Malaya Tribune, 10 January 1947

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  • 47 1 The Malaya Tribune B y THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE THE ONLY NATIONAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA \qw pr/tated sbriAlitiieously i n 'Phone Numbers: Editor 5813 Editorial 5811 Advertising 5812 Circulation Accounts 2005 V SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1947 TEN CENTS The Malaya Tribune FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1947.
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  • 467 1 90,000 TROOPS STAND BY IN PALESTINE LONDON, Jan. 10.—The Jewish Agency chairman David Ben Gurion left London for Palestine yesterday with a British ultimatum to end terrorism, or see the Hold Land subjected to harsh military measures approaching maatial law. The British were
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  • 101 1 Reuter. Staff Reporter} [poh, Friday, ishlni u>w- two men 18 irom the height of il iin ->nal $5,000 reportedin th< course mbout of sus- gangsters, tnrb'ns the irq uramoy esl it* near r. ear v on th 1 und th.' also arnessmsfl rid the other b >e»i
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  • 30 1 iTribune%tafl Reporter) KUlearn, Special Comn South East Asia, 'ohore hospital on oas eve after undergoing m ipt ration for appendicitis, ted to be progressing Ho attended office
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  • 129 1 BANGKOK, Jan. 9.—While being questioned in the Central Polic Station here, an alleged murderer was stabbed and killed by the brother of the man he was accused of murdering. The victim was a 73-year old Pathan. who was alleged to have stabbed a fellow countryman in
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  • 39 1 Tengku Abdul Aziz Shah, son "of the Sultan of Selangor, will be leaving Singapore today on the Messagerie Maritime liner Champollion on a ten-day visit to Hong Kong. He is accompanied by Mr. M. Osman
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  • 501 1 "LOVED A CRIPPLE" U.P. SIOL. Jan. 10. —(UP) —A crowded Magistrate's tcrday heard the prosecution charge Mrs. Ro- Coniock, 34 with Deating her husband with a a. ci drowning hirn in a bath-tub. because she i V with a cripple and her husband
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  • 56 1 c Staff Reporter) Municipal Labour hich jointly made den ihe authorities will rigs during the weekcuse the reply they re•he Municipality last page 3). anions, three applied too early this week— Night Soil Dept., and ansing Dept. They re--400 workers. three will be applyt ration
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  • 21 1 Reuter. untitled Jan 10.-Four memto t>' the Burmese delegation «r.'a ;n led by v Aung San JgjJJ by air last night.-
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  • 51 1 U.P. LONDON, Jan. 9.—The Australian Petroleum Company will soon undertake an exhaustive searcn for oil deposits on the 'fabulously rich island of New Guinea, the Australian Information Bureau announced today. The survey will co t $2,000,000 and is being financed by three major oil
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  • 45 1 Reuter. Bombay. Jan. 9—A dusk-tfi-dawn curfew for one werk was imposed on the mill area of north Ben -%\y to-day after the police had oDened fir? several time to quell an outburst of communal riotina. Th? number of casualties is not vet known.—Reuter.
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  • 37 1 Reuter. WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.— TJie United States has rejected the French protest against the acceptance of new oil concestions in Saudi Arabia by two American companies, the State Department disclosed tonight. —Reuter.
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  • 74 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) An Indian, passenger in a taxi from Johore. has reported to the police that when the taxi driver stopped at New Cemetery Road yesterday afternoon and sounded his horn without rea■Oß, four Chinese, one armed with revolver came up and robbed the
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  • 54 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Twenty-eight Malay, Indian, Chinese and Arab Associations from all over Johore. including some from Singapore, are tak- ing part in a mass meeting in Johore Bahru today to protest against the Federation proposals. The meeting has been convened by the Johore Malay
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  • 119 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Last night's express from Kuala Lumpur, which should have normally arrived in Singapore at 8 o'clock today, came in 80 minutes late, while the earlier train from K.L., due here at 6.55 a.m., is expected to arrive five hours late today.
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  • 73 1 Reuter. Bridg.nd. Jan. 9.—ln an oxygen tent at a mid-Glamorgan hospital. Bridgend. Nesta the sole survivor of quads born on Tuesday to Mrs. Peggy T»iomas ol Tylagwyn Pontyrhyl. has died despite a 36-hour fight by doctors and nurses to save her life. Mrs- Thomas. 29-y?ar-old
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  • 406 1 Reuter. BRITISH ZONE of Germany, Jan. 10.—The British zone of Germany was yesterday again one of the heaviest hit centres in frost-gripped Ruhr, and gave diggers in in Hamburg, where six more deaths from cold were reported in the past 24 hours, were
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  • 84 1 LONDON Jan. 9.—The neopl": m Europe continued to suffer to-day from a con bination of the cold wave and the shortage of fuel, but in Britain, the soaring tern snow banks so quickly that there was the danger of the Thames overflowing. The Thames has reached
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  • 68 1 Imports of rubber into Singapore for the month of December were 20,978 tons and for the Malayan Union 4,629 tons, making a total of 25,607 tons. This is an increase of 3,297 tons over the previous month. Imports into Singapore were mainly from Sumatra (12,175), Sarawak (2.954) and
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  • 252 1 Reuter. PARIS, Jan. 10 —Hanoi was yesterday relieved of its blockade after all ground communication with the exterior had been cut for about three weeks. Liaison between Hanoi and the port of Haiphong is expected to be established n a few days. A late despatch from
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  • 50 1 U.P. CAMBRIDGE, Jan. 9.-Dean Roberts of Corpus Christ College, Cambridge, was found shot to death in his bed today. He left a note. A shot-gun was found beside the bed. College officials said he had been suffering from insomnia but seemed to be in good spirits.—U.P.
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  • 34 1 U.P. ABOARD THE MOUNT OLYMPUS, Jan. 9.—Scientist Henry Howe has set up instruments in a pack of ice surrounding this flagship, to make readings of the earth's magnetic field—U.P.
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  • 167 1 U.P. CANBERRA. Jan. 9.— Professor M. L. Oliphant, one of Great Britain's leading authorities on nuclear energy said today that scientists could succeed within the next ten or fifteen years in using atomic energy to generate electricity. Oliphant said, however, that if an atomic arms
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  • 159 1 Reuter. BURSLEM, Stock-On-Trent, Jan. 9.—At the stipendiary court here today a maintenance order of 30 shillings per week was granted to Ruby Chan of Hong Kong who applied on grounds of desertion against her husband William Frederick Deakin of Rathbone Street, Tumstall, Stock-on-Trent. The
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  • 507 2 Revolver Shots During Coffees hop Struggle A Chinese who was 'wanted' by the Singapore police as a suspect for armed robbery in the course of which a woman had been murdered in Rangoon Road fought for the possession of the revolver of a detective who had cornered him in a
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  • 85 2 U.P. Colombo, (Air Mail) .—The red beans from Burma which are believed responsible for several deaths in j-ecent weeks in Ceylon, contain prussic acid, the Ceylon government analyst reported here. He said his department examined samples and specimens sent in by courts and doctors following poisonings from
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  • 277 2 Stuttgart.—The notorious customs of Hitler's Third Reich still survive in some internment camps where Nazi activists are awaiting: trial, according to an internee from a large camp near Darmstadt. This internee was given twelve days leave on parole for urgent family reasons. In a
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    • 563 2 NOTICES Jn the estate of TAN CHEW CHYE otherwise known as Tan Choo Chye, deceased, late of No. 163-A Surin Avenue, Singapore, who died on the 16th day of November 1945. Pursuant to Section 29 of the Trustees Ordinance (Chapter 59) NOTICE is hereby given that creditors and others having
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    • 267 2 NOTICES. RE CHUA CHOON GUAN DECEASED All creditors and other persons having any claims against the estate of chua Choon Guan deceased, late of No. 68, Upper Perak Road, Singapore, who died in or around Singapore on or after the 21st day of February, 1942, are required to send Darticulars
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  • 175 3 U.P. TOKIO, Jan. 9.—Secret orders for the whdtesale destruction of Japanese Government record* were issued by the "kempertai" on the eve of Japan's unconditional surrender, it was disclosed at the trial of Tojo and other Japanese war crime suspects. Papers relating to Japan's "thought police, Peace Preservation
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  • 64 3 Police and troops in the Taiping area are searching for a Japanese. Masaoka Tetsuji. who escaped from Taiping Jail on the night of Jan. 6. An educated man of slight build aged 36, Masaoka was under detention for interrogation connection with an alleged murcer at Chemor
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  • 387 3 Due to their failure to apply for registration under the Trade Union Ordinance, the President of the Municipal Commissioners has not replied in detail to the seven demands made on the Municipality representatives of the Central Executive Committee of the Singapore Municipal Labour Unions. These
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  • 148 3 .'Tribune Staff Reporter* In accordance with the decision arrived at a meeting of the Junior Civil Service Association held on January 4, the Association yesterday addressed a letter to H. E. the Ciuv--rnor. Sir Franklin Gimson, demanding an immediate payment of another for months' back
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  • 116 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Muriel Steinbeck, Australian film star of "Smithy" fame, was entertained to a cocktai! party yesterday evenirg at the residence of Messrs. Runme and Run ItO* Shaw ut 34, Queen Astrid Park, which was in honour of the star's visit to Mii'aya wa s held
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  • 559 3 CHRISTMAS ISLAND MUTINY On the night of March 10, 1942, when he went to the cookhouse for his evening meal, he saw a numbor of people from his detachment sitting In groups On a charpoy and benches but ne did not try to
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  • 163 3 At a meeting of the Committee of the Singapore Silver Jubilee Fund held in the office of the Department of Social Welfare yesterday, the Chairman. Mr. T.P.F. McNeice. informed members that there was an accumulation of about $320.000 which was interest which had accrued
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  • 78 3 The Singapore Community Cnurch located at 120 Balestiet Road will hold a service on Sunday afternoon at 5 to which all members and friends are invited. Tne Rev. Cecil M. Jackson will address the congregation on "The Cross of Calvary." Sunday School will be held at 4. The
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  • 55 3 Fred Tay (26) and his brother in-law Hairy Chee, who stood trial en a charge of possession of military clothing,, in a case which commenced on Sept. 25, last year, were ac quitted by Second District Judge T. T. Russell, who delivered judgment, yesterday. Mr. G. E. N.
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  • 317 3 Pricey quoted below are for jicul weight except where otherwise stated. Foodstuffs:—Yesterday's quotwere "Meehoon": 61am No- 1 $85; No. 2 $80; Indo-China $7Q: Kedah $75. Rice: Siam No. 1 $104; No. 2 $102. Rice milling; Siam $36; Glutinous rice; Siam $90; Kedah $75; Rangoon $60. Rock
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  • 166 3 The wedding took place at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday, cf Capt. John R. L. Collin, 17 British Base A.P.0., sOn of Mr. Henry Collin, and Daphne Marie Laws, daughter of the late Mr. Percy F. Laws :.nd of Mrs. Laws. The bride, who was given away
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  • 237 3 A lighter roaded with 713 bags of rice, the total value of which was stated to have been $27,000, which was towed away from the Rice Pool, Singapore Harbour Board, in the small hours of July 23 was 'missing' for over a month. Finally
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  • 428 4 The Dutch Commission i Genera] has arrived back in I ava none too soon. It is I iix weeks since Professor .''chermerhorn and his col-:-agues flew to the Hague to rsiiade the Dutch Government into full support of the ribon agreement, and in L.ese six weeks much
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  • 966 4  -  by Dr. George Gretton The nationalisation of various industries is the prime political IS£U€ lit Britain to-day The. Labour Government has made it the main plank in its programme and the Opposition directs much of its sharpest criticism against this aspect of Labour poiicy. Yet while,
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  • 384 4 Washington.— Business activity, s and profits in the United States in 1946 were above the best pre-war years with "very substantial progress* made toward full peacetime reconversion ol the nation's economy, the Commerce Department said in a summary of economic developments While peaK rates of
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  • 92 4 A total of 213.135 babies were born in Britain during the September quarter, representing a rate of 19.7 per 1 000 total population. There were 6,000 more boys than girls. Th's is the highest number recorded in any quarter since 1921. The average birth rate between
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  • 451 4 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Sir, —The representatives of j U.M.N.O. and Their Highnesses the rulers were in a way hood- linked by the British representatives, as is evident from the Draft Federation Agreement. Instead of preparing Malaya for ultimate seUf-government, the federation proposals have strengthened
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  • 394 4 Sir.—A perusal of the Malayan Constitutional Proposals recalls to my mind the Arabian Night's tale of the exchange of the old lamp for the new. Indians do not require any better or special treatment over other communities in Malaya though we have been treated very shabbily by
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  • 197 4 Sir,—With reference to Mr. John Eber's letter "Rather Silly" and the Leading Miner whom h mentions, I would remark that whether "Leading Miner is to take an interest lin politics L> beside the question. According to the Federation. Plan. "Leadingr Miner and his colleagues are having
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  • 524 4 Considerable interest has been aroused in Ceylon by an experiment in the application of che-mico-clectrical engineering to rice cultivation which is being conducted by Mr. M. L. Wickremesinghe. Mechanical Engineer to the Colombo Municipal Council He Is the inventor of an apparatus by which hj
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  • 341 4 STOCKHOLM.—First details of the work of Sweden's Brain Trust formed six months ago to design new ships and weapon! and maintain Sweden's position as the leading naval power in the Baltic, are now leaking out The biggest problem facing these experts, appointed by the Swedish Admiralty. i
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  • 373 5 SERVIC ES TONNAGE FIFTH OF CIVILIAN (Tribune Staff Reporter) The responsibility for congestion in the Singapore Harbour Board transit sheds and godowns is not now due to the Services, "though it is admitted that in the past, due to heavy
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  • 40 5 The Royal Engineer who lost his life through a bomb explosion in Ayer Raja Camp last Monday was Sapper P. W. Regelous, of Stony Cottage, Ivy Hatch, near Sevenoaks, Kent. The funeral took place the following day.
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  • 24 5 Major M.H. Day, of Sloane Street, London, S. W. 1, has been apointed to the Colonial Service as a Cadet in the Malayan Police.
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  • 58 5 Jan. B.—At the Highness the Chiefs and Pengnded at the Lumpur, and disHighness matters ,-TiveMukims. highly appreciI unity given to Highness In a p, nghulus, whose Jj entry been TlHited ipressed deep ction. His :hat it was U the other hat arrangels now being the di-cus-Xpl:lined
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  • 51 5 U.P. 9. The na commer-!.ties--radio. omenta and operations blighted the submitted to vernment by ersonnel today as nil aircrashes in which 113 perrequirements for ot operations. Airlines of China Pilots' petition said it th it all airports in commercial airer wholly or in facilities described •bom
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  • 150 5 KUALA LUMPUR. —On three tentative charges of criminal breach of trust, and alternatively of having committed criminal breach of trust in respect of $974, being proceeds of sale of a total number of books, V. S. Chelliah, chief financial clerk attached to the Pood Control Department,
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  • 39 5 Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 9.--Chinese daily paid workers of the Malayan Railway have requested a further advance of four months' wages against back-pay before the Chinese New Year. The railway authorities have referred the matter to Government
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  • 203 5 bo very few Cantonese tangerines for the N v. Year but Swatow oranges are expected quantities. One large consignment arv on the Van Heustz which is bringing in 7' I cargo from China ports. 1 d Chinese New -tream of de- its, crackers etc.
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  • 78 5 (Tribune Staff Reporter) A training school for destitute girls is to be started shortly in a Queen Street building once used by the Japanese as a hotel. The school will be named the Girls* Homecraft Centre. This was revealed by Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, Social
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  • 153 5 U.P. TOKIO, Jan. 9.—The final official Elgh f h Army report on the December 21 earthquake and tidal wave, reveals that although iit must be ranked as a major disaster—l,6oo Japanese nation- als were killed and 1,600 injured and 150.000 homeless —co-ordin-I ated efforts by the
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  • 114 5 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur.—ln the latest issue of the Malayan Union Gazette, regulations for Queen's Scholarships and Fellowships for Graduates of Raffles' College and the College of Medicine, are published. Main Item of intesest Is that one of the three scholarships shall be reserved
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  • 21 5 U.P. SHANGHAI, Jan. 9.—A1l Chinese afternoon papers in Shanghai failei to appear today <iued to a printers' strike. —U.P
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  • 294 5 Russia Has Rubber Industry (Tribune Staff Reporter) Aspects of the Russian rubber industry were described to me yesterday by a Soviet rubber scientist who hopes to make Singapore his headquarters for some considerable time to study Malayan rubber-plant-ing methods. He is Mr. Nicolai
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  • 438 5 Party Split On Eve Of UMNO Session Tribune Special Correspondent Alor Star, Kedah, Jan. 9.—Indications on the eve of the three-day UMNO session here are that the new constitutional proposals will meet with considerable opposition from delegates. Overnight, the old, drowsy capital of rural
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  • 122 5 Reuter. PARIS Jan. 9.—The occupation by Chinese troops of Paracel Islands in the South China Sea 250 miles off the coast of Annam came as a complete surprise to the French Government who had not yet been informed by the Chinese Government, lt was learned
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  • 93 5 U.P. SOUTHAMPTON. ENGLAND, Jan. B.—Mrs. Ann Curtis, who told the court she was the wife of a manufacturer of ladies' underwear in America, was fined £500 for attempting to evade customs duties when she arrived on the Queen Elizabeth on November 19. Mrs. Curtis was charged
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  • 134 5 The looting of the store of th« Far Eastern Publicity Division H.Q. S A C.S.E.A., at Thomson Road on May 6, last year t when eight radio sets, newsprint and radio accessories were stolen was recalled when Tan Ah Tow, appeared for trial on a charge of
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  • 19 5 Seventeen British-Indian tioops, alleged to be guilty of desertion, arrived on Monday from Batavia on the Pahud.
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  • 590 5 WAR CRIMES TRIAL How an allied submarine, in January 1943, after sinking a Japanese ship carrying 477 Indian prisoners of war from Singapore to Rabaul, New Britain, circled round the wreck twice and machine-gunned the survivors who were in life-boats and on
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  • 255 6 (Our Own Correspondent) The local industrial share market continued to be mainly buyers yesterday. Fraser Neave did business up to $2.80, Cold Storages $6, Traders $15, Malayan Breweries $15, and Wearnes $181. Uniteers, after business at $11.50, had further buyers with sellers
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  • 90 6 An All Services Art Exhibition j will be held at the Union Jack I Club, Singapore, from Teh. 2—ll. The exhibition will be open daily from 2.30 p.m. to 9.38 p.m. Exhibits will comprise landscape, still life, seascape, portrait, figure drawing and handicraft and. there will be
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  • 162 6 Stuttgart, Jan. .j.—The three German Minister-Presidents of the three American Zone states tonight alleged that civilian internee and prisoner of war carries in many cases are operated by former S.S. officers and guarded by former S.S- soldiers, both in and outside Germany. The three
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  • 53 6 KLANG. —One of the largest gathering ever seen at Klang in recent times, met at the residence of the late Towkay Goh Hock Huat, J.P., a prominent business man of Klang. to pay their respects to the deceased, who died last Friday evening, after
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  • 25 6 U.P. NANKING, Jan. 9.—A United Sta.tes fcmbassy source here today branded as ".ridiculous" rumours that U. S. Ambassador Leighton Stuart is resigning.—U.P.
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  • 315 6 REX SMITHY w&h Hon RttrMeU and Muriel Steinbeck. Sir Charles Kingsford Smith— Smithy" to Australia attd to world—was a ©f A*?tihy. He had that courage and that Vision which makes a gTeat pioneer, and in spite of his untmWly erffl, Tie lives on in the hearts
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  • 71 6 U.P. LONDON, Jan. 9.—More than 1.200 Britons have signed petition to the Crown requesting that tkpresent Labour Government resign, it was learned here today. The petition would ask the Labour Government to resign in Order that a plebiscite of the county on the Labour Government's policies
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  • 979 7 as told to AIM lIIK QII4K by Britain i Leading Sports Writers sports thrill ol imeUfl Fleet Streei lean "i Sunday Pic- [j 1 e ar not notable lor Brim international i incident stand* out use in the troubled a i d< rvon's
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  • 462 7 The Colours, three goals down in the first half of the play, rallied gloriously in the second half, scoring all their three goals through Ponniah, when they lost to the Whites, by 4-3, at the third and final S.R.C. hockey trials played on the
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  • 119 7 Kuala Lumpur.—A last minute goal enabled the Eurasians to beat the Indians by the odd goal in five in a friendly hockey match played on the latter's ground. The ftrst half saw a listless display, during which the Eurasians scored two goals through G. de SHva and L.
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  • 183 7 A well balanced card will be liaRed at the Happy Wcrld covere-l stadium by Promoter Kow Kirn Lin on Sunday night, with South African Champion Mick McKav and styli>h Malayan Filipino Kid Pancho topping the bill over ten rounds at catch weight*. McKay has lost
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  • 144 7 Penang.—lq spite of his ago, I Little Bernal '112 lbs.». Malayan flyweight champion in his prime, earned a decision over fast and flashy Younp Jackson (111 lfe».) in the main bout ever 12 rounds at the New World Turk, Penang. Although Jackson did all the attackisg,
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  • 53 7 The Tamil Brotherhood Association will meet the RAF. (Seletar) in a friendly game of soccer at the Police Deport. Thomson Road tomorrow: The Tamils* team will be:— Sithambaram, Abdul Rasak, Thambyrajah, GhanL Subramanian, Kayambu, N. G. Samy, A. Berry, Krishnan, Suppiah and Muniandy. Reserve*: Saludin, Haion.
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  • 607 7 After a six-year break the annual North verses South rugger match of Malaya is to be held at Kuala Lumpur, to-morrow. Pre-war this match which usual- 1 ly wound up the official rugby season, was always looked up to as the classic encounter of the
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  • 80 7 Reuter. HOBART. Tasmania. Jan. 9.— Norman Ya'dley will captain the MCC in their two first matches in Tasmania, the first cf which, against the Combined Team, starts her* tomorrow. The MCC party crossed from the mainland during the night. The team will be chosen from the
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  • 52 7 U.P. Chicago, JarL 9.—Tami Mau riello's trusty right hand started him on the comeback trail tonight as he pounded Tampa, Florida, Negro heavyweight jimmy "Shamus" O'Brien uncon scious in one minute and three seconds of the first round Tami. flabby a* 202 pounds, was booed as he left
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  • 34 7 At the monthly committee meeting of the May fair Association, an expenditure of $3.000 was approved for lighting np Mayfair Park. Thr work will be completed before the fcftfnesc New Year
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  • 156 7 Britain's hopes of winning the next Olympic Marathon Race of 26 miles 3M5 yards are likely, to be pinned on Jack Holden, of Tipton Harriers, whose headquarters are in the English Midland Counties. That Holden is the greatest runner Britain has ever seen is testified by that
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  • 257 7 PENANG—A large crowd watched the West YorKs beat the Muslim Recreation Ciub by 4 goals to 1 in a charity football match at th? Victoria Green in Right tr jm the start the w;naid of the Bihar Relief Fund, ners showed themselves a better team. The
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  • 53 7 The following players will be chosen to play for the Cavenaugh Youngsters XI against the HQ. 2nd Echelon British Wing tomorrow at Nee Soon. Transport will leave at No. 21, Wllkle Road, at 4 p.m Haron. Berry, Govindasamy, Naidu, Krishna. Roland, Mieng Cheong. Ibrahim. Loysiu*. Eattar, Bd.-il. Biong
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  • 405 8 U.P. LONDON, Jan. 9.—The Bank of England to-day announced certain relaxations in the British Empire sterling bloc controls. A new foreign exchange system, which comes into effect January 13, was promulgaged by a tiank of England circular tc authorised banks in mid-Decem-Der of 1946 but
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  • 292 8 Reuter. BATAVIA, Jan. 10—The Dutch military and imperialists were accused of attempting to sabotage the decisions of the Dutch Government and forcing the Indonesians into a conflict by Dr. Mohammed Hatta. Vice President of the Indonesian Republic, in a speech at Jogkakarta
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  • 80 8 U.P. HONGKONG, Jan. 9.—Demolition work has started on the haif-flnishtd Japanese monuments atop of Mount Cameron which was originally erected to commemorate the Jap's victory over Hongkong. The paper said the monument was erected Dy Chinese and Allied slave labourers. Japanese officers were
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  • 142 8 LONDON, Dec. la.—P. C. William Ket'ii, of the City ol London Police, said that he saw Kthel Humphrey. (17). of Grosvenor terrace, Walwcrth. leaning on the parapet of London Bridge in pensive attitude. He thought he might help her by getting into conversation. When he returned the girl
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  • 83 8 PARIS. Jan. 8. —Premier Leon Blum met labour chiefs in an effort to prevent a threatened strike of Government employees which would virtually wreck his fast growir? campaign to save Franco's economy No indication was given at the conclusion of the meeting as to the outcome,
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  • 85 8 U.P. SHANGHAI, Jan. B.—A report from Peiping states that the Chinese Procurate found the two United States marines involved in the alleged rape of a Chinese collegian in Peiping on Christmas Eve indictable and has notified the United States marine authorities its findings based on Mis
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  • 163 8 Reuter. LONDON. Jan. 9. —Fenner Brockway, who has been associated with the head office of the Independent Labour Party as chairman, secretary or editor of its orsan since 1911. has resigned from the Party and has applied for membership of the Labour Party. The Independent Labour
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  • 336 8 Congress To Oppose Truma n's Budget U.P. Washington, Jan. 8. —President Truman today submitted to Congress a $37,528,000,000 budget for the 1948 fiscal year which ihe Republican Congress is determined to cut. By far the biggest item, Truman has ask d $11,256,000,000 for the army and navy. Hj warned Congress
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  • 56 8 U.P. TOKIO, Jan. 9.— Gen. MacArthur's Civil Property controllers have decided that Japanese women need more face powder, hair oil, perfume and shampoo, and ordered the Japanese Government to collect impounded material for these goods. The ruling will allow the Japanese to sell toilet
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  • 57 8 MALACCA. Thursday.—A Chinese maid servant who was pecuniarily and otherwise embarrassed took a strong dose of Lysol disinfectant to kill herself. Startled by the cries of agony the chief tenant of the house found her and a notification to the police resulted in her immediate removal to
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  • 17 8 Johannesberg, Jan. 9.--The Indian passive resistance campaign against the Asiatic Land Tenure Representative Act has been resumed.
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  • 220 8 Reuter. Moscow, Jan. 8. —The Chief of the Soviet General Staff, Marshal Vasili'ovsky has accepted an invitation from Field-Marshal Lord Montgomery, Chief of the British Imperial General Staff, to visit England next Spring. The permission of the Soviet Government has been granted lor
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  • 63 8 Mr. Douglas John Massey, son of Mr. Claude Massey, the Australian Commissioner for Malaya, was seriously injured in the leg yesterday afternoon when the motor-cycle he was riding, collided with a military truck, near Anderson firdge. He was taken to th? General Hospital where
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  • 40 8 At the conclusion of the Mass Marriage ceremony of 16 couples at the Mayfair Hall, Robinson Road, on Sunday, the newly weds will be taken in procession in cars round the town, starting at 2 p.m.
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  • 41 8 Reuter. Batavia, Jan 9.—The information service of the Dutch navy announced that the 394--ton British merchant ship Empire May rover has been escorted by a Dutch warship from Cheribon to Semarang where she will be searched for weapons.—Reuter.
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  • 176 8 U.P. PEIPING. Jan. 9 —Communist guerilla bands today strengthened tneir stranglenold on the Peiping-Tientsin highway with the capture of another important town along this much American-used thoroughfare— Sichihchen. 17 miles south-east of Peiping—it was authoritatively learned at military headquarters here. The Communists also clung stubbornly
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  • 73 8 Reuter. Nairobi. Jan. 9.—Prof. Wilfrid Le Gros, one of the world's leading authorities on world evolution, will make an important statement at the Pan-African Congress on Pre-History which opens h:re on Jan. 14 when he read- a paper on the evolution of man. The professor has studying
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  • 62 8 U.P. SHANGHAI, Jan. B—The Ta Kung-pao reported from Nanking 1 quoting Informed sources as specu- latii.g on the early withdrawal of j United States forces from China, j The paper said Gen. Marshall's return signals the dissolution of the Peiping Executive Headquarters and that United
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  • 283 8 Criticism of the conditions under which scui. pi i tors are working was maJe at the recent meeting of Incorporated Society of Planters, held in Kuala Lum pur. The matter was raised by Mr. E. M. Stewart, who said that many planters are being burdened by
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  • 141 8 Reuter. LONDON, Jan. 9.—Eighty-tw entries have been mad? f. i Grand National Steeplechase t be run over four-and-a-i miles at Aintree. Liverpool March 28 Ths only nnexpe missions are Poor Flame, [or whom 5.000 guinea? was paid i month, and the French Grand National runner-up
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  • 223 8 U.P. HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 9.—The Davis Cup came home today for the time since Australia won it in 193*J The triumphant two-man team of Southern Californians, Jack Kranvr and Ted Schroeder f along with MB playing Captain Walter Pate Mid disappointed non-playing Frank c Parker, landed at
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  • 110 8 IPOH.—The wedding was solem nised at the Wesley Church of Lt Lee Ah Loke, of the RASC, Pw arg. and formerly o Ipoh, and MiRosalind Chong, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Chong Weng Moon »< Ipoh. Following the ceremony a well attended reception was held at tbc
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  • 63 8 PARIS, Jan. 9. (UP)—Newspaper pressmen throughout Prance were locked out by Publishers Group of the Nation al Federation of the Press today as a result of the pranmen demand for 100 francs additional daily cost of living bonus No daily papers appeared this morning and there were also
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  • 30 8 U.P. ROME, Jan. 9.-The untitled Government today ianouncec that under Italy's programs of reducing her armed foi the class of 1924 now in m will be discharged during Mm -U.P.
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