Malaya Tribune, 7 December 1949

Microfilm: NL3771
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    64 1 MALAYA Tribune Wl 1 PEOPLE POR THE PEOPLE Tet Tnbune" Spore LARGER SALES THAN ANY AFTERNOON PAPER IN MALAYA Phone 3811/3 Nir« Lin» PuoLishttd siiHuitanruaMy at *t.. ya t ,oiKualn Ipoh ana feuartu EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1949 PRICE TEN CENTS. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE E Maurice
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    CRIPPS PROBES $ LEAK
    173 1 CRIPPS PROBES LEAK Cooks' N. Y. Office Sells For $2.70 LONDON, Tuesday. j'HANX KLI-OK of the Exchequer Sir Stafford Cripps told the tifonse of C—lllMW today that he was investigating reports that a branch of Ihc nationalized British railways was selling the pound sterling briow the legal rate. A lull
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    No Statement
    110 1 U.P. London headauarters of Thomas Cook A Sons said it had no statement to make pending a report from its New York Office. Members of the Commons asked Cripps whether he was aware that the exchange rate for the pound sterling had dropped to a new low level
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    U.N. WILL GO TO WORLD COURT
    54 1 Reuter. FLUSHING MEADOWS. Tues.-The Geneial Assembly by a majority vote decided to ask the Internationnl Court of Justice to rule on South Africa's obligation on Southwest Africa. The Assembly also decided to ask South Africa to resume submission of lepotts on Southwest Africa to
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    MILITARY SCHOOL
    22 1 A.P. PARIS. Tues. Frances second tanking mi'itary school. St. Maisent. opened today for the first time since the wai. A.P.
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    EMERGENCY LIFTED
    22 1 Reuter. LAGOS. Tues.—The state of emergency, imposed by the Governor of Nigeria after the outbreak of rioting, was removed today.—Reuter.
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    CLUNE WILL PEEP BEHIND IRON CURTAIN
    93 1 «)n a mission to write the i ickgiound story of European lefuge immißiants to Au3tiaha. Mi. Fiank Clune. wellknown Austra'ian author will visit various camps from Rome to Helsinki. "I will go as far as the border of the lion Curtain and may even
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    PROPAGANDA EXPENDITURE NOT TAX FREE
    79 1 U.P. i.ONDON. Tues— The Lai.«>ur Government tn a .nowMtramst advertising eamlalgtU! «»f Industries fighting nationalization rn'ed today tnat expenditure for prona:anda could not be considered tax tree. Chancellor of the hixchequei. Sit Stafford Cripps told the House of Common? that such advertising campaigns wou'id >ie
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    U.K. PROPOSES UNISCAN
    49 1 A.P. LONDON, Tups. A proposal tnat Britain and three BflliMli jffcW countt ies should join in an "economic union" was advanced by Britain today. official sou ices said that Britafci has sent notes to Swedm. Denmaik and Norway suggesting a four-power conference on the plan. A.P.
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    TIN IMPROVES
    77 1 U.P. LONDON, Tues. tsoth. spot -no toiwaid tin in Uie atternoN session today impioveu •n<- Veiling Hi puce spot to •'."i and three montns to i 2 but these prices were not tested as the turnover was only ten tons. 1 lie closings wen spot £603 buyers anu
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    ENVOY TO L.S.I
    30 1 A.P. NEW DELHI, Tues. -The Indian government announced i entiy tiiat Btiagwat uayai. tne present Indian Mimscei to Tnailand. has been appointed India's representative in Indonesia. A.P.
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    COMPETITION WILL HELP, SAYS HAY
    141 1 Sir John Hay, uiana- ging director oi Guthrie*, ctd., London, arrived in Mngapore last night in i the uutch liner, Oranje. He was met i»v .Vlr. .J.B. Pickering, director, ana I Mr. A. r. layior, general manager M Outlines, Singapore. ■sir John expects to stay
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    NO LOAN YET
    36 1 Reuter. LONDON. Tues.—The Foreign Office spokesman tonight denied a report that the commonwealth Governments had decided to grant Burma a loan of R535U.000.000. He said that the matter was still under discussion. —Reuter.
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    Gold Cup Winner
    36 1 Mi** l>ulcie Ijuuherr. a* I>oroth\ Lamour. won the Gold Cup for thr oe*t "double" last night at the Victoria Memorial Hall. W»th her is Mr. Jack Sharp (Story, more picture* on back page).
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    Biting Comment On Stewart Stabbing By Dutch Newspaper
    146 1 THE HAGUE. Tuesday THE independent newspaper D n Telegraaf. re ferrlny to the attack on Mr. Duncan Stewart. British Governor of Sarawak, declared today that the awakened Asiatic continent's answer has now come with the pulling oi a knife."' Dp Telegraaf was
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    LATEST FOR IPOH TODAY
    46 1 the going for tooays races will he HEAVY, Albert HftttOST phoned from Ipoh this morning. In addition to HAVLOOM. and KOt HUALE he has added FIKEMASTER a* the best outsiders for today. (For Best Bets, review and full sele-tions see page 7).
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    HAGUE CROWDS CHANT ANTI-GOVT. SLOGANS
    202 1 U.P A.P. THE HAGUE. Tuesday. Crowds shouted "down with the Cabinet" today when Parliament opened its three-day debate on the agreement giving Indonesia independence after.3oo years of Dutch rule. The throng jamming the square in front of the Parliament building included many Eurasians. As it
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    JEEPS REPLACE CAMEL PATROLS
    39 1 A.P. BAGHDAD. Tues. Camel patrols which roam the Iraq deserts intei ccpting smugglers have run into the machine age. They will be replaced by Jeeps, according to plans of the Ira gui Customs Set vice.A.P.
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    PRICK OF BRIDES
    36 1 A.P. .KHARTOUM, Tues. At Yei equatorial province of the Sudan, a weekly open camp hie fonrm has been started. First two topics chosen for debate were Nudity" and "The Price of Brides." A.P.
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    SIR CHARLES IS SHOCKED
    61 1 The former Rajah ft Sarawak. Sir Charles V> ncr Brooke, has sent a cable to the Commission*vGenoral stating that the Rani and he are dcepi> shocked at news of the Sarawak outrage and asing Mr. Malcolm Ma Donald to convey to Mr Stewart their sincere wishes
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    PRICK TOO HIGH
    29 1 A.P. NEW DELHI. Fues. Negotiations for the purchase f 400,000 tons of Russian wh< it by India, failed because (he pi ice was too high. A.P.
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    Torso Murder: HUME MUST STAND TRIAL
    78 1 Reuter. LONDON. Tups Brian Donald Hump was today formally committed for trial at the Old Bailpy. Ix»ndon's central criminal court, charged with the murdei of Stanley Setty. 4rt-ycar-Qld eat dealer whose leg ess headless torso was found on mudflats off Uie Essex coast la*t
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    SHIPS COLLIDE
    61 1 Two ships, the freighter Jit-( y City and the Anglo Saxon tanker Tescombe collided off Pulau Bukom on Sunday afternoon. The Jersey City with a cargo of salt for Japan from Aden was held up till yesterday for repairs to the port quart.-! of the vessels. The repairs
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    MINISTER SACKED
    31 1 U.P. PRAGUE. Tues. Deputy Caeetl Foreign Tiade Minister Bvaen Loebel, veteian Communist who spent the war yea is in Britain, has been elt< fed of his post i f.P
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    GAVE ARMOURED CAR: GAOLED
    113 1 A.P. IwONDON. Tues. William J. Spriggs. 22-year-old Armou.ed Corps private was found gui'ty today of drsctting his unit in Palestine and giving an armoured car to the Jews. He was sentenced to four yean in ptiaQQ <*nd a dis- honourable discharge Sprtggs disappeared on April 27.
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    'Bevin`May Resign' Rumour discounted
    234 1 A.P. London Tuesday. UOREiGN Secretary. Ernest Bcvin has Informed r Prime Minister Clement At tie 3 that he wishes to retire from pubnx life when the Labour Go' ernment ends its present term cccording to sources in Whitehall today. Tho report was. however, officially discounted. Mr.
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    STILL PROGRESSING
    22 1 The Governor of Sara'vn" Mr. D. G, Stewart, sad a food night anu is or,*gi tw >• steadily says today's Hfttln,
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    STOP PRESS SHAKE-UP IN FRENCH ARMY
    115 1 U.P. PARIS, Tup*.—The Go\erniiirut was repertsa toda> i«» Im preparing a ■take-up in ♦he high command of Hie French Army—the large*! ground force lunncdlat' »> available for tho detetai o* Western Europe under the Atlantic Pact. Persistent but oflioiall) un-<-of dinned reports said trench
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    Two Bandits Killed
    36 1 MERSING: Today.—Two bandits were killed yesterday, and another woiuided when a Police Jungle Squad co« acted and engaged ft gang ol five armed Chines" bandits near Ehdau. On, Police Constable was fi'ight'y wounded.
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    NEW HOPES FOR MORE RUBBER CONSUMPTION
    396 2 HOPES for an increased use of natural rubber an a resuit of the activities oi the British Rubber Development Board were expressed by Mr. N. Egmont Hake in his annual report to the shareholders of the Hoscote Rubber Estate. He aid- "The longU-rm interests
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    RUBBER MARKET
    131 2 The rubber commodity market yestfcrday opened steady but slightly under Monday's prices. But the market improved later to Monday's level and closed unchanged. Closing prices in eenls per pound were: Closing price's in cents per pound were. Buyers Seller* Na 1 RSS f.Q.b. De-. 47 3 8 47
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    PRODUCE MART
    61 2 Coffee eased la yesterday. Sellers for Rio Nod ready and oft ilie Ruya asked $108 per pidd while buyers were holding off. Copra chanced hands at $37 per picul f.o.b. Jaa.-Feb.' Latei buyers bid $37 14 arxd seller* asked $37 s. Coconut oil seller* in Ponanjr a*ked $68i
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    Along the godowns
    59 2 Kemo (44 i Beluru (42 1 Bnngnana (41); Tohoali (40); Benrmaehan (38 8H): Sural (35 36): Trafalgar (33 34); S. H. B. Craft (21 22): President FMmore (28*4): Bhesus (»7 28); Memnon (39 MI; \sphalion (18 16): llavsbris Riinau (11/14); Ridderkerk (II); Deucalion (8 9); Benwyvis (l
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    SEA MAIL
    33 2 Mails are expected from Western Australia. Eastern Australia, and the Federation at the G. P. O. today. Mails for Java. Pontianak. Hongkong, China, Cocos Island and the Federation will close today.
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    NEW INDIAN CONTROLS
    106 2 A.P. NEW DELHI. Tues. To control speculative trends, the Commerce Ministry ha* announced these changes: An increase in export duty of raw cotton from Rs.4o to Rs.loo per bale. Also, raw cotton is exportable only to hard currency countrn The imposition of a 30 per cent advalorem
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    Tin Down Again
    87 2 The prle* of tin metal again fell in Singapore yesterday —to $288.50 per pieul. This was a drop of fLM on the pirut. LONDON, DRC, spot idVli buyers—down £5. Three i.ionths *">6!» Olivers —down £6|. Tnrnover 15 tons. Second session: spot £604 buyers down m. Three months
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    TIN MINING IN BOLIVIA
    235 2 A.P. THE HAGUE, Tues. In its November bulletin, 1 the International Tin Study Group printed a number of notes on tin which were collected from various published sources. Writing on 'Mine mechanisation to increase recovery/ Mr. Roberto Arce said that Bolivia's tin mining yields 75 per
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    TIN SHARES
    57 2 There has been little %*> improxe th« tin share market. I* rices were inclined (<i drift downward in •>>mpathy with the metal market. Industrials continued firm. Robinson Ordinaries are now quoted in the new form of SI stuck, small interest was shown in the rubber shares section and
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    Malayan Share Quotations
    868 2 Singapore Tuesday. INDUSTRIALS Atlas Ice 15.50 16.50 Alex. Bricks Pref. 2.40 2.50 Old. 2.10 2.20 8.8. Pettol 33/ 34 H B.M. Trustees 7.50 8.50 Con. Tin Smelt Pief. 21/3 22/3 Ord. 15/6 16/6 E. Utd. Assur. 39.25 40.25 Est. Trust Fed. Dispensary 6.50 7.00 Eraser Noave Pref.
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      424 2 ON THE AIR BLUE NETWORK ENGLISH PROGRAMMES 10.00 a.m. Ifewa from kinl.i i.umpur; I» close iiov. n, IMI I rl.nr4l.niM-. in Malay. I. 0H p.m. Djn.t iniisii Di.l. ■lurgans Orchestra I ■iefcaW "nuglaft; 1.3© Time Signal A Notts; 1.43 Light uMj 1.00 Close Down. 6.00 p.m. Programme Summary; Ml CMMiwi'i
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    TWO YEARS FOR MAGISTRATE
    1213 3 You Betrayed A Trust, Says Judge JOHORE BAHRU, Tuesday. [y|OHAMMED Nassir bin Haji Abubakar, 42, a First Class and Circuit Magistrate for Johore South was today gaoled for two years for taking a brib Teja Singh, a leader of the local Sikh community, a professional moneylender
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    UNITY THROUGH RELIGION'S
    59 3 A meeting of the InterReligious Organization will !>o held today at 5.15 p.m. at the Victoria Memorial Hall. Singapore. Mr. Malcolm MacDonald will preside. The meeting will be on "International Unity Through Re liglon". The speakers wdl be Rev. Mr. T. Campbell Gibson. Mr Ahmad bin Mohamcd
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    Master. Gunner Held For Ship Mishap
    149 3 rAPTAIN A. B. Durrant, master and Ahmad bin Seman, gunner of the 882-ton m.v. Kelantan when she ran aground on a reef off Ligitan Island on Sep*. 29. were yesterday held guilty for the mishap. This was the finding returned by the Court of
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    DR. H. H. FISHER
    36 3 Dr. Haroid H. Fisher. Chairman of the Hoover Institute and Library on War, Revolution and Peace, will pa.'S through Singapore el the end of this month on W way to New Delhi.
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    NEW WORLD BENEFIT NIGHT TO AID VARSITY
    128 3 JHK Malay Welfare Council in association with Messrs, Peng Hock and Shaw Limited are sponsoring- a benefit night at the New World I'ark on Dec. 12. in aid of the University of Malawi Endow mont Fund. The public will only be required to
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    Firemen Fight Ship Blaze
    71 3 Two fire engines fought a blaze on a LCT t>*pe of vessel for half an hour yesterday before it was put out. The vessel is lying behind Beach Fioad market and is being broken up for scrap. No damage was caused and no one was hurt.
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    CONCERT
    25 3 Choon Guan English School heid their concert at 7.30 p.m. yesterday. There will be ftrfother concert at the school >: cmlses at 8.00 p.m. to-day.
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    Brave Sergeant Bulley
    149 3 rilS is the story o' Berg >ant S. W. Bulley of the Ist Battalion Devonshire Regiment who with tight men on patrol action north of Mcntakab on Sept. 30 fought I gang of nearly 80 bandits. Igt, Bulley shot dead a bandit sentry and ordered his men
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    C.S.C TO RAISE OVERDRAFT
    62 3 The Chinese Club is convening an extraordinary general meeting on Sunday Dec. 11 at 11.30 a.m. to consider raising "an overdraft not exceeding $350,000" to finance the proposed Swimming Pool and Pavilion scheme. The club will be holding its anniversary on Saturday with a programme of
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    SHIPS TO DRESS
    23 3 All ships in port on Ac cession Day, Dec. 11, have been requested to "dress" by the Singapore Master Attendant.
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    INDIAN CONSTITUTION
    601 4 THE new constitution of India, which is to be 1 formally inaugurated on January 26. will answer many of the questions the world has b j en asking since'lndia became independent. It will also be studied with interest by Asian tountries which are struggling with problems not substantially
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    FOR THE RAID ON FOR THE. RAID ON BENGHAZI
    3574 4 EASTERN Bt HUH.Allll At i i r/nov MA€:ijEAM M. I». APPR OA CHESIB SPECIAL Air Service Headquarters were in the Suez Canal Zone. I travelled down with two Sergeants coming back from leave in a truck that was full of tommy-guns
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    Indian Family Tall Out Over 540,000 Estate
    304 5 DEC A USE a mother-in-law would not agree to have her so*-in-law as a joint administrator oi hoi husband's moveable "atafe dn*» to illfeeling, an application for letters of adminislr tion, which came on for d»spo,al in the High Court yesterday had to
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    Parents Lied To Doctor, Says Coroner
    426 5 Sensation At Inquest THE inquest on a ;-yea* >ld girl, Yap Ah Lay. took an unexpected, turn yesterday when the Coroner. Mr. W. GL Porter, told the girl s parents that they would be prosecuted for giving false information to the Municipal doctor. it
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    HOTEL MAN CLEARED
    137 5 Malacca. Tuesday: No one went about carrying his or her marriage certir ticate. submitted defending counsel, when Leong Siew Poh. licensee of the Central Hotel. Wolferstan Road, was charged for giving a room in his hotel to a couple who were not married. The case was the
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    SERVICE FOR MISSING FLYERS
    55 5 A memorial service for Brigadier Malcolm David SrSKine, D.5.0., former Commander of the 2nd Guards Brigade, and Captain John Francis Churchet. R.A.. who have been missing since Oct. 7 when their Auster plane disappeared on a flight between Mcntakab and Kuala Lumpur, was held at St.
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    INDIAN AIR CHIEFS DUE
    58 5 Six officers of the Royal Indian Air Force headed by Air Commodore Nanda. Air Office? in Charge Personnel and Organisation of the R.A. I I.F. and Wing Commander Ananthanarayan. Director of Intelligence, are arriving at Tengail at midday on Friday 'on a four day visit to
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    L.L.B.A. OFFICIALS.
    37 5 At the annual general meeting of the Uan U Benevolent Association recently the following principal officer-bearers were elected: President. Mr, Ang Toon Tiong; hon secretary. Mr. Lim Wee Kee; hon. treasurer. Mr. Tan Ban Tee.
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    DUNLOP GIVES CUP
    77 5 TOP: Major General D. Dunlop, G. O. C, Singapore District, presenting the "Collecting Head" .Trophy to Captain G. S. H. Bain. Fire-Master of Bane Ordmuit Depot, at the end ot Singapore District Half Yearh Trailer Pump Competition. BILOW: The winner* ami the runners-up. The winners are HI
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    223 B.O.D 'A' WIN TRAILER PUMP COMPETITION
    164 5 iyUMBER 223 Base Ordnance Depot "A" came out first in the Singapore Half-Yearly Trailer Pump Competition at Nee Soon Barracks yesterday. Eighteen units competed. Runners up were No. 223 8.0.D. *'B". Major General D. Dunlop presented "The Collecting Head" Trophy to the winning
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    KOREAN VISAS
    45 5 Koiean nauonais in the Federation are informed that the American Consulate in Kuala Lumpur has been authorised to perform essential citizenship and passport services for them and to issue certificates of identity and passports, ai well as the amendment and extension of passports.
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    HASHIM GHANI LEAVES THE PROGRESSIVES
    256 5 INCHE Hashim Ghani. leader of the proposed Peninsular Malays Lnion. is reI signing from the Progressive Party to take an active part in his new- Party. Inche Hashim told the Tribune yesterday that he had no misunderstandings with eithe/ the officials or policy of the
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    FOUR KILLED IN BANDIT AMBUSH
    172 5 Mr AR Tuesday. A Tangkak jungle squad captured six bandits nea." Se.om and Hukit Gelugor yesterday. Some of them have been identified. Two bandits, one of whom was a woman, were shot dead by a Special Constable jungle squad under a European eerKing's Own Yorkshire
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    WARNING
    24 5 A public warning has her" given by the' Army authorities that demolitions will take place on Pulau Tekong Bcsar on Friday. December 9.
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    XMAS TREAT FOR SEAMEN
    75 5 Four hundred seamen In Singapore will get a Chi is mas treat on Dec. 23. Chief attraction will be a giant 260--pound Christmas pudding. Tickets will be given to seamen by two port Chaplains, the Rev. Fr. J. R. Fox and the Rev. R. J. Lloyd.
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    DATO BRADOELL
    32 5 Sir Roland St John Braddell has been appointed an unoffi eial member of the Executive Council of Ihe Colony of Btan gapoie In place of Sir Han Doe Lim, CB.E.
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    POPPY FUND.
    16 5 Perha collected 956T75, Klightly less than last ye n for the Poppy Pay Fund.
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    SOSC TO DECIDE SAW PAK'S CASE TODAY
    270 6 THE Singapore Olympic Sports Count il's Eiard 1 of Cont/ol (Games) will meet this evening to consider the merits of the demand made by the Singapore Amateur Weightliiting 1 ederation for the inclusion oi* Thong Saw Fak, tne Colony's amateur lightweight weight-lifting champion
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    U.K. Needs A Stadium. Says Aw
    146 6 HONOKOXC. Tues. Miihona.t•• Chinese. merchant. Aw Boon Haw. has ursted the Hongkong floverntnent 'o MSM in a oJan to erect a sports stadium la Honskonp. Thi? which was made following the shuo-otu of thousands of sports fans from the recent soccer matches between Honckonc
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    HOCKEY TRIAL TOMORROW
    83 6 4 STATE hockey truil will no A held on the S.C.C. ground at 8 p.m. tomorrow. The following are asked to turn up with coloured and white Brown. R. H. Barth. A. Clarke. Cbai Hon Yam. P. Coult-r F.. Coutts. E. Doraisamy. uevadas. Elloy. E. Ebert, W.
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    AUSSIES LEAD
    55 6 Reuter. WELLINGTON. Cape Province, Tues. -The Australian touring cricket team scored 213 for 5 declared in their Qrst innings against Western Province Country Districts ho> c today. They dismissed the Country Districts for 96 in their first innings and following on Count 1 v Districts were 0 for
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    VICTORIA WIN
    50 6 Reutet. ADELAIDE, Tues. Victoria beat South Australia by 80 runs on first innings to gain throe points wnen their Sheffield Shield match ended in a draw here today. Final scores were Victoria 364 and 442 for five wickets declared. South Australia 2SI and 315 for five wickets Rcutet.
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    SWEDES WIN
    31 6 A.P. CALCUTTA. Tues. Pay ing before another lecoid crowd, the Swedish footballers gave a sparkling display today in beating an All-Bengal team one goal to nil. Sven Persson scored.--A.P.
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    TOWEEL'S TITLE RECOGNISED
    66 6 A.P. LONDON. Tues. —The Britis'.i Boxing; Board of Control today agreed to recognis*. Vi: Toweel of South Africa as the British Empire Bantamweight champion. Toweel won the title on Nov. U by bearing Stan Rowan of Liverpool on points at Johannesburg but a question acrov« as to
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    MANDARINSONG BEST WORKER
    90 6 By ALBERT SPENCEB tlie man with 2.00 V winners IPOH, Today. MANDARIN Song (Axwas the only horse to do fast work when the grass track was opened for trail ing this morning. Ke will be hard to beat on Saturday. Baba t Ayres > did pace work,
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    10 6 SHERWOOD FORRESTERS who untitled hsss£ .rap.—. and L. Ho!!o\\a> j
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    Vijiaretnam & Maphuz shine in All-Blues trial
    295 6 Vijiaretnam Maphuz shine in All-Blues trial AITHOI OH on the whole the quality of yestei n day > An Blues trial to select a team against Selangor on Dec. 17, was poor, there wj?re; quite i lew outstanding movements, especially the solo efforts and the threequarter movements. The trial which
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    Williams Wins Fifth Title Fight
    121 6 Reuter. PHILADELPHIA, Tues. World aghtweight champion. Ike Williams, retained his title here tonight defeating Ft eddy Dawson on point* ow 15 *runds. Williams did not have an easy time as Dawson continumf j evad.-d the champion's punches. The first s olid blow was a powetful
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    VICTORIAN TENNIS
    45 6 SYDNEY. Tues. Jonn Bromwicn. Bill Sidweli. Frank Sedgman and Jaroslav Drobny today entered the semi-finals of the Victorian Tennis semifinals. Sidwell beat Colin Long 1-0: 6-1: 5-7. 6-3. 6-3. Drobny beat Adrian Quist 6-2; 8-6: 6-2. Sedgman oeat George Worthington 6-2. 6-2: 8«.
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    GIFT GOAL ROBS MCFA OF VICTORY
    257 6 IPOii, Tuesday. IX a grand exhibition of football the Malayan Chinese Football Association and the In dian tourists shared two goals in their match played at the Assembly Hall ground, yesterday. The Chinese were unlucky when they allowed the Indians to equalise six minutes
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    KARACHI CRICKET
    24 6 KARACHI, Tues. The Pakistan Universities XI had scored 285 runs for 6 at the close of first day's against the Commonwealth today
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    Cambridge's Late Bid Fails
    120 6 Reuter. TWICKENHAM, Muid'csex, Tues. —Oxford boat Cambridge by three points to nil --a try in the 11th. minute —to win the Lsftec-vaielty rugger match here today. Though the try was in the nature of a gift, forward Qent crossing the Cambridge line after a defensive error.
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    TOP PRICE FOR PAGAN WORSHIP
    72 6 Reuter. NEWMARKET. Tues. The aggregate lor the Newmarket bloodstock saU'S today was 143.494 guineas for 176 lots sold including nine private sales. Top price was given by the British Bloodstock Agency who paid 10.000 guineas for Pagan Worship, a two-year-old filly. Pagan Worship- by Hyperion
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    22 WOMEN PLYERS NAMED
    93 6 TvTENTY-'rWo player? fere selected after yesterday Singapore women i hodce) try -out to take part in th* -1 Anal trial \q be held on Dec, H. Tne team will moot Mai are a Women* xr on T>fr. Following are tne players ror th* nivd trial. fteetni—
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    MOVE TO MAKE BOXING THE SAFEST SPORT
    535 7 mxi a MIAMI BEACH, Tuesday THE 1.8. National Boxing Association wants to set up regulations that eventually wiU etfminate the term "punch drunk" from pugilistic parlance. Abe .1. Greene, National Commissioner of the NBA and New Jersey State Athletic Commissioner said m an
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    RACE CARD
    885 7 Below is the card for today s races at Ipoh: RACE ONE 2.30 P.M. HOUSES. CI ASS 4. =HV 6—fi i i i i..v, Windsor Laddie c 1!?* 1 Peter Con jft FuU,Vnn Marfian Maid Run Mamuse (Chflfl s) 8.09 A^n^MaoSn Prattle On (Flannery) 8.08 M?T i^Y^atock innishmakill
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    MALACCA HOLDS HOCKEY LEAGUE
    87 7 MALACCA. Tues. Malacca has fallen In line with other states in holding a hockey league. Eight teams will N* competing. As players must play for one team only, the competition will be very open, with the Malays or Chinese likely winner*. Entries have been received from
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    HEAVY GOING: WATCH FOR UPSETS
    1330 7  -  OUTSIDERS AND BEST SETS FOR TODAY Second Day Ipoh Race By ALBERT SPENCER (The Man with 2,000 Winners) IPOH, Tuesday, pi KTHEK upsets will not be unlikely for tomorrow, the second flay of tue Perak Turf Club's Decern ber meeting. The going will be heavy
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    107 7 RACE ONE 1 Div. (i ii I. MAMI'SE I nitctl Pisces .lade Princess RACE TWO CL 1 Div. 8 6 F. GRECIAN PRIM E 1«- Taki Victory BACK THREE CL I Div. 5 —fi F. CHITA M\ Bachelor Holita RACK FOl R CL S Dtv. 4 fi F. EXETER
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    FIXTURES FOR KHALID SHIELD TABLE-TENNIS
    111 7 The first round tics »f the V.M.C.A. If>l9 Table-tennis kno. k-0..t tournament for The Khalid Shield are as follows: THURSDAY: Peteis vs. Ken Hawkins 7 p.m.; Piperdi vs. T. 1.,,.!,- ?.;jn n-m>; Edward Fung vs. Hcnrry Oh 8 p.m.; G. Cult bread vs. S. W.
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    OLYMPICS WIN 3-2
    96 7 The tfimis match between the Olympic Tennis Party and Dr. Chan All Row's Party on Sunday al No. 71."i. Mountbattan Road resulted in favour of the Olympu Parti by :t matches to 2. Th<- match between Dr. Ah Row ana llock .Sent* versu*. Hhin Stan*. and Y.P.
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    Jollilads T-Tennis Results
    202 7 Well over 300 members and aueata participated in the threeday celebration of the Eleventh Anniversary of the Jollilads Sporting Association held ov.r the week-end at the Assoc iatlon's premises. The celebration opened with ♦he Annivessary Dinner on Saturday followed by mc Jem joget dancing. On Sunday morning
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    INDOCHINA SHUTS DOORS TO GEN. PAI
    331 8 "U.S. Slow Beat To China" Policy Played Reuter, A.P. U.P. HONOLULU, Tuesday. SENATOR William F. publican, said on his arrival from the Onet t last night that the U.S. State sending a specialist on a slou' to CMnm when the nation desperately needs a
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    Miranda Flips In
    33 8 Kxrn "Miranda" mm then- eomplote wttft tad. uith Mrs. Sylvia mrnUmmm kMftJßg a very tetehing mermaid a* rh.V"a* earned into the Mux.,- Ka«' ■»> her husband (on her right! and friend.
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    REDS WANT LOAN
    24 8 U.P. HONGKONG. Tues. Communist authorities have asked businessmen in Canton for a "loan" approximating $1,500.--000, repoits reaching Hongkong said today. -CP.
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    Cheers for the 'Stars' —and bitter words...
    402 8 Cheers for the 'Stars' —and bitter words. LAST NIGHTS MOVIE BALL CiNGAPORE laid claim to beins another Holly--3 wood last night when its -own movie stars came T o town and drew thanderc s applause at the Rotary Movie Ball held at the Victoria Memorial Hall in aid of the
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    200 WOMEN DO THEIR BIT
    45 8 Two hundred women of all nationa'itus unhiding Russian women gav> voluntary assistance at the Children's Social Ceßtrca «lutmg the past year. Under the leadership of Lady Gimson their duty was to supervise the centres anu look after its geneial flcvelopment.
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    LET'S FACE IT
    30 8 CANBERRA. Tries Australian women put 6.104 cwt of cream and lotions and 2 938 cwt. of powder on UVur f aces during 1947-18. the government statistician announce'!
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    WHAT'S ON TODAY GENERAL
    90 8 < MKKtiB V.M.C.A bh i :ai Bagtlah Claawa r> p.m. IKTKK-KKl.Kilot H OKI.V MIXTION: International Unity through Religion at .•>. 15 at Victoria Memorial Hall. Mr Malcolm MaeOoaaid will pres.de. I MON DAN(.'B VARTV Waltz praitue at 42 Race Course Road at a p.m. SIN«. A
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    CINEMA
    200 8 C ATHAY: "Ronieo and Juliet" at Norma Shearer and Leslie Howard at 11 a.m., 1.45. 4.15. 6.45 and 9.3 1 p.m. I A I'lTOI.: -Valley of the Giants" with Wayn* Morris al 11. 1.45. 4. 6.30 and 9.30 p.m. KfclX: "AIR MATA MENGA L1R DI CH1TAROE.M" with Sophia al
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    SPORT.
    26 8 KIGIiY: S.C.C. v. Ruyal Navy Padanu. Combined Police v. Army. Thomson Road HOCKEY: S.R.C. v. Ceylonese. P SOCCER: Dawn Rangers v. M...uci|>ai SH.es. Farrer Park.
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    Ward Starts Out For U.S. on Rickety Train
    156 8 U.P. WASHINGTON. Tuesday ANGUS Ward reported to the State Department R today that he and his Consulate staff expected 'to leave Mukden at 2.45 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time). Th" United States Consul-General and his associates planned to leave Manchuria aboara a rickety
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    LONDON SHARES
    186 8 Reuter. LONDON. Toes.— Boar operator? were busy in the Giltedced aei tion of the Ixmdon S'o-k Exrhangfl today. Tliey appeared ro have recovered from the laii twisting administered reeentb I>\ the Government broker and embarked upon a fresh attack. Operations. however, were small and decline* in Govern ment
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