Malaya Tribune, 25 March 1950

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    60 1 MALAYA TRIBUNE BY THE. PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Tefe Tribune" Spore LARGER SALES THAN ANY AFTERNOON PAPER IN MALAYA Phone 5811/3 Nine tines PubU*hed rriTnultnneoiislv 3 mo**!****, Kum/> L»fnp—. rpoJi M»wma TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MARCH, 25, 1950 TEN CENTS. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON XBPRBBBNTATIVB B. Maurice Uiwer, Hnlnun Trtftun*
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    Unrest Flares Up In Bengal
    118 1 Reuter. r\Ld "TTA, Fri. —A West nment communinported a "re- a, of incidents in £tr. parts of the sUte dunnu th. last three days." Mentioning incidents in Calcutta and three nearby n.munique stated military and police are patpolling the disturbed areas an d taking "firm
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    No Comment On Paris Report Of Mao Demand
    158 1 Reuter. LONDON. FT*. Official quart ned to comment count of current negol twten Britain lese Communist nt in Peking, put>d today in a Paris newspaper under a London date line. The aco int aid Britain has accepted three conditions as preliminaries to
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    GOVT. PROMISES TO MODIFY UNION BARS
    342 1 But Danger Of Red Infiltration Must First Be Removed P. 8 Tribune Staff Rep~~*~*KUALA LUMPUR, Today. IfR. ML V. del Tufo, Acting Chief Secretary of the Federation of Milaya told the Malayan Trade Union Delegates in conference here today that existing legal restrictions would
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    Latest For Bukit Timah
    58 1 By ALBERT SPENCER The going for today's races at Bukit Timah is likely to be good. The two best bets should be ARTIC LORD knd PERSIAN LORD. I advise punters to follow Yong Thau Yin's stable which has an impressive string of probable winners. (For full
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    WIDOW SUES KLM
    71 1 U.P. NEW YORK, Fri. Mrs. Agnes S. Knickerbocker, widow of war correspondent and radio commentator H. R. Knickerbocker, filed a suit in the United States District Court today against the KLM Royal Dutch Airlines for $250,000. She charged that her husband died in the Bombay i ano
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    Pacific Pact Talks Will Start In May
    197 1 A.P. U.P. SYDNEY, Friday. AN immediate plan "similar to Marshall aid in A Furopa is necessary to stop Communism in Southeast Asian countries," declared the J nihppines Minister to Australia, Senor Roberto ReH gala last night. "The greatest antidote to communism in Southeast
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    NEHRU FOR U.S.I.
    39 1 #Reuter. A.P. JAKARTA, Fri.—President Soekarno's visit to East Indonesia, originally scheduled for May, has now set for late April due to the visit to Indonesia in May of Indian Pre- I mier Pandit Nehru.—Reuter J A.P.
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    Harold Laski Dies
    66 1 Reuter. LONDON, Fri.—Mr. Harold Laski. leading British Socialist intellectual, died in hospital here tonight. He was a lecturer in political science at the London School of Economics and author of several books on political science. He was chairman of the executive of the British Labour Party from
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    B-50 EXPLODES
    27 1 U.P. Hvder. Arizona. Fri. Twelve crewmen were killed yesterday when a B-50 exploded "like a bomb in the sky" on a routine training flight. —U.P.
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    C'WEALTH LOAN TO BURMA
    49 1 Reuter. LONDON. Fri.—The five Commonwealth countries who have agreed to contribute to a two-year loan to Burma are: Britain—£3.7so.ooo, India —£1.000,000, Pakistan and Australia £500,000 each. Ceylon—£2so,ooo. New Zealand is not taking part. If Canada agrees to participate, she will undertake part of Britain's responsibility.—Reuter
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    TIN PRICES REMAIN STEADY
    62 1 U.P. LONDON. Fri.—Tin prices remained steady today despite the large offtake of 210 tons. Spot eased 2s. 6d to £602-3/8 and three months improved ss. to £604-3/8. The closing prices were: Spot—£6o2-1/4 buyers and £602-1/2 sellers with business at £602 and £602^4. Three months £604-1/4 buyers
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    LUNAR ECLIPSE HITS MAO
    124 1 U.P. HONGKONG. Fri. The Chinese Communists' prestige among the people—already battered by widespread famine and heavy grain levies—ls due to receive another blow on the night of April 3 when a total lunar eclipse occurs. Superstitious Chinese be- lieve that this portends bad luck for China's
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    Victor And Vanquished
    35 1 B. E. Gibson (left) after be'ng t.k.o.'d by D. J. Massey (right) in the second round of the middle weight final in *he n.1.8.A. championships at the Happy World Stadium last night.
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    China Seat Is UN's Top
    157 1 Reuter. -LIE LAKE SUCCESS. Fri —The United Nations Secretary General. Mr. Trygve Lie, said today it was "urgent and imperative" that the question of who should represent China be solved before the next regular General Assembly session due In mid-September. Mr. Lie told a press
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    RE – INFORCEMENTS
    23 1 RE INFORCEMENTS U.P. WASHINGTON, Fri—The aircraft carrier Battan and four more destroyers wi'l be added to the U.S. Pacific Fleet this summer. U.P.
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    Policemen With Drawn Sabres Charge Rioting Students
    210 1 LEOPOLD CAUSE OF WILD SCENES U.P, Reuter. BRUSSELS, Friday. MOUNTED state policemen with naked sabres charged 400 student demonstrators in *he streets of Brussels tonight in the wild climax to a violent general strike stage! by the opponents of irCing LeoT>o!d. The students,
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    KING RAMA WEARS ADMIRALS UNIFORM
    118 1 A.P. BANGKOK, Fri. King Rama, in a dashing newly-acquired Admiral s uniform, stepped Shyly onto Siamese soil today after an absence of unto oicti nearly four years. The 22-year-old monarch of nearly 18,000,000 subjects received a welcome of riotous colour and pageantry. His coronation will
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    WINNIE DECLINES
    17 1 LONDON, Fri. Winsion Churchill will not address the Annual American Legion Convention in Los Angeles.
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    RESIGN CALL TO NEHRU
    83 1 A.P. CALCUTTA, Fri. What appears to be the first public aemand tor Nehru's w»i me t <rei.i:Ci i was made by-the Burdwan Bar Association today. In a resolution, the Asso- ciation said Nehru most hopelessly iailed to tackle the minorities problem m East Bengal. His "weakened
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    BANDITS SET FIRE TO BUS
    61 1 i I KOTA TINGGI, Todny Two Chinese and two Malay bandits ambushed a bus at the 61st mile Johore Bahru*— Merging Road yesterday. Two of them armed witM BUB guns took $20 fiom the conductor's ti!'. They then ordered the passengers to get out and
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    E. Indonesia Gets Ready To Fight Soekarno
    165 1 stop press Reuter. JAKARTA, in. fo«y" thousand (40.000) East Indonesians, 3.000 on horseback, demonstrated in Bone. South Celebes, today as a protest against any move by the Jogjakarta Republic leaders to incorporate East Indonesia in a single state. Many carried banners calling for
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    Drive For Varsity Fund
    126 2 rE University of Malaya is planning a special drive to collect funds during the University Week during October this year. The main burnt of collecting the funds is now being carried on by tho State and Settlement Appeal Committee*. Tho University of Malaya Endowment Fund now
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    FILM ADVISER TO SUBMIT REPORT
    338 2 MR. Stanley Hawes of the Australian National Film Board,, who recently came here to advise on the Malayan Film tJnit, is to submit a report to the Federation Government. Mr. Hawes, who called on Mr. Malcolm MacDonald yesterday, at Phoenix Park, has been in this
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    Festival Prize Winners
    157 2 PRELIMINARY accounts of the proceeds of the -second Chinese Ladies Association Fashion Festival at Raffles Hotel on Mar. 18 were announced yesterday. Donations after tne printing of the programme, totalled $7,070. Previous donations amounted to: $3,280. The gate receipts and competitions fees have not yet been issued.
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    RIVER SCHEME
    63 2 LONDON, Fri.- Ambitious plans to save millions of acres in Communist China from flooding and conserve surplus water for irrigation schemes include changing the course of two rivers in North Kiangsu. according to a New China News Agency report received in London. The rivers Vi and Shu will
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    Gurkha Tracked 150 Bandits, Gets Award
    279 2 Gurkha Tracked 150 Bandi ts, Gets Award FURTHER award of a military medal to a member of the mixed l/10th and l/6th Gurkha force which defeated a strong body of bandits in the pitched battle last December near Jarantut, has been announced. The recipient is Corporal Gyanbahadur Rai whose platoon
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    3 PUBS GET RETAIL PERMITS
    98 2 MALACCA. Fri —The nrst quarterly session of the Malacca (Central) Licensing Board (Excise) was held yesterday at the courthouse. It was presided over by Mr. F. A. Chua, president of the Sessions Court. Others present were Dr. R. K. Ponniah. Municipal Health Officer. Mr. J.
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    City Fathers Visit Johore Waterworks
    202 2 MEMBERS of tne Special Municipal Water ComiTl mittee visited the city's $60,000,000 Johore water projects yesterday. They did so to get first hand knowledge of the type of work being done and the area in which large scale water extension projects are planned? t The
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    WAR DAMAGE FUND TO GET FORSAKEN MILLIONS
    345 2 THE War Damage Compensation Fund i$ em to acquire more than $10,000,000 from th of non-enemy property found in Singapore aft war whose owners could not be traced ""^the The Custodian of Property Mr w Alcock has so far realised more than from
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    Melbourne Gallup Poll On N. Guinea
    115 2 Reuter-AAP. MELBOURNE, Fit the Dutch are unwilling to govern the tftatwia half of New Guinea, public opinion here says the Australian Government should take over A Gallup Poll showed that 42 per cent believe Australia should govern Dutch New Guinea. 23 per cent want
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    Gunner Who Fought 10 Reds Gets Medal
    180 2 Lance Bombardier Lewis Stan ey Collins of 26 Field Regiment R.A. has just been awarded the Military Medal for bravely I old ing off a bandit attack after his section had been crippled by concentrated fife ftom an enemy force ten times their
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    S'pore Report Out By April 30
    61 2 T\R. F. C. Benham yesterday said that the Report of the Singapore Committee on Salaries will be submitted before the end of next month. He added, "The Federation, with larger Departments and with States, Settlements,* and Town Boards, imposes a heavier task than Singapore,
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    ENTERT AINMENTS BILL: MOVE BY CLUB CHIEFS
    274 3 PRESIDENTS of leading recreation clubs in Singa- I pore have been invited to a meeting in Monday tn discuss the new Entertainments Duty. Bill. The Bill which had its first reading, this week is planned to replace the Entertainments Duty j proclamation and
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    BANKRUPT WHO LEFT COUNTRY HAD NO PERMIT
    93 3 committal order was the Chief Justice igainst an Indian Muslim bankrupt, Abdul Kadc who failed to pay up nthly instalments and nt to India without obtain** the permission of official Assignee. Justice Murray-Ayna'cy jpeoded the order for 28 JJs to allow time for
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    NOTE FOR WAR LOSS CLAIMANTS
    67 3 KU \LA LUM FT R. P?Hcheques, which arc new neinj sent out by the War imagi CuiaiiilMlnii are be log sent by registered post. lr a number of ca?es the re* ;i-tcM••' letters are being rethc claimant hua address without ition to the Commismod. lants
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    CLASS FOR 1st. AID RECRUITS
    76 3 in Singapore who iken courses in Firv Aid and Home Nursing and would like to join the Nursing Division, are asked Bt. John Ambuuarters. Stam:orci Tel. No. 3547. or the Lady District Sup»j ntendent. HQ. Stamtvtf Road, ii you wish to join a Aid and
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    SUPREMO IN U.K.
    33 3 newly appointed DirOpe rations Lt. Sir Harold Rawdon X.C.1. V.. C.8.. C.8.E.. DS.O. has arrived in the United Kingdom from Cyprus. ill 'eavo for Malaya Dy ail on March 31.
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    SULTAN WARNS
    33 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Sultan of Trengganu. .iddressed a 1.000 people at Kuala Telemong. He urged not to be misled by subversive propagan frd but to aid Governn\ to wipe out banditry
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    City May Spend $3½ Millions More
    134 3 MUNICIPAL expenditure this tear is expected to go up by nearly $3.5v«0,G00 it Commissioners approve a supplemental budget when they meet this month. The increase will now bring the total estimated cost of Municipal services, including cost of staff housing and special works to
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    Tiong Baku Market Will Cost $15,000 More
    184 3 THE proposed maiket in Q g Bahru will cost $175.000. The original estimate was $160.000. Since however, 'suggestions en put forward that of the market should instructed of quarry tiles mcieases the cost by SIjOOO. Municipal Committee ing the matter has d in
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    Sir Patrick Says His Piece In Malay
    282 3 SIR Patrick McKerron, the Officer Administering tho Government yesterday visited the Malayan R.N.V.R to say good-bye to the Officers and men. Sir Patrick speaking in Malay after having inspected a guard of honour provided by the division said: "It is your duty to
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    Mr. Noel Woodford, aged M« son of Mr. J. F. W. Woodford, a former student of the St. Francis Institution. Malacca, who was tbe first student to leave Malaca for hieher studies after tbe liberation. He passed the finals of the Institute of Electrical Engineering and is at present in Croydon. England, where be la an engineering Ira? nee with the British Electricity Authority.
    64 3 Mr. Noel Woodford, aged M« son of Mr. J. F. W. Woodford, a former student of the St. Francis Institution. Malacca, who was tbe first student to leave Malaca for hieher studies after tbe liberation. He passed the finals of the Institute of Electrical Engineering and is at present in
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    BANDITS BURN LABOURERS' QUARTERS
    73 3 KOTA TINGGI. Today. Twenty-five uniformed bancits raided Nanyi Estate on *he Kota Tinggi-Mersmg Road last night. They permit <e<* the labourers to take their belongings out before setting fire to their quarters. They also took 22 identity cards with them. Meanwhile at Rim Estate, nin- miles
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    BRITAIN LEADS ON JETS
    221 3 ,N iets. the British lead ahead- both the and civil f,ua chronicle «H£ 'contspondent. yes v r range, he sair. tor ard jet htghBri- transportation-the B'"Jfch have Midi planes like the Comet and turbo-props like the Vicker Viscount—now on a demonstration tOUT of Europr__the Hanr ey
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    MEDICOS WILL RUN CANTEEN
    282 3 THE 100 students who live in the Tan Tock Sen,; 1 Hostel will, on April 1, become the spearhead of a new experiment in the feeding of Medicn. Faculty students in the University when they take over the management of their cwn hostel s restaurant. The
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    ORDER AGAINST WOMAN QUASHED
    70 3 The Chief Justice. Mr. Murray-Aynsley. yesterday annulled an order of committal which he made on March 3 against a Chinese woman. Ng Chwee for dis- j obeying an order of the court. I The annulment was maut lon the application of the Official Assignee who re--1
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    City Houses Must Have Mod. San.
    237 3 A MUNICIPAL Committee have decided to reduce the period of notice, from six months to three months—to owners of certain properties for the installation of sanitary fittings. Early in 1948. Municipal Commissioners agreed a period of six months should be given to owners for
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    THE NATIONAL
    24 3 The 8.8.C. commentary on the Grand National will he broadcast over, the Blue Network of Radio Malaya from 1015 p.m. onwards tonight.
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    Woman Held In Cheras Sweep
    213 3 KUALA LUMPUR. POLICE yesterday earned out an extensive sweep in the area between Cheras-Rail-way Station and Ampang. Two bandits were seen. Police opened fire but the bandits fled into thick undcrgiowth in a swampy area. The bandits left behind three military type packs containing note-books
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    FOUR AWARDS FOR GALLANTRY
    70 3 The King has approved I the immediate award of the King's Police Medal for Gallantry to Special Constable Yong Liew Hoon. The nosthumous award of the King's Police Medal for Gallantry was also made to the late acting Sergeant Abdul Wahid bin Mohamed Sudin. and the
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    RIDERS MUST HAVE BADGES
    60 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— Every trishaw puller must possess a Driving Licence and Arm-Badge. This rule came into force on Jan. l. But the enforcing of the requirements was deferred until the requisite number of licences had been issued. This has now been done, and as from
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    BARALUBA BACK FOR REPAIRS
    40 3 The 582-ton Baraluba. j which left Singapore for Chittagong on Thursday, returned yesterday for urgent repairs due to condenser trouble. The vessel carried a general cargo and had no passengers. She sails under the Panamanian flag.
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    SINGAPORE POLICE GO BANDIT HUNTING
    407 4 THEY BRING HONOUR TO THE COLONY fPHE Singapore Police has several jungle squads operating in the bandit infested forests of Johore. Units comprising of Malays, Gurkhas and Chinese co-operate with the Johore Police and the Army, under their own officers. Many of them have become
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    SATURDAY SHOW
    1522 5  -  by OSWALD HENRY RATING:— Fair; Good; Very good; Excellent i i/KN KANF" p OU i stars are >te to rate th*,ue of this "urn-one of the or likely to be next 50 yearr.. pade lI! hurtled tne and, if you've not ou will likewise the ingenious new technique
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    Oscar For Olivia
    85 5 Reuter. HOLLYWOOD, Friday. BRITISH-BORN Olivia de Havilland has won Hollywood's most coveted award —an "Oscar"—fo- the. second time, for her performance In "The Heiress" last year. She won the 1946 "Oscar"' for the film "To Each His Own." The award for the besi film of 1949 went
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    SURE BET FOR STARDOM
    88 5 HOLLYWOOD, Fri. HOWARD KEEL, regarded as one of 1950's sure bets for stardom, has been signed to a new long-term contract by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Keel who has drawn raves from all who have seen his work opposite Betty Hutton in the technjcolour musical. •Annie Get Your Gun,"
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    SLEEPLESS NIGHTS
    29 5 U.P. SCREEN actress Ann Dvorak announced in Hollywood that she will divorce Russian-born dancer Igor Dega because his dancing engagements take him into night clubs too much.—UP.
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    PENHAS APPEAL IS DIS MISSED
    566 5 THREE separate written judgments, dismissing the appeal of lor. Isaac Penhas against the decision of Mr. Jilstice Gordon Smith, who had held that Madam Tan Soo Eng was the legally married wife of the late Mr. Abraham Penhas, were delivered in the Appellate Division of
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    BRITAIN MAY SEND SHIP TO SHANGHAI
    65 5 U.P. WASHINGTON, Fri.-A diplomatic source said today that the British Government I? considering the possibility of asking the Chinese Communists to allow a Britisn ship to reach Shanghai to embark foreigners if the United States' efforts fall. He said the State Department was Informed
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    CHILDREN'S TAX CONTROL BIRTHS
    90 5 A.P. NEW YORK, Fri.—A Japanese proressor of Labour Relations and Management, Juitsu Kitaoka, said yesterday that Japan cannot become a self-supporting nation without birth control to help her achieve a stable population. And since the Japanese people "do not like the idea of birth control, Kitaoka
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    HARMONISING QUARTETS TO VISIT G. I's
    111 5 A.P. nrrßoiT. Michigan. Fri.—The U. S. Army is going in for the Barbership Quartet to help with the morale job at foreign stations, including those in the Far East. Headquarters of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet singing in America
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    CHANGI VARSITY' DONATES $300
    229 5 THE University of Changi' has presented £35 9s. to the University of Malaya Endowment Fund. And this is how this gift came about. After the fall of Singapore, internees at Changi formed a University' to enable young servicemen whose education had been interrupted to carry on
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    CALWELL STILL BROODS
    603 6 former Australian Minister of Immigration, Mr. Arthur Augustus Calwell, we are sorry to note, is quite his old self again. After the defeat, his party suffered recently, we had hoped that this gentleman, relieved of ministerial duties, would have taken time off to think afresh about the
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    AMERICA WORRIED
    1107 6  -  BECAUSE SHE HAS TOO MUCH FOOD by SEAGHAN MAYNES NEW YORK. THE United States today has more surplus food in storage than at any time in its history and the Government Is faced with the prospect of having to accumulate even more agricultural surpluses during the year. The
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    BREATHING SPACE FOR S-E-ASIA
    972 6  -  by O.M. GREEN TWO points in Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald's recent survey of the future of Communism in South East Asia specially attract attention. One was that the aid given by Western democracies to Asian people, notably by granting self-government in various directions, was helping Asians
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    PORTABLE DISINFECTOR
    162 6 A PORTABLE disinfector. which really is portable no part weighs more than thirty pounds is being built for export by a nrm of London engineeers. Although this apparatus can profitably be used in an ordinary hospital, it is intended particularly for use in mobile or temporary premises. Difficulty
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    —AND NOW THE ATOM BULB
    1306 6  -  DUTCH SCIENTIST PRODUCES NEW TULIPS BY RADIOACTIVE BOMBARDMENT by GEORGE FRANKS Reuter. AMSTERDAM. T;iE first "atomic energy" tulio bulbs have been produced here by Dr. E. W. de Moll after several years of ex lerimenting. The first one to be registered, under the name of
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    SHOULD WOMEN HIDE THEIR CURVES?
    378 7 FRENCH DESIGNERS SPLIT OVER SPRING FASHIONS PARIS, Friday. pRENCH fashion makers are split on the question of whether women should conceal their curves this spring. Half of them have design d short-sKirted models that flatten the bust and hips and often abolish the waistline. The
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    Pikes Fire Joke Backfired
    106 7 Reuter. rtjUfSTOCK Devon. Fri.svfrvbody in the crowded inn drank a toast to 40-year-old farm Leonard Nlblett ristmas Eve when talked in dressed as Santa Claus. laughter and jokes mingled latter of tankards Jn th< tables until Nibletts wn isk( rs suddenly blazed. emptied their 1 irds
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    WEDDING PRESENT: GET OUT
    70 7 BIRMINGHAM. Fri. ORES of telegrams and ■luck cards arrived at. the home of Jean Far- n on her wedding day. i Among thorn wa? a letter which eft until she returned the registery office. mpletely spo.cd her was a notice to quit use in Moilliet-street, Birmingham,
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    U.S. HENS ARE LAYING THEIR HEADS OFF'
    65 7 A.P. WASHINGTON. Fri.—The j U S Gov rnment, which already owns some US$lOO.--000.000 worth of eggs, has announced it will continue w.ymg them through March is to support the price at an average of 25 (US) cents a cozen on the farm. The
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    PHILIPPINE CHINESE WOMEN FORM BODY
    48 7 Reuter. women in the Philippines nave DUKMSd hatWimfttvm i 4l o what is now known as the Philippine Chinese Womens' A^?o<iation. Purpose of the organisation to elevate the social and culstandard of Chinese women. Most members are wives of prominent Chinese nationals. -Reuter.
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    Record Haul Was Not Worthwhile
    84 7 U.P. SAN FRANCISCO. Fri.— Two boys who staged a record $1,150,000 robbery at the home of Chinese ViceOaLaui Wang Shao-Kai learned yesterday that the money was hardly worthwhile. Arrested a few blocks from Wang s nome. the boys each carried a savings bank stuffed with
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    Fleas 'Lifted' Him Off
    41 7 A.P. MELBOURNE, Fri.-A flea pi gue has hit waterfront towns in Victoria. fl c "lifting him out A man at Williamstown JF*M the orte d in the of bed." Record sales of flea-cUiers were reportea Brighton area.—A.f.
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    Israel To Make Desert Fertile
    94 7 A.P. TEL AVIV, Fri. Israel is spending millions of dollars to convert the desert wilderness of the Negev into productive land.' A. Herzfcld. Director of Histadrut's (Jewish Trade Union) Agriculture Centre, said U554,200,000 had been invested in Negev water projects within the past 20 months.
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    BUYERS TOLD 'KEEP OFF THE QUEEN'S CARPET'
    84 7 U.P. NEW YORK. FTi. The one-million stitch carpet made by 82-year-old Queen Mother Mary will be put up for sale on Wednesday to the highest bidder at the Metropolitan MuEeum Art. It was the Queen s personal contribution to help the British dollar
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    BURNT STEAKS
    46 7 LONDON. Fri. Because the import of fresh meat from the Continent is banned 61lb. of beef fillets, a week's meat ration for eight people, was thrown into a boiler house at London Airport, recently and a Customs officer watched it burn to a cinder.
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    Kidnapped By Bandits
    46 7 VINCENTE ARANETA. seated before microphone, tells his experiences with an outlaw gang in Cavite province. Phillippines, who held him lor five days demanding S.'iO.OOO ransom. The 35-year-old scion of one of Phillippines* wealthiest families, appeared little worse for his ordeal.—A.P. Photo. -A.P. Photo.
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    $500,000,000 Worth Of Toys For US. Children
    257 7 A.P. NEW YORK. Friday. AMERICA'S 45 million children will receive about A half a billion dollars' worth of toys in 1950, it was estimated on the eve ot the annual American toy fair. The toys themselves will be marvels of the atomic age.
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    Robs Home To Finance Fiaucee
    87 7 Reuter-AAP. TOKYO, Fri. With the aid of two accomplices, Tokutaro Ogino, 30 year old director of a foodstuffs company in Tokyo, robbed his own home recently and walked off with 14 bags of sugar deposited with him by his own company. Selecting a day when
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    Assam Headhunters Are On The Run
    129 7 Reuter. NEW DELHI, Friday. JHE Government of India sent out a punitive expedition to the border regions of Assam last November to check head-hunting raids by certain tribes, according to a report of the Indian Externa! Affairs Ministry. The expedition "was successful', the report
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    CALLING PIED PIPER
    37 7 A.P. ANGRA DO HEROISMO, AZORES, Fri.—The Azores Islands are looking for a pied piper to rid them of a plague of rats that is destroying bean and pea crops In the Ribeirinha region.— A.P.
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    MEDALS FOR ALL
    34 7 A.P. BANUrvOri. Fri. All members of the crew of the East Asiatic Company's Ship Selandia which brought King Phumiphon from Europe to Thailand will receive medals from the Thai government.—A P.
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    FROZEN SPIRITS
    57 7 U.P. VERNON. Br. Columbia. Thurs —C. W. Morrow, a member of the British Columbia Legislature, reported today that people are complaining of lack of heat in government liquor stores. During a recent cold snap, customers complained that liquor froze in bottles and they were forced to break the
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    INDIAN DANCER
    26 7 Reuter. PARIS. Fri.—Mr. Uday Shankar. well-knorrn Indian dancer, has arrived in Paris to be present at the showing of his film. Kaipana.—Reuter. M t
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    PLANS TO BOOST EDUCATION BY FILMS
    362 7 VISUAL education in Sin- < gapore schools will get. a boost if plans formulated by the Education Department through. A sub-committee to study this aspect of edu cation has been formed under the chairmanship of the Deputy Director of Education, Mr. Robert Young. Man
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    'FUTURE OF MALAYA IS NOW IN THE MAKING'
    395 8 DATO ONN TELLS TRADE UNION MEN Tribune Staff Reporter ABOUT 250 delegates and observers from more than 100 workers trade unions «11 over the Federation began their historic two-day conference at the Chinese Assembly Hall, Kuala Lumpur this morning to inaugurate a
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    FIVE DROWNED
    26 8 A.P. HONGKONG, Fri. Rough seas claimed Aye members of a family of seven when their fishing junk capsized off Nine Pins Island. —A P.
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    U.S. HAS DISARMED BEYOND SAFETY POINT
    283 8 Reuter. NEW YORK, Friday. /"JENERAL Dwight D. Eisenhower, wartime General Commander in Europe, v said in a speech tonight that the United States had disarmed beyond the point of safety. The Genral said this in a speech prepared for delivery in a series of
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    JUST ANOTHER U.S. TIME SAVER
    97 8 Reuter-AAP. ADELAIDE, Fri.—Warnings against an American Invention which helps people learn while they sleep by repeating whispered lessons at intervals, have been given by South Australian educationists and psychologists. They say the invention depends on keeping the learner from going into a deep sleep—and this
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    FOR THE HAGUE
    41 8 A.P. WASHINGTON, Fri.—General Omar Bradley, chairman of the joint Chiefs of Staff of the Atlantic Pact nations, left yesterday for The Hague to talk over regional defence plans with top military leaders of the 12 treaty allies. —A.P.
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    Siamese Forget Red Menace For Rama IX
    239 8 A.P. m a BANGKOK, Friday. yAM S overcrowded capital is further jammed with tens of thousands streaming from the provinces to welcome the returning monarch, 22-year-old Rama IX, His Majesty Phumiphon Aduldej. As the King's party neared Siamese waters from Singapore aboard th*
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    A Kiss For Mercy Doctor
    75 8 DR. HERMANN SANDER, "The Mercy Doctor," get* a loving kiss from his wife after a Manchester, New Hampshire, C.S.A., court acquits him on a charge of killing a woman cancer patient. The trial which stirred America entered on whether air pumped Into the veins of
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    Russia Told Union Leaders: 'Step-up Red Drive In S-E-A
    155 8 U.P. LONDON, Friday. THE Daily Telegraph reported toflay that it had '•unimpeachable evidence" that Russia at a series of meetings of handpicked union leaders in Peiping issued precise orders to accelerate Communist aggression in South East Asia and Australia. The report
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    CONCERT DESER YES SUPPORT
    143 8 AN the whole, the Singaw pore Musical Society can look upon last night's concert with great satisfaction. Mr. van Hem and his orchestra deserve all the support of music-loving Singapore for the quality work they showed they could give. It is surprising that such fine work
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    TUBE IN BRAILLE
    25 8 LONDON, Fri.- A Braille map ot the London Underground for tne use of blind people will be ready m April or May.
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    'Lone Wolf Captured After 12 Years
    81 8 U.P. CHICAGO. Fri.—Patient secret service agents on Wednesday arrested "Lone Wolf," a Swedish counterfeiter suspect, whom they had been seeking for twelve years. Harry Anseir, head of the secret service here, said Hugh Hedin. 67, was a "specialist" in five and ten dollar bills.
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    Steady Despite Indies Sales
    143 9 wEEK 'S RUBBER Wearly part of the week f\Z overshadowed by L Indonesian situation *j were rauttout ?thSr operations, 1% is W J known 'hat fairly offerings have been 2S; Sunns the last few fT hv Indonesia, eswcialWor lower grades, but In !y the market tteady
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    THE MARKET YESTERDAY
    98 9 rubber commodity iled steady yesterhere was not much weraeas marsally hardened jfchUJ on balance with a ram of 1 4 cent, doting prlcei m r*nta \>tr laand were: 1 Buyers Sellers No 1 RSS f o b. V 54 54* No 2 RSS f.o.b. Apr M \i,
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    WHY RUBBER PRICES SHOULD REMAIN STEADY
    744 9 AN AMERICAN VIEW ON Meanwhile, London r as high as 15 5/16 d. a Currency devaluation, of Singapore prices also hay Several factors are held responsible for the price trend: 1. Rubber production has dropned in the Far East. 2. With the return of
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    WEEK'S PRICES
    66 9 H 4 84.1 2 575 Z 51 S 54.1/ I CLMJLI FOR. April UM* gjg 52 .7/8 A. R.S.P. F. 0.8. 1 fe2l<2 HU.A .I ik Crept FOR 01 4 id 30.1 8 B mk*t godown v iai 4 notniaaL April Ist. Weak Hay 4 pall .\vj.K .-..5.
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    Japan Cuts £ Cotton Purchases
    94 9 Japan Cuts Cotton Purchases Reuter-AAP. TOKIO. Fri.-The Japanese Government, faced with the sterling shortage, has decided to suspend further purchases of raw cotton from India and I Egypt during the current year according to the leading Japanese economic daily. Ninon Keizi today. Japan originally planned to purchase 1.300.000 bales of
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    Yen Cut Rumour Denied
    65 9 A.P. TOKIO. Fri, SCAP and Japanese officials dismiss; ed P as "sheer J*£f»& New York reports that £c Japanese yen might be devalued Genzo Suzuki Deputy Financial Commissioner of the Japanese Finance Jlsj, said "There »s absolutely nothing to substantiate such devaluation lumour /V tine Japan
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    TOBACCO OUTPUT
    43 9 A.P. WASHINGTON. Fri. United States experts predicted the world will produce 1 724,000,000 lbs. of the flue cured tobacco during the year ending July L This will "be five per cent below the previous 12 months, but above the pie-war level.-A.P.
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    Tin Prices
    75 9 SINGAPORE, Mar. 24: Tin price was $299 I'o. per picul ex-smelter. Down 7/8. London Mar. 23: Spot &604 3/4. Up 3/4. Three months £605. Up l/f Settlement price C 604 '24. Up 3/4. Turnover 100 tons. Second session: SDOt £604 1/2. Up 12 Three months £605. Up 1/4.
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    BURMA IOAN
    27 9 NEW DELHI, Frt.—A two- j year-loan of £6,000,000 to i Burma by the five Common- j wealth countries including India was officially announced here today.
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    Japan To Buy Less From Sterling Area
    149 9 Reuter-AAP. TOKIO, Friday. A SWITCHOVER of emphasis in foreign trade from the Sterling to the dollar area during the first quarter of the fiscal year 1950 (April to June) is planned, according to the draft of the foreign currency budget sabmitted for study
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    PESO WILL NOT BE DEVALUED
    38 9 MANILA, Fri.—Most businessmen here feel that there will be no devaluation of the Philippine peso during the next few years and an even greater majority think devaluation would be disadvantageous to the country.
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    World Tin Output Down In January
    173 9 Reuter. TIHE Hague, Fri. World mine production of tin m January totalled 12.20 C long tons or 2,400 below December, according to least statistics published by the International Tin Study Group. The decrease wan due entirely to the very snarp crop m Bolivian exports
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    Jap Trade Threatens Britain
    153 9 Reuter. LONDON, Fri. THE liberal Manchester Guardian yesterday urged that Britain should "demand of American policy that it ought not, without good reason, to lead Japanese development along lines that clash particularly sharply with our export trades." The paper, chief organ of Britain's cotton textiles production
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    Tins Idle
    37 9 The local market for tin shares was idle except for a few issues. Prices were inclined to harden slightly. Industrials remained steady. A few dividends for rubber companies kept this section of the market steady.
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    Malayan Share Quotations
    847 9 Singapoie, Mar. 24. Buyer* Seller* INDUSTRIALS Atlaa Ice 11 »0 12.25 xb., xd Alex. Brick. Pref. 2.40 2.60 Ord. 2.20 2.27 8.8. Petrol 34/6 35/6 B.M. Trustees 7.50 8.00 Con. Tin Smelt Prof 21/3 22/3 cd Ord' 15/9 16/9 E. Utd. Assur. 38.75 39.75 Fed 6.25 675
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    MORE DOLLARS WILL ENCOURAGE YOUNG BOXERS
    350 10 TO FEED THEM WITH FIGHTS ALONE WONT DO By "THE COUNT" DOXING promoters in Singapore and the Federation are all for encouraging local boys—l 'must say they need a pat on *he back for that. But feeding an up-and-coming fighter with bouts on practically
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    CRICKET TOURNEY STARTS
    405 10 Tournament cricket, inaugurated last year by the Singapore Cricket Association, gets underway again today and nine matches are down for playing during the weekend. The Junior competition is in its first year and should provide some interesting games. Last year's < hampions. th. S.R.C. meet the R.A.F.
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    SWIFT B.P. PICNIC
    30 10 Swift BP. will be holding a picnic on Sunday April 2 at Fonggol. Members interested should (ontact the hon. treasurer or hon secretary at Kng Hoon street.
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    Welch Wants Action
    125 10 Jimmy Welch, the R.A.F. boxing idol, is restless. He wants to bring his guns into action and he told me: "I want to meet either Bobby Njoo or that Filipino boy. Johnny Cinto." Welch had his last fight about two months ago, and that was in Manila,
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    JAPAN INVITED
    50 10 A.P. TOKYO. Fri. Japans hopes of participating in the 1952 Olympic Games at Helsinki received a new boost on Thursday when the International Olympic Committee invited the Japan Amateur Athletic Union to send its president. Dr. Ryutaro Azuma, as observer to the Olympic conference in Copenhagen next day.—A.P.
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    STRUCK BY A BEAUTY
    126 10 After his right with Dave Sands, Olson sakl that it was the first time he had ever been knocked off his fed in 41) fights, and added: "The punch Sands hit me with was a beauty. Whe.t it landed I didn't feel anything and the next
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    80 GIRLS COMING HERE FOR GAMES
    225 10 THE Young Women's Christian Association througout Malaya is looking forward to a very busy month in April with several important occasions, most of them to take place in the Colony. The All-Malayan Y.W.C.A. Easter Sports will bring to Singapore more than 80 0 girls
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    SULTANS' CUP SOCCER
    64 10 Entries for the Sultans' Gold Cup Soccer Competition this year will close on Friday March 31. All entries should reach the headquarters, Malay F.A.M., Jalan Stony. Kuala Lumpur on or before this date. Late entries will not be entertained. Only Kelantan and Johore have sent in entries
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    New World Amateur Wrestlers
    142 10 Reuter. STOCKHOLM, Fri.—SweOeh, with 19 point?, headed the nations taking part in tne wot Id amateur Greco-Roman wrestling championships, which ended here last night. Turkey were second with 13 points and Hungary third with eight points. The new champions are Flyweight. B. Johansson (Sweden). Bantam. M.
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    Hongkong College Team's Winning Streak Halted
    135 10 U.P. MANILA, Friday. AN all-Manila football selection last night handed the Hongkong St. Joseph's team its first licking here by a score of two goals to one at the Rizal Memorial Stadium. St. Joseph's had won its first four games here, but the Manila
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    Today's Favourite And Her Stablemate
    78 10 The royal entry in today's Grand National. Monaveen tleft). second favourite, gal loping with Lord Milday's Cromwell, the third favourite. The public has taken such a fancy to Monaveen according to a London bookmaker, and to the idea that his owners Mill be at Aintree
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    Runners And Riders In Today's Grand National
    446 10 LONDON, Friday. riFTY four horses have been left in the gruclliiu; Grand National Steeplechase scheduled for tomorrow at Aintree, Liverpool, but a dozen or so of these are expected to be withdrawn before the start The final acceptors, with names of owners, weights
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    Sands To Fight On April 1
    67 10 U.P. MANILA, Kri. The double main event In which Chinese-Indonesian fighter Bobby N joo clashes with Little Paras and Australian welterweight Altie Sands tangles with Clever Ciano has been postponed for April L The bout* were originally scheduled for March 25. but, the postponement
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    SPURS VISITING GERMANY
    53 10 A.P. BONN. Fri.-Britain* famous professional Kg* 1 team, the Tottenham H spurs, will tour OermaW from May 12 to 25. British Control CommK" 00 announced on Thursday The Spurs will pla> J matches in Berlin and on each in Hanover and WJJ mund against crack U i
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    RACE CARD
    904 11 Reuter. w U re the acceptors and scratching* for t f%L\ rates at Bukit Timah with their i \V iockeys, trainers and owners. 7 J RACE ONE—2 P.M. MiASEM < LAS I,IV 4— FURS, ft 19 YDS I I X annery)B.oo "Winmore Stable* n*ni«.. 7 1a*,,.» 0 t
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    Sitphol K.O.'s Hill
    43 11 Reuter. BRISBANE, Fri.—Chai Sitphol of shun tonight scored v technical knockout over the Australian flyweight champion Mickey Hill in the eleventh round of their scheduled 11 rounds congest. Sitphol scaled 8 st. 8 4 lbs. and HIU one pound more.—Reuter.
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    Keen Fights At Boxing Finals
    132 11 Boxing of a comparatively high standard was seen at the tinsls of the Singapore Intermediate Amateur Boxing champioushios at the Happy World Stadiuu. last night. The results were: FLYWEIGHT: Lim Kee Chan (Katong 8.C. beat Idris bin Yunos (York Body 8.C.); Bantamweight: Yahava bin Jcmal
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    KOROSCENKO'S LAST FIGHT TONIGHT
    131 11 Emil Koroscenko, the Chechoslovakian strongman, is booked to sail from Singapore in the tirst week in April, and as King Kong had gone off on a long tour in Malaya it was reaied that would be unable to meet in it deciding contest. However King Kong
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    GREEN HOUSE BEAT BUKOM
    84 11 The Green House defeated the Sunbeam B.P. d J'n'o Buki.m l>y games to two n -imdp.y at 714 Upper Serangm Road. sIM.I.KS: Her.fc Boon <3«aii neat Chia Buck Phuang IP-.'. 16— 7j Tan Huat Keng real Lim Teck? Hoe 6-i". I*— 7 J*-* Heng Kwang Fock
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    THE 'LORDS' SHOULD SCORE DOUBLES TODAY
    226 11 FOLLOW THE YONG STABLE, SAYS SPENCER THE going at Bukit Timah this morning is still dead with prospects of the track drying up in time for the first race today, the final day of the Singapore Turf Club's March Meeting Among today's candidates which
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    Rocklites Too Good For Aston
    90 11 Rocklites scored an easy twoone victory over Aston Athletic Association yest jrday in a Junior soccer league match at Geylang Stadium. The Rocklites forwards could have easily added nore to their score had they finished stronger^ The Aston XI never «coked dangerous, their forwards being
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    RUGBY FINAL
    25 11 Reuter. CARDIFF, Fri. Wales, swimmers of the triple crown, meet France tomorrow here in the final match of the rugby international championship. —Reuter.
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    SELECTIONS
    135 11 By SPENCER RACE 1 SKYSTREAK Kanda Smiling Through RACE 2 CADZOW GLEN Royal Link Battleship RACE 3 SPEAR of SARAWAK II Stymie Norton RACE 4 PORT STAR Linkshir La-Wan RACE 5 JAZZ PRINCESS Kumasi Little Ned RACE 6 PERSIAN LORD Man O* War Oomaridairn RACE 7 ARTIC LORD Courage
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    3 Army-Navy Men Fail To Save REME
    302 11 ALTHOUGH R.E.M.E. fieJcied three Army-Navy players they were unable to avert a 2-5 defeat by the Chinese Athletes in an S.A.F.A. Senior League match at Jalan Besar stadium, yesterday. In the first half R.E.M.E. dominated slightly, especially due to the splendid work put
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    SLAPDASH
    44 11 Reuter. LIVERPOOL, Fri. Lord Derby s Slapdash won the Liverpool Spring Cup, run over one mile, two fur'ongs and 170 yard:- here today. R. Clark's Shall Cross was second, and Sir John Jarvis Baker's Gate third. Seventeen ran. Interrogated did not run. —Reuter
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    Monaghan Gives Up Title
    57 11 A.P. BELFAST, Fri.—Rlfty Monaghan, world's flyweight boxing champion, announced today that he is giving up his title because of poor health. "Bronchial trouble has demanded that I hang up my gloves," said the clever, little boxer who came out of Belfast two years ago to take
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    BENLAWERS WIN
    29 11 S.S. "Benlawers" defeated S.S. "Bhoemtt" by three goals to nil in a friendly soccer game at Pearls Hill ground yesterday. Scorers were Barry (2); and McKenzie (1).
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    BODC A LOSE THROUGH LACK OF COMBINATION
    200 11 A weak forward line which lacked combination was the cause of the Base Ordnance Depot Civilian Association's one-nil defeat at the hands of the Kota Raja "A" in a Junior League soccer match at Geylang Stadium yerterday. From :he start of play. ihe
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    EVERTON HAS GOOD CHANCE OVER LIVERPOOL
    292 11 A.P. LONDON. Fri.—Liverpool and Everton will battle on the Manchester City ground tomorrow to determine which cf those clubs go to Wembley Stadium to play Arsenal in the final of the Football Association Cup tournament on April 29. Arsenal have already won their semi-final
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    RUSSIAN SOLDIERS HELP MAO IN DRIVE FOR FORMOSA
    368 12 CHIANG POISED FOR COUNTER ATTACK Reuter-AAP. HONGKONG, Friday. A FOREIGN missionary who arrived from China said a number ol Russian troops was raking positions around Hangchow Bay near Shanghai where the Chinese Reds have been practising landing tactics. The paper said it
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    S. V. C. Team Get Ready For Trials
    218 12 I ATE tonight the Singapore Volunteer Corps' four-man team of rough-riding motorcyclists will be at work, putting: vi* finishing touches to their machines in last minule preparation for the Army Motor Cycle Trials which will be held at Clementi Road tomorrow morning.
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    LONDON SHARES
    191 12 Reuter. LONTX)N, Fri. Fuvlnsr of British Government rationalisation stocks cave he riltedtred section of the London Stock Exchange a firm tin* trday. Gains of up to j er cent were generally well held 10 the eloae despite late in demand. Better class indu trials ''-■Mowed this lead tuid
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    SIMPANC TIGA
    48 12 Mr. Wong Beng Hea, MBE, of Sitiawan. Chairman of the Simpang Tiga Relief Committee, will give an account of the burning of Simpa*hg Tiga, and the spirit of its people today. He will be speaking over the Blue Network of Radia Malaya tonight at 7.12 p.m.
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    House Will Debate Khama On April 5
    115 12 Reuter. LONDON. Fri.—The case of Seretse Khama. who left by air for Africa, will be debated in the British House of Commons on Wednesday. April 5, it was learned here today. Though criticism wiM be ventilated, no vote is likely, as there will
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    TURKO'S MEN TO BE FREED NEXT WEEK
    100 12 Reuter. JAKARTA. Fri. The U.S.I. Defence Minister. Sultan Hamengku Buwono. told Aneta today that most of the persons arrested in connection with the West erling affair will be released in the course of next week. He said whether the persons will be expelled
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    CALL TO MANILA
    29 12 Reuter AAP. External Affairs Minister Percy C. Spender, and Mrs. Spender leit by air tonight for Manila, as guests of the T hi.ippines Government. Reuter AAP.
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    U.K. Unions Asked To Drive Out Reds
    203 12 Reuter. LONDON, Friday. MR, Herbert Morrison, British Deputy Prime Minister, tonight appealed to British trad unions to get rid of communists as soon as possible. He described the Communist programme as: 'Trickery in politics, treason in matters concerning the defence of our homes,
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    FREE HEALTH SERVICE COSTS £8 PER HEAD
    97 12 Reuter. LONDON, Fri.—Britain's national free health service costs will shoot up to a grand total of about £392.000,000 nearly £8 per head of the population in 1950-51, official estimates disc'osed today. The new estimates, showing an upward jump of £34,000,--000 over England. Scotland
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    WEEK-END DIARY
    921 12 GENERAL TODAY ST. HILDA'S !Hi ii' H Ketone women's fellowship, 5 p.m. TAMIL M.Y.F.: 1, Short Stieet. devotional meeting 8 p.m. Mr. James lianam will ,^pcr«k. BLUE R4IVEBS SPORTS CM H: General Meeting ut 8, M. George's Road at 3 p.m. OUTBA.M IHIIC H YOl TH FELLOWSHIP: Rev.
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    47 Bodies Registered In February
    94 12 KUALA LUMPUR Fri.— Forty-Aye more applications from societies to be registered or exempted under the Registration of Societies Ordinance, 1949. were re ceived during the month of FebruaryThe applications of six Benevolent Societies in Penang and one Chinese Social Club in Kedah were refused during
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    SIAM TO ATTEND C'WEALTH TALKS
    59 12 A.P. BANGKOK. Fti. Siam plans to attend the forthcoming Commonwealth consultative conference in Australia which aims to help South East Asia economically. Foreign Minister Vorakarn Bacha said Siam will participate because "it has declared before the world that she is a true democratic country and
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    U.S. Arms, Specialists May Be Sent To Bao Dai
    342 12 Reuter. SAIGON, Frid-v IIP-TO-DATE weapons lor jungle warfan w American specialists who studied moi guerilla fighting in Greece are expected to b to Indo-China as part e>i American aid 1 French forces righting the Vietminh (Vietiw* nationalist) insurgent, a diplomatic sour
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    241 12 Reuter. LONDON, Fri. Britain must show firmness oi purpose and quickly finish the campaign against the Communisl puerillas in Malaya, the leading weekly, The Economist, said in an editorial today. This would change the i "sitting on the fence" attitude of influential sections of the local population, and raise morale
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    CRIPPS IN BED
    33 12 A.P. LONDON. Fri.—The Treasury announced today Sir Stafford Crlpps, Chancellor of the Exchequer, has contracted a "bronchial Infection following influenza and will be confined to his home a few days.—A.P,
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    Australian Cabinet Reshuffle
    76 12 A.P. CANBERRA, Fri.—There has been a minor reshuffle of duties in the Australian Cabinet. Howard Beale has lost both his original portfolios of Transport and Information and becomes Minister for supply. The Department of Information has been abolished. The Minister for Shipping and Fuel. Senator George McLeay,
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    BALLOON BOMBS
    26 12 U.P. TOKYO. Fri.—Civil servants demanding increased pay will "bomb" Tokyo today with hydrogen balloons bearing the Japanese equivalent of "higher wages or bust." —U.P.
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    Portuguese Fire On Red Craft
    132 12 U.P. HONGKONG. Fri. pftfe true.se troops clashed wiVn tb Chinese Communists earlier I this week, killed four haft and brought Peiping fn down on the tiny colony »< Mncao. A Macao *eport said launches of tied sokaen Mm to reach a group of Nations tsts
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    STILL ON STRIKP
    30 12 Reuter. BRISBANE. PrL a thousand workers who* strikers have paralysed Brisbane today decided to continue their strike dcspr. risk of prison sentences under the Crimes Act. -Rcutei
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    8 COMMUNISTS HELD
    21 12 A.P. Copenhagen, Denmatk. Fn. Copenhagen police last night arrested eight Communists following anti-Amencan demonstrations in the Danish capital.—A.P.
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