Malaya Tribune, 10 May 1949

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    62 1 MALAYA Tribune FOR THE PEOPLE *ci: Till—i -Spore Larger Sale* Than Any Afternoon Paper l n Malaya Phone: 5811 3 Nine Lines. Published simultaneously at Sin yapoie, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, and Penang. TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MAY 10, 1949 PRICE TEX CENTS. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE: E. Maurice Glover,
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    BRITAIN WILL ARM BURMA TROOPS
    447 1 Aid To Bolster Tottering Govt Reuter,—A.P \S ollicial British statement on aid to Burma p launrf''at*' the "recent Commonwealth talks here will be made in th- i r r receM Mtdncsdav it was announced here tonight. of Commons on Weli informed quarters here expected the
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    INQUEST GIVES NO ANSWER TO DYER DEATH MYSTERY
    365 1 Reuter-AAP. principal ofßaffles Col^' 1 Prot r Wilfred Edward Dyer. poisoning caKMfS^2S!jffls^Sf lp re ■ed fr m carbon m °»°xide quest here today self-administration of coal gas, was given at an in- fr™ P feSSOr Dyer who flew t0 s y dn
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    RECORD ATTEMPT
    64 1 LONDON. Mon. Mr. Neville; Duke. 27-year-old test pilot of the Hawker Company. will) attach the London-Rome and,' the London Karachi air records at 4 a.m. GMT tomorrow. Mr. Duke wno will be flying a Hawker Fury fighter foi delivery to the Royal Pfckts- tan Aii Force m Karachi
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    Bukit Timah Huntress
    29 1 Mrs. Eileen AdUiHon, at the .ii K ajn.n Gum Club Areherv S*Ctton' N -t rmkit Tim.,.,. ~r,!nv /P-irmnslral.s the rißht way to .Ir.iu the ion; fxrw.
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    Brind For Shanghai
    68 1 ReuterAAP. HONGKONG. Mon.-Admiral Sir Patrick Brind. Commander-in-Chief Far Ea.«t Station, who has been conferring with Governor Sir Alexander Grantham and Service chiefs here, is proceeding north tomorrow aboird -I M.S. Alert, it was officiallyannounced today. Admiral Brind will confer with Vice-Admiral A. C. Madden who is aboard
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    LLOYD ARRIVES
    36 1 LONDON. Mori. -Air Mar- j shal Sir Hugh P. Lloyd, RAF C-in-C Far East, arrived at j Northolt an port tonight to at-j tend the annual RAF sUIT* exercises beginning on May 18. 1
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    COMMONS PASS STEEL BILL
    184 1 Reuter. LONDON, Monday. The House of Commons tonight passed the bill to nation disc Britain's iron and Stce» Industry, defeating an Opposition motion for its rejection by 333 votes to 203 The bill now goes to the House of Lords. There its future is problematical, as
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    STANLEY STILL BOASTS
    198 1 U.P. TEL AVIV. Man. Si.lnrv Stanley, fugitive centra] figure in Uie British government's recent bribery invcstigat.on. said today that when be tells what ho knows about Ttittish Foreign Secretary K.rmst Bevin. the Secretary will resign. Bui "Ernie" might even resign before. Stanley told the Jotted Press by
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    NEW DEVISE
    47 1 Reuter. SYDNEY. Mon.—With the aid of a black-tracker. New South Wales police have traced stolen motor vehicles and worth thousands of pounds. Two motor trucks, one worth £1.400, were found in caves in dense bush country miles from Sydney. The police arrested two men. Reuter.
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    PIGNON PLAN'S ECONOMIC TALKS
    67 1 Reuter. •SAIGON, Mon. M. Lion Pignon. French High Commissioner in Indochina. left Saigon by air today for Dalat. 124 miles northwest of Saigon, to confer with Bao Dai. ex-Em peror of Annam. He was to continue tomorrow to Pnompenh, Cambodia, to see King Sianouk. The ob>d
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    NEW DUTCH F.E. CHIEF
    60 1 A.P. THE HAGUE. Mon.-Mr. T G. do Ocus, counsellor of ti.t Dutch Embassy has been appointed the Chief of the Far East Section of the Netherlands Ministry for Foreign Affair, in Hntavia. D c Geus will replace Dr. T. Eilinck Schurman who will to the Netherlands-
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    LAIK ALL FOR TRIAL
    43 1 HYDERABAD. Mon. I State government is reported .o ibe considering one trial >r i former Prime Minister Mir L Ik I A'i and other cabinet ministers who have been under ho'\se arrest since the "police action" of last September.
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    FAN — LEONG CAN SEE AGAIN
    149 1 FAN LEONG CAN SEE AGAIN ReuterAAP. MELBOURNE. Mon.—TzeLian Fan-Leong can see quite well as the result of an operation performed here on Mar. 9. Jenny -English name by which she is known to thousands of Australians—was brought to Melbourne from Singapore three months ago. Aged four, she had already lo.st
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    DUTCH DENY SPOOR HAS QUIT
    77 1 U.P. BATAVIA, Mon. Dutch army headquarters today denied reports that Netherlands Com-manders-Chief Lt. Gen. Simon H. Spoor has tendered his resignation in protest against tne new provisional ceasefire in Indonesia. Despite the denial, army circles were reported hotly oppos. Ed to any Dutch withdrawal from
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    U.N. APPROVES ISRAEL
    73 1 A.P. LAKE SUCCESS. Mon. Israel should be admitted to be United Nations tne special [Jolted Nation:; Political Committee recommended tonight. The Committee vote was 33 to 7 with 13 abstentions and on. nation absent. Before Israel is actually admitted, sue needs a two-thirds majority approval of those
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    India Protests Again
    159 1 Reuter-A.P. LONDON, Mon.- India's High Commissioner, Mr. V. K. Krishna Menon, today made 'strong l ('presentations" to Lord Listowei. Minister of State for Colonies, over the case of an Indian. Sambasivam. who is now undei sentence of death in Ma aya under the emergency regulations. A Colonial
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    THE CURTAIN GOES UP
    42 1 Reuter. BERLIN, Mon. An official Soviet order tigged by the Soviet Military Governor, Marshal Vassily Chnikov, tonight confirmed that the blockade would be lifted at 0001 hours local tUne, Thursday. May 12, in accordance with Western Allied preparations.—Reuter.
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    BIG BANG TO GO OFF TODAY
    303 2 Everybody Warned To Keep Away From Vicinity Of Mandai Quarry AmE oi the biggest explosions yet to be carried out oy the Army au--1 thoi.ties will take place at Mandai Quarry totfav ai 1.30 p.m. when two tons of explosives which had been certified
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    New Body To Allot S.I.T. Houses
    112 2 IN order to effect closer lia Ison between the public and the Singapore Improvement Trust, a sub-cemmittee has been formed to supei vise the allocation of premises and deal with connccied pioblems. The members Ot the subcommittee < onsisi of Mr. Pat .h.hnson and
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    NEW ANNUAL IS OUT
    54 2 The *****. 49 edition of the Interpreters' Annual has just been published in Penang. Like its predessor, this year's annual contains many short stories reflecting the interpreter's keen insight into the common man, Malay, Chinese and Indian. The new annual is in the popular 'digest' size
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    Four Years For Arms Carrier
    80 2 ISMAIL bin Abbas. 18, a member of the L. E. P., who tell into a police trap while walking along a foot path off Holland Road on the evening of June 13 last year, with a basket containing handgrenades ond six detonators, was sentenced to
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    'DON'T EXPECT TOO MUCH'
    65 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. —3 Cnoo Chong Eng. a 33-year-old' fisherman, left his bicycle unattended and unlocked outside the market last Friday night. Charging him in the Magistrates' Court this morning, In- j spector James remarked that! "a man should learn to look after his own propertv'and
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    Robber Gets Death Sentence
    383 2 *tt rj i Tribu ne Staff Reporter) r A^f^ cd 18 formeil y wireIn ir h hv m U r nit Cd En^ was sentenced to atciui by Mr. Justice Cox Evans in th<> SineaPwe Ar.size Court yesterday for usin a Si to prevent his arrest
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    Fast New Cargo Ship Here
    330 2 (Tribune Shipping Reporter) THE P O's latest and most modern cargo-passen--1 ger liner Shillong (8,933 tons gross* arrived at Singapore yesterday on her maiden voyage to the Far East. Her speed between Southampton and Straits ports averaged 17 I knots, and her master, Captain C.
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    SALVATION ARMY SEEKS DONATIONS
    119 2 THE public have been very generous in their response to the Salvation Army's annual appeal for funds, Brigadier Frederick W. Harvey told The Tribune yesterday. "But we could certainly make use of more donations, he added. To maintain the Salvation Army Homes and Institutions in Singapore
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    Penang Sees Air Display
    103 2 PENANG. Mon. Wom.n screamed when a plane in a demonstration flight appealed to crash into th<» nearby hills. This and the demonstration flights given by Chief Instructor J. T. A. Rohan and Instructor H. V. Roxburgh were DM highlights of the ah display given by Instructors
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    NEW OFFICER
    20 2 Mr. L. J. B. Johnson. Cadet, Malayan Customs Service, has been appointed to act as Customs Officer. Singapore.
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    ONE MONTH FOR SHOOTING THEN RUNNING
    120 2 Third Police Magistrate Mr.' R. J. C. Wait yesterday sentenced Gaw Sit-n Guan to one. month's rigorous imprisonment for shooting Leow Bengj Tiong. another Chinese, with a! shot-gun at Tanjong Penjuru. oft West Ccast Road, on April I 24. Gaw had pleaded guilty to
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    SRIC ELECTS NEW SECRETARY
    80 2 At a meeting of the Singapore Regional Indian Congress Committer yesterday, the reUgaatlM ol Mi. K. R. Menon \ctin;, Hcnoiary Geneu:' Se sretary, was accepted and Mi John Jacob, Executive Com mittee member and Secietar/ o' ihe Singapore Town Congi<s:~. *us unanimously elected Hon. General Secretary.
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    EXTORTION TRIAL
    49 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Leong Kai Choon, a 31-. yearold motor-car mechanic, facet ;an extortion charge in the Mnj gistrates Court today. He claimed trial and the case wa> I postponed to May 15 pending further Police investigations I Bad of $500 in two sureties was I gianted.
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    Police Offer 2 Reward
    157 2 (I) $1,000 The Singapore Police are offering a SI,000 reward for information leading to the arresL of six English-speaking Chinese The six wanted men got away with SI. 130 worth of Jewelery in an aimed hold-up at a house in Lorong "H", Telok Kurau on Sunday
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    FINED 50 CENTS
    45 2 JOHORE BAHRr. Mon Lai Hwee Cheng, a 38-year-old cigarette pedlar was Rn< cents for obstructing a fivefoot path. He pleaded guilty when charged in the Magi.'*ratcs' Court to-day but said that it was raining at the ti..ic Bad he was seeking shelter.
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    Contract Had To Be Elastic
    163 3 RAILWAY SUIT: D. P. P. Koala Lumpu/, Moadav When the hearing in ike civ:! suit in which Mr. A. GheUapahvl a former laboui contractor Is] suing the Malayan Railways Aitministration for S243,17ti was resumed at the Supreme court to-day Mr. .r. v. M. Shields Dr-i
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    Poser: Should A Special Register?
    172 3 JOHORE D.iHRU.-Should a Special Conb n an entit y ™ru? Mohammed Nor has anoear^th 1 C Stabie of Tebrau Estate, C irwvr nnt tlmes in the Magistrates uwrt for not having an identity card. And Johore Police have asked Kuala Lumpur headquaiters for clarification of
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    TWO CHINESE PARTIES LOSE STATUS
    217 3 KM. T, China Democratic League Come Under Society Law T 1 22 the Ruo f** have heen im mrW ii f lmrA] fi cal ablatio©*. l%i s means that tntj come under the provisions of the Societies o, -J in an™ k9 m r«» rrnment
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    Temple Of A 1,000 Lights
    95 3 One thousand lights will brighten the Sukya Muni Buddha Cava Temple, at 366 Fthce Course Road when Buddhists in Singapore go gay for six days celebrating the birthday of Lord Buddha tomorrow. Sights to see at the Temple for visitors will be: the Boa Tree
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    R. A. F. STRIKES CONTINUE
    79 3 Kuala Lumpur. Mon. Spit/ins yesterday continued their two-day attack on a bandit camp in a jungk area in the Kuala Langkat district. Secuntv forces following op after the air strike on Friday located a deserted bandit camp at Kaki Bukit large enqugh to hold 40
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    Children Hear Handel
    136 3 Over a thousand Singapore Jj stoned for two and half hours last night to the Trinity College Choir's rendering of Handel's Mesaiahand did not fidget. The hail was full. Manv requests for tickets from schools had to be turned down. "This rush of musically-In-clined children came as
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    HIS EMINENCE
    28 3 His Eminence Maulana Abdul nte r RHlglous organisation f BaUyia and Sourabava on t£ model of the body he founded in Singapore when he was here
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    UNIT PARIS-BOUND FOR FIRST STATE-AIDED FILM
    441 3 BRITISH FILM NOTES flRST of the State-aided films to be made »t pi wood Studio., is the Ht l lue"The Spider And The wWoh"5m?i5 man and Gu.v Rolie. U1 star Erl <' p ort- rs* story is based on an auhentic J case history
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    They Piped Their Way Through Raffles
    31 3 Pipers of the Seaforths parade through the Palm Court of Kaffirs Hotel at a concert given in aid of St. Andrew's Mission Hospital iuM Sunday.
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    Man Faces Girl Kidnap Charge
    80 3 JOHORE BAHRIMon Twenty-four old Thuraisamv told the Magistrates Court that he "did not and never knew" his father's name when he was arraigned before Ungku Ismail on a kidnapping charge. Thuraisamy was charged with having kidnapped a girt under 16 years of age from hex
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    HOLY CROSS
    51 3 MALACCA. Mon. Santa Cruz Chapel. situated on the top of MaJim £Ut four miles from Malacca town, was visited by an unusually large crowd of pilgrims yesterday for the Keast of the Holy Cross. A religious service was held many of the congregation tak')g part from the chapel
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    New Books At Raffles Library
    274 3 VJ* ,f5 Join iwIrOK.pie o1 Keau;>, Lord GOreH; Rra.sh Stumps, Patrick Hamilton BlWlogrghj V.e re<hnioal Literature n SiU K. rL,^° W xV- A W»tor>- of SnWnv ,1 (),iver Sciene* ami Education. S. R. Hum,,', ft vli Janiea; Balan. Sheet alues P. D. Leak.-. Oie-Hor. e
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    Servicemen's Wives
    147 3 Ljistiict Judge Mr. E. P. Shanks, said yester da;, that he did not see why wives of servicemen in should expect any exemptions in re ga;u U) registration here when during the war in 2£***iiu 'here was not the slightest dilTerence between them and the civiHans. The Judge
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    Do Military Have Road Privilege
    189 3 THE Singapore Legislative Councillor. Mr. C. C. Tan has asked Government to state why servicemen driving vehicles in the Colony are exempted from the provisions of the Road Traffic Ordinance. In a list of questions submitted for answr i at ti meeting of the Legislative
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    TWO CHARGED
    43 3 Two young men. Dim Ah Tee I and Ong Chwee Seng, were I charged in the First District 1 Court yesterday with extorting j $41 from fish-monger Quek i Yang Hoe.on March 7. They pleaded not quilty. The case is proceeding.
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    It Can't Be!
    44 3 Twenty four prospective bridegrooms met on Sundae to discuss how they should be married to thirty girls in tne coming Mass Wedding- which will be held in the Memorial Hall on May 15 at 12 o'clock. Note: Six husbands-to-m. were absent.
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    Horses And Cars Have A Singapore Field Day
    177 4 Two important items in the Singapore sporting calendar took place last Sunday The Sin. gapbre Motor Club's Hill climb at Buklt Katok, and the Singapore Polo Club's Gymkhana, held at Thomson Road. These pictures bring you highlight** of the two events. Left:
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    RUBBER MARKET
    130 5 U.P. TRADING was slow in the rubber commodity market yi .-terday and little business was reported. Closing prices were: Buyers, (tetters. No. 1 June RSS 35% 35 No. 2 June RSS 33 33% No. 3 June RSS 31 U% On registered tender July-Sept. 35% 35". Oct.-Dee. 35' 4
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    MORE TRADE WITH INDIA
    75 5 CANBERRA, Mon.—The Indian Trade Commissioner in Australia. Mr. G. Parameswaran I'illai. said in Sydney on that trade between India and Australia showed steady improvement during the eight irlonths d February this year. India ranked next only to Britain and the United States in Australia's import trade,
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    Little Business
    24 5 There was very little business passing in the share market today. It was a typical Monday market waiting for over- seas advices.
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    Along The Godowns
    51 5 De Eerens (441); Empire Hamb'e (IThiMin Wharf); We'teverden (4243); Kaiupar (40 41); tifclrVing (38/30); Aeneas (33/34); Gujarat (17 18); Serdanu (91 Tl) Itenrinnes (25/2«); Seroei (27 28); Eastern Saga (15 1«); Titan (1.V14); Euryme<lon (8 9); Masoia (0 7); KaiuhiH (Coal Plant); Steel Traveller (4 ft); lengtien
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    Air Mail Schedule
    107 5 Air mails are expected tWTrve today from United King loin, Aden, Arabia, Canada Europe, India, Iran, Iraq. Pakistan, Palestine, U.S.A., Cent ra! and South America, Africa Australia, New Zealand, Cey on, Burma, China, Hongkong ftfol ao, Japan and Palembang. Latest time of posting ai; nails to the
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    Handloom Cloth For Malaya
    63 5 NEW DELHI, Mon —Malaya mpc! Ud 141.8 tons of handloom >piecegoods lrom India up to March 31 since the Government of India's scheme for free export of handloom was brought into force on February 10. Among ether countries which imported Indian handloom cloth pen! Ceylon, Pakistan,
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    MISSION TO GERMANY
    39 5 Reuter. KARACHI, Mon. Pakistan will send a trade delegation to Western Germany in June. The delegation will be led by Mr. S. A. Hansni, joint secretary of the Ministry of Commerce, who is now in France.—Reuter.
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    The Produce Market
    117 5 IDEPPER. sago flour, gambler I a and num.eg prices rose 'again yesterday with specula- tion rife in the produce markets. Prices of these commodities are expected to rise furthei while suspense continues about India's future import policy. Yesterday's produce prices ex-godown as quoted by the Chinese Produce
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    Malaya Share Quotations
    842 5 SINGAPORE, Mon. Bayers, Sellers. Atlas lice 15.50 16.50 Alex. Bncs Pref. 2.90 2.95 Or.X 2.22' a 2.30 B.R. Petiol 41/fl 42 9 s. M. frusta* 7.50 8.50 Cons. Tin Old. 15 0 1G 6 do. (P) 22 3 23/ E. Uta. A3f r. 4U.7& 4J..75 *.*ihU: <Sc
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    DOLLAR COPRA PRODUCTION LOSES GROUND
    372 5 A.P. |H AMLA, Moil day.—Copra is losing its leading place in Philippine exports* G«V4 rninent experts and private dealers estimate thai etpra expo. .3 Cor 1919 will not exceed 700,000 metric tons and this includes a carr> over of 150,000 tons of oil ri<*h coconut
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    MORE WOOL FOR RUSSIA
    61 5 U.S. I CANBERRA. Mon. The 'latest figures issued from the j Federal Statistician's office (Show that Soviet Russia and 'the Soviet-influenced countries now import more Australian wool than the I'.S.A. In the first !> months of this financial year, Russia and Poland took 59,000,000 lbs. weight
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    The Big Loan's Terms
    71 5 The terms for the Federation Loon li\ed yesterday are: £8,060,000 3', stock at par redeemable May 15, 1070, with option of redemption on or after May 15, 1974. Interest payable May 15 and November 15. First interest pay.m nl of £i.:>.id November 15, 194«). Payment oi
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    RUBBER CROPS
    65 5 Turquand, Youngs, McAuliffe and Co. announce the following rubber crop figures for April: Alor Gajah Rubber Estate Limited 18,300 lbs., Aver Panas Rubber Estate Limited 86.000 lbs., Glenealv Plantations. Limited 44,000 lbs., Kluang Rubber Company Limited 49,000 lbs., Pajam Limited 157,000 lbs., Tambalak Rubber EstateLimited 25,510 lbs., Teluk
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    Why Near Rubber Is Tight Now
    245 5 EXPERT DISCUSSES THE issue ol the Crown Colonist says: Rubber is one of the very few commoditie. will eh b little dearer in price than before th.» wai anci which month to month provides anomaly of a premium of spot over forward. Mr. E.
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    MAKING MONEY
    34 5 NEW DELHI, Mon. Bombay's mint will shortly manufacture nickel coins from start td finish. Hitherto "blanks" of these coins were imported from the United Kingdom and only stamping was done in India.
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    REDS SEEK BARTER WITH JAPAN
    203 5 U.P. npOKlO, Mon. A Japanese press report said last night a plan to develop barter trade between Japan and Communist China was being discussed between certain Japanese banking interests and an influential representative of the Chinese Communists who recently ari ived in Tokio. The news
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    UNCLE SAM BUILDS A NEW ARMY
    429 6 THE United States is building a new kind of 1 army It is an army without a uniform without bullets and without the prospects of a hero's death. It is the army of the unemployed. In the months of November and December 1948 and
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    TRUE TO FORM
    57 6 QUOTATION from a memorandum to the Singapore Government by the Cinematograph Exhibitors' Association protesting against, the proposed new quota for British films: "It must be stated with regret that no auempt was made by Government to consult Association, or, so far as is known, any KttiviGual exhibitor
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    NIGHT OF THE DROP
    964 6  -  No other river m the world is so full of mystery and marvel as the Nile. It is the only river in the world that has made a desert- into a rich country. by Melvin Fishley P.N.F.A. THE news that the Egyptian Government has approved a
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    IN GOD'S OWN COUNTRY
    649 6 A.P. •WHEN you ain't got it, If you ain't got It." the Negro man said mildly, meaning money. He was leaning against a battered shack a few blocks from the Capitol. He was trying to explain why people lived in the slums of Washington, thousands of
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    BEST SELLER
    300 6 Reuter. FRANKFURT. IN spite of, or perhaps because of. 13 years of Hitler and the Nazi regime, the Bible still tops Germany's list of "best sellers". For many Germans living in the ruins of their homes, religion was the only source of hope and comfort immediately after the
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    NEW DEAL FOR INVENTORS
    357 6 IT la just 500 years since Henry VI. granted the first patent for an invention to John Wvman for the manufacture of stained-glass windows and by a strange coincidence the quincentenary is being marked by the passage through the present Parliament of a Patents and Designs
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    THE FRONTIER CLASHES
    1935 7  -  The Thais Fight Well To Stop The British Advance... Meanwhile The Japs Come Ashore At Khota Bahru. By Lieut. Gen. A.E. PERCIVAL G.O.C. MALAYA 1941-2 PERHAPS we at headquarters, who were in a position to appreciate the political factora more clearly, did not communicate our views sufficiently
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    WAR IN MALAYA No. 10
    345 7 Thor i wore no longer any aircraft available to carry out reconnaissances or to make attacks if enemy ships were seen. In these circumstances Key decided to withdraw from the Sabak and Badang beaches and from the Kota Bahru aerodrome and to take up a
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      19 7 CHOSEN wBF '^^B Br ft FP«T 1 Ik Ji gA J| for Singapore 1949 CHAMPIONSHIPS Tjunlop 'FORT' TENNIS BALLS
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    THREE GOOD BETS FOR TOMORROW
    1677 8  -  4th Day Of STC Summer Meeting v By ALLAN LEWIS. SINGAPORE Turf Clubs Summer (Governor's Cup) fleeting will be continued tomorrow, with another programme of fte h t e yen s The cuxd is well balanced, with fields slightly larger than the preceding three days,
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    Selections at a Glance
    99 8 Outsider: Harlman CL S, Div. 2 Abt. i; Furs. MERLIN New Verse FhuepiMh Outsider: Silver Sequin CL Div. 1 Abt <> Furs. TEMPEST Kaiserine My Bachelor Outnlder: Abby Kay CL :i. W*p A,,t- Furs. I.FSAN MAID Sir Keith John Bull CL Div. 5 Abi. 6 Furs.
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    What's all this fuss about?—Asks Lewis
    446 8 WE controversy ever the finish of race six at Bukit Timah on Saturday would in my opinion be definitely "Off Side". Without familiarising themselves with the working of a camera tuned to separate the horses in a close fiiiish <o in time, the one
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    ALL THE GALLOPS
    266 8 HI S WAV. MAY i TRACK GOOD THREE FURLONG* Judaic 42 J Louisiana ft Toboggan 41 4 I Hambrion ft C hrist DAM 38'» Belgium 41 1/5 Badger, Knight G»U»nt A Polls* Bride 42 2/5 Genonian 41 1 2 KruiUiii; Through 43 lirinht House It Londa Lad
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    TRIBUNE FORM GUIDE
    5775 9 Fourth Day of the Singapore Turf Club's Summer (Governor's Cup) Meeting. Class 2, Div. I, Abt. .1 Miles. IILLE PRINT 9.00 TENTH 5-3-49 Spore 9.00 i Mile (Woodsi Di v 1, W on by Longchamps II ml mm 42-2 i sacs. FIFTH 4-5-49 Spore 8.10 7 Furs,
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    RACE CARD
    611 9 HOBSEs. CLASS 3. DIV. ABOI T I I IRIOM,Truflne fHeaJaj > <> 04 "Mr. Aladdin" "Mr. M Yeap" Onr''^ VSI.J! (Dawson) 8.12 "C.K. Stable" M.M;, Advantage tHarper 1 Ml Wee Kheng Watt Wee Kentucly Derb> .Tankard) 810 and Lk n P Eng Kwan V Armament 'rling) 8.-0 "Winmore
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    40 RING DEATHS SINCE THE WAR
    317 10 MOVE TO ELIMINATE MURD ER' IN BOXING Reuter. pATAUTIES in the ring, of which there have been nearly 40 since the war—the majority of these in the I nited States is the biggest blot on the sport oj boxing. Various measures to safeguard boxers
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    CRICKET TOUR
    55 10 BOMBAY. Mon. Plans for a Commonwealth cricket tour of India next winter are nearing completion. Mi. A. S. DcMcllo, President of the Hoard of Control for Cricket in India, will be in Loudon hy tho end of next Week to finalise the team in consultation with Mr. Livingston,
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    Jockey's Wedding Present
    110 10 ReuterAAP. MELBOURNE, Mom, On the err of his SftSf I riage, MeUwmrne jockey i Jack PurteU, ra&i tin" Wi II hiu ikt d v inn* rs, in I cludmo Otlt fUVOUWUt, at j ome weeliwjy. His sMOoess foolc liiin I to tin top If the VU to
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    England Follows Aussie Policy
    278 10 AUSTRALIA'S succesful policy of encouraging schoolboy cricketeers by giving young players of exceptional promise a chance in big cricket is being followed by English county sides this season. Essex, who have always been progressive in this direction, may include Brian Taylor, a lb-year-old wicketkeepor and lefthanded
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    Perry To Shape U.K. Davis Cup Team
    319 10 Reuter. L( >Ndon, Monday.— BkiaTAJf'S Davis, Cup team, facing the formidable rivalry of Czechoslovakia in the European zone second round of the Cup, will go on the number one court at Wimbledon for the n.aich with a thorough preparation behind them. To this
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    2 LITTLE MEN AMAZE CROWD
    543 10 By OuFSoccer Reporter THE tiny feet of Boon Leong and Awang Gabos amazed the large crowd that 1 turned out to see the Singapore Civilians score a clear cut eight-two victory over the Combined Services at Man Besar Stadium on Sunday evening. By far tho
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    ENTRIES INVITED FOR TWO RACES
    75 10 The Cosmopolitan Cycling Club invite entries for the 20- mile novices' race ;md the 100-mile massed-start bicycle race to be held on June l and 5 respectively. All entries ate to be sent to E. Peters, hon. secretory of the Cosmopolitan C. C. li, Cuff
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    SERANGOON ASSOCIATION
    76 10 At the General meeting of the Seranguon Association tlie toil owing Ollieials were elected for the current year: President—Mr. Kwa Cheng .i»m>; Vice-Presidents—Mr. P. Pakiri, Mr. EiOSf Huck Yang, Mr. boh Kirn Swee, Mr. Chua 1100 Lim; Hon. .Secretary— Mr. ban Kee Tian; Assist. See. Mr. Ang iirr
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    PHILIPPINES QUIT
    41 10 Reuter. AM STK I:HAM, Mon. It wis announced at a meeting of t'-A InterndUonal Football F-'den-tion her*' today that the Philippines had notitied the orgamsivg committee of the 1950 world jc-e«-r cup of their withdrawtl from the tournament. Renter.
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    SADDLER ACCENTS
    41 10 NEW YORK. Mon. Sandy Saddler, former world featherweight champion, has accepted a fight against Billy Exley, the Newcastle < England welterweight, at the White City. London, on June. 2 on the programme featuring the Bruce Woodcock versus Freddie Mills contest.
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    Johore's Chances Bright
    282 10 JOHORE Bahiu is: favour to win the Inter-District soccer "classic" when meet Muar in the final fot Mohammed Abdullah Cuj Batu Pahat this Friday. Dollah Don. Joh<. M aya Cup skipper, wiil the attack. He will speedy Yunan and th. rainy Tze Tat of the Prison- o
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    DAVIS CUP CONFAB
    47 10 CALCL'TTA. Mon. Mi. J. [Charanjiva who taiap the boii-pla\-Ing: captain for India Davis Cup team in 1939. aaili the Unite<l Kingdom on Saturday last to represent India the annual meeting of the Davit Cup nations to be held in Lor don on June 30.
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    FINAL F.A. LEAGUE POSITIONS
    866 10 LONDON, Mon.—The final positions in the Foctball Lemgatm arc as follows: DIVISION s£**?3! I iT V 4a tV* U. 42 n j g nerby c. 8 v ii 2 ;V rs ,na l 18 v ii 7i 8 ii Wolverhampton 12 17 n 7 H Jtan-he.ter
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    CROYDON, CLYNOR AND ECLIPTIC IMPRESS
    1052 11 CUPS' HORSES' TRIALS (By ALLAN LEWIS) W I by a large crowd of visitors, the u,«iS?i. ernor l s anc Slimmer Cups candidates cciitre oi attraction this morning when iiiOM oi the runners on the final day were given r T o#w 07ei lree anc
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    S.C.C. BEAT T.B.A. IN DULL CAME
    263 11 Playinir COtOUfieas smvcr, >''< Singapore Cricket Club lust managed to aeon a z 1 victor o*er tho Tamil Brotherhood Ass.. < iatiofl in an S.A.K.A. ft nkM Loajjuo fixture at Jalan Beear StAdJiun, yesterday. Both Warns play**] far below their usual standard. However the
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    Wee, Chia Win, But Were Fully Extended
    372 11 Y. P. Wee and Chia Chin Siane deserved the victory over Capt. J. L. YVhitmore* and Maj. K. doubles of the Singapore Lawn lennis ClMtnpionships played on the SCr courts >esterday. Tho Chinese couple won after 36 gruelling games. Winning the first set
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    LAI TET LOKE CUP TENNIS FIXTURES
    145 11 MAI.A'Va. Mon. The M T lvn R««WM»ob Clul are holding mm nattm t,i select their Bide for the first post-war tennis fixtures for the Lai Tei L*»iie cup, op, n Ut the rilin of Malacca, rri nII)1 **A" singles. 4 "B" ISS*!- A *oublea
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    GAME OFF
    30 11 The match between tlie Indonesians and th,- Banka Lulhton scheduled to be played yesterday was called oft as the referee and five Banka players did not turn up.
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    New Zealand Lead Worcester By 353
    283 11 WORCESTER. Mon<?Hv a#*_. i i 4I J?* 5 Woiwstersbirtt mil tin a do__e.l ti.efoiioiTrKti^[r bp,nR sa A sixth wicket" partnership of 75 by H. Yarnold and R Jcnk,n s followed by powerful' hitting from A. F. White and 1 gfc P"t Worcester within striking
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    C.A. WIN
    39 11 Tho Chinese Athletics beat the Regimental Pay Office (M) one-nil in a junior "A" group 2 League match at the St. George's Road ground yesterday. Chong Kum the Chinese centreforward scored off a penalty. P/O Rouse refereed.
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    JOLLILADS TROUNCED 4-1
    114 11 Superior teamwork enabled the 221 Vehicle Company, Johore Bahru to trounce the Jollilads Athletic Union fourone in a friendly soccer match played at Johore Bahru on Sunday. The Jollilads had an equal share of the play, but poor finishing and faulty shooting spoilt their efforts. Fit th
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    GOLF RESULTS
    66 11 The Island Club May Hiked Foursome winners were Miss Jant7.cn and S. F. Ho 81» 20— 69. Other best returns wcie: Mr. Mrs. Jones 9L 20—71; Mr. Mrs. T. G. Ong 102-30 =72; Christina Lee Loke Wan Tho 95 ft; Mis. Townslev J. E. A. Chippindale 90 -17=73;
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    S.F.I. BEAT HIGH SCHOOL BY 17 RUNS
    167 11 MALACCA. Mon. The M I Francrs Institution 2nd teani ■Wd an innimji and 17 run. rtoiory over Urn Eflgn School at cricket over the week-end. The Ulgb School, who won low, made a very disastrous 2hX los "bf their first «<.y wicket* for
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    O.B.A.'s RACE
    69 11 rive Old Boys' Associations will compete for the Wu Pak Shing Cup at Anglo-Chinese School Sports on Saturday at 2.30 p.m. They are the Raffles Institution OBA. St. Joseph's Institutions, the St. Andrew's School's, the Victoria School's, and the Anglo-Chinese School's. Other Old Boys' Associations who intend to
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    GOLFER DIES
    33 11 Mon.—Maxwell R. Marston, I 56. former United States I Amateur Golf champion and I member of the Walker Cup j team in 1922, 1923. 1924 and 1934, died here last Saturday.
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    THEY LACK TRAINING GROUNDS
    135 11 Serious training, and regular diet among his students enabled his school to win the Boys' Middle Group Championship Cup, Mr. Cheng An Lun. principal of the Chinese Higrh School said yesterday when he commented on the surprisingly good results shown at the Eighth Annual Chinese Inter-School
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    D E A T H
    41 11 On Saturday, May 7, 1949 Mr. Tong Ah Kow," aged 39. a founder of the Jollilads Sporting Association and lately of the Singapore Harbour Board Wharf Accounts Department. The funeral took place on Sunday, May Sth.
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    ACKNO WLEI >G MENT
    31 11 ACKNO WLEI >G MENT Mr. Mrs. Tan Chin~Tian wish to thank all wellwishers who sent presents and messages Jf congratulations on the occasion oi their wedding on Saturday 7th Mav, 1949
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    GIMSON SEEKS FACTS ON TRADE SLUMP
    202 12 'Proposals To Meet Difficulties Welcome Tribune Staff Reporter C,R Franklin Glmson, Oovernorof a r f J' *o ™et the K Co.onv* entrepot trade. Qi, Franklin said he would "welcome proposals 18*%** adopted U, meet the diffieiaUe<! in which Singapore at present nnas n seii7-
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    KELANTAN SETS A TARGET
    39 12 Kuala Lumpur, Mom—Tin' Kc'antan Appeal 0«nj*M£ for the University of Malaya Endowment Fund has set .TW Self a target of about $100.000 to provide a hostel for the university. To donate to the university fund.
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    ARRESTS
    21 12 Then; have been I arrests to the Federation in the last 24 hours —4 in BelnngOf and 3 in Perak.
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    Bevin And Sforza Agree On Colonies
    180 12 A.P. LAKE SUCCESS. Monday, i. i-i n svireien Secretary Ernest Bevin ana Forefgn M.nister Count Carle Sforza are itSS tedto have settled their d.l Ten .«cs In Ue positions of Italy's pre-war colore, Rvin<;h sources here said in f LVNU ;V„*. when they meth
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    OFFICIAL VISIT
    29 12 Reuter. \ii Khan. PaKistan Prime MSBurtei arrived here today on a three-day oftkdal visit a? gjest of the BgTPUan Government. He was accompanied oy on Begum. Reuter.
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    LESS PEANUTS
    32 12 A.P. LONDON. Mon., Britain a groundnut «pc.inuti and sunUower crops in Tanganyika have been hard hit by a drought Food Minister John Stiachey toW r **ou»c of Commons today. A.P.
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    MRS. ROOSEVELT
    21 12 U.P. LArvfc. SUCCESS. Mon. Ifra Eleanor Roosevelt was today re-elected chairman of the United Nations Human Rights Commission. U.P.
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    Bandits Attack Estate
    97 12 Kuala Lumpur. Monda>. Fifteen bandits attacked the United Malacca Rubber Estate yesterday and killed two Special Constables. One bandit, wounded*, managed to CS ?nth'' KamponK Tanjong Batu area, around Mcntakab military shot dead a bandit Four* Chines.- were arrested in the Bentong area. OneSWW known bandit. Two
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    TRAIN DERAILED
    37 12 Reuter. BATAVIA, Mon. 4Jnee more Chcvibon-TJikampck train WBJ derailed near Tjany.kring village in West Java on Sunday mornUS because lails hud been removed, reports AheU. the Dutch news agency. Two railway employee* wore killed. Reutet
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    A BUS SINKS
    30 12 Reuter. CAIRO. Mon. Twentynve people were drowned when a bu« fell into the Giza Canal at Ei Maz-hch.na. 25 milea of Caiio today. Seven passengers escaped. Rcutci.
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    Governor Calls It A Day
    135 12 Reuter. THE HAGUE, Mon. —Jorik- 1 r c m Van Suchtclcn, Tor Jr Governor of the East X -ist of Sumatra, today cndningor strike d-ivs aso in protest Against. cJclopn.ents m Indonesia Announcing this in a t to CWccn Juliana. Jonklvu said that bg fl
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    FOUR GROUPS TO COLLECT FOR VARSITY
    110 12 The Singapore Appeal Committee for Funds for the ln ver9 ity of Malaya formed under the Chairmanship of the Hon. Sir Han Hoe Lim. has been divided into the following four groups for the purpose of coi'octing funds. Bach Group will submit names of
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    DUTCH OFFICIAL OPPOSE JOGJA AGREEMENT
    199 12 A.P. THE HAGUE, Monday. of the lop Dutch civil aod nuliti.n R officials m Indonesia is expected to follow the I nitetNations sponsored Netherlands a«ree.n,m „St„ the Indonesian Republic, a source close io GOV<> DuTch to oppose the £oUlcd Van Roven-Roem Agreement announced on sluud.y
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    General WHAT'S ON TODAY
    66 12 Reunion Dinner. Adelphi R I Gardes- S M*» win r YOlNCi PEOPLE Ho. Devotional ■wetlB*. B*W Katonfj—6 i».m.. Mr. H. 1 1 W YmTa.. ORCHARD PM> P 'c'YM\ <Sa<-red H house. Tank Vt Ix>h Koh practice. 85. Btlat 7 i J ,NGA'POKF. STAMP CXIP .Social Meeting
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    Cinemas
    169 12 CATHAY: Johmr with Jane WyaWM W*d A 111 a.m.. 1.45. 4.15. S.30 p.m. K r m Ranger*. <serial)- H- I a uit nru j 9.15 p.m. t.ohmcolour) with Bob Hop; and| Jane Bussell--ll a.m.. 1.4.. <■ o M and 9.30 p.m. PAVILION: "NOW with B*tio Dav.<= and P*m m-
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    Sport
    33 12 EEU.IE SOCCER, br 1 Royal Navy vs. r I Naval Base: R.A.F. 1 R.A.K. Chaugri—Fvletar•: J Casuals vs. R.K. <• R.;sar: J nr. A. or»'. 1. S.A. vp. Tamil ,,1 TENNIS: S.L.T.A* U«*
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    TWO UP ON ROBBERY CHARGE
    108 12 Two Chine.'<\ Tan Eng Md Tan Ah San went on trial in Assize Court yestetday charged with attempting to commit armed robbery at Chinese temple at Kampong BakMj on April 29. 1948 The two men with another Chinese were said to have en tcred the
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    PRINCE DIES
    50 12 A.P. M O N A C O, Mon. Prince Louis II of Monaco died today The "S-vear-old Prince had been ill for several months with what was described as a circulatory disease. On'y last Thurslay he handed over his Governmental duties to his grandson. 25-vcar-old Prince Rainier. P
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    London Share Market
    176 12 Reuter. LONDON. Mori. Major piice movements in the London Stock Exchange today were few and far between. Quiet conditions existed in all sections and current levels were never really tested. Diit:«h Government longdated stocks met small selling ,nd declined by per cent, and there was a sagging
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      215 12 Private lessons or "Twice Weekly Practice Dance" with foil instructions. Consult: S. A. Soon. 132. Scrangoon Road. I —p———— "NOTICES ESTATE TRUST AGENCIES (1927) LTD. (Incorporated in the Colony of Singapore) NOTICE la hereby given that the Twcnty-lirst Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company will be held at
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