Malaya Tribune, 21 August 1947

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    55 1 The Malaya Tribune L TH E PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER >ow printed simultaneously in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh Penang. 'Phone 5811 (Three Lines) 55rr worn SINGAPORE THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1947 TEN CENTS The Malaya Tribune London Agents: Messrs. Colin Turner Ltd.. Talbot House, i>B, St. Martin's Lane
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    Britain Halts Sterling-$ Convertibility
    18 1 Britain Halts Sterling-$ Con vertibility 20—The Chancellor of the Exchen announced tonight that there ispension of convertibility, a>
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    Dalton..." Goodbye Otherwise To Multilateral Trade"
    735 1 UP, and Reuter. Britain will no longer have the auto ng< sterling into dollars." present strain on sterling is congoodbye to the hopes ol multilateral n will undoubtedly cause disturbance area, but it is unavoidable I j ncntuoug city < after a jho h
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    U.S. Economic Chief Rushes To London
    187 1 II I talkI' •d iy when Mr. I ...US. U.\ F-' :r i i ndi n from P"• plight with r »1 tht 3' ard ol Trade. I Ci.t"."._r. > 'lying vis I pnas( i i com— tween Downing X n where Eudy and
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    Britain Not Asking For A nother Loan
    92 1 Reuter. Bi i in 5i Inglo-United re has nai loan :bn w. U.S. Brifcsl al of prn» C( W :i press con--1•• Britai n was going I i carry c-n when the loan expired Mr. firryder said Bj-itain nrght be able to get
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    ARMY SACKS 2,200 CIVILIAN WORKERS
    175 1 Drastic Retrenchment Programme underway (Tnbune Staff Reporter) Ths retrenchment axe has fallen heavily among civilians employed by military circles in Singapore. In one of th? biggest departments employing civilian labour, the Base Ordnance Depot. 2.200 civilian employees have left in recent weeks or will be
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    Margaret 17 Today
    73 1 London. Aug. 20 Princess Margaret Rose, youngest member of the British Royal Family, will celebrate her seventeenth birthday tomorrow, the anniversary which is officially regarded as •'coming out" age. Gifts and congratulatory messages for the future queen's "little sister' have been received from all corners of the
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    He designed royal wedding gown
    54 1 U.P. j London. Aug. 20. Norman Hartnell. who designed Princess I Elizabeth's wedding gown, an- nounced today that he had been awarded the j award for distinguished service in the field of fashion and would leave for Dallas on Aug. 26 for the presentation or:
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    MORRISON: CRISIS GETTING GRAVER
    388 1 Reuter. London, Aug. 20—A conference of members of the British cabinet began in Downing Street early this evening as indications accumulated of a new state in the dollar talks with the United States. The Lord President of the j Council. Mr. Herbert Morrison, had earlier broken
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    Twice Cheats Death
    73 1 Reuter. LONDON. Autr. 20.—An Ilford steeplejack hud two escape* from death when he fell 50 feet from a chimney stack at Ward and Sons Bre- wery near Dudbury. Essex, and was still conscious when some of the staff j rushed to his assistance. He fell into a
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    UK July exports highest ever
    224 1 Reuter. LONDON. A.Ug. 20. Mr Herbert Morrison, who is acting as Prime Minister -luring Mr Clement Attlee's holiday, told a press conference today that Britain s July exports reached th< hjghest value ever recorded Unemployment was at its lowest in peacetime since reliable statistics began,
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    400 BODIES RECOVERED
    60 1 U.P. Madrid. Aug. 20. The news agency, £Mrfa. quoting authorized semi-official sources, said today that more than 400 bodies had been recovered in the Cadiz explosion. Cifra said that the death toll will rise to 1.000. on the basis of the number of bodies recovered. The agency
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    New Zealand Learning From S'pore Talks
    177 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter' The Government of New Zealand is interested in the discussions on social welfare problems which are being held at the international Social Welfare Conference in Singapore. It has sent an observer to the Conference—Mr. W r Parsonage who told me yesterday
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    'BLOW TO UNO PRESTIGE'
    61 1 Reuter. Lake Success. New York, Aug. 20.—Mr. Trygve Lie, Secretary General of the United Nations, said today he considered the Russian veto which yesterday prevented the Secretary Council' taking action in the Balkans problem had affected United Nations prestige. He added, however, that the thought the
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    Simple English
    47 1 Mr. R. B. Heasman. Income Tarn expert, said, in his notoS on tht clauses of the draft Income Tax Bill:--"7 was enjoined during my informal talks to make the draft Bill simple and not difficult to understand. Simplicity and intelligibility are undoubtedly most desirable objective*
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    How's This?
    123 1 In the draft BUI, the following occurs: 94, fit Thr inconu of a married woman living with her husband shall, for the purposes of this Ordinaw f be deemed to hi the income of the husband, and shall be charged in the. name of thi husband and not
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    CHINESE AIR LINE OPENING UP HERE
    139 1 Tribune Staff Reporten The Chinese National Aviation Corporation China's largest single airline-may use Singapore for their proposed South Seas air service from Shanghai to Batavia. It will be the first Chinese Gov-ernment-controlled airline to run on this route. Agents of the CNAC have already
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    Fatally Burnt
    50 1 'Tribune Staff Reporter* Soranba. an Indian woman, 22. living in Seletar was cooking rice, for the mid-day meal yesterday when her clothes caught fire as a icsult of which she suffered intensive burns all over her body. She was rushed to hcspital where she vied soon after admission.
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    28 1 U.P. BERLIN. Aug. 20. —The Britishlicensed Telecraf, today reported ma*fc t vacuations of former Sachsenhausen concentration camp, near Oranifburc, now used by the Russians as an internment camp.—U.P.
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    Nutrition, Juvenile Delinquency Surveys At Welfare Confab
    276 2 Social savveys and juvenile delinquency were two subjects dealt with at yesterday's sessions of the international Social Welfare Conference. It was announced yesterday that weather conditions and air transport difficulties had finally rendered impossible the attendance of the Burma delegation. The value of
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    T.C.M untitled Examination
    79 2 The fOIIOVjM were successful College oi Music t nation, Jun« 1947. JUN 10 j JUNIOR: Helen Chrr. pommpo.KohSeov T ft Lee, Itonan Limp tia. Reo :n;i Ma lUda Pear i SJSi Mams, Mar, Bride PREPARATORY Hock, Mary Chi, Mm. Bet lv Cha: Lian, Gloi', Ec i£* Noeline
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      131 2 ASTHMA RELIEF NOW THOUSANDS OF GRATEFUL LETTERS from former sufferer* testify co the great relief given bj Dr. Hair's Asthma Cure. A RENOWNED ASTHMA SPECIALIST has said: "I have not aceo one who, if there ate no complications, no matter how long the duration of the Asthma, could not be
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    Eurasian Planter Gets Decree Nisi: Petition Against Wife Uncontested
    270 3 v Anderson, a young Eurasian planter, ee nisi by the Chief Justice, Mr. !i>ieiy, at the Singapore High Court he petitioned the court for a dissoluwith nis wife, Daisy Jean Anderson, her adultery with Ernest Shea res. on [1: y The
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    "Burra Khana" By Burma H.Q.
    242 3 v•• observer) B LSI 4 Hurra Khana A iio B inns Command j pa** to »w j OO and of over iir chee and >v? 0 several tons j Indian Army •er« ssu< hout Bur. troops --J-/. t] por hal diy gjg to o?'* Pl
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    No Fatal Accidents
    87 3 m Ou. Own Reporter) rhere r< rr during Ju I ace rdlng to the static ltd bj the Police, There I ■w r. all M accidents in Pera:c. In eight accidents in Ipoh, si* r -ci twc children were j 111 4. Five of the accidents i
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    Warning Shot Halts Gunman
    162 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) A couple of warning shots fired in the air by a Chinese detective after a fleeing Indonesian brought the fugitive to a halt, at 8 o'clock, Tuesday night, in Lorong 14, Geylang. The shots made a man living in the vicinity think it
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    ROTARY CHIEF DUE HERE OCT. 21
    31 3 The President of the Rotary International, Mr Ken Guernsey, is expected here on Oct. L'O Mr. Guernsey will address Singapore Rotarians on Tuesday Oct. 21.
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    Burmese Samaritan Rewarded For Aid To Allied PoWs
    394 3 (By a Militar- Observer! For the succour he gave at great risk of exposure to *ix Ailied Prisoners oi War whil 1 he blraseli was in hiding from the dreaded Kentpetaj during the Japanese retreat from Rangoon in April 1-J4a, Ko Ma
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    FATAL TRAFFIC ACCIDENT
    125 3 The Singapore Coroner Mr. W G. Porter. adjourned the mquiry on Rengasamy Indian watchman, yesterday, until Aug. 28 for further investigations Rengasamy was knocked down hv a Singapore Traction Company omnibus, driven by Retnam. on Aug. 12, at the junction of Aljuneid Road and Geylang Hoad. As
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    FUNERAL OF DR. S. V. MURTHY
    83 3 BUKIT MERTAJAM, Aug. 19 The funeral of the late Dr. S. I V. Murthy,, which took place at J 4 p.m. y today, was attended by q large gathering of relatives and friends. Dr. Murthy, who was Medi- cal Officer attached to the Bukit
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      634 3 LINOTYPE Printing Machine in excellent working condition. Model K. delivery approximately six weeks. Box No. 1027, M. Tribhne. Spore. FOR QUICK SALE Morn* tt oaioon 4 doors model 1940 new tyres. Tax Insurance paid. Tip-top condition what offers. Fiat Marvelette saloon, engine rebored new pistons and rings, new tyres. Tax
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    Men Of The Right Calibre!
    541 4 One ol the most biiniifi cant passages in the report of Mr. R. B. Heasman on in-come-tax i s that relating to the creation of the necessary establishment. Airily waving aside the objections and criticisms, he visualises the main difficulty as that or recruitment of
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    JINNAH's BLOODLESS CONQUEST
    819 4  -  Muslims are rejoicing over the birth of Pakistan and wonder if Jinnah's ambitions contemplate even further developments. By N. Mamat At long last India has her freedom and instead of one united .state of Hindus and Muslims, two separate states have been set up--the Dominion of India
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    The People's Postbag Indonesia
    688 4 LetierT To "The £dilo? Sir —Pro aiid con discussions on the Indonesian issue can bv now mjke up a fairly large-sized volume. In the writer's opinion tiie Indonesians undoubtedly deserve independence after being under foreign yoke for about *>50 years but. the big question is Can
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    Elections Apathy
    187 4 Sir.—l was interested when I read in the newspapers that the M.D.U. protests agaimt that part, of the Trade Union Ordinance which disallows the collection of funds for political purposes. Let us not pretend that the Trades Unions are not eventually going to be a political weapon for
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    High Living And Dreaming
    267 4 o Sir, —The headlines in your Sunday Tribune of 10-8-47 "Wage-earning majority to-day ape the ways of the luxury-living minority, says R. B. Ooi" shoula not be passed unchallenged. As a contributor who is presumably paid for his article, his statement "In prewar days wage-earners were
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    Indonesia
    252 4 Sir,—It was stated some time ago by a correspondent in your Peoples column tnat hospitals, clinics, schools, etc., were built and the Indonesians have had the benefit, during Dutch rule, of law and order for the last 200 years. We do not deny the great work the Dutch have
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    STRANGE AS IT SEEMS
    7 4  -  5 ERNEST HIX
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    PARADISE FOR MOTHERS
    461 4 Social welfare experts from all over Britain have been amazed at the results achieved at the Brentwoo- i Recuperative Centre, which has been described as a "Paradise for Mothers." Situated at Mai pie. Cheshire, Brentwood is a large house in a pleasant garden in the foot-hills of
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    ALL-MALAYA PUBLIC CONDEMNS INCOME TAX PROPOSALS
    2106 5 "NATIONAL CATASTROPHE, UNFAIR, INOPPORTUNE" vutJSSknvYPZSF*^ 10 TO THE INCOME TAX £Y,w° SALS IS ONE OUTRIGHT CONDEMNA j lON. From Tribune reporters and correspondents in Singapore and throughout up-country, reports have come in to show that the average man-in-the-street is strongly opposed to the imposition
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    TAX A BULL POINT FOR TINS AND RUBBERS?
    106 5 i <Tribune Staff Reporter) L Bttstneas circles in Siniju- pore yesterday paid particular attention to the passage in the Heasman report tchich referred to "the •Übmtmntial export duties'' paid by tin and rubber white 4 he merchants and professional classes suffer no
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    'National Catastrophe'
    267 5 IFrcm Our Own Reporter) KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 20. Business circles in the Union capital received the Heasman Report recommending Income Tax for the Malayan Union und Singapore as a "national catastrophe*' that may slow down the pace of rehabilitation by robbing the capital of its incentive. Business circles
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    "Left Wondering"
    427 5 PENANG. Aug. 20. The following are Penang views on the Heasman Income Tax report: Mr. H. E. Nixon, Penang Chamber of Commerce representative on the Settlement Advisory Council, said: "We are left wondering whether Mr. Heasman was not sent out by the Colonial Office to apply his skill
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    Retrograde Step
    234 5 IPOH, Aug. 20 Dissatislaction is the keynote of local opinion regarding the introduction of Income Tax in Malaya. Chinese circles generally feel that its enforcement is a retrograde step to the country's economic system, especially in view of the meagre rehabilitation of Malaya's major industries, tin and rubber.
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      342 5 GREATEST ARTISTS f,NE ST RECORDING The Official Retail Prices of Records are as Follows:Label Colour PRICES and n mo Singapore Malayan Size. PlCflX Group Penan* Union I 10" Magenta, BD, GV, MH, MO, NE $2.15 $2.55 10" Plum, B, EQ, JO, N. RAF 2.75 3.25 10" Red Black, DA, E,
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    "The World Owes A Very Great Debt To S.E. Asia"
    569 6 Sir Raphael Ctlento Speaks About the Mission of UN 'In South-East Asia <with Singapore as a centre) between Ihe boundaries of India and CH-na. the Philippines and Indonesia lives half the population of the whole world. In th'.s great, area
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    The Philosophy Of Buddhism
    93 6 Speaking to Singapore Rotarians yesterday, the Venerable Lokaiiadha, visiting Italian Buddhist monk, dwelt at length on the philosophy and working of iho religion in the daily lif? of adherents to Buddhism. The five precepts of the Buddhists are: abstinence torn killng: abstinence from stealing, abstinence from
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    Share Markets
    52 6 The Malayan Sharebrokers' Association report: The income tax proposals as yet have had no material effect on the share markets as the proposals are being studied by operators, speculators and investors, which accounted lor the quiet conditions in the market yesterday and the disinclination to deal. There were
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    SOCIAL WELFARE DELEGATES ENTERTAINED
    228 6 I The Havelock Road Children's Centre presented a cay and pleasing scene on Tuesday when Mr. T. P. F. McNeice. Secretary for Social Welfare, and Mrs. McNeice held a tea-party i n honour of the delegates who have arrived for the S. E. Asia Social Welfare
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    40 6 Reuter. HONGKONG, Aug. 19.—Lenders of tht» Chinese Knrlne««nt instant.. rep resent ini? 7,000 work."» who haw. been on rtrikf hrre t'.ior days Were to mt«i<t dockyard ;ind ..I her employers loiuoirow with a view U i ndira? the stoppairo.—Rem it
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    Serviceman Pleads Guilty To Dud Cheque Charge
    173 6 Slim and fair-haired Philip Mannion, aged 27, a British serviceman, of the; 44 Military Hospital. Alexandra Road, stood in the dock of the Second Police Court yesterday, charged with attempting to cheat the director of John Little's. The charge stated that Mannion attempted
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    Goldsmith's Wife Tells Of untitled By Armed Robbers
    366 6 (Tribune Staff Reporter). ♦During the last few days one particular Chinese four-man-four-gun gang has apparently pulled onseveral robberies in the town area. The same gang is believed to have raided the ground floor of a three-storied house in Club Street yesterday morning
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    Rubber Quiet But Firmer
    182 6 (Tnbune Market Corr. I The rubber price yesterday registered a gam of approximately nan a cent over Tuesday's close. There was little reaction to the nse in the New York and London market on Tuesday and the local market opened at 29 cents yesterday morning with
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    LOTTERY TICKETS LOST
    38 6 An Indian of a military camp in Nee Soon has made a report to the Singapore police that he has lost nine Indian lottery tickets. He has aiso supplied the numbers ot all tne tickets.
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    ANOTHER DUD CHEQUE OPERATOR
    75 6 individu; 1 Union and S:i. 2 r mg -dud" Chines orcratta L It 1 ms Chil »es< and the SS" rn fc on I 1hech-.;.:..M a> b; nk. however I ca;. and I longed to; b, :ssued t u L I e.T who EVraJc. Cheques 235*01
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    SATA COUNCIL untitled
    14 6 pore TabU- T.,, K he hoi tomono-A u < tin- YMf H
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    Haikowyu Win 3-0
    76 7 or xi defeated Ha::-- V;iV( sport. Club ft** f%esterdai al Victoria Q ho ol *rou» rarlv in the V* m ul!wJii ooened accounts •n W averted a penalty, rhvp l-;* Jr threatened danger f s-'-'' r V occasions but or. i DUnß Vcoal wss a difficult psn
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    YWCA GROUP MEETINGS
    54 7 «rv>nAV YWC.A Fortnightly VtV- ig sn.m. at 11 Le? *?£a iPoad Musical Procram\fi M R. Att- if .i' m School ot Al members and V W C.A. Dres---•mm c'asse at 8 Fort Can/W- l" a m nnd 5 "«PT 2 W.T A Keep FM r ortyr"" i
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    K.L. May Soon Have Greyhound Racing In Sports Stadium
    251 7 (Frorr our own Reporter) KUALA LUMPUR, Au<?. 20.—A proposal to establish a Sports Stadium in Kuala Lumpur where greyhound racing could also be run on similar lines to that in the United Kingdom and Australia, was discussed at today's Town Board
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    SIX NEWCOMERS GIVEN STARTING PRACTICE IN KL
    164 7 (By Man at the Raila") KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 20. Six newcomers, Darnok, Peter Con EaMern Girl, United Saggttariua, i Old Eagle and John Bull were given useful starting practice ay j the Stipendiary Steward, Mr. j. E. Keating. They came up nicely in
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    ST. JOSEPH'S WIN AGAIN IN INTER-SCHOOL CRICKET
    383 7 St. Joseph's Institution do feated St. Andrew's School by 20 runs in a return match played at St. Andrew's, ground yesterday. In their first encounter earlier fbi* season. St. Joseph's, won by a wicket. P. Scully i3I),K. Mallal (14 not outl and opening
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    Speedway Crash
    79 7 Reuter. EDMONTON. Aug. 20.—Th<» crash helmet worn oy a Wemblej speedway rider Horatio Nelson Ross Wilson who wa< killed during a race at Harringway t-adium was shown an Edmonton inquest. W. W- Fearnley. general manager of the Speedway Control Eoard, said that as four riders took the first
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    TIP TOP B.P. WIN
    110 7 Piaying at the Kampong Kapor Church Court on Monday, the the Tip Top B.P. beat the Singapore America B P. hy 5—2 Tip Top B.P. players mentioned first: —Seah Scow Gek beat Francis 15—7, 15—G: Lirn Pheng Koon beat James 15—4. 15—10: Heng Boon Chuan lost
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    ABA SECRETARY
    55 7 Reuter. LONDON. Aug. 20. Successor of Frank Attwoods, who is reported to be resigning his post as Honorary Secretary of the ABA at the annual general meeting on Sept. 27 is practically certain to be J.O. Mcintosh, assistant honorary secretary at the moment whose name is being put
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    BATA SC TEAM
    70 7 The following will represent the Bata Sports Club against the Singapore Ranger's 2nd XI on Saturday at the Telok Kuraii English School ground at 5 p.m. A Muchtar. A. Rahman bin Wahab, Lim Ong Beng, Ng fook Loong Kwee Thim Teck, Tham Ah Nam, Gan Kee Siang.
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    BRIGHT STAR B.P. LOSE
    118 7 pTaytn? in a WetUfy match on £&nduy las' 5 singles and 2 doubles at the Tiong Bahru Rangers court, the Tiong Bahru Rangers beat the Bright-Sftar B.P. by 4 games to 3. (T. B. R. B.P. Players mentioned first): SINGLES: Sng Haw Pah boat Willie Tay
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    FRIENDLY BADMINTON.
    119 7 In a badminton match, between C.V.M.A. (St. Teresa) and Beneoolon Sports Club B.P. played on their court, the CYMA (St. Teresa) won by five games to two. (The following are the results (St. Teresa players mentioned first): Singles: E. M. d'Almeida beat J. De Souza 15—8, 15—11. Bernard
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    44 7 A friendly badminton match, consisting ot three men's singles, two men's doubles, one women'o singles and one women's doubles, will be played between the Useful B.P. and the Merridale B.P on Sunday, at 7 p.m. at the Cle I rical Union Hall, Rangoon Road.
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    TO-DAY'S SPORT'S
    34 7 WATER-POLO I Singapore Swimming Club "A team vs G.H.Q. FAR ELF, at 6. B.C. pool. 5.30 p.m. SOCCER Singapore Bevelle Lads vs RAF Coy. 2nd XI. RAF ground, 5. 15 n m.
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    SAFA LEAGUE
    68 7 The SAFA League fixture scheduled for today between the Chinese Seniors and the Malays has been postponed, at die request of the Malays, to Sept. 6. On Saturday, the S.R.C. will meet the S.C.C. in what will be \u c i^ st a Z u engagement for the
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    M'sex, Gloucester In Winning Positions
    371 7 Reuter. London, Aug. 20 an i Gloucestershire, who are struggling at the top -\f th country cricket championship table, are beta on the road to victory in their matches which began t.»I.iV Middlesex did well to score 253 oi. a tricky wickei at Derby and
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    Title Fight
    66 7 U.P. LONDON, Aug. 20.—Promoter Jack Solomons announced today that Joe Vella. manager of Gils Lesnevitch, has cabled his acceptance of the terms for Lesnevitch }0 defend his lighrheavyweight crown against British champion Freddie Mills. Solomons said the bout will depend on Mills' showing in his next two fights,
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    REX B.P. WIN
    122 7 In a friendly badminton match played on last Saturday before t large crowd the Rex B.P. boat the Carefree B P. by five games to two on the latter's court. Results (Rex B.P. players mentioned first>: SlNGLES:—Vincent Khoo beat L m Ong Huat: 15—7, 15—11. Onz Bong
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    Y.W.C.A. Meeting
    42 7 The t\.rt,n:ghtly YWCA group meeting will le held tomorrow at 5 p.m. at the YWCA. 11 Leonie Hill Road. Mr. M. Anciano of the Far Eastern School of Music will arrange a musical programme. All members and friends are invited
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    223 B.O.D CIVILIAN ASSOCIATION
    100 7 The following v.-ill represent the 223 8.0.D.C.A. in a friendly badminton match, against tlv Fraser and Neave Sports Club, consisting of 3 Singles and 1 Doubles to be played at their court Traflagar Street on Sunday 24th August '47 at 930 a.m. iharp. Palyers and supporters
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    WIN FOR F & N
    73 7 WIN FOR F N In a soccer game between the F. N. Sports Club 2nd XI and the Cheong Yong Chin XI the P. N. Sports Club beat the latter ly three goals to two at the Mental Hospital ground. Players that represented the F. N. were:—Ong Keng Swee, Mohd.
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    China Flood Relief
    145 7 Thf following apllections, totalling $7,002.78, received by th, Maj fair Musical Pubis tie Association trom the sale of paper llowers on Chinese Father's Day have been forwarded to the China Flood Victims Reliei Fund: Tuan Bong School $1,378.15. Sin Chew Kindergarten $785.90, Ngee Ann Girls School $745.80.
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    Children's Races At S.S.C.
    193 7 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Keen competition particularly i the children's races, was seen in the Singapore Swimming Club Hari Raya meeting held on Monday at the Club pool. Feature of the meet was thJ success of the Mitchell brothers who came in first and second n the
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    Dramatic Finish In Final Test Match
    358 8 South Africa just fail to snatch win London, Aug 20—South Africa failed by 23 run* to force a dramatic victory over England in the fifth cricket Test which ended in a draw. Facing what ap» J *»red to be a hopeless task of getting
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    NO PLAY
    24 8 Reuter. BrooklMie, Aug. 20. "Thers was no play today in the United States rational doubles lawn tennis champoinships here because of rair.—Reuter.
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    what the Captains say
    166 8 Reuter. London Aug. 20 Af*er the final Test Alan Melvilh South Africa's captain, said: "Xaturrally ice are disappointed we hare not dune better but I think we have put up a much better display than results might at first indicate. This is the first time a
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    18 8 Reuter. London, Aug. 20. Scottish football result: (Jlasgow Cup. hi st round: (Rangers 1 Patrick Thistle 0». -Reuter.
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    Star Golfer tells Noisy boys: 'I'll call the Police'
    68 8 Reuter. U,u,h*<>n. Au<,. 20. Australian <r>lfrr Vtm Hldm threatened to rail th*- police u*cu note* bourn disturbed hi* ploy m fbe »bw» Chrontck tournament here fell the tiff* hole where alter miuhmmg mmd sendmy the ball barely 200 jaje> he walked
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    U.S. Davis Cup Team
    90 8 Reuter. New York, Aug. 20, The same players who represented the U.it'd States last year in tne Davis Cup matches were nominated today lor the defence of the trophy against Australia at Forest Hills here on Aug. 30 to Sept 1. They arc Jack Kramer, Ted
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    Jews SOS to UNO
    73 8 Reuter. London, Aug. 20. Jewish would-be immigrants to Paiet*tine on the British vessel Ocean Vigour at Port de Bouc. on the French Mediterranean coas f nave cabled an urgent appeal to the United Nations Commission on Palestine \o see the conditions in which the refugee i
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    Attorneys Scuffle
    50 8 HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 20—Irving Mccann. Genera! Coumel lor the House Committee studying movie larour troubie. grubbed the American Federation of Labour Counsel Joseph Padway by the throat and hit, him when Padway called the .«..nimittee procedure "gesture staff The twi attarney's scuffled across the room until they were serrated.
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    CLAIM FOR $10,000 FAILS: JUDGMENT FOR DEFENDANTS
    440 8 (I ron: Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur. Aug 20. Judgment in favour of the defendants with cos's was ?iven by the Chief Justice Malayan Union, Sir H. C. Willan, at the High Court, this morning, in a civil suit in which the plaintiff
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    BOMB MENACES SOUTHAMPTON
    73 8 U.P. Southampton. Aug. 20.—A1l ships in and around Southampton docks were warned today that a-1.000 pound unexploded bomb was lying within 500 yards oi the decks. Bomb disposal squads worked I ver shly to make it harmless. The bomb was discovered yesterday when a dredger brought it
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    Not Member Of Killearn's Office
    71 8 Reuter. The Hague. Aug. 20 —The Bri- tish Embassy here today office- j ally denied the report by Antara, j the Indonesian Republican news agency, earlier today claiming that Peter Ratcliffe, British ex- I icut. Col. who broadcast from Jogjakarta, the Indonesian ca- i pital.
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    Courage
    59 8 Reuter. BIRMINGHAM. Aug. 20 —It need- j cd i-ourage. and two women had it. Mrs. Umbel Anderson of South Yardley saw two men fighting in a Birmingham >treet. She walked betweei. them and from one took a Commando knife and from the other a bread knife. Birmingham magi>trat<'< complimented
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    Dutch Shipping Amalgamation
    171 8 'Tribune Staff Reporter) Singapore's ocean traffic will be greatly increased now thathe amalgamation of the KPM and the Java, China. Japan Lines has been effected. Tht aeal was signed in Amsterdam on July 1. "in order to obtain a bigger concentration of Dutc'i shipping in the Pacific.
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    Lord Inverchapel To Re-marry
    78 8 Reuter. Lord In, <~:,, l M hassiutur m \v„ k i} hod I at Fur, rchapel i ***3 D,iw,on eat todau kJ* 3 recall, d to Wmmkl ft J "!> effected to 1 >!>*. Kerr tf>d>r,j p 7 r'f'7 Ladu Chirk fcrr j. of m wealthy
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    To Consider FIC Peace Terms
    55 8 Reuter. PARIS. Aug 20—Ifc jy I Prime Minister, m i to preside tomorrow eve* a ll' i net meeting < 0 consk* French Government's Drott s peace terms t 0 the j in Indo-Ch 835 I M. Ramadier conferred tot p with Emile Bcllaert Frenchß,
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    "WAR NEAR"
    45 8 U.P. Berlin, Aug. 20 L, licensed new.-paper Die t&g today that it ru,d polled 16j! Germans and 74 per J thvm tint: in.. Z there would be a Dcv v., 73 per cent ed it thought it would be Jl near future U.P.
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    Trawler Sinks
    43 8 Reuter. Aberdeen. Aug. 20.—big son today rear Frasergg Aberdeen shire, in thick fo?.V tveen the motor fishing m Springfield and the mi Tobruk. oi Aberdeen Springfield sank in oreaodH minutes All the crew were saved, ft cook who was drowned I
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    Cigarettes In Sleeves, Under Hat
    270 8 Found w.th 108 cigar:tte& roll ed in the .leves of his coat, in his trouser pockets and under his hat, and with live yards of cloth round his waist at the Harbour Board on Tuesday. Ong Ah Kiar:, a coolie, was yesterday at the Third
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      80 8 TODAY'S vy EATHER j REPORT j Singapore weather forecast for 24 hours, fiom noon today, com- piled by the R A F Central Fore- casting Station. Air Command. Far East. Mainly fair or one. Wind i south-ejst, 5 to 10 knots. Sunset: 1841 hrs. Sunrise: 0633 hrs. Moonr se: 1120
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