Malaya Tribune, 11 December 1946

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  • 56 1 The Malaya Tribune BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE THE ONLY NATIONAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA Now printed simul taneously i n Penang P re Kua,a L vm P ur I POh •Phone Numbers: Editor 5813 Editorial Advertising 5812 Circulation Accounts 2005 PAGK SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1946 TEN CENTS. The
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  • 457 1 Britain Frowns On The Rajah Mudas Return Reuter. LONDON DEC. 10.- THOUGH OFFICIAL BRITISH ATTITUDE FROWNED ON ANY SUGGESTION OF THE RETURN TO SARAWAK OF THE RAJAH MUD A, ANTHONY BROOKE, /WELL-INFORMED QUARTERS HERE 6AY THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS POWERLESS TO PREVENT HIS DEPARTURE
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  • 275 1 staff Reporter) not actually starvis at the moment n a very low ration X Vaithyanath- Minister and re the South E;st i ('oilier: nee to me mol 1.000 ton ;of gas nel r." he I lid "This tap repaid. A aded In Burrm |ri g now.**
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  • 46 1 BANGKOK. Dec. 10. The rice shipment to Slam left on SunFort Frederick Cochin carrying 7 n< [v-arr!ved Indian Bha*Wftt Daial persothe loadinsr. dirert shioment to exoected within 9 rtnighi shipment was in and Uip second in Octobotti were of 8.500 d --Reuter
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  • 58 1 nc Staff Report°r> The >urvejr of the sugar ship v.as completed this Borai! and her cargo Q i 2.200 igar is reported to be Black, salvage officer the refloating and uions. stated this the damage to the 1 bie. Sev.ral dent; de as a result ol
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  • 37 1 \N Dec. 11.—Govi< troops invading Azerreported to have Menuh. first large their way into the scmous province. Bins moved into the eh staged a revolt ■eran while Russian c occupying Northwere report-
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  • 104 1 Reuter. NSW YORK. Dec. 10. Britain as a result of war exertions owes the rest of the world upwards of io.ooo mtiilkms, Ambassador Lord Inverchapel said in a sp, ech at the English speaking union dinnet in New York tonight. "Few have suggested the Ger man
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  • 19 1 PITTSBURGH, Dec. 11.—All but 10.000 of America's 400.000 coal miner- were back at woik yesterday after their 17-day strike.
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  • 36 1 Reuter. THE HAGUE, Dec. 10.The Dutch second chamber today rejected by 74 votes to 9 a motion that Holland end trade with Spain. The motion was moved by Paul de Gtoot, Communis! memReuter.
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  • 333 1 Reuter. LAKE SUCCESS. New York, Dec. 10.—A sharp attack by India and China against the "white Australia" policy discriminating against Asiatics was the feature of this morning's discussions on the amendments to the New Guinea draft trusteeship agreement in the United Nations trusteeship committee. China asked
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  • 45 1 Cambridge. Dec. 11.—The Cambridge University Socials. Party has elected M. V. RajagODal. President of th» Cambridge MaJl'S, as the so> dele gs+e of the Party tt the conference of Student* Lebour Federation of Great Britain to be held in London early in January.
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  • 67 1 Reuter. LONDON. Dec. 11.—Consultations between British service ministers and the Colonial Offlcr for the removal of the colour bar against men seeking regular employment in the British forces are going on satisfactorily. Mr. Frederick Bellenger, War Minister, made this clear in the House of Commons yesterday
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  • 164 1 Reuter. London. Dec 11.— Sir Waldron Smlthers, Conservative member of Parliament, asked the Minister of War. Mr. Frederick Bellenger. 'n the House of Commons yesterday if he wa*. aware of complaints and unrest in 800 Special Intelligence Company. Singapore, and also in the 19th Air Formation
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  • 33 1 A taxi untitled slong Patterson Ro»d at 8.50 last night war «?tODDed by the "E" Division Police and five Chines? in the taxi arrested. One pistol loaded with five rounds wa s recovered.
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  • 100 1 Reuter. LIVERPOOL. Dec 10.—Just as troopship of Scotland, Empress of Scotland, was preparing to sail for Singapore and the Middle East today after the lifting oi the fog which delayed her departure this morning 150 men staged another "walk-off.' Improvising a luggage chute as gangway
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  • 67 1 London. Dec. 10- —In a note couched in'stern terms and made public in London to-night Britain ha* demanded apology and j compensation from Albmia for i unprovoked attacks on the Royal I Navy in Corfu Channel on two j occasions this year. Unless satisfaction i s received
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  • 59 1 Reuter. BOMBAY. Dec. 10.-P. C. Joshi. General Secretary of the Communist Party of India, today called upon Congressmen and Muslim leaders to put the question of Pakistan Separate Muslim state) and Indian unity to the "democratic VOte" of the people OP /he basis of the right
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  • 137 1 Reuter. LAKE SUCCESS, New York, Dec. 10. A substantial measure of agreement is understood to have been reached in the closed session of the drafting sub-committee where delegates and advisers, packed into a small room, struggled for three hours today to get a working
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  • 642 1 Women Teachers Report Denied (Tribune Staff Reporter) A ten-year education plan for Singapore drawn up by Mr. J. B. Neilson, the Deputy Director of Education, rs now being studied tz? members of the Advisory Council. Until it is approved, no details can be divulged. It
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  • 116 1 Reuter. LONDON, Dec. 10.—The Colonial Secretary, Mr. Creech-Jones, asked in the House of Commons today for information about t/le new ten-year plan of education for peoples of Malaya, replied that a programme of educational development was being drawn up in Malaya which would accord with the British
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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    • 50 1 j The j Morning Tribune! is the only Malayan newspaper with its) own correspondent in; HOLLYWOOD hex it v <;ris j Famous Filmland Authority sends air mail news pictures everyday to the Morning Tribune f >•"£' j Ĕ< ti f imoal ,C I G A R E T T E
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  • 347 2 LONDON, Dec. 10.—The Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee, will make a statement in the House of Commons tomorrow on the recent negotiations between the British Government and the Indian political leaders. It is learnt that at the meeting of the Cabinet at No. 10
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  • 124 2 Reuter. JERUSALEM, Dec Four Jews., armea with matic weapons, headquarters 01 th. Arao "defence m Jaffa last nighC Ion t After earchm mmm the-raiders carried off V^ 3 ber of leaflets, a pohce said toaay. P Cc buUe^ Ifhas raid by the j P underground movement
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    • 507 2 ;T P I B J* 3 PRE-PAID CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS Casual Advertisements: Wanted, Personal, Situations Vacant, Situations Wanted, For Sale, etc. at $3.00 per insertion of 20 words, 15 eta. for every additional word. Public Notices Announcement: $3.50 per single column inch per insertion. Domestic Occurrences: Death, Engagement, Marriage, Birth Notices,
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    • 656 2 NOTICES TENDER Tenders will be received at the Office of the Master Attendant. Singapore, Ist Floor, Fullerton Building, Singapore f up to noon of the 17th December' 1946, for the following:— Supply of Rations, etc., to ihe Marine Department, Singapore, for the period Ist January to 30th April, 1947. Every
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    • 363 2 NOTICES The Public is hereby informed that Messrs. B. P. de Silva. Limited, Jewellers Diamond Merchants, carrying on business at 19 21 High Street, Singapore and at Nos. l! 2 Bishop Street, penang, have no other branch In operation at present in Malaya and that this Company have no connection
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    • 358 2 NOTICES SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY Tcnd\ rs are invited for the purchase of Surplus Coal Tar for the period Ist January td Mat Decern bor, 1947. approximate quantity about 500 piculs per month. Deliver? to be taken in tenderer's drams from Gasworks. Kalians Road Since Dore. Specification and Twtdef form may be
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    • 82 2 SHIPPING i 1 1 NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES j m.v. "SALAWATI" from Amsterdam Genoa Port Said due Singapore lUh December The vessel will discharge in the roads and consignees are requested to apply for Delivery Orders and send their lighters alongside. NEDERLAND LINE Royal Dutch Mail 41. Robinson Road Tel- 7128
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    • 411 2 SHIPPING MANSFIELD CO., LTdT (Incorporated in Singapore BLUE FUNNEL LINE Sailings to and from UNITED KINGDOM Tresiliian from U.K. for Hongkong Shanghai In Port I Samcree irom U.K. For Java Portsp potr t Hhexenor irom U.K. For Java Ports In Port Glenbeg due from U.K. 14 Dec. Gleniffer Sails for
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  • 250 3 i Tribune Staff Reporter) Quite substantial reductions are understood to have been made by the Select Committee at their meetings during the past week on the draft budget estimates to be brought up for a second reading at tomorrow's Advisory Council meeting. Though no figures
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  • 312 3 Singapore. Wednesday. Prices quoted below are for picul weight except where otherwise stated. Foodstuffsi—Yesterday',, quotations were "Meehoon": Siam No. 1 $100; No. 2 $85 ;No 3 $75: Indo-China $65; Kedah $65. Rice: Siam No 1 $110; No 2 $100: No. 3 $85. Siam glutinous lifts $100:
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  • 177 3 'Tribune S f cifJ Reporter) Textile prices are expected to nosedive when the Samneagh arrives from Bombay next Sunday with 2,000 t ales of cotton piece goods among the 4,000 tons of cargo she will discharge at Singapore. Here is a list of the type
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  • 32 3 Four Chinese, all armed with pistols, entered a house in Kiiliney Road on Monday night and robbed the Teochow family of cash and jewellery to the value of $540
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  • 146 3 Over sixty service personnel representing various army units in Singapore attended the short but impressive service in memory of Col. W. H B. Wheeler held at St. George's Garrison Church, Tanglin Barracks, yesterday. Conducted by the Rev. Croofces. Staff Chaplain, the service included several appropriate
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  • 379 3 •My pay is only $31.50 a month inclusive ol allowances, and it is'inadequate, so I stole in order to supplement my pay," 18-year-old Chew Ah Pang, a Government Department peon, told the First District Judge, Mr. Paul Storr. yesterday, when he pleaded guilty
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  • 156 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) The Sampep. which ran aground off Pulau Bukom, was successfully refloated at midday yesterday, and made her way into the Eastern Roads wher: she is now lying at anchor. She was not found to be making water and the cargo of 2.200
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  • 671 3 Share quotations as at Dec. 10 •ccording to -the Malayan Baar« broken Association (Singapore} van follows. INDUSTRIALS Buyer Seller Alexandra Brickwork* Ords. 1.80 2.00 Alexandra Brickworks Prefs. 2.96 8.10 Brit. Malaya Trustee Ekecbtor Co. 6.00 9.00 Coneolrdated Tin Smelters Ord. 2313 2413 do Prefs. IJ6/6 28/8 lastern
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  • 23 3 Subscriptions to Malayan Unioh Loans have increased by $2" 1/4 million during the last week. fVte Malayan Union Loan* nflw stand at $32,2&5-,100.
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    • 420 3 "BROOKLAX" Chocolate Laxatives Constipation Overnight Obtainable Everywhere1U SIANC Co v 10 Battery Rosa, Singapore. of LADIES AFTERNOON and EVENING DRESSES LATEST STYLES. lit will convince you Forces Education Centre EHUI STREET pore Phone 6525 MUSICAL APPRECIATION iagt of this group will retire on Friday afternoon [3Ui of December all old
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    • 198 3 I FOR A HAPPIER XIAS" SHOES FROM ENGLAND j JUST ARRIVED Children's from Gents/ from |fj| Ladles' from $9M AT PRICES YOU HAVE I BEEN WAITINC FOR shoe <©*, ltd. Soapless Washing Powder fTime Labour Money. Use Monty Uke soap, removes f GREASE-OIL GERMS-DIRT etc L HMlt British prodntt. Available
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  • 509 4 The special meetings called by the Singapore association and the Chinese Chamber of Commerce for the discussion ol the income tax proposals will no doubt give unofficial members of the Advisory Council a lead if they are looking for one. What has bt en passing in
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  • 845 4 A PERAK PLANTER ON THE POSSIBILITIES Requirements of rubber, be they for old or nevuses, are on the increase, and there is, in fact, no known finality to possible demand for rubber in any year. The future of rubber is as versatile and elastic as the
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  • 290 4 LOS ANGELES.—A noted British film executive, Sir Arthtr Jarratt. believes that only two courses arc open to Great Britain'-* motion picture Industry: produce pictures which arc widely acceptable in the American market, or make an infinitely greater number of pictures ioi domestic consumption—and hope that English audiences
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  • 783 4  -  PROFILES by "RHYNE" IT was at a Singapore bookshop that I remembered her. Behind me s omeone asked for z work on music, and. my curiosity was aroused. I asked if the author was not the well-known Professor of Music at the Royal Academy of Music
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  • 499 4 Letters To The Editor Sir, —It appears that the U.M, N.O. element of tne Malay population is not in favour of granting equal citizenship rignts to the domiciled peoples ot this country, who have played no sma.il part In the development and progress ot
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  • 135 4 Sir.—As a regular busrider who depends solely on the S.T.C. for transport to and from work. I notice that the buses running the Keppel Road-Tank Road route, via High Street and Finlayson Green, are comparatively few. Thi s results in the majority of office workers who take
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 91 4 STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By En*» Hi? A CHECK, SO BADLY a fSREATH WOULD DESTROY IT, WAS PLACED BETWEEN PHOTO PLATES t N A AND ArTER 15 A CLEAR IMAGE WAS DEVELOPED/ ■■Bone A. m RINt CONTAINING 2 /"7 ®> L BONES OF SAINT J A VjX Jjf/ ANCIS XAVIER
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  • 172 5 Reuter. SHANGHAI, Dec. 11.—The boosting of Chinese exports to the South Seas will be the main task of the newly-appointed Chinese trade commissioner in Singapore, Mr. C. F. Li, according to semi-official reports here. His mission is said, firstly, to link up
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  • 223 5 British, Dutch and Australian PoWs, employed on the construction of the Burma-Siam railway, were also used lor moving aerial bombs and flares and placing them inside underground dumps with protective walls, stated Mr. J. K. Gale, a British prisoner of war, giving evidence at
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  • 126 5 culpable homicide murder by some persona unknown I by the Coroner. t, at the concluinquiry yesterday ath of Pakir Singh, ho after receiv-.:?-shot wounds at ad at l a.m. on lued to drive his Cathay Cinema ere his colleagues n and brought k Seng Hospital,
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  • 41 5 r Oic7i Reporter) CA. Tuesday. a memorial service held Buddhists of Malacca, Allied dead was conI iciav with a special revs ceremony at the temple vere also offered, those present was Mr. ten. the District Judge.
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  • 49 5 aes* chinchew of a toi boat. Abdul Halim lah, pleaded guilty in n d Police Court yesterday ssion of 136 pounds se tobacco, found con--20 wicker baskets in 3 ol the vessel He i S2 000. in default 12 rigorous imprisonment, n. the tobacco was C' nfl-rated.
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  • 20 5 untitled Barnes, of The 3iidon Road, Stoke-on-been appointed to nia] Service as an in the Public Works ri nent, Malaya.
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  • 45 5 The mwspaper "Paris-Pre>>e gives the following figures of what it describes as "the Russian army of occupation in Europe.'* Germany 725.000. Poland 425,--000. Rumania 275,000. Bulgaria 85.000. Hungary 60,000, Austria 60,000, Yugoslavia 8.000, Czechoslovakia 5.000, Albania 3,000.
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  • 93 5 At. a special general meeting of the Gout Yew Sia held at its Club House. No. 3 Onan Road Singapore, it was decided to celeDrate its 14th anniversary and the revision of its activities some time in February, next year. This Association functioned pre-war
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  • 186 5 Hungry and disillusioned, rene gade Japanese soldiers who deserted their units in South East Asia after the capitulation are giving themselves up in increased numbers announced Lt. Colonel N. D. J. Read-Collins, Chief of the BiitKh Division, Legal Section. Col. Read-Collins said. Because of rumoured unfavourable
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  • 703 5 Share Markets Remain Quiet Reuter. The local share markets yesterday continued to be quiet and steady with Fraser Neaves and Malayan Breweries being the centre of attraction. Business was reported in Fraser Neaves at $35 which is the highest point touched yet. Breweries were again taken up
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  • 39 5 Picture taken at Heathrow airport, on Dec. 3 t when Mr. Jinnah (left) and Mr. Nehru (right) arrived in Britain for the London talks. In the centre is Lord Pethick-Lawrence Secretary of State for India.
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  • 287 5 Strachey Optimistic Reuter. LONDON, Dec. 9.—British Food Minister John Slrachey told distillers today that the present world cereals shortage may end in about six months, and that he may be able to allocate barley for whisky making by as early as the end
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  • 165 5 "Breaking into other people's premises at night is getting far too common," said Mr. Paul Storr, First District Judge, yesterday, when he sentenced three Chinese. Sim Ah Chui (26), Tan Boon Leong (21) and Lim Ec Soon (20) to two year's rigorous imprisonment each, for housebreaking
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  • 133 5 Tribune Staff Reporter/ "Everyone knows that Malaya can never return to what it was in pre-war days." said Mr. Tnio Chan Bee. Senior Master in the Angio-Chinese School. Singapore, and Acting Inspector of Schools during the B.MJV. period -< A new Malaya requires more than new
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  • 51 5 A Chinese youth, Lee Ah Peng was sentenced to four months r.i. when he pleaded guilty in the Third Magistrates Caur; yesterday t 0 the theft of two cases, each containing 12 dozen tins of medicnai Jujubes, from a godown in the Harbour Board, on Monday
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  • 221 5 That the lack of housing accommodation and transport and the periodic influx of returning Malayans who required accommodation prior to their dispersal upcountry had brought about increased revenue temporarily, was revealed by Mr. R. Burns, the Chairman, in his speech at the
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  • 29 5 Large quantities of school equipment and school textbooks ordered for the Department of Education in June 1945 are now arriving and these are being allocated to schools throughout Malaya.
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  • 491 6 (By Hatry Montgomery, Associated Press Correspondent)'. Ottawa. Dec. 10.- In the most important .'event ol its kind in the recent history of Canada's capital, tne Rt HOfi Malcolm Mac Donald, Governor-General ol Malaya and Singapore, was married on Monday aneinoon to Mrs. Audrey
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  • 192 6 CA THA V "Broadway Rhythm" starring George Murphy and Ginny Simms with Charle s Winninger. Gloria De Haven, "Rochester." Lena Home and Hazel Scott. (M.G.M.). Here is a Musical in technicolour which caters all tastes. Colour, catchy tunes and a credible "backstage" story make it really good
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  • 95 6 MALACCA. Tuesday —Wahab bin Mohammed, an 18-year-old Malay, was committed to stand trial at the next Assiee on a charge of carrying arms namely, an American revolver and rounds of ammunition on Oct. 23 The police authorities, acting on information, arrested the accused, with another Chines*.
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  • 98 6 Our 07vn Reporter j IPOH. Tuesday.—Approximately one hundred dredge workers rjl Malayan Tin Dredging. Mahm Nawar. one of the biggest Euro-pean-owned mines in the country downed tools thi> morning following rejection of their :demands. The strike affected only dredge worker- and not the workshop and electrician-.
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  • 146 7 Reuter. LONDON, Dec. 10,—Oxford .won the v union clash at T Men^^^^l •mibridge by 15 points to .five. was trie 65th between 4he Wveraities ford &aye won aj), Cambridge 25 and 11 hswe *>een a record crowd &ox inter-varsity I matoh erf 45.0Q0 wa-tdaed the
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  • 114 7 Reuter. SYDNEY. Dec. 10.— All Iik Australian Test players are tc. ck medically examine either today or tomorrow. This is, to avoid if possible anyone who onight have contracted chicken pox from Lindwall from playing the the next Test starting nere on Friday. Lindwall is still
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  • 101 7 The 4th Speciai Wireless Group Deat the SC.C. "A" team at rugger on the Padang yesterday by 10 point? <a penalty, a try and a drop-goal) to 8 points ia goal and a try). It was a well contested gamo and the forwards of both teams
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  • 58 7 A.P. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 10. —Twenty-year-old boxer Billy Fox won a 42 nd Knockout victory in his 12nd professional fight on Monday night and promised that he would flatten Gus Lesnevich in Feb. 28, 1947. Fox knocked out Shelton Bell of Youngstown, Ohio, with a barrage
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  • 60 7 The following will play lor P.P. Lewis XI vs. the Dutch Army in a friendly game of soccer at the Police Training School ground on Saturday at 5.00 p.m. S. T. Seng; A. Stravens; Lim Teng Moyne: Lee Kirn Swee. Lim Swang. Alias bin Attan: Leo Hock; Ooi
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  • 64 7 Reuter. SYDNEY, Dec. 10.—England team for the becorid Test match starting here qn Friday will be chosen here at 9.30 a.m. local time qn Thursday. It is thought that Hut ton, Washbrook, Edrich. Compton, Hammond, Yanjley, Bcdser and Wright are certain to retain their places. The question
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  • 64 7 BOURNJS, Dec. 10.— lian Test cricketer X Miller has already ffexed a situation an appeal by Dr. rton, President of tori an Cricket Aso Keep the play- Australia, w. j. s k, Managing Director k and Company, car titers oi Sydney, today L ha:: Miller start
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  • 50 7 Singapore Recreation holding a social and Friday t 0 celebrate no; of the Singapore Cup soccer competition, 7 oclock onwards, open h of members as well, will be serve at 6 k and members wishing participate in it are reinform the secretary before Friday.
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  • 226 7 f Qur Own Reporter) While British troops spmaing Christmas away from home will not enjoy many of the attendant festivities of jan English Christmas their normal rations will be aug- mented with a generous helping of turkey and pudding. An official of the
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  • 221 7 Reuter. aydney. (Airmail) .—An American who tried t 0 sail a 30-foot cu:ter from Panama to reach nis Australian bride arrived in Sydney by air on Dec 3 The immigrant, 27-year- old Texas-born John Caldwell, had completed 6\ootf miles journey across the Pacific when
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  • 124 7 Reuter. Washington. Dec. 9—Mr. Fiorello La Guardia will announce his resignation as UNRRA Director General, it was authoritatively learned to-day when tne Organisation holds sixth and final council session liere tomorrow. An administration officer is expected to be appointed in Mr. La place and a
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  • 102 7 Vet BP. defeated the Amicable B.P. by 5 games to 2 at badminton on Sunday. Results ("Vet'- players mentioned first); Bujal lost to Yap Yew Keng 10-15, 5-15. C. de Souza beat Tay Cheng Chwce, 15-0. 15-3. R. M. Devaraj beat Quek Teck Seng. 15-8, 14-15, 15-7.
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  • 67 7 Because of a previous criminal record. Tan Ah Bah. who was arrested by a detective, on Monday morning, while combine over the Harbour Board fence along Keppel Road, was found to be in possession of 40 yards of khaki cloth, concealed In a sack.
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  • 69 7 <Our Oivn Reporter) Ipoh. Tuesday—Three Malayan boxers including two from Irx)h are leaving thij month for a tour of Australia. The boxers are: Jaugir Singh and Little Loone of Ipoh and Golden Boy of Singapore. The tour is undertaken at the request of Australian promoters.
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  • 107 7 The Bughton B.P. -B" tram beat the Carefree B.P. in frkndly badminton match playea xi Sunday la>t by four ganus to three. Rt suits < Brighton playo> naentiontd first>: A. B. Aljaru to Salleh Ka-im 15-8: (2-3»: 7.15: Hawr Alhabshi beat Poh Kirn Kiat 15-3; 15-5: Seah
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  • 90 7 F N BEAT ICI In a friendly badminton match, the Fraser Neave "B" team beat the Imperial Chemistry Industries by 4 games to 1. Results Neave's players mentioned first): Teo Heok Kwang beat Teo Bah Chee (3-0); 15-2; Pang Eng Guan beat Chua Hock Seng 15-10; 15-6: Cheong Soon Tuan
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  • 78 7 Reuter. PARIS, Dec. 10.—A huge international horserace track on the Riviera is proposed by the Aga Khan. 'Tt must be the biggest hippodrome in the world— capital of the turf —where international races can be held. Horses could be transported by air, Cate Dazur
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  • 24 7 Miss E.M.M. McComish, of Springfield Road. Warrenpolnt, Co. Down, Northern Ireland has been appointed to the Colonial Service as a Nursing Sister in Malaya.
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  • 66 7 A.P. MANILA, Dec. 10.-Jtfilitary police have arrested Magdalena Taruc. 22-year-old niece of Luis Taruc. the fugitive Congressman who is the supremo of the Hukbalahap agrarian insuragents. Miss Taruc was arrested while she was passing through an M.P. check point. She was headed for Sierra Madre mountains
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  • 69 7 A.P. NEW YORK. Dec. 10.—Civil war will break out in Korea this winter unless the United Nations acts at once in favour of Korean independence. Miss Louisa Yem. delegate of the representative Democratic coun cil of South Korea, warned United Nations delegates today. She said that Korea
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  • 93 7 A.P. WASHINGTON. Dec. 10--The signing oi an agreement foi Japan to buy civilian type of surplus military supplies in Japan was announced on Monday by Maj.-Gen. Donald H Connally. Foreign Liquidation Commissioner. How much Japan will purchase, the extent and type oi goods, and prices
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  • 128 7 Rueter. HONGKONG (Air Mail* 1 The colony's tailors are the latest skilled labourers on strike. The men are demanding a 30 per cent, increase in their sd- j ready high wages. The proprietor of one tailor shop said said that if the men's demand was met it would
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  • 139 7 A.P. MANILA. Dec. 10.—A prosecutino witness today testified at the trial of warrant Officer Sadaki Konishi. the Japanese who ordered the bayonetting of a six-year-old American boy, James Gardner, that the boy was found to be still aiive after his parents. David and Florence Gardner, had
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  • 72 7 (Our Own Reporter) Malacca. Monday.—Within an hour of a stabbing affray that took place rrre yestordav. the police succeeded in arresting the assailant- a partner in an Indian business firm The accused Lim Ooi Fang Mohamed Jaffar bin Jamulabidin. was stated to have stabbed a 13-year old
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  • 210 7 Penang—Prisoners in the local jail made an improvised rope out of their blankets for escaping. This was told in the District Court before Mr. B. J. Jennings when six Chinese were charged with attempting to escape. The six Chinese charged were Seah Seng Kirn. Tan
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  • 54 7 LONDON, Dec. 9.--A weekend deluge of publicity for Prince Philip of Greece today whetted the British people's expectation that the handsome 25-year-old court favourite soon would become engaged to Princess Elizabeth. As husband of the girl who will be Queen, Prince Philip will be Britan's first prince Consort since Queen
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  • 67 7 A.P. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 10,The steamship General W. H. •Gordon of the American Presi dent Line, has sailed with nearly 600 Chinese from Canada bound for Shanghai and Hongkong. They are the fifth grouo to return to their homeland since the end of the war. Over
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  • 56 7 A.P. MANILA, Dec. 10.—The 20--year-old son of Dy Hao-kim, one of the wealthiest Chinese businessmen in the Philippines is being held by kidnappers for $500,000 ransom. He was seized while riding In his family car. The pollci* said the ranso.m note was found In the abandoned
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  • 396 8 Complete Reform Of Foreign Office Sought Reuter. LONDON, Dec. JO.—The 3ritish Government is facing another revolt oy section of the parliameo tary parly who ere not only dissatisfied with many aspects of BriMsh loreign policy bui also *;th tlie handling of British diplomatic affairs
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  • 187 8 Reuter LONDON. Dec 9 CFrOm Renters Diplomatic Correspondent) The British Foreign office spokesman today strongly defended last Saturday's statement by Sir Hubert Huddleston. Go vernor-General of Sudan, that Britain would continue to prepare the Sudanese to choose their ultimate form of government This statemfa 4
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  • 38 8 Mr. Lim Kav of the Municipality Electrical Department wishes to point out that he is not the same "L!m Kay" who was sentenc d to jail on for retaining stolen accessories of a yacht.
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  • 95 8 Reuter. SYDNEY (Air Mail). Six teen-year-old captain of the Burnside Homes' fb*t cricket XI, Jim Be>>y, U more surprised than anyone else that he has found international fam, with his battmg average of 720 runs in the seven rounds of the Intermediate school's competition. When told that
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  • 49 8 The Rev. H. Wallwork, of Blackpool, does not approve of whist drives and raffles. He say> they come under the general classification of gambling. A, for dancing, he told a Bible Churchman's meeting at Bath that he thought badmintoi should be subs ituted as a recreation for young peop]
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  • 253 8 London.—This is how the young poople of today are seen by Mrs. Geoffrey Fisher, v.ife of the Archbishop of Canterbury. "They have a gross disregard for truth and an extraordinary disregard for fidelity to vows and contracts. •They are bombarded with propaganda encouraging
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  • 35 8 Sentence on Corporal W. Williams, M.M.. Royal Norfolk Regt.. found guilty ot desertion, had thro months of the six months' sentence remitted by the confirnrng officer, and the G.O.C. ha s now suspended the sentence.
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  • 29 8 Lord Ashfield, the L.P.T.B. chairman met at tea 1.500 relatives of members of the staff who were killed during the war before attending the memorial service at Westminster Abbey.
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  • 132 8 Reuter. LONDON. Doc. 10.- The Prime Minister. Mr. Clement Attlee. quotioned in the House of Commons today whither in view f Britain's 24-year treaty with Russia, the Briti-h Government was having parallel conversations with the Ru»ian- to those Britain was having with
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  • 264 8 Reuter. LONDON. Dec. 9. —Egyptian press reports claiming that a British note to Egypt demanding the right of passage foi British troop* to the Sudan after BV,yp l has been evacuated was pa rtly responsible for the resignation of Ismail Sidky Pasha from the
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  • 39 8 Picture taken at Upper Cross Street, Singapore, on Monday when a boy was fatally knocked down in an accident Just next door to the scene of the tragedy was a wreath mak, i s shop.
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  • 134 8 Reuter. THE HAGUE. Dec. 10—The Dutch Government announced today that it would authorise the Commission-General to sign the Cheribon (United States of Indonesia) agreement. The Dutch Minister Of Oversea* Territories. Jan. A. Jonkman. told a tense Chamber that words -subject to the approval of Parliament
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  • 251 8 A.P. WASHINGTON fl U.SSuprenu C granted the govern for speedy ruling in the coll case, and agieed to decide other question to John U.Lewis I tion of foreman. The court appro* d the "overnment's motion to b\-n a th circuit court ol apptals and •'authoritatively settle-
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  • 37 8 Reuter. PARIS, Dec. 10.--The third attempt to vote for the premier of France was postponed by the National Assembly until tomorrow or possibly Thursday after a session lasting only 15 minutes this afternoon Reuter
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  • 255 8 A.P. Nuremberg, Dec. 9. —B rig. Gen. Telford Taylor, United Slates prosecutor, today demanded that v men and a woman who ali egedly conduced medical experiments on live victims De condemn murderers who,poisoned tne entire medical profession under Hitiei. Bvig Gen. Taylor
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  • 64 8 Wearing a long purple robe and crown of light metal, a man who clamed the title of "King of Hungary and Poland and other territories." appeared at Clerkenwell County Court- H> had been sued for arrears of rent for rooms, and the case wa> down for hearing next month. When
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  • 113 8 Reuter. LONDON. Dec 9 Mr mas Reid. Labour rr.emDasked the Minister oi Food v the House of commons tofla> if st Oliver Ooonetllleke. rw ancial Secretary to ernment of Ceylon, adhe ed o his proposal to levy expo;on Ceylon tea thereby mcreas in s
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