Malaya Tribune, 29 March 1949

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    65 1 MALAYA Tribune By THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Te«: "Trlhune. Spore, Larger Sales Than Any Afternoon Paper in Mii!:i\ a Phone: Ml 1/1 Nln.- Lines Published aimultancouslu at Stngaport Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, un d Pwwj, TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1949 PRICE 10 CENTS. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE:
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    SOVIET RUBBER "GRAB" PROBED
    242 1 Ma lay a Wo rried By Synthetics LONDON, Monday. nl SSIA S eagerness to buy rubber and the American policy on production of synthetic rubber were leading subjects of speculation as the International Rubber Group oj»ened its conference*, here today. Fourteen nations ond the British Colonics,
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    Listowel Delayed
    113 1 Reuter. SYDNEY> MOM.—Lord i livt w.l. British Minis- t,r i>i Mate for Colonia' If irs who was to have 1,-fl lor Singapore tonight I on th» lirsl stage of his return to Brttaita, has ,1 laved l >r *J4 hours I Ikrwugli a pfcaae engine iffrrt. Lord I.is!
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    NO WOLVES AT THE DOOR FOR SIR HARTLEY
    111 1 U.P. Mon Britain> neral Sir Hartley lys if there art as "Wall Street has not seen one yet. Buy is told a London t night that a lot n c" was being talked about ->ia:shall aid. He General Marshal' h not on<
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    WOMEN ELECTED
    31 1 A.P. BANGKOK, Mon. Women ates were successful for the first time in the history of municipal assemblies in Siam three women became of the new municipal in recent elections.
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    TURF ROBBERY
    42 1 Reuter. RANGOON. Mon. Three I n who raided Rangoor 7 Cub la.st night stole 166 Mipecs. fhey held up the cashier at j r point, packed the cash igs and escaped in a jeer *'had been narked close hand Reuter.
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    Exports
    110 1 A.P. I Malaya exported 979.107 long tons of natural rubber in 1948. The United States was the best purchaser Taking 371.3 M tons. Tin T'nited Kingdom bought 173,094 tons and Russia 103.495 tons. Malayan pro- j dueticn in January and Feb- I ruary this year was slightly lower than
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    CHARLIE DOES IT AGAIN
    41 1 A.P. SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA. Mon. —Charlie Chap- 4 <c a father, tor the seventh time today at the age of'sl). Mrs. Gone ONeil Chaplin gave birth to a daughter. uej >'ready 'ye a daughter and son. A.P.
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    STINK BOMB TARGET FOR TONIGHT
    112 1 U.P. BRISBANE, Mon. Fifteen hundred demonstrators, armed with stench bombs and rotten I fruit, broke up a communist meeting at Rockhampton, north lof Brisbane. The demonstration was so violent that police could not pio- tcct the communists from the 'barrage of tomatoes, stink j bombs,
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    COURT UPSETS SUPREMACY OF WHITES
    104 1 U.P. WASHINGTON. Men. Tin Supreme Court today in Cflcctl ruled that States lanroc legally require citizens to pass a •White Supremacy Lea; i»| vote. The Court 8 to l atnrmed a Lower Court order Rvalidating t provision m the Alabama i state constitution requiting: prospective
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    The King Has A Date
    90 1 Reuter. LONDON, Hon. v public engagement for King George vi was announced for tne first time since his itlneSi today, when it was «tated he md Queen Elizabeth would attend the Royal Command van performance on Nov. 7. The King and Queen attended a similar
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    PROTEST TO RUSSIA
    73 1 Reuter. VIENNA. Mon.-.ij. Gen T. J. w. Winterton, Brituui Deputy High Commissioner in Austria, officially protested to the Russians today about yesterdaj incident in which two British Army corporals were assaulted by sentries outside the head- quarters of the Russian secret 1 police in Vienna. The two
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    CHINESE APPEAL TO EDEN FOR AID
    271 1 Malaya Constitutions Criticised Singapore Chinese Chimber of Commerce will send a memorandum to Mr. Anthony Eden asking his help to secure changes in the Constitutions of Singapore and the Federation. Mr. Eden, deputy leader of Britain's Conservative Party, ifl now on his way home
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    Malaya Grant Reduced?
    48 1 A.P. LONDON, Man.—The Itritish Government's grant to Ma'aya to aid la paving for the emergeiie\ may be only £5,000,000 instead of the £X,000,000 which had he** lisped for, SSl SCmed quarter, said here today. Details oi the grant are expected to be annoiineed shortly —A.l*.
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    SOVIET CLASH AT E.C.A.F.E.
    132 1 Reuter. BANGKOK, Mon. Strong Soviet opposition to Japan's economy being the subject of study by thy Economic Commission for Asia and th. Far Ea t marked today's opening session in Bangkc* of the Commission's committee. Soviet Minister to Siam S.S Nemtchina said the Far Eastern Commission
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    GREEK SUCCESS
    29 1 A.P. ATHENS. Mon. The Greek Government announced that army units in northwestern Greece killed 122 Communist guerillas ami eaptured 261 to the area of Mount Tzaomcrka —A.P.
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    JAPANESE REPARATIONS FOR NE!
    87 1 Reuter. Ri iTTKKDAM, Men.- Five thousand tons oi machinery and j.ooo tons of engineering equipment allotted Holland as an mi- j tial Japanese reparations pay- J meat would be "very useful" In helping restore Indonesian industry, Mr. w. Hartman, Dutch rcparationa delegation In Tokyo, amid here
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    WALKER IN INDIA
    30 1 Reuter. NEW DELHI. Mon.—Mr. Patrtck Gordon Walker, British Under-Secretary for Commonwealth Relations, today had a meeting with Prime Minister Pandit Nehru lasting one and three-quarter hours. —Reuter.
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    Giant Planes Ready Soon
    150 1 Reuter. LONDON, Mon. Britain', biggest flying boat, the Saunders Roe "Princess," will probably be launched in December 1950 and will take off on her first flight from Cowes, Isle of Wight, in February 1951, it was disclosed here today. Three of these giant machines, which weigh
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    AIRLIFT INSPECTION
    62 1 During a stop-off at Templehof Airfie'd in the I'.S yt i sector of lier'.in. Ilritish I'rimi' Minister i lenient All- *J i j,,., second lrom lelt, reviews the guard of honour. With him are Lt. OsL William 11. De'acy, !eit, commanding I officer ot Templehof, and Lord Henderson,
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    LANDS ON SEA
    38 1 U.P. HONOLULU, Mon A Natal Catalina Flying Boat has made a forced landing on the open sea 650 miles to the southwest of Johanston Island without injury to any of the It men aboard. U.P.
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    MODERN MIRACLE
    35 1 U.P. CHICAGO, Mon.--Dr. Ernest Reuter-, Socialist Mayor ot Wester n Ber Un. told Ger man Americans here that the Allied airlift is a "modern miracle." but it supplies only "the ban necessities. v.P.
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    Four Good Tips For Today
    45 1 (From Allan Lewis) Xl ALA LFYIPFR, Today. Best each-way liets for today are Moonsonstar, Pair Court, First Fancy and Royal Eagle. Rest outsiders are lied Plane, Peggy*! I hnice, Itaroda Prime and 'ack Pot. The ga* inn bj very heavy.
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    EIGHT MORE CAMPS DESTROYED
    518 2 Sakai Bandit Messenger Killed (Tribune Staff Reporter) JOHOKE BAHRIJ. Monday. Gurkha sentry brought the e -reer of a Sakai bandit messenger to an end in the north of Kluang yesterday. The Sakai was shot dead while attempting to make for the jungle after beiiur diallenged by
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    IT WAS THEIR DAY
    39 2 Nurses coining away from the service at the Alexitn Ira Bunacks' church on Sunday after attending a special .s»/rice m commemoration of the |7fA annirersuty of Qik i n A(t.raudni Koj/ai Army NurtUtQ Ootpk DatM
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    'WE LIVE FROM CROP TO CROP'
    151 2 Reuter. Mr. Lewis Dodd of the Food ami Agricultural Organisation who If now in Australia on the last stage of a world tour which has taken him to many European countries as well as India. China. Malaya and Siam, told the Australian Agricultural Council
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    SCHOOL FUND
    24 2 me Hon. Secretary of the I'mar I'ularar Tamil School announces that donations totalling SI.07.'» have been received towards the School Building Fund.
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    BIG RICE SCHEME FOR FEDERATION
    231 2 JHK Federation Government has plana to put nearly half r. million acres of virgin land under rice cultivation. Mr. John Soper, Senior Agricultural Officer in Malaya who is on leave \n England revealed this in talks now being broadcast tm BBC Far Eastern Service. Mr.
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    Former Colony Nurse Pleads Guilty To Cheating Charge
    178 2 T Se^ k n ™< aged 20, a nurse formerly .ttached to the General Hospital, yesterday pleaded guilty to a charge of cheating a Chinese woman Yong Ho San, of. $150 in the First District Court Tan was arrested in Malacca and
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    AGRICULTURAL SCHOLARSHIP
    82 2 A major Agricultural Scho- larship tenable at. the College lof Agriculture. Malaya for I two years commencing June 1949. is now open to holders I of School Certificate Grade T ;or II or its equivalent who have reached the age of 16 and have not passed their 21st
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    'MIKADO' CONCERT
    35 2 All music lovers, and especially lovers of Gilbert and bulhvans operas, are invited to a concert of a recotding of The Mikado" at the V.M.C.A. this evening at 3 p.m. Admission is free.
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    HIC! A ROBBERY
    72 2 burglar who is also a eoaooiaeor of food whisky and Uaaetw has flatted the Caldtecotl Estate home of i> r Mary Tan. Her house was broken into, hut the burglar took nothing but whisky and liqueurs. Gin and sherry he ignored. la if this discrimination wasn't enough,
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    COUNCIL MEET ON RADIO
    38 2 Radio Malayan observer wil' be present at the meeting ol Singapore Legislative Council today. His report on proceedings will be broadcast at 9.45 p.m. after the news over the liluc Network of Radin Malava.
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    VOTERS MUST SHOW CARDS
    199 2 (Tribune s* Supervise r f uJv? Elections. y, I firmed thai nshow theii "*< to the pro, r polling booth vote next Sal This is tn np v'- 1 from impei r r T" whe may not be in th ter on polling day ny Labour
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    Hard Work Had Its Reward For Tan
    190 2 (Tribune St»ff Reporter) jyjß. Tan Beng Lay, who has been working in the Municipality for twenty-two years, believes that hard work pays good dividends! His transfer to Nottingham for training in tne City Treasurer's Department was news to mm. He never applied for
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    BARRISTER CALLED TO BAR
    55 2 Mr. John Mortimer Moloney, hamster-in-law of the firm of Sisson and Delay was admitted to the Bar in the Singapore High Court vestcrday. The application was made before the Chief Justice. Mr. Justice Murray-Aynslev. who wished Mi. Moloney a successful career. Mr. R. L. Eber appeared
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    Decrees Nisi
    64 2 Two decrees nisi wen made absolute by the Chief Justice, Mr. Juatfc c Murray Aynsley. in the High Court yesterday One was that ol Mr J. F Cockburn who was granted a decree nisi against his wife on December 16 last The other was Mrs. Margaret Matt 11
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      278 2 *l BLUE NETWORK Mj N*wn; 8.30 Yesterday. i w v loday ft Tomorrow; 9.00 nfe n 1v fTal! LNGLISH PROGRAMMES CWDjnvn. FoooLu [M5 a.m. to „.00 noon NETWORK ™*«UWW INDIAN P*OGRAM Sid'' oVcW Dmv„ BrIffht r »f*Wa«f. Tun,, Open- 1.15 p.m. 6 00 i»r«,o-.,",„.„ 2. inff Amu{ <*- Summary Opening
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    THIRD TIME LUCKY
    113 3 k LARGE bandit camp in .1 bandits had rigged ip an aimoury was discovd est toyed by a the Coldstream the jungle to the i .pah on Sunday. 3 the thiid major attaged by the Goldtarda to discover ibouts of the camp II pable ol housing 191
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    RUBBER CARGOES BELOW STANDARD
    528 3 'Maiay as Name Suffenng Kent (Tribune Stuff Reporter) fIjALAYA's name is suffering in World markets, particularly in the United States, because rubber argues have been found below stand: r Claims against Eastern shippers la&gt;t year totalled more than U.S. $700,000. A large proportion ot these claims
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    War Damage Delays Flayed
    189 3 THE Chaiiman of the Singapore Chamber of Commeice Rubber Association ycsteiday criticised the Government's delay In settling War Damage Compensation and Wai Risk Insurance claims. Speaking at yesterday's annual general meeting* Mr. C. H. [.Kent said that the Association" strongly deprecated the confusion in the approach
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    Jumbo Comes Ashore
    129 3 L ivei sized visitcis Ban ;kok had trouble coming ashore this &gt;rn g They had to be from the Kustbris n h lay in the inner roads Singapore Harbour, to a lightei and then slnng ashore hj a crane. were eiyiit cow-ele-;-longing to Mr. le Souza. the
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    WOMAN GAOLED
    58 3 A 50-year-oM woDlfttt, Tang Kwang, itoje X mil of cloth valued at Sts from 0 shop at Orchard Road on March 1. She *V*S sentenced by Mr. E. V. A. IWS, the Second Police Magistrate yesterday to throe months hard. Tang had four previous convictions. She will he
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    A Sultan Calls On Radio Malaya
    437 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) WHEN tall, soit-spoken, 45-year-old Sir Abu Bakar ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdullah, the Sultan of Pahang. stepped into the news-room of Radio Malaya, Singapore, yesterday, he became the first Sultan ever to make a speech-recording at the Studio. The recording, in Malay.
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    WAR HERO
    95 3 Ztavy Cross sad Bronie Star uinner, Lt. CpMMSMinWer W. Gordon Cornell, &gt;v MB UM Wmvai Usasoa Officer, stn gapore, uho arrived Satunlay by air to rrplao Lt. Com wearier Lfh rt»&lt;tth. During the utir Lt. Con. staueler Cor.idl served iritJi the U.S. nnrnl forces in the Pacific and
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    —ISMAIL, 13, AMAZED HIM
    163 3 HIS Highness The Sultan of Pahang, Sir Abu Dakar K.C.M.G., was amazed when 13-year-old Ismail bin Abdullah, top boy in a school for the blind at the Johore State Welfare Home, presented him with a letter i composed and typed in Braille when he visited the
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    Merchant Tells Judge 'I Was Afraid'
    317 3 A Chinese merchant told the First District Judge, Mr. E. P. Shanks yesterday that he delayed to report a case of extortion for more than a year because of fear. Teh Hong Huay was the merchant. A former investigator attached to the Anti-Corrup-tion Branch
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    Chinese Cleared Of Counterfeit Charge
    146 3 ONG TEW HOCK rhat god I with possession of im* I plement and materials for the counterfeiting of 50-cent Malayan currency notes, was Cleared in the Assize Court yesterday. Ong was found not guilty, by a majority verdict of the jury. Mr* Justice GordonSmith concurred.
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    PIPE IN USE
    50 3 U.P. PALEMBANG. Mon. The longest Indonesian oil pipeline, running 115 miles from Djambi to Pladju, in South Sumatra, is in use again after being under repair for four months. The first oil was pumped from the oilfields to Djambi's harbour. Repairs are expected to l)c finished soon.—U.P.
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    WAR HEROES' CHILDREN
    114 3 A FUND called the "Volunteer Memorial Fund" \i to raised for the r.eneUt cf children of deceased Chinese Volunteers, the Straits Chinese British Association announced yesterday Pcor and deserving children of the Straits-borr Chinese residing m Sin? more may be also mc'.uded in the scheme. The Fund
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      176 3 DEFENCE MEDAL FOR VOLUNTEERS The qualifications for Defence Medal for Singapore Volunteers is full or part tinir -service for one year between 3rd September. 1939. and 7tii December. 19fl. Volunteer, who claim thij Medal abottJrl submit a form B 2068 obtain able from S.V.C. Headquarters. The Company or Battery in
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    BLUNDER IN GERMANY
    235 4 A.P. BERLIN, Mon. The sixpower agreement to snip 52 square* miles off Germany in I Western boundary changes is I viewed by many competent sources here as a major diplomatic blunder. The informants said they felt a delicate situation was badly handled, particularly in the matter of
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    Three To A Bible
    134 4 inree Orthodox Jews read a tattered coin of the Hebrew Bible in the Jewish refugee camp at Hashid in the British C rown Colony of Aden. There is such a scarcity of Hebrew Bibles in the camp that four people read it at a time. None
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    Boos, Shouts, Cheers End Peace Meeting
    284 4 U.P. io YORK. Monday. A capacity crowd of 18 000 today ran the gauntlet of shouting and booinpickets into Madison Square Garden in an uproarious I linale to the "world peace conference." Hudreds of blue coated police officers, including mounted patrolmen, guarded the famous
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    STONES BANNED
    40 4 Reuter. COLOMBO. Mon. The Ceylon Government has prohibited the importation cf synthetic and imitation precious stones into the island. A similar ban has been imposed on genuine gems, except for limited quantities of diamonds and uncut opals Reuter.
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    MORE DUSTING
    42 4 MOSCOW. Mon. The airplane wiil play a greater part in protecting this year's Russian harvest. Planes were used extensively in 1948 in dusting crops to protect them from vermin and animal pests, but this year even more will be employed.
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    Gets £7,000 After Fall Of 30 Inches
    90 4 A woiks policeman Edward Griffiths Jones, said to be i paralysed down the left side as a result of falling 30 inches, j was awarded £7.000 agreed daI mages at Birmingham. He was said to have fallen I through a platform which broke
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    PLANE CRASH UPSETS BAR
    100 4 A.P. LEAVES GREEN. Kent, j Mon. The engine of a crashf »ng Spitfire hurtled through a I country cottage yesterday. I killing a young woman. The pilot. Flight-Lieutenant j ID. A. Benson, was killed when i the rest of the plane crashed into a car parked
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    ULLSWATER PASSES AWAY
    69 4 Reuter. WOODBRIDGE. Suffolk. Mon. Viscount Ullswatcr. Speaker of the British House of Commons from 1905 to 1921, died here last night, aged 93. The heir of the title is a seven years' old orphan, Viscount Ullswater's great grandson. The boy's faciei. Secretary to the Duke of Kent,
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    GOVT. URGED TO TELL
    190 4 UP. CHICAGO. Mon —An atomic scientist today urged the gov-1 emment to tell how many ato-j mic bombs it has. so that no nation will underrate United States power and take a rash action". Louis Ridenour. dean of the graduate school of the University of Illinois,
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    INDONESIA IS BACK TO STATUS OF 1947
    596 4 A.P. BATAVIA, Monday.—No peace is in sight for weary Indonesia. Guerilla warfare has been taking an estimated 100 lives daily in Java and Sumatra since the Dutch started their "police action" last December. The mounting, spreading violence has convinced most persons here an
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    PETITION DENIED
    50 4 U.P. j MANILA. Mon. The Supreme Court, holding that war crimes trials are constitutional today denied the petition of Lieutenant General Shigcnori Kuroda, one-time supreme commander of the Japanese forces in the Philippines, in which he questioned the right of a Ihihppine military commission to try him. U.P.
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    MINERS RETURN
    91 4 Reuter. I NEW YORK. Mon. Nearly I a naif-million mornings of the j United Mine Workers were returning to wmk today after a two-wirk toppage of work. Mr John L. Lewis. President of the men's union, had ordered' the stoppage as a memorial to I miners killed and
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    CUSTOMS GET BIG HAUL OF PEARLS
    122 4 Reuter. MELBOURNE, Mon. CusI toms officers in the last six months have seized 30,000 str tugs of pearls worth mon than £50.000 Australian winch highly organised gangs in Australia have tried to smuggle 'iom Japan. A senior investigating Customs officer who revealed that the
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    Manila Urged To Review U.S. Pact
    192 4 Reuter. MANILA, Mon. The overhauling of all existing United States-Philippine treaties, because he lievea that America will not defend the Philippines in case of war, is urged by Representative Hermenegildo Atienza of Manila. He advocates a re-examination of Philippine relations with the United States
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    Accent On The Colonies
    55 4 LONDON. Mon. to have a "Colonial Mom? 1 ls ween Juno 21 and summer to tcrest in BrhW P bllc affairs. U n s *J Announcing tin, thr p Secretary. Mi. Creed^ lones. business h,,,, shops had been invibvi colonial displays London's zoological to put their
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    Ten Injured In Jap Riot
    68 4 A.P. OSAKA. ftfOfl. r«i policemen and iZ£S! were L injured slightj X as the aftermatn o S stratum and parade I, 5 V cupation aourecs Z "Conimuni.st-inspi!, Bone 17 demonstrate. »»e&gt;ng held on charg structing traffic, The demotJstraUon i. during the K* 55 ea gathered
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    SEARCH untitled
    44 4 A.P. rmnro Mori. Hampered b ftW to six feet Of i .v •»d fop ariiidi lii to 30 feet pound parties Haft* for today their search to, J Hghl bonthci with aboard which crashed yestetdn on the snowy slopes of fnl yama.—A.P.
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    Buddhists Relics To Go On Show
    163 4 U.P. COLOMBO. Mon. Arrangements have been completed by the Dalada Maligawa authorities in Kandy to hold an exposition of the Sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha along with the Thaksala and Arabian relics during the two weeks beginning on April 21. 6 Except on
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    A HITCH-HIKE BROUGHT JANET TO THE SCREEN
    395 4 BRITISH FILM NEWS Broun had not been given a lift in a u hen i she waft making a cross-country iournev "J Kelgium she might have never tu&lt; ?i°5 aild won a part in Aquila's "Floodtidc. ii &gt;R« Jaiici, wiiu n«u already made
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    JERUSALEM REGARDED AS KEY TO PEACE
    510 5 U.P. Sftfam can Mopday.—Nothing sho rt of internationalizing Jenipartition ulan i tine even if th Ar^bs willing to swallow the dozen yea" ?n ?S? a foreign diplomat who spent half ii &gt;ears in Palestine told the United Press. a ''terre to either Jew or
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    Soong To Set Up New Govt.
    86 5 Reuter. bUANGHAI, Mon. -Mi. T. S L on- lormcr Chinese FoV iga Minister, was today reve flown to Shikow. XL e j] province for discussions hj brcthei -in-law, GcncrtOissimo Chiang Kai-shek. rs thought these talks ,v,},' result in the setting up Van independent government
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    NO EARLY END TO CHINA WAR SAYS REVIEW
    162 5 U.P. HON* ".KONG. Mon. The Chinese civil war is likely to last another year. despite oatunistic and misleading reports of an early peace, accordtog to the Far Eastern Eco ■ante Review. Tho magazine said ali so talk I peace parleys held thus
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    YOU CAN'T GET AWAY FROM THEM
    212 5 A.P. NEW YORK. Mon. No 3 in British Food Minister Mr Strachey'a new Americanrvice grocery shops. British housev/ vc- axe reported to be el.°ted ever the prospect. But alas, they are doomed to lintment. There will still be queues after all. Take the word
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    GOVT. PARTIES SIT FIRMLY
    63 5 U.P. PARIS. Mon.--Unofficial returns for 550 of the 785 seacs at stake showed that the Socialists won 143, the Radical Socialists 109. and the Popular Republicans 36. giving the government parties a total of 288 seats. The Gaullists and their splinter party supporters won 146. the
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    SAY IT WITH A DANCE
    201 5 A.P. YORK. Mon If a want, to tell his cousin buzzinr, he does a little lance. That is the conclusion of Dr. yon Frison, Austrian vho has been studyn~ the language o* bees for 40 rears, ar-old zoology proof Graz University is in v for
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    SIAMESE CALL
    28 5 MANILA, Men. Tne fourman Siamese mission, which is mroute to the United States, irrived here yesterday and will ,)ay a courtesy call on Piesident Elpidio Quirino
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    LESS TEXTILES
    39 5 Reuter. CAIRO. Mon. BnrpUaa textile mills may have to cut down production and stand off some of the 200.000 workers unless the industry gets more government assistance. Ellas Andrews Pasha, General Manager of Beida Dyers, said. Renter.
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    Confesses Murder But "Not Guilty"
    234 5 U.P. MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, Monday.—The attorneys for Milton Babicn, 19-year-old, have anitout'.ced that the youth will fight his case despite his confession to the police that he killed Patricia Birmingham J6, and dumped her bullet -pierced body into the Milwaukee River. Attoinev Arthur Richter, former dean
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    New Weapons On The Way
    153 5 U.P. I I '.A LIT MORE, Mon Planennker O'eni L Mart in reveal :«d toclav that hlfl comvanv va •-►roducing a new type guided i tninat'c fOC the air torce. I He refused 1o rhseuss thr&gt; &gt;roieet in detail hut he said that It wa.;
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    MORE ACTIVITY
    44 5 Reuter. CANTON. Mon. Recent reports of increased Communist and bandit activity in Hunan Province are confirmed by latest press despatches from that area which say that Governor Cheng Chien has an of!icial report on this subject to tht Hunan Provincial lament. Reuter.
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    TO CO-OPERATE
    20 5 NEW DELHI. Mon. 1 he Government has decided to torn a national commission tc cc-operate with the UNESCO
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    'The Loon' Takes Flight
    75 5 An American version of the German V-l, called "The Loon," heads out to sea after being launched trom the United states warship Norton Sound, a seaplane tender, off the South American coast. Smoke ironi the bomb irni's across (he ship's dents ram which (at right bomb
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    STRONG BLOW
    53 5 U.P. MANILA. Mon. Fifteen Chinese anivcd a few days ago at the coastai town of Pasu-I quin. in western Luzon, claim- ing their motorboat had been j "blown ad!oss the China BeS by a strong gale. The constabulary axe keeping the Chinese under surveillance pending instructions from Manila
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    Ceylon Bans Pope's Speech
    160 5 U.P. COLOMBO, Monday.—Ceylon's Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, Mr. C. Sittamnalam. has decided not to allow the relay from *he Colombo Broadcasting Station of the English translation of the Pope's speech regarding the trial of Cardinal Mindszenty, which was broadcast from the Vatican Radio en February,
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    WESTERN SECURITY AND EMPIRE
    467 6 IN the Western countries the North Atlantic Pact has been received with enthusiasm, but some of the Asian countries are a little uneasy over itThough, the Pact Is intended U check agression by militant Communism, it, can also become an instrument for reinforcing colonialism throughout Asia.
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    YOUR CUP OF TEA IS A WORRY TO CEYLON
    1510 6  -  by U Graham Barrow Reuter. TRADE circles in Colombo believe that in the next three to five yeai.' world production of tea will exceed demand and affect Ceylon's economy, which is based on tea. They point out that this situation will
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    ATLANTIC PACT TALKS
    499 6  -  By The Diplomatic Correspondent Reuter. rpiis work's diplomatic talks 1 in Washington between the foreign ministers assembled to sign the Atlantic Part will over-shadow i n importance the business connected with the pact itself. The full scope of the agenda for the Washington talks only became plain
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    PARIS PUBLISHERS REVIVE SEX NOVELS
    876 6 —and Canada Revives flogging U.P. SOME Paris publishers arc trying to combat the present difficult business period, caused by plentifulneas of paper and shortage of money in leaders' pockets, by publishing novels with a strong sex interest. They say that the sale of these novels,
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    BARMAIDS MUST BE GLAMOROUS PLUS-
    141 7 Stop-Press For Bar-Proppers Reuter. SYDNEY, Monday.—Barmaids must be glamorous and have personality plus, said a union officii he asked the Federal Conciliation Commissioner for a wage of £10.10 0 (Australian) a lor barmaids. ent wage for barmaids is £4.16.0 a week' 1..... en receive £7
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    Bolder Hats Come Back To London
    135 7 LONDON, Mon. —Bowler hats and f?rey toppers are k in fashion again in the town that likes to call en's fashion capital of the woild. designers say the denand for these hats is mee with growing trend back to morning dress for pub-j lie
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    Do You Like Eggs In Your Beer?
    121 7 Reuter. SYDNEY, Mon.—After having read that American poultry farmers had .persuaded hotel proprietors to put raw eggs in beer, a reporter bought a bag of eggs and went along to a "local". He offered to buy a drink for anyone who would have
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    INVISIBLE HORSES
    112 7 Reuter-AAP. i HOBART. Mor.. A phantom broadcast caused pun'ei s to race to the lawns and bOOK-1 makers to tear rff their bet* ing sheets and begr.i preparations for the next race at a recent race meeting at Ehviek, Tasmania. Five minutes before the firsi. race the broadcester
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    Social Drinking Is Not Harmful
    125 7 AND BETTER STILL Reuter. HOBART. Monday.—Members of the Women s Christian Temperance Union suffered 3 shock recently when a guest speaker calmly told them that drinking was not harmful provided it remained a social habit and did not become pathological. The sneaker wis tho Minister
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    BATHS FOR TIRED FEET
    62 7 Reuter. SYDNEY, Mon. Footbaths will he provided for- waitresses with Ured feet in the Rrst ultramodern postwar cafe to he erected in Sydney, New South Wales. The managing-director said that to reduce dirt in the kitchen the bases of the walls would be curbed to meet
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    LOVE IS BLIND – OFFICIAL
    153 7 LOVE IS BLIND OFFICIAL Science Glimpses A Well-known Fact A.P. New York. Mont. Poets and novelists have jpecn say--ing for yean UMH love is hied. Just recently however &gt; aught up with the world and announced it had proved that emotions can hurt your sighjt. Dr. Henry L. Bi*ge told
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    World Citizens
    43 7 A.P. HEIDELBERG, Mon. Garry Davis, world citizen No. 1. has acquired 8,000 new followers in this old German Univetsity within ten days. The youngest world citizen-to-be is a two months old giil and the oldest one a 75-year-old any money. —A.P.
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    KEEPING MOUTH SHUT IS BEST FOR MARRIAGE
    74 7 LONDON, Mon. iW"* l people often make the best marriage guidance workers, according to Mr. A.J. Brayshaw Deputy Secretary of the National Marriage Guidance Council. He says it often happens that those people who think they are best fitted to be marriage guidance
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    Suspicion Confirmed
    57 7 A.P. LONDON, Mon. The East Suffolk Women's Institute in s communication to the L aid oi Trade said in effect: "Dash all this daintiness give us shoes that do not pinch.' Whereupon the Board ol Trade measured and confirmed !l *»g "tanning suspicion the ft &lt; t of
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    SOLDIER COMFORTS GIRL IN CONDEMNED CELL
    216 7 S'pore Tie With British Drama A soldier on active service in Malaya is it present in England on compasn sionate leave to see his 19-year-old sister, who waits in a condemned cell in Strangeways Gaol, Manchester, senteuced to death for the murder ot her
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    PARADISE FOR PLAIN GIRLS
    55 7 U.P. PHILADELPHIA, Mon. Penasylvanian state Employment Service dug deep and came up with a statistical bait to lure giil stenographers to Okinawa. In its recruiting drive for ar overseas division of the Army Department Service it noted that theie are "two thousand men for every woman
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    COSMIC THEFT?
    36 7 U.P. M ANCHESTER. Professor Patrick Blackett told the police yesterday that a Nobel Prize gold medal awarded to him months ago for COS* mic ray research had bee:? stolen from his apa; taunt. U.P,
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    Romance Behind Bars– But It Has A Future
    54 7 ll.r. &gt;.. «l,s» ll xx», '"X»» Nr"» lor «r.»ll«l, .,n«l lir. lp. x&gt;l„ n »»,&lt;&gt; xx.r.' lnlr»»,!,,,, &gt; ,:,!....&lt;». ll». ,l «l». »t»,»,„» i«' l'r. i'.rin X,.'...». x&lt;,,ll&gt;- ..l.'ixi.'!,.&lt;,» »l»'.X li.'X' &gt;' .I,. ll !,!-&gt;&lt; «&gt;!»&gt;. x&gt;»»«« .....s. »&gt;'»'« »,»r li.,»f »n
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    The Police Just Were Not There
    119 7 A.P. CAIRO, Mon. For some time, there has been a phantom police force of 55 men in Cairo Like other policemen, this *orco had had monthly 1 wages drawn for it. and ■JOO like other policemen small sums were devoted from salaries to devote
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    "Nursed" Her Dead Husband
    145 7 LONDON. Mon.- I A 73 YEAR-OLD woman was I A j tatcd at a Jairow inquest j to have continued to nurse her husband, dead for nearly two months, in the belief that he was still sick. The hushand. John Oowper. aged 79, of Hill-Street, Jarrow.
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    SERVICE FROM LISBON
    433 8 Africans In Big Far East Liner titt^ptt T "bune Shipping Reporter) ft J hundred East African negro troow bound for Macao—where they will the garrison of Portugal's South-East Asian colcnythe Portuguese liner Quanza will put into Singapore on Friday this week. ft ihe Quanza will estab'isb a
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    Kwok Peng Crew Safe
    128 8 A.P. j HONOLULU, .Mon. Thirty-nine members of i the crew were taken off thr grounded ship Kwok Peng today at Mofu Point, South China. A salvage ship was standing by the vessel at the north entrance of Hainan Strait. (The 1,389 ton Kwok I'eng was at
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    1,000 PASSENGERS
    61 8 A.P. NEW YORK, Mon. Construction on two trans-Atlantic liners to carry 1,000 passengers each and to cost I T 5550,000,000 is to start soon. The Bethlehem Steel Company announces that the liners, to bebuilt for the American Export Lines, are for the Mediterranean trade. They will he fully
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    Destroyers For The R.I.N.
    259 8 three destroyers whi t India has acquit ed fioni Britain arc arriving in India within the next few months They are HMIS Rajput (HMS Rotheiham), HMIS Ranjit (HMS Redoubt) and HMIS Rana (HMS Raider). HMIS Rajput will be the leader of the Flotilla, in command of
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    CPR PLANS TO LINK WEST & EAST
    127 8 CPR PLANS TO LINK WEST EAST A.P. SA N FRANCISCO, Mori. Canadian Pacific Aiiiin*\s plan to stait two tians-Paci-flc air lines thi&gt; year. The company expect to open a Southern ioute through San Fiancisco in July. A Notth Pacific ioute fiom Vancouver is planned to start in September. The aiihnes
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    RAN AGROUND
    49 8 A.P. MONGKONG. Mon The 8.000-ton merchant ship Suiprise ran aground last week at Wagian Island. The vessel owned by the Pacific Far East Lines was refloated and limped back to Hongkong. She left later with 11 passengers and cargo on a direct trip to San Francisco. A.P.
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    Tsingtao 'Dis-established'
    232 8 CLOUD OVER SHANGHAI U.P. SHANGHAI, Mon. The •3 United States Navy has formally written Tsingtao pprt facilities off the books, and Navy authorities in Shanghai are expecting a similar order any day. A United Stales Navy Department bulletin announced that the Tsingtao port facility, which takes in all
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    Monarch To Carry Emigrants
    76 8 A.P. CANBERRA. Mon The Australian Government has secured the 23,000-ton British liner Monarch of Bermuda to carry emigrants from the United Kingdom to Australia, immigration Minister Arthur Calwell said in Canberra on Saturday. The liner, which can carry 2.000 emigrants each vovage. will be used for
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    Along The Godowns
    55 8 Kahangct (45); Havbris (4 4) Eumaeus (42 4H B oiUW, silverbnar (31 32); ill? VUS (17 ,8 &gt;; Wosang 9 hl f°J *&lt;&gt;estdijk (25 26); 25! ln (27,: Srosl (28 (io lb); Elpenor (13.14)- e Q biKh S hir r (I1 MS» Glenbeg (6 7); Astyanax (4/5);
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    PRESIDENT LINES CUT FLEET
    71 8 A.P. SAN FRANCISCO. Mon —American President Lines reported that the Pacific Coast maritime strike, disturbed conditions in the Orient, and the lack of dollar exchange cut sharply into the company's 1948 operations. Profit for the year was U551,404,000, equal to US$l.--83 a share of Class A.
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    Jap Shipowners In Business Again
    121 8 A.P. TOKIO, Monday.—American naval rmihave ordered Japanese shipowners to take ponsitriity for their own ocean-goim- uerrhanl marine. Tho oi\:er, winch becomes effective on April 1, will put shipowners back in busines of handling about 690 Japanese merchant vessels of over 100 gross tons each. Heretofore
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    SCINDIA STOPS WORK AT VIZAG
    71 8 Reuter. BOMBAY, Mon r;, Scindia Steam Nay Company cause of Brit competition, to definitely" the construct new ships at it:-- shipbuilding yards at Vlsagapstem, South india. Mr. S. Morari director, announc day. Mr. Morarjee said: While the cost of constructing n 8.000-ton snip n the
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    PRODUCE PROSPECTS FOR THE YEAR
    717 9 ifSEf"* ■■™'.|„.t. during 1948. The of -j—- M*T Were the «&gt;»"««* of all restrictions on the export many «nd CenS a trei,si demand f,,r «n*. produce from Ger--eting „f at the ries "J 0 int0 ths nicture but th Proportion of enquiable durine the S
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    Produce Market
    88 9 filE produce market were quiet usual on Mondays, peppn held bearish tones and steady though quotations wero nominal. rday'a prices cx-godowrt mat U 10 FLOUR: Lmgga $13. juawak Sit.. Siak $10. SAO I&gt;' i A *16. TAPK A FLOUR Fair a. yiAKi: TAPIOCA $27. HUM PEARL: $28. TAPIOCA
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    State In Business Makes Good
    73 9 Reuter. MANILA. Mon. The Philippine Republic's Governmentowned corporations taken as a whole, aie making money according to reliable reports.' In 194». 20 government-own-ed enterprises including four subsidiaries poured into the national treasury some $26,000 000 hut seven other establishment incurred losses aggregating almost $5.000.000, thereby
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    SURPLUS FOR SCC RUBBER
    124 9 •HE report and accounts of the Singapore Chamrjcr of Commerce Rubber Association for last year shows an excess of income over expenditme i after making provision for the payment of Income Tax) of M4\532.86. During the yea: 51 auction, were held, and the tennug. offered was
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    Undertone Steady
    17 9 Th, shrtn market uus typical quiet Monday ■;&lt;nk*t bu{ with a very &lt;«, i undt rtonc.
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    Malayan Share Quotations
    810 9 SINGAPORE, Mon. Buyers Sellers Dec 15.50 16.50 Uric* Pref. 2.85 Oids 1.97 v., 2.024 B* Petrol 39, 3 40/3 B. M. Trustee 7.50 8.50 Cons. Tia °rd. 16/6 18/--do. (P) 23/6 21/6 E. Utd. Assur. 40.75 41.75 Estate Trust 7.00 8.00 Fidcral Dispensary 5.90 6-30 f. a
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    Reserve Bank For Ceylon
    127 9 Reuter. COLOMBO. Mon. The Re- j s&lt;*rvc Bank of Ceylon is expect ed to be established by th' end of this year. Mr. John Exter on American banking exper;, who has been employed by the Government for this purpose, will com- i plete the preliminary work
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    Indragiri Rubber
    175 9 INDRAGIRI Rubber Ltd.. announce a net loss of $9,571 for the year ending September 30. 1948. Mr. J. A. Elias, chairman of the directors says in his statement to shareholders: "Your directors again regret that they are stiU unable to gibe any authentic infomation in regard to the
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    Exchange Market Steady In 1948
    264 9 JHERE were more changes than usual in the merchant rates of exchange in* 1948 although on the whole they continued to favour the importer, says a report of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce. The fail in the price of rubber in October and November caused
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    RUBBER MARKET
    78 9 THERE were several huycrs in the rubber commodity market yesterday though there were no advices from London or New York. The price was marked up half a cent above that of Saturday, with buyers still unsatisfied. Closing prices were Buyers. Sellers. No. 1 April RSS 36 37 No.
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    Oil Field Got Going
    65 9 The oil held Klamono in New 1-uinea has been bi ought into "eduction by the Standard Vacuum Oil Company. Production is at present at 4,000 bbls per day and a 40 mile long pipe line is used to bring the oil across dense jungle to Soiong
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    MORE COCOA
    65 9 Efforts arc being made to encourage the growing of cocoa in East Indonesia. In the Minahassa and in Ambon and Timoi i the first plots have been planted and a start is expected to be I made shortly in Flores. With the large demand and j the limited
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    Malaya Steps-Up Fish Industry
    253 9 report on the "Production of Fish in the Colonial Empire" prepared by Dr. C. F. Hicklin*. Fisheries Adviser to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, says of relay: Malaya has always been a big lishtroducing territory, and remarkable progress has been made in re-establishing the
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    SALVAGE BEGINS
    31 9 A.P. CANTON. Mon. —Efforts were started today to salvage the Miss Orient. 1.200 ton ship which struck a mine and sank on March 24 six miles cast of Canton.—A.P.
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    Jap Trade White Paper Optimistic
    258 9 Reuter. TOKIO, Mon. The second; post-war White Paper issued j by the Economic Stabilisation Board gives a cautiously optimistic picture of the future of the Japanese economy. It notes that there are signs of economic stabilisation in the steady increase of production, the slowing down
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    MOONSUNSTAR SAFEST BET
    1141 10 Picks the Likely Winners for Today 2nd Day of the Selangor Turf Club Meet THEY'RE OFF!– A Page of News for Racing Fans KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. MOONSUNSTAR, who appears to have come I* hand nicely since he last raced, should be one of the safest bets from
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    Hassen Marches On
    96 10 Reuter-AAP. MELBOURNE, Men. In less than five months Jack Massen. 23-year-old Queensland aboriginal quartorcast. has become chief contender for the vacant Australian lightweight boxing title and has won nearly £4,000 in prize money. Before that, around Queensland, he had grossed about £000 in 21 .fights. His record
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    769 10 RACE ONE—2.30: OL 4, Mv. 1— Ab*. 7 Furs. .041 Chastity B.O0 Woods (Foxi !4fl El-Alamcin 8.10 EHerv I Yong* 2 14 Lobau Lady 8.08 Law lor (Fox» 0 10 Lucky Tom 8.06 Lansdown (Davies' 3 0 0 Affable 8.05 Haipoi (Daniels' 0 0 3 Carolina 8.05 Flannel?
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    GLENNON-A BARRIER WIZARD
    901 10 Looks Back on the Runners and Rjd e of the first Day's Races at Kuala Lumpur A FTER an in and out run of luck over the past few months. Penaag t r.j,„. Jimmy MaTtin made good with a vengeance on S»turdi&gt;y with tiirec vT ners: Kanuan,
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    —Led in 3,683 Winners
    295 10 \N interesting booklet has been passed to me from S.R.A. Stipendiary Steward llr. R. Noiton. It is the Anglo-Irish Agency Ifotafl from Stable, course and Stud with special near end —of— season flat racing report from England, Ireland and France, very well put together by Frank
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    Sunny Valley Fastest
    179 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Sunny Valley did the most &lt; utstanding gallop when the number two grass track was opened for last work this morning, easily running three furlongs in 39-4, 5 sees. The tracks were still heavy and trainers were reluctant to send out horses against the
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    Cosmos Score 6 Goals
    201 11 IH£ Cosmos XI trounced j port Hospital 1 Assistant-' I'nion in r B Group II soccer St. George** Road ■Iterday. r AssistauUb w r disadvantage in I I dV d only ten I player- of v. horn had no I boot? 00. This broke their j
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    ENGLAND TO MEET SCOTLAND
    513 11  -  Wembley On April 9 r (By VERNON MORGAN Reuter. LONDON. Monday. gtOTTISII and English soccer fans will as usually pack Wembley's noted soccer stadium for the &gt;nnual battle which this year t»kes place in England. Every single seat and bit of standing room has been sold
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    BOXING JUDGE, REFEREE SUSPENDED
    109 11 A.P. NEW YORK. Mon. The New York State Athletic Commission suspended indefinitely boxing referee Harry Ebbets an! boxing judgt Harold Barnes, who voted for Jake Lamotta over Robert Willemain last Friday night'*; fight. The decision was widely criticised by fans and newsmen, all of whom agreed
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    SOLOMON'S MONOPOLY IN DANGER
    188 11 A.P. LO?JDON. Monday Two light tans are rTtfn°r beory to muscle into the big boxing promotion business m London, heretofore a monopoly of bookie Jackie Solomons. They stage their first show tit spacious Express Hall on Tuesday with an aoc drawing «card. world middleweight champion Marcel
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    USEFUL B.P.
    27 11 The Useful Badminton Party will celebrate its 16th annivetsaiy en Satuiday and Sunday at the bungalow of Mr. Tan Puav Choo, 356, East Coast Read.
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    8 British Matmen For Empire Games
    258 11 Reuter. LONDON. Monday. A sign that amateur wrestling in Britain is on Ihe n upward trend is that at least six. probably eight, wrestlers will represent Britain at the Empire Games in New Zealand next year. This would bo one of the largest wrestling
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    S.S.C. OFFICIALS
    61 11 At the Annual General Meeting of the Singapore Swimming Club held yesterday, the fcolowing were elected to Office and Management Committees: President—Mr. J.A. Gagan; Vice-President Mr. G.A. Cessford; Captain Mr. T.H. Allen; Vice Captain Mr. D H. Hamilton; Management Committee Messrs. L.A. Williams, W.C. Hill. D. Stark. W.H.B.
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    SCHOOL CHESS
    67 11 The English College bear Raffle* Inst. 7—l at Chess played Johore Bahru. Results (.C. mentioned first): Rudy Lim beat Chia Kirn Hui. Stephen Lav beat Poh Soo Chuan. Tong Yin Foo beat Wee Keng Lim. Ho Thian Chye beat Andrew Lee, Mark Shee Shim lost to Bandosham, Charlie
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    FRENCH AIRMEN TROUNCED 5-1
    369 11 (Tribune Soeeer Reporter) IN a one-sided game of soeeer the Singapore ivi--1 li vis defeated the visiting French (Saijgon) Air Force learn by live goals to one before a cioud at Jalan Besar Stadium, yesterday. Ramlan, who was to have been dropped out, but was included
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    Malay Shuttlers Await S.B.A. Reply
    222 11 The Singapore Malay Badminton Association is awaiting reply from the Singapore Badminton which may decide whether or not the S.M.R.A. will ioin the S.B.A. Local badminton quarters have been urging privately that the S.M.B.A. should join the S.B.A. to further improve "an all-round" standard of
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    CLOSING DATE OF NEXT EMPIRE GAMES
    197 11 WELLINGTON. Mon. The executive of the New Zealand Empire Games Association have decided that nominations for the games at Auckland next year. will close on January 7 next at' Auckland. The British Association has &gt; expressed concern that priority; for immigrants might affect the
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    SON TO SEE FATHER'S AIM THROUGH
    94 11 U.P. LONDON. Men. The son of Britain's late speed king Sir Malcolm Campbell hopes to realise his father's single unfulfilled speed ambition. Twenty eight year old Donald Campbell soon will try to reach the 150 miles per hour mark in his father's speedboat "Blue
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    NESTANGLO WIN'S
    21 11 The Nest-Anglo Sports Club beat The Fraser and Neave SC. by five games to two at table-tennis on Sunday.
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    HWA YEW WINS
    23 11 Hwa Yew B.P. beat Chung Hwa B.P. by five games to two at the Clerical Union Hall over the week-end.
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    P & T BEATEN
    32 11 P T BEATEN THE Hongkong Shanghai Bank beat the Postal and Telegraph Union by three goals to one in an S.A.F.A. Junior A Group 2 at soccei match at Ge\.ang Stadium yesterdav.
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    ENTRIES FOR U.S. SWIM MEET
    138 11 A.P. DAYTONA BEACH. FLORIDA. Mon. Six members of the United States swimming team that scored a clean sweep in the Olympics are entered in the National Amateur Athletic Union men's indoor swimming and diving meet here Thursday through Saturday. En t lies have come from
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    Seeking Aid From R.A.F.
    209 12 Reuter. LONDON, Mon. The British Foreign Office spokesman tonight confirmed that Transjordan had asked for Royal Aii Force assistance in creatine; a Transjordan air force. The spokesman *aid the request, which had been received some months ago. was still under consideration. It was officially stated that
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    CANADA BUILDS NEW TYPE SPEED BOATS
    90 12 Reuter. OTTAWA. Mon. Mr. Brooke Claxton, Canadian Defence Minister, today announced that Canada will this year begin the construction of three anti-sub-marine vessels, "of a new high speed type not yet in production anywhere else." He said Ihe vessels were a Canadian modification of
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    "RAISE MALAYA LIVING STANDARD" CALL
    288 12 Reuter. LONDON, Monday. THE annual conference of Britain's Labour Tarty in June will be asked to endorse a resolution expressing belief that "the only hope of improvement" in the Malayan situation lies in raising the living standard of the peopli there. The resolution, one of
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    FAWZIA MARRIES MAJOR
    94 12 U.P. CAIRO, Mon. The beautiful I PrincesS Pawzia, sister of King I Farouk and divorced wife of the Shah of Persia, married Major Ismail Sherine Bey, a wealthy Egyptian, today at Abdin j Palace. A cabinet announcement said I the wedding was held "under God's bounty and
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    ASHES RETURN TO BANGKOK
    66 12 A.P. BANGKOK, Mot,. Tne ashes of the late King Prajadipok will be brought hack to Siam by the former Queen Kamhhai at the em! of May on the Dutch liner William Round. Special memorial rites are being prepared by Siamese officials and the ashes will be
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    OPIUM ADDICTS
    20 12 BANGKOK, Mon. There are 1 about 20.000 opium addicts in the Bangkok-Thonburi area of whom 8.000 had registered
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    NANKING FEARS TALK MAY FAIL
    351 12 Reuter. 1 M n Nan *ing observers feared lltl H w t po;yer to be panted to Nationalist peace delegates in their talks with the Communists m Peiping might result in failure and a fresti attack by Communist forces across the Yangtse River be ginning
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    ITALY DRY
    42 12 A.P. ROME, Mon.-Dry weather has struck a staggering blow to Italy's postwar industrial recovery. The drought is the worst since 1921. The worst shortage of hydro electric power in the nation's history threatens a temporary shotdown of major industry A.P.
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    BARONESS FIGHTS
    30 12 U.P. LONDON, Mon. Baroness Furnivall, 48, fought yesterday in a taxi with two men, who grabbed her purse and escaped with £35. The Baroness was not injured. -U.P.
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    SUPPLIED THE GAS
    33 12 FRANKFURT, Mon. The manager of a Gorman "pest extermination" company, Gerhardt Peters, was today sentenced to five years imprisonment for supplying deadly B gas used to kill 4.500.000 camp inmates.—Rcu-
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    Filipinos Resent Exclusion
    99 12 MANILA. Mon. The Philip- pine Congress reacted todav to Australia's Asian exclusion i policy. One icsolution introdue- ed in the House of Representai tives called on President Quirino to close the office of the Philippine Consulate General in Bydne). Congressman PaguJrigaO proposed the action because of Australia's
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    U. S. SENATE WINDS UP DEBATES
    111 12 U.P. WASHINGTON, Mon. The Senate debate on an extension of European Recovery Programme moved towaid a windup stage today and the House Rules Committee cleared similar legislation for House action starting Wednesday. Tne Senate is expected to vote on the CS.f r&gt;.580.000.00u 15-month extension
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    Lovers Told To Keep Off Plaza Grass
    122 12 U.P. TOKIO, Mon. The Japanese Government, which has gone all out on birth control, now wants love making on a higher plane. Police are planning to put up Keep Off the Grass signs in the Plaza in front of the Imperial Palace with
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    GANGSTERS ARE STILL HEROES TO CHILDREN
    89 12 Reuter. LONDON. Mon British children prefer American to British film because British ones try to be too intellectual, according to Miss E. M. Smith, a Birmingham University research worker. She told an educational conference on tinimpact of the cinema on children that: Attendance of
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    GRENADE KILLS 5
    31 12 U.P. PARIS. Mon. Five Vietnamese were killed and 40 others were injured when a hand grenade was tossed into a theatre in Aix Aux in Southern In do-china.—U.P.
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    Haven For Refugees
    37 12 Priests and students of the Catholic Seminary in Shanghai open their gates to distribute food and clothing to several hundred Chinese war refugees wah.ng outside. The relief good* included nee. beans, fat and e'uth.
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    European Council Conference Opens
    239 12 Reuter. LONDON, Mon. Forty-five diplomats from ten countries gathered in a dingy conference room the British foreign office today to plan a history-making Council of Europe The Council, which would start functioning this Bummer, would take over some of the tasks of the United Nations and
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    U.S. DOES NOT KNOW FREEDOM, SAYS STRONG
    113 12 U.P. NEW YORK. Mon. Anne Lou:se Strong, in her first Ni n Yoik speech since she was ex pelled from Russia on eaplonagi chaiges. told a large audience at the community church that Americans do not know what freedom is. "I sometimes felt
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    Ignore Red Strike Call
    55 12 U.P. SYDNEY, Mon. The majority of Australian Waterfront workers ignored a communist call today for a two hour demonstration strike to protest against the sedition trial of the communist leader here. Dcckmen in Melbourne, Hobart. Brisbane aaui Newcastle remained at work. Sydney waterfront workers, hoy i
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    BOMB IN CAIRO
    22 12 U.P. CAIRO, Mon.- A gTcnadl exploded .ii ihe side street m Cairo today. Three seraon* were Injured slightly.- U.P.
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    Russia Seeks More Facts About Jogja
    181 12 LAKE SUCCESS, Mon. Russia charged m the Security Council today that the United Nfttftoog Indonesian Commission contradicted itself in :'ts report on i conditions in Jogjakarta. The Soviet delegate, Jacob Malik, made the criticism while he was commenting on the Mai eh 18 report
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    Burma Treasury Robbed
    103 12 RANGOON, Mon. White Band P.vo. "rebels" seised large stocks of arms and ammunition and 80.000 rein (about $6,150) from the Treasury in an attack on the Minho oil centre. 37f, miles north-west of Rangoon, a Burma Government communique ata t c d tonight. ("White Band" members of
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    BALLONIST DIES
    33 12 A.P. REDWOOD CITY. CALI FORNIA. Mon. Lt. Co'. Albert William Stevens. 63. holder of the world's record for stratosphere balloon free flight, has died in an Army hospital at San Francisco.—A.P.
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    DEATH
    57 12 Mr. Chia Tiong San. aged f.2, passed away peacefully at his residence No. 10, Loroog 2V-A, Oeytans;, on the 28th March. He leaven behind a son, Mr. Chia Kim Chwee, one ;on inlaw, Mr. Wee Kim Seng and two daughters, Mrs. Pearly Wee. and Miss Mollv Chia. Deeply regretted.
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    SLIGHT TRADE REVIVAL SEEN IN N. CHINA
    150 12 Reuter. SHANGHAI, Mon. A partial revival of economic activity in Tientsin. Communist hem commercial centre of North China, was reported today in private commercial telegrams, which revealed that two vessels were to leave shortly for Vancouver with large export cargoes. Air. James Ivy,
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    LONDON STOCK MARKET
    149 12 Reuter. LONDON, Mon The approaching end of account, last day tomorrow, had its usual restricting influence on Stock Exchange made today. Price* in most sections, however, remained firm. Exceptionally there were widespread losses among Oils Small selling was persistent in this section and declines weie up to
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    Rubber Millers Complain
    138 12 •wet rubber «Wj the Singapore cS^Si ■■ce laauai My ors have met. ■On wet ni1,!,,.. ticallv I ;,ldr, J? UCailV. tsU{ the vv.. *UPort figure a'lo^; 0 month 5 ■sent I*. i Loh, president of th k I tion, said in a letter* for j yesterday. r.
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    WHAT'S ON TODAY
    107 12 General Y.W.C'.A. Teapartv a. Fart Canning at 5 p.m. for Mi Elizabeth Palmer. Worlds Y.W.C.A. Secretary. Coclitiil party —Lady Gimson Y.M.C'.A. Comm 5.30 p.m. French Clan Ui p.m. St. John's Ambulance First Aid Class and Parade S.15 p.m. Recording of "The Mikado" by Gilbert and Sul van
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    Cinemas
    128 12 CAPITOL': Smith" starring Alan add. Robert Preston and Brendt Barshall —11a.m. 1 15, IM, and 9.30 p.m CATHAY': •nan" starring Wallace Beas Tom Drake. Dorothy Pati 11 a.m.. 1.48, U5 615 an.' Mi p.m. XXX: "Pick Tl t&lt;, V-. Inc." Rcouhe Serial 15 Ch —11 a.m.; 1.45, iM, iM
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    26 12 SOCCER: RAF Changi Rota X Beaar; Jnr. '^p Semb vs Tun cTcriHi: SHE Au\. Pol. R.A.P.C. Gcylan FBIENDIA SOI I SB* vs. A.C.S. —S.J I
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