUANG. Wed. Messrs j Ho Ho Biscuits Factory Ltd. i 1 Singapore and Messrs Tan J I Swee Ho Co.. Ltd.. Kluang have donated 30 tins and 10 tins of biscuits respectively to the Kluang Detention Camp. i41 words
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Article, Illustration41 1949-03-17 2 Deputy C ommander-in-Chief of the Royal Siamese AirforVr Mr Marshal Fuen Rhidhagani laspucrfcg tho guard of honour provided by 91 Squadron, RA F. Regiment (MalavH) on arrival at Changi lor a iour-day stay with Air Command, Far East.41 words
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391 1949-03-17 2 says Witness - says Witness A witness told the Singapore Coroner (Mr. W- G. Porter) yesterday—during the continued hearing into the death of Mr. John Noel Becker that the man who fired the fatal shots at Mr. Becker Appeared "to be out of his391 words
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Article115 1949-03-17 2 KLUANG, Wed Mr K. I*. Lee, assistant manager of Bra<tta Estate, PajDh, was :rtrday acquitted m the Kluetqg Majgiatrate Court of the charge of causing gricvOUt hurt to Mr. T. 8 Elder, assistant manager of Paloh Estate and Leudur bin Marjuu. Special constaole stationed at I115 words
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Article35 1949-03-17 2 KLUANG, Wed. Ng Ah Kau was gi"cn the choice of paying a fine of $15 or doing one week simple for selling pork without a licence in the Kluang Magistrate Court vestcrday.35 words
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Advertisement166 1949-03-17 2 DIAMOND THEATRE OPENING TODAY at 8.15; 6.15 ft JMS P M. Sura'.va, Noorjehan, Surendra and many others in "ANMOL GHADI" (Hindustani) mz* I Last 3 Shows: 3, 6.15, 9.15 p.m. BARBARA STANWYCK in Warner Bros' "MY REPUTATION" with GEORGE JIBE'NT A MOVING LOVE STOin SUNDAY 20th at 11 A.M. N166 words
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Miscellaneous353 1949-03-17 2 BLUE NETWORK 730 Malay Folk songs oy quest Programme; f1.45 "New Suara Tenaga Ghazal Party. and Old" in Amoy; 10 n m ENGLISH PROGRAMMES J. 8.; 8.15 News; 8.30 Malay News in Cantonese- 10 15 Ift am frt 19 nnnn music by Suara Tenaga Gha- Mandarin Request piogramaJfi&L Zal Party353 words
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Article, Illustration840 1949-03-17 3 Our gratitude cm never fade' Tribune Staff Reporter (HO brothers who supplied British prisoners of I H;ir with food from their Changi provision store nn d flagged through news gathered from broad „ts were among the 14 recipients of awards made hv Ike three fighting services840 words
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Article147 1949-03-17 3 Th v Admiralty E*i7? a Uwon hr,<| M JJJI General Meeting last 4 e > »t the premises of i W? ral rriion Rangoon! Wnh ,nga, re A group pho- J d Ph was taken of a'l mem- c following were elected for the147 words
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Article161 1949-03-17 3 THE New Orleans Liberty ship Amelia Earhart which has been lying in Singapore Harbour since last December, has been bought as scrap by Sherwood and Company, a Singapore firm. The ship went aground with 8.000 tons of bauxite on a reef off the Natuna Islands,161 words
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Article68 1949-03-17 3 It is officially stated that names of the eleven persons released from detention in Johore and Malacca are as follows: N. Ragappan; Mutupaliam Thacva; M. Karrupiah; N. Nagappan; Annamalai; Suppiah; Ramasamy Pillai; Nagappa Chettiar; C. T. Manikam; Kulanthayan Chettiar; Goh Tiow Huat. At the Press Conference on March68 words
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Article109 1949-03-17 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday.—Tho Municipal Commissioners this morning approved road lay-out plans of a 200-acre residential estate whit h a private company proposes to build near Kuala Lumpur. Detailed proposals of the site include a school, shopping centres, a hotel, blocks of flats and several private109 words
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Article46 1949-03-17 3 I THE name of the fifth Grenadier to die of wounds after the bandit ambush in the Kajang I Area on March 12 has been released, the next-of-kin having been informed. He was Lance Corporal J. Chriscoli. M.M whose home is in Warrington. Lancashire.46 words
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Article200 1949-03-17 3 KUANTAN, Wednesday.—Two bandit camps were found and destroyed by the police in the Bukit Goh Forest reserve yesterday- One of the camps which had been hurriedly evacuated, contained cooking utensils, two bags of clothing for men and women, food, the wooden stock of a rifle200 words
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Article84 1949-03-17 3 THE 1 .about Party of Singapore will hold Its first public meeting at the Rangoon Road English Bchool at 6 p.m. i today. Mr. Francis Thomas, viceI president of the party will I preside and will speak on j what socialism can do for I Singapore. Other84 words
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Article44 1949-03-17 3 Mi. Anthony Eden who is paying a short visit to the Fe- deration and Singapore on his i return to the United Kingdom from Australia and New Zealand, will broadcast over the Blue Network of Radio Malaya lat 8.00 p.m. tomorrow.44 words
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Article120 1949-03-17 3 About two bundled cruW'enj and 42 aged men ami women at Changi Point will get help from the Social Welfare Department. They are dependants of fishermen who because of the curfew in the Straits of Johore have had to abandon their fishing and work as120 words
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Advertisement346 1949-03-17 3 WANTED WANTED TO PURCHASE freehold residential building site. Tanglin or vicinity not nore than about 5 miles from town. Area 25,000 sq. ft. to 40.000 sq. ft., preferably roae'ed and with Municipal services available to site. Reply stating j location, area, whether roaded etc., and price to Post Office I346 words
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Advertisement287 1949-03-17 3 USE THE CLASSIFIED FOR RESULTS COIFFI RE STYLE YOUR HAIR at MalsoD Moderne, Ladles Hair Dressing Salon 126, Orchard Rd. Phone 82*53. (J. 951) TUITION YOUR FRIENDS that you can dane- after "3 hours" at: MODERN DANCING ACADEMY. 5, Ann S'afg Hill. (Beside 281. South Bridge Road). U..WSJ tsALLROOM DANCING:—287 words
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Advertisement337 1949-03-17 3 SITUATIONS VACANT WANTED A YOUNG for bar and restaurant. Apply personally at Rendez-vous Bar. 4-5, Bras Basah Road between 11—12..30 a,m. (L.977 WANTED. Clerk. Typist with good English knowledge. Salary $150/- or more according to abilities. Apply Box A 2155, Malaya Tribune, Singapore. CKftft) WANTED TEACHERS Male/ Female. For lower337 words
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Advertisement102 1949-03-17 3 MUSIC I PIANOFORTE pupils pie- j ared for Royal Schools of j Music. Examinations Theory tad Practical. M Lim. LRAM. 10, Gilstead Read, Telephone 7555. 10.933) I FOORMAN'S MUSIC STUDIO Director Prof. Otto Foormm j rpeclal Piano Tuition 148 Moulmein Road, 126 Orchard Road (2nd Floor). Telephone <J.902i SIT: WANTED102 words
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Advertisement588 1949-03-17 3 XOTli ES MARRIAGE j NOTICE KHOO CHUA~ On 13.3.49 at his residence. 128, rtadin Mas, Singapore, between Mr. Khoo NOTICE is herehy give 1 tnat Seng Choon, the only son of Mr. Tan Seok Geok of 238 rembe- Mrs. Khoo Heng Cheok to img Road, Singapore ,no lor.gi r Miss588 words
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Article535 1949-03-17 4 AFTER nearly three years of ardent wooing, the French have prevailed upon ex-Em-peror Bao Dai to promise to take them for better or for worse—probably for worse. Bao Dai has signed with the French Government an agreement under which he will become the head of an535 words
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Article, Illustration584 1949-03-17 4 Richard C. Ferguson - The U.S. is forging a new agrarian policy in South Korea, not only to increase crop production, but to inoculate the peasantry against Com munism. By Richard C. Ferguson A WESTERN concept of farming revolutionary in the Orient —is taking over in South Korea, where more584 words
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Article1071 1949-03-17 4 Reuter. SYL VAIN MANGEOT THE idea of a grand design of regional pacts stretching across the world and to some extent inter-locking, first became the basis of a coherent long term policy at the meeting of Commonwealth Prime Ministers in London last October. Today, the progressReuter. - 1,071 words
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Article140 1949-03-17 4 U.P. GOLD dubloons. diamonds and rubies, $60,000,000 worth, will be the goal of an expedition led by Charles Forbes of San Francisco. The treasure, the legendary "loot of Lima," has been eluding Forbes for the past ten years. This is his fourth expedition. Forbes and his brother, JamesU.P. - 140 words
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Article615 1949-03-17 4 ROBERT AAUSEL - By ROBERT AAUSEL U.P. IXiNDON. THE psychic world has been shaken by the contention of a brilliant young investigator that despite 70 years of research, it still need* more evidence to convince science that there are Mich things as supernormal happenings. Into the paranormal class. Dr.U.P. - 615 words
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Advertisement239 1949-03-17 4 In Stock: Wren's English Oxford English Course. New Method Malayan Readers, Steps to Reading, id I number:, also Chambers Twentieth Century, Highroad Collins, New Method l>icUonarle and all other kinds of Readers, Literature, Mathematics, English, Geography and History Texts. Obtainable at PETER CHONG's the Educational Suppliers, Printers, etc Singapore, Malacca,239 words
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Advertisement133 1949-03-17 4 ■t ADI O S Of Outstanding Performance MODEL 472-AX 5 VALVE SUPERHET RECEIVER FOR A. C. MAINS Specially designed and engineered throughout for NHMM users, this superb receiver incorporate the most up-to-date tnd successful Band Spread Tuning system for Short Waves. Another notable feature is the Spin-flywheel tuning by which133 words
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Article76 1949-03-17 5 U.P. HAIFA, Wed. British taken over the .mi Iteflnefiea in from the Israel nagemeat management was year by the lirion the British ol Palestine, md an overhaul in which has been g period, will now out. It is expected for operations ~a i i; in si* weeks.U.P. - 76 words
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Article42 1949-03-17 5 Reuter.-AAP. TOKY<\ Wed. Japan will 10 tons of grapefruit to S idet I'nion this month— shipment of its kind lc to that country, gi tpcfruit is to be shipped on repatriation vessels reg to Soviet I'nion ports. _4troter-AAP.Reuter.-AAP. - 42 words
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Article219 1949-03-17 5 A.P. muntaU fori Wednesday -The Chinese Comof nlßnr,in„t JeSday accus ed the United States dor Oenir?i 1 Fo ™°sa Into a base under Oeneral Mac Arthur's command A broadcast from North China heard in orofincl S^ A A he V Wants th big islana aA.P. - 219 words
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Article119 1949-03-17 5 Reuter-AAP. TOKIO. Wed.—The three-day-old strike of the Tobu Railway lane, which has stranded hundreds of thousands of office workers in and around Tokio, was temporarily halted last night as striking workers decided to return to work pending the outcome of renewed negotiations between their representatives andReuter-AAP. - 119 words
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94 1949-03-17 5 Reuter. M.v. DELHI, Wed. Delhi will remain the capital ol India and the Government intention of having a capital elsewhere, iccoi ling to Mr. N. V. Gadtil Minister of Works. Mines Ml Power. India became a n the Government uisfen ed during the monthsReuter. - 94 words
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Article182 1949-03-17 5 Cheerful For A Change U.P. MOSCOW, Wednesday. Andrei V>shmsky, New Soviet Foreign Minister, joked with American correspondents at the reception in honour of the North Korean state delegation, headed by Premier Kirn Ir Sen. It was Vyshinsky's first public appearance since his promotion to foreignU.P. - 182 words
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Article80 1949-03-17 5 Reuter. NEW YORK .Wed. Tallulah Bankhcad, the BCtrcsj of the husky voice, is suing a soap manufacturing firm, an advertising agency and two radio networks for a million dollars (£250.000) because a singing radio advertisement referred to a shampoo as "Tallulah the tube" end urged listeners toReuter. - 80 words
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Article, Illustration44 1949-03-17 5 Even Burlap sacking, under the magic hand of Jacques Fath, Paris designer, becomes a glamour material in his Spring collection. Embroidered in gold sequins, he showed this evening gown with a gold rope neck'ace aglitter with a giant diamond studded snow/lake.44 words
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Article176 1949-03-17 5 A.P. WASHINGTON. Wed. The qivil Aeronautics Board said on Tuesday Pan American Airways has protested against Northwest Airlines' request tor the Beard's permission to operate temporarily into Hong Kong and Canton enroute to Manila. The Board said NOTthwcat'l request was "under consideration" but <ii<i not Indcate whenA.P. - 176 words
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226 1949-03-17 5 Arrow Poison A Deadly Question? Reuter. LONDON, Wednesday.—Curare, a deadly arrow poison used by South American Orinoco Indians, was the subject of a strange question in the British Medical Journal. An anonymous writer wrote asking what would he the immediate effect of a lethal dose ot curare injected into aReuter. - 226 words
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Article79 1949-03-17 5 Reuter. I LONDON, Wed. Head hunting, a passion among cer- tain inhabitants of Sarawak j 100 years ago and since supjpr essed, was aroused with the I outbreak of war and several I hundred Japanese lost then j heads :n the traditional mani nei, said the annual reportReuter. - 79 words
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Article104 1949-03-17 5 Reuter. COLOMBO. Wed. The scientist and the practical fisherman must get together more closely in the interests of the fishing industry, according to Dr. H. Blegvad." leader of a 3-man fisheries team of experts frdm Denmark. He said this from of cooperation had achieved big results in hisReuter. - 104 words
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Article211 1949-03-17 5 A.P. §AIGON, Wed.—Only a few feet off a sweeping Saigon boulevard there's a back window that looks out an alley of shadows and hopeless men. In the rear of the government's Customs House, the admitted opium addicts must stand in a line of shame toA.P. - 211 words
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Article38 1949-03-17 5 Reuter. SAN FRANCISCO. WedPakistan Ambassador to Washington, Mirza Abdul Hassan Ispahani told icportcrs hcic today lhat Pakistan "his now settled into complete peace and tranquility since the difficult and had < .iys of its birtn." Reuter.Reuter. - 38 words
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Article113 1949-03-17 5 Reuter. HINTON, West Virginia, Wed.—A louble suicide' verdict was lecoided here on two secodary school students, Ernest Smith, 16, and Mary Alice Kirby, 14. who weie found shot jn Monday. Evidence v as given that after .spending some time together in ihe gill's parlour,Reuter. - 113 words
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Article139 1949-03-17 5 U.P. PRAGUE, Wednesday. United States embassy officials said today that the Czechoslovak government has informed the United States that two American soldiers will be tried in court* for espionage. The soldiers are Clarendon Hill, 31 of Jachson (Missouri i and George R. Jones 22, ofU.P. - 139 words
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Article124 1949-03-17 5 A.P. MANILA. Mar. 16. Brig.--t Geo. Jarred V. Crabb. commander of the U.S. 18th Fighter Wing, has appealed for public aid to find the gunmen who j kiiled one American soldier anc Lwo Filipino girls near Clark "'iold on March 3. He conferred with Governoi Jose B,A.P. - 124 words
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Advertisement289 1949-03-17 5 MALAYAN AIRWAYS LIMITED SINCAPOR E—PENANG—BANGKOK EVERY WEDNESDAY Passenger* wishing to make a stopover from week lo week in Penang may do s > without losing the benefit of the through fare tram Singapore to tfangkok of SI 60.— MANAGERS: MANSFIELD it CO., LTD. OCEAN BUILDING SINGAPORE. "A Murder Has Been289 words
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Miscellaneous32 1949-03-17 5 UK AIIVLIt By Al C'app ALLEY OOP °y V T ■"■lfa AwttfiHT, NSW tffos± f j j B*K?A6E OJTA THEIR! SYSTEM. lV f J i tfitt Mlfc/ A.* WELL MOW T #V32 words
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Article56 1949-03-17 6 THE rubber commodity market remained steady throughout yesterday. But the business turnover was small. Closing prices were Buyers. Sellers. No. 1 April RSS 37 17% No. 2 April RSS 35 10% No. 3 April RSS 34 34 On peg. tender March 37 >* 37% April-June 37 37 456 words
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Article57 1949-03-17 6 The chamber of commerce have been informed by the Import Export office that a small import quota for Australian rye flour is now available to Singapore traders. Only traders who were importers ot the commodity in 1938. 1941. or 1947. 1948 may apply for the quotas. Applications57 words
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125 1949-03-17 6 (Tribune Staff Reporter) ACCORDING to provisional figures of the Central Bureau of Statistics at Batavia, Indonesian rubber exports in 1948 amounted to over 270,000 tons. Of this 100,000 tons were estate rubber and more than 170,000 tons native rubber. Biggest customers were the125 words
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Article82 1949-03-17 6 U.P. Nagoya, Japan. Wed. -Kumakichi NaKajima of the Japan Foreign Trade Association I wants the United States Gov- crnmcnt to lend Japan US$l,--1000,000.000 so timi Japan can issue new currency replacing I the present money, which on Saturday totalled 315.000,000,--j 000 yen in circulation. Nakajima claimedU.P. - 82 words
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110 1949-03-17 6 A.P. \EW DELHI, Wed.—lndia may export 400,000 tons of manganese ore to the United States this year. A Commerce Ministry spokesman said the target for export to the United Kingdom for the year was 125,000 tons. He added the .entire quotas for Bizonia (Germany) andA.P. - 110 words
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Article71 1949-03-17 6 A.P. NEW YORK. Wed. Manufacturers' shipments of tyres for passenger automobiles totalled 4.249.036 in January a decline of 1.65 percent under December tne Rubber Manufacturers Association reported today. Despite the slight decline in shipments, production rose 3.52 percent to 4.772.116 tyres. Manufacturers' inventories increased about sixA.P. - 71 words
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Article53 1949-03-17 6 AIRMAILS are expected to arrive in Singapore today from Australia, Iraq, China, and India. Airmails to Europe. U.S A.. India. Africa and Ceylon close before 6 p.m. Surface mails arc expected from U.S.A., China. Hongkong. Japan and Calcutta. Surface mails will leave for Australia, New York,53 words
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Article49 1949-03-17 6 A.P. LONDON, Wed.— The Labour Government has no plans to nationalise Insurance business, Prime Minister Aft'ee tod the House of Commons on Tuesday. There have been repeated rtrmours that inHurance might be added to the list of enterprises to be taken over by the Government. —A.P.A.P. - 49 words
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Article33 1949-03-17 6 MELBOURNE, Wed. £6,000,000 will be spent on a plant for briquet factories of the Victorian State Electricity Commission at Morwcll, the brown coal centre in the eastern part of the State.33 words
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Article128 1949-03-17 6 BLACK pepper was quoted yestcraay by some dealers at $212 (loose) buyers and 5220 sellers. But there was very little business done. The Chinese Produce Exchange reported a $7 rise yesterday for black pepper and a $2 rise for the white peper varieties. New York pepper quotations were128 words
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74 1949-03-17 6 AUSTRALIA'S exports to Malaya for the year 1948 A rose to a total value $92,220,204 which is $7,354,--530 more than the final figure for the preceding year Vhc export of food, animals and drink showed a nett increase of $11,982,944 over the previous yeai.74 words
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Article38 1949-03-17 6 Owing to the lightness of tin shan offerings from London, this section of the local market continued very steady. Industrials also .nhowed ntrength. There Is some •dlght Interest In rubber shares at the etirrent level*.38 words
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Article33 1949-03-17 6 NEW DELHI. Wed. India now has 22 ships aggregating 150.000 tons in the overseas tiade, plying between India. America, the United Kingdom and continental countries, it was revealed in Parliament recently.33 words
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Article856 1949-03-17 6 SINGAPORE, Wed. Buyers Sellers Atlas Ice 15.00 16.00 Ilex. Brick Pref. 2.77 ft 2.85 Ords. 1.97 ft 2.02 ft I B.B. Petrol 39 3 40/3 B. M. Trustee 7.50 8.50 Cods. Tin Ord. 16/6 18/do. (P) 23/6 24/6 E. Utd. Assur. 40.75 41.75 j Estate Trust 7.00856 words
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Advertisement672 1949-03-17 6 MANSFIELD CO. LTD. (Incorporated In Singapore) BLUE FUNNEL LINE Carrier'! opttoa to proceed via other ports to lead a*d discharge cargo. SAILINGS FROM U.K. A 1--S.A. "Tyndaruus" for U.K Mar. 20 "Astyanax" from U.K./Cont Mar. 24 "Eumaeus" from U.K Mar. 2o "Stentor" from U.K. A P r 3 "Calchas" due672 words
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Advertisement443 1949-03-17 6 BOUSTEAD CO.,~LTD Lloyds Agents in Singapore, Ticket Agents For Malayan Railways GLEN LINE ACCEPTING FOR LONDON, ANTWERP, nOTTgSJUm HAMBURG. Ul Duo sails GLENGARRY (Calls Casablnnc) 19 Mai J GLENGYLE (Calls Genoa) 15 Api itjj DENBIGHSHIRE 23 Api. 27 Anl* GLENROY (Calls Genoa) 11! May W J GLENARTNEY 21 May 29443 words
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821 1949-03-17 7 ALLAN LEWIS - Longchamps II Wins by six lengths From ALLAN LEWIS PENANG, Wednesday. "HOC" RODGERS repeated his first day's success by saddling another four winners today, the second day or the Penang Turf Club's Spring Meeting. He had four wins on the first day. Highlights821 words
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Article44 1949-03-17 7 The Victoria School Ist. XI drew three-all with the Raffles' Institution Ist XI at soccer, yesterday. Scorers for the Victorians were Kwang JoeM2> andll. Sammi. while Chim Poh (2) and Michael Chua netted for Raffles'. The schools 1 second teams drew one-all.44 words
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Article274 1949-03-17 7 THE G.H.Q. Signals' six-one defeat by the Pulau 1 Brani United -M Jalan Besar Stadium, yesterday, was the heaviest seen in Senior League match so f«r this season. From the start, the Signals were kent on the run. Within five minutes of play thry dropped274 words
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Article150 1949-03-17 7 Banka Billiton S.C. beat the C.V.M.A. (PM.) by three goals to one in a Junior B Group 2 soccer ixfture on St. George s Road ground yestcrci&v Banka SC. was leading 2—l at the interval. Pak Tong left-inner, scored the Bankas first goal. A few minutes150 words
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Article481 1949-03-17 7 Tac following W ttf tail results of the Golf betrthe Island Cluh and Uje t slTn. PI f' Jones (4) J. Hodgkin son (Scr.) 0; H Tookc W. L. rtollcston (5) 0, W. Mc Mullan (4) L. E. C. ua vies (5) 0; Ferrier-Mavor U W. H.481 words
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135 1949-03-17 7 CHOO SENG RWEE has been selected as coach for Singapore in this year's .Malaya Cup soccer competition. I The lirst trial match will be played against the Roya' Navy at Jahui Besar Stadium on Sunday. The Navy is a good choice as an opponent135 words
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Article162 1949-03-17 7 Reuter. LONDON, Wed. Oxford University, in their first serious rowing since Saturday morning, set up the excellent time of 11 mins. 22 sees, in a row from Chiswick Steps to Putney Bridge, a distance of over two and a half miles on the ebb tideReuter. - 162 words
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Article104 1949-03-17 7 The Indonesian League "B" won an easy B—o victory over the LEPTC (Blakang Mati) in a Junior A Group 2 soccer fixture at St. George s Road yesterday. Khamis. the Indonesian left-inner, was the highest scorer with four goals, while Buang Kumin. left-wing, was next wdh104 words
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Article22 1949-03-17 7 Police S.A. beat Rocklites S.P. three nil in a Junior B. Group 2 soccer fixture r«t 1 Thomson Road yesterday.22 words
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Miscellaneous91 1949-03-17 7 cSl™ rtu AKi.v SUT> YOU EXPECT T YOU'RE THE ONLY V STOP KIDOIN' YOURSELF-; T I'VE KEPT IN] r AHO IF YOU HANDLE NO, DYN AMITEr TOUVE DV ,t^ ME 10 GET ONE 'WHO CAN HELP DYNAMITE tHTtt AN/TRIM, JOE- ME. IT'LL BE JUSTjfI[CAN'T LET YOU I lirl? 72; FAOfSLrc91 words
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Article73 1949-03-17 8 Reuter. 1 LONDQN, Wed. CommOßjwealth Governments are to be j consulted about proposed j changes in the court martial system of the British Navy, j Viscount Hall. First Lord of the Admiralty, stated today. Discipline in the Navy, he said, differed from that in the otherReuter. - 73 words
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Article391 1949-03-17 8 Reuter. NANKING, Wed. Political observers here said today that an ultimatum from the Chinese Communists could be expected in the Government capital unless an official peace delegation went to Peiping soon. A new crisis was approaching in China to coincide with the appointment of Gen.Reuter. - 391 words
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Article45 1949-03-17 8 Reuter. LONDON, Wed.—The projected merger of British South American Airways and British Overseas Airways may cost several hundred employees their jobs. The decision to merge the two state-owned airline was announced on Wednesday. Both lines have been suffering heavy losses. —Reuter.Reuter. - 45 words
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Article21 1949-03-17 8 A.P. PARIS, Wed.—The French Government today approved the terms of the projected At'an*ic pact and authorised its signature.—-A. P.A.P. - 21 words
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Article167 1949-03-17 8 Reuter. LONDON, Wed.—A fresh wave of selling hit the London stock exchange today. Start of the new trading period encourxged bear selling as well as some genuine sales. Breweries were perhaps mos* j affected but textiles, motors, md buildings shares were all on the downgrade. The marketReuter. - 167 words
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Article123 1949-03-17 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Mr. Anthony Eden, deputy leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons arrived in Kutla Lumpur this afternoon in an Auster Aircraft of the R.A.F. from Bidor. He was accompanied by Brigadier Erskine, officer commanding Guards Brigade. Commander A. P. Noble, M.P.123 words
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Article61 1949-03-17 8 WiimN you change four address do not try to alter your Identity card yourself. You should report instead to the Centra! Registration Office at Beach Road. If voii do not do so you Hill be lable to a fine \\f imprisonment. The Registration Office wH! take61 words
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Article68 1949-03-17 8 U.P. BANGKOK, Wed.— Police took extraordinary precautions to guard military installations and public buildings, including Rose Palace, where the Prime Minister lives, as an arms plot was disclosed in Bangkok. Police have searched vehicles for the last two nights for illegal arms and explosives. Some armsU.P. - 68 words
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Article42 1949-03-17 8 A.P. LONDON, Wed.—The Ministry of Supply announce.! on Wednesday the 101 l owing allocations ot tin by the Combined Tin Committee for the first half of 191!». Egypt 160 long tons; Israel 60 long tons and Turkey 125 long tons.—A.P.A.P. - 42 words
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Article37 1949-03-17 8 U.P. iiOMtJAY, Wed.—The piane carrying the Maharajah of Jooch Hehar made a forced landing at Ambhikapur, it was jjhciaiiy stated in noinbay toaight. The Maharajah, the two Jtliei passengers, and the pilot vcre reported uninjured.—lT.p.U.P. - 37 words
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Article137 1949-03-17 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday.—Approve( fur a bill to legalise the University of Malaya will be asked of the Federal Legislative Council at its next meeting. The bill will give legal force to the constitution recommended by the Carr Saunders Commission and amended by the Joint Select137 words
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Article, Illustration111 1949-03-17 8 Miss Judith Coplon, 27, of t le I nited States Department of Justice, and Valentin, bitehev, 82, a member of the Russian delegation to the I nited Nations, were arrested New York for the alleged theft of government documents. According to the American lice, the couple met-A.P. Photo. - 111 words
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311 1949-03-17 8 Reuter. GENEVA, Wed. A solution proposed by "neutral" powers for solving the Berlin currency dispute and lifting the Soviet blockade was rejected by the United States in January after Britain, France and Russia had agreed to discuss it, it was disclosed here tonight. The solutionReuter. - 311 words
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239 1949-03-17 8 Reuter. LONDON, Wed. The award of the QBE i Officer of the Order of the British Empire) to Dr. Hugh Mclntyre, osteopath and radiologist formerly of Singapore, announced in the London Gazette last night was for "public service of the very highest "order" duringReuter. - 239 words
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144 1949-03-17 8 A.P. LAKE SUCCESS, Wednesday.—Norway appealed to the Netherlands and the Indonesian Republic to prevent atrocities in their conflict. Arne Sunde, the Norwegian delegate, told the United Nations Security Council that delegates should consider whethfir to ask any organ of the United Nations or anyA.P. - 144 words
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Article48 1949-03-17 8 After a four-week visit to Hong Kong, i\o. 1 K.A.F. Regional Band has returned to the R.A.F. Maintenance Base (Far East! Selctar. On March 23. it will visit R A F. Stations in Malaya and Singapore, and on April 13, it will leave for Ceylon.48 words
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Article37 1949-03-17 8 U.P. KLTsDAL, Westmorland. England, Wed.—A committee of women have objected to the proposal to put double-decker buses into service in Kendal because they fear it will enable passengers to peep into their bedroom windows.—P.P.U.P. - 37 words
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Article19 1949-03-17 8 MIAMi, florida, Wea. —The British sloop Alliance sank about 25 miles southwest of Puerto Rico on Tuesday19 words
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Article55 1949-03-17 8 \AV,('.A.t Drew. mnklng 1'IASx, flaffit* Quay—H> a.in Y.M.(!.A tfyniriti'Hi-< C.~D i.m., mule volcu choir prBPti"#, *.<H) p.m. ThcaMopbtPlsl SilclMy. Mrs. F Harvey un "How The; 'opJiy Ix'ffun," 3, C'nirnhMI FM., 3.30 p.m. EASI'-VVF.ST SOCIETY: Annual jreneral meeting, Kritivh Council Hill, Stamford R»v S-.".0 p nv AH members55 words
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Article145 1949-03-17 8 PAVILION, "Pagliacci" starring Beniamino Gigli Alida Valli, 2, 4.15, 6.30 and 9.30 p.m. CATHAY: "Arch of Triumph starring lngrid Be-gman and Charles Boyer, 11 a.m., 1.45, 4.15, 6.45, and 9.30 p.m. ALH AM BRA, "Trader Horn with Harey Carey. 1.45, 4.15. 0.45, and 9.30 p.m. REX: "Om Touch of145 words
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Article73 1949-03-17 8 SOCCER: S.A.F.A. Snr. Div R.A.F. Seletar v. S.C.C., J. Be;ar; Jnr. B. Gr. I, Borneo Mo.er.s S.C. v Payar Lobar Bus J SC. Geylang. FRIENDLY SOCCER: St. Anthony's School v. Johore English College— S.J.I, grnd: St. Patrick's School Past v. Present—S.P.E. grnd. ATHLETICS: St. Patricks School Annual Meet. 8.3073 words
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Advertisement595 1949-03-17 8 NOTICES HAULAGE PERMIT We, Lee Rubber Ltd. of 52 Jalan Ibrahim. Johore Bharu being holders of haulage permit No. 323 /1 C give notice of intention to apply for s variation of the above (1) Vehicle No. J43H2 to alter the uaavSen weight from 72 cwts 3."» lbs to 60595 words
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Miscellaneous10 1949-03-17 8 Tide HIGH WATER: 12.36 p.m.' U0 ft. 0 in). I10 words
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