Malaya Tribune, 3 April 1947

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    "Limit Of Stupidity" To Give Russians Atom Bomb Now
    322 2 Reuter. WASHINGTON, Apr. 2.—Senator Robert Taft, a leading Republican strategist, to-day urged in the Senate that the United States should immediately withdraw the Barueh plan for international control of atomicenergy. -So long as we can come to no agreement with the
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      622 2 ACKNOWLEDGMENT MRB. TAN CHQNG LEX and fern iy thank all friends, relavc3 and others who sent i h», caskets, telegrams, tx it and lent their cars and j $>a d nigh: visits for thĕ funeral I d uve Mr. Tan Chong Lek, J.P.. Malacca. WANTED IIINESE male stenographer wi h
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      986 2 NOTICES. The Bankruptcy Ordinance (Chapter 45) In the High Court of the Colony of Singapore. IN BANKRUPICY. Wage Earn- er's Administration Order No. j 438 of 1936. RE TAN TIANG BEE of No. 62, Upper Perak Road, Singapore; Meter Reacer, Mumc pahty, Singapore. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a First
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      420 2 NEW SHIPMENT JUST ARRIVED Chinese Hand-made Embroidered Table Cloths. Pure Silk Lady's Underwear and Outergarment. At Reasonable Prices. Peking Lace Co., «6, North Bridge Road, Singapore. Tel. 3380. SAILINGS FROM SCANDINAVIA /U.K. /CONTINENT m.s. "KINA" In port enroute for Manila, Hongkong Shanghai. M.s. "MONGOLIA" Due Apr. 10 i enroute for
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      585 2 SHIPPING Algesia For Malay** K„i| n lv AND 7* ULEX LL\E FOR LONDON, ANTWERP, AMSTERDAM ROTT«pn BAMPORTR CHINA AND JAPAN. SAMFORTH from UK SAMSETTE for U X IIT 18 GLENARTNEY ipa ds for U X SS? 7 SAILINGS HONGKCW, SlM jMAUSANG from H'Kong Proceeds Penang returns Hong Kon<* vh U
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    Municipal Staff Allowances
    102 3 (Tribu.c Staff Repcr er) J special consultative meeting of the Municipal ixmmissioners was held > yesterday to riscuss the situatkn arising out of Government s refusal to approve certain recom- r t iii'jnianons made regard- S ing increased cost of liv- allowances for the Municipal staff. I
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    DEATH SENTENCE FOR S'PORE CONTRACTOR
    785 3 Accused Tells Jury: Tm Not Guilty 8.30 p.m. verdict in murder trial The decision was reached after four hours of deliberation by the jury, and at a few minutes past 8.39 last night they returned a verdict of guilty by a majority of six to
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    FASTER HOLIDAYS FOR PUBLIC RESTAURANTS
    36 3 The Peoples' Restaurants will be closed from tomorrow to Monday, inclusive: the Chi i Feeding Centra will be closed o tomorrow. Sunday and Monday, but will be open a on Saturday.
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    HOLD-UP MEN TAKE 4490
    55 3 An armed hold-up was stage by three ''inn se w ruesd* when $;i20 Was taken irom a Chinese pedestrian in Cecil Street at the point Dl a gun. Ten minutes later a Chin< was waylaid by three men at tn junction of Arab Street and Jalan
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    Novelist Talks To Services
    151 3 Mr. Bernard Newman, a Lector r ol international repute, is at present in Singapore giving lectures to too Services op iraricus subjects. Mr. Newman is a prolific novelist w tn m ire than 45 books to (lie credit and also writ 's the popMfcr dot ctive
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    Chinese Children's Day
    136 3 Contributions by local Chinese businessmen in goods valued at approximately $5.000 hate been received by the icaytait Music j a-<»i Dramatic Association Who together Willi r«. pn-si ntatives of the various Chinese schools have ptcporcd programme to treat the local children tomorrow In ce'ebj iti n Chinese
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    ARMY NOT ROBBING LABOUR MARKET SAYS COLONEL
    333 3 (Tribune S?afT Reporter) In his talk on "Ordnance Services in Singapore", at the Rotary luncheon yesterday, Colonel Ireland-Smith, Commandant of 223 8.0.D., touched on several interesting aspects of the work of Ordnance especially in the large and scattered base on Singapore Island. Old-fashioned
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    BACK PAY: COUNCIL WILL FIGHT TO FINISH
    331 3 Determined to carry on the light for back pay to the finish, representatives of various Asiatic Government Servants' Unions met yesterday to discuss what further action should be taken by the Back Fay Council. It was unanimously res olved to write directl> to
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    A Basic Evil
    486 4 Have those who write letters complaining of being asked to pay $1,200 a month for two or three rooms suitable for occupation by an army officer any idea of the pith, the squalour and the misery which exists in wide areas in Singapore owing to overcrowding? j
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    MALAYA'S OLDEST "PROBLEM"
    981 4  -  The Wrong Remedies by N. Mamat The United Malay National Organisation and the Malay Union of Singapore have discussed the pioblcm of reduction or eradication of prostitution, sometimes termed "the social evil," which is at present alarmingly prevalent both in the Malayan Union and Singapore. How far
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    Socialist Government & Empire
    798 4 Socialist Government Empire LetterT To' The Editor 1 The People's Postbag Sir.—It used to be the custom to commemorate mom'nts of national humilation or disaster by applying the adjective "Black" to the day of the week concerned. The pages of hi>tory. are. so to speak, bespattered with the records of
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    NORWEGIAN AIR SERVICE TO EAST
    51 4 Reuter. OSLO. Apr. 2.—The Norwegian Airlines, which has just celebrated its first anniversary is shortly to open a service to South Africa and the Far East During its first year, the company's planes made 3.739 flights covering nearly 2,000.000 miles and carrying over 60,000 people
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    Germany's Vast Underground War Factories
    452 4 INNSBRUCK < French Zone. Austria).—Huge underground factories built by the Nazis deep under the mountains of the Austrian Tyrol and the Voralberg are now being destroyed under French -up.rvision French military engineers working with Austrian private firms have systematically wrecked these huge factories in which
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      40 4 SPECIAL LINE UNBLEACHED PILLOW CASES I Size 20"x30" Price $1-75 Each Suitable for Hotels and Res* Houses etc. Our premises will be closed all day (iooil FrH*l lld Easter Monday. Open as usual till 1 p.m. Saturday. April p i
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      44 4 STRANGE AS IT SEEMS B OF WASHINGTON, O C WAS A G»PT TO THE U.S.' X sO TESTOP MASS wujl PCV?| A I e S' -£/~/W VILLAGERS OP EVAM To a r, c M i?00 Clne-Oct LA^VIqAG^E0 V'S'* THEIR TOWN —259 OF TV-E 3^
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    KAWAMURA & OISHI GET DEATH SENTENCE: LIFE TERM FOR REST
    2209 5 KAWAMURA OISHI GET DEATH SENTENCE: LIFE TERM FOR REST Big Crowd Hear Verdicts: No Demonstrations MASSACRE TRIAL ENDS Lieut.-General Kawamura and Lieut.-Colonel Oishi were sentenced to death by the War Crimes Court yesterday for their share of complicity in the Singapore massacre of February, 1942. The other five accused, Lt.-General
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    Social Welfare Training For S'pore Candidates
    151 5 Colonial Office has allopore hve piaces 2-year training :.ial Social We>- inners in Sep- They are open to oi Rallies College, has obtained the College; anyone ree irom a Univer- Britain Empuv the Director of any person who to submit his appnthe si rength
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    Cinematograph Exhibitors Association
    94 5 annual ueneral meeting the Cinematograph Exhibi- i Aaociat en of Singapore od the Malayan Union was tM on Saturcay. March 29 at be Pavilion Rts.aurant, Si-iga-The following were elected office-bearers for the ensuing G H Kiat. President; I Daltcn (Pavilion;, ViceJ A M. Ede <CaHon Secretary. R.
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    THIRD MEETING IN NEW DELHI
    37 5 Reuter. f Delh Apr. 2. Roar- Moun-.batten. Mah Cfrov 01 India, anc hAH a ma Gandhi, who are i litical eonjndtaI r lan leader had th»i- th rd Jin s here today.—Reuter.
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    BRITISH COUNCIL GTESTS REACT UK
    25 5 [>,:, ■>• < n received that "unci] visitors have n the United C n 1:r t ®y R.A.p. Transport •—.J Y ervice. I
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    6 To 8 Yrs And Rotan Strokes For Armed Robbers
    103 5 < Tribune Courts Reporter) Sentences of imprisonment for six years, in respecL of Law Ah Kai anc Wong Ah Sum, on a charge of armed robbery, were increased to c ght years with eight strokes of the ro an fcr
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    GODOWN LOOTERS CAUGHT RED-HANDED, JAILED
    214 5 Two out of four go'down thieves who were caught red-handed while carrying out midnight operations in the glare of electric lights in the Singapore Harbour Board on March 7, were each sentenced to terms of eighteen months' rigorous imprisonment, yesterday. i. The men, Ah bin
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    Cannes Honours Aga Khan
    59 5 Reuter. Nice. Apr. 2.—The Aga Khan, who for many years has had res'dence on the French Riviera, will be mace an honorary citizen of Cannes on April 27. The Mayor of Cannes will present h m with the honorary citizen's scroll at a special ceremony during
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    India Prohibits Silver Imports
    63 5 Reuter. NEW DELHI, Apr. 2.— The Government of India has decided to prohibit import from abroad of silver manufactured goods jewellery and ornaments made of silver, it was officially announced heret today. The prohibition was intended to check any possible evasion of the Reserve Bank of
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    Explosion That Will Shake Earth's Crust
    107 5 Reuter. HELIGOLAND. April 2.—SiesmogTaphs in L noon and Moscow on April 18 will register a shock to the earth's crust caused by the explosion of 6,000 tons of mines, torpedo warheads and shells in the destruction of Heligoland's f< rtress, according to a Senior
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    KLM COCKTAIL
    53 5 The giant Skymaster 'plane, chartered by Mr. van Leer, Dutch millionaire, for a two months' business and pleasure cruise, was inspected by a num be. f visitors at Kallang on Tuesday. After visiting the aircraft, guests assembled at the Airport Hotel for a cocktail party under the auspices
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    Unidentified Planes Bomb Relief Ship
    289 5 Reuter. Shanghai, April 2.—Unidentified Chinese planes this morning machine-gunned and bombed the U.N.R.R.A. relief ship, the "Wancheng," south of Tsingtao, wounding three members of the crew, including the British Captain, William Lee, who is in a serious condition, the Canadian Chief Mate, William D. Harming,
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    Arms, Money In Secret Dump
    130 5 Reuter. Faris. Apr. 2—The French polce today uncovered a secretarms dump in the basement of an empty house at Clermont Ferrand in Central France. The police spokesman said it was bel eyed to have belonged to a clandestine anti-Communist organisation, the "MAC", nine of vvhcse
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    Britain's Best Coal Week
    60 5 Reuter. LONDON, Api. 2.—Coal production in Great Britain last week was the best for y-rars. It was more tnan 4.000,000 tons— 3913.2G0 tons of deep-mined coal and 113,700 tons open-cast ccal. the Ministry of Fuel and Power announced. The output of coal is the richest since
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    Ruhr Miners To Stage 1-Day Strike
    192 6 Reuter. BOCHUM. Apr. 2.—A1l Kunr mines WIM oe silent and 200.0UU tons ot much-needed coal will be iost wlien :iGO 000 German miners stag? a one-day strike tomorrow as protest against toocl sAurtages. Il>f> c!"" si(m to Btriae vva.. taken at mass delegate meeiitki
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    LONGER PRISON TERNS FOR 7 CHINESE, 3 INDIAN JAGAS
    235 6 (Tribune Courts Reporter) Convicted and sentenced in the lower court to serve varying terms of imprisonment, seven Chinese and three Indian jagas who pleaded for leniency in the Criminal Court of Appeal Yesterday, had their sentences increased. Seng Chong Kai. Llew
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    Japs Will See US Women Troops For First Time
    110 6 kvc Anr. 2 —For the firs': mo In his orv. Japanese will r 'p American wome.r soldiers. Near Sa uiviay, more than 400 r in vVACH will sw ng past the reviewing stand In the Imper ai ?f|lacc grounds, as pert
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    PRODUCE MARKETS
    343 6 Prices quoted below arc per Cttl iveigii' >;accu i whert otherwae fiMttQ Foodstuffs: —Yes erday s quo taUons were "Metiioon Ksdah $70; Siam No. 1 $85; indo-China s>bK Rfce: Siam No. $88; No 2 $84; Rangoon $60. Gluunuous rice: Slam No. 1 $15; Rangoon $50. "Gula" Malacca:—Superior quality
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    ARMY STORE RIFLED, INDIAN WATCHMEN HELD, ACQUITTED
    164 6 Singaram, Ramasamy and VeUaaamy, three watchmen alleged to have abetted unknown persons in robbing the R A.S.C. stoic on Alexandra Road on. Feb. 15, of about 99 bales oi blankets, bedsheets and mosquito nets, vere yesterday acquitted in the Third District Court Judge.
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    LEEDS WOMEN HAVE CHARTER FOR COMMONS
    39 6 Reuter. LONDON. Apr. 2 Plans nave" leen made in Leeds for thousinds cl women to converne on London and march to the House of Commons to present a charter of ten points —Reuter.
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    French Command Officers Killed In Air Crash
    113 6 Reuter. Ha:o Apr 2. The Actiim Ommander of the French rues in llortll Indo-Chma, Ctitofie] Debes. Una Colo id Ovtt ct, Chtef ot the High Cominar< ol tne French Far Eastern were kiMer n an airp'anc crash fci the Kebao region near the
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    HC Refuses To See Gruner's Sister
    118 6 U.P. JERUSALEM. Apr. 2. Condemned Irgunist David Dov Orurrer spoke his mind today and announced that he would prefer outside appeals I r commutation of hu death s'ntence. unless he was accorded the status of a prisoner of war. Gruner. who repeatedly refused to
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    33 6 Reuter. LONDON, Apr. 2.—Paignton Zoo received news from its Ma- laya agent that "snakes -=ma monkeys are unobtainable. The natives 'are eating them, a prime python is fetching in chmings per pound'."—Reuter I
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    46 7 r Scran- Starlight tabic IwmM t? games U> nit. he results* mentioned 1 siang defeatas-' L n song o; Tan ed Ng Liang I* *ng Yong Boon acSoor. 3° Ah pook 3-1; left .iied Lim nd Ang TOPI H- Cheng SiiH~* -v
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    SCC Meet Chinese I In Today's League Game
    377 7  -  (By Atomic The Singapore Cricket Club will meet the S.C.F.A.I. this afternoon at Jalan Besar in the S.A.F.A. league. The Club, occupying the most unenviable position in the league table, with no points after three outings, are seeing to it that they
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    Easter Cricket
    203 7 The following will represent the Ceylon Sports Club at. Cricket dur.ne the Easter Holidays:— Against Combined R.A.F. (Changi) in a two day fixture on Suncay and Monday at 11.00 a.m. at Changi. Players to meet at the V.M.C.A. by 9 45 a.m. each day:— K. Muthucumaru (Captam); S.
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    32 7 ESSEN, Apr. 1.—A gang of youths, marching through Biunswich today, wera report* d officially to have smashed the windows in the offices of the British Military Government, and troops are standing by.
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    20 7 A special general meeting of the Siew Sin Sia will be held at 22. Petain Road, on Sunday, at 1.30.
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS
    80 7 FOOTBALL LEAGUE. S.CC. vs 5.C.F.A.1., Jalan Besar. 5.15 p.m. TO-MORROW, GOOD FRIDAY Soccer: Selangor—Negri Chinese vs. Combined Services, Jalan Besar Stadium, 5 p.m. SATURDAY Football League R.A.F. vs. SRC, Jr.lan Besar. 5 p.m. Cricket: Selangor vs. Singapore, S.O.C. Padang. EASTER SUNDAY Soccer: Selangor—Negri Chinese vs. Singapore Malays, Jalan
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    N.E.I. Red Cross Asks UNRRA Help
    181 7 Reuter. BATAVIA. Apr. 2—The Indonesian branch oi the Netherlands Red Cross is applying to the United Nations and the liquidating UNRRA for help for half of Indonesia's 70.000,000 population. Mrs. E. M. Rammer the Branch's President, said today that the 2.031 tons of boots
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    Woodcock Trains Behind Locked Doors
    115 7 U.P. Doncaster, England, April 1— Bruce Woodcock training behind locked doors in his stable left gymnasium at Doncaster not because he shirks publicity but because of space limitations. Discussing Baksi today, the British and European heavyweight champion said. "Baksi is a strong fighter. I have
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    INDIA'S KOSI DAM WILL BE WORLD'S HIGHEST
    145 7 Reuter. Calcutta, Apr. 2.—lndia will have the highest dam in the world when the Kosi dam projects-named after the Kosi river—is completed. The dam will be 750 feet high. The Central Waterways Irrigation n<i Navigation Commission has lecommended the cons truction of the
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    Malayan Badminton Championships: Tomorrow's Ties
    645 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— The following ties in the first and second rounds of the men's singles and men's doubles and also the first round ties in the Leong Sin Nam Plate (this is for all competitors who have been knocked out in the first round
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    BAKSI CAN BEAT LOUIS, BOAS TS MANAGER
    228 7 U.P. BRIGHTON, England, Apr. I.—Nate Wolfson, manager of Joe Baksi today burst the publicity balloon advertising the April 15 Woodcock-Baksi fight as an elimination bout for a crack at Joe Louis title in June. Baksi. even though he def'ats Bruce Woodcock, will not
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    Britain Loses two Major Hopes For Olympics
    93 7 U.P. LONDON, April I.—Britain lost two major hopes of Olympic success today with an announcement that coloured West Indian sprinters Arthur Wm and E. McDonald Bailey will not run for Great Britain In the 1948 games The decision of Trinidad and Jamaica to
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    ABA Denies Differences With ISBA
    52 7 Reuter. LONDON, Apr. 2.—The Amateur Boxing Association issued a statement denying that there are "serious differences" between the Association and the Imperial Services Boxing Association. They say both sides continue to work harmoniously together "under relations that have never been stronger than at the present
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    Show Li Aid Of Pamadasa Memorial Fund
    186 7 With the object of extending the present Boys' Orphanage of St. Francis Institution, Malacca, to perpetuate the memory of the school's veteran master, Mr. PO. Pamadasa, the well-known Malayan sportsman* a variety entertainment will be presented at the Victoria Theatre on Easter Sunday
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    Acceptors For Sydney Cup
    77 7 Reuter. SYNDEY. April 2.—The following are cceptors with weights for the Sydney Cup, to be run here on Apil 7 over two miles:— Russia 912 Golden Souvenir 9.12; Coradle 9.3; Columnist 9.0; bird 8.5; Concerto 8.3; Carey Air Flare 8.7; Spam 8.7; Rain--82; Courier 7.12; Ship
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    English Classes For Yellow Top Drivers
    181 8 (Tribune Staff Reporter) A special mghtclass in English (oral and written) has been formed in Oldham Lane for the benefit of Yellow Top Taxi drivers. The class is being run by Mr. Safaruan, while the scheme is organised by the Malay Union of which
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    MINISTER SAYS "NO" TO EXTENSION of CLEMENCY
    298 8 1,600 Deserters Surrender Reuter. LONDON, Apr. 2.—The Defence Minister, A. V. Alexander, replying in the House of Commons to-night to questions regarding the response to his recent suriender appeal to deserters said the final returns have not yet come in and there might
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    MILLIONAIRE WHO STARTED DOG RACING
    106 8 Reuter. LONDON. Apr. 2.—Charles Alexander Munn. an American mVilionaire, pioneer of modern greyhound racing in Britain, has resigned from the directorate of the Greyhound Racing Association. Twenty-one y'ars ago, tie brought from America the idea of having greyhounds chase a mechanical hare—"tin rabbit" a it
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    29 8 Reuter. LONDON. April 2 —The 2nd. Battalion of the Royal Sussex Reginment. which is at Malta, is to be placd in a state of suspended animation In May.— Reuter.
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    Urgent Tasks Which Face Commonwealth
    177 8 Reuter. HODDESDON. Hertfordshire. April 2. -An appeal for positive measures to strengthen the Britisu Commonwealth "to With stand stresses of the post-war world" was made today by John Chancellor, a Cambridge University student, speaking at the Federation of the University Conservative and Unionist Associations here
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    Four Innings In Half-Day's Play
    105 8 The Seaforth Highlanders defeated the Colonials by 10 runs In a low scoring match, completing four innings in half-i-days play, at Giiman Barracks, on Sunday. Ratnayake of the Colonials, and Lockhart of the Se.tforths. secured hat-tricks. The following were the scores SEAFORTHS: Ist innings 36
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    Surprise Over "Rebel" Vote On Conscription Debate
    311 8 Reuber U.P. LONDON Apr. 2.-The result of the conscription er r C tH debate in the BliUsh P«rUament when J» members-the majority of them of the Labour Partyvoted against Governments peacetime conscription proposals surprised political quarters which Scted that not more than 40
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