Malaya Tribune, 27 February 1947

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    55 1 The Malaya Tribune B y THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE THE ONLY NATIONAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA Now printed simul taneously i n Singapore, Kuala L umpur. Ipoh Penang. 'Phone Numbers: Editor 5813 Editorial 5811 Advertising 5812 Circulation Accounts 5815 pear mges. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1947 ffcK CENTS The Malaya
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    FRENCH FOOD ENVOY IN MISSING DAKOTA
    430 1 BAD WEATHER STOPS SEARCH all 9 aircraft out today back (Tribune StafT ReporJer) The Tribune understands that one of the passengers on the missing Dakota plane from Singapore is AI. P. Dumitrescu, the French Indo-China delegate l:> tiU; South East Asia food conference held
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    Operation 'King Coal' Resumes
    115 1 '■OKK 1 rlj Operation H.j'Da:" is b ing resumed b, Army Northern ComMorruw Thursday, when 400 A.m\ l<»r.i will io the ..<m ol "P*' n c,,vt c0: 'l i■CM C •»>.-. Derby-hi: c. to and Roiherham psftpei iiauun-. Ibc Itm piu.-. of the opnrar- ,va 10.000
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    Tsinan Underl Martial Law
    43 1 SHANGHAI Feb. 26. Marti d la «us imposed in T-inan, capita] >| China Shantung prortße*. with Communist forces D| the outer perimeter of 'M v. repo Led here tofthe dispatche- -tated then; fitting between 12 and 42 rail'-* from T4nan.
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    MOM UNNRA AID FOR CHINA
    46 1 Reuter. "tonghai, Feb. 26 —The ds'iat 1.000.000 tons of arc yet to come to before the UNRRA wl :ds June 30 this year was ja« by fomniander R.G.A. ««oa, Ben'er Deputy Director- ol the UNRRA at a fi Pence today Reuter.
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    2 MILLION JOBLESS
    33 1 UP. ME 25-The Ministry 1 ;j r announced that unin Italy topped the 1 ,0n mart in Januaiv. 1 2.227.886 with- .an increase of more 1 m9m wer December.- 1
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    200 ILL AFTER MILK DRINK
    24 1 U.P. <N Two hunI h p on t V{ nt Kirb were SJRRA mil* Ali vnt nonip jj p
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    ILL ON HONEYMOON
    76 1 Wife of Britain's war-time Premier, Mrs. Churchill lias rushed to Switzerland to be with her daughter Mary ft Mowing- receipt of a message in London disclosing that the Churchill's son in -Jaw, Capt. Christopher Soames is "seriously ill Capt. Soames and his wife are honeymooning in Switzerland
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    "confessed" to murder in order to be acclaimed a hero
    232 1 Reuter. LONDON Feb, 26,—Last minute efforts to secure the postponement of the execution of Walter Graham Rowland, found guilty of the murder of Olive Balchin on a bombed site in Manchester, were being made by his counsel today. The execution
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    JAPS STEAL WOODEN TOMBS FOR FUEL
    75 1 U.P. TOKIO, Feb. 26 —It was reported here that metropolitan Japanese ves'den's have been resorting to the sacrileg ous practice of pilfering wooden tomb tables from the cemetry in ir.creasing numbers for cooking purposes on account of the fuel shortage. The chief abbot of
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    23 1 U.P. RNNA. SICILY. Feb 25 Twcivilians were shot and four policemen badly mauled during oenicnsUaticns against the high cost of living and unemployment.—U.P.
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    U.S. Reply To Bevin
    244 1 Reuter. WASHINGTON. Feb. 26.—A statement issued from White House today described as "'most, unfortunate and misleading' 1 the implication cf the debate on Palestine in the British House of Commons yesterday that United States interest in Palestine and settlement of Jews there is motivated by partisan
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    36 1 U.P. LONDON. Feb. 26.—A London Borough Council rejected the proposal to name a new housing estate "Attlee Close" when Alderman R. S Howard pointed out that all the tenants might not be Labourites and might object.—UP.
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    Mac Beth Dies
    50 1 U.P. LONDON, Feb. 26— f Lay on MaeDufT," said Macßeth in the famed battle of Shakf Wpeare's drama. MacDuff laid on too realistically at the Oldham Repertory Theatre M January 30, and today Harold Norman, who portrayed Macßeth died from dagger wounds at the Oldham Royal Hospital.—U.P.
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    LOST ARM TO PROVE FIDELITY
    90 1 U.P. MAIDSTONE England. Feb. 26.-Ronald William Horslield 22. pleaded guilty ye.>terday to committing bigamy last year, but evidence was admitted to show that later he was sorry. Prosecutor B. H. Waddy saia that Horsfield laid his arm on a railroad track and allowed the train
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    54 1 Reuter. LONDON. Feb. 26 —A floating "hall" fcr the youngest of the City livery companies is expected to arrive in the Thames this summer—the Master Mariners Company having acquired as eeccrt, HMS Wellington. She is new being fitted out to benme their headquarters off the Embankment, within the precincts of
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    BRITAIN HAS 43,000 REDS
    106 1 U.P. LONTON. Feb. 26.—Charts exhibited at the British Communist Party CongiCw claimed that 67 Communist. parties were in op p ralivjn in all tne woild a.»d hat 57 who sent their membership figures counted a total of 18* million members. Among those failing to show membership
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    FROST TAKES HEAVY TOLL OF BIRDS
    116 1 Reuter. GREAT YARMOUTH. Feb. 26. —Dead birds stand like statues in the frozen waters of Norfolk. The tierce and hardy herring gulls, said to have inspired the Spitfire design, have been dropping dead in the streets as a bitter wind >wept them in irom
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    JAVA: BOTH SIDES PESSIMISTIC, SAYS FRENCH DIPLOMAT
    367 2 (Tribune StafT Reporter) "No one can say with any certainty what might or might not happen in the Netherlands East Indies. As far as 1 can make out, the Dutch as well as the Indonesians are pessimistic ol the future, the reason being
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    REASON FOR JAP RAIL DISASTER
    39 2 U.P. YOKOHAMA, Feb. 26.- The Railway Service announced today that lack of air pressure on th<. brakes of one of the carriage* the cau-e of the Japanese train wreck on Tuesday which killed 178—U.P.
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    FUTURE OF ROYAL MALAYAN NAVY NOW IN THE BALANCE
    416 3 Admirality Won't Maintain It o« a™ (Tnbune Staff Reporterj Some 400 Asiatics of the Royal Malayan Navy are s *U in doubt as to their future. I nc l rLV ndei T and i ha V he Naval authorities, acting on
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    GOVERNOR INSPECTS RURAL HEALTH WORK
    51 3 tlv Governor accomTS. Director Services, and Cn el Health Rural Health re yesterday \7i.ss Sim- Matron Maternity and re and saw rk They th:n D spensary rnme ;t by he 6'l- mile of p jr the antiiat area, the hod of comSOil and d horn
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    RAF Clerks Demand Back Pay
    242 3 (Tribune StafT Reporter) The Civil Service Clerical Association (RAF), Singapore, at a m .eeth7S yes-erday decided to petition the Secretary of S ate for Air (or back pay, and 'establishment rights', on the same lines as adopted by the local Government. ft was also resolved
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    MILITARY, POLICE SCOUR GRIK FOR ARMED BANDITS
    94 3 (From Our Own Reporter) IPOH. Feb. 26.—Battle-scar-red veterans trained in jungle warfare are at present scouring the Jungle round Grik to check on reports which have been persistent recently that larce numbers of bandits have filtered into \he country from across the Siamese
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    TEST BROADCASTS TOMORROW
    98 3 Listeners to Radio Malaya will be able to hear two broadfcasts daily on the last Test Match of the season, begins tomorrow. The first is a bail-by-ball commentary on the play from 2 p.m. unMJ 3.30 (Malayan Tj hie), relayed from Radio Austraha and covering the game
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    ARMS CHARGE FAILS
    69 3 F. B. Marshall (31), an Indian, was discharged in the Fourth Police Court on instructions from the D.P.P. eh charges of possessing a .38 re*rolyffr ftte rounds of ft amrnunljtion and for the bf yarious medicines and acid, alleged to have been commit*ed on 16 iast. Trie
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    Singapore And World Trade Conference
    178 3 Replying to a plea by Mr. r. Jumabhoy that all trade controls arid restrictions be removed in the Colony HE. the Governor satd hat Singapore had asked for represena!?l a \lLt°^L g H? rld trade Terence and would not be con ent wuk observer status
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    Girl Clerk Tells Court Of Soldiers' Intrusion
    345 3 Miss Irene Kwok, pretty booking-office cashier of tile Cathay gave evidence in the second Pclic~&o\yd yesterday when two British soldiers faced a charge of criminal trespass hy going to the bookingoffice ol th£ Catlxay Ciisema with intent to annoy her The charge was
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    DRIVERS AT FAULT IN FATAL CRASH
    116 3 Verdict of death by misadventure was returned by the coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter yesterday, at thp conclusion of an inquiry into the death of Abdul Raziz b. Mohd. Eusope. aged 25. who wa* driving a radio patrol car on j Dec. 21 when
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    Singapore Villagers Rewarded For Helping Allied PoW's
    631 3 The residents of a small village called Huay Kee Suah near the Rifle Range in Bukit Timah Road who helped fGcir Australian soldiers who escaped from a Japanese prison camp in October, 1942, will receive monetary rewards from the Army authorities to-morrow. The
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    TO-NIGHT'S TALK
    39 3 Mr. Colin Dant, Assistant Secretary. Social Welfare (Food Section), will give a talk on the Singapore Child Feeding Scheme at 10.10 p.m. tonight on the 19, 25 and 44 metre bands of Far Eastern Broadcasting Service, Singapore.
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    The Lords And India
    444 4 No debate on India in the Commons can be expected to reach the level of expertise shown in the two day debate in the Lords. The House had the opportunity of hearing the views of three former Viceroys and a former Governor of Bombay. And yet
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    The Problem Of Palestine
    810 4  -  By W. N. EWER The referring by the British government of the whole Palestine question to the United National Assembly is not an evasion of responsibility. It is :i transfer of responsibility tt the proper k»r this is no internal problem of the British Empire. Britain
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    Morgenthau Diary Causes Stir
    285 4 Washington. A polite but none the less definite differtnte ol opinion has blown up between prvseni and former United States Secretaries ol the Treasury about a 900- volume diary which contains an exhaustive private account or many secret negotiations and nuiiiK uv. ings conducted by the
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    Britain's Historic Trees
    722 4  -  by Frank Illingworth BRITAIN, especially Scotland, is exceptionally rich in ancient tree. Through the centuries these leafy masterpieces of nature have grown to glorious, gnarled maturity, to outlive the lesser creations of a tormented world. Their branches have sheltered great men ana beautiful women who. plotting and
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    DEMCBBED PERSONNEL CLAIMS
    866 4 Letters To The Editor The People's Postbag Sir.-- The demobbed personnel of the Royal Artillery. Royal Engineers, and the Royal Army Service Corps, who were recruited locally, have addressed the Malayan Command Headquarters on the question of back Day. On th? re-occupation of Malaya, we were recalled
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    INDIAN PUBLICITY
    208 4 Sir. I happened to work for some time as an Assistant in the Government of India Publicity Office in Malaya. This fact led many Indian- to enquire of me as to what arc the activities of the Publicity Office, j iic answer that frankly I did know, although
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    MALAY NAVY
    114 4 Sir.—l have to thank Mr Lee Kwan (ex-L C R.ASC his letter which ai your paper of the 25th Ins As regards the dem b:ii* personnel of the F val Navy. I would iik. U in! raX Wong Lee Kwan that we fiW submitted a let*' r back
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      48 4 A CHURCH IN THE MIDDLE OP A k RESERVOIR/ <%&?* A 1T cavLRt D^^^S^ CONJTRARV TO POPULAR 6ELIEF, THE AG A KHAN, INDIAN RELlGlOUsW. LEADER, IS NOTGlVfcN H\S gp> WEIGHT IN DIAMONDS/ THE [p/MMI /1 ARE BORROWED FO£ W U«.H< u t c* —An» f M. X k 7
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    Village Committees Will Look After Welfare Of 120,000
    299 5 NEW SPORE SCHEME TO AID RURAL RESIDENTS u/h nn t*u G 1S bhortly to have "Village Committees" ih c e /!M' usled with the task of looking after mmu waiLel ptople who ulate the island s Several committees, I understand, have already
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    UPAM and Rubber Wages
    116 5 cspondent J p. b. 26 The United K*i* n g Nation of Malaya I*** dt r B general increase lober plantation D m M;tlaya. 1 disclosed by repres- !i f the managements ol leC i estates m Ulu Langkat ii in trie negotiation* taknface here, according
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    LONDON LAW EXAMS.
    185 5 Xbe result* t the University of London Intermediate Laws 11 h Ii Id at Kuala Lum- n ptembi r, 1946. have ar- oar candidate, Mr. R. S. Huunttab ol the Victoria Instils) n X lala Lumpur, passed in iH ibjecl for which he sat cxc ut Roman
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    U.S.ENVOY TO YUGOSLAVIA NOT RETURNING
    63 5 Reuter. Hi xOTON. Feb. 26.—Dip (i 'Hers dis los-rj today '■ambassador to YugDsia- irri c pa-'terscn, wih to his post. f0 r t a inference > 4i sl:,fp Apartment riyirtp a lecture .c rh Slav Embassy pre- 'i-.nn Patterson's re- 1 State Depart''urn to discontitour
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    64 5 Bui.'- p V( Wcre bus y th? -ad area on Tueslur v,hen th t*y stripped m tyn ,nri )are part> and four M Jacked up on est ieH )t ,i W Th dCl0Se to the MajR b, n k n Ca r b( loR gs to Mr had i)- ir
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    REES-WILLIAMS FOR BURMA
    51 5 Reuter. LONDON. Feb. 26—Mr. David Rees-Williams. Labour Member for South Croydon, is flying to Burma. Mr. Rees-Williams was invited in agreement with the Government of Burma to preside over the Committee of inquiry on the best method of associating the Frontier. Peoples with the new constitution for
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    B-29 DOWN IN ALASKA
    71 5 U.P. FORT RICHARDSON (Alaska) Feb. 26. (Up'-A B-29 of Alaska Ai: Command Superfortress is mining on routine training flight from Elmendorf Field and idown somewhere along the rugged northern Alaskan coastal region of Cook's inlet. Pooi visibility hamper, search and a mospheric conditions prevent missing plane
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    SIAM RICE FOR KOREA
    85 5 Reuter. BANGKOK. Feb. is to send 25.000 tons of glutinous rice to Korea in comnliance with a request by the International Emergency Food Council it was stated here today. It is understood that this amount will be dedmeted from the amount?, which Siam had undertaken to
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    EGYPT'S 'NO!'
    54 5 Reuter. Cairo, Feb. 26.—Egypt cannot accept the Syrian-Lebanese offer to get Egypt and Britain to resume direct negotiations on the Suda l issue and is determined to go ahead and submit her case to the United Nations, a prominent official in close touch with the Egyptian Minister, Nokrashy
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    Lt.-Gen. Ritchie On Inspection Tour Of Burma
    214 5 j Lt.-General Sir Neil M. Ritchie, new C-in-C S.E.A.L.F. arrived at Mingaladon on Tuesday aftrcnoon on his first visit to Burma for one week's tour of troops of the Burma command. At Mingaladon airfield to meet the C-in-C were Lt.-Gen. Briggs. G.O.C. Burma,
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    Tried To Prevent Woman's Arrest, Chinese Fined
    281 5 CUSTOMS CASES Heading guilty to abetting prison or persona unknown in voluntarily obstructing a revenue party frum arresting one Nan Lt«. Keng. a Chines,, woman, arrested at 'Rochore Road for having dutiable tobacco in her possession on Feb. 17, Lim Ann Hoe was
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    23 5 The heaviest earthouoke tremor since the December disaster rocked Tokio at about 8.15 yesterday. In some instances erockerv was swept ofT breakfast tables.
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    King Sand, of Saudi, Araba, he world's fifth largest 0 1 prudi/c ,IQ ftTin rg, }g ore? native on Jan 25 ii hen he "/f u i/tvup of high heeled x\k-stockinged Amerav UH'tfien the > husbands and ch ldre\ af q recej) .on and fctL\ .>/3ti \ored by the Arabian American Oil Co 7 he Kivrt cufottcd h nisei/ mm°vseg. shak.nn hands lt>lh unw,esters, u?o?chh<g them n uvible ocer thick rug# ttKfi cob >ie cook1 ex and lee CTecm. F riure xitotv:. Ki- g Sand rcfus np a hetpi'g of rice a the bonc/u .*'. He la er ole the food when «i sauce lea# poured on ' . II* tried nws oj <ht ukh.es but re/wed a,)plo pie and fee cream.
    122 5 King Sand, of Saudi, Araba, he world's fifth largest 0 1 prudi/c ,IQ ftTin rg, g ore? native on Jan 25 ii hen he "/f u i/tvup of high heeled x\k-stockinged Amerav UH'tfien the &gt; husbands and ch ldre\ a f q recej) .on and fctL\ .&gt;/3ti \ored by the
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    Widow Mentioned At Forged Will Trial
    366 5 Validity Of Confession Called In Question Giving evidence for ihe prosecution at the trial of lan Tiong Thor, a lawyer's clerk charged with fabricating false evidence ai the Supreme Court before the comof oathb on June 1 last, Mr. R. C. H. Lim, Advocate,
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    The Overseas League
    64 5 of the Overseas League resident in Singapore and the Malayan Union are advised that during the absence from Singapore of Captain Georgo Wright, the local Honorary Correspondence Secretary of the Overseas League, from March to November, the duties of H.C.S will be undertaken by Mr. W. Wallace
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    26 5 UP. PEIPING, Feb. 26.— Vernaculars, feature reports that the Nalonalists and the Soviet have reaebea an agreement for National* troops to (filer Dairen within the week.—UP.
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    Punjab Drops Safety Law
    114 5 Reuter. LAHORE, Feb. 26.-Th e montn old agination involving hundreds of an est in the Punjab was called off by the Muslim League touay afte; the Punjab Governmeui and the Piovincial League member* had reached a comprise in winch the -afety o&gt;ainance l- by other laws.
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    Burma Mutiny Ended
    173 5 Reuter. RANGOON. Feb. 26^—The Burma Command Headquarters. Southeast Asia Land Forces, today announced that "conditions are now normal" at the Fifth Burma Rifles Lines. Pegu, 40 miles north of Rangoon, where a mutiny of some 1,000 Burmese troops were reported last week. The Army communique added a
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    New Dutch Order Hits S'pore Sugar Trade
    414 5 (Tribune Staff Reporter) The Singapore balokmarket for Java whito sugar huS recently shown some astronomical price rises due. it is learned, to the further tightening up of measures imposed by the Dutch authorities in the Netherlands !;icies to prevent the commodity being exported
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    JAPS CHARGED WITH THEFT
    129 5 A Japanese of the River ValI ley Road Camp claimed trial j in the Third Magistrate's Court I yesterday, to a charge of esi cap:ng from police custody. The Japanese. O.oguchi Svehei (28), claimed 'rial to another charge, theft of a blanket and a bedspread from
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    WANTED—SHORT STORIES
    80 5 Radio Malaya invites contributions of original short stories, to be read over the air in their "Short story" programme period, from 10.45 to 11 p.m. on alternate Fridays. The author of any story which is used will receive a fee of $20. Stories should be between 1.500 and
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    S.H.B. Strikers Are Back at their Desks
    200 5 (Tr.bui.e Staff Reporter) The five-day-old protest strike by 800-odd clerks of the Singapore Harbour Board was terminated by mid-day yesterday. At their meeting with the Chairman of the Board. Mr. H. Basten. yesterday morning, delegates of the newly-elected Staff Association Committee reached full
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    DITCH CONSUL GENERAL HURRIES TO BATAVIA
    136 5 Because of the urgency of the matter, Mr. M. F. Vigcveno. Dutch Consul-General, who had intended to go to Batavia next weeK-end, left for Batavia yesterday noon to discuss with the Netherlands Indies authorities measures flor settling the dispute with the Chinese merchants in
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    FILM SHOWS FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN
    136 5 Hundreds of school-children being given the opportunity of seeing "The Overlanders," first British film to be made in Australia since the war. The film had a general screening at the Cathay Cinema two weeks ago. Through the courtesy of the Cathay Management and the Entertainments
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    Industrials Bought
    156 6 TRIBUNE FINANCIAL SECTION The Singapore market yesterday was again mainly buyers for industrials and tin shares although there was little stock on offer. There were buyers of Gammons up to $4.85, Uniteers $12.50, Wearnes $22, Fraser and Neaves $370, Hammers $41. H'kong Banks £105 cum div.. and Breweries
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    LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE
    140 6 Reuter. LONDON, Feb. 25. The stock markets turned rather brighter, closing in a firm manner although there was no expansion in the volume of business. Industrials provided one of the best sections where tobaccos, stores and motors moved in favour of holders which was encouraging o.i the
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    CHINA PROBE SPECULATION IN GOLD BY ARMY OFFICERS
    110 6 U.P. SHANGHAI. Feb. 26.—A Ministry of National Defence n'fclf ofile«al has arrived fiom Nanking to join in an exhaustive investigation of cha:ge&gt; that some Nationalist army commanoeic u-ed payrolls for operation in gold speculation, while aeiaying payments to their subordinate*. Control Yuan
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    US ORDER ON RECIPROCAL TRADE PACTS
    150 6 Reuter. Washington, Feb. 26 —President Truma i yesterday issued an executive order making procedural changes in the reciprocal trade agreement programme, one of which provides for a clause in future trade agreements to protect domestic producers. President Truman ordered that all future trade agreements
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    Non-Violence At Batu Arang
    62 6 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 26.—Indian worker* at Malayan Collieries are to resort to Satyagraha (non-violent resistance) if the Batu Arang Indian Congress is ejected from its premises by the management of the Collieries. This decision was taken at a ma*&gt;s meeting of the Indian
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    181 6 Reuter. LONDON. Feb. 26—Further light on how Britain got into her present pass is thrown by the Chancellor of the Exchequer's disclosure in the House of Commons yesterday that during 1946, the sterling balances of the sterling area countries were induced by £50.000.000.
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    145 6 Reuter. SYDNEY. The importance which the Commonwealth Government attaches to the conference on trade and emplymer.t, to be held in Geneva ln April, is reflected by the strength of the delegation which Australia will send. It will be the largest delegation ever to leave
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    S'pore Food, Produce Markets
    308 6 Prices quoted below are per picul weight except where otherwise stated. Foodstuffs:—Yesterday's quotations were "Meehoon": Siam No. 1 $82 Vi. Rangoon $70. Rice: Siam No. 1 $100; No. 2 $97; Ra- goon $67. Glutinuous rice: Siam No. 1 $75; Rangoon $43. Rock sugar:—s67 "Gula"&gt; Malacca:—Superior quality
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    350 6 Reuter. MALANG, Feb. 26.—The Republican Parliament's fifth session was opened by President Soekarno with an hour's speech In which he urged the delegates to hurry up discussions and not indulge in long debates, as the leader* are badly wanted back in their posts, but nevertheless
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    35 6 JERUSALEM, Feb. 25.—Thle*.es broke into the Church ot the Holy Sepulchre and escapea with many valuable religious relics, including presents givento the Church" at the time ol the Crusades, it was reported today.
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    319 7 breeZ y century by Sq uadroh-Leader Leggett was standing features of the whole-day match en the Combined ft.A.F*. Changi XI and S.C.R.C I üb, Cruong f a polished 5G out none of the mcd t (J -rule C h ngi bowl- SCRC tnd Mar*h
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    ACSIANS' BADMINTON & TABLE TENNIS
    86 7 ACSIANS' BADMINTON TABLE TENNIS The following will represent the Acsians (A.C.S. Old Boys&gt; against the Hospital Assistants Dressers' Association in a* friendly game of badminton and table tennis at Tan Tock Ser.g Hospital courts on Saturday, at 3 p.m. Badminton:—D. R. Daniel, K. C. Cherian, Wilgie Heng, Chou Choon Keng,
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    154 7 mis LOVE OF OURS with Merle &b*ron, Claude Raines and Charles Korvin. The theme of this dramatic story, centres on the corflotex reelings of a twelve-year old girl (Sue England) tofn between love for her father and hatred for his new wife Merle Oberon, always at her
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    67 7 Football League: Malay Football Association vs. S.C.C. M.F.A. team will be selected I from: Jaffar, Hashim, A Rah- 1 mam. Salleh. Tahar. Harith. Ek- j san. Halim. Aziz. Shariff Madon, j H»JI Garhan. Haji Rahman. I Mahmood. Hussein. Madon. Zam- zafn. Hamid, Ngon, Samnd. Dol- I lah S.C.C:
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    HAMMOND NEARLY FIT AGAIN
    143 7 Reuter. SYDNEY. Feb. 26.—Hammond j still hopes to be tit to make I another Test appearance, pro- j bably the last of his great j career. He was playing squash j again today. If Hammond plays it is expected Fishlook will be j the I2th man.
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    136 7 An interesting 12-r. side cricket fixtu.e. arranged by the Singapore Cricket Club, will be played on Sunday next (March 2) on the S.C.C. grounds, commencing at 11 a.m. between teams representing "1941" and The Rest. Those invited to play are: 1941 A. C. Growder
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    92 7 U.P. NEW YORK, Feb. 26.—8i11y Fox, 21 year old Philadelphia riegro whom many consider an outstanding future contender to Joe Lous, world title, ended his heavy training today for his fight for the world lightheavy title on Friday night at the Madison Square Garden, against GUM
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    S.B.A. GENERAL MEETING
    56 7 The annual general meeting of the Singapore Badminton Association will be held on Saturday at 2.30 p.m. at the Clerical Union, Rangoon Road. AH badminton parties in Singapore are requested to send a representative for the meeting. Members are reminded to pay in the annual affiliation fee
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    CHIATE SING
    29 7 The annual general meeting of the Chiate Smg Athletic Union tins been postponed to Sunday at fO n.rh. at the residence of Mt. j Chua 800 Lim.
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    Indian Chamber Entertain G-G And Governor
    782 7 Recalling his rath-r's great interest in India and the book he wrote on 'The AWaRening of India" In 1911, Mr. Malcomi MacDonald, the Governor General sa»u thac the Indian community in Malaya which had' occupied an important place in the historical and commercial life
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    174 7 Reuter. NEW YORK. Fen. 26. —The allegation that any delay in the Atomic Energy Commission's work is Russia's fault was made by Paul Hasluck &lt;Australia) when the Security Council resumed discussion of the Commission's report. Hasluck said: "Eight months ago ten members of the Atomic
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    135 7 U.P. LONDON, Feb. 26. The Council of Foreign Ministers Deputies formally acknowledged their failure to reach an agreed formula for the participation of small Allied Powers in the German peace mentThe Deputies will report to the Moscow Conference that they had failed to work
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    60 7 The following will represent the S.C.C. against the Samboe S.C. at soccer on the padang on March l at 5.15 p.m. J. J. Bell, D. Brennan, R. Smith, C. J. R. Bembroke, S. G Donaldson, V. R. Burton W C Bainbridge. W. C. McKean, J
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    TALKS ON EGYPT'S STERLING BALANCES
    39 7 CAIRO. Feb. 29.-Anglo-Egyp-tian talks for settlement of the Egyptian sterling balances (totalling over £450,000,000) began today between Sir Wilfrid Eady. heading th c British Mission, and Mahmud El Barsih Bey of the Egyptian delegation.
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    31 7 M.H. the Sultan of Brunei and his daughter, and Timgku Mahmoud, brother of H H the Sultan of Clangor, triarted H.E. the GdVefflor Ifi Goverflmeflt House yesterday afternoon.
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    ENSLAVED NEGRESS CHARGE: WEALTHY COUPLE ARRESTED
    98 7 Reuter. SAN DIEGO, (California), Feb 26.—Two socially prominent people, 64-year-old Alfred Westly Ingalls and his 62-year-old w fe, Mira, have been arrested on charges of keeping a 57-year-old Negress, Dora L. Jones, in alleged slavery for rearly 30 years at their home, at the
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    U.S. Marines Quitting China Without Delay
    112 7 Reuter. WASHINGTON, Feb 25. j The Secretary of Mr. Mar- shall, stated at a press cemfer- ence today that united StaI tes marines were leaving China I as fast as they could be moved, j but he did not know how far l they
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    166 7 U.P. I Lake Success, Feb. 26.—Rusi sia's sudden recognition of the United States right to trusteeship over the Jap mandated 1 islands in the Pacific spread a pleasant surprise among the Security Council delegates. While the Soviet note did not approve all the
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    SOVIET UNION PRESIDENT RELIEVED OF DUTIES
    48 7 LONDON, Feb. 26.- Radio Moscow announced yesterday that A Zhcianov had been relieved oi his duties as Pre&lt;ident of the Soviet Union at his own request "in view of the prc«ure oi work connected with his main duties." The request was granted."
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    57 7 U.P. SHANGHAI, Feb. hai is facing serious problems— the inefficienty of crematorium which could take three bodies daily, and overcrowding of cemeteries. The public health bureau estimated Shanghai deaths at over 100,000 yearly and has requested the City GrrveTOment to assign a vacant lot on the outskirts
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    S.A.S.U. CELEBRATION
    35 7 The Singapore Amateur Sports Unicn will celebrate its 18th Anniversary on Saturday, at the residence of Mr. Yeo Guan Hoe. the Ist Vice-President, No. 87, Wilkinson Road, off Tanjong 1 Katong Road. j
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