Malaya Tribune, 21 February 1950

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    64 1 MALAYA Tribune BY THB 1 PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Tel: Tribune" S*pcm LARGER SAlIS THAN ANY AFTEWOON PAPER IN MALAYA Phone 3811/3 N» Unm Published simultaneously at 8 ingapore, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh and Penang EIGHT PAGES. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1950 TEN CENTS. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE E Maurice
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    H.K. May Figure In Sino— U.K. Talks
    139 1 U.P. LONDON. Monday. THE hke'ihood of Hongkong being brought into tht forthcoming negotiations with Communist China have been here today following a Foreign Office announce- j ment that British Charge rf Affaires J. C. Hutchinson i ha? made his first contact j with
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    COLLISION
    24 1 A.P. COLOMBO. Mon. The P O i nor. Strathaird and the American cruiser. Steel Age, collided car'y this morning in Colombo hari our.—A.P.
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    'KALLANG A BEAUTY'
    155 1  -  SIR JOHN Tribune Staff Reporter IT'S a beauty.' sain Sir John Kotalawala. Ceylon Minister oi transport ana Works when he landed at the Kallang Airport this morning. He was referring to the airport building. Sir John was accompanied by P. Nadesan. Director of Aviation. Ceylon. A. T.
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    POLICE LEAVE CANCELLED IN S'PORE Interference By Red China Will Not Be Permitted
    700 1  -  McKenon Tribune Staff Reporter. 4IX Police leave in Singapore will be stopped and the Volunteer Special Con- st-bulprv will be called upon to work harder and longer as part of the fo!onv\ efforts to assist the Federation
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    ESTATES RAIDED
    29 1 Johorc Bahru. Today.— Thiec kongsi houses and two .-.noKonouses were completely burnt down when armed bandits raided two Chinese Estates near Johore Bahru and Rcngam last night.
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    INCREASED RATES
    27 1 A.P. HUNG KONG, Mon. Postage for domestic mails m Red China has been increased to 500 Communist dollars per 20 grams loi class mail. —A.P
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    Lions Roar At Labour Meeting
    97 1 A.P. CHATHAM, ENGLAND, Mon. Cut Denuty Prime Minister Herbert*Morrison was heckled by two lions during a campaign speech here last night. j The lions Bimbo and Mis- 1 tiguettee were asleep in their cages in the wing ot the Empire Theatre whe:. Morrison started to
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    20 PERCENT OF HO'S FOLLOWERS ARE REDS
    90 1 A.P. CAIGON, Monday. The Communist Party in IndoChina' has 21,000 members, an increase from 5,000 in 1948, French sources said today. They estimated this communist bloc makes up 20 per cent, of Ho's following. The rest are non-Cc .1munist nationalists, who may eventually
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    COMING HERE
    16 1 Reuter. MALTA. Mon. Countess Mountbatten left today for Hongkong, Malaya, Ceylon and Transjordan —Reuter.
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    'Stolen Kiss' Strike Ends
    117 1 U.P. Bethan>. Oklahoma. Mon.— The student strike that started when the Bethany High School basketball queen got a foi bidden kiss at her coronation may end today. Mrs. A. Norwood, Bethany principal, said phe thought the striking students, about 25. wculd return to classes after spending
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    ODDS ON TORIES DROP
    73 1 A.P. LONDON, Mon.—Gambling odds against a Conservative victory in Britain's national election dropped from 11 to 10 for a short time yesterday. Odds on a return of the Labour government to power toweied eight to 11. By 11.00 a.m., however, the price against the Conservatives was
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    Flying Round The World
    40 1 Squatting from left to right: Mr. G. H. W. Smith, (engineer), raptaln P. V. H Weenw, DSM R-idT (navigator), Lt. .>mm*nder George W. R. fcddins, USNR (co-pUot) Standing: 1... Commander George T. We mis, CSX, (pilot).
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    Cigarette Prices Up: £ Drop Blamed
    241 1 Cigarette Prices Up: Drop Blamed Tribune Staff Reporter. THE prices of many popular brands of cigarettes rose yesterday by ten to fifteen cents on the tin and one or two cents on the packet. The increases were announced by importers because stocks arriving now from the United Kingdom have been
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    4 MEN IN A TINY PLANE
    141 1 Tribune Pc porter SIXTY-YEAR-OLD, tall, rugged looking Captain P.V.H. Weems has found it great fun to fly all the way out heie in an aged tiny twinengined Rapidde aircraft from London. It all started when his son. Lt. Commander George T. Weems, USN, who
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    TIN: MARKET EASIER
    68 1 U.P. LONDON, Mon.—The tin market closed easier today though the turnover was better at 90 tons compared with only five tons at the morning session. Spot closed at £599% ana three months was down at £584%. The closing prices at the afternoon session were: Spot £599 buyers
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    OF MICE AND MEN
    167 1 A.P. Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Mon, —Atomic scientists are placing their hopes on 100,000 mice to find out the possib'e effects of radiation on the heredity of man. Forty thousand of these cheese eaters are already on the job in special laboratories to increase the colony to
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    European Unity: Big Factor In British Election
    375 1 Reuter. NEW YORK, Monday. VIEWS of the leaders of Britain's three main political parties on European unity were published here tonight, 48 hours before the people of their country go to the polls. Mr. Clement Attlee. the Prime Minister, said: "The British Government
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    Labour Gets Heady To t elebrale
    75 1 STOP PRESS Reuter. LONDON, Mon.—The Labour (Government) Party was today backing its faith in victory in Thursday's general election by laying on plans for elaborate London celebrations. At the same time a wave of optimism swept the Conservatives here tonight three days before polling.
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    10,000,000 TO STRIKE
    34 1 U.P. tfjutlO, Mon. A tour houi suuce oi some 10,000,--000 lawyers, doctors and pther professions'. men and shop•asiers is eaued tor on Wednesday in protest against tho mounting tax burden. U.P.
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    RUBBER SELLS AT 54¼ c
    62 2 Though there were no advices from London or New York the rubber commodity market was very steady yesterday with prices ruling at the following levels: Buyers Sellers No. 1 RSS f.o.b. Mar. 54i 54* No. 2 RSS f.o.b. Mar. 53J 535 No. 3 RSS f.o.b.
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    Tin Price
    16 2 SINGAPORE, Feb. »0: Tin pffal was $289-87!/, cent* per plcnl e.v-*odt>wn. Yd $0.12., cents.
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    Better Tone
    27 2 SINGAPORE, Feb. 20 With more buying <»rd*»rs for tin share* in MM markpt, th»* tone improved, but business continued to be on a tuna!! scale.
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    Share Quotations
    844 2 Singapore, Feb. 20. INDUSTRIALS Atlas Ice 11.90 12.25 xb„ xd Alex. Brick* Pref. 2.40 3.50 Ord. 2.20 2.25 8.8. Petrol 35/- 36 B.M. Trustee* 7.50 8.50 Con. Tin Smelt Pref. 21/3 22/8 Ord. 15/3 18/8 E. Utd. Assur. 39 25 40.25 Est. Trust Fed. Dispensary 6.50 7.00 Fraser
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    Siam Paddy Price Up As Rice Is Loaded For SEA
    136 2 Reuter-AAP. BANGKOK, Monday. rOMMENCEMENT of loading in Bangkok today of the first consignment of Siam rice for British Asian territories under the 1950 Siam-British rice agreement resulted in a sharp increase of rice trade activity. Failure to settle < ne
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    Along the godowns
    58 2 Longleeseot (44); Sirdhar.a v S); Waiwecang (41); 1 a.-.rtos (3f> 0): (86- Deroßshlre (33 I): -Java ease Macs (JJ 8) j Uaaee-n-.is (17 8); Serdang (ls» 'iu>; Teraate (98 i>. Iversn (25 KeSae (39 30;; ilvnavun (18 8) Retail (15); i. ateUM 113-4): Mata) a (11); ".'eiious—Sumatra
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    Coal Strike Hits Ford's
    74 2 A.P. CHICAGO. Mon.—Unless there is a major improvement in the coal situation, the Ford Motor Company probacy will have to cut down its heavy production programme, L.D. Crusoe, Ford Vice Presilent and General-Manager, said on Saturday. Ford has keyed up its operation for the heaviest output
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    $ PROBLEM MAY GO AGAIN TO WASHINGTON
    515 2 PROBLEM MAY GO AGAIN TO WASHINGTON U.P. WASHINGTON, Monday. THE British and their dollar problems may be back in Washington before many jnore months. This may cost the United States more than last autumn's round of dollar talks. At that time tne United States, Canada and Britain attacked the '"fringe"
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    The Cold Rubber Threat Again
    234 2 A.P. DETROIT, Mondj "THE U.S. rubber industry is inaepen i natural rubber, for passenger tyres Bffld gress is being made toward the perfection of a n synthetic truck tyres"-—these are the views oi o r Arthur Vy. Bull, Director of Tyre Developnur the United States
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    RUSSIAN BONDS BOOM IN WALL STREET
    79 2 A.P. NEW YORK. Mon linanclers in Wall g- believe that the big v Jur of buying for Pussian Bonds this week ana try sharp rise in their j ntf* arose from optimism that the U.S. and Russia v.cuia soon be on better i Over
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    PRODUCE MART
    61 2 Collee was a quiet market in Singapore yesterday with little trading resumed after the new year. SnuQ quantities changed hands at $142 and $141 per picul for Rio No. 5. There were further buyers and no aeJlers. There were no quotations in the market kr Rio No. 3
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    China Government Seeks U. S. Goods
    243 2 A.P. NEW YORK, Monday, f HINESE Communists arc carrying the ir tra.le offensive directly into American factories They are jumping over political barriers md bypassing established trade channels with a direc 4 mail appeal to American manufacturers and poiters for a vast array of
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    PEKING'S EXPORT TRADE RULES
    154 2 A.P. HONGKONG. M 0... IT a series of conferences in Peking, Communist policies covering production end export of hog bristles, cds and fi£fe, furs and skins for 1950 were announced. The government will control exports of hog bristles to "prevent producers from bring squeezed l>y the
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      40 2 NOW SHOWING 11 1.45 4 6.30 9.30. {DANNY JOl NEXT CHANGE' ST I! TKEM IN! 11 1.45 4 6.30 9-30 i v'lL Malay Film Production."RACHUN :®unia KASMA BOOTY SIPUT SERAWAK OSMAN GUM ANT 1 A Shaw Bros. Pgfc NEXT CHANGE!
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      386 2 BLUE NETWORK v M ,OdiP 0 S i- Tim Hindustani Fit. farad, ramus* programmes N ,;*i 4 M, S ,c I ln hft s irßa i nii; 1 10.00 a.m. New* from Kuala 2l by *I !< L aY Mu lc > fi > x dMhS nn" K VTiJ?^ l>
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    No More Raids On Hawkers
    91 3 THE Govern- j merit has appointed a j mission of Inquiry U> j VT into the hawker proWhile this Cornelssits. indiscriminate raids on lawfceti «m be called oil. An officiAl release las: stated that police Son will be confined to Ss of serious obstruction and
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    MOTORISTS BACK BID FOR FREE PE TROL
    169 3 SINGAPORE'S motorists have come out in strong support of Mr. John Laycock's motion in the Legislative Council to do away with petrol rationingMr. C. A. B. Starling, chairman of tho Singa- Committee of the Automobile Association of N uaya in a statement yesterday
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    SCHOOL ART SHOW MARKED FOR MAY
    91 3 Tho Singapore Art Poeicty will present tho Ninth IntoiScboo! Art Exhibition in May. in conjunction with the Colony's Education Week. Copies oi the Rules and Regulation?* for this Exhibition haw been circulated to all the schools on the Society's list. The principals of any
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    900 Clerks Vote For Federation
    101 3 I 1 THE 900-stiong Singapore Government Clerical Services Union has decided to join the proposed Federation of Unions of Singapore Government Employees. The decision was taken yesterday at the Union's extraordinary General Meeting, which authorised its Committee of Management to take the necessary steps. About
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    PICTURES MUST BE IN BY FRIDAY
    109 3 ARTISTS, who wish to exhibit pictures in tho Singapore Art Society- foi incoming Open Exhibition of the works of Local Artists have been told Butt their pictures mujft be delivered, unpacked, at the British Council Hal. Stamford Road, by this Thursday, or Friday. Painting;;
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    Causeway Guard Did Not Take Bribe
    174 3 JOHORE BAHRU, Monday. CAUSEWAY customs officer was today clean a of the charge of bribery in the Sessions Court, because the president held that the crown witnesses had given contrary evidence. The man, Mohamed Ali bin Mohd. Sham, agea W was said to have
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    MALACCA COUNCIL MEMBERS
    104 3 MALACCA. Mon. The following have been named members of the Malacca .Settlement Council lor 1950:— j president; Mr. G. E. C. Wis.loin. the Kfsident Qo**mi**\on*r. Malacca. Ex Officio Members: Hi n. Shepherd. Dy. Public I Piwmi* v.Ti Sembilan and Malacca and Mi V. A. W. Gabbutt. die
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    EDUCATIONAL
    25 3 protV**W T. H BUCCCX discuss education -nd tjs parj li Plays *orid nVozkss at 9 45 P m 3 a broadcast ever uaa.o Malaya..
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    JOHORE COUNCIL
    28 3 The lirst meeting of the ,J r l d c session of oil of State. Johore, held at the Bahru. on Tuesday. 28, at 10 a.m.
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    NO APPEALS
    42 3 The Federation ment has announced, in reply to a question ask at a Press conference on Pen. 2. that the Income Ta> Board of Review has s;> fat heard no appeal eases rqainst assessments made dji the Income Tax department.
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    I'm Comfy, Thank You
    100 3 > Sydney-born Bruce Jeffrey Peake. two months, is k Hying by BOAC C onsteHation to Calcutta to join lus lather, xesterday bruce coo d to the innunoa. Kail ang: "Even babies travel in comfort". Here's a young man who comes fresh from a visit to film
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    WANTED VIOLA BASSOON PLAYERS
    47 3 The Singapore Musical Society wants a few moie vic'a bassoon players for its recently formed symphony orchestra. This was revealed at the annual geneial meeting of the society held yesterday at the Victoria Memorial Hall. I The orchestra will eventually have 50 instrumentalists
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    PRIZE WINNER
    76 3 Th, ..igiio*',. ay ard in efvt! i •nffinpcriiiff in the I ni-vcr-ity Ol Western \ustrr'::s. the Wiazar Thelfurd I» r lias thill year lieen won by a Borneo Chinese Hoy Miehae' I-'ani (right). He .>a.>s Jth exam with first class honours. Michael i?nmp!eted his Senior Cambridge in SI.
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    ADAM SAYS SCHOOLING IS TEDIOUS'
    84 3 GOING to school is "jus., as tedious to boys and girls in Malaya as it is to those in the United State said Syed Adam Hogan-Shai-dali, cf Ipoh. ppeaking at the IVewark. New Jersey. Cential High School in a recent panel discussion of student-teach'r and
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    DOPED RIDER SLEW DEN BOSS
    179 3 Court Story THE prosecution yesterday toid the Assize Court that a trisha rider, restless under opium, axed to death the sleeping owner of a dope den in Sungei Road. He was only disarmed when he knocked himself out with the axe. Tho rider. Lee Boon
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    Alsatians Go On Parade In April
    199 3 THE newly formed 1 Alastian Club of Singapore may hold a dog show in April. But it has not yet been decided whether the show will be for Alsatians alone or for all breeds. Negotiation:] are going on between the Malayan Kennel Association and
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    GAOLED MAN WALKS OUT FREE
    62 3 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon.— Wong Sin Fook, aged 37. who admitted having a packet cr chandu dross at Masai was today given ten days gaol in the Sessions Court. But Sin Fook left the Court after hearing the verdict. The President of the Court nan* ordered
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    S'PORE LABOUR CABLES ATTLEE
    34 3 Tho secretary ot IHe ;,a:x>ur Tai'tv cf yestetcU. ;ent the following cable to Mi Clement Attlee: "The Labour Patty of Singapoi. wishes you every success bn the coming general election."
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    STILL NO CALL
    572 4 0 N Thur sday Britain will make the decision for which the world is waiting. Will the Tories go back, to add to the right wing victories m Australia and New Zealand? Or will the Socialists be granted their second lease of fe and the time in
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    CLENCHED FIST BECOMES MAILED FIST
    2248 4 THREE STAGES OF COMMUNISM (1) NOD-HEAD PERIOD (2) SH [KE-HEAD PERIOD (3) HOP-HEAD PERIOD A.P. "OVQ KONO MAO Tze-tung has become Communism's Asian 'e« v h mi »h" einiihed to »ne second highest post in the -'U U i 1 cv.. I J.Ution. But many
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    AN APE COULD HAVE WRITTEN THIS
    613 4  -  -by— HAL BOYLE A.P. NEW YORK THE late Arthur Brisbane used to contend that if you sat a couple of apes down at two typewrites they eventually would write ail the booKs in the British Museum. So far this remains only a theory, as
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    ROBOT LISTEN IN TO SQUEAKS
    243 4 fMBO away in odd cor- ners of the 8.8.C. honeycomb tn Portland Place is tne 20-strong monitors corps which combs the air by day and night for all the indeterminate squeaks, bubbles and crackles of illicit sound which impair the smoothness of otherwise efficient transmission.
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      33 4 j Old Bleach j COTTON BROCADE COLOURS:-GREEN, LIGHT BROWN, FAWN RUST. HERRING BONE PATTERN 50" WIDE $5.20 YARD. DIAMOND PATTERN 50" WIDE $7.25 YARD. Soft Furnishing Dept. Top Floor ROBINSONS RAFFLES PLACE SPORE
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    30 Bodies Ask To Be Put On List
    139 5 Li'MPUR, Mou. FLVK more applicafrom societies were lurlng the month ot according to monthly report of of Societies. Mi j y pu-ntis. applications, whicn n't i total membership t Y A 82 thirty were for reglsn 'and 25 for exemption Elder the
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    Ballerinas Make Pie—News
    77 5 Goh Soo Nee, Grace Lim and Violet Shaw, fourteen-year-old pupils of the Tay loi Dance Studio who have been chosen junior assistants to their teairr i*lra. *.ourteua Taylor. The Studio i planning to present ar> original ballet "The Enchanted Snore" in which the leading roles will be
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    Treasury No. 2 Chief Resigns
    166 5 THE Deputy Municipal Treasurer. Mr. K. J. ODell, has sent in his on. His application will first be conV a Municipal mmittee and will later up before the full -d of Commissioners. Mr O Dell is the second senior Municipal Officer, who ha- aecided to
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    REDS RAID MINE, SHOOT KEPALA
    282 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. roUR bandits raided the Kok Tong Tin Mine at Penzkalan, Lahat, in the Ipoh area last night. of the bandits held up the Sikh watchman and the Chinese engine driver of the power statin then set fire to the engines and engine
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    Voin was on wrong side, Court Told
    295 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. MR. Stanley Ponniah related in the First District j Magistrate's Court here today how his 34-year-old brother, i Mr. Benedict Ponniah. De- j putv Director of Social Services. Ceylon, was fatally injured in" a motor accident near Kuala Lumpur. He
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    GUARD OF HONOUR FOR SIR PATRICK
    72 5 A Guard of Honour for Sir Patrick McKcrron. Officer Administering the Singapore Government, will parpde at the opening of the Legislative Council today. Tho Guard will be drawn from 100 men of No. 92 Squadron. R.A.F. Regiment (Malaya*. commanded by Poundron Leader R.H. Williams.
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    Judge Will Head The Services Commission
    183 5 MR. Justice Gordon Smith has been appointed Chairman of the Public Services Commission which will assume its functions and responsibilities on Jan. 1 next year. Sir Patrick McKerron, who announced this said that Mr. Gordon Smith will assume duty as Chairman-designate from March L
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    PRESSURE ON TRUMAN
    36 5 WASHINGTON, Mon. The Truman administration is being subjected to strong po'iUcal pressure from Congress to make a new approach to Premier Stalin for an agreement to end the Soviet-Ameri-can atomic armaments race. .Reuter.
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    $16½ MILLION FOR COLONY'S HOUSING IN 1950
    822 5 SIXTEEN million five hundred thousand dollars ha ye been earmarked for the 3 Colony's housing schemes this year. Q Sir Patrick McKerron, the Officer Administering the Government announc ed this when he opened the third session of the Legislative Council this mornl "Bit
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    COUNCIL MEET
    25 5 A meeting of the Malacca Settlement Council will be held in the Resident i.orumissioner's Office on Friday. Feb. 24. at 10.30 a fit
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    Sir John In Search Of Air Links
    226 5 SIR John Kotelwala. I first Ceylon Minister I of Transport and arrived in Singapore this morning on his way to 1 finalise arrangements I which will knit Australia and Ceylon more closely in the world ot aviation.Sir John will leave tor Bangkok this
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    MALACCA NOMINATED COUNCIL
    77 5 MALACCA. PD. The following have been named M members of the M Ncminr.ted Council for IVIYj i>; rsider-.t: Sir Homy Gurney, the Federation High Commissionei; Ex Officio Members: Mi. H. Shepherd, Legai Adviser. Federa' Counsel and I*y. Public Prosecutor Negii Sembilan and Malacca and Mr. F. A.
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    FORM HORSES SHOULD WIN AT K.L. TOMORROW
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    WHITEHORN GETS THE WINNING GOAL
    121 6 A goal by Whitehorn, the Army centre half, early In the second half gave the REMK two-one victory over th* Jollilads on the Railway ground on Sunday. In the first ten minutes of play Finch scored for the HEME with a well judged drive and
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    102 6 MADRAS. Mon.—The fifth and final unofficial Test, which may decide the "ubber" between India and the Commonwealth tourist», reached an interesting stage at the close of p'ay on the day. With one day lemaining, India needs 20!) runs with nine wickets standing to win. Commonwealth,
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    HILL REGAINS TITLE
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    N. Harvey sets up two records
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    Two Cup Candidates Do Serious Work
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    44 6 Reuter. LONDON. Men. Cambridge University beat Oxford University |fi the annual inter-varsity hockey match at Beekcobam, Kent, by one gral to nil, N. M. rorsler, rnstdc left ECorlns; rate in the game after Cambridge's fence had time- and saved the side.—Reuter J
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    HAT-TRICK IN FARMER PARK SOCCER MATCH
    79 6 In a friendly game uf soccer played at Farter Park yeaierday. ihe Tiong Bahru Ranger defeated the Rocklites S.C bj tour goals to two. Kok Menu: scored all the f r.als for Rangers and D. and K. Dragon reduced the lead. I.R.C. WIN The
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    GOBS WIN SOFT BALL GAME
    52 6 The United States destroyer Agcrholm's soft ball team trounced the American Malayan Association by 16 runfe t-o three at the' Padang yesterday. Tho Navy t( an: has a brilliant record of 14 straight wins in the Phtilpines and has added another victors to their list
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    FORM CUIDE FOR TOMORROW
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    283 7 The first serious accident in this-season's lugger matcnes cc>. arret! in tne final of the f ft -t q a Bidt fouiTt&Thcnt when CpL J. Walker .»f the R.E.s sustained a fractured tbtfh on the p?(tan« vc*terda\. The R.A.S.C. beat the R.B, b] 13 pOtati
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    Reds Mass 25,000 Troops On H.K. Border
    236 8 A.P. U.P. HONGKONG, Monday. JNFORMED foreign sources said today that the Chinese Communist* have massed more than 25,000 troops on the Hongkong—China border during the past three weeks. It is said the 41st and 42nd armies under Red generals Wu Yuan-mau and Sung
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    POLICE ROUND UP 100 NEW YEAR GAMBLERS
    73 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon.— One hundred Chinese, including women and children, pleaded guilty in the Police Court today to gamin- in public during the Chinese New Year holidays. The children were cautioned and' discharged. Their money was returned and they were advised to spend
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    Call For Navy To Protect Overseas Chinese
    134 8 HONGKONG. Mon.—Admiral Chen Shao-kwan. former Nationalist naval commander and now member of the East China Military and Political Affairs Commission said that it is essential tor new China to build a naval force so she can give adequate protection to the millions of
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    U.S. BUILDS A-POWERED SUB
    84 8 A.P. WASHINGTON. Monday. An informed source disclosed today that the L T nited States is pushing it- pans to start th** construe.lon of what it hopes will be the world's flrat atomic powered submat inc. This source said discussions ate underway between the navy and the
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    ‘NATIONALISTS WILL BE BACK’ —CHIANG
    231 8 NEW YEAR PLEDGE TO CHINESE PEOPLE U.P. HAINAN, Monday. THE fate of this strategic island will probably be decided within the next ten days. It depends on wind and weither. The Nationalist troops defending the isl?»nd are on the alert and coastal defences are manned
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    SIAM TO DECIDE ON BAO DAI
    28 8 U.P. BANGKOK. Mon.—lnfoi mcd sources said the Thailand government will officialy announce its recognition of the Bao Dai regime in IndoCmna tonight.—U.P.
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    Malayans Return
    40 8 The Malayan contingent to the Empire uames pictured on tneir arrival at Tengah yesterday. Lett to right: Thong Saw Pak, Ng Liang Chiang. Koh Eng Tnong. Mr. E. Strickland. Tan Kirn Bee, Toh Fook Hong and Lloyd Valberg.
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    Actress did not know Murray was Married
    198 8 MANILA, Monday. MOVIE actress Carol Varga told the Quezon city court today of her friendship with the late George Murray at the resumption of the trial of Mrs. Esther del Rosario Murray who was charged with the murder of her husband. Petite 20-year-old
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    'Turko gets his arms from Australia'
    160 8 Reuter-AAP. SYDNEY, Monday. IT was reported today that official investigation was under v/av into reports of large-scale smuggling of arms from Australia to Westerling's rebel army in Indonesia. The report, which appeared in the Daily Mirror said that DC-3 Dakotas were operating from deserted
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    'REDS ARE NO DANGER'
    66 8 BANGKOK. Mon. Roving U.S. Ambassador Philio C. Jessup told the people of Thailand that Communism is a world menace but "it is not a danger which need cause consternation." In a recorded radio address Jessup aoued: "Certainly no such feeling of fear or panic exists in
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    OPPOSITION
    29 8 GENEVA, Mon. Israel and the Hashemitc Kingdom of Jordan gave noticc«to the United Nations today that they remained opposed to any plan to place Jersa'em under •ntcrnational control.
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    RUSSIANS MAY BE BEHIND FUCH'S ARREST
    104 8 U.P. LONDON. Mon—Russian agents might have planted the evidence that trapped Dr. Klaus Fuchs. a scientist now awaiting trial on the charge of betraying American and British atomic energy secrets, it was suggested today. The Russians rpay have decided to betray Fuchs as he
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    DOCTOR FACES MURDER CHARCE
    56 8 A.P. Manchester. New Hampshire, Mon.- A country doctor, who allegedly gave a cancer patient a lethal intravenous air injection, goes on. tria' today for his life. Dr. Herman N. Sander, 41. a one time Dartmouth College ski captain, is charged with murder in the death of
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    41 8 U.P. RfirV -***Y| H1L.L.S, Mon. Patricia and Jean Kennedy, daughters of former United States Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy, were rebbed of furs and jewels by burglars who entered their apartment with a pass key, police *o''r»v— U.V.
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    2 DIE IN RIOT
    33 8 CAPETOWN. Mon. A police sergeant and a native were killed and at present eight persons were seriously injured last night when police clashed with ave wielding natives near Johannesburg.
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    HE'S AGAINST WAR
    30 8 U.P. CIUDAD TRUJILLO, Domfn'can Republic, Mon. President Rafael L. Trujillo asked the Dominican Congress today to repeal "unconditionally" his extraordinary powers to declare wer agnip'-t Mwr "n^Ti.—U.P.
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    A-MISSILES
    29 8 WASHINGTON. Monday. Guided atomic missiles that can be launched 500 miles fiom the target by a big bomber may be just around the corner, defence officials have revealed.
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    PACKAGED HOMES
    22 8 U.P. CHICAGO. Mon. Building authorities predicted today that "packaged homes" with completely equipped kitchens and laundries will be developed soon.—U.P.
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    TRUMAN TOLD, 'TALK PEACE WITH STALIN'
    116 8 WASHINGTON. Mon. President Truman <v a s brought under pressure today both at home and abroad to hold peace talks with Russia. Democratic Senator Willard Tydings disclosed today that the military was studying proposals to set up an alternate capital that could take over
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    MALAYA NEEDS GYMNASIUMS, GOOD COACHES
    345 8  -  MR. STRICKLAND MALAYANS have the enthusiasm and the ability t 0 win—but "what we need now is support—a gymnasium and first class coaches," said Mr E Strickland, President of the Malayan Amateur Athletic Association and the Singapore Olympic Sports Council yesterday. The Malayan contingent to
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    Bid For Sompong vs. Sands Return Fails
    229 8 attempt by boxing promoter A. Razak to bring Nai Sompong and Alfie Sands together again into the Singapore ring on March 3 failed yesterday. So, the fight Singapore fans have been clamouring for ever since the pair met three weeks ago has got
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    RADAR GUIDED SHIP RES CUES 108
    79 8 Reuter. COPENHAGEN, Mon. Guided by radar through dense fog, the SwedishAmerican liner Stockholm today rescued 108 passengers from thr blaz'ng Danish mailboat the Kronprins Olav. seven miles off the Swedish coast today. One report staled tnat a cigarette end, dropped by a passenger who
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    $ MILLION NARCOTICS
    36 8 MILLION NARCOTICS Reuter. TOKYO, Mon. Narcotic valued at more than $1,000,000 wa sseized in five raids in Ave raids in Kobe during a seven-dav period which beban on Fefc. 9, United States military authorities announced today.—Reuter.
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    MISSING PROFESSOR
    32 8 A.P. HONGKONG. Mon. The Hong Kong police pi n to use blood hounds tomorrow in an eifort to locate Prof. John Kennedy Rideout,' 36, who disappeared on Feb. 16. A.P.
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    MISSING BODIES
    46 8 Reuter. TOKYO, Mon. The Tokyo police are questioning tne starT of the Tokyo Medical University in a case in which four coffins delivered to the crematory yesterday from the University's viviseation laboratory were empty., except for a few articles of clothing and valueless belongings.—Reuter.
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    BACK ON THE RUN
    21 8 Reuter. BERLIN, Mon. Lorries detained by Russian guards began to trickle in to Berlin this afternoon —Router.
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