Malaya Tribune, 13 June 1947

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  • 56 1 The Malaya Tribune fiV THE PEOPLE fOX THE PEOPLE THE ONLY NATIONAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA Now printed simultaneously In Singapore. Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh Penang. 'Phone 5811 (Three Lines) UAIT ftlGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1947 TEN CENTS The Malaya Tribune London Agents:—Messrs. Colin Turner Ltd., Talbot House, 98, St. .Martin's
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  • 379 1 BLOCKADE MA YBE LIFTED ALSO (Tribune Staff Reporter) the VP? that the Dulch Cockade on shippmg in cordinr ,n I 1! anUcipated to be lifted soon, acSSe t&teS from tIS^ 8 rCCelVed in Sin Sapore by CMdate howevo Z'h agenls at that end
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  • 138 1 Reuter. :iNO, June 13.— (ontimiea in the China Province nkiang with planes the Soviet insignia g and strafing ChiGovernment positions U ving the "invasion"' of Province by Outer Monti cavalry 11 days a Chinese Central News eney despatch. despatch coincided with inn uncement that General Chinese
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  • 53 1 burnt Sfaff Reporter) Air Mission comprising the Ministry of Supid of various aircraft England is in Sinto study maintenance n requirements of ajruifected by tropical or a! conditions. Hie -nr Mission has completed 111 India and Burma. Mission will stay in Sint;il Monday and will Seiotar,
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  • 23 1 Reuter. untitled June 12.—Indian troops Brim h Commonwealth OcFo:ce have sufcpcriped for the repair of a mos- be, outhern Honshu, damQg the war.—Reuter.
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  • 104 1 LONDON, June 12 —M r Winston Churchill surprised his doctors today by sitting up in bed 24 hours after his operation for hernia, reading newspapers and asking for a cigar There were no further bulletins on his progress, but reports said he was recovering more rapdily than
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  • 73 1 U.P. OONISTON. June 12.—Sir Malcolm Campbell piloted his jet-propelled speedboat "Blue Bird" in a three-minute test run today at approximately 70 miles per hour. Sir Malcolm, the first man ever to pilot a jet-engined water craft, said before the ttst that he would make no attempt
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  • 33 1 Reuter. AMRITSAR, PUNJAB, June 12.— Markets were closed today as a result of panic and mounting tension after four persons had been gilled in communal incidents in this Sikh holy city.—Reuter.
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  • 44 1 Reuter. NEW YORK, June 12.—Two "Very severe" eartrqcake shocks, possibly centred in the Dutch East Indies, were recorded by the Fordham University seismograph at 9.21 a.m. and 10.24 p.m. GMT today. The shick was estimated at a about 9,400 miles f.om New York. —Reuter.
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  • 91 1 Reuter. BRUSSELS, June 12. —Plans were made to assassinate Mr. Ernest Bevin, British Foreign Secretary, in the railway coach which was to have taken him back to England at the end of the Moscow Foreign Ministers conference in April, the Flemish-language Brussels newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws said to-night.
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  • 262 1 U.P. LONDON, June 12. —Britain and America have developed a secret which is confidently regarded as an elfective alternative to the atom bomb, an Evening News dispatch from Auckland, said to-day. This dispatch Quoted Professor T. D. J. Leech, described as the number one scientist on
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  • 235 1 Reuter. LONDON, June 12.—The British Government hopes to be able to introduce legislation that will transform India into Dominions of Hindustan and Pakistan before the end of June, I am authoritatively informed tonight. The Government is working against time and it is possible that
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  • 161 1 Reuter U.P. Vienna, June 12.—A communique from the Ministry of the Interior tonight says that Dr. Arne Karlsson, assistant head of the ►Swedish aid to Austria organisation, was killed by shots fired by a Russian sentry. The communique -aid that Karlsson had apparently lost his way
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  • 222 1 Reuter. LONDON, June 12.—A warning that sections of opinion in Scotland were considering a Dreakaway from the United Kingdom was given in the House of Lords to-day by several Scottish peers when attacking the Government's bill to nationalise inland transport. Moving an amendment for separate
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  • 429 1 PRESS DOING SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC (Tribune Staff Reporter) Members and friends of the East-West Society last night, at the V.M.C.A. Hall, debated the motion 'That The Press Has Been Detrimental To The Progress Of Society." The meeting was open to the public. The
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  • 134 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) j Two Malay trishaw riders were I .dims of gunmen last night. In one case two men were detained soon after the robbery but no I arms were found, j The first robbery was at 930 j in Owen Road when two Chinese
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  • 257 2 (Ftoitj Our Own Reporter) IPQH— A former Ipoh resident now living in Kuala Lumpur had the biggest shock of his life the other day vh( ri he read in a local newspaper his name among those officially certified as killed in the rail
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  • 85 2 U.P. TEHERAN. June 12.— Practically all Teheran's 600.000 people turned out on Wednesday to welcome Shah Mohammed Reza Pahevi home from Azerbaijan, and crowds were so thick that five men were wounded by being forced on to bayonets of roadside guards. Several
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  • 126 2 U.P. WELLINGTON, Ohio. June 12.—A new record was established when an Army Airforces All-Weather Division C5l landed at th c home base at Clinton county after a 10.000 mile non-stop flight. From the moment before the take-oit' until after touching down, no human hand touched the
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  • 84 2 Reuter. LONDON. June 11—In the House of Commons today Capt. Gammans. Conservative, asked the Colonial Secretary why he had not replied to representations made to him by the War Prisoners (Singapore) Association and what action he proposed to take regarding the claims made by this organisation. Mr. Creech Jones replied
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  • 37 2 Reuter. LONDON i tail o Ju n* 1» Hungarian g&L 5* ference with Him, a nal airairs int, N contention ?h at Br *Mi Mas thfrebT^*right 1 0 the T nfftl L th >
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  • 33 2 Reuter. NOR WALK. Connects Henry Wallace teSTX Juae B Vice-President; a S2. h 8u last night that «125* President Trumans SSSLS was considering BaZ ,raUj5500.000.000 toiJoSiSlJ Government— Reuter Centril
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    • 313 2 EDICATIQX International Trade Corporation 209. QUEEN STREET. Now Available Pen, Pencil and Typewriter Carbon Papers, Typewriter Kibbora etc., NOTICE "The Chartered Bank of India, Australia ar.d Chira have pleasure in arnour.cir.g that a Branch Office ot the Bank was opened in Sibu, Sarawak, on Wednesday, the lit June. 1947. at
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  • 178 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Penang —To help their needy countrymen here and in Province Wellesley and Kedah. the Chinese Government will shortly be dispatching $63,165 (American) for charitable distribution, the "Tribune"' learns. Tlu> local Chine>e Consul. Mr. N. K. Lee. has received a cable from
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  • 43 3 Mr. J.M. Taylot will speak on "The Juvenile in the Modern World" at the V's Men Club luncheon on Saturday, at Cecil's Restaurant. The Club will hold a social at 59, Tan j ong Rhu on June 28 from 5 n.m to midnight
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  • 115 3 .Singapore. Thursday Ties of raids conducted small hours, this mornInspector Cheah Teng and detectives of the n sub-branch, C.I.D Du u n a dozen men. result of the raids, an omatie and two revolvers recovered. nemg the detention of men. A-sistant Commoner of the c.I.D. &r
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  • 99 3 U.P. Manila, June 11—President •d today that he shares Mac Arthur's views that ace should be restored fhout east Asia as as and favours peace terms would further the proto give all Asiatic peod» cent living standard. Miles W. Vaughn. United genera] manager for
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  • 89 3 'Our Oiun Reporter) tPOH. Thursday. The first o*ath from hydrophobia in the country is reported from the small mining town of Kampar. Deceased, a Gfewesc hawKer, *J bitten by a dog on May 2b ard taken t 0 hosnital. The dog was shot and found to
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  • 230 3 TPOH —"So long as we have' His Highcea, Si r Abdul Aziz, as 'he Sultan of Perak, the puban rest assured that the WMJ b e a 'Darui Ridzwan' abode of Peace,'* said Mr. V Aston. Resident Comor.er when he addressed c and distinguished cosOlitan
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  • 98 3 Reuter. WASHINGTON. Jun o 12 The Department of Agriculture has announced a supplementary allocation for July for India of 12 000 long tors of flour (wheat equivalent), 8.500 long tons of wheat and 17.000 long ton s of corn. Tlie Department stated that flour had already
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  • 229 3 More than a thousand children, parents, teachers, and adults attended the special ma tinee yesterday mon:ing at the Rex Cinema on the occasion or the birthday of H.M. The K.ng The programme, orgarized by the R«x Children's Club, consisted of specially selected educational
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  • 307 3 Malacca, Thursday. Two Malay constables Ahmad bin Bador and Salleh bin Sarong, the latter with 19 years' service in the Police force, were each sentenced to six weeks r.i. by Mr. D. M. K. Grant in the District Court. Both were charged with having
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  • 136 3 (Our Oiun Reporter) Malacca, wedne.-day. The proprietor ol a shop in Kampong P'antei, Malacca, was lined $1,500 or six months' jail for having falsely denied possession of sweetened condensed milk. Price Control Inspectors, who gave c vidence, declared that they had detailed a peon attached to the
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  • 86 3 Reuter. Kings Lynn. June 12. More than 50 armed police officers are hunting for a gunman in the woods surrounding a remote bat-tle-training area in Norfolk. The hunt began after a shot had been lired at P. C. Brown of the Norfolk constabulary when
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  • 493 4 There is some special y s.vmpathetic divinity guarding the Malayan rubber industry. Otherwise it would have been knocked out of the running long ago. It is strange to find that those responsible for the industry's Welfare are only now waking up to the fact that unless
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  • 1106 4  -  A concise summary of the social, economic and political difficulties of post-war Siam by one who has had an opportunity of studying them intimately. by Dodwell Cooray Although outwardly Siam "•opears to have suffered I ttle as a result of the war, the machinery of
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  • 455 4 Washed The Nappies, Changed The Law London Press. In a deadly serious debate on the fuel crisis recently, a Member of Parliament spoke at some length on babies' napkins. His extremely personal approach aroused a certain amount of amusement, but he was as earnest and almost as eloquent—as Burke on
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  • 481 4 Letters' To The Editor The People's Postbag OBSERVER. Sir.—From his letters it appears that A. Wahab prefers the settlement ol the statu, of the Republic of Indonesia to be achieved by means other than negotiation, presumably by armed conflict. He is apparently awarj of the -:rength of the Dutcn
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  • 137 4 AKLIM Sir.-I am a civilian working with the Military Police and one day. I was suffering from sore eyes, which were troubling me for a couple of day>. The Chief Clero. f nr.ne. who is a Serviceman rang up the M.I. Room, Ist Bat talion Seaforth Highlanders,
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  • 217 4 Sir,—Special commendations .should go to Mr. Francis Cooray for his striking article cf Democracy in Malaya. His article will serve as an eye-opener to the men and women bf Malaya and also to those 'higher ups who, under 110 guise of lockmg towards the welfare of the
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  • 169 4 SINGAPORE. Sir. —We have seen In the advertisements, besides other things, that whisky and brandy are on sale to the public by licence-holders. It is true tha: brandy can be obtained at any shop, but where are tne whiskie? gone to? If an Asiatic wants tc buy a
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  • 213 4 Sir.— I am not an econom-f-s-uaCjit bat when I see that tne Food Control Departments hav undertaken so many prosecutioni nd when I notice that marieconditions are still the same. P m left wondering whether it the public, and nut the offenders, who pay the prosecution fines.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous

  • 135 5 j P r er.igcs—two for One for service to Ire and anothei for ild Douglaa Crook. i Secretary ol the Onion and a menin try of Labour's DeFrederick McntJember oi Parliament «J (London .suburb* an ntary Secietary i I OoTeinmeal dcArthttr Frederick and C- in-C. of
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  • 161 5 I Stuff R:porterj riiu scay. A uaring armed robbery occurred ben an Indian toddy was relieved by his .$2 500 by a sang of ai <1 en Incian. stood that the con- cashed a cneqve mount at local bank, proa l to Urj bus s at
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  • 66 5 Own Reporter) A. Tuesday. The riar and ron-pol tical Youth Feliow>hip of admitting youths Uous faiths as Us holds weekly meetings i ihe -p rii of common I i.g and mutual toler" to oispel un< 1 em< r c local youths j 6;j members composed ai d girls
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  • 455 5 (Tribune Staff Reporter) IPOH.—lndicative of the grave discontent that has been brewing among medical officers in Malaya is a letter appearing in the latest issue of the British Medical Journal, the official organ of the British 'Medical Association. Writer of the letter is a
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  • 86 5 Singapore police received two late reports of robberies which took place in the countrys'de, Wednesday night. In one, five Chinese armed with three pistols and a kr.ife robbed the occupants of an attap house-at 6V 2 mile. Bukit Timah. of cash anti valuables worth $223, at
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  • 84 5 Mr. P. A. B. McKerron, Officer Administering the Government, Singapore, has sent the following message to His Majesty the King on the occasion of his birthday. The message was addressed to the Secretary of State for the Colonies and reads: "Grateful If you will submit to
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  • 121 5 Mr. Mohammed Sidik b'r H Hamiu. President of t-he Malaya Football Association Singapore, and vice-President of the Southern Section of the Milay Football Association of Malaya leaves by air for Ipoh today with his wife. Che Salamah Sidik. He is t 0 attend
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  • 33 5 U.P. Shanghai, June 12.—Seventysix passengers and the crew of the steamship Tafeng were reported missing, following the vessel's sinking on Monday at Liuho. 40 miles up the Yangtse from Shanghai.—U.P.
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  • 432 5 KUALA LUMPUR. —For dishonestly receiving stolen property, namely a Austin '10' saloon, belonging to Mr. Liunro Scott, a Chinese named Foong Kai Yin alias Panjang, wcs convicted by the District Judge, Mr. M. Garton, and sentenced to 18 months' rigorous imprisoment. Mr. D. A.
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  • 282 5 (Tribune Staff Reporter) The Officer Administering the Government of Singapore, Mr. P. A. B. McKerron, and Mrs. McKerron were hosts to 400 guests at a Garden Party held on the occasion of the King's Birthday at Government House yesterday evening. This is the
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  • 320 5 Shipwreck Report (Tribune Staff Reporter) The air s»-a search carried cut yesterday for the two survivors who were spotted clinging to a raft, with an upturned lifeboat nearby in the sea 140 miles north-north-east of Penang, was officially abandoned later in the day after an exhaustive
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  • 138 5 The Utited Sarawak National Association of Singapore and eight Sarawak associations have sent the follcwirg joint telegram to the King on the occasion of his birthday: "We desire t G dissociate ourselves frcm the formal birthday g'c :g ~er.t to Your Majesty by
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  • 124 5 TRAIN CAR COLLISION NEAR TAPAH TANJONG MALIM—A small-horse-powered car was badly damaged and theiriver Mirt as a result of a collision with a train at a level crossing near Trelak. a lew miles 1 orth of here. It is understood that the car, driven by a Chinese, stalled at the
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  • 474 5 (By a Military Observer) Among those whose names appear in this year's Birthday Honours list are several officers and noncommissioned officers now serving with the Army in South East Asia. They include the Commander-in-Chief, General Sir Neil M. Ritchie, K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O., M.C., Maj-General
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  • 65 5 (Our- Own IlepoHer) MALACCA, Wednesday. On the occasion of his departure for L ..ij. Mr. Chui ilall M. Shah, who has been in business in this country for 20 years, was entertaired at a farewell party by the Indian Chamber of Commerce. Among those present were" Messrs.
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  • 301 6 Reuter. LONDON. June 12—Princess Elizabeth a Colonel of the Grenadier Guards—riding a sidesaddle, made her Hi*! appearance on horseback at 'the official cere mony today when, with the King and the Duke of Gloucester, she rode from Buckingham Palace to the Horse Guards
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  • 124 6 Reuter. Washington. June 11.—The International Emergency Food Council today recommended a general increase in world allocation of sugar to 24 consuming nations because the June estimate of world available sugar supply was 15.340.000 short tons instead of 14.986.000 short tons a s estimated in
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  • 162 6 {Our Own Reporter J I Malacca. Thursday. "The Kuommtarg has learnt to sir.g American songs whilst the Communists are singing the Red Banner." declared Mr. Fuay Erg Chuan. former member oi i the Anti-Japanese Army, at a mass rally ol ex-MPAJA members last Sunday, when
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  • 66 6 Reuter. New Delhi, June 12.—Three representatives from the National Congress of French India, who arrived here yesterday, were reported today to have told Gandhi that "French subjects in India are determined to get rid of French domination and join the Indian Union." The French have
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  • 69 6 Reuter. Hyderabad, June 10.—The Government of the Nizam of HyderaI bad—reputed to be the richest man in the world—is understood to have decided to declare Hyderabad an independent state In view of the British decision to withdraw from India and the BritUh plan for the transfer
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  • 132 6 Sungei Patani-—A 40 year-old Malay woman was alleged to have murdered an elderly Malay in his house in the village of Kampong Kuala Jurong, five miles from Sungel Patani. The alleged murderer, a visitor to the deceased's house, called there in order to collect a
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  • 173 6 U.P. TOKIO. June 12.—The military and political partnership between Japan. Germany and Italy was a reluctant, unsuccessful and unhappy one, according to an introductory statement of attorney Owen Cunningham, who opened the tripartite phase of the war trial defence
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  • 216 6 Penang —Chia Khor Wan. the ccmpradore of the sUamship. s.s. Hong Slang.'- >ucceeded in his appeal bef >re Mr- Justice C. W. V. Carey in the Supreme Court. The Judge ordered that the line of $3,000 imposed by the District Judge. Mr. B J. Jennings, be returned
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  • 108 6 U.P. NANKING, Juno 12.—1t is reliably learned that the Executive Yuan has ordered local authorities not to Are on foreign civilian military aircraft which fly over Chinese territory without Chinese official authorisation. In the case of foreign civilian aircraft the order will be effective until
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  • 231 6 U.P. DUNDEE, Scotland, June 11.—Sir Stafford Cripps, President of the "Board of Trade, said to-day that world chaos will follow unless the trade balance between the United States and the rest of the world is restored. 'Somehow or other we must solve this
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  • 30 6 A tea-party held yesterday evening in honour ot Sjrad Saleh bin Mohamed Al-atas. M.8.E., in Chancery Lane was well attended. Syed Ibrahhn hin Omar Alsagoff was the host.
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  • 474 6 IPOH—Alleged to have been a "r< D] sational Bekor massacre of last Ma killing in the lonely riverine village ol |rom Bekor, occurring only a few Vv sacre, formed the subject of a murder in the current Perak Assizes, which c rr mt 1 before the
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  • 160 6 (From Our Own Ĕemrta PARIT BUNTAR, Wedo —A dram:.no arrest vva effectec in tiie tram at Nibong Tefetl by the Bukit lfenajam-Niboß| ftbal and Partt Btmtai See Bah Seng ikas Lb Ba: £eng. alias Ah Seng, wh wanted In cenneetioo win tot recent piracy en May 27
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  • 121 6 London. June 12 In the House of Commons Mr. B Dalton. the Chancellor of a* Exchequer, said in the GVan.mcnt view this 1- Bot the ha to introduce equal pay hi service. The matter should b" further examined at I la* in the light
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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    • 71 6 soon 1 i% HI Opens TO-DAY PBB| 2 p.m.—4.15—6.30—915 p.W dnStJD A Warner Bros.' 'Hit'! "TI "13 EDWARD G. ROBINSON H with the screen's /jaA "H QUEEN of GLAMOUR ,r "imft MARLENE DIETRICH X and GEORGE RAiT "^^■'^B Strength And Action m Pals. Fall Out When To imm A Sanity
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  • 1537 7  -  By PE TER WILSON London. SPIVS, gangsters, crooks —tall them what you will, they all smell a!ike. And now, W:th professional sport booming as never bef' re, there arc mere of the, "It's your money they're I boys trying to trim t into a
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  • 32 7 MEETING Singapore Olympic and Sports meeting, Council Chamber, 5.15 p.m. Singapore Amateur Swimming Assn. meetiing, YMCA, Orchard Rd.. 5.30 pm. CRICKET I.A. vs. Johore C.C.. Trade School. J.B. 2 p.m.
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  • 52 7 Reuter. OXFORD, June 11._The first organisation to be established in the British Empiro solely to investigate blcod diseases; is to be set up at Oxford. Yesterday, Oxford University accepted a gift of 50,000 from th c trustees of the Nuffield Foundation from the Haemathologlcal Research Unit in the University iMcdical
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  • 363 7 «Our Own Reporter) KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. —Following aie the full handicaps for the third cay oi the Solan gor Turf Club meet to be run on Saturday: HORSES CLASS 3. DIV. 3- 7 FURLONGS. First Fancy 9.00 Bitter Sweet 9 00 SUeki.ess 9 00
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  • 164 7 Reuter. London, June 11. —More than 30 nations are sending players for the Wimbledon lawn tennis championships which open on June 23. Acceptances were made known today and reveal a wealth of talent among competiiors who will be drawn for the championnext week.
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  • 197 7 Reuter. GULLANE. Scotland. June 12. —Mrs. Mildred Zaharias. American women's golf champion, won the British women's title a_t Gullare. East Lothian. Scotlard, today when she beat Mi-s Jacqueline Gordon. Middlesex chamoior. by five and four W the 36 holes final. She thus became the
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  • 45 7 Reuter. LONDON, June 12.— The Indian, K. J. Ahmed, reached the semifinals of the men's singles in the Kent lawn tennis championships at Beckenham today by beating W. C. Chey of China by 6—2, 4—6, 6—3 in the third round.—Reuter.
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  • 300 7 Tile following are cricket teams: Indian Association vs. Johore Cricket Club at Johore Bahru tcday at 11 a.m. (Playcs are requested to moot near Rex Cinema at 10 a.m.t: It. Sitharam (capt.*. K. Muthucumaru, C. Sencviratne. Ram Sgngh, S. D. Wi hams, Edwin Duraieamy, M. U.
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  • 86 7 At the general meeting of the newly formed Bright Star Badminton Party held at the residence of the President, 37 Lorong 16, the fallowing were elected office bearer* for 1947:— 'VT *ty President—Mr. Lee Yong Mm: vice-presidents—Messrs. Hoe Joo Shieng, Chia Teow Kting and Francis De Silva;
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    • 190 7 9-i5 p.m. Crammed with Blazing Action: "Zorro's Black Whip" WE SPECIALISE IN FULL CIRCLE RETREADING TYRES AND BATTERY'S SERVICE AND DEALER'S IN NEW TYRES AND TUBES ETC. Prices Moderate Workmanship Guaranteed Enquiries Welcomed Phone 4255 HOCK HIN CO., 177. TANK ROAD, SPORE. qj BBBBaBEaBIBi j SERVICING, BUYING AND SELLING PHONE
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    • 207 7 Robert Montgomery's First Picture Here Since The liberation. To-day Four Shows i 3: —4—9.30 p.m.' Children's Mntfjirca To-morrow Sunday 11 A.M. Cartoons-Sports- Comedks TO GEY LA PHONE ***** W OPENING TODAY 3.00. 6.30 and 9.15 p.m. A Fleet o| Fair! A:m Sheridan in "NAVY BLUES" Tomorrow Midnight BEYOSi* »m: isLUE
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  • 104 8 Talping.--While out with three Forest Rangers examining timber trees in a Forest reserve at the 18th mile Trcng Road, Ahmad bin Ibrahim (57; retired Penghulu of Padang Gajah was hit by a falling tree, resulting in his death. There was a -trong wind in the forest
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  • 440 8 Govt. Suffers Triple Defeat Reuter. LONDON, June 12.—The House of Lords' triple defeat of the Labour Government on the Nationalisation of the Transport Bill may mark the beginning Of an open war between the British Labour and Peers which has been expected ever since the general
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  • 135 8 Reuter. BANGKOK. June 12—\ strange cargo left Bangkok j'erterday by the Pacific Airways Skvmaster for America It consisted of a collection of wild and pet animals and birds, including four elephants, two bears, a score of monkeys, a gibbon, pythons, cobras, a leopard, a panther and
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  • 39 8 Reuter. ICELAND. June 12.—The British tiawler I-och Hope sank oil the east coast of Iceland after a mine which had caught in her ret exploded. Seventeen of the crew of 18 were rescued. E'ght of the crew are injured.—Reuter.
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  • 379 8 Reuter. LONDON, June 12.— J. D. Robertson and S. M. Brown set up a new first wicket partnership record for Middlesex at Lords to-day, when in scoring 310 in three and a half hours against Nottinghamshire they beat the 303 by J. Douglas
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  • 87 8 Kuala Kangsar.—A small stir was caused in the open court when Harun bin Hassan, a Malay escapee, surrendered to the Kuala ganger Magistrate. Y. M. Raja Haji Soahar Shah in chamber?. A big black snake .suddenly crawled frcm outside and enterei the court rocm, and coiled Use
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  • 128 8 Reuter. LEEDS. June 12 Norman Yon Nida of Australia with two rounds 67 for an aggregat" l cf 34 led tiieHeM at the erd of the second roucd in the "V rkshire Evening News" 1.000 Guineas orogessionnl golf tourr timer t at Moor Town. Lee
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  • 332 8 The S.C.C. opening bat, T T. Homer scored a sound 58 which induced rire bouncarus. before he was bowled by Schubert, while J. P. Luft contributed 49 (6 fours) Nadeson took four S.C.C. wickets for 63 rurs. and Schubert three lor 33. The
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  • 175 8 IPOH.—On the afternoon of May 20, a coLision between a r'ord 8 driven by a young Chinese, and a rickshaw, occurred in Clayton Road resulting in th*» rickshaw-puller succumbing to his injuries at the hosiptal. As a result of that accident, Lee Ah Hoe. the owner-driver
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  • 158 8 Playing last Saturday night before b large gathering, at the former's -flood-lit" court. The Merry Union BP.. "Reserves'' convincingly defeated the Carefree Badminton Party by 7 games to 2. Results: (Merry Union BP., "Reserves'' mentioned first): SINGLES: —Siow Watt Peng beat Lee Joon Nee 15—10,
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  • 141 8 Another victory came to the District Dawns when they beat the Rosebud Badminton Party by four games to three, which was played in the former court, on Saturday last. m SINGLES: Mr. Heng Siak Thiang lost to Mr. Tan Kirn Teck fi—ls. 15—«, (13—1?). 3—5; Mr.
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  • 62 8 The CYMA (Portuguese Minion) vo'leybaU team will play a game against St. Joseph Institution tome rrw at 4 p.m. at the school premises. Players will be chosen •> fo iowmg: M. de Mornay, Edmund Tay, O. Olsen, J. Gomes, E Gomes, C. Gomes, Nevil c Ess. H. de
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  • 103 8 The following ties wi.l be played irint in ti*--' *i+y~ flower badmmtcn tournament: B Tournament: Teng Siew vs Richard Lee: Cliim Lim vs Ah Kow; Chong Lock vs Thean Leong; Kirn V .'Ail BUCIg. C Tournament: Choon Poh vs Khee Ttt; Soon Trek vs Cheng Gek; Geok Gim
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  • 63 8 The following will represent the Hospital Assistants Dressers Association against the British Far Eastern Broadcasting Service. Thomson Road Studios in a 7 singles Table-Tennis match at 2 p.m. on June 21, at Thomson Road: Messrs. Suppiah, M. Sivam W. Hendroff, P. C. Lam <Capt). Chong Kow Thye
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  • 187 8 Bangkok.—Out of the 600,300 ton. n( bound by agreement to deliver to uZ i fa between last January and nexi -atio lls Vidham, chief of the Rice Purchasing «1 rfd Lua n X to a -Liberty" reporter, it is y «SS to Send only
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  • 173 8 PENANG. Mr. Justice C W Y. Carey has set as de the conic tion of Cheah Tuan Er.g or. a bookmakii g charge ir. ir, reme Court. Tuan Er.g had been fir*d $1,000 or two mouths' ligarous imprisormer.t in the Magistrate's Court on Anril 10 for
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 114 8 TODAY'S 1 WEATHER REPORT* Long Bright Periods Singapore weather forecast for 24 hours, from noon today, compiled by the R.A.F. Central 1 forecasting Station, Air Com- mand, Far Ea*t. Fair throughout with long bright periods. Wind light south j easterly. Sunset: 1839 hrs. Sunrise: 0628 hrs. Mocnrise: 0206 hrs. Moonset:
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