Malaya Tribune, 28 July 1947

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    57 1 The Malaya Tribune L T HE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE FHE ONLY NATIONAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA printed slniultaneoasly in Singapore. Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh Penang. 'Phone 5811 (Three Lines) FIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JULY 28, 1947 TEN CENTS The Malaya Tribune •ozidon AienW: —Mem*. CMIr Turner Lt<L, Talbot loan, •8, St.
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    MALAYA'S RICE FAILURE: THE NAKED TRUTH
    1028 1  -  PUBLIC INQUIRY DEMAND TO STOP WASTAGE, LOSS By LIM KENG HOK, the Nswg Editor) A few days ago, Mr. Creech-Jones, the Colonial Secretray. revealed in the House of Commons that Sir Edward Gent, the Governor of the Malayan Union, had been disappointed with the
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    Dutch Hold 800 Indonesian Officials
    75 1 I 27. The Dutch ties hare taken an 800 Republican offlciCabinet mm•- res custody, rj p >). i Indonesian Sec- r Foreign i rrival j Dr Oet intends to go to in Dr. Sharir. 1 i "Dutch have to y inch of If j t
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    Dutch Reject Chinese Mediation Offer
    135 1 r 27 The Ne- G verrment has renesf offer of melnrocesla. wheh it I r desirable at the Dutch-cont- Radio reportea the Chinese v*fcr protection of the population in in dor c I Foreign Ome~ pone og action was n. the Radio i Mm, i
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    Dutch Withdraw Near Bandoeng
    492 1 I July 27.—A Dutch communique anI "at American-trained Royal Dutch I landed on the beach surrounding a straI >rtaat port about 45 miles east of CheriI ines occupied the seaport with the asI Dutch columns which were spearheaded by I riVe from the west, the communique
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    British Navy To Sacrifice 90 Warships
    122 1 UP. Lcncon. July 27.—The 1 aval correspondent of the Sunday Times said today that th c British Nary* wll sacrifice rhct\ warships this year and in tests de-igned to determine the effects of varcus types of bombirg against ir dividual ard massed ships All
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    34 1 WASHINGTON. July 27.President Truman today sent to the United States Senate his nomination of Mr. James Forrest*], the naval Secretary, as Secretary for Defence und ihe new unification of th" United States armed forces.
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    Sharir Tells why war began
    441 1 Reuter. LONDON, July 28.—1n an exclusive interview with the British Bvuadcasting Corporation's New Delh: correspondent, Robert Stimson, Dr. Sharir. former Indonesian Premier, answered questions about Indonesia. First question: "What were the reasons for the breakdown in negotiations?' Answer: "When both parties were almost within sight
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    MUNICIPAL, GOVT. RENTS: NO INCREASE
    66 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Government and Municipal quarters will be exempt from the operation of the Rent < ntrol Bill, but not Govt. «:r Municipal workers in occupant n of other quarters*. "It is a matter for legal division," an official of the Singapore lmprovemen t
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    SIT Houses Only For The Public
    85 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) 1 learn that many Go •-ruou-nt •■.d Municipii 6. vants h i*w ap rhed for 6h« i\ j tmprovrment Trust ace-.m.M -Jation, under a possible misapprehension.chension. They are ro*. qualified i r accommodation ;n sit houses I understand the policy of
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    4,500 Illegal Jew Immigrants Near Marseilles
    105 1 Reuter. Marseilles. July 27. Three British ships returning; to Frarce with 4.500 Jewish UJe« eral immigrants intercepted by the Royal Navy when trying to reach Palestine were cruising tonight eff Port Dv Bouc, 31 miles west of Marseilles, awaitu g the signal—expected early tc
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    Falling Roof Kills 21 Children
    39 1 Sharanpur. United Provinces. July 27: —Twentyone pupils were killed and 40 injured wnen the roof of a primary school in a village near here collapsed suddenly today. The victims were all under 12 years.—
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    DUTCH DRIVE ON OILFIELDS
    202 1 With the Dutch Army on Palembang. July 26 (delayed).—The Dutch Army, striking swiftly in four columns, which moved up twisting Sumatran rivers, has captured the most economically important area In the Netherlands East Indies in just one week, states the first eyewitness account from Richard Applegate,
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    Gunmen Got Scared, Ran
    266 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Two bandits bravely Walked into a Chinese shop in North Bridge Road yesteiday afternoon. One of them brandished a revolver in front of the sole occupant in the shop. Hand over your money," they told him, and no nonsense." I Like most other
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    ROBBERS' $5,800 SUNDAY HAUL
    56 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter). A four-man gang robbers, two armed with revolvers, forced Into the house of an Indian mer chant in Arab Street yesterday afternoon and got away with cash $5,832 and two cheques. The gang was composed ot two Chinese, an Indian and Malay. Entry
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    Two Robberies At Changi
    61 1 Six men. two armed, robbed occuoants of an attap house off the 6 3 4 milestone Changi Road of $300 in cash and jewellery. las t night. Three-quarters of an hour later, two Chinese, one armed, ente-ed another, attap hut at th c 8 3 4
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    108 Arrested
    42 1 Amritsar. July 27.—Poice arrested 108 Sikhs under the Punjab Public Safety Act today as they came out of the Sikh Goldci: Temples here on their way to the banned Punjab Sikh con fcrence at Nankana Sahib. miles west Of Lahore.
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    38 2 Reuter. ATHENS. July 27. The Uniled Nations Balkans •enquiry sub-committee, which yesterday reported to the main commission at Lake Success that Albania. Yugoslavia and Bulgaria had for two months obstructed investigations in their territories, may shortly leave Greece.—Reuter.
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    Asiatic Seamen Welcome Govt. Recruiting Scheme
    165 2 (Tribune Staff Reporter). The Singapore Government's proposed scheme for the employment of Asiatic seamen in the Colony was warmly welcomed by the Committee of Registered Seamen's Unions this morning. The scheme provides for a central registry of seamen to which shipping companies and masters
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    NEW CANCER CURE FROM LAMB AND GOAT LIVERS
    278 3 U.P. T;llv 26.—An agent of Dr. Francesco discoverer of the AF2 Serum for which cures arc claimed, left Rome today es, carrying 500 units of the serum. I TMUio R /h' went Tv board the S.S. sail on h 300 i* will
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    Indian Sapper Gets Jail And Rotan
    167 3 I, rr .\n Indian aIWNC. irjian, was I* 1 "v, the District Vfi* p on a ultinC one Rokiah Kamuntint on f 6-30 a m.. with in- r ■'■< le r modesty. J q n t, Rokia'i. Zljj n labourer skated .;:'.,*.'ner husband Rru>
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    Siratheden Back On Pre-War Run
    198 3 Th nd ning ol th 23.'! r "Stratheden" las nd is th bsi the P O. pas aa- to mj a post-war toyaj as a normal fh* ■'Stratheden" was comV- of 1937 an-J Mi fcr Australia un her mal- r age m Christmas Eve thai
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    Italian Socialists Opposing The Government
    73 3 U.P. Rcme\ July 27—Italian Socialists announced that they will step up their opposition to the Government until it is overthrown and announced a foreign policy for the defrnce of Italy's interests "without political alliance with either the cast of the west." Concluding a three day
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    "Red Fleet Day" In The Soviet
    81 3 Reuter. Moscow. July 27.—Guns of the Rod Fleet today thundered out artillery salutes of 20 salvoes from 13 major ports in a tribute to "Red Fleet Day," in the Soviet Union. Roaring over ports as far apart as Leningrad and Port Arthur, the salvoes
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    Malaya's First Regulars: Full List Of Names
    526 3 The 115 new Malayan regulars who passed out from ihe locally-enlisted Personnel Training: Centre in Johore en Saturday were: SINGAPORE Choy Ah KcQOg 6, Seranguo:. Flat, Stoinar Roaai F. Calvaliho (611 Lorong 29. Gt, ang Road); R. Gallistan (14 East Coast Road>; P.
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    Tories Triumph In Mock Election
    90 3 At the monthly lunch meeting of the taint Andrews Old Boys" Association held last Saturday at Cecils Restaurant, the Conservative candidate. Dong Chui Seng, polled 35 votes to win the Mock Election organised by the General Committee. The Labour candidate Franc:Thomas, drew 25 votes, and
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    Lian Bin Seah Dinner
    95 3 A dinrer was held by Lian Bin Seah «n celebration of their eighth Anniversary on Saturday eveninvg when a large gather in" attended. Among tnose presont were representatives of 32 other benevolent Assoc»aEarlier in the evcr.Jng gold medals were preaentea to old members in appreciation Ol
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    SHARIR'S CHILDREN LEAVE BY BOAC
    57 3 Dr Oteoyo, Indonesian Secre-tary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs In Singapore, together with Dr. Sharir's two adopted children Ali and Muni, left Shigapore' yesterday by BOAC plane to join Dr. Sharir at New Delhi. Accompanying them, is L>r. Soebandrio, Indonesian Secre-tary-General of the Ministry
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    38 3 Reuter. SHANGHAI, July 27.—Shigonori Goto, former high Japanese gendarmerie official m Tsingtao, was sentenced to me imnnsonmertt hy a Cn»n?se rjojlitary court here yesterday for numerous atrocities and murders committed on Chines Murders committed on Chinese underground workers.—Reuter.
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    Fear Of Democracy
    624 4 While it is obvious that the new Malayan Constitution is democratic neither in its contents nor in the manner in which it was conceived, we are nevertheless offered consolation with the assurance that this imperfect document can in time be made to conform to a democratic way
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    COUNTRIES AWAIT MALAYAN GOODS
    502 4 Malaya was prominently represented at the recent British Industries Fair when trade indicate that thirty-five Mere than twice as many overseas business men as in he year before the war ome 16.000 in all visited he British Industries Fair: md the total attendance /as half as
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    A Tourist's Tribulations AlOUriSl S I nOUMIMD
    292 4 LetterT To The Editoi* The People's Postbag SIR.-Whiie the authority in Singapore have assured the comfort 01 trishaw users by compelling every trishaw seat to be properly upholstered before a licence Sat n for b" riders I had the misfortune lately to travel
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    \X/ar JdVd YVdr
    213 4 SIR—It is with much regret I read about the fighting in Java and the behaviour of the Dutch in starting War without notice. It reminds me of the brutal Japs when they attacked South East Asia in late 1941. I think there is no difference between them.
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    249 4 fa Allegation o SIR. -Will you be good enough to publish this letter in your paper at the earliest convenience, THE LAW AND THE POLICE. Aa to British law and justice no same person in this world dare t0 question, m regard to Its enforcement upon strict observance on rich
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    . . N.eW Hole In Ihe n r UlSe
    149 4 N.eW Hole In Ihe n r UlSe SlR—Prices of certain essential commodities have been increased within the last few weeks, and now a further hole is punched in our purse by the latest increase in house rent, Most, If not all, high-cost-of-living allowances were granted under the term "Temporary H.C.L.
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    nequa itV Of Wages 1 7 6
    133 4 Sir.-Though the public serviees are financed largely by money f*?** fr m S2 that Government workers do not receive a fair share of it. Tho P° orlv P ald worker can barely subsist on their wages. despite cost of living allowances. Many of
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    THIS CONSTABLE CAN'T RESIGN
    162 4 Mr. Herbert Sellars, a 36-year-old farmer of Faldingworth, England, is the victim of a 300-year-old Act of Parliament. He can't resign from his unpaid job as constable of the village. As constable he is legally responsible for cleaning the village drains. Though he has the power
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    Unmarried Mothers
    114 4 "In spite of contraceptive controls," says the Registrar-Gener-al of Britain," there i s a strong impression that a large proportion of our children continue to arrive other than at the deliberate intention of their parents." According to the vital statistics published by him nearly 30 per cent, of
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    Drunks Are Lucky —Sometimes
    116 4 A novel excuse for being drunk has been provided by a team of Soviet research workers in Leningrad. It was discovered that victims of street accidents who were brought to hospital drunk recovered from their injuries sooner than those who were sober. Somewhat baffled by this
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    Japs Imprisoned The Sarawak Rice Spirit
    297 4 A new variety of war crime has come to light in Sarawak, occording to a "third leader in the Manchester Guardian. "Not since article 24b of the Treaty o: Versailles demanded that Germany should hand over the skull of the Sultan Mkwawa which was
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    Steel Industry For Ceylon
    95 4 Seven thousand &w tons of steel-joints, v-reflSJ nails, fish plates and r£m spikes will be among the offl things to be turned out jrfl 111 million rupee stcel-p'iSM be built by the Ceylon M ment. The State Council sanctioned money for thepj chase of th e
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    Leprosy Menac In Burma
    117 4 Lepers Will in course form the majority of tfl *Jß lat-on in Burma, unless mm taken to combat the d^ -s trie opinion of the wm Leprosy Officer in Burma- m At the moment there aJB leper in every hundred »>■ j population in Burma. d
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    Air-Conditioning For Leonardo
    109 4 How long can the P a jV| the Great Masters ocr for posterity? The ttf&U ings, like most oU»« this earth, are not e» .-sj A special coming t perts was recently the Italian Government i the best memns toM Leonardo de "Last Supper- frem tl t:
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    3 EXPLOSIONS ROCK HAIFA
    72 5 i« i 26 —Three ex- 1 h tfa t might after j- were rea d a 3 n )wn up a ra'lported j Haifa and *i QQ I ca Ige ai Benya- q€ WSa burnn petrol bla* believed Jewisi i t<- .i::i ■tf b ,wn up.
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    BOOK EXHIBITION
    12 5 rhnosards books Bri- be or. display 1 leld to Memo-
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    First Palembang Refugees Here
    323 5 KasaeSte* R-ports- sank a _;-v, nmniuI** cceding up some miles r th« outse: f«_ .v- Klang Saturday that ne L\ l b r Passengers T 7da r =poke 3f hi learned I lute. nbed a native **y t r .-::*< claimM i n id Chm that
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    MOVE TO BOYCOTT DUTCH IN S’PORE
    607 5 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Against a background of conflicting reports fromthe Indonesian battle-fronts, political associations in Singapore met yesterday and decided to organize a systematic and effective boycott against all Dutch activi ties here, including shipping. The meeting, which elected a committee to be known
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    Plain "Delhi" Is Good Enough
    64 5 Reuter. NEW YORK. July 26.— rtesanta Koomar Roy. the Indian author, suggested in a letter to Dr. Rajendra Prasad, chairman.of the Indian constituent assembly, that the name of New Delhi be changed to Delhi. The letter declared: "The word 'new is an English word and
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    Martha Truman's Funeral Today
    46 5 GRAND VTEW. Mo. July 27. —It was announced that the private funeral services for Mrs. Martha Trumar. mother of the President, who died this morning, will be held at 3 p.m. on Monday in the small cottage that harj been her home.
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    RED CROSS AID FROM MALAYA
    285 5 Consequent upon the arrangements already announced which j have been made by H.M-G. in the United Kingdom with the Netherlands Government for the delivery by air of medical supplies to the Indonesian Red Cross authorities, the two Malayan Governments have been urgently considering that an
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    14 FINED ON TOBACCO CHARGES
    208 5 As a result of a round up by the Singapore Customs, fourteen Persons, among whom wenthree Chinese women and a European seaman, were fined in all $2,317.25 cts. by thp Third Magistrate, on Saturday, for possessing dutiable tobacco 011 Friday. The leason for the round-up.
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    Bandits kidnap Siamese officer
    62 5 ALOR STAR. Sat._A bandit gang of six armed Chinese carrying machire gurs anj pistols attacked a jeep party 0 f 3 Chirese merchants and 2 Siamese Immigration Officers from Sadao. Siam. 'a- KedahS am bourcarv on Wednesday. While ore of the Immigration officers who wai dnving
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    PRIZE IS FOOD— 40.000 CALORIES
    40 5 BERLJN. July 26.—American and British military governments wil! give pr:«es o: 40.000 calories— a normal month's food supply—to the high production miners as an incentive for increasing the Ruhr coal >utput. it was announced today.
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    Vietnamese Claim Big French Casualties
    208 5 Reuter. SAIGON July 27.—Vietrani military rourc-'s Claimed that French casualties durirg the past six months' fighting in Ir do-China totalled 38.000 The first official Vietnamese review of the -gains and losses" —published in the Organ of Resistance committee of Cochin Chmr. said: "In the last
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    SHAW SAYS "PSHAW" TO BIRTHDAY
    71 5 U.P. LONDON. July 26. George Berrard Shaw today took his 91st birthday ir> his stride. H2 issued orders to his staff at home in his sleepy Hertfordshire village to consider the day "just an ordinary day." They did and Shaw went about his usual daily
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    Another S’pore Taxi Snatch
    300 5 'Tribune Staff Reporter). Sir gapore crimes? gang of "taxi robbers robbed another taxi criver of his veh cle on right The sam? gang I ir believed to have been mvolvled in the other tax robbery which occurred last week in Singapore. Tlie gang, which u>ed to
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    New Protest Against Ban On API
    362 5 (From Our Own Reporter) MALACCA. July 26.—Mr. M.H.A. Rahman, Secretary of the Malay Nationalist Party in Malacca issuing a statement on the recent outlawing of the Ang katan Pemuda Insaf (API) by H.E. the Governor of the Malayan Union, declared:— "The action of the
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    Ipoh Boys To Leave For HK
    128 5 IPOH. «July 27 —Three- local boys, formerly of the AngloChinese School will be leavin? for Singapore on August 2, e;i route for Hong Koruj to further their studies. The students are Mr. Ng Ok Loon. Mr. Loke Kok Wan and Mr. Poo Yin Chee.
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    Rubber Falls On Java War News
    329 6 (Tribune Market Corr.) The market has experenced another week of wild fluctuations and considerable activity. The war in Java which, at first caused the market to rise appears to have quickly had the opposite effect when It was learned that Calrly large quantities of
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    Bomb Attacks In Calcutta
    89 6 Reuter. Calcutta. July 27.—Four bomb attacks were among eleven communal incidents*' in which two people were killed and three injured in Calcutta yesterday. One death occurred when a "serious bomb and acid attack"' was made on a bus. The police chased the miscreants carrying arms and
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    Spectacular Price Rises Registered In N.E.I. Commodities
    994 6 PRODUCE MARKETS ROUND-UP (Tribune Market Correspondent) As was to be expected, with the Dutch-Indonesian war breaking out in Java, sotr«e spectacular price rises in essential N.E.I, commodities were recorded in the produce market last week where trading conditions hitherto had been dull and
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    BUKIT MERTAJAM HIGH SCHOOL OBA
    82 6 (Tribune Staff Reporter) J O.d Boys of the Bnk.it Mertajam High School, resident in Singapore, held an informal meeting at Labra- dor with a view to reviving the Old Boys' Association (Singapore Branch). Mr. S. Palaniandy was elected I convenor and the next general meeting
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    HEDGE AGAINST CONTINUED INFLATION
    922 6 Markets Gossip (Tribu ric Fin crucial Corr.t Our recent advice to investors and readers has been, as you know, quietly to pick up good cheap producers of tin jar.d rubber *hare<; asiecfaUy and lock them away for th; 4 future. The events in Indonesia which have
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    39 6 Reuter. KARACHI, July 26.—untitled r workers here decided .oday to break away from the Ccmmur.ist Party of India ana form a separate rjarty for th" Sind and the neigi^ouruis'province of Baluchistan which recenflv decided to loin Pakistan (Moslem state).—Reuter.
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    INTEREST CENTRES IN TINS AND INDUSTRIALS
    480 6 Unfortunately for tho producer, rubber does not appear to be one of those commodities of which the world stands SO drastically in ne*d. That further large shiolentr. of rubber from ihe Netherlands East Indies will be forthcoming before the end of the year seems
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    Broadcasts To Australia
    56 6 Reuter. Jogjakarta, „uly .Messages u> Aus»taliia Jfl dents and profcs;or>. At 1 can and f alu m WshojsM Tasmania and t»Christian coomr.tulnitj s-*l Australia thanking uk-h aid in ■ttttpting to Mopjfl war in Ind \>mM eas; tonii;h; ever JorjataH Several perMHUI from Indonesian huslandoH Australian ?4irN in
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    Boxing Visitors Win Well Within Distance
    444 7 Making his debut at the New World Arena last night, the Australian welterweight, Leo Heaney (143 3/4 lb.) defeated Battling Sima (138 lb.) this time by a t.k.o. after five rounds of their scheduled 10-threes. In their first encounter in Perth, Heaney won pn
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    YOGARAJAH PASSES 1,000 RUN MARK
    303 7 Yogarajah passed his 1.000 runs for the season yesterday when he scored 40 in the CSCSCRC cricket match on Hong Lim Green, where the Ceylonese won by 6 wickets and 10 run?. The Chinese scored 177 runs, for nine wickets. Ong Chwee Bee and Wee
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    County Cricket Averages
    106 7 Reuter. LONDON, July 26.—The first six n first-class County Cricket averages are: BATTING Ins. N.O. Rs. Aye. W. J. Edrich 26 5 2315 110.23 Dennis Compton 30 4 2041 78.50 L. Ames 27 6 1542 73.42 M. P. Donnelly 25 6 1344 70.73 W. Place 25 3
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    Badminton Championship Results
    89 7 Five ties »n ihe second round of the Singapore Junior Badminton Championship were played off on Saturday at the Clerical Union Hall. RESULTS: Men Singles: Osman bin Ahmad (Eclipse i beat- Chu Poh Koon (Jacaues) 15-3. 5-2; Wee S"'n Con t AAUI beat Lam Joon Shu (Marigold)
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    PENANG CHINESE TO PLAY CRICKET HERE
    47 7 Confirmation ha=; ju.~t been received from Penang cf the v sit during the August Bank holidays of the Prnarg Chinese Recreation Club Crickei XI who ?:ill piny a three-Cay match against the S.CR.C. on Hong L m Green, starting Aug. 2.
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    KEEN RIVALRY EXPECTED IN TRIANGULAR MEET
    296 7 Keen rivalry among Singapore's best athletes will be witnessed on the Padang on Wednesday when the Singapore Chinese Amateur Athletic Federation, the Royal Air Force (Changi. Seletar and Tengah), and the Others (S.R.C, LA., Police, V.M.M.A., S.C.C. and S.C.) participate in the Triangular Meet
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    S.C.A.A.F. INVITES 3 BASKETBALL TEAMS HERE
    109 7 (Tribune Staff Reporter). The Singapore Chinese Amateur Atheletic Federation decided at a meeting held yesterday to invite the Chinese basketball team sponsored by the Hongkong YMCA, the Soo Keng Manila Chinese basketball team, and the All-Star Filipino basketball team to play in Singapore. The
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    SEMBAWANG B.P. WIN
    84 7 In a game of badminton the Sembawang B.P. beat the Naval Hospital B.P. by 4 games to 3. RESULTS (Sembawang players mentioned first): SINGLES:—AbduI Aziz beat Thamba Pillai 15—«; 16—9; Ali beat Da«s 15 —3, 15—7; Khahiff beat •Balan 15 —12, 15—9; Kartar Singh beat Tai Pit
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    SOCCER WIN FOR JOYFUL JUNIORS.
    39 7 The Joyful Juniors beat the CYMA (Church of the Nativity) in a game of soccer by an only goal played at the latter's ground on scored by Wtfh Kee in the flrsv half Tuesday.
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    Louts Not 'Interested' In European Tour
    211 7 NEW YORK, July 25.—Commenting on the offer for heavyweight champion Joe Louis to defend his title in September at Stockholm. John Roxborough and Marshall Miles, co-managers for Louis, said today, "A ohamnion never makes his title defense outside the United States. Their statement was
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    GENERAL HQ FOOTBALL LEAGUE
    72 7 At a special meeting to discuss the admission of 14 teams into the General Headquarters Football League, Singapore, the following teams have been approved: 1, 2 and 3 Company GHQ Signal Regiment; 69 E M Platoon; Adjutant General's Branch, Camp Commandants Branch; General Branch Staff Message
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    HAPPY YOUNGSTERS SOCCER
    31 7 The Happy Youngsters, a nowly formed team of Indian players, met the Hospital Youngsters at soccer at the Indonesian ground and defeated them by one goal to nil.
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    ROBERTSON IN FINE FETTLE
    207 7 Reuter. LONDON. July 26. —J. D. Robertson who would have played in the Toot match against South Afr.ca today had Hutton been unfit, showed 'arillianJt form in 6cor!inir 118 for Middlesex against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge. His form did much to compensate for the absence on
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    FLASHY SEBASTIAN TO FIGHT ROBINSON
    71 7 U.P. New York, July 27.—Ray "Sugar Kobin&t r), the world tweight champion, and Flashy Sebastian of Manila—well-known to Singapore fight fan?—signed for a 10-round non-title bout to be the feature of the American Legion fight card at Madison Square Garden on August 29. The 20th
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    SRC Bowler Takes His Hundredth Wicket
    424 7 A rousing cheer greeted the S.R.C. left-arm bowler, Carl Schubert, who took his hundredth wicket this season with the first ball of the innings yesterday when the Recs scored a narrow victory by 13 runs over the S.C.C. in I match which ended in
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    SHAMROCKS TABLE TENNIS
    47 7 The following will represent the Shamrocks at Tai le Tennis against the CYMA Sacred Heait Church, Tank Road, tomorrow at 6.15 p.m. S. K. Thomas. Chundcr Das. S. A. Mugam. Suadarshan Naidu. Sambassivam, M. Narainsamy, Jacob Pierre. Reserve;: P Sui ramaniam and Si vara.
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    MERRILADS SOCCER
    66 7 The Mernlads Soccer IX Will meet the SCC at soccer on Wednesday ;it the Padang at 5 p.m. The following will represent the Merrilads:— Chim Yeai. Kirn Liang. Yew Tim, Teck Seng. Hock Guan. Enp Kiat, Yew Long, Cheow Hin. Chianp Bock. Keng Leaf, Charlie Tay. Soon San.
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    SCSA Sports Convenors
    122 7 The following have been appointed Convenors in respect or {ho various 001*8 activities of the Singapore Civd Service Association B^c.mmton: Mr. Liang Chuan. C o The Treasury. Table Tennis:— Mr Quefc Song Quee, C o Audit Dept, Maxwell Road. Tenr.is.— Mr. Sect Tion?, Geok, Co Medical Dept.,
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    WAR CONTRACTS PLUS $60,000 ENTERTAINMENT
    476 8 U.P. Washington, July New York and Hollywood lovelies who went along on parties given on connection with millionaire playboy Howard Hughes' war contracts were reimbursed at the rate of $50 to $100 per evening. Their names, phone number and fees were itemized in evidence collected
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    FREE GERMAN COMMITTEE'S SECRET AGENTS GET BUSY
    448 8 Infiltration Tactics Revealed By SS Men U.P. DARMSTADT, July 27.—Secret agents of the Moscow-directed free German committee, organized in Russia during the war by the German General Friedrich von Paulus, have infiltrated the American zone s largest internment camp for Nazis with orders
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    51 8 Stockholm. July 26.—The In d an pair. Iftikhar Ahmed and Ghaus Mohammed were beaten in the men's doubles final of the lawn tennis tournament at Bastaad today by the Swedish Davis cup pair. Lennart Bergelin and Torsten Johnansson who won. 6—4. 5 -7. 3—6. 6—l. 6—2. King Gustaf watched the
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    Singapore Athletic Team Championships On Aug. 9
    343 8 The Singapore Representative Athletic Team Championships which are to take place on the Police Training School Sports Ground. Thomson Road on August 9 may well be said to be the climax of Singapore Athletics for this season. The Championsh'p is for tho Challenge
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    SCC BEAT RAF
    98 8 The SCC defeated the RAF (Seletar) by 6 wickets at cricket yesterday on the SCC ground. Batting first, the RAF scored 181, Northway topscoring with 55, Others to enter double figures were Wilson 25, Watts not out 23, Spencer 18 and Homer 14—"Mr. Extras" 21. Busbridge took
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    Penang Shock Sing Tao
    100 8 'From Our Own correspondentt Penang. Sunday. -The Penang State Team shocked the Sng Tao tourists yesterady by ing them by three goals to nil here today. Although Penang dominated the game for the most party, they missed three penalties which attested to the brilliant goalkeeplng of
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    Umpires' Decision Leads To New Test Controversy
    219 8 Reuter. LEEDS, July 27.—0n the initiative of the South African captain, Alan Melville, the ruling by Test match umpires Frank Chester and J. Hills which prevented the use of pace bowlers by both England and South Africa at different stages of the game
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    S’pore 'Pioneers,’ to go fun hunting, will travel 200 miles
    312 8  -  (By Helen Meyer) (Tribune Staff Reporter) The ••Pioneers'"—a happy group of Singapore's teenagers—will be leavhiff for Port Dickson on August 18. where they will have fun and frolic for ten days. Girls of all nationalities, from 13 years and above,
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      90 8 TODAY'S 1 WEATHER REPORT i Long Bright Periods Singapore weather forecast for 24 hours, from noon today, compiled by the R.A.F. Central Forecasting Station. Air Command, Far East. Long bright periods with isolated showers late afternoon. Fine tonight and In the morning. Wind south easterly from 5 to 10 mies
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