Malaya Tribune, 26 March 1949

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    Masthead
    63 1 Malaya Tribune By THE PEOPLE FOfc THE PEOPLE Tel: "Tribune. Spore. Larger Sales Than Any Afternoon Taper In Malaya Phone: 5811/5 Nine Lines Published simultaneously at Sin tjanore, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, and Penang. TWELV E PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 1949 PRICE TEN CENTS. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE: E.
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    "RED CHINA THREATENS US"
    843 1 Warning To Trade Leaders UK X M. F. Ferguson, chairman of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce, called for preparations to meet a possible threat from Communist China at )flt Anaual General Meeting of the Chamber yesterday. We bave already experienced the results of the invasion from
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    HAMLET SWEEPS THE BOARD
    139 1 A.P. LLY WOOD, Fri. -pj irence Olivier's iihn JVI r: .ion i f Sbakespe;.: mm!, I id mo: t swept the board „i th. Motion Picture Academy mrd* last night. It took the coveted Oscars I picture, for Olivier I actor, for art direction set decoration
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    UNEMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE NAMED
    121 1 ommittee has been set the Government of re to examine the un- at position in the The members are: Honourable Mr. A. Gimour Secretary for Eco- tirs) Chairman; M: G W Da vies, Acting Commissioner for Labour: Mi. H. B. Basten, Chairman. Harbour Board; irabic Mi. i*:.
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    OXFORD SHOULD WIN TODAY
    154 1 A.P. LONDON. Fri. Oxford University is favoured by most experts to win the unlverst-1 tics' 95th annual boat race tomorrow on the gruelling four and one quarter mile stretch of the Thames from suburban j Putney to Mortlakt Exoerts are unanimous that j Oxford, stroked by
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    OLD TAXIS OFF THE ROAD
    66 1 The Municipal Commissioners, meeting yesterday, decided that old taxis, numbering about '.100 in the Colony, shall get off the road by the end of this year. The decision said that effective from Dec. 31 1949, no motor vehicle manufactured prior to Jan. 1, 1945 shall
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    Grand National Today
    303 1 A.P. THE Grand National. liri- i tain'B greatest steeple- j chase, will be run at Aintree, j near Liverpool, at 1500 CMT 110.30 p.m. Malayan Time) today. P.efoW af 1 h<- revi« 'I I' 1 of probable runner:- and j.>< keys and tin final call-over: Runners, Jockeys
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    LOAN BILL FOR COUNCIL VOTE
    134 1 BUI HENRY GURNEY will make an important state- ment in the Federal Council when it meets here on Thursday to sanction the floating of a $100-million loan and approve a bill to legalise the university of Malaya. Both these bills will be introduced on a
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    PLANE DOWN
    41 1 A.P. BOSTON, Fri. The U S Air Force announced on Fnoav that a C-82 twinengincd "flying boxcar" carrying three or'four men. is reported down in the Arctic wastes near Baflin Island. 1.000 miles northwest of Goose Bay. Labrador. —A.P.
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    ENVOY RESIGNS
    44 1 A.P. WASHINGTON, Fri. President Truman has accepted the resignation of General Walter Bedell Smith, as U.S. am bassador to Moscow. The action came after Bedell Smith visited the White House to tell Trumas that he wanted to return to Army duty. A.P.
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    Bad news for Road-hogs
    70 1 The Municipal H'hiniirgton cr.s yesterday extended the 30-miles-an-hour speed limit imposed on motor vehicles in huilt-up areas, to apply throughout thr entire Municipal Ana. The decision made an exception however, in the case of certain streets which may be declared de-iestrieted involving amendment ot the relevant
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    THE GENERAL BACKS THE SERGEANT
    57 1 MELBOURNE, Fit The Commonwealth immigration Department received "a request from Gen. MacAtthur" last ughi to reconsidei the ban on the entry into Australia oi Filipino-horn American Annj sergeant Lorenzo Gamboa. the anttoria correspondent of the Melbourne ArgUS wrote today. Tru request wdl be leferred to
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    Candidate Cleared
    66 1 Mi. Cheah Kirn Bee, an Independent candidate for the forthcoming Municipal Elections, was yesterday acquitted and discharged of corruptly providing refreshment to Miss Lily Yfo In -o»der to corruptly inl!»*Tiee her vote at the election Mr. B. P. Shanks, the First District Judge who gave a written judgment
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    JEEPS FOR WATER DEPARTMENT
    68 1 The Municipal Commissioners yesterday approved a sum of $15,100 to buy 4 Jeeps or Land Rover type vehicles, 1 Light Vans and one Light Loiry required by the Water Department for uuse on construction worhs in Johore. They also approved the purchase of one Jeep or
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    UNDECIDED
    51 1 MOSCOW. Fri. Mr. Fu Ping •Chang, Chinese Ambassadoi to Moscow, today denied as premature a Chinese radio icpoit that he had accepted the post of foreign Minister in the new Chinese Government. He said he was still considering the mattei and was in touch with 'ib Government bout i
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    CENSORSHIP OFF
    63 1 Reuter. LONDON, Fri. The House of Commons by 76 votes to 37 today approved in principle a private bill seeking to free tin British stage from censorship which has been imposed for more than 200 years. But its future was considered to be problematical. Home Secretary James Chuter
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    RUSSIA CLOSES IRAN CONSULATES
    175 1 Reuter. WASHINGTON, Frii. The Soviet Government is closing down its three consular offices in Persia, it was learned authoritatively today. Press censorship is understood to have prevented news of this leaving Persia. According to diplomats dispatches, tl# Russians are already moving out their belongings from the
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    Died As They Sang "It's Not Goodbye"
    266 1 MINED SHIP DISASTER Reuter. HONGKONG, Friday. OIK calmret girls finishing a dance to the strains of "Kiss Me Good Night But Not Goodbye" were among more than 100 passengers believed kiUed when the British registered luxury steamer Miss Orient s nk after an
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    JAPS MADE TO DISGORGE
    78 1 TOKYO. Fri. Moro than $17,000,000 will be paid to thi British and Dutch governments for Japanese looted tin and rubber during the war, the Allied Headquarters Civil Property Custodian announced today. Of the total, the Dutch government will receive $8,735,880 These restitutions arose feorw shipments to
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    DODD IN DARWIN
    40 1 j DARWIN. Fri. Mr. Nor ris E. Dodd, American Dree tor General of the World Food and Agricultural Organisation. arrived here today by air on his world tour of investigation lof obstacles to food production and distribution.
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    MIRROR EDITOR GAOLED
    163 1 Reuter. LONDON, Friday —Mr. Silvester Bolam, editor ot me Daily Mirror, British tabloid newspaper with over 4.000,000 circulation, was sent to prison for three months today for printing allegations that a man m gaol awaiting trial for murdei, was a vampire". The proprietors of the newspaper were
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    More Bandits Killed
    155 1 FOUR hundred and seventy nine bandits were killed, 148 escaped wounded, 77 were wounded and captured while 286 were captured unwound ed at the end of February according to a press release Of the bandits kil'cd 462 are Chinese, eight Malays, two Indians, two Indonesians, one Siamese,
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    Policeman Shot
    64 1 A 35-year-old Punjabi Policeman named Kala Khan at the Singapore Treasury was shot and killed last night w!-.en he was changing duty with a Malay policeman. The Punjabi died on the way to hospital, by ambulance. The fatal bullet had entered the right side of his head between
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    SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS FLAYED
    296 2 THE method of selecting students scholarships 1 nnder the Colonial Welfare and Development pJS was sharply criticised by Mr. A. P Kigali at a mating of the Singapore Municipal Commission-p-rs yesterday, Mr Rajah also warned th<«t there was disHHtislaction over the way the British Council was awarding
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    Children Show Singapore What They Can Do
    201 2 The children of the various Social Centres in Singapore showed samples of the work they are taught to do, at the exhibition opened this morning by Lady Gimson at the British Council Ha*!. All exhibitions are done by children from the ages of
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    Troops Want Them
    136 2 OLD BOOKS At Christmas time, the public remembered the troops in the jungle, and produced a great quantity of books for thorn to read. That was three months ago. and the fighting men in the jungle now have nothing to read. T roups don't" get great deal
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    STOLE FOUR PAWN TICKETS
    61 2 A Chinese woman. Lav Yook Eng. was sentenced t<> thiee months hard for stealing four pawn tick, ts and dishonestly disponing one which was for a diamond ring, at the First District Court yesterday. The woman pleaded guilty and said she was th<> sole supporter of
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    WHAT'S ON TODAY
    75 2 General Y.M.C.A. Chess Championship 4th round —3 p.m. movie circlc show, 'Henry V," 8 p.m. EXHIBITION of handicrafts of the children of Social Welfare Centre, British Council Hall Stamford Road, 10 a.m. to 7 r Y.W.C.A. 5, Raffles Quay, Business and Professional Women's tea party in honour
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    Cinemas
    167 2 CAPITOL: "Bonnie Princc Charlie" starring David Niven and Margaret Leighton 11 a.m.; 1.45, 4.00. 6.30 and 9.30 p.m. CATHAY: "Killer McCoy" Starring Mickey Rooney. Ann Blyth end Brian Donlevy—11 а.m. 1.45, 4.15, 0.45 and 9.30 p.m. REX: "Atlantis, The Lost Continent" starring Maria Montez, Jean Pierre Aumont and Dennis
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    Sport
    59 2 SOCCER: S.A.F.A. Snr. Div., R.E. Regt. v P. Brani Utd.—J. Besar; Jnr B. Grp. 1, T. Mong O.B.A. v CYMA —Gevlang. FRIENDLY SOCCER: R A F. v French Air Forcc—Changi; T. B. Rangers v Changi Prison— Outram Rd; St. Andrew's v. A.C.S. —Woodsville. f'RICKET: S.R.C. v. S.A.O.- I B.A.—S.R.C.;
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    PRINCES IN U.K.
    59 2 Tungku Abdul Halim and Tungku Abdul Malik, sons of tho Sultan of Kcdah, the northern most State of Malaya are in England to make up the, leeway in their education caused during the Japanese occupation when they were deprived of their English achooling. They plan to study
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      144 2 COCKTAIL P yRTY The Netherlands Trading Society will hold a morning cocktail party on Tuesday to celebrate the 125 th. anniversary of the Netherlands Handel-Maatschappy next Tuesday. The firm was founded in 1824. Today: 3.15, 0.30 »v 0.15 p.m. Kamini Kaushal A Ullhas in "DO-BHAI" (Hindustani) Tonight Midnight: "ROMEO JULIET"
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      311 2 On Yo ur Radio Today BLUE NETWORK 12.00 p.m. Sig. Tune, Open- j ing Annct. Prog. Summary ENGLISH PROGRAMME in Mandarin; 12.03 Mandarin I.00 p.m. Programme Sum- Recorded Programme; 12.30 mary; 1.02 Dance Music; 1.80 Amoy Selections; 1.00 News News Weekly Share Re- in Mandarin, Amoy Can- j port; 1.50
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    DRIVER LOSES APPEAL
    148 3 Confirming the conviction and sentence of the Fourth Criminal District Judge, Mi. Justice Taylor in the Singapore High Court yesterdav dismissed the appeal of a middle-aged Chinese lorry driver. Ng Cheng Kee, now under a sentence of 20 months' rigorous imprisonment for theft of militarv stores. Ng
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    PUBLIC STANDS
    49 3 Singapore Municipal Commissioners at a meeting yesterday decided to provide a public stand for 40 trishas on the unmetalled road alongside Beach Road Market. The site will be indicated by a notice oonrd. This move is designed to control congestion caused by trishas neat the market erea.
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    Found Sister's Headless Body—Boy Tells Court
    365 3 Ten-year-old Ang Jee Tee told the Coroner's Court yesterday how he discovered the headless body of his sister when he went to her house to find out if she wanted to make cakes at about 1.30 p.m. on February 11, last. The boy was
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    TEA PARTY
    43 3 The Staff and other employees of Diamond Jubilee Estate, Jasin, Malacca, entertained Mr. J. F. S. Taylor, r Manager, and Mrs. Taylor, to a Tea Party on the eve of their departure to England, on furlough. An illuminated address was presented.
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    $500 if you cause obstruction
    113 3 The coiling for fines to be imposed on persons causing obstruction on the City's streets has been increased from $100 to $600. the Municipal President. Mr. W. L. Blythe stated at a meeting of Singapore's Municipal Commis- j sitoers, yesterday. "Mr. Blythe said: "When the,
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    K.K. MARKET
    28 3 The Municipal Commissioners yesterday approved a plan to repair and re-decorate the Kandang Kerbau Market. The plan will cost about $12,300, including $f>3o for connected expenditure.
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    MALACCA LIBRARY
    47 3 MALACCA. Fri. Three hundred and eighty-six new books were added to the Malacca library yast year and i the financial position oi the library is satisfactory, a credit balance Of $2,047.93 being brought forward, states the re- port of the committee of management for 1946.
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      207 3 FOR SALE wWtr ER^ TRIP wirjtli and gauges BRASS RODS, various specifications urn alloy shcots Ali availables immediate shipment U.K Attractive prices. Apply Cotton Co., 14 A. RottSon Rosu, Singapore. (T. 59) accoSimodaSiw MERCAyTTLE~IibsTEL 13, Queen Street Accommodation available for monthly boarders, Stwtents and paying guests. A visit will convince
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      346 3 msg. NERVOUS? WORRIED? psychologist offers advice. Wiite to- Psychology Researcn Foun I dation <• 'o G.P.O. Bon N«». l, j Singapore. (HJB4) VEHS. FOB SALE FLAT MARVELETTS. 1039. excellent conditien. $»50/- or offer. Phone ***** Ext. 44. (5.47) FOR SALE 1040 Hiliman Minx drophcad coupe in first class condition $1,600/-.
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    HAS GURNEY ASKED FOR ENOUGH?
    563 4 ANOTHER rash of optimism has.broken Ut A across the troubled body of Malaya. Ine hopeful words of the political tourists and the Whitehall pundits provide a counter lrru-ni, which, though it distracts the mind from me major ill. still does not cure it The year
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    SEE HOW THEY RUN
    1686 4  -  By Lett Barker THE quality of Australia's racehorses and the supreme position racing occupies in her sporting life havo made the land "down-under" a world-leader in the horseracing sphere. On a pro-rata basis Australia has produced more than her share of world-rank-ing gallopers, and for many
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    U.S. PRESTIGE DECLINES IN M. EAST
    434 4 A.P. A FORMAL end to the war between the Arabs and the Jews is a necessary first step towards Middle East stability. Once this vexing problem has been disposed of, there remains the even greater one of restoring the area's economic health. The Palestine
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      55 4 50 Years of Integrity —Drink Gold Leaf and be sure of consistent quality The quality of Gold Leaf ranks highest among Teas of Topmost Choice. JOHN TANK DELIVERY FROM STOCK BV~~ ~A 101 BOBINSON ROAD, SINGAPORE llf.iTO I f I 6480 ALSO AT KUALA LUMPUR I PENANG (ISTAII'SHED 40 YEARS
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    FLIRTING WITH DRAGONS AND WINDS
    912 5  -  Chinese women play mahjong so that they may continue to live. By YUMEI LIM A cynic once said, "in order to find life tolerable, jvcryone needs some form of escapism." Religion, philosophy, science and the art 3, attract thascetic, the agnostic and the creative. The
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    PROMISED LAND
    203 5 A RETIRED Americen chemist is tc otter 1.000 acres of land in Florida to displaced Europeans on a share-the-profit basis. Frank W. Burg, 60. a plant husbandry expert, said he ii: t presented plans to the US. displaced persons commission for establishing a self-sum-cient community for more than
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    GLASS HELMETS
    332 5 k FIREMAN'S helmet must able to withstand a ly ten thousand il gas name, fal' ory, cutting edge p spike. These need:tisfactorily met, stranQough, by making heJ 1 mainly of glass. This has been shown by tests by the Joint Fire Association of Dept. of Jjjtotrial Research and
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    IT'S BRUTAL, IT'S BLOODY BUT IT'S SIAMESE ART
    710 5 M. MAMOR IT S brutal, it's bloody, to some Western eyes it's even bestial but it's Siamese ar^? Is there any real skill in the Siamese boxer's catalogue of attack? How would the scries of kicks to the op ponent's face, cuffings
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    ALCATRAZ TO BECOME HAVEN FOR TOURISTS
    892 6  -  America's "DeviTs Island" has achieved fame as the prison where the toughest American convicts h lid 'p been broken. It was for many years the honn ,f Al Capone. By Wilson Ferber ANOTHER famous prison island may soon become a holiday-maker's playground. Whilst France
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      16 6 CHENG KONG No. IRO VICTORIA STREKT SINGAPORE. TEL. ***** ELECTRIC, WATER Contractors Best Service Reasonable Price
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      260 6 The Truth in Your Horoscope Your Real Life Told Free Would you !ikr> to know without any «ost »hat the Stars indicate for you son.o of your past experiences. your strong n ,j Wvak noil ts ~t c? Here J> chonre to tes> Free the skill of Pundit Taabore, India*
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      7 6 tq\ WAIT, J FANTASTIC* I'VE NEVER MET
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    ON THE TRAIL OF MOSES
    975 7  -  TRIBUNE SCIENCE CORNER By H.B. NICHOLS almost every c*> I- wanted to visit I or UtUe-l:nown 0& globe did .-o ih>r« ing yoai hi a ended, l" l! th C reco »J at ex> kop t by the Ma- iphic Society h« re t>'- J
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      183 7 mil j a all IJJJ j j tt Rood iiH-al JAVA RESTAURANT 338-\. N» ith Bridge Road, (n p U fi Jt'MLEF Theatre) (KM INK RIJSTTAFFL DELK lots FOOD hi' s A European < >r i \<»ur satisfaction. RAFFLES HOTEL Tonight THE COCKTAIL HOUR with Frank Pickford at the Piano
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      90 7 VK I I I M By Mirhnel O'Malle* and Half* Lite fW IS I DON'T NEED «1 L/oNE QUICK E^^^ ttSON, OUR LAB /ANY FANCY EQUIP-" LIGHT- V I PUFF, AND J22?/5i J2fl B MALIOV] WITH TRANS- CHIEF, FLINT. OF MENT TO 6ET PRINTS COLORED VRS£M THERE ARE BnTT tJat
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    SATUDAY SHOW ROUND-UP
    188 8  -  —By Lensman CAPITOL FILM: Bonnie Princt Charlie (Technicolour). STARS: David Nivei Margaret Leightou. THERE is enough meat n the story of Bonnie Print Charlie and the Stuart Risinj of 1745 to produce a filn packed with action an< drama; but the adventures o Bonnie Prince David Nivoi
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    ALHAMBRA
    139 8 l'ILM: "The Wizard of Oz" (Sepia and Teclutieolour). STAR: Judy Garland. FOR fifty years the story of "The Wizard of Oz" has never failed to delight the children and the pereniallv young. M.G.M.'g version of this faiiv tale has lost none of its charm. It has the ingredients of
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    REX
    166 8 FILM: "Atlantis, the Lost Continent". STARS: Mari.i Monte/, Jean Pierre Aumont and Dennis O'Keefe. Hundreds of theories have been put forward as to the whereabouts of the legendary continent of Atlantis. The film version of the latest theory, found in the book "Atlantida" by Pierre Benoit, suggests that Atlantis
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    CATHAY
    164 8 FILM: "Killer McCoy' STARS: Mickey Rooney, Brian Donkvv and Ann Blyth. Any fiim packed with excitement and thrills of the ring la always welcomed by Singapore mdicnoai. Those who love Mickey Rooney as the happy-go-luck Andy Hardy will see him in his first grown-up role. And this is tne
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    PAVILION
    196 8 FILM "Dream Girl" STARS: Betty Hutton and MaeDonald Carey. "IF you can dream and' not *make dreams your master" -but Georgina Allerton Betty Hutton) finds it easier to dream than to face reality Betty, the Bombshell, doc« not even utter a shriek in picture. She is cast as a
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      205 8 You can fly by Clipper ROUND THE WORLD 1 from Bangkok VIA I VIA CALCUTTA I HONG KONG Iku DELHI I MANILA LONDON I HONOLULU NEW YORK I SAN FRANCISCO Th- Clippers take off 6 times s week from Bangkok. Westward to New York via Calcutta. Istanbul, Bru.-sels and London.
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    CONSECRATED ATOMS
    75 9 A.P. UVCIIPOOU bvi. The has authorised LiverUniversity to build an smashing machine on the a new Roman Catholic cathedral'under constructs of the university's R uclear physics laboratory only suitable site for hro cyclotron was a the Cathedral site, is c hitch. Roman law says Vatican authority must be
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    WIFE TROUBLE TOO AT LAKE SUCCESS
    299 9 "MY HUSBAND FLOUTS ALL LAWS" SAYS MRS. TSIANG U.P. NEW YORK, Friday.- The wife of the chief Chinese delegate to the United Nations has asked the Commission on Human Rights to help untangle her matrimonial affairs. Mrs. Tsiang wants tho Committee *o look into
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    Back Stage
    60 9 The Duke of Edinburgh visits Pinewood Studios. On the set of "Poet's Pub" he meets, right to left, Rona Anderson, Producer Donald 15. Wilson, Barbara Murray and James Robertson Justice. Kona and James are in the Elizabethan costumes they wear for a Masque sequence in the film. "Poet's
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    WHY DO COLLEGE STUDENTS DRINK?
    167 9 U.P. C^ A s^ t tS7^^lZ^ l^ t resean hers have ne researchers have started a poll of students m entity colleges to find out why they iriek and if not, why not. The Alcohol Studies Division of Yale University Laboratory of Applied Psychology, which
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    Atomic Bargain Counter
    105 9 U.P. NEW YORK, Fit Atomic cost the United i 000 a day since Scptanbci 19, 1942, but Kelley, manager of th» Atomic Energy New York opcr itioaa office, it has been a bargain in view of the results. d these included the atom bomb developed in time
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    REFUGEES SAIL
    26 9 RANGOON, Fri. A fourth batch of refugees numbering <£00 undei the Indian Govern- assisted passage scheme ft foi Madras by the Scinunshtp .Jakauurga. Reuter.
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    DOLLAR LOSS
    45 9 A.P. CANBERRA. Fri. Australia will have a substantial dollar Jeficit in 1948 to 1949. despite rigid control of dollar impoits and will make up the deficit by drawing on the sterling area dollar pool, the Prime Minister J. B. Chifley has announced. A.P.
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    INDONESIA TO GET E.C.A. FOOD
    111 9 A.P. WASHINGTON. Fri. The Economic- Co-operation Administration has agreed to finance the purchase of US$1,733,000,000 worth of rice, flour and meat delivered to Netherlands Indonesia during the first quarter of this year A statement by the European Recovery agency, however, said the transaction does not
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    SPOKESMAN
    41 9 A.P. KARACHI. Fri. Foimerly dismissed from the service of the Hyderabad Government Nawab Moin Nawaz Jung, exFinance Minister of the Nizam before Hyderabad's surrender, has announced that he intends to visit Lake Succsss for "pushing the Hyderabad cases in uN'—A.P.
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    LEGAL VIEW OF A BABY
    190 9 A.P. LONDON, Friday.—A British divorce court has ruled that it is possible for a woman to have a baby 12 months after it is conceived. Charles Jones of London sued his wife Bertha, on a charge of adultery with a man unknown. J He testified
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    Cancer Cure Neaser
    57 9 A.P. LONDON. Fri. The Biitish Medical Journal says new experiments definitely indicate that a virus is the cause of cancer and tnis may lead to thr biggesc navanor in enncor research for many years." uil experiments were o <r;ied out by Dr. W. E. Gye, director of
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    U.S. AIR FORCE TAKES OVER P.I. DEFENCE
    107 9 MANILA. Fri. The United States Air Force is taking jver primary defence tasks for the Philippines. It is in line with this overall policy that the small Sangley Point naval air station near Manila is beinp; closed down. American strategists feel that strong
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    NEW SPELLING WOULD AID YOUNG PRINCE
    121 9 LONDON. Fri. The Aga '<han has joined the discussion n the correspondence column of The Times on simplified spelling. »Ae said in a letter that his ichemc would save Prince Charles, the infant son of Princess Elizabeth, and many other peo- pie, letters in
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    "825,000 SPIES AT LARGE IN U.S."
    354 9 A.P. WASHINGTON. Fri.— The U.S. <House Un-American Activities Committee has announced that "thousands of Russian agents am. more thousands of Americans aire spying in the United States right now. It said some of thr spies may be attached to the Russian Embassy or the
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    INDIA HAS BIG RIVER PROJECT
    71 9 A.P. NEW DELHI. Fri. The Indian Government has decided to spend 75,000,000 rupees (US$22,500,000 in 1949-50 on India's biggest river valley project the Damodar Valley scheme. Based on the Tennesse valley scheme the Damodar project covers the two provinces of West Bengal and Bihar. A
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      103 9 Il l ABNER y A €app IE rW lAM NOTICED THET f*R\G\AT S. r M j jf IHE MOTORS AMD ""1 AVAR'S MAH CHANCE T/BE V CCMfM'. NOVEMBER P3TH AMONG YORE WAR >vBUT, I'M v PROPELLERS-AND THEY'RE] A ROOM AN ITALIAN, AN S. /AM HAS TOUNLS A ASSETS FO'SALE, IS
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    Rubber Price Ball Fails To Bounce
    297 10 IE WIS PEAT LTD. reporting on the week's rubber market said yesterday: Steadiness on moderate bu>ing by the Continent and the U.S.A. and anticipation of favourable Malayan statistics prevailed until the publication of these figures yesterday. Although these were as forecast, holders of stocks
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    Along The Godowns
    60 10 Tjibodas (44); Empire Ham!) I.- (Sheers Wharf); Eumaeus Mlrza (42/48); Kuloh (40/41); Rajula (86 37); Silverbrlar (31 32); Idomeneus (17/18); Benlawers (23 24); later in day at (8 9); Soestdijk (25 26); Belleville (27/28); Myrmidon (29 80); Raki (15 16); Medon— Elpenor (13 14); I>enbigshire (11 12i;
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    Produce Market
    71 10 Yesterday's produce exchange prices were: SAGO FLOUR: Lingga $12fc, Sarawak $10, Siak $10. SAGO SEED $16. TAPIOCA FLOUR: Fair $23. FLAKE TAPIOCA: $27. MEDIUM PEARL: $28. TAPIOCA SEED: $25. WHITE PEPPER: Muntok $270, Sarawak $269. BLACK PEPPER: Lampong $214. GAMBIER: mound) $130, Java Cube $50, Hamburg Cube $50.
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    Shares: Idle
    30 10 The share market to4lay wa* extremely idle with tran*aetiuns only on a .very m**ajrre settle. Th*main feature <»f th*- market was the persistent in- quiry for Henry Waiifchs.
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    Malayan Shares
    851 10 SINGAPORE. Fri. Buyers Sellers Atlas lice 15.50 16.50 Alpx. BrtcS Pref. 2.77% 2.85 Ords. 1.97% 2.02% 8.8. Petrol 39/3 40/3 B. M. Trustee 7.50 BJ3O Cons. Tin Ord. 16/6 18/--do. (P) 23/6 24/6 E. Utd. Assur. 40.75 41.75 Estate A Trust 7.00 8.00 Federal Dispensary 5.90 6.30 7.
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      486 10 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD Lloyds Agents in Singapore, ticket Agents For Malayan Railways GLEN LINE ACCEPTING FOR LONDON, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG. Due Sails GLENGARRY (Calls Casablanca) Port Swettenham GLENGYLE (Calls Genoa) 15 Apl. 20 Apl. DENBIGHSHIRE 24 Apl. 28 Apl. GLENROY (Calls Genoa) 12 May 16 May OLJSNARTNEY 21 May 25
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      526 10 J|L««» iiwiimiiiiiniiilMiwi Mitiim if. MANSFIELD CO. LTD. (Incorporated In Singapore) BLUE FUNNEL LINE Carrier* optica to proceed via other oorta to load aad discharge cargo. SAILINGS FROM U.K. ft U.S.A. "Astyanax" from U.K./Cont. In Fort "Kumaeus" from U.K. In Port "Stentor" duo from U.K. Apr. 4 "Calchas"" due from U.K.
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    Heddle should have good day
    1106 11  -  From ALLAN LEWIS KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday THE total of 197 entries for the Selangor Tnrf 1 Cub's March-April meeting has made it necessary for the number of racing days to be extended to four. Today, the first day, will see large fields face the starter
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    RACE CARD
    724 11 RACE ONE 2.30 P.M. HORSES CLASS 4. DIV. 1. 6 FURS. 0 1 Golden Slipper 9.00 Flannery (Wadsworth) 0 2 Baba 8.12 Bagby (Lewia) 0 0 Rangi Ra 809 J. Donnelly (Breukelen* 0 3 Chum's Choice 8.09 Woods (Fox) 1 0 Azad 8.05 Stirling (Heddle? Love'y Bore 8.05
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      647 11 FORM MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IS THE MUNICIPAL ELECITOnT6SSinAN C K 1948. (Section 88 (8) NOTICE OF^ONT^SSIEiIE^iON Electoral Ward of MUNICIPAL SOUTH VoTICK is hereby given to the e'eetors of fh„ 4 Mantra for the election now pc*dfc* (T t L« ra! VVard f foreBaid th Poll has O Cu on the
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      650 11 FORM MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS 13. THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS ORDINANCE 1948. (Section S3 (3) VOTICE OF CONTESTED ELECTION rhe E'e,"toral Ward nf V.VXIC...__ __AST NOTICE is hereby given to the electors of the e'ectoral ward aforesaid thai a Poll ha» been granted ior tn > now oendlng for the said electoral ward
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    COMMISSION PROBES U.N. RESOLUTION
    151 12 Reuter. BATAVIA, Friday. The United Nations Indonesian Commission this' afternoon met to discuss the execution of the Security Council's Canadian resolution, according to Aneta, the Dutch news agency. The American member of the Commission, Merle H. Cochran, who returned here from Singapore after yesterday's visit to
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    INDONESIANS ON DUTCH DELEGATION
    92 12 Reuter. THE HAGUE. Fri Two Indonesians have been appointed as members of the Netherlands delegation to the United Nations General Assembly meetings starting m New York on April 5 next. They are: Mr. RadCU Abdul Kadir Wirdjojottmodjo, former Deputy Lt.-Gov.-Gen. in Indonesia, and Mr. Kadannan former
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    Vehicle Report Ready
    77 12 THE report of the Special Committee appointed by the I Singapore Municipal Commissioners to investigate the organisation of the of Vehicles Department is teady and will shortly be made known. This was announced by the '< Municipal President, Mr. W. L. Blythe at a meeting of cne
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    U.S. WOMAN TEACHER FLAYS DUTCH
    171 12 THE Dutch have set back the rehabilitation of Indonesia many years by th< it military action, said Dr. Frances M. Eaiie, woman Professor of Geography at the University of Washington. Seattle, who U m Singapore, i >i. Eat Ie ai i lv< d by ah
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    C.A. Beat Signals 5-0
    229 12 THE Chinese Athletics had to work very hard for lueu- no victory over G.H.Q. Signals in an S.A.F.A. Senior League fixture at Jalan Lesnr SiH'iium yesterday. The biggest disappointment of tne way was tne Chinese right-wing, Hoi Meng. On three occasions he attempted unsuccessfully to dribble
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    R.A.F. SOCCER
    31 12 The French Air Force, Saigon, will meet the Royal Air Force, Malaya, at soccer at Changi. today at 5.15 p.m. The Saigon team arrived last night at Tengah airfield.
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    ROVERS DRAW
    16 12 The Hongkong Bank XI drew two-all with the R.rvrs t St George's Road yesterday
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    Cromwell Hero at Grand National
    198 12 Cromwell Hero a t Grand National UVERPfJOL. ~r iiin THE biggest certainty about tomorrow's r National steeplechase is that it win be u'm ed by a very large crowd, possibly a record near certainty is that the weather will k A aM sunny. De fi ne It should be the
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    ROCKLITES WIN
    58 12 The Rocklites narrowly defeated the Indonesian B XI by one nil at St. George's Road ground yesteiday, in what was described by referee Lieut. B. Tarling as "the most excellent game he ever refereed." The first half was scoreless. Dudley Dragon netted the only goal of the match
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    BIGGER CLUBHOUSE FOR S.C.F.A
    138 12 Geek that th. M house No. 10 at S5 St be allotted to tho < r 5? Chinese Football and that the clubhouse No. 2 to V Stanvac Employees' Ua«u .This decision reversedt vious decision of the rw mission which aavo -> large clubhouse to the
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    Selections at a Glance
    74 12 Race i—KARA OataVa slipper Azad Outsider: Lovely llore Kaee 2—FENTON Karman New Ben Knee S—-POLISH NUDE So'tara Kaud. Kid Outsider: i.och Clyde Race 4—l tCR DXI CE II The Grand Abbot *»iM'ar'!glit Outsider: K'ank Spec Kurr S—LINK SI 1111 Free frenchman Store* star Kace «—SEI.OPI Ma>t
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      513 12 JOLLILADS SECOND WIN In their second outing this season the Jollilads Athletic Union scored their second win when they defeated the Singapore Airport S.C. by four goals to nil in an S.A.F.A. Junior League soccer mate'" at the Geylang Stadium, yesterday. Scorers were Tobing (2), Hussein and Salahudin. \on< :es
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      103 12 I CHEAM NETS 4 GOALS I Good passing and speed en- abled the Police S.A. to beat i I the LEPTC (8.M.) by seven goals to one at the Thompson Road Police Depot yesterday. Scorers were Cheam (4), Gopal (2) and Ngon. UNINVITED CAPETOWN. Fri. Dr. I i Daniel Malan.
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      83 12 a a 10. Z —I I—'1 hook mmM PREMIERE M'MTE TONIGHtT" /»w Wyman wi ///v mfc ////7/ won her the Academy A ward. Wherever motion pictures I art shown, this is the year's HRH oV\CI v* I most discussed droma I t^P^ff WARNER BROS* present a daring and courageous new
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