Malaya Tribune, 19 December 1949

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    61 1 MALAYA Tribune PEOPIJ FOR THE PEOPLE Tet Tnbune" S'por, LARGER SALES THAN ANY AFTERNOON PAPER /A/ r\LAYA Phone 3811/3 Nina Una rubliahea simultaneously at Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh and Penang EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1949 PRICE TEN CENTS THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE E Maurice Glover, Malaya Tribune
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    CINDERELLA
    43 1 i A scene from Cin--1 drrclla' a pantomine at the X'inas party held y i this week-end at the j W.O.s and Sergeants S Mess. Gillman Barracks, I i Miss Trudy Lockhart J who is seen above, was J the principal boy.
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    MORE PAY FOR THOSE WHO WORK HARD
    273 1 INCOME TAX RATES MAY BE REVISED, SAYS SHAWCROSS A.P. BRIGHTON. Sunday.---Attorney General Sir Hartley Shawcross, urged today that higher wages be paid to efficient producers in industry. He suggested also income tax rates might be received to be reviewed to permit the productive
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    DETERMINED
    21 1 TOKYO. Sun. Sakiko Yoshida 125) last night succeeded in her seventn suicide attempt. She took an overdose of sleeping medicine.
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    NOT WANTED
    22 1 Reuter. MADRAS. Sun. Indian Governor-General Chakravat Rajagopalachari said he did not want to be first president of the Indian Republic.—Reuter.
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    REFUGEE SHIP BREAKS DOWN IN MID-OCEAN
    98 1 Reuter. PERTH. Sun. —The International Refugee Organlsat mi'? 13.399 ton ship Anna S.Jen, hound for Australia Naples with 1.570 dispiaci i persons, has broken down in tho Indian Ocean Reports reaching here today said the ship had taken in tow by another IRQ vessel,
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    WATER STILL SHRINKING
    56 1 U.P. NEW YORK, Sun.—The city's water reserves continued to shrink today as the weatherman predicted some rain but not much in the New York watershed. Water Department officials pan to study supply and weather conduions tor a few days before deciding whether to call foi another "waterless"
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    CHINESE WANT $50 MILLION 'GIFT' RETURNED
    131 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun The Associate Chinese Chambers ©f C«Hnt»c*cc »t a m»* l ing held today d«*ided ask the Governments of tho Federation and Singapoie to request the Japanese Government to refund the $50.000.000 taken from Malayan Chmese during the Japanese occupation as a
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    16 Pages Tomorrow
    53 1 TIIF Malaya Tribune will again be 1« pages tomorrow. It will include another Christmas shopping guide to hetter buys. There are oniy a few days left to Christ ma*. Make sure of getting your copy by ordering from your newsagent or newsvendor, or from the Tribune Circulation
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    CALWELL WILL HELP IF...
    91 1 A.P. MELBOURNE. Sun -Outgoing Minister of Immigration, Arthur Calwell. said the Australian government would helo women who had married Malays, Indonesians and others to return to Austialia. provided they 01 their parents undertook to repay then fares Commenting on cabled report* from Singapore, that Australian women
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    STRIKE CALL IN S. AFRICA
    69 1 Reuter. BLOEMFONTEIN, Sun. One-day strike of nati •/<■.<■ throughout South Africa wli be called at some, future late to protest against apartheid (racial segregation) fnd white domination, the African National Congress decided it te the close of its conference here today. The conference also deenleo
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    CASE BUILT UP SLIP BY SLIP
    142 1 A.P. MELBOURNE. Sun. -Slip by slip. Constable Watson built up a case in Camberwell Court against Alan Lee. Slip after slip was handed to the judge as Watson told of his call upon Lee. When Lee opened the door, Watson said, "How do you
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    REDS BREAK INTO LIUCHOW
    322 1 Kwangchowan Has Fallen Reuter and U.P HONGKONG, Sunday. THE big Liuchow Peninsula port of Kwangciiowan apparently has fallen to the Com munists. Crewmen aboard the motor junk, Tai Nin, which arrived from Kwangchowan, said Chinese Communists were swarming around the outskirts of the city just before
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    RED CHINA HAS BIG BUDGET DEFICIT
    96 1 Reuter. HONGKONG. Sun. The Chinese People's Government In Peking faces a budget deficit equivalent 10 approximately U*****.000.000. according to a Chinese report. The report said the Communist authorities will attempt to cover this deficit by issuing "peoples victory bonds" which are exexpected to bring
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    'HONOURABLE' BANQUET FOR WARD'S CATS
    82 1 U.P. TOKYO. Sun.—Mrs. Tosmko Uchiyama, wife of the (Jovernor of the Kanagana prefecture, said that she was preparing an 'nonouraoic banquet' 1 for Mrs. Angus Ward's four cats which are scheduled to arrive In Japan with the Ward party on Monday. She said that as
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    MAN DIES IN FRESH NIGERIAN RIOTS
    130 1 Reuter. LAGOS, Sunday. ANE man was killed, a number injured and tjje market in the vl\\W of Inpai Ikanon in the Provinces of burned down when ™m£™™e Et* tribe attacked the village today. The two tnoes nave neeu enemies for over 50 years. Meanwhile
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    RELATIONS CUT
    24 1 Reuter. TAIPEH, Sun —The Chinese National Government today severed diplomatic relations with Burma following Burmese recognition of the Chinese Communists yesterday.— Reuter.
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    UN will deal with Kashmir dispute by direct talks
    261 1 Reuter. LONDON, Sunday. YESTERDAY'S decision of the United Nations 1 Security Council to deal with the Kashmir dispute through informal negotiations between the president of the Council and India and Pakistan is regarded in London as the most constructive approach to
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    SIR HUGH IS IN AUSTRALIA
    56 1 A.P. SYDNEY, Sun. The newlyappointed Commander -in Chief of R.A.F. Bomber Command. Sir Hugh Lloyd, arnvcd in Sydney today He is on five weeks' holiday in Australia before taking up his new post in London. For the last two years. Sir Hugh has been Command-er-in-Chief
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    lueriuaii Itt'tK Form Anti-Sialin Party
    129 1 lueriuaii Itt'tK Form AntiSialin Party STOP PRESS Reuter. BERLIN, Sun. —Germans, said to in; me present and former Communists, met in Berlin toda> to found an antiStalinist "independent Labour Party of Germany," it was reported here tonight. lhe constituent meeting, heltl in the I Tench st etor, v. :is attended
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    II Hnndit Suspvvts (aptfu r€*cl
    74 1 Kota Tinggi. Today. large combined military and police force carried out a sudden raid on the Endau Settlement area yesterday and captured 11 bandit suspects. Bearing on the target area from several direction, the security forces cordoned off the area and then conducted a house
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    SUPPORT GOVT. CALL BY NEGRI RULER
    350 2 An exhortation to all his subjects to give full and positive co-operation to the Government, the Police and other Security Forces by making available to them all information, was made by the Yang diPertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan on Saturday when he addressed the
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    Chinese Journalists Graduate
    85 2 The Journalist Class run by the Chinese YMCA held its first graduation ceremony on Satur d a y afternoon at its Club-house nt 107 Selegie Road. Sixty-five students received their diplomas from Mrs. T. Y. Ma. wife of the Chinese Oonaul from Kuala Lumpur. About one third
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    6,200 MORE WORKLESS THIS YEAR
    84 2 Employment figures for labourers In both Government and commercial undertakings this year ending September had dropped by 6.200 compared with last year's. Last year's total employment figure was 117.906. This year's figure for corresponding period totalled only 111.706. a Labour Department Return shows. Biggest drop
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    FLEW 11.000 MILES TO MEET STRANGER
    138 2 c a* W Eleven thousand miles of <listance \anished last week with the meeting of two women an American secretary and a Singapore Chinese mother. Miss Nan Lingle, Secretary to Ihe Dean of the Georgia Institute of Technology met Mrs. Syn Eng Kirn, whose
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    Registry Marriage
    26 2 Mr. and Mrs. Luke Mun Seng who -,\ere married at the Registry M Saturday The hrid.- was formerly Miss F ong Leu l heng.
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    Fishing Means £'s In UK., Pence Here
    227 2 THE value of modern methods in trade today is glaringly shown by the news that British deepsea fishermen are "in the money" just now, while their counterparts in Malaya eke out a precarious existence. Recently a t IWICI mate told the bankruptcy comt
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    DIPLOMAS FOR HOSPITAL STAFF
    129 2 This evening at the General Hospital, the following Nurses and Hospital Assistants of the General Medical Service will receive Certificates from Mrs. P.A.B. McKerron: M'ksk-s: Chay Kml B Tay Chee. Kg Ah Cheng, Lim En? T.»h. X- V,-,v Khen Ho Siok Ens, Woo Kami Eon*. Peck
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    ARMY CASUALTIES
    82 2 Tho Army operating in Ma'ava against tho bandits suffered 337 casualties 141 killed and 196 wounded since the beginning of the Ernei gency. An A? my Public Rclaticns preas statement leleascd last night disclosed that of those killed 22 were officers including Aye King's Gurkha Omens. To tost
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    Hawkers To Go Off The Streets
    218 2 THE hawker problem in Singapore has been receiving the careful attention of the Municipal Commissioners who feel that all hawkers should be taken off the streets and given suitable places to carry on their trade. In pursuance of this policy notices have been served
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    Penang A.C.S. Principal Ordained
    120 2 Led by Bishop Arthur J. Moore, six District Superintendents of the Methodist Annual Conference. Methodist Church, laid their hands on the only member Of the Conference who was ordained as Elder of the Church yesterday. The candidate was Dr. Ho Seng Ong. Principal of the Anglo-Chinese
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    MRS. McKERRON GETS PLEASANT SURPRISE
    69 2 Mrs. P. A. B. McKerron. wife the O.A.G. Singapore, had a pleasant surprise on Saturday night at the dance of the Eos Club of the Social Well are Department when the whole house stood up «o sing birthday greetings to her. Mr. Eames Hugh. Secretary
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    A BAPTISM
    36 2 Seven-month old Wesley John Peterson, infant soi. oi Dr. Herbert H. Peterson, principal of the AngloChinese School. Singapore, and Mrs. Peterson, was baptized at Wesley Church by •h Reverend Dr. Raymonc L. Archer yesterday.
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    127 MORE SOCIETIES SEEK APPROVAL
    143 2 The Registrar of Societies received during November 127 more applications from societies to be registered or exempted. These applications represented a total membership of 29.274. Seventy societies applied for registration and 57 for exemption. Fourteen were registered during November and the application of 14 others
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    FEDERATION TRADE UNIONS INCREASE
    72 2 The nu.nbcr of trade unions In Malaya increased during November at the end of which there were 169 organisations with a total membership of 42.322. In addition 17 unions with t.908 members are awaiting egistration. According to figures compiled by Mr. J. B. Prentis, the Registrar,
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    EVATT MAY SUCCEED TRYGVE LIE
    67 2 A.P. Lake Success. Sat. Dr. Herbet V. Evatt. Australian Foreign Minister, and Sir r?aniaswamt Mudaliar, of India, are named as possible successors to Trygve Lie to the US $10,000 a year post of Secretary General of the United Nations. There aro strong official hints, that
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    SELANGOR PLANS TO SETTLE 42,000 SQUATTERS
    217 3 KVJALA LUMPUR, Monday. jJCHEMES are at present being worked out to settle squatters in the Ulu Selangor and Kuala Lansrkat districts. This was revealed today by the Sultan of Selangor in his address at the'budget meeting of the State Council. The Sultan who was
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    Council Falls Out On 3 Issues
    174 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The Interim Joint Council which met recently here has failed to reach agreement on three outstanding proposals put forward by the employees, said a Government press release issued last night. The proposals were: 1. That the cost of living allowance oe
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    BOTTOM VIEW
    19 3 rfcis van skidded and overturned a* the corner of Rencooten StreH and llr a«. liasah Koad vesterda>
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    French Girl. Pole Say They Spied For France
    167 3 A.P. WROCLAW. POLAND. Sunday. A French girt and a voting Pole yesterday pleaded guilty before a military court here to charges of spying ;n behalf of France. They were Miss Yvonne Bassaler, 29, former secretary of the French Consulate in Warsaw, and
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    People Make Own Road And Ferry
    79 3 Tho people of Kampong Laut and Kampong Sungei Pinang have built their own road and ferry to link their market with the New District Head at Tumpat. Previously the only comrrunication between these places was by river boat and root path. The Kelantan Government
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    Bishop Tells 1,000: 'Don't Be Afraid'
    318 3 BISHOP Arthur J. Moore, D.D., LL.D., President of the Board of Mission and Church Extension. Methodist Church, yesterday delivered an inspiring sermon on "The Redemptive Mission Ot The Church" at the United Methodist Conference Service of Worship at the Victoria Memorial Hall. About a
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    KEENER BACK AFTER GLOBAL SALES JAUNT
    83 3 A.P. S\LEM. IHIO. Sun.—Sam Keener. Salem flying industrialist, returned from a round the world Bales iaunt in which he visited Z4 countries. Among them were Japan, Philippines and India. •The trip was very successful. Keener said. "There ,s an crying need for U* American
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    The 'Tiger' Says No To The Reds
    50 3 A.P. HONG KONG. Sun. Mi. Aw Boon Haw, wealthy Hongkong and Singapore publisher, said in an interview, he would ignore a Canton manufacturers' union notice, requesting him to raise Hongkong $350,000 as his quota ot a Hongkong 110.000,--000 loan demanded by the Communists.—A.l.
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    A general view of the guests a* the party i 1 given Mr. T. P. F. Me- I S Nelee depu*y president > [of the Municipality, at 1 ! the Municipal Hall on ? \ Saturday. J
    33 3 A general view of the guests a* the party i 1 given Mr. T. P. F. Me- I S Nelee depu*y president > [of the Municipality, at 1 the Municipal Hall on Saturday. J
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    KELANTAN TO ASK AID FROM FED.
    67 3 Kelantan is to ask for Ml additional allocation of $54,--000 for the extension of the Kota Bharu Water supply, for impairs to the Clv Kusial and Tanah Merah reads, and for the reconstruction of 1 nkalan Chepa and Sahok. The Report of the Select
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    NEW CONSUL
    27 3 A.P. HONG KONG. Sun. Sir Alexander Grantham, Governor of Hongkong. has recognised Lee Jung Bang as Consul General for Korea In this British Colony. —A.P.
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    Bandits Hold Bus, Stab Constable
    169 3 SEGAMAT, Sunday:—Four persons were wounded 0 by bandits during a daring bus hold-up at the 30th mile, Muar/Segamat Road yesterday The bandits blocked the road and stopped the bus They took a rifle from a Malay Special Constable, who was travelling in the bus and
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    ANTHONY BROOKE IS SORRY
    49 3 Reuter. Mr. Anthony Brooke, former Raja Muda (Crown Prince) of Sarawak, announced yesterday in London that the anti-cessionist Malay National Union of Sarawak has expressed "profound grief and concern" that Mr. Ducan Stewart should have died through an act ot violence by a Sarawak Malay.—Reuter.
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    SIR CHARLES CALLS FOR STUDY GROUP
    275 3 Things have changed in SEA Reuter. OIR Charles Brooke, last "White Rajah" of Sarawak, a former independent state in Northwest Born in London yesterday suggested the appointment ol a body which will study "the changed order in Easem affairs" following the British withdrawal from
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    STALIN'S GUEST
    529 4 TWENTY-two years ago a slim long-haired young man called Mao Tse-tung was entrusted with the task of reviving the flagging fortunes of the Chinese Communist Party. The Kuomintang-Communist alliance had coiiapsed and the white terror that followed drove the party underground. Its leaders. LI Li-san and Chu Chui-pei,
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    THE PARTISANS WAGED A STRANGE WAR
    3363 4  -  EASTERN APPROACHES -30 By BRIGADIER FITZROY MACLEAN M.P. THEN there was Marko, a Sorb whose real name was Aleksandcr Rankovic. (Now Minister of the Interior.* •Marko'. it seemed, was his conspiratorial code-name. And indeed, everything about him was conspiratorial. He had a way of
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    READ YOURSELF TO SLEEP
    632 5  -  By RICHARD KLEINER DR. James Bender never had any trouble sleeping in his life. Never, that is. until a few weeks ago when he lay awake worrying about the deadline for the book he was writing. The book which cost him his sleep is called, "How
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    The Main Thing Wrong With Womanhood...
    497 5  -  IK Hal Boyle A.P. THE main thing wrong with womanhood is women. A man who tries to do these forlorn daughters of Eve a favour is just a moon cad. It always backfires on him. Particulars is a mere man foolish to try to
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    MEET MISS EVERYTHING'
    388 5 DEMOCRATIC America has a passion for conferring titles on pretty girls. One who has practically been nominated "Miss Everything" is Margaret Phelan, an ex-choir singer and star songbird of the nation's supper club circuit. So far Miss Phelan, a Texas Irish lass with dark red hair and
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    THE TAXI DRIVER HAD AN IDEA
    771 5  -  U.S. NEWS LETTER By John Kerrigan AMERICANS last week celebrated the 158 th anniversary of the Bill of Rights, which guarantees citizens of the United States freedom of religion, speech, the press and assembly, the right to a fair and speedy trial by Jury
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    THE COST OF BEING AN EMPEROR
    318 5 A.P. IpVBR dream of becoming an i emperor? It is not as much fun as you would think. There is too much hard work involved. Take Emperor Haile Selaisse I. Lion of Judah. whose royal blood goes back to King Solomon and the Queen
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    Spore had big U.S. tin buyer
    368 6 LAST WEEK U.P. LONDON. Sun. Gains from a two-day "midweek boom iast week on the London tin market was largely effaced by Friday's close. But forward prices improved on the week's balance three months closing at £573 a ton, compared with €567 on Monday.
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    Puteh Tin Obstructed by bandits
    87 6 PUT EH TIN* DREDGING LIMITED completed the remov al and reconstruction of its dredge on tne new property at Semenvih during th« year end ed June 30. 1949. Trial runs were made, but local subv-i activities, made it impossible to reerull sufficient suitable labour to
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    Murai Tin Had Idle Year
    82 6 MURAI TIN LIMITED report for year ended June 30, 1949 COVen another year of inactivity at the mine, largely the result of banditry in the Beniony; area. Another consideration is the fact that additional capital or other sources of Hnance will be needed before the
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    Per ah River: 2 l/2fo Final
    75 6 PERAK RIVER VALLEY RUBBER COMPANY LIMITED made Del profit of $40,300 (9.60 per cent.) for the year ended September 30. 1949 atid a tinal dividend of 2i per cent, is recommended, making 71 per cent, for the year, compared with 15 per rent, last
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    BATU LINTANG: 5 PER CENT DIV.
    79 6 BATU LINTANO RUBBER COMPANY LIMITED showed net profit, excluding replanting expenditure, at $149,027 (15.2 pet aent) in year ended June 30. 1949 and a dividend of 5 par cent, is recommended, compared with 10 par cent, last year. Net liquid assets in balance sheet
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    GOOD BUSINESS DONE ON BETTER RUBBER PRICE
    735 6 SHARE MARKET LAST WEEK By Market Correspondent. THE maintenance of a strong market in the rubber commodity and a sharp reaction or. the local metal from the downward trend in tin provided the main interest in Malayan markets during the week, when a
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    RLEBER DOWN
    127 6 With London and New York lower, the rubber lommodiiv market on Saturday was easier and closed at halt a rent h.wer than on Friday. Clo«inir pruos in cei»ts per poend were: Buyers Seller* No. 1 RSS t'.p.b. Jan. 48 I 8 48 1 2 NV>. 2 RSS f.o.b.
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    PRODUCE MART
    54 6 Coffee was a firm mai ket on Saturday with saltern ai 1113 p-r picul for Rio No. 5 BX-KuyS and business done at Sill. Copia hands ;it $3*v. per picul i'.».b. Dec.-Jan. with buyers B1 $3»> and sellers at ?30l Coconut 0.l continued dull and inactive St S3B
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    ALBANIA SIGNS TRADE PACT
    63 6 A.P. LONDON. Sun. Hungary and Albania have signed a one-year trade agreement, the Soviet news agency. Tags, reported trom Budapest Saturday. No details were given. Albania began stepping up its trade with Russia and other Russian satellite countries 'after Yugoslavia was expelled from the Cominform in
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    Tin Producers Do Well —But There Are Worries Still
    478 6 A.P. OEVERAL companies mining tin in Malaya held their annual general meetings in London last week. The distribution of interim dividends by some of them prompted the Financial Times to comment that "producers are apparently faring satisfactorily now that the major
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    Tin Prices
    76 6 A.P. Tin pries dropped in S-'mua-pore on Sat unlay by $118 la a pi ice of $2S*i 7 8 per picul. 4 LONDON. Dec. 17. Tin prices tumbled still further in London la th* second day of reaction to a two-day midweek boom. Cash SfiC— fell £3 to
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    CALL FOR MORE STERLING OIL
    77 6 A.P. LONDON. Sun. An authoritative oil source said on Saturday Britain has suggested that oil companies import into the I'nited Kingdom more oil than can be paid for in sterling and less that must be paid tor in dollars. Talks have been in progress with
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    LEADERS OF ALL FOUR DIVISIONS FAIL TO WIN
    619 7 ANOTHER DEFEAT FOR LIVERPOOL Reuter. LONDON. Sunday. \OT one of the four divisional leaders won in today's league football programme. Liverpool and Notts County were beaten away, while Tottenham Hotspur and Doncaster Hovers dropped home points in games they were expected to
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    3 Rugger Trial Is In U.K.
    200 7 Reuter. LONDON. Sun.—England. Scotland and Wales all held Rugby Union trials yesterday. So well did everyone play in the second England trial at Gloucester that the selectors will be faced with a difficult task m choosing the team for the final trial. Probables defeated
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    S'pore Gun Club Win Again
    96 7 The Singapore Gun Club shot their way to victory for the second time against the Royal Johore International Club in an archery contest at Johore Bahru yesterday. In the Malayan Round. Singapore piled up 677 points against Johorc's 663. The outstanding individual score was put
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    Snead Is Top Money Spinner
    90 7 Reuter. NEW YORK. Sun—Sam Snead. United States Rydci Cup player, am; former British open champion, was today named by the PGA as the years top money winner. He was also awarded the Vardon trophy for his average of under 70 strokes for 73 18-hole rounds
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    BRITAIN'S TEAM 'RUN' & CYCLE' TO N. ZEALAND
    76 7 BRITAIN'S TEAM 'RUN' CYCLE' TO N. ZEALAND ON HOARD THE S.S. TAMAROA. Sun.—Britain's Empire Garnei athlete* started running and "cycling' to New Zealand when the Tamaroa winch sailed from Southampton yesterday, was only a f. w hours at sea. .lack Paterson. who will represent Scotland in the marathon, was out
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    HORSES DO SLOW WORK AT PENANG
    76 7 By ALBERT SPENCER (The Man with 2.000 Winn, rs) All horses which turned out for training this morning were confined to trotting anl cantering on the No Z grass track. Tomorrow morning will sec then doing fast work. A few outsta'.iun teams have arrived
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    MRS. MARTIN
    44 7 r. Martin wife of Mr. Martin, the racehorse trainer, who was operated upon at the Penang Hos pital last wees, is doing as well as could be expected. Mr. Martin wishes to thanks all those who visited his wife or sent messages.
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    UK TENNIS TEAM
    37 7 LONDON. Sun.—A sextette of Britain's leading lawn tennis players left by air today for Calcutta. They will play in the International Championships of Asia, opening there on Thursday and in three other Indian tournament.
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    SWEDES WIN
    29 7 A.P. ALEXANDRIA. Sun.—The Swedish Helsingberg Football Club beat a selection from Alexandria clubs by thiee goals to two today. Helsingberg led two one at half time. A.P.
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    Transport Centre Win Dreyer's Cup
    160 7 TRANSPORT Centre annexed the Dreyer's Cup when they beat the Pumping Station by live matches to nil in the Municipal Engineer's Department inter-sectional badminton final at the Raffles Institution Hall, yesterday. Mrs. G. Edmond gave away the Cup and prizes. The detail results are: (Transport
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    FRENCH TENNIS RANKINGS
    113 7 Reuter. PARIS. Sun.—Marcel Bernard was torlight rated as France's No. 1 player by the France Lawn Tennis Federation. Mmc Nelly Adamson was ranked No. 1 among the women players. Leading men's rankings were: 1 Marcel Bernard. 2 Robert Abdesselam.3 Paul Remy and Jacques Thomas (equal*. 5—J. Ducos
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    INDIA FACED WITH DEFEAT
    284 7 Reuter. BOMBAY, Sunday. J)EFEAT stared India in the face at the end of v the third day's play in the second Test at Brabolane Stadium when they were all out for 289 in 370 minutes—ls9 runs behind Commonwealth total of 448. The first Test was won
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    S.O.S.C. IS NOW FULLY RECOGNISED
    163 7 The Singapore Olympic Sports Council has just been put OB the permanent mailing list for the official Olympic News Bulletin, a full lecognition of Singapore's right to participate. Her part in the held of international sport is illustrated by the Christmas Greetings Cards received from
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    TOW EEL WINS
    32 7 Reuter. JOHANNESBURG. Sun. Vie Towell, British Empire and South African bantamweight champion, tonight beat former world flyweight champion Jackie Paterson of Glasgow on points over ten iounds here. —Reuter.
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    An all American Professional Foo*ball Conference all star team defeated the Cleveland Browns, Conference ( hanipions, 12 to V recently in the Shamrock Bawl ( haiit> game.—A.P.
    25 7 An all American Professional Foo*ball Conference all star team defeated the Cleveland Browns, Conference hanipions, 12 to V recently in the Shamrock Bawl haiit> game.—A.P.
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    JOLLILADS AND WESTERN DEPOT DRAW 2-2
    79 7 Jollilads Athletic Union football team drew 2 —2 with the Western Depot H. M. Naval Base team at the Railway ground Kampong Bahru yesterday. A large crowd saw the game. The first half was scorlesa, Jollilads opened scoring in the second half through Salahudin
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    AUSTRIAN XI DRAW
    24 7 U.P. > ma r?z3 ISTANBUL, Sun.—Austria's first Vienna football team played a 3-3 draw against a Turkish First League team here yesterday.—U.P.
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    5th GROUP SCOUTS' SPORTS RESULTS
    290 7 Scouts of the Fifth Singapore (St. Anthonys» Group held their second annual sports at St. Institution ground on Saturday Highlight of the (1 iv was the tent pitching went in which four senior patrols tc.uk part. Mitchell Patrol carri- i away the event with the
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    6,000 See Basketball Tournament
    160 7 SIX thousand people saw the opening game of the AH Malayan Basket championships" at the Happy World stadium last night. Eight men's and six women's teams fiom eight Malayan states participated in the competition, organised by the Singapore Chinese Amateur Athletic Federation. Mr. G. G. Thompson
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    S. Africa Names First Test Team
    109 7 Reuter. DURBAN, Sun. The South African cricket selectors have chosen the following team to meet Australia in the first Test at Johannesburg beginning on Christmas Eve. A. D. Nourse (Captain), O. Wynne, Eric Rowan. J. OksjO tham. W. Wade, J. Net, H. Tayfield, N.
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    DU MOULIN WINS TROPHY
    55 7 A.P. BRUSSELS. Sun. Belgium's trophy of sporting merit for 1949 was yesterday afternoon awarded to English Channel swimmer Fernand Dv Moulin. Dv Moulin was the first Belgian ever to swim the Channel. He did it in just over 23 hours with the aid of a bottle
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    Burma Increases Price Of Rice
    165 8 A.P. RANGOON, Sunday. A to six per cent increase in the price of Burmese rice next year due to crop shortage and high production costs caused by devaluation was announced yesterday by the Burmose Government. It said that the 195u freignt on board prices will
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    MECHANIC SENT TO GAOL
    59 8 Reuter. HONGKONG, Sun.-—Cho Kin, a mechanic employed by the Civil Air Transport, was today sentenced to two years imprisonment for causing malicious damage to one of the company's aircraft at Kai Tak aerodrome yestetday. Cho was one of those arrested when Chinese employees of the company
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    TROOPS PATROL BANGKOK
    224 8 Reuter. BANGKOK. Sun. Police j and military forces, armed j with machineguns and rifles, threw roadblocks across Bangkok's main thoroughfaros linking the city with the airport and principal military zones last night as rumours spread of tension over the Communist threat and of unrest imong the Siameee
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    PUNCH'S FINAL FLING
    126 8 U.P. BLACKPOOL. ENGLAND. Sun. -A three and a half ton elephant named Punch went berserk in a railway freight car here today. He wrecked the car and held up main line traffic for five hours befoie he was killed by soldiers with rifles and machine guns. Fifty-yeai-old
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    FIRST ENVOY TO U.S.I.
    30 8 A.P. MADRAS. Sun.-Dr. Sutbaroyan. 61. close follower of Governor-General Chakravarthy Rajagopalachari, has been appointed India's Ambassador to the United States of Indonesia, official ctBfXM disclosed yesterday.—A.P
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    Call To Aid S.E.A. Develop Resources
    183 8 A.P. SAN FRANCISCO. Sunday. DR Hubertus J. van Mook on Friday proposed an association of western democracies to help South East Asia. Speaking before the Commonwealth Club here, the former Acting Governor General of the Netherlands East Indies put forward a plan for the
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    LIBERTY: WARD'S BIRTHDAY GIFT
    70 8 U.P. ABOARD THE LAKELAND VICTORY. Sun. Angus Ward and his wife will end his freighter trip to freedom from Red China tomorrow morning on their 30th wedding anniversary. The American Consul General said the coincidence only occurred to mm Like many another husband with less alibi.
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    MENZIES ANNOUNCES NEW GOVT.
    325 8 Dame Lyons Is First Woman In Cabinet Reuter. CANBERRA, Sunday. MR. R G. Menzies, new Australian Prime Minister, tc iifflit jvinou. iced ITI his Lbieral Country Party coalition cabinet. Main posts were filled as follows: i'rcosurcv: M/. a. w. deaden (Country Party). External Affairs and External
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    HATTA IS PREMIER
    42 8 U.P. BATAVIA. Sun—Newlyelected Indonesian President Soekarno Ijas designated Republican Prcmior Mohammed Hatta to be Premier of the new United States of Indonesia and appointed four Inner Cabinet members wno will seloct the remaining Ministers, Radio Jog.iaka-ta said today CP.
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    POST-CRADUATE SPIVS COURSE
    67 8 Reuter. HONGKONG. S in. -Cantor authorities released 1.247 black matketecrs but 000 arc still in jail, according to a Chinese report from Canton, i Fortvtwo (42) of the black j marketeers are in custody for violating currency regulations. An unconfirmed report saia that people found guilty of
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    WHAT'S ON TODAY GENERAL
    123 8 METHODIST (HIKCH: Annual Conference. Field Committee Methodist Headquarters 3.30 p.m. EXHIBITION OF OIL, i'AINTINGS: By Continental Artists. Victoria The ft re Annexe 9 a.m. INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS ASX.M.: British Council. Centre. Stamford Road 6 p.m. PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES: Nurses. Hospital Assistants will receive certificates from Mrs. P.
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    CINEMA
    192 8 CATHAY: "Little WomaiV" with Peter Lawford and Julie Ally MM at 11. 1.45, 4.15. 6.45. and 9.30 p.m. CAPITOL: -The Gal Who look The WmI with Yvonne De Carlo. Charles Cnburn a"..d Scott Brady at 11. 1.45. 4.00. 6.30 and 9.30 p.m. PAVILION. "Christmas Holtday' with Deanna DurLun and
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    SPORT
    30 8 HOTKKY CARNIVAL: Singapore v. Selanuor. S.C.C. padanc 5 p.m. HASKETBALL: Inter State matches at Happy World (continued) from 6 p.m. KtT.RY: S.C.C. B v. Johorw English College on padan^.
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    BRITISH CENSORS' FINAL WARNING
    150 8 A.P. LONDON, Sunday. THE British Board of Film Censors sent the world a final warning yesterday that from now on films with a "basically sadistic theme" will be banned outright in Britain. "Sadism, rather than sex, has beeji the biggest headache in 1949." said the Watkins.
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    SHIRLEY'S X'MAS GESTURE
    54 8 U.P. HOLLYWOOD, Sun. Shirley Temple said today that she would be waiting ai Christmas for her ex-husband to visit her and their baby. The dimpled, fotmrr child star said John Agar was welcome any time to see their two-year-old Linda Susan. But neither of them would comment
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    Malaya House Opens
    37 8 The I>ii« hess of Kent who opened a club and hostel for Malayan students in London's Brvanston Square is welcomed by 2nd Lieutenant Ismail bin Haji Zainal of the Malay Regiment t*»e opening ceremony.
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    Dr. Soekarno Is Installed First President
    311 8 Reuter. JOGJAKARTA, Sunday.—Dr. Soekarno was yesterday formally installed as first President ot the United States of Indonesia rt a ceremony held in the Darbar Hall of the Palace of the Sultan of Jogjakarta. Before the swearing in ceremony, the gathering stood up to cbserve
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    THIS DOC. DISLIKES CLANSMEN
    152 8 U.P. ATLANTA, Sun. A wartime army surgeon, veteran ;f a Jap prison camp, today hang a 'restricted clientele' sign on his new low rent housing project. Dr. Albert Weinstein said that his apartments would be lented to "folks who understand the sermon on the mount, and
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    MORE RAIDS ON H.K. TAX PROBE
    78 8 Reuter. HONGKONG Sun Special investigations of th. Hongkong police carried out further raids on a number of firms believed to be mixed up in suspected tax collection irregularities. The offices of the Government's Inland Revenue Department were searched last Thursday and a number of
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    MOVE TO EASE QUARANTINE RESTRICTIONS
    95 8 U.P. GENEVA. Sun. An expert committee of the World Health Organisation approved a new convention on quaiantinc measures in international travel here yesterday. The reccommendation said. 'The time is not far distant when all pi'grims to Mecca will be able to travel by air to
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    TRANSFER
    36 8 Reuter. SAIGGN, Sun.-The French High Commissioner in Indochina, M. Leon Pignon, will hand ever power to rxEmperor Bao Dai. chief of the new state of Vietnam, at a ceremony to be held before Dec. 31.—Reuter.
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    COL. CLIFTON BROWN
    35 8 U.P. f/ONDON. Sun. —Cons, r vative Colonel D. CliftonBrown. 70. Speaker of Uh Commons since 1943, announced today he will retire from politics next year .ift'' r 32 years in Parliament. —U-P.
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    S'HAI PROCLAIMED ZONE OF DANGER'
    173 8 U.P. and A.P. WASHINGTON, Sunday. THE approaches to Shanghai were officially proclaimed a zone of danger' today, and all American shipping was warned to stay away, by the State Department. Department officials said that the warning does not amount to official recognition of the Nationalist
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    GOOD BARGAIN IS DECLINED
    48 8 A.P. SEATTLE, Sun. A Seattle pawnbroket who picked up US$4,OOO worth of cocaine for a US$2O 'oan turned it over to Federal Narcotics agents on Friday. It li surmised the cocaine was pawned in the suitcase to be picked up by another person. -A.P.
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