Malaya Tribune, 12 May 1947
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Title Section58 1947-05-12 1 The Malaya Tribune jjl* THE PEOPLE THE PEOPLE THE ONLY NATIONAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA P Now printed simultaneously in Singapore. Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh Penang. Editorial 5811 Advertising 5812 Circulation Accounts 5815 H» SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MAY 12, 1947 TEN CENTS The Malaya Tribune London Agents:—Messrs. Colin Turner Ltd., Talbot House, 98,58 words
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465 1947-05-12 1 POLICE APPEAL FOR PUBLIC AID (Tribune Start Reporter) A plea tor co-opera don .rem the public in the drive against corruption in Singapore was made by a Police spokesman in an interview yesterday. "The public,' he ,3aia, "must co-operate with the j Anti-Corruption465 words
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Article, Illustration21 1947-05-12 1 Omar. Malay Nation-l-an-Malayan Action, the (ra tie Union, and tnber of the X xttuan Meiay-, Cambridge, he interests in Johore Archipelago.21 words
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82 1947-05-12 1 Reuter. fGOON, May 11.—Th« has announced itj Q to abolish the "extra flat rate allowance" of Rs. 2o ranted to all Governrvants drawing less Rs 250 salary, abolition ol this ailowairied out in four instalments. Other ng allowances will note that the deUowed the recentReuter. - 82 words
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Article21 1947-05-12 1 IwO .S fire engines long Anson Road toX Road this mornre was no fire. It v a telle alarm.21 words
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Article453 1947-05-12 1 »RTSMOUTH MAY 11.—The British Royal family r three-month trip to South Africa when the tip Vanguard tied up at Portsmouth dockyard il ev< tuns. King and Queen and i El zabeth and Mar- I '-'land In February, n the grip i\ rsl winters known v came453 words
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Article90 1947-05-12 1 Reuter. AMRITSAR, May 11.—Com- munal disturbances increased in Amritsar. the holy city of the Sikhs, to-day when over 20 ircidcnts were reported. Seventeen people have been 1 ki'ied and 22 injured in the city since Friday. A palatial building belonging to a wealthy merchant. IReuter. - 90 words
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305 1947-05-12 1 (Tribune Stail' Reporter) Singapore Government clerks are claiming for a salary revision. Today the General Clerical Service Association— backed by a membership of over 400 clerks—presented their memorandum to the Joint Salaries Commission. The scheme proposed by the G.C.S.A. is as follows:—305 words
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Article23 1947-05-12 1 Don't miss the Tribune's special Classified Advertisement Offer of SIX insertions for the price of ONE on page three today.23 words
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Article71 1947-05-12 1 WASHINGTON, May 11. More Koreans have been gtvcn influential Govcrrmert posts in their own country in anticipation of future se'f-governmert, General Mac Arthur. said in hts January monthly report releas- ed here tonight. Four measures were taken to 1 combate irflation; Firstly, cuts in Government expenses.71 words
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Article45 1947-05-12 1 Reuter. ROME, May 12—Three persons were killed and 33 irjured, according k> figures quoted late tonight by Ansa. Italian rews aeencv, as a result of a violent earth tier, or which shook areas in souht of Italy and Sicily yesterday —Reuter.Reuter. - 45 words
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Article82 1947-05-12 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Due to the shortage of butter, blackmarketeers are taking advantage of the situation by demanding exhorbitant prices for them. The Food Control Office, however, ha* included butter as an wiitionai item in the Food Cont: :1 List. As from today the official82 words
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Article58 1947-05-12 1 WARSAW. May 11—Tanks are being used by Polish troops in action against Ukranian nationalist groups ir the Carpathian mountains on Poland's southern frontier, Polish press reports said today. Former members of the German S.S.. followers of Gereral Vlassov, of Hungarian and Serbian organisations hive been found58 words
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98 1947-05-12 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Four accidents which occurred before 10.30 this morning markcC the opening of the Safety- First Campaign in Singapore to-day. A .iiree-ton military truck driven by an Indian soldier collided with an S.T.C. omnibus coming out of the workshop i:i Bukit Timah98 words
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Article91 1947-05-12 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Following a check up of a storeroom in the Kranji Ammunition Dept. it was revealed that 1,075 rounds of .32 ammun'tion au3 15J .12 Ixjre buck shots wef 1 missing. This report follows the series of arms and ammunition thefts reported last week.91 words
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Article237 1947-05-12 1 (Tribune Crime Reporter) A hand grerade was thrown at a nouse in Jaiar Besar on Saturday evering. bio wine up the tiles. No one was injured. Four Chinese, two armed tf'Xi D'stols. ertpred an attan house at 9 3 4 mile Yeo Chu Kank Road early237 words
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Article328 1947-05-12 1 Africans Disappointed Reuter. May H The Pri Minisle Gen. bmuts tentative proposals on native policy on May 9 were described as vague and disappointing by the workthG AmC n National Confess Tn° *a h»J h «i/"f e e^\l ayS: Tne Prime Minister seems to have sidesteppedReuter. - 328 words
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Article36 1947-05-12 1 ATHENS. May 11.— AVer 23 peopie were reported RUed m a puenila raid ir Crete, the Greek Kritl. was cotlay ordered to the port or Herakiton on the northern coast of the island.36 words
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Article92 1947-05-12 2 Reuter. LONDON, May IV— between ijolice stations is Speedier communication J to be introduced by Scot- land Yard to combat criminals who resort to violence, and recent dis- cussions have resulted in a decisCpn to eliminate every possibility of in passing 999 calls. Teleprinters areReuter. - 92 words
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Article57 1947-05-12 2 Reuter. RIO DE JANEIRO. Mr n. The Brazilian Army authorities annoTar?ced thai ttttji nad t-qtzashed a 'conspiracy*' among non-comm'rssioned o frcers in Rio De Janeiro garrison. The principals have been imprisoned. The statement said tr.c flWft involved not more than 30 sergeants plus some Civilians' andReuter. - 57 words
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Article322 1947-05-12 2 Reuter. SYDNEY: (Air Mail).—Within less than a day's plane journey from Australia, natives in some regions of Papua and New Guinea are still practising cannibalism and fcftjj Hunting, and are living under the samp primitive conditions as their ancestors did hundreds of years ago, says the SydneyReuter. - 322 words
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Article113 1947-05-12 2 Reuter. LONDON. May 10 —For the first time in history a royal procession is to be controlled entirely by two-day rad'o. Scotland Yard today disclosed iU plans the royal drive lrom Waterloo Station to Bnokingham Palace on Monday when the Royal family returns from the visit toReuter. - 113 words
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Advertisement604 1947-05-12 2 EDUCATION New Beginners' session starts May-15. Vacancies Speed Classes. Object: Nov. Exams. Inst r FIP S F.C.T.S. interviews 5 30, Room-6. 222. Queen St. WtJttiCIPALfTY OF SINGAPORE NOTICE TO CONSUMERS OF ELECTRICITY. Consumers of electricity connected to the Municipal Supply Mains are hereby rotified that it is proposed to irspect604 words
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Advertisement539 1947-05-12 2 MANSFIELD CoTIT^I (Incorporated in Slarnoorn) BLUE FUNNEL lKk J,' Atfprn U.K. for Ba'avia pCaictM*" f «Bl| for Liverpool G33 "Mar* due from U X May 2n |"Glei»rtl r #rf%ie fronfcU. K. P( :yphe%ust fogWiverpool and Rot'e"Gleniffer" M ue Mr n v 2i "Kamerling %ilo m kI •''23 Onnes" -1 M^Kr*.539 words
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560 1947-05-12 3 I a" wJwfe 2 WiU c0 -<^<- j rat-> m ma king this campaign Jfi£ P0SSibl and assisting this effort to I from Hi £J? n the r ads of Singapore", says a nettag* 'on nn E i C llenCy the Governor, Sir Franklin560 words
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134 1947-05-12 3 1 j frit S'o/f R ))(> (er) i i i of Mr. Claude j Mavvj the Ac ilian 1 ummissioneT in Singa- p,, t situated on llit i ;j, nrUi Boor of t T nion Buildings in Callyer <Jua.y. t j iras found <»p«'n yester-134 words
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Article135 1947-05-12 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Almost the entire Singapore community of Filipinos turned out yesterday to attend the allday picnic and outing arranged by the President and Committee of the Singapore Filipinos Association. The picnic rendezvous was Katorg— the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Tan Yang Lim135 words
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140 1947-05-12 3 'mr.e Staff Reporter) j Over 170 persons were prej sent when officers arii memj bers of the 3rd Compary Boys' Brigade, led by their captain, James Chen, renewed their I promise of faithfulness to the object of the Boys Brigade at the 11th Annual140 words
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Article469 1947-05-12 3 Sir James Leigh-Wood, Chairman at' the Board oi Directors of the Eastern Bank, Ltd.. addressing tne shareholders' meeting in London on Mar. 2ti said he was glad to report "substantial recoveries in Singapore of assets previously written off," hut these, added Sir James, had not been469 words
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Article81 1947-05-12 3 By special request the Little Theatre Players wdl give two I more performances of their rej cent double success. George B. Shaw's 'Androcles and the Lion" 1 and the Victorian Burlesque "'Winsome Whini?" at the Little Theatre. Armenian Street, on Tuesday and Wednesday. All seats81 words
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138 1947-05-12 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) At a meeting held at the Malayan Democratic Union yesterday, representatives of twelve important political organizations discussed the implications of the Societies Ordinance, and decided to send a joint petition to the Colonial Secretary urging the entire repeal of the138 words
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207 1947-05-12 3 (Tribune Statff Reporter) Four Chinese, two of whoiri were armed" with pistols, entered v how-j ol a Chinese sS IHwoll Road on Saturuuy afternoon and made off with $825 in cash and a number ot articles including a- watch. The house of a207 words
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191 1947-05-12 3 'Tribune Sfaff Re-porter) The second of a series of discourses on the teachings of the "Brragavad Gita" was delivered in English by the Frcsidem oi the RamaJcrishna Mission Singapore. Swami Vamadevananda j* the M.ssicn premise iv Norr s Read last evening. The discourse covered a191 words
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Advertisement307 1947-05-12 3 Phone 6445 WINMORE STORE Preserved Ginger in fancy Jars S. Collyer Quay 14 lfl ©3 fctiuzj Street. Singapore. THE BRAND OF M MOMENT &aw io mm-sum than most Distributors:— Quek Hock Sena; Co., Ltd. r Phone 7567. No. 311, Victoria Street. Sirgapore Milk is FIRST IN PREFERENCE WORLD OVER r307 words
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Article447 1947-05-12 4 Attention has been drawn to the operation of the Societies Ordinance by the Pusat Tenaga Ra'ayat (Peoples' United Front) and the PanMalayan Council of Joint Action, who have addressed the Colonial Secretary requesting a postponement of the official date of registration. This, it is felt, will enable political447 words
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Article1124 1947-05-12 4 "J.S. M - Tlie Societies Ordinance is one of the few laws which undermine the fundamental concepts of British justice, declares the writer of this article, specially contributed to the Malaya Tribune. In an objective analysis, he examines the working of the Ordinance, quite apart from political considerations. B1,124 words
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Article366 1947-05-12 4 Letters' Td The Editor The People's Postbag Sir—On Wednesday last I wrote to the Malay Mail and the J Straits Times pointing out that reports of the activities of the Malacca Price Control Inspectors had prior to Mr. Gomel's remarks in Council, been made to both the366 words
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Article256 1947-05-12 4 Sir.—A despatch from the Malacca correspondent of a contemporary published in their issue dated 9th May, 1947 and headed 'Squeeze' in Malacca; No Complaints" states in the first paragraph that officials of the Indian and Chinese Chamber* of Commerce said that they had received no complaints by256 words
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Article109 1947-05-12 4 Sir, —Perhaps you will be good enough to enlighten me if a "boss" has the right to give to his employee additional work which does not have any connection with the interests of the lirm. An employee is very willing to do anything as long as the boss109 words
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Article131 1947-05-12 4 Sir, —I have read the controversy between Mr. Punkawalla and Mr. Raymond Chionh. I personally think much fuss has been made over a small unimportant matter. A s stated by Mr. Punkawalla anybody who is interested in race results (sweeps?) can learn same from the newspapers published in131 words
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Article191 1947-05-12 4 Sir,—l read with great interest your readers' letters, especially the outspoken article by the Scarlet Pimpernal." It is all very clear to the postwar man that, unless he yells and firmly demands for a living wage and a reasonable cost of living allowance, he will surely be191 words
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Article171 1947-05-12 4 Sir,—It is good to note that according to the President of the S.T.C. Union his men are returning to work with the sole purpose of alleviating hardship endured by school children and working people as a result of their strike. May we ask Mr. Samy to aiso ask171 words
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Article86 1947-05-12 4 S:r. —Having set the ball rolling. why not settle this question of a home from home for our ceamen. People of Singapore. I am putting before the responsible authorities a direct request. Our present establishments dc not meet the needs of all the seamen now visiting th86 words
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Article149 1947-05-12 4 Sir, —Nothing more has been heard from either the J.C.S.A. or the Government whether to Government employees will gethe same benefit of Cost ol k v :'ng Allowance which approved by the Governing. 1 the Singapore Municipality ployees. The only thing *e know or hear is that the149 words
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574 1947-05-12 5 MALAYAWIDE INTEREST IN AGRICULTURE (Our Own Reporter) A the interest youths m -agriculture as a career, licationa from all over the country have <. this year for the 40 Malayan Union major agncurtural scholarships unable at the ll an 7 Ma^ a574 words
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115 1947-05-12 5 U.P. WASHINGTON. May 10.—Hitler could not have married Eva Braun before they died because such an act would have been "in bad taste.'* Former Nazi Grand Admiral Erich Raeder makes this and other assertions about Hitler an.l Germany in hitherto secret documents published by'theU.P. - 115 words
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Article133 1947-05-12 5 Reuter. COLOMBO. May 11.—Fears that production of rubber on post-war scale in the Dutch East indies will not materialise until the political situation there improves were expressed by J. W. de Jonge. Chairman of the Rubber and Tea Association of Amsterdam, who is now onReuter. - 133 words
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Article53 1947-05-12 5 U.P. ALEXANDRIA. May 10—Four American warships of the Mediterranean naval force steamed into Alexandria harbour on an informal cruise and were welcomed by a salvo of puns. They will remain here until Wednesday when they will rendezvous at sea with the rest of the fleet forU.P. - 53 words
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87 1947-05-12 5 TM BETTER—SEE?...Electro-therapy has been called to the rescue of four elephants of the Bertram Mills Circus at Olympia, London, who are suffering from hbrosities of rhe trunk. The disease is so pain lvi that it prevents an elephant lifting its trunk eve n 0 feed itself, out the patients are87 words
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Article258 1947-05-12 5 Reuter. (from Vasudev Rao) SAIGON, May 11.—Peace feelers between French and Vietnamese (Indo-Chinese Nationalists), which have been sensed for over three weeks both here and outside Indochina are now expected to take more concrete form at Hanoi, which the French High Commissioner Emile Bollaert is visitingReuter. - 258 words
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120 1947-05-12 5 U.P. MARSEILLES. May 10.—Pierre Marius Martine, 50, was held by the Marseilles police today for the slaying of his six-year-old son in a cemetery. Martine walked Into a police station last night and told the officers that he had just killed his son inU.P. - 120 words
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104 1947-05-12 5 Reuter. LONDON. May 11—London detectives, who have been workI ing in a hunt for the murderers I of Alec de Antiquis. who was >hot after a holdup in Charlotte Street. West London, yesterday visited a prison in the home counties to interview a prisoner. AsReuter. - 104 words
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Article116 1947-05-12 5 U.P. FRANKFURT, May 11.—Army Constabulary officials reported today that United States troops fired submachine guns arri threw tear gas bombs late yesterday t 0 halt a riot at the Polish Displaced Persons Camp near Munich. The Poles allegedly were protesting against UNRRO's appointment of aU.P. - 116 words
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Article60 1947-05-12 5 Reuter. NANKING. May 11.—Th c Professors of the National Central University—leading Government University in China—have presented five demands to the Government in order to improve the conditions of teachers and eradicate Kuomintans: Party influence from education. A circular distributed by *hese contains the veiled threat of aReuter. - 60 words
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600 1947-05-12 5 IPOH.—The report for March of the Department of Agriculture, Malayan Union, states that heavy rain adversely affectea market gardening i n the northern States of Malaya. The average daily harvest of vegetables was estimated to have fallen by 40 per cent in Penang as600 words
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434 1947-05-12 5 PEN Ah G.—A resolution to take off the acute stagnation of promotions in Class 1 and Class 2 of officers in the various Government services where a Promotion Board exists was passed at the annual general meeting of the Penang Junior Civil Service Association The434 words
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82 1947-05-12 5 ■me May fair Musical and Dramatic Association and over 60 other organizations who have registered with them will join the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce in giv ing a farewell party in honour of the Consul, Mr. A. C T. Kwong, at the premises82 words
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Article36 1947-05-12 5 Reuter. LONDON, May 11—The production at Horden Colliery, one of the largest In Durham, was reported to have this week exceeded by 1,000 tons the output for any one week in the past 12 months.— Reuter.Reuter. - 36 words
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192 1947-05-12 5 Reuter. ALBANY. 'New York). S May 11.—The famous Negro baritone. Paul Robeson, last night made 1 his last professional ap- pcarance for the n ext two years and said, before singing, that h e would devote this period to I firht against fascism asReuter. - 192 words
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155 1947-05-12 5 Reuter. AMSTERDAM, May 11.—Sentence cf one year's imprisonment and a fine of 4,000 guilders 'about £374) or four months' imprisonment were demanded by the Public Prosecutor on Jonkheer D. J. Geer, former Premier of the wartime Dutch Government in London. The 77-year-old former PremierReuter. - 155 words
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167 1947-05-12 6 Reuter. London, May 9. Tne appalling load Oi dMTaa India ig tne prime cause 01 general poverty which in turn promotes ihness a vicious circle so characeeristlc of Indian life today—aafs tne Lancet, leading British medical journal in to-day's issue. CommentingReuter. - 167 words
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Article144 1947-05-12 6 —Spectator Reuter. LONDON. My. 9. In the cXkU&B oi-vunisrances. the year 6etw6 v n<AV and June 1948 RSKUU a yea* of peril for India, s the wvekly review the SP' ctatur, surveying the Indian scene in its issue today. Events are moving Jinnahs way," addsReuter. - 144 words
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Article72 1947-05-12 6 U.P. Washington, May 8. Private advice from, a highly reliable .source in Bombay reveals that the nmre princely state of flyderabaa is contemplating re- j main ing aloof from any Indian central government which may i be formed. The sources ->aid that Hyderabad sought legal adviceU.P. - 72 words
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Article32 1947-05-12 6 Reuter. NEW YORK. May 11.-The Oueen Mother Nazli of Egypt, it? >tlur of King Farouk, arrived by air in Boston, Massachusetts, yesterday, and will travel to New York by tram to-day. Reuter.Reuter. - 32 words
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Article101 1947-05-12 6 U.P. PARIS. May 10 —Budge Patty and Geoff Browr, of America .md Australia respectively, won the men's doubles title at th** Paris internatior al tennis tournament today, defeating the French team of Marcel Berr.ird and Pierre Pellizza. B—6, B—4. 6-1. Patty n nd Brown alternateU.P. - 101 words
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Article30 1947-05-12 6 TODAY: water Z a.m. 8 ft: 4 p.m. X ft 4 in. Low water %JsB a .m. 1 ft 5 in: 10.14 pm. 4 ft 8 in.30 words
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191 1947-05-12 6 WORKERS PREPARE FOR HARD BARGAINING (from Our Own Reporter y KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday.—A tough bailie between the United Planting Association of Malaya and the Malayan estate worfcelts is looming with the announcement today by the Pan-Malayan Federation pf Trade Unions of the calling- of191 words
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344 1947-05-12 6 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Two-thousand members of the Singapore Harbour Labour Union met on Thursday in front of the old cinema hall to voire their disapproval with regard to the nomination of a welfare officer to look after the interests of the harbour workers without344 words
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183 1947-05-12 6 LONDON, May 10.—Today saw the opening of the county cricket season and Len Hutton, England and Yorkshire opening batsmen, has opened like a batsman on top of his form against Glam jr gan at Swansea. Hp scored his second century in successive matches and his183 words
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Article93 1947-05-12 6 U.P. SALISBURY. Rhodesia, Miv 10 —Col. Chesley G. Peterson. U.S. air and military attache at Johannesburg and a hero in World W;u- 11, is missmg in a plare in which he was flying with three passengers from Salisbury to Dar-es-Salaam yesterday. Four RAF p'nres left Satis-U.P. - 93 words
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Article112 1947-05-12 6 I The JoHUads Athletic Union i Scccer XI, organised last September, have been playing regularly with civilian and Service teams ever since and out 1 of their 44 outings to date, have won 11. lost I<°.. while 13 matches ended in a draw. Fixn.ren Jor the week are:112 words
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Article34 1947-05-12 6 LOS ANGELES. May 16. —Helen W. Werner, 59. regarded as the first woman political boss of ;t n American metropolis when she was "Queei/' here during the roaring twenties and turbulent \h-rties. died today.34 words
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Article411 1947-05-12 6 The report of the Straits Trading Company, Limited, for the nine months ended 31st December, 1946 states: After making provision lor ban and doubtful deots and amortisation of iease>. the loss amounts to $486.:U2 wnich deducted from the balance brought forward from the last account of411 words
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165 1947-05-12 6 The Malay Natio r.i r Sarawak recently Chief Sec-eta,y. menting on an oS'*!' ration that the tional Flag had after J U iy 1. 1946. when <?1 w,k became a as a toker of rceptet The Malay National !J:. or h a telegram to165 words
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Article181 1947-05-12 6 LONDON. Mag piloting art* the close of play scores m uourty Cricket:— At Lords, Middlesex vs somerset: Middlesex Ist .nr.ir.ss 231 (Edrich 102. Else. rijftn medium. 6 for 52. Somerset Ist. tunings 59 for 2 At Portsmouth. Hampshire ts Sussex: Hampshire lsi neap 224 I181 words
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Article315 1947-05-12 7 Reuter. rhe South African errefcet tontine, apjpearance m Lorrdon wore dKflrt&Sefl ns. Ny Surrey at Kensington Oval for a 11 Surrey fared lift]- better and *m all out innings lasting only 20 minute* Irmtfer than ihf tourists. %j bai ted again roi r the closeReuter. - 315 words
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Article347 1947-05-12 7 The Singapore Chinese Recreation Club defeated the Johore Cricket Club in a match played in Johore yesterday "•hen the Chinese passed their coDcnents' score of 94 and continued to bat until the close of Play iHth 132 runs for the fall cf s r -ven wickets.347 words
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151 1947-05-12 7 Reuter. LONDON. May 11.—The question of colour bar in British boxing is likely to loom prominently in .porting and political circles how that tne Minister of the Brown. Mr. Creech-Jones, the Colonial Secretary, has taken the matter up. The British Boxing Board ofReuter. - 151 words
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Article84 1947-05-12 7 Reuter. FtLF.V, Yt>RKSl?*R£.. May If.—Brtrer WtMcecfc ceftvafe*r-?ng a* holiday eaiVip here had a visitor yesterday in Jos Raksi, rhe man who broke the British heavyweight champion's jaw in their recent fight. Sec inquired tenderly after Bruee's health, received a vivid account of how it feelsReuter. - 84 words
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Article248 1947-05-12 7 CRICKET Playing oh Saturday, the C.Y. M A. beat the R.A.F. Base K.Q. (Unit) by 38 runs on the C.V.M. A. ground. The feature of the luiikt, Uc Suuz.i taking four wickets for 3 runs and Jean Pierre taking three for 6 runs for the CYMA. Chinnery248 words
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Article115 1947-05-12 7 The Singapore Amateur Ta-ble-Tennis Association opered its season with a successful exhibition at the Great World hall on Saturday before a crowd of more thar seven hundred table-tennis enthusiasts. The Rest defeated the Chinese Sports Association by three games to two. Following are the results (The Rest115 words
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748 1947-05-12 7 MANCHESTER CITY MAKE CERTAIN OF PROMOTION WOLVES LOSE AT HOME Reuter. I.ONHO:-;. May 10.—The international at Hampden P.*r* ttm&ft thu chief interest in today's football but i i h:- T s Wolverhampton Wanderers received a t'ctbar tj tHeir championships hopes when they were surpri:Reuter. - 748 words
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Article48 1947-05-12 7 SOCCER Cosmos vs RAF, Changi, at Jalan Besar, 5.15 p.m. Pasir Panjai.g Rovers (Juniors) vs Combined Brothers Schools, S.J.I, ground, 5.15 p.m. MEETING. Singapore A. A. A., general meetiig. S.R.C., 5?0 p.m. Cricket rnreting. representatives S.R.C., C.S.C S.C 11 U J A., at SRC, 5..10 p.m.48 words
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80 1947-05-12 7 The Pasir Pan.iang Rovers (Juniors) will revive their soccer activities today (Monday) at the St. Joseph's Institution ground with a friendly game against the Combined Christian Brothers Schools at 5.15 p.m. Rovers (Juniors) will b? represer te<\ by the following: Anthony Soh; Samuel Samad •ird80 words
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478 1947-05-12 7 S.R.C. Draw With Selangor Eurasians The two-day cricket match between the Selangor Eurasians and the S.R.C. on the padang ended in a draw yesterday. At close of play, the visitors had two wickets in hand with 28 runs short of the S.R.C.478 words
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Article268 1947-05-12 7 The Singapore Cricket Club beat the 2zs BOD on the padang yesterday by 102 runs. Pear-on too scored with 42. his total in eluding 2 vixes and 4 lour-, while Healy contributed 37 runs (a six and 6 fours). J E. Jeans, for the268 words
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Article158 1947-05-12 7 The Jolhlads beat the R.A.F. Tengah by tnree goals to two in a game of soccer at Tengah yesterday. All the goals were scored in the first-session. Muniyandi opened scoring in the fifth minute, but half way through the first session the Airmen equalised through Anderson,158 words
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Advertisement171 1947-05-12 7 REX I IARLBOROUIsH Shows: 3 30. 6.30. 9.15 'BHA L A I (Hindustani) ARA, FRITHVINAZIR, GO?E and KUMAR. To-morrow— "AINA" Hindustani* WATCH OUT FOR I ii HA nKTAM" (Tamilj L fc?? RLD FAMOUS Yl Fr, '<: A Si. tliff/A Jp! an 1 5 0nRult mo. with dorfir;,„p' T n l,<171 words
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Advertisement222 1947-05-12 7 j The Pkture Everyone Should Se*! Today 4 Shows 1.39—4—(i.5i)—9.:'0 p.m. John Mills and Hobson \mpJm CHARLES Yd» DICKENS* SIRH4RD MILIS i Xgf frmcisi.suuiva* 4WTNOHY W»tt« f iJEUSIHMONS KrvrWAf DAVID If AH "fe next cha;<g^ j Hero They Are Afr<iin! The I :'.:rniest Comedians On j j i i r222 words
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403 1947-05-12 8 "NOT SO GOOD AS ENGLAND" U.P. LONDON, May 11.—If the present clamour in the British press continues, rationed Britons soon will be feeling sorry t >r the unrationed Americans. Britons read in the Sunday press again today that "scores" of Gl brides arc returningU.P. - 403 words
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85 1947-05-12 8 Reuter. > i MOSCOW, May 11.— M. Soviet Oc- -luty Minister of Public 1 Health, has been dis- missed for "incompe- fence it was officially J stated yesterday. The journal "Medical 1 I Worker" stated that Kuz- net.,ov had been remove? i from the postsReuter. - 85 words
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184 1947-05-12 8 U.P. Rome May 11—The Propaganda Office Of the Italian Com- munist Party >aid today that party secretary Palmiro Togliatti was preparing a libel suit against the United Scates weekly news magazine Time tor its assertion that he had betrayed the Italian Soci lists toU.P. - 184 words
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61 1947-05-12 8 Reuter. Nanking. May 11. —Generals Chu Tch and Mao Tse-tung, leader* of the Chinese Communists. are personally conducting j operations against t* Govern- I ment in North Snansi. according to Chinese reports reaching here today. They are supervising the Communist offensive which has as itsReuter. - 61 words
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54 1947-05-12 8 During his recent tour of Dehra Dun Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck, commander-in-chief in India, deccratei several veterans cf 1 Sikh Regiment, visited the St. Dunstan's licitel for the war-blinded :.:i'J the VVelhams Preparatory School. Picture shows Field Marshal Claude Auchinleck rr f eting the boys of Welham's Preparatory School54 words
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255 1947-05-12 8 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Ninety-nine out of every hundred persons m Singapore forgot yesterday was Mother's Day until they saw the Sunday Tribune. I carried out a orief survey among ministers, prominent laymen, and members of several churches and only o very small percentage could255 words
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53 1947-05-12 8 U.P. LONDON. May 11. Radio Moscow said today that "reports from Albania show that Greece i* increasing provocative incidents on the Albanian frontier. "Between April 28 and May 7 frontier troops have four times provoked such incidents while on three occasions Greek planes have violatedU.P. - 53 words
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322 1947-05-12 8 Reuter. GLASGOW, May 11.—Five Englishmen, three Scots, two Welshmen and an Irishman upheld the prestige of British soec?r by defeating a nine-nation team, representing the Rest of Europe, by six goals to one before 134,000 spectators at Hampden Park yesterday. J Greaf BritainReuter. - 322 words
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119 1947-05-12 8 All Batu Pahat turned out to watch a keenly contested socCCT match between the Singapore Star Soccerites and the Batu Pahat Malay Football learn which ended in a draw each scoring two goals. Shariff scored both goals for Batu Pahat. and Awang and Meng119 words
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Article40 1947-05-12 8 OKLAHOMA CITY, May 10 The Courty Judge. C. J. Blinn, found U.S. State Representative Jimmie Scott, 34, a war veteran who shot and wounded another law maker ir the Senate chamber, to be insane and ordered him committed to a40 words
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Article36 1947-05-12 8 Reuter. i c f h *2 V just kefJTV** three- casualJies d i Acrc.-d-n? l( 1 tlve uf the a- inter. i VP < vity was vt M j throughoutth/' P P rReuter. - 36 words
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Article73 1947-05-12 8 U.P. DOUAANEB (Frano —The townspeople oi this ftv tanny port were in to-day for the 19 B who set to sea lust month never returned. The men left on Apnl I aboard the "Michel le XebieS". commanded by the BVM 12! skipper to fisli near theU.P. - 73 words
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209 1947-05-12 8 U.P. San Francisco, May 10.— A score of police prowled around San Francisco's underworld to"" 1 searching for the assassins who £aye the Cr 7 gangster Nicholas de John his last ride in hisexj car on Wednesday. The former Illinois racketeer, who nad oeenU.P. - 209 words
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Miscellaneous94 1947-05-12 8 TODAY'S weather REPORT 4 > BRIGHT FERI.JOS late AFTERNOON 24 hcuk' t compiled by tm- r.af J Forecasting station Ar r? mand. Far East: Cloudy at first. Brigh- n.* a late afternoon. Isciatea'snw? in nortb-east of r overnight, but prcbab litVw tnundeis u'ins cevei, ping 5«.' ly houis 01 the94 words
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