Sunday Tribune (Singapore), 13 April 1947

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  • 48 1 B y THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE THE Oh Y NATIONAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA The Sunday NOw printed simultaneously in Singapore. Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh Penan^. Phone Numbers: Editor 5313 Editorial 5811 Advertising 58 i 2 Circulation Accounts 5815 TYVKIVK PAGIfS SINGAP()KK. APRIL 13, 1947. PRICE TKN CEN I>
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  • 919 1 BACK-PAY COUNCIL ALLEGES PRESSURE Govt. Servants Told lo Accept Payment "Under Protest" (Sunday Tribune Start Reporter) The Singapore Government Servants' Back Pay Council though still determined to flghl out the ques tion ot oacK pay. have issued a circular to all govern nent employees advising them to accept \hv first
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  • 111 1 Food Inspectors Attacked (Tribune F od Kc]> Her i Missiles of cription were flung at Vmri ofiicors during their laid a« Ruchon* Ruari yt.sUrcay morninp. Thin ar^a is t^c lerally considered the most i otu for conducting nctivi ics agains' blackjnarketeers without police escort. One inspector received a blow on
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  • 51 1 SHANGHAI. Apr. 12 NlneH'ar- t l.i Martin AtUec, NQ of th, British Prime Minisi Mr. Rtemont Attlce, sriiTed li Shanghai aboard th, BriItcamci Calchea of thBlue Funnel Lin from Manila. Be is traveling incognito as 1P of the navigation Cttdcts aboard the recently-commls- nod 9.200-ton v.
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  • 28 1 NANKING. April 12 Tho Committee of the PeoplesPol.tical Council I* ask he Rovernnient to immclor th. RUesc Government pl,. retur:i Ma^'' tiny ?uej)C f f||
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  • 48 1 "Democracy Or Trial" •RST^ Morolm Tribune J W^Pec«ally written artkk. ,S'; ffr 7^ to the Indoof raL l th< »«^nds CC' St B nerS SOllfa iw ni ln S( «>tland. of th n '"^nesu. She writes Hitfa lnd «>nesi ail problem Wmpat^^ 1^ and ■Sttr* i avoid tfii
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  • 115 1 HONG KONG. Apr 12. The tiny village of Saikur.R. 21 miles from Hong Ko::g todav received recognition for the valuable part played by the villagers in assisting the escape of Allied war prisoners during the period 1942 45. when Gen. Sir Neil Ri chie. C-in C
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  • 70 1 WASHINGTON. Apr 12 U was learned today that Prcsicrn- Truman shortly Will ask Congress for authority to siR the United NaUons agreement placing the 632 former Japan ese mandated Islands in the Pacific under Uni.ed States admi r.istration. Authoritative quarters .said the State Department ffu speeding
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  • 39 1 WASHINGTON. Apr 12. Henry F Gr.uJy was sworn m today as the ambassador 10 India. He rxpects to sul m May 2. BANGKOK. Apr 12 Sinio, Statesni;ii Prldi Pfiifionfiyoiig resicni d formally rr. m tiW Parllainen] today.
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  • 43 1 Acid Used In Fight Over Children In u quarrel wiirii is taliev >({ in' hrtve started over i.iilu- •■■n. ivvti Chines* v. < r Injtitcu ii' Attaining arid h'iMi OM l-M't at Biiggor Street. Botti i t Ueeii I ;p\i ii i it ti. nt
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  • 56 1 Mi.^ WU P t iak-sl!irK. v.-ii ui \\\> QhtittUk Gpilsiil Q6lt«r&l, uili b. atrtVltig in shanghai tiiis W« k 'from the bnlUd Stui".- and Is expected back .j SiDgap «i: month's tun Mr-.. vVu !l for Cl ICPgO B six tti< nhi, hnßd y Ui
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  • 41 1 PARIS. Apr. 12.— Scattered clashes between French forces aid Madagascar insurgents oc j curred during the past 24 hours in the region of Andapa In Northern Mda.-igascar according Ito semi-official French dispai ches reaching here early today
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  • 33 1 BAT A VIA. Apr. 12. A ngulai Republican air service betwv.n J.,v and Sumatra will Di I opened in th" near f utun acco.cili.g u the Ant.ra Miwa Agency. U.P.
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  • 77 1 POLICE RECO VER 50 PISTOLS (Sunday Tribune Reporter) The Singapore police effected 111 arrests in connection witri arms during the first quarter of th s .war. Seventy-six arrests were for the possession of n-ns. and thirty-five in conntu k »on with arm; d rubbery. During the same period, th^ following
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  • 69 1 LONDON. April 12. Joe Baksi and Bruce Woodcock today reported themselves fit and ready for their ten-rucnd heavyweight figh* at Harringay aren;i next Tuesday night. Woodcock finLs'.ied his heavy training at Doncaster yesleiday. He said he never feit ritier and expected to enter the ring at
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  • 66 1 SHANGHAI, Apr. 12.— With an increase in the number of fires in the city recently, the Shanghai Fire Insurance Asso ciation was -,atrd to be organizing a fire prevention corps of its own with the object of strengthening local fire fighting facilities, according to Chinese
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  • 61 1 TOKYO. Apnl 12 The First Cavalry Division honoured tho race horse, "Man of War," by citing him as an honorary color el. The entire garrison at Camp Duake turned out to the music of n 90 piece band to walch the un folding of a
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  • 37 1 MADRAS. Apr. 12 Pulice fired upon a crowd pf rioting communists at a village near ICUBulipatam yesterday, and livi person* were killed. Several policemen Acre inJurcd in the clash before the firing started. U.P.
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  • Article, Illustration
    47 1 ■>Ir. .lustier JohHng, Suprejuc Coorl MudgM, who is holding tho Traction Company strikr inquiry. His findings may he expected shortly. H«* has marie two efforts to ge< the strikers to retain to work while the Inquiry is sti'i on, but both his rtquesCs had been /urned down.
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  • 201 1 Malayan Airways To Train Up Local Pilots 'Sunday Tribune Reporter) Malayanisation of the Malayan Airways is envisaged for the future, I was told yesterday. Malayan pilots, and aircrew possessing the necessary qualifications will b«welcomed into the newly formed Malayan Airways as soon as the opportunities permit. A system of training
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  • 92 1 FLUSHING. Holland, Apr. 12 Two youths, a Dutch farmer's boy and a cabin boy. today rescued four injured survivors from the 824-ton British steamer Viceroy which sank after striking a mine off the coast of Holland. Eight persons and a i Be'gian
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  • 302 1 JANKING, Apr. 12.— The man-in-street— sm*ll merchant and low-paid government employee 100 serious and grave today and looking more worried tl in many years. The trouble lay in Nanking 9 fortune-tellers who put eight characters giving the year, month v and hour of (intcralissimo
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  • 59 1 LONDON, Apr. 12. Five administrators and postal workers from Malay;, and Sarawak have arrived on a visit to Britain under the auspices of the British Council to study mattecs of professional Interest. After a stay in London, they are to visit provincial cities. Singapore's representative
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  • 51 1 T ornado Victims: Burial Today WOODWARD (Oklahoma) April 12. Health authorities have begun a drive to inoculate 6.000 survivors of the Texas Oklahoma tornado to head off the possibility of a typhoid epidemic in the wake of the devastating storm. Mass funerals for the 147 persons killed will be held
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  • 51 1 A blazing tax: lit up wide area near tne Sele»U> Road-Bras I Basah Road juncrion about y o clock last night The occupants of the vehicle, apparently jumped out when the are broke out and with flames shooting high from its engine, the taxi was pushed into a
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  • 36 1 COPENHAGEN, Apr 12.— /H* condition of King Christian of Denmark, who suffered a heart attack a week ago, continues to improve and his fatigue has somewhat declined today an official bulletin said. Reuter
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  • 30 1 UNO DISCUSSION ON PALESTINE LAKE SUSCESS. Apr. 12. United Nations officials reported that the special session ol the General Assembly to study the Palestine problem will begin on April 28.
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  • 20 1 SHANGHAI, April 12— Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and i Madame Chiangr Jeft, Fenghua by plane yesterday for Nanking
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 95 1 \Vhere Nib Counts. fountain P*« riiill! v st y les gn d sizp.s aTailablt now. au g m a^ z™ T2lxti ATit i [rg a pleasure I s. v. r. i: 34. Chiu-a St.. S pore. ,Repa:rs guarantee for 1 ynar) Q Don't be lazy how you VvftVi^ 100l< what
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    • 22 1 "TYPEWRITER CALCULATOR" available for mmediate delivery Repairs undertaken V. I. LEE 332. North Bridge Road, Telephone 7971 Typewriting Duplicating Undertaken. cyVon-j./ CIGARETTES
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  • 178 2 Labour Union Leaders round Not Guilty Tl>ree Municipal Labour Uiion leaders, Sundararaju, Ha meed ond Ramu. were acquitted by the First District Judßp. Mr Paul Storr, vesterday on charge of bouse [reapus*. alleged to have born commit" cd at ihe premises of the Goveiment and Municipal Lnbour Union Head Quarters
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  • 165 2 Lover Knifes Woman, Slashes Own Throat IPOH:— Unrequited love Is alleged to have been the cause of a tragedy which occurred at Falim as a result of which an Intihm labourer took his life afuer attacking a woman. A 40-year-old P. and T. linesman had apparently for the last four
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  • 147 2 (Sunday Tribune Hepor'er) The possibility of building an ammonia plant in the Far East— probably Java is included in the Shell Company's rehabilitation programme for its East Indian refineries. The building will depend on conditions in the East Indies. The new plant is intended to
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  • 52 2 The Univer-ity of Saint An drews, Scotland, has announced Us intention of conferring, at a date to be cetermined later, the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Lmws on Air Marshal Sir G C Pirie, K BE. C 8.. M.C D.F.C.. Air Commander-in Chief, Far
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  • 393 2 HE MADE CROWNS FOR MAL AYA 'S ROYALTY S'pore jeweller turns film star (Sunday Tribune SUII Reporter) Orn f Singapore's oldest Jewel ers who, during his 24-yt;>r stay in this country, has had the honour of making' di&moncUsiUCfckd cvi.v;^ for several Malay tillers, leaves for Ceylon at Hie md of
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  • 94 2 King Has Carpet Of Matting LIVIGSTON. Northern Rhodesia, Apr. 11. The Royal >amii>. aboard a gleaming white Royal launch, crossed the treacherous currents ol the swollen Zambesi river coda;, within view of the smokelike mists from the Victoria Falis. Precautionary measures, which included a standby rescue launch and lookout for
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  • 130 2 American Cottons Find Ready Sale Here (Tribune Staff Reporter) A Vide range uf cheap American cottons is finding a su-ady market in oing.tpoiv and icadiiife import firms aie expecting another big consignment Of several thousands of yards in the next few months. A leading cloth dealer in Singapore told me
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  • 115 2 (Sunday Tribune Revor,er) The flrst step towards the erection uf the new fourlecftBtoWy Bank of China in thsit" of the former Olan Singh ami II S. Alley premises in Battery toad will commence in the middle of next week. when Gia:i Singh's will have
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  • 124 2 Mrs. T. W. Hinch. president of the Malayan Y.W.C.A. for the past ten years was feted at a tea-party given in her honour by the Y.W.C.A. members at Fort Canning Hostel yesterday. She will be retiring to Canada in a week's time. After a short memorial service
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  • 277 2 Alleged Statement By Youth (Tribune Stair Reporter) Allegations that a yoiiri;. Chinese, stated to be a member of a triad society, went to a Chinese -hop in Rochore Road and demanded money at the threat of removing the goods and the shop's Sign
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  • 80 2 The Sinhalese Association o, Singapore will celebrate the Sinhalese National D« y with a lea party, followed by a drama at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Monday. April 14 et 5.30 p.m. Nankins. April 11. Syngman Rheo arrived in Nanking this morning L n the persona]
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  • 141 2 When a Japanese soldier was Marched alter capture at Singapore his only possession was a photograph of an English child 'above). On the photograph the solditr had written in Japanese: 'We is so sweet. I am never tired of looking &t him." He
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  • 83 2 (Sunday Tribune Reporter; The Rev. Brother Alban was feted at a tea party yesterday i bv Uie students of the upper I forms of St. Joseph's Instituj tion on his departure to as- sume the post of director of S". Patrick's School. A large number
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  • 92 2 A young Chirese who was fcur>d in possession of five ingots of lead at Kings Dock during the early hours of Ap ril 11 morning was produced in i he Third Police Court yestei* day when he pleaded guilty to sinn of property. The Chinese,
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  • 40 2 Sentence of three months rigorous impriso men! was parsed on a youn f 4 Ch'nese Tan Kirn Bok wh< n he pleat ei guilty to a charge of collecting donations for charity under faise presences.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 456 2 \v\nti;i> requtrei 3000 sq u e uttable for printing < Hi. long term lease. ply P.O Box 425. 1 1 > Stockists and Ifanuentathrei f *>r B r pli nnd Bportji I'WAL 'BROS Ma- .i LOST e black brief bag ►per e lonaJ eft t;ixi ni Chulia i for return
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    • 234 2 Nothing Jike t't. i *t'»ey«rtS€ vworld Vl/ •^"•'CaaßS people praise vW/ y:^ f lhes« Wsn-"ferfu! vs by Itv^^m u tain rell f from r{^s*m i Two tablets stop >ans within 5 minutes and there are no harmful r£% B orunplea ant after-effects. 'ASPRO' < es not harm the heari or
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  • 204 3 $700,000 Killearn Colony' Ready Next Month 46 -Acre Plot Will House 60 Officials New Homes For i Killearn Staff Ulay Tribune Reporter) A sum 11 'coi.niy fr>m lA.n\ Klllearn's staff will move >.\U .s new 5700,--000 iiviiiT qumiicn at Braddell Road next month. Several houses now rentby the Special Commis-
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  • 41 3 Rice Output Improving, But -„,V(;T(>\ IP«I 12.— W V i l*-' 1 Directorof the United Ma n rlod and Africultaral fl" 1 r tinn said expected erne"' 1. but il •f;"U "fi "Tprndurlio.. will I" despite 55?* io( yet owr."- U.P.
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  • 12 3 ;AUM A] tjured v. llrab^nearth Omar n
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  • 66 3 day Tribune Rcpor,cr Over 3500 people left Malaya for M.iOra.s and Negaputam in March by two repatriation steam rs, the Rajula" and Khosrou which sailed from S'ngapore via Port Swettenham Deck. passengers numbered 3.440. Tens of thousands are OTI 'he Writing list. the si' nation is expected
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  • 72 3 A^ part of its educational programme the Y M. C A. plaiu to develop eveni.iß adult education courses to meet as i far us possible Uie urgent needs j prevailing in Singapore. The j courses wlil include commercial subjects. Lessons in the first of these i '•(Musis
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  • 39 3 Lord and Ladv KiUearn*a (U--purturf from Bingapofe 'u Aus- I tralja has been held up owing to aircraft delay from Indi-i The plane is nue to arrive either late this afternoon, or early to-morrow morning.
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  • 35 3 LONDON. Apr 11. With an < (plosion Hke the report of a bi^ !iun. half a 207-fect chimney stack •-> papjTmill in MacclesIlflcl ti^dav came rra.'hinp d->wr. i n the six-storey main buildin".. M.-br;dy was seriously iiurt.
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  • 95 3 For Safer Flying WASHINGTON, Apr. 1 T!ir Ariii.v Air Transput' Command discovered la 'hat M PCT v»:r >l Us Utuis(Vrttinrntnl stti mc-'.n to sit fatin Ihe i<\f /Ik' airplane. \T( surgeons figured tMat riding ha<k\v;ir<| »us sntor in ca.^ of crush landings |>i»»--spDRtrs !i..\e a IfllVlt MBt instead <»l in
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  • 142 3 HAMBURG. Apr 12 A ol 3 ojti pei i arrest dln Berlin dur'nu 2 1 hour clr in in^-un operation i i by the i uir nn powers to rool out crimii black m irk< te r |1 h*T wanted Brii -'mi i rolled rman
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  • 244 3 \i r.uigcments lrive been completed lor the despatch of Malayan exhibits for the British Industries Fair in London :md they are nou en route to BBfffend h.v sea. They include specimens of ruhber l.icvcle tyres and shoes of various descriptions, itotan hirniture. Malayan pewter
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  • 213 3 Mrs, Brooke Replies To Mr. MacDonald LONDON. Apr. 12. Commentrci .ii statement oy inf 9. rn<jr-G^neral ol 1 a Malayan uiuon, Mi. ta*lco*ixn MiACiJ-iiiaid. tna< reeling against [on to the Crown 01 Sarawak was on*- 01 minority. Mrs. Antm iiv Brooke, w**P <>i the tormcr irudfi ol »syv.\v:»K. writer *y
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  • 319 3 COWS HAVE AN 'OFF-SEASON" (Sunday Tribune Stall UeporVr) The off-season for Australian rows and the handlouth existence of their tinplate industry u>^t>ther With delays Ln Shipping through dock-strikers arc some ol the r aSOns fDr Singapore's precarious milk position during the past month. L-. ading
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 154 3 NQW..YOU TOO CAM SSSS fhfca, a wonderful t» discovery, pets airfi^ly sun-tan reveals that pale, toll skin loveliness that c cry women law about, that every man adofes. YOUR SKIN MADE 4-6 SHADES WHITER IN 3 MINUTES al sun is the arch-enemy «>f your aibeauty. It enlarges and dries up
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    • 267 3 SECRETof HEAITH, VSTRENGTH 6 VITALITY/ Amazing FOOD TONIC feeds jt' new HEALTH SNEPCY into 1 THIN, WEAK,P r JN n aW'J people M& A, You get Rundo- I ID on j b MM (""iv.^i. worrj oi I jc^ re sa M Salts ir«Mn >^" item, 'i- pn clecncm > nd
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  • 32 4 Here is a picture of attractive Mrs. Rika ("Bunny" Wilson. She arrived in Btafaporc last April hrom Calci where she was working for the Director General < Munitions Production.
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  • 1853 4  -  VERA ARDMORE SDF M edding a f great local Into place last week at edral ol f .h<- Good id between Mr. P. iker and M.-s Maureen Gaudart. Tn ft >m Is the son ol Mr. and J. A. Danker Oi and the bride is
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 91 4 Dre*s Desttihers and Di*essmaki 2ti, Amber Mansions, Penann Road, Singapore. B Most up-to-date de ilgns O. llnecjualled workmatishif) uu\ I Mininu;m delay in execution ol orders Plu.no (i r^ A T T "iff t& T IPAQUIN I *uxje..dk im Voice I'-*'/ <p^U.UU Obtainable from T. V. MITCHELL CO., j 18,
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    • 17 4 Direct Importers of all kinds of Chinese Hand-m.ide Fancy Goods <;ooi>stohi: 10, Battory Road (Rodney House), Singapore.
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    • 67 4 MAISOM MARTIN LADIES HAIRDRESSERS RCHARD ROAD WV HAVE THE FLEAF^'F T) ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE ENLARGED OUR STAFF WITH A EUROPEAN TRAINED BEAUTY i:\PEKT. INTERVIEWS OR ADVICE WILL BE GIVEN FREE OF CHAtfBE SURE OF AN EAR] Y APPOINTMI I Ajrj if A, I LI TU A HOP I L
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  • 2107 5 Our Young Malayans— 25 VjzAcl CwdmoJuL Urn Christening Kihi p ol re, the m Rev J. L Wil n ofldciated it the christening ol the infant son of Mr and Mrs. Ray Wilson, at St. Andrew s < it dral lasl Sunday. The name ?iven to th* baby wi re
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 110 5 Happy Dreams V o Hr'« a sturdy young rascal— well developed, glowing with health, and. although he sleeps his head off, be*s full of fun and vitality in his k s waking momenta. It's because he's jk IACTOGEN baby. LACTOCEN provides, in a form Baby can easily digest and assimilate,
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    • 278 5 I iri kIANOMOII I'iviro. 1 HI IN E V ITAB LI C H 01 ill! wusn: i bit Ini riii'.i i» "S MASftBS MOOTRIEG II HCfcINICN P,O T«i IVIODIHN I!AXI>Kr,OK OX:— DRAWING cV TRACING SURVEYING ft LEVELLING REINI^ORCED CONCR! STRUCTURAL SIEELW* FLOOR FLOORINCJ^ GLASS <^ GLAZING TILINO to PAVING FOUNDATION'S
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  • The Sunday Tribune
    • 444 6 SUNDAY APRIL 13, 1947. Sir Cecil Clementi Memories of prolonged and bitter controversies are recalled by the death in England of Sir Cecil Clementi twelve years after he retired from the office of Governor of the Straits Settlements and High Commissioner for the Malay States. The arrival of Sir Cecil
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  • 1026 6  - THE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE'S 'yes-man' CONCLUSIONS W. A. Harpur by The Consultative Committee which sat under the chairmanship of Mr. H. R. Cheeseman functioned very much as I am inclined to believe the Federal Legislative Council will function When it comes into being. The Committee's terms of reference were Simple and
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  • 1041 6  -  I apologise to my five readers for an absence of three weeks from this column, but owing to some -tupid prison regulation or other, pen. ink and paper wen* denied me. Naturally. I do not, wish to say too much about the affair. In case
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  • 628 6 Fellow Malayans, the truth is out at last! The homd facts have teen laid tare by a speaker before the Singapore Rotary Club who asserts thai intelligence must be Dorn with a person and cannot be forced upon him by tuition at renowned Schools or uni versifies.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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    • 25 6 Mac ham Tadi! ■M I _i _F* FDR A ■pi mm w M 1 U PR i lucn s&Bg^ FULL STRENGTH Look for^ihe Tiger Label
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  • Article, Illustration
    123 7 I lie posthumous award of the George Cross to the Rev. Herbert Cecil Push. U.A.1.Y.K., formerly of Friern Barnet Middlesex) Congregational Church, is announced. When a British trooper, carrying airmen to West Africa, was torpeineri in the Atlantic in July 1941, the padre came on deck and. learning
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  • 203 7 Han Went Bald After Marriage in in, i V AP L 12 t r A U v w< ek s ■'ter h, s marriage ri., i I S y **Z H ny Be rn «ein. <>t Upper ClaptonVUte
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  • 165 7 His Father Is Father Of His Wife's Son London. Apr. V.*.—Cirant- in? J de< ree nisi at Derby to Mr. Ronald I're \deri(k Pidiseon. of Derbyroad, Borrouash, Derby jwfct all(K«<l that his father had committed adultery with his vvifr, Mrs. Mildred PftdfOOa Judpe R. A. Willes said that in his
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  • 91 7 MADRID, Apr. I!. —Stalin nearly died at his summer residence at Sochi in the Crimea at dawn on October 5 last from a serious heart attack and was only saved by his stron constitution: but he will not live long now. This has been revealed by PlttaMf
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  • 283 7 His Sixteenth Bride Marriage Oddities Nrw Vmk. Apr. 12.— it is noi always Hollywood thai akes the man iage and divorce news James Williams, aged 65, of Cedai Rapids, lowa, has taken, for instance, his 161>] bride 'following an eight-month courtship by mail. His wivp.s have included one he married
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  • 188 7 LONDON. Apr 12— A sequel to dyachting tragedy at Hoylake* Regatta last July was the pub Heat ion of the £495.604 will of Major Norman Bremr.er Corle-t, a Liverpool solicitor. Major Corlett had his wife, Mrs. Joan Corlett, and his friend Mr. Lawrence McAlister, 46-year-old engineer,
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  • 200 7 DFRRYKLEL. Donegal. Apr 11. Mr^. Nellie Doohan has seen a lot of life in 108 year-, and ha., no specific Drmula for longevity, but "a little tot of wh.skey goiiu to bed is a great help." Believed to be the oldest woman in Ireland with
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  • 70 7 KLANG: Tragedy befell a picnic paity of young boys at Morlb B ach. when two bro th< rs. Ong Lock Teong, 15 :md Ong Lock BllSt. 13. lost their Hv<\The pa. t.v oi ichoolboyfl <;un<from ttv villau< 't Lengkal it appears that whilr swim tning, Lock
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  • 664 7 ROME, Apr. 12. The excitement of the hunt for Mussolini s gold and jewels, the so-called 'Treasure of Dongo" is sweeping me country, throwing completely into the background such sober topics as approval of Italy's new Constitution. Ihe tale of the treasure is a
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  • 51 7 ALGIERS. Apr. 11.— Light armoured cars, half-tmck> and ammunition for French troops in Algeria were landed here last night from a Greek freighter. It was reported that all was completely quiet throughout Algeria after the recent incidents in the Kabyle region, between Algiers and Constantine.
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  • 407 7 Father Daughter Lived In Hotel As Man And Wife LONDON. Apr. 12— A 20-year-old fill's story at Knutsford, Cheshire, of a meeting with her father, whom she had not seen for several years, was coupled with allegations about a wedding ring purchase and drinks consumed at midnipht. The girl, attractive
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  • 129 7 S LONDON. Apr. 1!. Three brothers, with half i a ton of equipment, have > arrived OB the little island of He»-ni, in the Fiiulish hannel to be«in "Opera- i tion Rabbit." In three week*. Fred, S Eddie, and Albert Hughes, i of
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 143 7 iUB QKfiAT EASTERN OPTICAL CO. 'Qualified Opticians) 2J5 South Bridge Rd., S'pore •opposite t 0 Indian Temple) o mclAN: C. Y. Fan. O.D ()1 (Phila.> »ong rxperienre ensures to* *H^ l3t (>llss work Adrtress: 275, South Bridge Road. Prompt Service Best Attention al Tur M,tn.l:u> Knapsack Sprayer Disinfectant Galv. Steel
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    • 338 7 AT :>1 HE FELT LIKE AN OLD MAN Backache !\iad«« it Affoaj to Stoop This man of 31 v.as prematurely aged by kid ;ey trouble Here hv tells ljow Kruschen gave h m back his health after weeks of pain: -I suffered for weeks from k dney trouble, and felt
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  • Film Page
    • 364 8 FAILURE failure an d then astounding, rapid success, marks the entrance of Barbara r,i r •>> f 1M1) I- >• f t < ut i aIOt 1 1 B( Creaaes Lu screen lam r Wni XViL S( M* ui si r, m the Hakim-Utvak producUon released
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    • 76 8 in Shanghai, dhinese film extras are now being paid $245,000 per Ittjf hi"h even for Hollywood. It's ali due I Shanghai financial panic, which reached out to Hollywood and hud the bookkeeping departm t Columbia PI jn a whirl, trying to Dku-v out with both
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    • 52 8 "Thp Lady Knew How" is the new title ;vcn bj Columbia I the corned." starring Franchot Tone and Lucille Ball which was first known as "Tho MatIng Call" and then "The Woman" Tin picture is being produced by 8. Sylvan Simon and Raphael Hakim, with the formor also
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    • 28 8 Ilka Oruning character tctin 'Flight." has had to mcvj ftve times In the past two years because the h'juse. in wh-ch she \l% Lng were >id.
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    • 463 8  -  DAVE DOUGLAS by IT was amateur night at Miner's Bowery on Mantan'js Lower fiast End, more than thirty y k A skinny, pop-eyed kid pushed on to th< s1 ol the famous old burlesque theatre, bc-p\ singin •The Curse f^f an Achinf?- Ht'ar 1 —in
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    • 106 8 II Glenn Ford continues to Physically maltreat his leading ladies in his future films, it will become a pretty expensive business lor him. Because he felt so upset over •laving to hit Rita Rayworth in Giida." Glenn sent her a basket of three dozen American beauty roses the
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    • 185 8 Filming So Well Remember ed" ha b< rough guing; for Martha S who journeyed to England to co-star with John M Us in the RKO-Rank Alliance production oi James Hilton's oest-seller. k largely at 'i■ y damp atm I a small Englisn mM-town during two week;
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    • 119 8 One morning when GAIL PATRICK arrived on the r Twentieth Century-Fox s where "Claudia and David" *T was being made, Robert Young, John Sutlou, and ie- S rome Cowan of the cast, phis the entire made < rtw let t.'Ut a long series of wolf howle anj very
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    • 132 8 Le->n Erro] will take time off from hi* popular tw< reel comedies to v>p ihc cast in a feature "Heading For H:,llywood,' which Kt rman Schk m will produce under the executive supervLs! nol d Rogell. Errol has 1 ag bei n rec I as r j
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    • 79 8 Ron Randell. Australian film star who recently arrived in Hollywood, is really suffering for the sake of American beauties. Ron turned up for rehearsals Dt Columbia for his first Hollywood film, "Bulldog Drummoni at Bay." with a still" neck and Anita Louise asked him how
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    • 272 8 THE ticulous an thentj :hed in Hollyv, »od vhen dlx eel i entir? ■-:>•■ <• just in ca might I m rs< n in tin with keen enough print i A I ti n in produi ti ,w r:^ I Bel Ami: a
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    • 28 8 K;rk Dcuglas, who blaya t gang boss In -'Out of the made his stage debui i wn :w< n\> ssenger boy in ring Again."
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    • 170 8 Maurice Chevalier is eager to visit the United States and meet in person Danny Kaye, Frank Sinatra and others ol America's new crop ot comedians and sii according to Robert Pirosh. RKO Radio screen writer just back from Paris where he was sent
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      71 8 A tense moment in the picture "ilonour and Sin" a drama of the occupation yea is which has just been completed by the China Film Service Ltd.. Singapore. Colonel Kanaka (Chin Niau) threaten! to shoot Fong Chu (Wu i'in) for proving herself to be a spy for the Resistance Movement.
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    • 265 8 Thai ceauty froxn Bu:te, Lucille Daii, ivj evefy tiling n act resses <uve a caroon copy. Durin? ner ien your tenure in Holly*(.wd, ner aaapiab.luy Has prt.v.dea net witn moro roles than are rumored lur Clark Gaol or Gary drum. But she never
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    • 104 8 "Up In Central Park,' a Broadway mu: ical hit ha> been bought by Universal Studio as a screen vehicle for its sinking star, Deanna Durban. With music by Sigmund Rombers and book by Herbert and Dorjth* Fields, "Up In Central Park" is a gay story laid
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    • 86 8 T 'li, ri." i Th' us wit. During the darrjrl p. Zan Tweni Cent in D Edmund Qoul and his fast indudil Tyrone Power. J j Annr i r. had I Wrbb G iu fouM film \v. th icene Finally, a L days, the director recea I
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  • 3201 9  -  JOE LOUIS My Life Story-By BASEBALL FAN r t me. it i called '■>■' nm I tood I to overn with. We're all u .11 American e zcn. i- i r than tv-in^ a citizen ol Berlin or T< k. "All I
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  • 268 10 England s Soccer Team Is Worth £44, 000 -Dead LONDON, Apr. 12*— If an F.A. councillor is killed attending an international match, his dependants will %vt £B,O(JU. If Stanley Matthews or Tommy Lawton meets with ii fatal accident during play, or on the way to a match, theii dependants will
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  • 236 10 LONDON. Apr 12. -"This •>}R w ars to be a case of a deccgvfc havd-worklnfl man nagsed to death by his wife." said Mr. Gerald Howard, who ap peared at the Old Bailey to prosecute Samuel Frederick McQueen, aged 40. a presser, ol Cuttle- close.
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  • 126 10 BRITAIN FIRM ON EMPIRE PREFERENCES Geneva. Apr. 11. Sir Stafford Cripps, President of the Board of Trade, told a press conference this afternoon that onv United States tariff reductions in return for abandonment of Empire Preferences would not be regarded as sufficie.it by the British government. A questioner asked him:
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  • 36 10 Tommy HandJey Governor of the Mythical Crown Colony of "Tomtopia" seen here wit h one of the local inhabitants, hues more problems in next Thursday Edition of thr Radio Sttitß, "Itma."
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  • 158 10 NB fORK, Apr. 11. The journal Comi i reported In a Wa In n dispatch today that knitial steps toward freer trade with Japan will probably br t kcii n the next three six m nths with the latter d more likely The report said
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  • 31 10 M:W YORK. Ap.. 11 '!>,, mnj(/r nylon hosiery ma:iufacturen the Dcvonport Hosiivy Mills aad the Blue Line Hosiery Mills— have amMMiaced \)r\cc reduettoni tanginK rrom $1 t7B Dei doien
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    • 153 10 C; i v/ Ina iff. Jen r Sii|tM lir.rl /itiifc. :< M faift»mm Di|Mj» Mi-.'.. n -H %sm&*k (ViSI JtlllSUS I hi tv^' ZX <'HLfr KJ Here's the Rip-Rousing Story of < tlic malcin of the live Brother- GK^A'lri: B tm Caus( thig onc is TRVE! Opens TO-DAY n a.m.—
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    • 284 10 Your Radio Listening: This Week's Highlights (By A Radio Corresponden The lir.st highlight of this weeks listening i- tonight at 9.4t> when Hacno Theatre presents "Remember Caesar', .a plav especially written for the r>.ts.C. by ui.rann uaviot. Hearing in mind that Gordon Daviot is tOe autnoress ol mai historical piay
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    • 452 10 Hawtrey. The >er!es ha> been adapted tor the ti.H.C o& the autnoc m collaboration witn Rex Diamond and AlecK Hayes. On Wednesday at 9.45 therewill be another ol tnose popular quiz programmes 'tor listeners only.' I am told that there are uii sort> l strange questions Uned-up for this edition;
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  • 253 11 IBF To Create Eastern Zone i- -< LRtcmational BtKimin^n Fcdcr •v; Uj create an h^ jma i uiv-eimivalcjil to Imne lv ua« p if. It /U official of :.he Badmintan 4 a«i mg*it toid tiic- Trio? tie that a l.i tam ij almost
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  • 242 11 LEIJSSIUS HITS 43, TAKES 7 WKTS thd* an «el wby T L( I who 43 and then U,ok 2. of the O 21 fell sR C SVond eleven ch :,e* won by hre< wick Rassip and K. ITiamby rt ah took the bowlii e ho .ours 2a the Recs battei,
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  • 211 11 GROWDER TAKES SEVEN FOR 12 Il a: >ril) i played on the S.C.C. .round yesterday, the S.C.C. beat the strong Special Umniissioners team by 43 runs. J. P. Pearson coi °»ied26 runs to tin- S.C.C. score. m Special Commissioners. were dismissed for a Pa Pe total oi 36 Growder took
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  • 58 11 The Chinese Swimming club will meet, the Chinese Sports r-iation at billiards today at the Club premises, beeinninc; at noon. The followisg will represent the Bwimirg Club: Lim Chuan Geok, Woo Soo Ton?, Teo Siew Sun. Kon Cheng Moh. Kwai Kian Hong, Tan
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  • 76 11 C HIATE SING ATHLETIC UNION Members of the Chiate Sing AtnieUc Union are asked to *c that a geiural meeting will I be l eld on Sunday at 9 a.m. <n<;t 9 p.m. as h; s been prenoiuly circularised* at the prej mi.es ot ii:e President, Mr. Cnua 800 Lim.
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  • 22 11 BANGKOK, Apr. 12. Two thoua vid buses today ceased opera; ion in protest of the line rrice.
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  • 291 11 (Sunday. Tribune Staff Reporter) Singapore Chinese Amateur Sports Federation —the first oi its kind in Malaya, to which various Chi--1 Se <pvr relations aTS affiliated may send a team to compete In the All-China Olympiad to be held on I Ct. 10 this
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  • 81 11 The boys' section of the C.Y.M A. be.-. I the Queen Street Boys' Club bv five singles to two in a table tennis ma ch last Friday. Results i C.Y.M. A. mentioned first) Stephen Lim bea! Moo.i Koe' any Lim beat Pang Cheng Qui; Lawrence IJm lo»t to
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  • 84 11 4AN ISTER, Sat.— Burnley, str ng contenders tot promotion t i thi First Divisii n entered thj f.a. Cun Final today by defeatIns Liverpool one-nii her» j today. and ire wl\ on th* road 1 1 achieving the coveted double winning the Cud ani pr';m'ni' -n :n
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  • 117 11 LONDON. Sat.— Scotland wer unfortunate in having to share ho! urs with England in their soccer international at Wembley K aay. The score was one-all, after the Scots had had the better ol play for fully 70 minutes i f the uame. Aland's defence was
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  • 382 11 SCFA <Sc><tien2) 4 S.C.C The* Chinese (Seleciior>2) won comfortably against the -Sinjic.pore Cricket Club Jn their league match at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday, to bring- their totel number of points to six. The Club put up a gallant du;;lay against a superior team aria
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  • 86 11 Ti y Sing en ted to i r and bas K?toi in :ck *n I h:rl,'| .i n* rk ir v u Perslls Chi. my Kai-shek n S.am, ii is he charg r. Tr >m Joon Ch;n^ and W'»nK Poo Koon, are exffected t hv Diane on
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  • 536 11  - 'I Daren' t Lose,' Says Baksi Archie Quick By LONDON, Apr. 12.— "1 wish i could set such a fifteenrOUnd workout- said husky twenty-five year-old Joe Baksi of Pennsylvania, as we sat in deckchairs on Bri^htons sunbathed from discussing rival Bruce Woodcocks Manchester form against Stephan Olck. "That fight must
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  • 167 11 /Me v From pcountry 1 KUAI i recei its o; th( v. ernor- Ai ICD Qu] I .<■.! n i A. A Federa ri West in hum. i- N aid iv< proJ »und i i tui talks at the c m 'ii 1.. thos( mutual un
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  • 66 11 (From Our Own Reporter) IPOH. Apr 12. The Government is to lend the services o* I engineers to ensure that ther* Kill be no interruption of essential public services in Ipoh and other areas in Perak which rely on the '9W6r supply of the Perak River
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    • 87 11 CHUNGKING Tanjong Pagar Phone 3327 Opening Today 1. 3 15, 6.30. U.QO p m. 'Thunder Birds" <in Techricolor) With Gene Tiemey Preston Foster. 3 30—6—8 30 p.m "Dev/an Bahadur" I i 'Tamil/ 3 p.m.— 7— 9 15 p m "JUNGLE BOOK" fin technicolor) -Opeiiing To-morrow— "Dark Command" "Badman's Territory" Blazing
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  • 240 12 BRITAIN, U. S. DISCUSS DEFENCE ON FREE INDIA Fear Of JR. ussia Washington, Apr. i>, A reliable British squire con firmed today Hurt British and American ,ji iit staffs were di cussing means ol defending India alter the British w i d ra vva 1 nex t yesir. The source
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  • 380 12 English Sot \fi LO! \pi 12 I I :;r;] 22 Athletic and f Burn mi B «r.\ -ru i ter tr AttW wav Bng a1 We mbley wn.cn ed n a 1-ali draw ime vial s'ruggies la the i ramroe The prcmk-r division chamhin promises
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  • 67 12 WASHINGTON. Apr 12. The Far Eastern Commission yes.erday banned the teaching of military subjects ind Em peror- worship in Japan. It sent a directive .o General MacAxthur. w/-h avi accompanying doctrine on Japanese education. It said that future education in Japan should be considered ms "preparation for
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  • 111 12 INDIA WANTS KOH-I-NOOR DIAMOND BACK 2 A.M. News NEWDFLHt, Apr. 12 Maulana Abul Kalam Az.-jc'. Educational member of the Indian Inienm Government, told the Central Legislative Assembly during a debate on his bill to control the export of antiquities today that he was asking for the return of Indian antiquities
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  • 55 12 LONDON. April 12. A major British dock strike for Monday appeared in the making 1 it; today. The Ministry of Labour indicated that it would reiuse to intervene in the Glasgow dispute in which London and Liverpool dockers already had agreed to walk out m sympathy
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  • 83 12 WASHINGTON. Apr. 12 Federal conciliators with upii mlsm shaken by five days r«ipeatcd (allure, today 'vvorkeu sjcrctlv on a nrw plan to end the national telephone strike before White House Intervention becomes necessary to restore the orippl, d servlc Mr. Truman :s srill silent
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  • 169 12 HER G OOD FRIDA Y'S GOOD ACT SHE FRI'STRATED car strippers Mrs. G. LttfftSMlyk tabeve) a Dutch woman living in Singapore, who recently helped the Police to arres' ttiur men suspected to be members of a gang of car strippers. Mrs. Lagendyk and her husband were driving k,ng Kukit Timah
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  • 73 12 SAN FRANCISCO. Apr. 12. >i\ American liberty .ships manxi< d by Japanese crows tlleti ix-'tu Ban Pransiscu Bay i ;it r an epic voyaite acn.ss Uie I J .cific Ocean. Tnc .ships which Hew Oen. MacArthur'ii Occupation flag were destined for storage Ihtc Lnrout
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  • 245 12 "Best-Dressed" Girl has nothing to Wear CHICAGO, Apr. 12.— Evelyn Hall, named cne of the 10 best dressed working girls in the U.S., said today that She really ha 1 hardly a thing to wear. "I don't even own an evening dress, she said. Miss Hall was among 10 American
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  • 367 12 SOUTH AFRICA TO IMPROVE TRADE with MALA YA i Sunday Tribune Stall Reporter) Commensurate with the relaxation of trad< controls and the improvement of shipping facilities, the Union of South Africa is concentrating upon stepping UP her trade with Malaya. This statement was made to the Sunday Tribune by Mr.
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  • 117 12 The Kamala C!rcu the lirst foreign circus to visit Malaya utter several years, performing at Farrer Park now. is proving an outstanding succ» Featuring an all-Asiatic star cast, the performance is thrll ling enough to keep a person on the edge qf the -eat almost
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  • 57 12 PEIPINO. Apr 12 cummun st i nj c ib ut B5 n t ol P H vincial -pu .1 nri( nacimg ciust r (it i cutting rail* tii ns witli T i ►-govornmeni nati nail pi u w< r, ruj hing i <• the mmuni w s boliev.
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  • 61 12 The l-iiinwiiiß have been elected as ollice l> of st Andrew's Old Boys" Association: Mr R. C H Lim. President Thomas. Vice-PresidenU; Mr T. Guh. Hon Secretary; Mr j A. Ballas Asst. Secretary; Mr Tan Eiie Chiang. Hon Troa>urer: and Messrs. Chan Swan Ton-. Yap Kariß
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  • 42 12 SHANGHAI. Apr 12 An official Nationali.it report claimed today that the (Ommu nists execu:ei three Americans and one other foreigner oi unknown nationality on April 1 shortly bfore evaluating Way sopa.'i 30 miles northwest cf Yera 1 In north Shensi
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  • 59 12 12 Mr •C1 (i "J that t > Council i lmm« di it« from < r nomv fin mciaJ sy m M lutov j th lent Ruosr suggest d ai tho r. ran c fcrei tha b divided d J vas n intil !> ilam that the B
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