Sunday Tribune (Singapore), 11 January 1948

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    32 1 BY THE PEOPLE FQRjkiE PEOPLE MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER The Sunday Tribune 'Phone 5811 (Three Lines) Now I'tini^l steutfflfcrously In Singapore '''''IjjklJ^' 'P"h Penan- TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE. JANTARY, 11, 1947 PKICE TEN CENTS.
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    SETTLEMENT HOPES IN
    267 1 DECISION TODAY (Sunday Tribune Staf: Reporter) An eleventh- hour effort to break the two day strW of 5.000 workers at ;ie Singapore Harbour BoarO w..s made yesterday, an,] negotiations were still go.nts on just before midnight when it wa: learned rial a r^c\Fion would probably be mo'w
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    Dramatic Rescue By GG's Secy
    160 1 Dramatic Rescue By GG's Secy \Svn<(<n! T, Ibutu Rep i'* i i In th< If 1,/ Pohcr Btat'tm c impound o/ K>i<i Tin'/'ri si it tiled a fi yards fron th r- Johurr Rfr I I i the titvn inf > tiro, a thrillinfj rrtti-ic wan effected hu Mr FiJi'tnf
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    FIRST 'FLOOD TRAIN' LEAVES FOR KLUANG
    205 1 FIRST 'FLOOD TRAIN' LEAVES FOR KLUANG < Son-lav Tribr le Staff T Vi>o!-t Yesterday a train loft Singapore 3 for Kluang. the firs; to l^ve Sr»Kaoore »;ncc Tuesday niq-'it. Only a fow paa^engers boar- led it. It Is understood that if road communication is possible the R;mway authorities will engage
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    MARSHAL PLAN
    44 1 known \iS' u 10: -'t *»> ni d <* SJS y lhnt negotiations were Plan n ni th sixtw n Marshall 'nonth" ci V, 0 s Conference next SL S|1 a iMu rt t2 p<-vci- o»j t-."..!d economic r<«--3 aSeifu^ 0 11 enureiv U.P.
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    LATEST
    48 1 "I have no reason for being pessimistic as a result of the talks sai( Mr Basten to tho Tribune after the talks which lastm ror over eight hours were was anjourned. Discussions will resume this morn'ng at 11 a.m. Ten ships were affected yesterdav bv the strike.
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    NEW DISTRICT JUDGE
    58 1 NEW DISTRICT J UDGE IPOH. Jan. 10. Ipoh will have v. new district judge in the person of Mr. M. R. Fletcher Rogers when he arrives from England shortly. Ho is expected by the steamer 'Euphino Prest' which docks in Penang on Jan. 16. It is understood Mr. Fletcher Rogers
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    KOTA TINGGI TOWN BOARD LIMIT
    20 1 KOTA TINGGI TOWN BOARD LIMIT Photoipapln. THE LIMJT? This certainly is. A flood picture that tells it# own story. Tribune
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    "DVINA" STILL AFLOAT
    106 1 TOKIO. Jan li j Latest reports of the stricken Russian passenger vess«! Dvina, whirh for thret- days and nijrhts has been wallowing helpless'y in hitrh seas off the roast of Hokkaido. Indicated ther.« is still a ■tron* poss:'ollity the vrs'e' may be towed ashore a^ soon ns
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    CONVICTED ON OWN PLEA
    47 1 MALACCA: Jan. 10; Goh Chew Cliai. was convict d on his own ple.i <>i tfiilty on a charge of bem^ in Des^ession of tfocUMcnli relating ti> triad society <>n December 9 of last year. He was finrd $400. in li<*u '"our u:onths r.i.
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    Girl Sea-Rover Makes Hazardo us Trawler Trip
    386 1 Girl Sea -Rover Makes Hazardo us Trawler Trip {By BERNARD J. WILLIAMS Trihunr Shipping Reporter) In Singapore today is 1 young girl of twenty-four, very much a seafarer, who in the short period of about eight months has proved her worth. Listed on the crew of the 'Gladys Mary'* a
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    FLOOD VICTIM
    73 1 Phot<Hjraih). COMPLETELY SUBMERGED A closr-up of Rota Tin,,,,, bridge tilth tht flood water* *xcee V in« across it. O.S.P.C. Bmrll of Johort Bahnt and a party of Poli--v clear in the debris ivhirii wa« ejef rtinq pressure on thf bridge The bridge was hi danger *f Uhu, swevt
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    Kota Tinggi—A Ghost Town Now
    1029 1 Kota Tinggi A Ghost Town Now FLOOD-SOAKKB. ITS POPULACE PEKCHttD ON ROOF TOPS— (Sunday Tribune Staff Reporter) The thrice-flooded 4.000 population town of Kota Tinijei which is situated on a swamp t» the Johore River is like a ghost town today. Except fcr a f ew residents who popped their
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    Kedah Council Set-Up Soon
    102 1 ALOR STAR. Jan. 10. Kedah's Mentri Besar and other members of the Kedah State Council are expected to be announced soon. Officials will include the State Engineer, State Surgeon, Superln- tendent of Education, Chairman of Town Board and Chief Kathl. There will be nine Malay unoffl-
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    FOR THE FIFTH TLVIE
    35 1 lONDON, Jan. 10: A fifth pair of twins- -a boy and u girl have been lorn to Mrs. Mary Ke'ly. a dock labourers wife of Warren Point, County Down, northern licland.
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    Shot Into 'Blukar' Hits Chinese
    175 1 Shot Into 'Blukar' Hits Chinese (Sunday Tribune Staff Koporter) A Chinese was wounded when a memher of a radio natrol fired a shot into a 'blukar' at the 4| ins., Dunearn Road, yesterday afternoon. It appears that the Chinese, wiio had been surprised ransacking a room in the house of
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    Mystery Corpse And Dakota Still Here
    459 1 Mystery Corpse And Dakota Still Here (Sunday Tribune Staff Reporter) The mystery corpse carried by a Dakota which made a forced lanaing at Changi airfield during had weather on Dec. 29 is still in Singapore, also the aircraft, and the pilor Early this morning, the roflin containing the corose was
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    Cathedral Wedding
    121 1 (Sunday Tribune Staff Iloporter) The weddiiig of Mr. lan Bailieu Ramsay, of Harrisons and Crosficld < Malaya) Ltd., and Miss Jean La/inia Grace Renton was solemnised by the Rev. Kinross Nicholson at St. Andrew's Cath~d' al. yesterday uf-tnr-icon. The lovely bride was given away by her lather, Mr.
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    KILLEARNS LEAVE
    28 1 Lord Kil learn and Lady KU learn left Singapore for China and Japan by air yesterday morning. They are expected to return some tim«> this month.
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    Curate Blames Govt A For Social Decay
    506 2 (Sundi.y Yriline Stan Bcportei Much o/ the cause for the in creaahut .social tlecay of the da; was attributed to the Goyenunen whose in«.lulu r ence in social wolfar was flayed by a Churri Of Kn^laml Padre, on Assizes Daj last Monday. The
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    A 'PARADISE'-WHERE A BARGAIN IS A BARGAIN
    855 2 (Sunday Tribune Staff Reporter) THERE ar? "Junkmen's Paradises* 1 the world over. Every city hus them. Singapore's particular one is situated in Pagoda Pireet, in the narrow and rather short, expanse ol roadway thai runs beside the Mariamman Kovil, or Hindu Temple, in
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    FOOD PROBLEMS DISCUSSED
    57 2 London, Jan. 10. The Pakistan Hiuh Commissioner, Habib Ibrahim Rahimtoola, and the Indian Deputy High Commissioner, Mi. H. S. Mam. wt*rc among thos£ present yesterday at a coni<rence of Dominions representatives In the Commonwealth Relation] Office at which rood probli ms Wi re discussed. The Board o'
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    Pk. Chinese Welfare Association
    78 2 IPOH. ■':<») 10. At meeting <•• members >f the Perak Chi iu\s" chamber ol Commerce hHu here It was decided that Pe rak Chinese Welfare Association h? formed Headed by Mr Lau Pak Khuan J P., and ton GthT leading members of the community, it will
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    Committee To Advise On Income Tax
    309 2 (Sunday Tribune Staff Reporter) As forrshadowjd in the Tribune two days ago iill official communique has been issued confirming tnti composition of the membership of the Special Com mittee appointed io examine and make recommendations on the collection of income i^x and for any
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    SLAPPED BY JAPS, SHIRLEY STILL SANG ON
    1331 3  -  TESSIE CORNELIUS —A s Told By An Amazing Story Of A Little Singapore Girl's Fortitude ONCE upon a inu yen the Japanese occupied Inpapore r litth girl copi( d ihe tac lea of Little Tommy Turk' by singing her supper. Then the similarity
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    Crew Flies Here To Man Yacht
    239 3 (Sunday Tribune Staff Reporter) A skeleton crew of 24 Filipinos from Manila was flown out last week to Singapore in a speciallychartered Dakota plane belonging t i the Trans-Asiatic Airlines to man the* "Sea Belle II" (the Governor's pre-war luxury yarht, later requisitione-1 by
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    ARMED MEN RAID HUT
    91 3 Vour Cteineae gangsters, two of whom were armed with revolvers, tool, .V1 72 in cash and valuables from ftquatter'a hut in the heart <>j Kim Ghuan Koad at i o'clock, yestei day moi nnur. ai B.IR p.m on Prjday night, lit* Raine gfann is believed to
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    MALAYS FLOCK TO MALACCA
    51 3 MALACCA. Jan. 10. All roads ltd to Malacca on Ifandl Safar Day when the Malay po- pulation cekbrati d 'nv.mdi safar' i In traditional ta.shion. Tanjong Kllng the principal venue ot these celetorationa was packed with Malays from Seiangor, Perak. Krdnh. Penang, ivilis. Ke'antan. Trenfganu and
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    SCHOLARSHIP FOR MALAY GIRL
    68 3 SCHOLARSHIP FOR MALAY GIRL MALACCA, Jan. 10. Sustained interest in the <"iiii Guide movement ii' the country and hei un tiring efforta to further the movement in Malaya has earned for 26-year-olil Che Lily binte Abdul Majid of th«> M-«!:iy Women's Training College, Malacca, a Hiiti^h Council Scholarship to Kngland.
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    DENTALJHPLOMA RECOGNISED
    38 3 DENTAL JHPLOMA RECOGNISED The Principal of the College of Medicine, Dr Paris, h<»s received Infoi nation tiom th<' Qetieral 1 ("ouncii of Medical Education an<l Registration that they recognise th<* Diploma <>i Licentiate in Dental Surgery (L.D.S.) Singapore.
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    INCOMPLETE LIST: MASTER FINED $400
    156 3 INCOMPLETE LIST: MASTER FINED $400 T)w Chinese master of :i motor boat which arrfved in Singapore fi<ini th»- Karlmon [stands with aliens aboard on Jan. 7 was heavily fined by Mr. R. W. P. Rule the Magistrate, at the Sixth Police Court yesterday. In thr dock. Thia TtllSJlg Sin, the
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    Y.W.C.A. GIRLS' CLUB
    146 3 A club for working girls li to be opened tomorrow at the Have--1 look Roji«l (Miil<s Fee. ling Centre, which the Social Welfare Depart* ment has placed at th»-' <ijspo.sal of 1 the Club in the evening. The formation of the Club is <!uc to the efforts
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    S'pore Girl Gets L.R.A.M.
    190 3 (Sunday Tribune Stuff Reporter) The L.R.A.M. (Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music > has just been awarded to Miss Joyce Scharenguivel, 24-year-old Singapore pianist who delighted a large audience with her flue lendering of Grieg's Concerto at the Singapore Musical Society concert early last year.
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    PRINCESS' LETTER ON DISPLAY
    51 3 PRINCESS' LETTER ON DISPLAY The original lettei which H R K. Princess Elisabeth sent to sir Franklin Crimson, K.C.M.G., the Governor of Singapore, thanking the poopio of Singapore for the golden casket, which th<*y sent her on her wedding, is al present on display at the Entrance Hall of Rafllcs
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    ROBBERS PREFERRED HIGHWAYS
    41 3 Most of last month's robberies took plae* 1 in the streets. This wax revelled in the robbery figures for December. Out of a total of 106 armed and unarmed robberies. 6H of them were committed on the highway.
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    A WOMAN PEEPS AT SINGAPORE
    4222 4  -  VERA ARPMORE by Happy Birthday on last Monday night Isu Cairnhil] Road went gay with much colour, mirth and revelry, when Mrs Qouw An Ton, Gladv> to her numerous iriends and Idest daughter Of Mr and Mrs A. L. B. Lim, c» lebrated h*r birthday.
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      JANUARY 11. 1948. How To Treat A Wife
      338 6 JANUARY 11. 1948. How To Treat A Wife How to treat one's wife has constituted a social p r obi ein since caveman clays and probably long before that. Concepts range through a /ariety of notions from the Frenchman's pedestal existence to the Bohemian's knout as a means of ensuring
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    Coming Politicians Must Know Ineir Constituents
    831 6  - Coming Politicians Must Know Ineir Constituents R. B. Ooi Bv It is a byword in Malaya that few o; the nominated members of stat, councils, municipal com missions, sanitary |>oards. and other public bodies really know the people in Un-lr respective localities. They move in their own circles and the
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    Up A Mountain With A Boat In Tow
    1069 6  -  Negley Farson Moss From A Rolling Stone By To get from the Rhine to the Danube, and thus take a boat across Europe from the North to the Black Sea, was an utter impossibility, said the German Consulate in London when I
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    SMUGGLING COMPLICATIONS ON THE CHINA COAST
    384 6 HONGKONG. Shipmasters and shipping operators here are facing n dilemma with regard to smuggling which amounts to a case of being "damned if they do and damned if they don't." If a ship clears from Hongkong and on arrival at a Chinese port is
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    Dog Dethroned Her 'King'
    485 6  -  Alison Mayhew By It comes to all of us at some period of our lives. The moment wlim, us homh*Lhody'i guest, we are confronted \>y (some dl.sh which we would rather! die than consume. It has OOHM to- me now. On my plate, placed there proud^
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    NEW MINISTER IS A "LEFTIST"
    192 6 To meet th e increased volume or work in the Colonial Office caused by the rapid political and economic ;ind social developments in the the Colo nies and to ensure th». doteis personal contact between the Colonial Office and the peoples or the Colonies and
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    Ma lay a's Shoe Industry Is Thriving
    1029 7 Ma lay a 's Shoe Industry Is Thriving OSWALD HENRY, Afiet A Visa To Bale's Singapore Factory, In North Bridge Road. Reports That- EVEN ESTATE WORKERS WANT TO FEEL "DRESSED" THESE DAYS MORE people in Malaya are wearing shoes today Yes. even the humble estate worker puts on a pair
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    Malayans To Attend World Conference
    343 7 (Sunday Tribune Staff Reporter) When delegates of the Methodist Church all over the world assemble in Boston. Massachus- setts. U.S.A. in April for the General Conference, Malaya will be represented for the first time hi local church hist on/ hii four delegates. Two are ministerial
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    MALAYAN NEWSREELS FOR FOREIGN SCREENS
    196 7 (Sunday Tribune Staff Reporter) Malayan events will be better known to the outside world as well as to the peoples of this country following the Shaw Bros decision to produce monthly, and later bi-monthly, news-gazettes to cover tne whole of Singapore and the Malayan nnion.
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    INDIAN MISSION VISITS ESTATE
    38 7 TPOH. Jan. 9 —Members s>l the Indian Goodwill Mission yesterday visited Changkat Kinding Estate, Tanjong Rambutan at th2 invitation of Mr J. S. Ferguson, J.P., manager ol the estate and a well-known Perak planter.
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    PROFILE OF PRESIDENT SOEKARNO
    601 7 PR OFILE OF PRESIDENT SOEKARNO I Jit! KENG lIOK, who returned from a month's tour of Indonesia during ihe week, todav writes a.. The President o, the Republic of Indonesia Mr Soekarno, is rather tallifth for an Indonesian He appears y\ public- functions With a black cao. dark khaki uni
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    ASSISTANT APPOINTED
    48 8 COLOMBO. Jan. 10 —Provision has been made in the 1947--4« budget estimates for the post cf assistant to the Ceylon Government Representative in London It is stated that the post Is to be filled bv Mr A. WeerasinKhe. Commissioner of the Ceylon Government's Agricultural LabourCorps Reuter
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    N.E.I. May Withdraw From Jogja Parley
    269 8 BAIAVIA, Jan. 10. Well-informed Dutch sou/ces said hero today it was "highly probable" the Netherlands would withdraw from the negotiations conducted by the Security Council Co.Tiniitteo of "Good Offices" on the Indonesian dispute, if the Republican^ did not accpt Lh€ latest Dotch arncudments to
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    Strange As It Seems
    259 8 SYDNEY. Jan 10 Exan.lr.a--tiu-i al th- fiics of the Austra- lian National Safety Council in search of material for newsp&per campaigns on "safety first" during the Christmas and New Year holidays, brought to lisrht records of several remarkable escapes from death in 1947. A 17-vear-old Sydney
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    SURE & STEADFAST CLUB OFFICIALS
    122 8 SURE STEADFAST CLUB OFFICIALS Tre Sure dt Steadfast CluW (the Old Boys' Association of the Boys' Brigade) in Singapore held their Zirst annual general meeting ut the 8.8. Headquarters on Jan. 7. The following were elected officebearers: Patrons; Sir Han Hoe Lim and Mr. James M. Fraser; President, Mr. A.
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    U.S. FLEET IN CREEK WATERS
    131 8 ATHENS. Jan. 10 The United States Mediterranean Fleet including the 45.000-ton aircraft carrier Midway. three liphtcrujsers. as well as several destroyers, is now holding training exercises in the Eastern Mediterranean and lonian Sea off southwest Greece, the United States Embassy here announced today. Manoeuvres described
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    CHEATING ALLEGED
    71 8 Bail in $250 with two sureties was allowed 28-ycar-old Arab Omar bin Sakim at the Second Police Court yesterday on a charge of cheating. Omar claimed trial to cheating Mohamed bin Muhamdumry of ten cents on a Singapore Traction Company omnibus along Geylang Koad on Jan. 0 by
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    CHINESE FACES CHARGE
    65 8 Ng Chai Jooi. a young Chinese, was charged at the Fourth Magistrate's Court yesterday with attending to extort a sum of money from a compatriot. Tang Ah Nee, at Rochore Canal Road on Jan. 9 by putting him in fear of death. Ng claimed trial to the
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    300 'GIFTBOOKS COME TO RAFFLES LIBRARY
    480 8 300 'GIFT BOOKS COME TO RAFFLES LIBRARY BUT DONORS REMAIN ANONYMOUS (Sunday Tribune Staff Reporter) SINGAPORE'S Raffles Library has had a windfall during the last few months. Through the generosity ol various individuals in the city, over 300 •good" books have been acquired through voluntary donations and these have already
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    RAF GOAT RETIRES
    171 8 I'' if tec i \cai-oT j T.c\vi>, <;- >t ".:at whv is C ntascci o»f the No. 1 Technical Training Srhoo! Royal Air Force, at Haiton, Bucks., i:> to be placed on -.c re tired list vvi h t^e rank of l''!»-h Sergea'it. > 1 i p];.ce
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    NEW APPOINTMENTS
    104 8 The following appointments made by His Excellency ihe Governor are notified in the latest Singapore Govern m nnt Gazette: Mr. JA.E. Moriey MB E. M C.S to he a mem l er ot" the Labour Advisory Board for the colony of Singapore: Mr. KJt. CroHNf to be D'
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    Team Will Talk About Accidents
    182 8 Team Will Talk About Accidents JUot aril v rd 111 Singapore from England is a (Cam irom ihc Deputy Directorate of Aircraft Accident Prevention, Air Ministry, London. The team ale ■howtag 111 ins iUid t'ivin^ lectures and exhibitions to mill the air fores of the British Commonwealth "accident-conscious." During the
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    179 8 COLOMBO, Jan. n o ln hildrcn have no fn urc n thi country wiih i; < u -ip education and big rlowiiey," rterftircd Dr. A. Sotnasundermm, Dis'ric< Medical officer, of I'.uki" Mertajam. Mflay:). wli' he arrived i Colombo, < 'ci n. on a
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    Famous Pair In Famous Story
    214 9 Famous Pair In Famous Story Walter Pidpeon and Deborah Kerr have been selected by Mrtro-Cioldwyn-; Mayer as the i-o-starrinK team for one of the screen's most not ibl: liter ary properties A. S M. llutchinson's best -seller novel, •If Winter (ernes The new picture, scheduled to go before the cameras
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    49 9 SVELTE, SWEET 'N SAUCY Delighz/uz Esi; tfl William* photographed outsjdt her houm in lif rnhf Hills just ,is sh< WO* about to takf a dip in Ik r />/(- -vatt sirntnnin<f pool Esther is due to appear m s ntv picture "On An tmiaud irith You" <ils<> (t technicolour treat.
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    NOT HIS ANKLE
    119 9 WITH his sprained ankle completely healed, Cv te Kelly reported for his ri ml (lance s"<jurticc "Kido and Me," in "Living I In A Big Way." The routine is a >• rr-ni;cKi> or:' wii.i the star an^, pup Chri' jumpin'. sorniM-sauitinir. diutbin? I ladders, scaling trees a~ul
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    TROUBLE IN PARADISE
    675 9 fi-IENRY GRIS, the only Malayan Film Correspondent In Hollywood, Reports For Tribune Readers-— Now Its Actors Who Want More Pay HOLLYWOOD, Jan 1. It was bound to happen. Determined to save money by curtailing picture production, H'dlywood mov? m-eiils were faced with a new threat to their
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    Garson Had Last Laugh
    277 9 NEWSPAPER leaders everywhere will recall that some months ago while Greer Garson was on location in Monterey. California, for Metro-Goklwyn-Mayei s "Desire Me," she was almost washed out to sea by a giant wave. Such mishaps, though not frequent, do occur during the filming o' motion
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    SYD'S AIM
    99 9 S Y D N E Y GREENSTREEI isn't £*oin;r t<> depend On his mtmory alone to remember his comlwri in Motro-Goldwyn Mavo M Thc Hucksters.' The portly act of, who learned to paint jretn am>, has been makinj.: ske/t--chet "f Clark Gable, Deborah Ken. Adolphe Menjou, Director Jack
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    HELP, HELP
    47 9 Johnny Welssmuller swam more than a mile in open sea near Acapuleo. Mexico, to summon help when the motor splattered out in a boat bringing the troupe filming "Tarzan and the Mermaids", back from location. The boat had drifted helplessly for more than an hour.
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    NARROW ESCAPE
    49 9 Agnes Moorehead was stunned but otherwise uninjured when lightning: struck a tree to which her dressing room tent was moored on location in Arizona for "Station West." Bolt was diverted from her by an electric wire at the rear of the tent 10 feet awav from her.
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    POISON GAS
    41 9 Cornel Wilde ban found a newuse for pieces of film cnit out of "It Had to be You," in which he co-stars with Ginger Ropers. He stuffs them down gopher holes and ignites them to drive away the varmints
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    96 9 When Dorothy Lamour. Para lount's >,~t,.i >. .<htr. whvwed up at the theatre in Hollywood for a gala prairie the other day, fellow stars along with her fans who were standing on tht nhd* lines, stopped and gaped but long at thn floral headpiece
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    43 9 John Laurens, currently nppe^r ing in "Tarzan and t.h<» Mermaids," a Sol L#esser rioduction. was Mini fioni birth .intil he wh;; seven years old. Ills grandmother is credited with bringing him tight by massaging his eyes with a homemade ointment.
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    374 9 double <k>sr of thirteen^ isnM giving William P 11 and lffyrna Loy onp lota of concern, "it doesn't n |n »n thl!>g," tht-y SB V The s-viren's "perfect husband »n i wit. have been working through th'it"<»n years an»J thirteen motion pictures, with never
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    209 10 pitch, but he late cut Muifett for four. Twenty-eight runs were on the board in 20 minutes. At the close of play India had scored 189 for the loss of two WicketS, Renter AAP. S«?orc hoard Tasmania Ist Innings Mori isby b
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    Rangachari Takes 5 Wickets For 12
    618 10 HOBART, Jan it> Ama.nath caused some surprise here mdav when, winning: ihe toss, he sent Tasmania in to bat first on a fast wicket when play was bei'un in the first of the two three-day fixtures with Tasmania. About 3,000 people were present In
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    Handicaps For First Day's K.L. Races
    289 10 The following are the handicaps for the first day of the Selangor Turf Clubs January meeting on January 17 Horses: Class 1. Div. 1. ft| Furs. Counsel II 9 04 Gold Medallist 9 02 Ecliptic 8.09 Gameborough 8.08 Lynchburg 8.07 Some Class 5.05 Gold
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    JOEY MAXIM OUTPOINTS TANDBERG
    146 10 NEW yohk, Jan. 10. Joey Maxim Cleveland, apolled Bwediah heavyweight oiie Tandberg'a American debui by winning a majority h-n round decision, before 10.488 fain at Madison Square Garden. Tandberg, who surprised the boxing world with a victory over Joe Haksi at Stockholm last July, looked like
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    FRIENDLY C.A. SPORTS
    289 10 Th«> followiiii; arc th€ result- of the Friendly Companion Association Tonth AimbrerMry Bporta: 100 Yds. FI.U R.n. 1 Wpp Thi«. Lim. 2. Lim K<n y B<>... 3. Lim Chit Seng. Throe-lf.'ic^i Ka< 1. Snh KiLo<k «Si Teo Kionn Mont, 2. Oon Bians S.»n tf Nk Jit Ann.
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    HOSPITAL YOUNGSTERS
    58 10 The following will represent th«' Hospital Younjrstera 2nd: XI. ;.t sneror Atfrinst iho ConuiuTcia! Hi^h School Union X! ut the T«'l«»k Kurnu school ground to-day. K Jccvarajsh, M. Sinirh. I. Ponniah; O. Th:inv rellu, R. Rajah. G. ICarrtmuthu, K. Thambl, A Buab. G. Nadarajah, V. Bam. L. Nathan.
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    60 12 The following j. layers are requested to turn up for nmUhfo against Etonang Hati b. p. comprising of lour .'in- es and thrte doubles to be ])layed at the latter's couri. Dunearn Koad (Kir. Chantek) today, rommenfinir at 7 a.m.: Senawi Salleh, A. Wahab. Ashari. Ikhsan. Hus-in.
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    255 12 Pennng fulfiUcj expectation" 'vbn rh?- scored a ronvtnclnc victt»rv <;ver the Combined Swrvlces in vesterday'i HM.B, Walava Rur^v Cun Fina* In a thrllllnf pam" hv six no«»its ('ine trv% a;id n ncnnlf to nil. Except in the strum. P*iang wiis Oic
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    564 12 Bv "First Timer") Singapore 5. Johore I. Monopolising pljy for the major pan of the game, Singapore score! a tfrand victory by five goals to one over Johore in ihelr return inter-State hockey encounter at Johore Bahru yesterday. Singapore would have won by
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    187 12 Threat To India 's Economy meriting on tru recent Bilateral Trade Agreements concluded by Britain with Sweden and Russia and the negotiations for Tride Agreements with Argentina, Holland. Yugoslavia a n d other countries, Sir C'aunilal B. Mehta. prominent businessman of Bom bay said her, that these agreements would affect
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