Malaya Tribune, 28 May 1949

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    66 1 Malaya Tribune BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Til: "Tribune" Spore larger Sale* Thaa Any Afternoon Paper in Malaya I I Phone: 5811 2 Mine Lines. PuMw/wsd strntutaneotutty at amgapore, Kuuta Lmmpur, Ipoh, mnd Pmnang TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1949 PRICE TEN CENTS. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LOS'bdx TtEPRBBBNTATIVE
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    S'PORE CHOOSES BIRTH CONTROL
    116 1 C IX(,APOKF S birth-control debate was carried by the 'avW i„fh o i yesterday, before a stranger's gallery V had „c! crowed, alter a four hour discussion. (Full story n>ce S, S from T 9 if T?^n c™e fOV niore than Six hours, on record. 3
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    23 New Hands Apply
    120 1 •to Cable and Wireless Retriever, will be able to Scecd to Penan? on Monday the main undersea ik breakage between PcI mi lf ac JJ I da] 23 Malay seamen Z m*t offered to work on •j* ship to replace the 23 aeaaeiTwno quit after a
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    Mixed Farming For Malaya
    120 1 Reuter. N Fri. Colonial Under Secretary David ReeaWmvns told Patliament *od ,v tat mixed fanning would be bed is Malaya and eisewheie. "We believe the colonial pec- pkj are lacking the protein •act come? irom meat and ■4 from cattle." he said. i "»> believe there*
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    LADY GODIVA— 1947 VERSION
    122 1 U.P. IXGLEVVOOD. California. Fri. A modern Lady Godiva. who has been driving around the Los Angeles area in her sedan, made two appearances here today and keen-eyed police dropped other jobs to search for her. The uninhibited nature girl drove up to a corner in her
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    LEVER BROTHERS CHIEF DIES
    52 1 Reuter. MINNEAPOLIS. Fri. Viscount Leverhulme, the 01--year-old British head of the vast Unilever Combine, died in hospital here last night. His death came after a abort illness on the last part of a family trip around the wcrld, which began in Au?tra'ia and New Zealand last
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    Dream Wedding For Princess Rita
    479 1 REAL LIFE CINDERELLA MARRIES HER PRINCE Reuter U.P., A.P. VALEATRIS, near Cannes, Friday.—Before an audience of peasants and millionaires, a little girl from the slum s of New York today became a Trincess and wife of tne heir to one of the world's greatest fortunes.
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    Papa Lacks Tact —He's Seen It Before
    152 1 U.P. HOLLYWOOD. Fri. Rita Hayworth's wedding to Aly Khan climaxed a breathless 10-year career that whirled her from a pudgy US$5O a week dancing girl to a Muslim princess with millions to splurge on chateaus. diamonds and yachts. But one man was not
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    RUSSIANS BLOCKADE BERLIN AGAIN
    218 1 U.P. BERLIN, Friday.—The Russians reimposed a total rail blockade en Berlin and the airlift again became the city's main supply line today, two weeks after the year-long isolation of Eerlin by land had been ended j by the four-power agreement. i Soviet authorities announced that for
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    Bus Wage Dispute Ends
    111 1 A three-day wage-dispute ended yesterday when employers of the Singapore j Qreta Bus Company finally agieed to a signed agreement defining certain terms put fotwaid by the employees covering future relationship between employers and employees, in return for the employees' acceptance of a wage-cut. One hundred
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    S'PORE MAY HAVE LONDON CABS
    71 1 The Municipal Commission-*, ers are consider ing legislation that will mean that Londontype taxicabs will run in Singapore streets by 1951. The Municipal Commission yesterday deferred an amendment that introduced the sub- ject of the taxis. London cabs have a special I wheelbase. are all
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    LOAN SHIP RETURNS
    70 1 Reuter. I HONGKONG, Fri. The Chinese Government Navy returned to the British Navy the destroyer HMS Mendip. which they had on loan, in a hrief ceremony here today. j The vessel lent to China in 1948 and renamed Lingfu was re-christened Mendip today. The Chinese crew of
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    "ILLICIT" DECLARES VATICAN
    76 1 U.P. ROME, Fri.—Rita Hayworth's marriage 1 to Moslem Prince Aly j Khan is "illicit in the eyes of the (Catholic) Church." and cny children she may bear to lim will be "conceived in sin" as far as the Holy See is con- I cerned, a Vatican source
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    "OKAY WITH US" SAY MOSLEMS
    42 1 U.P. KARACHI. Fri.—Gu'.am Ali Allama. former Mayor of Karachi, said today that Prince Aly Khan's marriage to Rita Hayworth is "both permissible nd correct under the Moslem Law." He added "We are most happy about it." —U.P.
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    17 DIE IN SUDDEN ERUPTION
    67 1 POPAYAX. Colombia Fri. -Seventeen University, rtudents scaling the 14,0u0-root Puracc volcano, were killed today when the snow covered mountain erupted suddenh after i) 0 years of inactivity just as they neared the crater. The eruption came with ut a '••a.rnin'r. Two students had dropped beiruOd
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    RECAPTURED
    26 1 A.P. RANGOON, Fri. -Pio-Gov-grnment sources reported on Friday that loyal forces h;i\e recaptured Tharawaddy. 78 miles north of Rangoon, on the llangoon-Prome highway. A. P.
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    "Come Back" Plea To Chiang
    238 1 CANTON, Fri. A fiveman delegation, representing all elements of the Kuomintang, flew to meet Chiang Kai-shek today in what was believed to be an attempt to induce him to come to Canton and resume the job of running the Nationalist government. The delegation was specifically
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    Sultan And Planters
    50 2 His Highness tin- Sultan of Kedah (left) inspecting padi Workers widening the road at Tikab Batu in Kedah. He is accompanied in th* Irtstriet Ofticer, Che Akib. A $250,000. relief scheme Is under way to! assist people in the Kuala Mod* IMstriet hard IrH hy the drought.
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    'The Naked' Sells Well In S'pore
    111 2 mj|lE much-discuaaed Ameri- j 1 can novel "The Nuked and the Dead" by Norman Mailt r. recently published in England j by Alian Wyngate, is proving a best-seller in Singapore j One city bookshop sold out its entire stock of 30 copies within two
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    RE-ELECTED
    33 2 Mr. Ahmad bin Mohamcd Ibrahim has been re-elected President of the Young Men's I Muslim Association tor the year 1949. Mr. Ibrahim is a partner of Sandy Pillay Ibrahim, Advocates and solicitors.
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    OFF TO U.K. TO STUDY AVIATION
    114 2 Mr. A. F. W. Andrcn, Chic* Engineer and Licensing Officer of the Department of Civil Aviation, Singapore, wiU sail for America tomorrow to make a special study of aviation in the United States, ami in the U.K. He will visit aerodrome:;, maintenance bases and
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    Future Of U.M.N.O. Hangs In Balance
    305 2 A LIVELY battle of words is expected today when UMNO opens its two-day Eleventh General Assembly at Arau, Perlis, to discuss the future of the organisation in Malayan politics. Four States, J&hore, Kedah, Selangor and Perlis, have lined up in opposite camps to consider
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    HAWKERS SENT To VACANT PLOT
    84 2 MALACCA. Fri. Malacca's I City Fathers have finally ruled j that the whole of the Temple Street, Goldsmith Street and j Blacksmith Street area, con- gestod with hawkers and streetstalls, is to be cleared. They I arc sending these hawkers to a vacant plot in
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    Soldiers Lose Appeal, Get Gaol And Rotan
    329 2 JAMKS JOHN QUINN, 18, and Robert Howland, 20, two soldiers got tbree years' and four years' gaol, respectively, and 12 strokes of the rotan ea< h, for trying to commit robbery of cash and hurling a Chinese taxi driver. They appealed to th<-
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    SCHOOL FUND
    16 2 1 Donations to the UMAR PULAVAR TAMIL SCHOOL building fund to date, is $859.25.
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    NO STRIKE PLANNED BY SEAMEN
    232 2 Says lnche Yaacob Tilt' dispute regardful salaries and Miryiee cvmliliojis between v la lav seamen and Singapore shipping companies has nut n.,, ii v ,tjtf f vvoero a st. .he has been r«msideml. staied Uie President llt Malaj Seamen's «'(in, lnche Vaacob bin Abdullah jn
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    COMMISSIONER INTERVENES
    112 2 THE Commissioner for'La hour. Mr. Davies. will awk the Singapore Malay Seamen's Union and the shipping companies concerned in a tiade dispute involving 2.000 Ma: amen to set a date lot negotiation. t Mr. Davies' decision foi- j lowed v request by Uie Union tc promote a settlement
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    MRS. KINLOCH WILL SING TOMORROW
    108 2 MPJS. Ida Kin loch, who will be remembered as a lead- ing member >n pu-war days J of the Singapore Araateui I Dramatic Committee's opera and of concerts sponsored by the Singapore Musical Society j will give a vocaT recital in St Andrew's Cathedral tomorrow.
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    48 ARRESTED
    28 2 Kuala Lumpur. Fri. There have been 48 arrests in the Federation in the last 24 houis 33 in Perak, 10 in Pabang and 5 in Sclangoi.
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    10-YEARS-OLD
    25 2 I'tusan Melayu one of the leading Malay dailies in Malaya i celebrates its tenth anniversary today. The CommissionerCioneral is among its many j well-wishers.
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    HOSPITAL ATTENDANT BOUND OVER
    109 2 CHUA Tong Npec, 34, a hospital attendant, was bcußd over for one year when he pleaded guilty in the Third Police Couit to retaining a stolen phial of penicillin. The penicillin was stolen on May 7 from Tan Took Seng Hospital. Chua claimed that he found
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    MALAYALEES HOLD COMPETITION
    82 2 I The Stngaj* !>• Kerala Samajam is holding a literary I oompetltloa In the ttalnyalam language for all Malayalces in I Malaya. I Knt.ants will be asked to write 1. an essay on Overseas j Malayalees; 1 2. poem ai a sea I voyage (not exceeding 50
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    'SATHURTHI' CEREMONY
    69 2 The Hindu staff of the Millt tary Departments of Sinqa- pore will celebrate the "Sathurthi Day with special abi- shegam (Holy Bath) and Pooja (Worship) ceremonies I at the Sree Scnpaga Vinavagar Temple. Ceylou Road. Katong. on Tuesday, May 3ft from r>.3o pan to 0 p.m. p.m. From
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    New Books At Raffles Library
    285 2 The following new books nra b.'ine added to Ruffles Library 1 Carpets. R. s. Brinton: The ju °L, S r Arthur C. Doyle John Dukson Carr; The Si!.-it Traveller ill Edinburgh. .Chianu Ith rw- Si,! h Hannah F. Cohen.; Dampier* ITov- vnE'ifWl w, "'um Bsmpier:
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    OLD MAN ACQUITTED GETS $1
    147 2 i WHEN 66-y« ar-old T-. Toog tottered into the FounJi I Police Couit dock yesterday, he found himself oha»£( j stealing three lon& and l, ;Uv I logs of wood. Tee denied tin- Re said, oq the evening oi M a merely picked up a
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    ROBBED
    29 2 A Chinese taxi-drivci v:t robbed of $64. cash anil property by three Chinese, on Wednesday evening. The robbers hired the tax it Nt w Bridge Road. a m
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      388 2 BLUE NETWORK Mi Music of Yesterda> Announcement ud ENGLISH PROuRAMMirc v v favourites of the uuforgrl- Summary with signature Tune; 3 ittUuKAMMES üb |e past; 10.15 Cabaret—Kate 502 Recorder' music; 5.05 To--10 a.m. News from kUi. Smith; 10.30 Rhythm on Record* day's Spotlight; 5.08 Humorous Lumpur; 16.05 tapnrox Clris? —A
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    'AYES' WIN FIGHT IN FAVOUR OF FAMILY PLANNING
    3048 3 City Fathers Debate Birth Control fflC 'aye*' »on Singapore's 'birth-control' debate in the Mmlili, i rwLu fining and the city's Municipal Infant. Wf^^^U^N^ ~1 Olll'vr h, qualified staff are to "make available free m m th? siibjeel of fannly planning to parents
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    Headmaster Speaks
    14 3 an lanpirr l>a> afflrraa UlU4 ,m. i :l portrait ol <**eu Victoria.
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    CHANGI R.A.F. KIDS HAVE A FIELD DAY
    157 4 Others Swim, Tug y To Win Skipping to victory go time little girls in the WW I 'aid r.-n's School Sports h. UI at I hangi on Wi dwnwdßl' Handicapped by splints and bandages. Senior Scouts in tfc'fl middle of their race a!
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      129 4 ACCOMMODATION MEBCANTILK llOfffß IS, Qiu-t Street Phone 2371 Accommodatie*; Europeans an<i Asfa lent r*jffrtitf. Modi re m For particulars ask Superintendent NOTICE Re GOH WAN Deceased All person.- havin 1 against the esta named dfeceai ed |J Heoderaon Roa Who died on th Juno. 194 S, ai part-culars of thcii
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    CITY COUNCIL DECIDES TO TAKE OVER VACANT HOUSES
    1033 5 Housing Shortage To Be Eased THERE were like five to six hundred ,>eople living in one house I in ,on,e parte of China Town, the Labour Commissioner, Mr. Pat Johnson, told the City Fathers yesterday. v fT? .<Th e housing situation is
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    SATURDAY SHOW ROUND-UP
    1347 5  -  by OSWALD HENRY ITINO Peir; Good; V«r% Gi»><i: Raeelfent. REX ■AUNG: FILM: "Dark Corner" STARS: Mark Stevena, (Bftaa Webb. Lucille I.all. William llendix, Ihv Downs, hurt Kruegef ami Reed HadSey. HERB'S a mystery omnia with a real punch to it. plu- thrills t«> keep an aud ence
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    Government Still Studying New Salary Scales
    504 5 GOVERNMENT has given its approval to the payment of cost-of-living housing and expatriation allowances under the new Municipal pay code, but is still considering the revised basic scales recommended. This reply was given by the Municipal President. Mr. W. L. Elythe to Mr. Frank
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    IMMEDIATE EVIL
    604 6 JJK. Johannes Holm, international authority on tuberculosa, returns ro London from a tour of South-east Asia, and declares that measures taken to check the scourge in Singapore, the Federation and Siam are "hopelessly insufficient/' The good doctor is Technical Director of the Internationa] Tuberculosis Campaign, and a United
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    PAINT AND FLOWERS BRIGHTEN BRITAIN'S RAILWAY STATIONS
    1158 6  -  A thief who took coal from the railway got nowhere with his contention that it was his own coal and how could it be thievery? By AL VIN STEINKOPF A.P. AFTER 10 montha of nationalization more than half I of Britain's steam express
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    138 6 P©STBAG Sir I Hat-. ofl to you. Mr. Tan I sin. j We appreciate the stand i yon took in the last Feder.il Council Meeting, but let me give yon a word of advice. You arr new to this game. Your last performance, i fear, might cost you your re-nomi-nation
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    Regain Favour
    212 6 For after all were not the Chinese in China collabornt ing with the Japs to bring about the War of Greater East Asia, just as they are helping the terrorists hi Malaya. Such funds couM be better used here where Ootnmuuists are termed "term rists". whereas Communisi I
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    Partnership
    250 6 Your arguments, you cla<med. were logical* hut evidently your logic went overboard when you defined the tc. m "partnership". If "it is untecoming for one partner to make demands of this nature on the other" do you not think d is just as unbecoming, if not more so. for
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    CORRUPTION
    187 6 Sir. We appreciate the cffoits of the S. T. C. in exercising stricter control over their conductors, but without the co-operation of the travelling public very little can be done. We need not have to go to any inconvenience to help. We need only do our part as sensible
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    DIPLOMATIC ACCIDENTS
    498 6 A.P. IF you're knocked over fjy one of those big diplomatic cars, just where do you stand? We mean the legal nositlon. not the center-of-the-ioad position. There's been quite, a rumpus about it down in Australia. The answer here is you don't stand to get a penny in
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    FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
    287 6 Reuter. THE Indian Pi ess want:: the nation's Constitution to guarantee its fundamental rights. A delegation of Indian new.-paper editors wil shortly ment the President of the Constituent Assembly to Urge the inclusion, in the draft contitution. a clause guaranteeing freedom of the press.. This decision
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    PROLOGUE TO DISASTER: THE ATTACK IS NOT HELD
    2409 7  -  A retreat that became a rout led to a dangerous penetration of the line. War In Malaya No. 28 Water and supplies became critically short at the Japs over-ran clumps in their rapid advance By Lieut. Gen. A.E. PERCIVAL G.O.C MALAYA 19-11--2
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    MARSHALL PLAN BREAD FOR EUROPE
    58 8 The** workers in London, are starting to irtiload some ot tl|c S,~>Oo tons ~f wheat that recently arrived In England aboard the *s llearerglen. Sen! over under the 'Marshall Han. rhe wheat will go into bread and cereals to knpph» ment the rationed Britten diet.
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    SCARRED "SWAN" BACK AT HONGKONG
    372 8 Cruisers Go North WITH the arriva! of the shrapnel-scarred fT trigate Black Swan at Hongkong from the Shanghai area, all the British warships shelled by the Communist forces in the Yangtse last month except tnc Amethyst are back in harness. The cruiser London, flagship of
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    APL CARGO SHIP DUE
    74 8 The freighter President Harrison (APL) sailed from San Francisco on May 12 for Hongkong, via Manila, and la due to arrive at Hongkong on June 3 and sail on June 4 for Sourabaya, Batavia, Songei Gerong, Belawan, Penang, Port Swettenham, Singapore, Philippines outports and Manila, This
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    Along The Godowns
    61 8 Empire Kamn.e (Sheers Wham; Tegeiberg (42/43); Mentakab (40); Benarty (38/ 39); Meerkerk (36); President Jefferson (33 34 >; Kambedia (31 32); Silverash <17 18); Plancius (19 20»; Sitsen (21 22); Asphulion (23 2I Islander (35/26); Seroei (27 28); Ocean Mai; (29 30j; Oa root (15/16); Ifureni (13/
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    Inquiry Blames Both Vessels
    151 8 THE Board of Inquiry at the Singapore Marine Court yesterday held that both the vessels —Richmond Hill (British) and William Tilghman (American) were to be blamed for the collision about 20 miles away from Singapore on April 19. But they said that the "Richmond Hill was
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    TALK ON CHINA
    20 8 Mr. Bernard Hickley of the Daily Telegraph last night broadcast over Radio Malaya on the "Chinese Hotch-Poteh."
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    FIRE GUTS STATION
    90 8 TAIPING. Friday. Fire i completely gutted tire first story of the Central Police station here yesterday morning. It is believed that the fire started from the ammunition room. Fire-brigades from Parit Bun tar, Taiping. Ipoh and Kamunting including military fires service rushed to the scene. The fire
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    S'pore Needs B.C.G. Campaign — Vickers
    286 8 S'pore Needs B.C.G. Campaign Vickers TUBERCULOSIS defence measures were just as unsatisfactory in Singapore as in most parts of the world. But the Colony with its limited finances was doing as much to fight tuberculosis as in any other British Colony. Singapore, however needs a B.C.G. campaign. The Colony's Director
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    Malayan Ore For Japan
    59 8 The 5,685-ton Greek ship Ann Stathatos, carrying 8,425 tons of iron ore from Dungun, Trengannu, to Japan, is due to leave Singapore today. Master of the ship is Jason Maratos, a 38-year-old Greek who is younger that 3 out of 36 members of the crew. Oldest
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    TREASURY BILLS
    58 8 Kuala Lumpur. Fri.—Tenders j j for Federation of Malaya Government Treasury Bills of I three months' tenor were accepted by the Financial Sccre- tary, Federation of Malaya, to I the extent of $2,200,000 at I rate cf discount equivalent to three quarter per cent per annum. I The
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    Buying Interest Foreseen
    273 9 WEEK'S RUBBER AFTER months of quiet markets wiui small fluctuations the sudden fall in prices which took place during the past two or three days has, of course, attracted far more attention than, it really warranted said Lewis! and Peat In their weekly rubber market report last
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    UP 5/8 CENT YESTERDAY
    104 9 THE rubber market opened very irregular yesterday and fluctuations were wide. Business passed at prices fluctuating within 3/8 of a cent. The market, however closed of a cent better than Thursday, j Closing prices were: Buyers. Sellers No. 1 June RSS 33V. 33 3* No. 2
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    Air Mail Schedule
    171 9 Air ni.vils nro expected to I arrive froan, v. X., Aden, N. Africa, W. Africa. Arabia, Canada. Europe, India, Iran. Iraq, Pakistan. Palestine, East and South Africa. Australia, New Zealand, Ceylon. Burma and Mcdan. Lastest time of posting ait mails at the G. P. O. to the
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    BURMA RICE EXPORT PROBE
    58 9 Reuter. RANGOON, Fri. The Burma Government has appointed an inquiry commission to/ in- j vestigate the problem of state controlled exports of rice. I mainstay of Burma's economy, j The Commission will report within the next three months on how to step up procurement, exports and
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    SEND RUBBER MISSION TO U.S., PLANTER SAYS
    250 9 IPOH, Friday.—A leading Perak rubber planter warned today that the Malayan rubber industry may soon be compelled to cut wages all round unless the price of rubber is raised to a reasonable level. Commenting on the sudden drop in price in the last
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    COCONUT GIL STOCKS AND OUTPUT UP
    155 9 The Federation's production) of coconut oil in April was 4,832! tons as against 4.638 tons in March. The tonnage of copra treated was 8.933. slightly higher than the March tonnage of 8.543 tons. Coconut cake production in April wa 3 3.325! cons against 3.211
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    WEEK'S PRICES
    85 9 M hcst and T -<>west prices during the week ending May 27, 1949 are: > Closing Buyers i 0 T Highest Lowest Noon/ Spot Loose §514 33, R.M.A. 1 R.S.S. F. 0.8. June 35% 32v 331, R.M.A. 2 R.S.S. F. 0.8. 33.. 312 31." R.M.A. 3 R.S.S. F.
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    Produce Market
    181 9 Mo j produce maikots had a quiet day yesterday. African coffee wag slightly firmer at IV per picu! ex-godown. Madagascar cloves were also firm at $50 sellers and $48 buy. era. Pepper black cased during the week by about $4 on the pickul. Yestei day's price was unchanged
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    PACT WITH SOVIETS
    42 9 Reuter. CAIRO, Fri.—Egypt and the Soviet Union have cunciuoou .1 £2.500.000 trade deal under which the Soviet Union will sell Egypt 100.000 tons of wheat at £25 a ton against purchases of Egyptian cotton in the open market. —Reuter.
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    Irregular
    20 9 Singapore, Friday. i The share market was 1 irregular with only small interest Price* where changed wern slightly kvmr,
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    Malayan Share Quotations
    836 9 buyer.". Seller*. Alias Ice 19 .0 18.80 Pref. 2.50 2.90 Orrts. 2..'0 2.27 1 i Ib.b. Petrol 38/6 ;j9 r> ad a. M. t rtirtrv •JH %-> Ord. J4/9 15/6 do. CPJ 22/3 23/ Utd. A»*" r> 40.76 41.70 ffstate Trust 7.00 8.00 Dispensary 7.00 7.25 r
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    TODAY'S FORM GUIDE
    5489 10 Last Day Of The Penang Turf Club's Summer Meet Race Ope CL IV Div. 2-6 F. ZARtJCN Ml TWELFTH 19-2-4» Ipoh 8.09, Furs. Str. (Jones) 1 »iv. L Won by (toldcn Slipper 1-1 2/5. doing Good. Bcsatched the figfl day. btiu not c. tmki of mine. FKNTON
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    BLUE EYES, SOLTARA SHOULD WIN TODAY
    1541 11 Last Day Of Penang Races From AIXAN LEWIS 11rT rn PENANG, Friday. WXXVNES6 fur tomo-row's races will not be easy to spot and with the goiriß likely to be heaw the task is made more difficult. This should provide the afternoon with some close
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    RACE CARD
    844 11 RACE ONE 2.30 P.M. HOKnES CLASS I 1)1 V. 2 <; FI'RI.ONGS (Jones) "Aga Syndicate" D I>u ws«ui t S.V2 "Cob Stable" m*hT S tls.rn. <..n f *»«•> MO Mr. M. K. Osmun Kirwau <1- ;-nn.n) 8.« K. H. .M. Kongxi" «Kanfoy) Air. c. ProsDf-r i«iAn 5;.,.iiu up-
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    KALAIMAGALSPORTS
    27 11 and i u n< Jin* ld a s P°«s L*** Pita] r' 9: Hie MentCT* to re&' r r ation Club By the BirthH* >. ihe King.
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    INDIANS BEAT EUROPEANS 3-0
    83 11 The Indians scoicd a con-vincing-3-0 win over the JSuMppcaMU in an inter-com-munity soccer match* at Jalan bestir Stadium, yesterday. The liui cm:, got their first goal 20 minutes after the start through Xrishnasamy who scored from close range. The second goal ■HIS netted .con after the
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    S.C.C. Week-End Fixtures
    222 11 Mr. A. Coles. The following will repres. R.i pec. vs. y.M.C.a. at cricket on the Padang at 2 p.m. today. N. Bradbury iCapt.). R. E. Low M I. <I Bain. O. E. Mustard. E. E. Turner. Major D. B. B. Haik. A. W Hayes. J. C. ReevS
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    Tribune
    72 11 RACE ONE MAHTiw MAIIJ K(in:»'«:i Craiirntuujii BACETWO HOLT\KA H areptte < iffnaattflg. HACK THREE BLUE El EN (tain—n Airgec i" u>e i oi H f-Al PRATTLE M:li;iii K Bird II i'ul hiinder RACE WWK 111.1.NX KI»E«J i.nhhii faWyeai oaiue Rdf Ontaldtrr; Cold \\u\. RACE six IMIIIK Diaeteg Far) irsl
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    132 HORSES FOR K. L. MEETING
    130 11 ONE hundred and thirty-two yntrhin have been rocoivi d for tin- Turr Club's June Meeting to be run on June 4. 8 and 11. Tho entries of Cliifi I forges and 89 Class lil. '1 here will be eight ruce. c on each day.
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    R.S.G.C. MIXED FOURSOMES
    165 11 The following is the draw 'lor the Mixed Foursome Competition to be played on Sunday after noon R. A. C. Coblev oii<l Mrs. F. H. Graham rs. L. V. J. La- I ville and Miss M. Aefcers J. X Witi and Mrs. \V. G. A. .Vint vs.
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    JACKS' S.C.
    72 11 Tlie following will repreaen' the Jacks' Sports Club at tab'e tennis against the Singapore Improvemem Trust Sports Club on Saturday at 2.30 p.m. at the latter's premises at Farrer Park: Blaeles- J. P. Muldoon, Tea Sin Kong. Lim Bare* Tian. Lint Choo Ann and Ho Soo Huat. Doubles:
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    FRASER & NEAVE XI
    54 11 FRASER NEAVE XI The following will represent i the Fr aser Noavo Sports Club at soccer against the G.H.Q. Signals on today at Farrer Park: Willie Soh, Sitn Im Peng. Awang Chit. Kassim, Ahmatsah, Ami. W.C. McKean, Sahid bin Suleiman. Talib, Kirn San and Ali D. Reserves: Keng Swee. C.
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      59 11 HFN ihm| r ~T" i L GOT A BOUT THAT'S SWELtr ¥Vou-l1 fT U INTRODUCING TM' MAN I'iirlr por you .7 r^^^ E U SCON see if it, h £who once &£at th' new 7, rf3k\ ,Ba IT'S A SEMI T X CAN MAKE THE f CHAMP, DyNAMfTE DUNN...^IV W§
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    PENANG WELCOME THE CUP TEAM
    374 12 PENANG, Friday.—Ooi Teik Hock, Penang's own badminton star and the man who took Dave Freeman, the American world champion, to foil stretch, was the happiest man in Malaya's Thomas Cup team when they came ashore litre today from the Corfu after their rSctortti in Furope.
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    21 NEW LIFE SA VERS
    144 12 TWENTY-one members of the Tiger Swimming Club qualified as life savers when they emerged from a test held at the Tiger Swimming Pool recently, with a 100 per I cent pass. The members were tested by Mr. R. Lyne, of the V.M.C.A., assisted by Mr.
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    4 New Champions Of St. Patrick's School
    503 12 £ONRAD RODRIGUESE and Ronald Westerhout shared the individual championship for the "A" Division Pt the St. Patrick's School Sports yesterday, with a total of 11 points. ineic were al.-,o two cham- pions in the "D" Division Wee Eng Siong and George i Ching
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    AUSTRALIAN SHUTTLE TEAM
    61 12 MELBOURNE, Fri.- -Seven Victorians and one Tasmanian i have been chosen in the Australian badminton team to i tour New Zealand later this year. j Teare members are Men ia. McCable. C. Cutts. R. Russell and T. Thompson (Tasmania). Women: E. Roberts, J. Pullen, E. Peacock, n.
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    TURNESA WINS
    53 12 Reuter. I '< DUBLIN. Fri.—The Biitish amateur golf championship j semifinals this afternoon re- suited in W. Tumesa, U.S. holder of the title two years ago, beating E. B. Milward by one hole, and S. MacCready beating Kenneth Thorn at the 20th hole. 1 The 36 hales final
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    SHELL CRICKET
    66 12 The following will represent Shell Sports Club in a cricket natch against the Rafflea institution on today at 2 p.ni. on the R.I ground. -J. V. H. Geek* (Cap*.). G. Clarke. J. F. Pearrv J. Tucker. EL Potts-Dawson N. Acria. J. D. Edwards. L. R Ott, W. Henderson.
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    Surrey Climb Up Fast
    332 12 Reuter. LONDON, Fri. Although I a first innings lead over Gla- j morgan, the champions, at Lords, kept Middlesex at the j head of the county cricket 1 championship table, a line r win over Derbyshire brought Surrey, who are a game in t hand with
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    Chew Bee, Pakir win tennis marathon
    360 12 YESTERDAY'S concluding set between Ong Chew Bee—A. G. B. Pui ir and B. C. Fay—Low Kee Pow in the men's doubles of the Singapore Lawn Tennis Championships was every bit as thrilling and brilliant as their marathon tie on Tuesday when play had to
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    Oxford Beat New Zealand By 83 Runs
    311 12 Reuter. LONDON, Friday. OXFORD today became the first team to beat the present New Zealand cricket side when they beat the tourists by 83 runs. The imcvv Zcalandcrs resumed their second innings requiring 165 runs to win with only five wickets standing. In
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    I.A. WEEK-END CRICKET
    150 12 The following will play Cricket for tli*- Indian Association in a leastM snatch acainst S.R.C. on Sunday at 11 a.m. on the S.R.C. padanc: Lall Sintrh (captain), N. Abbasbhoy (vice-captain). Yusuf Madari. M. K. Motiwalla. rhrahim Isa. Hussain Shah, R. Bithansm, R. v. Siaaam, Belakan Sjna;h. R.
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    JACQUES B.P.
    76 12 The following will represent Jacques p.p. against the May. Mr BP on June 1 at C. U. Hall at 7 p.m. MNOLLS,: Teo Thuang Bak Lee Hock San John Loh. Clin* Poh Khoon, Koh Thiam HockSeah Hark Chim. DOIBLKS: John Loh ft Teo Tliuant; Bak. Isaac Goonesagaram J.
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    WHAT'S ON TODAY
    116 12 General CHRISTIAN BROTHER* <„ L BOYS' ASSN.: Re-Union D at Robinson's Cafe. Rafi: s p,J, 8 p.m. Y.M.C.A.: Singapore Chess Cl„k 3 p.m.: Tennis. Badm.nv Volley Ball 4.30 p.m. AI.L MALA 1A Ml SIONARY SOCIETY R, lecture at 31, Lorong 12. Gev ar at 8.30 p.m. ST.
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    Cinemas
    227 12 CATHAY: "Tarzan's Fountain" with Len Barker aM Brenda Joyce. 11 a.m., \.\i 4r i 6.45 9.30 p.m. Midnight. K of Jungle Land" (Serial i. CAPITOL "Elizabeth oi Ladj. mead" starring Anna r 11. 1.45, 4.00. 6.30 and 9.30 p.m. Widnipht. "Blood On f.. Moon" with Robert Mitchun. inj liaraba
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    Sport
    65 12 SOCCER: Malaya Cup. RAJ. ts. Malacca J. Besar. LEAGUE SOCC ER: Jnr. Grp. 1. AAU vf. Bortifo Mu'orSC—Geylane. CRICKET: S.C.C. vs. Y.M.C A. Farrer Park; S.C.C. vs. Y.StC.A.— S.C.C.; S.C R.<~\ v?. S.0B.A.—S.C.R.C.: Raffles Inst, vShell S.C.—R.I.: St. Andrew's St. Joseph's—Woodsvillo: R.A-1. Sembawant: vs. P.W.D.— wang; Police vs. C.Y.MA
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    TRAIN STRIKES MINE
    38 12 Reuter. SOURABAYA. Fri passengers were killed and 13 wounded when a M D.iember passenger train rat into a mine iust out side R* gil village yesterday, reps* Aneta. the Dutch. agency. Seven were satim wounded—Reuter.
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