Malaya Tribune, 8 December 1949

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    64 1 MALAYA Tribune H) mis PH )PI F R>ft im worn S'pom tARGPF S.MES WAN ANY AFTFKNQON pAri* in MALA YA Phone 5111/ i r uulished stmultanr.uHxty at <Sm yii/nne, Kuala lyun and t'enanu EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1949 PRICE TEN CENTS THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LOXDOU TATIVM Maunce Gloirr,
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    MEAT TRADE IS IN A MUDDLE
    1083 1 Jmpotters Cannot Agree On Prices To The Housewife By LAWRENCE G. MAN I MALAYA'S meat trade is in a big muddle now. Reasons: The big importers cannot agree on how much they must charge the housewife for frozen meat from Australia. The Malayan hou*ewite
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    Her First Meeting
    33 1 LeWtte of f h«- Progressive Party Commissioners Mr. A. P. Rajah is Betted beside Miss \m\ Layeoetli the youngest member on the Commission, at yesterday's meeting. Kull Report.—fSee Pagf S.
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    Mild Man Shoots, Kills His 3 Children
    223 1 5-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER PLEADS "NO DADDY, DON'T DO IT" U.P. ALEXANDRIA. Virginia. Wednesday. JMTLD mannered John Conner, 40. today snot and killed his three children as they screamed tor mercy and then surrendered meekly to police officers Conner, civilian engmeei at nearby Fort Belvoii.
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    IT'S PREMATURE, SAYS ACHESON
    50 1 Reuter. WASHtNfJTO!*; Wed. The Secretary or State, Mr. Dean AetaWon s;nT today that It w.< BIWHOtIIIf cither tO recognise the I innnr.ini.st regime In China or even to ronsiiiei th* poweihikty or iecot«nitk»n A continuous exchange of views with othe: government* w.i- in progress he said.Reuter,
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    JOHN CARD TO BROKEN TRIP TO HOSPITAL
    77 1 U.P. WINNIPEG Manitoba. Wed. John Gard. 55-year-old postman, was knocked down and hurt in a street accident. He was placed in an ambulance. It btrOke down. A tire truck was called to push the ambulance. Tile fire truck got struck. A police car
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    BANDITS BRAWL IN COURT
    98 1 A.P. NAPELS. Wed. Guiaeppe la Marca. one of Italy's leading bandits, was sentenced to 28 months solitary confinement today for creating a disturbance in couit. During; {he Ilea ring of an rxtortinn charge against him. I,a Marca seized a chair and brought it down with a
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    Much Ado About Nothing
    106 1 U.P. WASHINGTON, Wei-— Whatever Russia from the United States in the spring of 15M.S, it was not information on how to make an atom bomb or the material* witb 1 hieh to do it. I he House I n-American Activities Committee has produced evidence that Russia,
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    SPOT TIN UP
    74 1 U.P. LONDON. Wed. -Spot tin unproved 10 shillings at the morning session ol the London Metal Exchange today to £6041», while three monttis fell £1 to €564-$. The "closing prices at the official session were: Spot £604 buyers: £600 sellers with business done l £605 Oĕdd Three
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    Attach On Stewart Proves Antagonism To Govt. Is Grave
    200 1 Reuter. LEEDS. Yorkshire. WednesdayA II GREEN, commentator on Far Eastern aff airs. 0' wrote in the Conservative that the derous J U ak Sl Showed only too Stewart. Governor of Sarawak. h plainly that local »t^oni«^J*e ment's policy was much more
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    MRS. STEWART
    59 1 Mrs Patricia Stewart, wife Ol the Governor of Sarawak, who arrived in Singapore yesterday afternoon by the P.OAC-Quntas Constellation went straight to the bed*!* of her husband. ANOTHER FAIR NH-«-Mr. Stewatd has recovered from the immediate effects o. the second operation and had a fair night says this
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    THE KING REVIEWS AIRLIFT AIRMEN
    110 1 A.P. LONDON. Wed. The Kint, today reviewed a token force of British. Anieiican and Commonwealth aiimen who helped to win the Berlin air- lift. Headed by a Royal Air Foice band 250 nico and w> men matched Unough the gates of Buckingham r*alacc for an
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    INQUIRY INTO 'PONTIAN' TUNNEL PRESS LEAK
    136 1 THERE Will lx! an inquiry inte the leakage of the Pootiu.n Tunnel enquiry committee'fl report to a IoCAI afternoon newspapei (not the Tnounci. Municipal President. Mr. T.P. P IfcNelce, announced this in reply Lo Mr. Pat Johnson. 'Laboui'. at yesterday's meet ng of tlic
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    Penang Secession Petition: Gurney's Views Are A waited
    121 1 Reuter. LONDON. Wednesday. ITNDER Secretary- for the Colonies Mr. David Rees U Williams told the House of Commons today that the Colonial Secretary had received a petition from the people of Penang asking for secession from the Federation of Malaya. Arthur He
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    NO THREAT TO HONGKONG.
    90 1 U.P. LONDON. Wed—Defence Minister A. V. Alexander indicated today that Britain sees no early threat to Hong Kong but that the troop reinforcements sent I there would be kept :n the Colony indennitely. Mr. Alexander told the Commons that the families ;of British soldiers serving ,in
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    STOP PRESS Detective Shot Dead In Penang
    48 1 A.P. PENANG. Wed.—A plainclothes Punjabi policeman who was off duty, was shot dead esterday in the heart of tb« city. 150 yards from n police station. in., unknown assailant was on a bicycle. Police cordoned the area ami investigations are proee"dint;.—A.P.
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    Communists Apologise
    73 1 Reuter. HONGKONG, Wen. —Officers oi the 573 ton British motor vessel Elsie Moller, which arrived here In tow from Shaughai, said the Communist apologised after tiring on th' >hip in the Yangtze last reek. The Communists said the* had not been advised about the ships departure from Shanghai
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    WORLD USE OF RUBBER JUMPS
    299 2 USIS. WASHINGTON, Wednesday. World new rubber consumption in the first ten months of 1949 showed an increase of 5.000 tons over figures for the corresponding period of 1948. with use of natural rubber showing a 27,500 ton increase over 194S figures, according to estimates of
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    'No Action' On Meat Threat
    126 2 Reuter-AAP. BRISBANK. Wed. The State Cabinet today decided to take no action on the threat by the Queensland Trades and Labour Council to rail on union* to prevent meat exports from Queensland to Malaya an<i tl>Philippines from Itaving Australia. A deputation from the Council to
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    MANDAI TEKONG LOSE $6,196
    62 2 NrANDAr TEKONG SINGAPORE) -RUBBER ESTATES LIMITED operated at a loss of $6,196 in financial year ended July 31. 1949. Net liquid asset* In balance sheet $16,342 equal 41 cents per share. The company li nos to a! intents and purposes, a r<-ai ostate. proposition owing 48.)
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    SUNCEI BAGAN PAY 15%
    64 2 1 BUNGBI BAG AN RUBBER I COMPANY LIMITED made 5193 667 (26 percent > for the year ended June 30. 1949 from whim 15 percent has been ftta- tnbuted to sharehohiers. Net liquid assets in balance sheet $368,832 equivalent to 49.8 cents per share. All-in costs
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    20 2 Yesterday's produce prices for sellers ex-godown v. Copra $35.50. mixed copra «35. coconut oil f.o.b $60 per picul.
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    SHIPMENTS UP
    77 2 Rubber shipment from Malaya in November rose by 5.001 tons as compared with October exports. Tne total exported in November wfls 74.f>4G ions as against 69.645 tons in October. Shipments to the United States showed a sllifht rise.the November total being 24.830 tons and »he October total 21.787
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    Rubbers Improve
    44 2 ##up. Singapore. Wed. Very little interest 1 was displayed in the tin I share section but industrials were again very 1 firm. Rubber share*. k*V* i comet In for more generid inquiry and many of the Issues haw been marked I up.
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    Along The Godowns
    43 2 K-ni'i »44 sloterijk (4? UI: P.itiajs (39r. Rajah Itrooke (37 38); Sural (35 M): Sampitun (li>) virusa (3»); President I illmor. (N 24); BriMMM (?7/3t); \Lmnon (»9 30) Asphaiion (15 16): P.tluru (11 15); Deucalion (X 9) Rali (1 I).
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    Tin Price
    20 2 1 ht- price ot tin in Singapore \.,{rday was JSSB7-0?'. rents per picul down hv «7 i, cent's.
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    49 FOREIGN INVESTORS SEEK INDIAN FIELDS
    123 2 NEW DELHI. INDIA, Tues. India's call for foreign investment has had only a slight response so far. official figures indicate. Since Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru defined India's policy on foreign investment last April. India has received 49» applications from foreign investors. Thirty-seven of these,
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    IT IS BETTER FOR ROADS
    156 2 USIS. New York Wed. Natural rubber in the new-type road? which use a rubber-asphalt > mix reems to be superior to the synthetic product, according to officials of one U.S. rubber company. This view was advanced here recently before a meeting of the American of
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    RUBBER UP I CENT
    113 2 The rubber ,ommodity market steady yesterday with good bayiac order.- and sell rs scarce. The market closed firm *ith pi ires up one cent from Tuesday. Closing prices in cents per round uere Buyers Sellers f.o.b. Dec 48 48 1/4 So. :< RPP f.o.b. Dee. 47
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    Malayan Share Quotations
    865 2 Singapore, WfiA iNDUSTrtIAuS Atlas Ice 2.15 2.25 Alex. Brick* Pref. 2.40 2.50 Ord. 2.10 2.20 8.8. Pettol 33 84 6 B.M. Trustees <.50 8.50 Con. Tin Smelt Pref. 21/3 22/3 Ord. 15/6 16/6 E. Utd. Assur. 39.25 40.25 Sal, <5c i ruat tfed.Di3pcuaary6.so 7.00 Fraser Neave Pref.
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      205 2 PMOKE s 515 9 FROM TODAY! 11a.m. 1.45 4.00 6.30 9.30 p.m. €oes to Ca//ege PHONE 404 2 STARTS TODAY! 11 a.m. 1.45 4.00 6.30 9.30 p.m. VttRNER BROS' HAPpy-60-HUGGy MUSICAL! AO 11 7e Despite crowded hou-'-s on the last day of Sup rman at tin- ("apito! jhr season «nuid
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      409 2 ON THE 1 AIR BLUE NETWORK ENGLISH PROGRAMMES 10.00 a.m. News from hull. 1 tun pur; 10.05 (hive Down; 12.00 Programme* In Malay. 1.00 p.m. The Radio Orchestra with a programme of Light Music: 1.30 Time Signal «v News; 1.45 Dante music by Franki* Carle Orchestra; 2.00 Close Down. COO
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    CITY FATHERS TO FIGHT S.I.T. RENTS
    425 3 I ABOUR and Progressives will join hands in the B*tt!e against allocation of houses and high rents 'omanded by the Singapore Improvement Trust. When the Municipal Commissioners met yesterlay fo*- their first meeting after the recent elections, the two party leaders in the Commission,
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    ARRESTED WHILE BOARDING BUS
    50 3 MALACCA Tuts.—Stopred oy a cU-ttctive just as m was about to board a bus for Tampin. a Hokkien. Tan Leong Yam. was found hav< in his possession pieces of opium weighing about two tahils. Tan pleaded guilty in couri and sentence was postponed to Dec. 13.
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    ILO INVITE COLONY TO TALKS
    174 3 SINGAPORE has been invited to send delegate? to the .-ocond Asian Regional Conference of the International Labour Organisation in Ceylon, from Jan. 10 to 2S. Asian manpower problems and organisation, technical training facilities for workers; development of the cooperative movement ana workers* welfare facilities, are
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    SENTENCE IN RICE THEFT NOT EXCESSIVE
    95 3 Th- Cruet Justice. Mr. Murr ay Aynsley. yesterday confirmed me Police Cour sentence of two years* gaol imposed on Son Kak Took for The theft of 1.500 katties of rice from a lighter on Seotember 13 last. The rice which belonged to Harper Gilnllan
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    Number Of Voters A Disappointment
    261 3 THE Deputy Municipal President, Mr. T. P. F. Mc--1 Neiee expressed disappointment at the small number of registered voters in the Singapore Municipal elections, when Municipal flupovlso: of Elections, Mr. i.c' BjflW .dong the Munieit.af Secretary, Mr. T. M. Stevens who waa Returning DfficeJ and
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    RURAL HOARD MEET
    25 3 The next monthly meeting ot the Rural Board will be held on Thursday. Dec. 15 at the Land Office, at 10 a.m.
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    Prize 'Ship' Goes Back
    178 3 Rear-Admiral C. Farqu har-Smith I retired) Royal Australian Navy, <61>, who took over the 9.787-ton Lloyd Trestino cargo-pas-senger liner Remo, in his capacity as Naval Officer-In-Charge. West Australia, at Fremantle. two days after Italy entered tne war. served In the Remo as First Officer "to see
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    Housing Basic To Social Behaviour
    313 3 jJOUSING is a subject much more suitable for action than for words, according to Mr. T. r\ P. McNeice, Deputy President. Singapore Muiucipality, who. yesterday, opened the U.S. Housing Kxhibit Hi the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. For those who live in Singapore, he felt, it
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    SIX WEEKS GAOL FCR TEN CENTS
    137 3 Chan Peng Kwcv a Blnj pcre Tract' >n Company bu I conductor as sectĕbccd t> weeks' hard UUfottr I•• tne Second Police Magistrate yesterday a iter lie was tound guilty of breach of trust of 10 cents. Chua. defended by Mr. Mark Mortison. filed
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    T-B CASES TOUCHED PEAK LAST MONTH
    182 3 THE peak in the number of cases treated and X- rayed in the SAT A clinic was reached last month I when the figure of 2.027 ex- ceeded by 134 the August total which was the high- c.st since thy inception of the clinic
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    MR. C. DEN HOLLANDER
    37 3 The Officer Aaministertng the Government has been pleased to reeogniS" Monsieur C. den Hollander as Net norlands Consul in Singapore with jurisdiction in the States of the Federation of Malaya. Sarawak and Brunei.
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    Crown To Clear A Doubt
    149 3 Yeo Hoy Slew, a lorry owner, under a fine ol $500 and one month's sftnpfc imprisonment on a charge 1 Of permitting one Tan An Seng to use one of his lorries when its insurance poI.cy was not in force, appealed against the sentence in
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    DEFEATED VICTOR
    643 4 THE recent peace offensive in the United Nations 1 General Assembly has, as usual, ended mderisivelv. It is still: "No war, no peace and God help us all!" The gentlemen whose business it is to talk of peace came crowned with haloes which were invisible to all eyes
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    WE ARE BEHIND ENEMY LINES AND WATCH BUT FOR TROUBLE
    3397 4  -  EASTERN APPROACHES -19 U> FITZROY MACLEAN IB"""""" THE next tew days were taken up with drawing stores, with tommy-gun and pistol practice, and Witt other last-minute preparations. It was not easy to stay. off the well-meaning curiosity of out friends
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    Kial— the man between
    150 5 MR. G. H. Kiat tlndpt. East) in the reshuffle of seats nt the Municipal Commission aftei the 1 cc tit election found lie wis the fourteenth man. When the Commissi oners held. their first formal meeting. He brought a roar from the house when he said
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    THREE BANDITS KILLED, 5 HIT
    325 5 10 Police Againt 60 Reds THREE bandits were killed and five bandits seriously wounded in a two-hour heavy battle between a 10-man Police jungle squad and a gang of (50 bandits in the Bahan area. The Police suffered heavy casualties. The lancecorooral, who led the
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    C-G's TRIBUTE AT RELIGIOUS MEETING
    87 5 A mission of most noble purpose is how the Commis- loner-Genetal. Mi. Malcolm Mac Donald described the Inter ReUgioua Organisacion of Singapore and Johore. when he presided at last night's meeting at the Victoti? Memorial Hall. The Organisation, he pointed out, had brought together many
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    NEVER TOO LATE TO LEARN
    93 5 The 2.00u Malay fisher folk in Puiau Tekong will have their first Malay school, after more than 6u years. Situated in Kampong Pasir. tne school will be officially opened by the Director of Education, Mr. A. W. Frisby. on Dec. 19. lnche Hassan Maskam. secretary
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    SIR ALEC ON DUTIES OF FED. CITIZENSHIP
    496 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. JHE responsibilities and privileges which attach to Federal citizenship were denned by Sir Alec Newboult, Chief Secretary to the Government of the Federation, today. Federal citizens, he said, had, as far as possible, the privileges accorded by most other countries
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    BETTER HARVEST
    24 5 Yvitn harvesting of early planted padi already begun a better harvest is expected this season, states the Trengganu Crop Report for November.
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    Ban On Sarawak Youth Body
    184 5 THE I'ersatuan Pcmuda Mclayu (Malay Youth movement) in Saraawak and all its branches have been declared an unlawful society. Yesterday another nine people were arrested in connection with the recent attack made upon the Governor of Sarawak. The two assailants Rodi bin Dobic and Mohidi
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    WANTED—BIRD IMITATOR
    48 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed -Someone who can imitate Malayan Birds well enough to tool the listeners is required by the Schools Division of the Department of Broadcasting tor several programmes in a New Nature Study series, to be broadcast to English. Chinese and Malay Schools next term.
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    Welfare Week Nets $150,000 For Council
    338 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. The Central Wei "fare Council has collected more than $150,000 during the recent Welfare Week. This was announced by the chairman, Lady Newboult. at a meeting held today. The following are the contributions: 562K93 05; Johore £46.668.31; Kedah $17.663.02; Maiacea $15,933:
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    311 THUGS HAVE SURRENDERED
    364 5 949 BANDITS SLAIN IN review of bandit toll, Mr. W. N. Gray, Comm!> sioner of Police for the Federation, said that 94P bandits have been killed and 560 bandits captured by security forces since the beginning 1 of the Emergency (July, 1948) up till the end
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    WOUNDED MEN GOT AID
    144 5 THE soldiers who were "/ounded in the ambush on Oct. 20 at the 42 mile Jerantut Road were given every possible attention. This was stated hy a military spokesman who was asked if it had not been possible to give first aid to the wounded men
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    STRONG FINISHES, BIG DIVIDENDS AT IPOH
    1864 6  -  CAROL IK A PAYS $189 By ALBERT SPENCER The* Man with 2,000 Winners. IPOH, Wednesday. A STIRRING finish between four horses, Carolina, Lusan Maid, Chastity and Golden Gate, who passed the winning post in a line in the last nice, provided a fitting ending
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    BIG SWEEP RESULTS
    61 6 TOTAL POOL: $320,280. FIRST PRIZE No. *****2 ($99,001). SECOND PRIZE No. *****7 W,54a). THIRD PRIZE No. *****0 (#*-4.774). STARTERS ($2,752 each): ******, *****4, *****3, *****2, *****2, ***** > *****2,*****2, *****3. CON SOLATION S ($1,000 oach)i: *****8, *****4, *****9, *****5, *****1, *****0. *****2, *****3, *****9, *****0. DOUBLE TOTES:
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    MALAYAN ARCHERY C'SHIP NEXT YEAR
    174 6 4 MALAYAN archery championship will be held for the first time in Malaya ne*t year with a view to prepare Malayan archers for future pai ;iclpati« n in competitions organised by the Grand National Archery Association Of Britain and other allied National bodies. Tho Malayan
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    MCRC Wins Yeow Kim Shield
    153 6 MALACCA. Wtd. The Malarca Chiuese Rer.-ifation Club annexed the Yeow Kirn Shield when they beat the Malay ?por'» Association by the odd i.oul in live on Tnesda>. The Chinese led three-nil ai rh. interval. We* Thiam scored two and Tarn Chee Lim ne. on the
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    Koren Steals Show S.C.C. Beat Navy 23-3
    329 7 QUADRANGULAR RUGBY l/OREN, the Singapore Cricket Club's anchor, stole the show in the Quadrangular Rugby competition match on the Padang yesterday, when he con\erted four penalty kicks and a try—scoring 14 tM»iiits out of the Club's total of 23 against the Royal Navy
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    JUNIORS BEAT MONK'S HILL B.P. 4-3
    123 7 In a return match <>f hadminton on Sunday, Junioi Badminton Party defatted the Monk's Hill Badminton Party by tour games to three. (Results Junior player mentioned first». .Single*: Tan Chye Toon lost Tan Kirn Tcek 10-15. 15-10, 11-15: Clarence Loh lost Goh Tlaiii: Seng
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    Games Board Reduces Qualifying Standard
    141 7 SAW PAX'S CaSE THE S.O.S.C. Board Control (Games) de--1 tided at an emergency meeting held yester das to recommend to the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council that Thong Saw Pak be included in the Malayan contingent to the British Empire Games to be held in
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    MANDARIN SONG DOES WINNING GALLOP
    182 7  -  TRACK WORK FOR LAST DAY OF IPOH RACES By ALBERT SPENCER The Man with 2,000 Winners. IPOH, Thursday. MANDARIN Song (Ayres) did a winning gallop this morning when he ran the last two furlongs in the smart time of 2514 seconds. Work was done 011
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    MALACCA XI V. NEGRI
    75 7 MALACCA. Wed. Tho sauir side tliat beat Perak one-nil recently wi'l represent Malacca against Negri at serenihaii on Saturda\. The tram to travel down to Sereniban will be: K. N". Miller; P. S. M. Dew. D. Ilendron": Tan Cfcee IJm. Robert F<»o, |1. s <juerah; •L
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    RANGERS WIN
    31 7 The Town Rangers XI beat tho Municipal Stores and Workshops XI by four goals to nii at hockey at Farrer Park yesterday. Scorers were Buhram. Ishnin (2) and JafTar.
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    'Fixed Fight': Williams Fined $500
    118 7 U.P. I»HII. \T)K!.PHIA. Wed.—World lightweight Pm Williams was lined I ssnuo and ordered to make a written apology lor his state men. lo the press before Monday night's defence against. Fred Dawson that the light was "fixed." Williams told reporters that he had received a
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    SOCCER, RUGBY RESULTS
    38 7 A.P. LONDON. Wed. Today s football results: Royal Navy 1. Football Association XI 4. Rugby Union County Championships: Kent 18 points. Sussex 0. Other matches: United Services Portsmouth 21 Royal Marine Corps 5.— t A.P.
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    BARNA PLAYED 1,000 GAMES DURING TOUR
    82 7 Reuter. LONDON, Wed. Victor B trna, world champion doobh s table tennis player. tLw into London today after p.aying a thousand games ln New Zealand. Australia, Ceylon and India. Barna. with Richard Bcrgmann, competed against the champions of all the countries, winning every match.
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    PATERSON FOR JOHANNESBURG
    58 7 A.P. PRESTWICK. Wed.—Jackie Paterson of Glasgow, tho former World Flyweight Champion left by plane today for Johannesburg. He will meet Vie Toweel. the new Empire Bantamweight Champion in a tenround non-title flght late next week. Paterson started the trip last week, but had to turn back at
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    INNINGS WIN FOR AUSSIES
    63 7 Reuter. WELLINGTON, CAPE PROVINCE, Wed. -The Aus-t'-alian touring team won t'lcir two-day match against Western Province countty districts hy tx\ Innings and 61 runs today. County districts were ad cut in their second innings t. uay tor 163. Yesterday they made 96 in their first innings
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    ENGLISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES
    161 7 Reuter. LONDON. Wed. Following am football fixtures lor SaiurKNGLKSH LEAGUE FIRST DIVISION Villa v. Birmingham, jjlarkpool v. Stoke. Oharlton v. Derby. Evert/oh v. Sunderland. Finham v. Manchester U. Huddersfleld v. Liverpool. Manchtster C. v. Wc»t Brom. a. Middlesbrough v. Burnley. Newcastle v. Chelaea. Portsmouth v. Arsenal. Wolverhamptoa
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    Press Club XI Shock Confident SCC Women
    231 7 A 10-MAN team from the International Press Club of Singapore shocked a confident S.C.C. Women's team by beating team by six goals to three at hockey on the Padang yesterday. Several flayers who made up the Press team on paper did not arrive
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    BATSMEN TRIUMPH IN DRAWN MATCH
    105 7 KARACHI, Wednesday. THE C< mmomvealth touring team today played Pakistan Universities to a draw in the r las match in Pakistan, a game m uhich batsmen triumpned. i Though a draw seemed inevitable last night, a large crowd turned up this morning to watch the
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    Scoreboard
    117 7 Reuter. AUSTRALIANS FIRST INNINGS: 313 for five declared COUNTRY DISTRICTS Ist. INNINGS: 96 COUNRY DISTRICTS 2nd INNINGS: Wood c Harvey b Noblet 11 Poweii c Langley b Walker .1 Walker Xt Langley b >l«' r (>i ris ~3 Kennedy c Morris b Mc Cool 14 Tannant Ibw Walker 30
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    PAKISTAN TENNIS RESULTS
    125 7 Reuter. LAHORE. Wed. Outstanding results in tne Pakistan lawn tennis championships when play resumed today were: mens singles second round Gardini. Italy, beat Aft an dilian. Persia. 6-3. 7-5. THIRD ROUND: Pedro Masip, Spain- beat Razi. Pakistan. 6-4. 6-1. Heraldo Weiss. Argentine. beat Mansue Ul Haz. Pakistan.
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    GHQ Farelf Beat Police 27-10
    144 7 GH.Q.. FAR ELF defeated a Police team by 27 points (three goals, four tries* to 10 points (two goalr i in a friendly soccer match played at Thomson Road ground yesterday. A 1 the interval the Army turn led 13-10. 0 In the second session,
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    LORD DERBY CHANGES TRAINER
    108 7 A.P. NEWMARKET, Wed.—Lord Derby, one of England's leading race horse owners, said today that he is changing trainers. Walters Earl has trainer 1 for Lord Derby and his late grandfather since 10HS. He had been seriously ill foi several months hut was expected tc resume his
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    STRONG RALLY BY CHINESE v. HOTSPURS
    81 7 DOWN four goals in the first half, the Chinese \ssociation "A" XI rallied well to score three goals in the second half when they met the Hotspurs XI in a soccer friendly yesterday. Highlights of the game was the performance of Hoi Meng who
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    Likely 'Invaders' For Australian Golf
    117 7 Reuter-AAP. SYDNEY, Wed. U lessional tournaments WW British match-play champion Dai Rees is expected here in March, a fortmgnt before the 72-old McWUliams Wine toiirnament This came? £A 2,500 piiic money. Another British player, Max Faulkner, who was second in the British professional averagea tin-
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      54 7 <THLY KAYOK by Sam I vSS rairMtutil WHA hoppen,>lW w/.it, ■j.j.r, T^C-T~ N s,- 1 ISA *r e ,t ***r V CWifF-DiDJA GOT > p;CHT SICABSg rs ,/A5 Af.-J.0... Iv.SJAf >;•! i.ASVtT LAO YOtl STUCK BY ftIIITTEK! <r> SUOD6NLY REMEVBrR/ JIMMY ALL V J.MV.V .sCHLY !5 A HJ©!: HE SCA-V.*!
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    CHIANG PREPARES TO DEFEND FORMOSA
    190 8 Refugees, Formosans To Be Called'Up U.P. and A.P. HONGKONG, THE Nationalist Government P™**™* reported details of a r^ aU JP^IS. eat in southwest China ftt f t 5E£ m„ Kid tho R >ds oncirc'ed MM cut to PL hree ennrc elisions and th- talk of
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    LI REGRETS HE HAD TO LEAVE
    151 8 U.P. SAN FRANCISCO. Wed. ACTING President Ui Tsung-jen of China arrived in the United States yesterday and announced that he will be "coniDcUcd to decline all official hospitality" until after his hospitalization for the treatment of a gastric disorder. Appearing tired after his long
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    FAROUK MAY RE-WED
    21 8 U.P. LONDON, Wed. Report > from the Middle East indicate that Ring Farouk of Bgynt may ninar 17 seen.—UJP.
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    25 RESIGN
    27 8 Reuter. BOMBAY. Wed Twenty five members of the Bomba> provincial legislature resigned today demanding UnSaedtab formation of a new province •on a linguistic basis. Reuter
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    Chifley Says, 'I Am No Money-Lender'
    151 8 U.P. Sydney. Wednesday, L-UJObRITE Prime Minister Joseph Chifley tonight denied his political foe's charge that he had soaked the poor durum depression by charans them exhorbitant interest rates for small loans. Independent Labourite John Lang had charged in a political speech that Chifloy collected
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    VODKA FOR Mr. ROMULO
    64 8 U.P. FLUSHING, Wed.—Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vyshinsky. in a rare farewell gesture, sent a gift of cavier and vodka te Assembly President Carlos Romulo. He also sent a box of roses to Mrs. Itoinulo. Vyshinsky left aboard the liner America. The four boxes of caviar and
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    H.K. Dollar
    93 8 Reuter. HONGKONG VV.cd.—The Hongkong dollar has boon banned from circulation in Canton as from today, according to a Chinese financier who said that he was advised to this effect over the radio telephone. Currency regulations promulgated in Canton today were: 1. Hongkong dollar;-, arc not lo be allowed
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    BID TO STAY STRIEF
    27 8 U.P. WASHINGTON, Wed. The Government today made a new bid to head off a threatened maritime stiike on the East and Gulf coasts.—U.P.
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    HIROHITO'S LOSS
    20 8 A.P. TOKYO. Wed. A theft of 150.000 yen from Empetoi Hirohito's household account was discovered tins morning. A.P.
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    Farmer Rebels Obey Police; Quit Land
    191 8 Reuter. ROME, WulTHdiJ ITAJJA.N peasant "rebels" bowed to police orders today and began a largescale retreat from thousands of acres of land which they had Hind in the Rome province in the past five dam. Only a few ignored the orders of the armed
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    Mr. and Mrs. Ho Fook Kee pictured after their wedding on Tuesday. Mr. Ho is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Ho Chuu MfiiKt Thf hritlr, formerly Ml* Tan I wJ» Km-I, * r|«l.«! dmiichlrr »1 Mr. *nd Mr». Tm Klfrr CW.
    43 8 Mr. and Mrs. Ho Fook Kee pictured after their wedding on Tuesday. Mr. Ho is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Ho Chuu MfiiKt Thf hritlr, formerly Ml* Tan I wJ» Km-I, r |«l.«! dmiichlrr »1 Mr. *nd Mr». Tm Klfrr CW.
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    N. Korea May Free Americans; Three Ships Race To Ward
    296 8 A.P. WASHINGTON. Wednesday A North Korean broadcast brightened offrutl A hope today that a pair of Am-ricans held by CommunUiU there for two months may follow rj s Consul Gen >ral Angus Ward to freedom. As The Stat° Department awaited
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    Replaces Simon
    33 8 Simon, black and white sliip«* eat of the Itriti'di frigate An>e|h\>t. wh<> Bad Quarantine, will iMVe a BSSCr,.v«,i>r Simon II aboVe). Simon Has SfMHSadi I thr»n-innnth>-old kftttßß has jciiu-rt tbe ship.
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    U.K. May Recognise Communists Next Week
    81 8 U.P. LONDON, W<:d.- InfoiiiM-i wmroca .said today that tne announcement of British r< cognition of tho Communist Chinese regime at Peking may confc as early as next week. They said a decision on t recognition had hecn "ln principle" by the British cabinet but
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    'NO POWER IN SIGHT TO SMASH CHINA REDS'
    267 8 Reuter. BANGKOK, Wednesday. T\}[ S. C. Leung, who for 40 years supervised the YCA work in China told the East Asian Christian Conference in Bangkok today that "the Core, munist regime had come to stay in China ami that Christians were compelled
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    Aluminium Prospects In Malaya
    252 8 THF, average town dweller in the l ar Eas< is not a ware of the vast and important iui»- played by aluvainJusn in the construct ion of nt! t>pee of corrugated roofing and gleans;, used on robber estates, tin ■HUMS and various Industrie?. Mr. Dunkunt, Manager
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    WOULD REGIME
    34 8 LAKE SUCCFSS. Wed. Hie United Nations special Political Committee today voted by 35 in favour. 13 against, and 18 abstentions to place Jerusalem under an international regime governed by the United Nations.
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    Housing Trouble For H.K. Troops
    65 8 LONDON. Wed WAR Minister Mi. Emmanuel Shinwcil tohl Parliament that every possible measure was being takes to provide more mairicd quarters for army personnel in Hongkong. Conservative M. C. Hoilej asked Shinwcil whether he was aware of the hardships caused by the shortage of married
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    WHAT'S ON TODAY GENERAL
    186 8 Y.W.C.A.: 6, Rallies Town* ime: \g. 3 p.m. -II MOU (IIAHIlKU OK COMMERCE. jvcond ori;»:i isatKiial meeting to apprj/i tin- drift constitution cna by la\*f>. Washington v*fe. I't-s n-nii Kot'l. h.lo o.rti. K I Mt AC H K I MUl-ri'.N VOL1H OtWll.. t it <ur< <•-
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    CINEMA
    175 8 CATHAY: ''Romeo ai"1 J'-' 11 with Kurnian Shearer and L* Howard at 11 a.m., 1.45. 4.U\ 6.45. and 9.30 p.nfc CAPITOL.: "Mr. (Joes to College" with _Shirle> Temple at 11 a.m.. 1.4». 4.w. 6.30 and 9.30 p.m. HEX: "(me Sunday Afte.nooi. «■•»11 Dennis Morgan at It, 1.4«>. 4.(10. 6.30
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    SPORT
    29 8 ItLUBY: KAF Seletar Police at Seletar. Victoria bihw". Pa.st. V. Pre ml. t HOCKEY: Sin^^rr y SCO pudang. RAF < v GHVi Tanglin. SHC WhiP BOD A" at SRC.
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    LONDON SHARES
    117 8 Reuter. IjONDON. w»«i. rr.**un British funds continued and price* showed losses ji ."> Mm per < <#il. Bear sellinp was ■£7'"' 1 T 1 1 i by som- Ulf"UU* 2f beand althousrh th. aa. came steadier la stages tht undertone t" im rrtam. i Most of the other
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