Malaya Tribune, 28 August 1947

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    52 1 The Malaya Tribune THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER Now printed simultaneously in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh Penanjj. 'Phone 5811 (Three Lines) >.,.,«! SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1947 TEN CENTS The Malaya Tribune London Aftents: Messrs. Colin Turn r Ltd.. Tttfboi House, 98, St. Martin Lnne W.C.2. Thursday,
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    MORATORIUM ORDINANCE NEXT MONTH
    65 1 a I have long j f b ady i<>r r*. i iled by the !i exchangSecretary ol C. urit'Ctod ol liei L latter have I Gm rnrnenl points. n w v* I Wdj .:o--y lion funds loi E Mi MCb al P H i. to take
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    17 Women Poisoned: 'No Crime'
    52 1 PARK A 2" Frcreh no--1 more than two 1 v. nations of l he r f 17 ml ents' deaths by 1 s mien's hosileclaree today: "Ih in; ier Bascon, nvestigatiOPS, lam: r w makTo a full "Mi the quiry. The sup- rie of mttrpr
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    Birthday Greetings Ration Cut
    27 1 27 The Frerch cenc* f'' :it tn official resik v ide T Auriol today. I haprcy birthday. bread ration by 1V "t'f quarter.
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    UNION GOVT MAY FORCE INCOME TAX ON PEOPLE Vital Meeting This Morning
    276 1 Spore action awaits XL decision, says OAG (Tribune Stall Keimritr) Vital talks are today going on in Kuala Liinipm on the question or Income Tax and what In reliably understood to be the possibility ol the Malayan Union
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    OAG PLEADS FOR VOTING REGISTRATION
    195 1 iTrtbnnc Staff Reporter; The preparation o" a Voters Reffl-ter is the mst atep in the ('evelopment of aetf-ftovernnienl In this country. Mr. P. A. B. M Kerron. OAG. state 1 at a uresa conferene this morning. Exhorting the public to take t•.is opportunity to complete
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    38 1 Reuter. AUCKLAND. New Zealand. Aug. 27.— U. Gen. V. A. H. Sturdee, Chief of the Australian General BUff, arrived here today on his way to Japan for talks with Gen. Douftiaa MaeArthur, Supreme Allied Commander in Japan. —Reuter.
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    ROBBERS TAKE SHOES, CASH
    57 1 Fin robbers, armed with pistols and knives, entered a shop in Middle Road at r>.30 this mor- Ding, at.d alter tyin| Up the oc- cupants with wire, got away with 60 pairs of shoes and some At peck Scan Street this morning, two men. both unarmed,
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    Schoolgirls Whipped
    100 1 Reuter. Bhadani. Rhodesia, Aim- 27.— Shadani court today acquired Reginald Todd, well-known missionary ar.d member of tne Rhodesian Parliament, on charges of beating African gin pupils at a mission school. He was alleged to have beaten the girls on the buttocks with a sjambok (rhino-hide whip) when they
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    POLIOMYELITIS UP
    26 1 U.P. BERLIN. Aur. 27.—Health authority t«ported H new case of poUOmyslltls in Berlin during the last 24 hours, raising the total to 239. U.P.
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    RUSSIA'S WARNING
    40 1 U.P. MOSCOW, Aug 27.—The Foreign Atlairs publication New Times said that any Japanese peace treaty, lacking agreement ol the grea; pu\s«i>. would be a "crude violation of International agreements and a step which loiild lead to no good."—U.P.
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    2,000 on waiting list for cars
    339 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Although there ate 2000 people on the uriority list for enrs. motor dealers in Singapore are often unable to sell all the cars Imported into the colony. This is because people are gettinq mow 'choosey*' about the tvnc of car ttaev
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    Britain cuts meat ration to save dollars
    689 1 Reuter. London. Aug. 27.—The British Government tonight announced now restrictions in food, foreign traval Detrol and other things to save imports worth £228.000,000 annually. The ba ie petrol ration Is t<> he abolished altogether, with motoring possible only for essential purposes. The meat,
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    Thieves Of High Commissioner
    64 1 Reuter. LONDON. Aug 28.- Burglars carried out a robbery at the heme of Norman Robertson. High Commissioner for Canada, in Gloucester Square. Hyde Park. WhiU> Robertson was enter-taini-e friends at cinrer, thieves climbed no a stackpipe to the balcony. Without a sound, they iansacked the room
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    100,000 Muslims Massacred
    51 1 Lahore, Punjab. Aug. 27. M.UB--lims killed in east Punjab since rioting 1 ran 10 days ago. total about 10 >. 000 .officials here said tonight, basing their estimates on refugee stories. Sikh leaders here estimate the Sikh and Hindu dead in the Wi at Punjab at the
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    ERITAIN MAY APPEAL
    32 1 U.P. LONDON. Auk- 27.—The British Foreign Oflice said Britain may appeal to Bulgarian President Vasal Kolarov, in a hlial effort to MVC Nikola Petkov. Bulganin Opposition leader, from execution.--U.P.
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    DEMANDS APOLOGY
    39 1 U.P. ISTNBUL. Aug. 27.—1t w..s re- I reeled that Bulgaria had demaned an apology from the Turkish Governraont. for a Radio Ankara broadcastWhich charged Bnlaraia had food shortage, because she wa s Bending food to Ru>sia. —U.P.
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    PHILIP'S COAT OF ARMS
    43 1 U.P. LONDON. Aug. 27.—The .'itar'.> dairy columnist said today Lieut. Philip Mountbatten -nay adopt :i Coat of arms, sombinlng those of the royal houses of England. Greere. and Denmark and the Mountbatten family, ■/hen he is made peer. —U.P.
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    Man Bites Five Detectives
    119 1 U.P. London. Aug. 27.- Police took extra precautions today', •when John Homy Cole was brought into court, charged with i bizarre series of s3d'stic attacks on women. Cule had Uxm do depressed since his arrest after an unusual nationwide search that he recently took a near
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    NO HOME OR OFFICE
    43 1 Reuter. LONDON, Aug. 17. Hahfb Urahim Rahimtoola, High Commissioner lor the Pakistan Government, is a victim of the British housing shortage. The authorities have been searching for ten days for ofiQces and residence for him with little success. —Reuter.
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    15 Infringements
    93 1 Reuter. Batavia, Aug. 27. Another 15 infringements of cease lire wr-re claimed ton'ghi in a Republican situation report broadcast from J gjakarta. They included a rep uted attack f sterday oi; TJI buetj and Puspahyang in the Tasikmaiaya district of Priaiiger Residency in West Java by a Dutch
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    MAHARAJA SELLS HIS ESTATE
    50 1 LONDON. Aug. 27.—The Maharaja of Baroda has given instruction to a London firm of auctioneers to sell his estate at Aldworth, near Falsemere. Surrey. The estate, which extends nvt-r 141 acres, includes a house used as a summer retreat by Lord Alfred Tennyson, the famoss poet.—
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    A KING TO STUDY IN LONDON
    35 1 MARSEILLES. Aug. 27 —The 13--fear-old King of Iran and his entourage, arrived her,> today, enroute to Paris and then to London, where be will attend achool near the city.—
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    Japs Can't Be Trusted, Must Pay
    408 1 Reuter. Canberra, An- _»7. After i*J»cuasing strategic and ecotv ii<effects of trimming Japan down to its home Islands, delegates to the British Commonwealth Conference on tit.- Japanese peace treaty today began discussing diaarraanierd an.i demilitarisation <>i .lapan, it was officially announced here. Delegates heard
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    100 DIED IN COLOMBO
    42 1 Colomba. Aug. 27.- Nearly 100 people were killed and 20.000 homeless in th Mandy district, cf central Ceylon by recent iloods on the Island, it was estimated in a communique by the Board of Ministers Flood Relief. Committee.
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    NO COMMENTS
    38 1 U.P. BERLIN. Ausr. 27.—GCCL Clay. U.S. military governor, refused to comment on the results of the London conference, on his return to Berlin, late today, beyond Baying the meetimr had bees "friendly" and "very helpful."—U P.
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    ALLEGED THEFT OF CAR
    141 2 (From Our Oiin Keporimri Kl*Xg. *tif. Tv. v.une Chnc 11 Swec r< <0,10 CV.- Sen?, were pi -en- I beMr i Morgar slang magistrate, charged rj»_i tar 3 :»'%i3 •tuy 14 at about -130 p.m. from the ear stand at Port Swettenham from H.ui Singh, the
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    NEWS BRIEFS
    92 2 Reuter. Tom Holmes, (58-year-old farmer was killed when he fell from a lorry In the harvest f*Hd\ il was stated at the inquestal Clinton near Peterborough. Hie verdict: Accidental death. 4 P ter Walker, 5. ol Gypsy Road. West Norwood, Southeast London, was electrocuted -i *he Southern Electric
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    6 2 U.P. LOST ANGELES, Aug 31.–untitled Sic-to-one
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    Woman Waited For Death After Drinking Washing Soda
    157 2 A woman's wait for death on the afternoon of Aug. 23, after drinking- quarter of a cup of washing soda, at Maude Road, was related yesterday at the Second Magistrate's Court, by Inspector Yeo Bin Chiat. The woman, 24-year-old Goh Teo Chung,
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    "Golf Day For Butchers, Bakers & Candlestick Makers"
    99 2 "Golf Day For Butchers, Bakers Candlestick Makers" Reuter. VIRGINIA WATER. Berkshire. Aur. 26—Two hurdred men v ho.se golf costs' th-m Is. weekly went rourd \he exclusive W«ntworth Course here on Tuesday in the Artisan Golfers Associations Annual Tournament. They nclucled miners from County Durham. West country farm labourers and oolice
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    Constitution: Protest Cable To London
    299 2 MALACCA. Wednesday. After a 'closed 1 meeting at the Malacca Chinese Chamb r ol Commerce the text of a protest which has been cabled to the British Government and the British Press bas just been released. The protest centres round the new Constitutional Proposals fc
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    'Indonesian Spirit Will Break Dutch Sword'
    304 2 Kuala Lumpur. Aug. 25. —"Tfte Dutch may be able to destroy our Cities, towns, villages and OUr homes w th their modern weapons but they will not be able to c! stroy our spirit which i< beComing stronger every day Cm th;> spirit the
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      104 2 TODAYS VyEATHER .j REPORT j siLi i i i Cloudy with slight rain j Singapore WeatttW lorccast lor 1 :.'4 hours, from noon today, com- j j piled bj the R AJ" Central Fore- j casting Station, Air Command. Tar Last. Cloudy with slight fain ceaa- Lug early in period.
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    123,027 Estate Workers Involved In Protest Strike
    207 3 (From Our Own Reporter) LUMPUR, August 27 —i n Seiangor, East Pahang, Negri Semrnlan and 123,027 Indian. Chinese and Malay ,rk< s were involved in the one-day protest lge d on Monday. revealed by the 0 j the All-Malaya v. Council here m
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    Johore Ruler To Open important
    115 3 Stuff Rcpo ->cr iron England und< tood. open the .'i g rural Assembly of the j v s N ktional Organi I ipated that two de nts eindi thai of thp pi X" Darat Selangor >A Joci; n Sakaisi will b• Then will be a
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    RICE PRICES SOAR AGAIN
    71 3 A uth< r spectwSar.rW lasi two days, const- further dcteriora- xchaj ge ;atc in r uualitj ol Biani rie« agh ol $140 a picul- a gain of $j ek-< nd. while Han ric< jumped $10 to sl *£sts 10 implies cl the three 6 ani ric
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    Tribute To Late Mr. Thambidurai
    104 3 JJJ 1 U| Own Reporter; It LlMp UR. Aug. 2C of the Comm'Uee j Federation of Ma- i Itr T t the 24th Aw?u*t, I pRsidf>' uras€kara the Vice- n. appoii ti-d to act as h Federation dur- i j™]** of the Honlde C. Thuraisingham.
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    UNION POLICE OFFICER WEDS
    85 3 U NION POLICE OFFICER WEDS rM,n Own Reporter) Aug. 27.—The M Piace at the St. I? i on -ast 11 v Walter Beed<:i i b Union Police and V; 8ahnond of the R c. \j. 1/1:1 Wr„ The Rev. «aciated J d "J Jui^ht *-i- of Mr. i Sti arn
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    MDU ACCEPTS INVITATION
    169 3 Tribune Staff Repotcn The Malayan Democratic Union has accepted the Government v invitytion to nominal-' Itr, representative to sit on the proposed i ■Tojnt Committee to examine th Heasman Report on Income T. j "Goverronent has contacted ua and we have accepted tu sit on the .Joint
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    Stage Club's Presentation Of "A Soldier For Christmas"
    453 3 Our Own Critics Periiaps the Stage Ciub would hare been wiser bad they decided to produce A Soldier for Chi is: mas'" during the Christmas season, and thus have real atmosphere albeit we 'nave no snow perhaps they would also have been
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    OFFICER WEDS
    19 3 fc=< D Pcrak. Following the ceremony 1 caption was held at tTU '.VS. Mess, 2. Hcs'dency Hill
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    Typhus On Board
    71 3 U.P. BATAVIA. Aug. 27. An itbreak oi' typhus aboard the Dutch troopship. Volendam, which arrived yesterday at Sabang Island at the tip of North Sumatra. iias been reported. The ship is carry- I ing 1,200 troops and war supplies, j A Dutch military spokesman I emphatically denied
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    GUNMEN KILL TWO IN PERAK
    193 3 t From Om Own Reporter) I TAIPING. Aug. 26.—-After long lull, peacv in Taiping disi trict was broken during the I week-end with reports of two fatal shooting incidents, :h c > victims in both cases being I Chinese. «I The first shooting, which occurred
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    Died After Fall From Trolleybus
    145 3 The Singapore Coroner, Mr. W G- Porter returned a firri- ing of death by misadventure at the inquiry on Police cons- table Hassan bin Derus (22>. who died within half an hour of a fall off a Singapore Traction Company trolley bas on Aug 17.
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    KEEP FIT
    38 3 Y.W.C.A. Keep Fit Classes commence on Sept. 2 at 10 am. and 5.30 p.m. on Sept. 3 and will bp held at the Y.W.C.AHostel. 8. Fori Canning Road. Mrs. Elizabeth Lee will be l he Instructor.
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    What They Said In Secret
    500 4 Vv'e new know what went on behind the scenes when the Singapore Municipal Commissioners discussed the Report of the Municipal Constitution Committee. The Commissioners said a great deal —the transcription of the debate extends to 81 closely typed pages of foolscap. As a result of
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    JAPS WOULD FIGHT FOR AMERICA
    1043 4  -  Japan is not entirely escaping post-war economic dislocation despite the generous assistance she is receiving from the United States. This article discusses reconstruction, inflation, shortages and political questions. The writer concludes that in their present mood the By Reuler's Tokio Correspondent A combination of circumstances
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    The Peoples Postbag W.D. Employees
    133 4 Letters To The Editor' Sir,—After reading some letters in your paper regarding th-' Army Civil Service Union. I personally think that there is no use joining this Union. The reasons are:— 1. The future of the army employees is at stake. No one knows how
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    C.O.L Allowance
    135 4 Sir.—l wonder when Government is gong to grant us the Higher Allowance. Mr. H. P. Bryson last week said, according to the Tribune, that the Government is giving the matter their consideration. Surely it won't take so long for a decision to be made or are they waiting
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    ACSU bupporter
    526 4 Sir.—Much has been said about the /i..C.a'.u.s merits and demerits through the medium oi your paper, by the members and non-numbers and any further elaboration on this subject may be superfluous. Yet as a member and well wisher of the union. I am duty bound to point out
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    MORE LINKS WITH OUR COUSINS—THE APES
    417 4 JOHANNESBURG, (Air Mail). —An apparently complete pelvis of the Sterkfontein ape-man lias been discovered by Dr. Robert Broom, the well-known South African palaeontologist, and his assistant. Hitherto it has been possible to consider the Sterkfontein ape-man as allied to the anthropoids. But now, that
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    ADVISORY COUNCILLOR JOINS 3,000 MEN IN RAIL STRIKE
    219 5 Sentul Works Closed ,l ,o.m Our Own Reporter) iir, Aus* 27 About three-thousand Kiitl t ,:a! ".n Railway Works at Sentul, inV. ke:S ,rj ,i;,"cT 0 pal. Malayan Union Advisory 1 ,,n strike this morning:. As a result, r ncili 0 closed
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    Arrest Of Six Alleged Gunmen
    114 5 (From Our Own Reporter) i Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 26.—Ex celleni a irk by the Police re- i suited in tba arrest of six gunmen at Raub. rhe men, In a h!red car bear- i imi a DOgUS number plate, were sl: pped bj the Police
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    Alleged Rape
    42 5 A Chinese, You Soy Ba, was day at th e Seventh Police Court charged with rape on a five-year-old Chinese girl at N0 mi BOcu Qua>. on -Aug. 28. He was remanded in police custody until Friday for further investigations.
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    Alleged Thefts From Godowns
    201 5 Chow Ah Chow (19>, claimed trial yesterday at the Third Police Court to theit. Of two rolls of cloth worth $76 alternatively being in possession of stolen property-on Aug 26. He is alleged, according to the charge, to have stolen the cloth from a godown at
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    SAVED BY SON
    116 5 (From Our Own Reporter) Penang. Aug. 26 A man Who attempt, cl i > commit suicide yesterday at Kampar Road, foilowmg a quarrel with his wile, was saved !n the nick of time by his sen who managed to snatch away the knife from him When he
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    2-mile-long funeral of Lin Ah Liang
    498 5 iTribune Staff Reporter) The late representative of the Singapore Communist Party, Lin Ah Liang, was buried in the Kheh cemetery off Bukit Timah Road at 2.30 p.m. yesterday, watched by a large crowd which included representatives of leading Malayan political parties and trade unions.
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    INDONESIA RED CROSS FUND CONCERT
    48 5 In aid 01 t*c Indonesia Red Cross Fund the women's section 01 tie r/«rgera an at«layu Semenan jong-Johore will stage a concert at Bukit Timbalan, Johore Bahru on Sept. 6 at 6.30 p.m.' Tickee< are one sale at 131. Jalan Ibrahim. Johorc Bahru.
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    Judge Wants Time To Consider Guilty Plea On Cheating Charge
    481 5 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Li.- .ur, Aug. 27. Remarking that he wanted time to consider accused's plea ol guilty on the enaige of cheating, the Diatriet Judge. Mr. B G. Smith, adjourned the case of a Chinese, Chee Ban
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    PICKED UP CRYING BABY
    85 5 A 13-year-old girl begged for mercy at the Juvenile Court, yesterI day when she was charged with kidnapping a 3-nionth-old baby on the j five-foot-path of Boat Quay on Tut-s-I day at 10 D.m. j Speaking in English, the girl pleadJ ed guilty, but said she
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    "Hunger Strike" For Love By Jap Interpreter
    276 5 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur. Aug. 27.—Yoshiio Muto. 25-year-old Jap in- j terpreter attached to the XX. War Cr'mas Contact Bureau, who was driven by love to go on a "hunger-sii-ike" will, according io Malaya Command Headquarters, be returned to Singapore. Information
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    Alleged Attempt To Cheat
    67 5 Philip Mannion. 27» a British serviceman, of the 44 Military Hospital, Alexandra, who uleaded guilty last week to attempting lo choat Mi*. X Hammond, th e director of John Lita«a of $250 was ysterday at Second Police Court further remanded for a week. Mannion is alleged
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    MALAYAN DOCTORS IN BRITAIN
    184 5 (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh, Aug. 27.—Amoi:g;t Malayan doctors do'ng post graduate work in the United Kingdom, Dr. Jumraux will soon be completing his first course in London and moving to Edinburgh. With Dr. Jumeaux are his w:fe and young son, ah of whom seem to
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    2 Armed Robberies
    114 5 (Tribune Staff Reverter) Two armed robberies were pulled off in two houses situated in Singapore's rural area yester- day morning. The robberies were reported to have been carreid out DV I three Chinese gunmen, and it is believed that the same ga r g operated in both
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    President Lines Agent For S'pore
    50 5 YOKOHAMA, Aug. 27. T. ML Conway, port representative ior the United States Maritime Commission and passenger agent for the American President Lines in Tokio for 13 years, will leave for Singapore where he will st .ye as division passenger agent for the President L nes.
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    Our Cousins – The Apes
    164 5 Our Cousins The Apes Reuter. (FROM PAGE FOUR} and women who lived bo twoen 250,000 and 500,000 years ago. Some of them are believed to have been trapped when an earth tremor sealed the entrance to their cave and this is tin first attempt to dig out the bones ol'
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    Inquiry Into S.H.B. Shooting Incident
    34 5 The enquiry imo the scooting incident at the Singapore Harbour Goard on Thursda August 21. will onc-n at 10 a.m. tomorrow in the Coron r'N Court. South Bridge Head.
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    Anson Road no longer to be Sports Stadium
    352 6 (Tribune Stall Reporter) Anson Road Stadium is to be written ofl frOßi local sports grounds. Sportsmen, football enthusiasts m particular win receive thK sudden setback to the plans already bcm_ drawn up by the Singapore Amateur Football ASBocm tlon, with great disappointment.
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    Rubber Market Closes Steady
    153 6 I (Tribune Market Corr jAt the opening yesterday men mg. price.- were marked {down half a c nt from Tuesday's iclose. Sellers freely met the market lat 28] cents lor No 1 R S.S. fob. j and fair Quantities were truiisi acn-d. I Wit!', littl selling
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    I.A. Cricket Teams For Week-End
    74 6 Th« following will p!;<> cricket t" r i the Indian Association against SCRC on Bong Lim Green Ground on Saturday, at 2 p.m.: D. Daamaraj (Captain). S. Ratnam. M. U. Pati-1, II S QUI, Ravilal N. Mrhta. F. Tehorali. Kevin MaHal. D. T. Pati-1. !A.
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    "Leswein" Pianos
    44 6 L'sv:ein Pianos, a British made ,>o!uel. which were an exh'bttlon at the British Industries Pttif, are on viev at it-**rs. Keller Piano Co.. in QrcliJ rd Road, Who are the ole importers. These piano's are .specially bum for tierica! ii quh intents.
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    Ignorance Is No Defence, Magistrate Tells 12-Year-Old Accused
    186 6 -No one is allowed to carry a controlled article without permit: another point is that you cannot plead igr.orance. That is r.o defence. You couia t plead ignorance in mitigation of sentence after the case heard." said tha Magistrate. Mr. B. L.
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    GAIN IN SOME DOLLAR ISSUES
    62 6 SHAKE MARKET I The Malayan Sharebrekers' Association report: The snare mark ts were quietly 1 steady yesterday. There was again a slight !mI provement ii. Sterling tins while 1 several Dollar Issues, Including Batu Selangors, Kuchais, Klang Rivers, Hong Fatts and Kesangs. were marked up.
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    ROTARY CLUB'S ANTI TB FUND
    23 6 The Anti- -TB. Fund organised by the Singapore Rotary Club has now reached a tot a! of S40.78G.
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    RIGHT TO LIVE MORE VITAL THAN RIGHT OF MIGHT SAYS JOHN THIVY
    1026 6 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 20. -Oil the problem of the rehabilitation of Malaya the country is split into two groups, the "haves" anJ the "nave nots." Any actio:-, taken by the former, however, benevolent, is
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    Trainer Hobbs Saddles Three Winners At Second Day Of KL Meet
    1524 7 (Cy "Man At-The Rails") Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday Punters received fair dividends at the second day of the Selangor Turl Club's August Meetin?, held in cool weather fn Kuaia Lumpur, today. Trainer Hobbs saddled three Winners, while home* trained by
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    20 Teams Apply To Take Part In SAFA Cup Competition
    290 7 (Tribune Stall Reporter) At the SAFA Council meeting at the S.R.C. yesterday it was revealed that more than 20 teams have applied for participation in the SAFA Cup competition which will start next month, as soon as the League is
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    Middlesex Assured Of Championship
    693 7 Reuter. LONDON, Aug. L y 7.—By a convincing win uvi r their neighbours Sun:yy Middlesex have virtually assured themselves ot' the county cricket championship. In fact they need a Hrst innings lead in one of the two remaining games to make the position a cci taioly.
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    Transit Camp Double Score
    120 7 A t.-am drawn from No. l. British Transit Camp teat the Social Athletic Party by 2 goals to one In a fast game of soe<jer pl;iyt«d on the Nee Soon ground*. Social players did much ol the attacking in the first half and their efforts resulted
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    74 Yrs & Completes 900 Mile Cycle Tour
    82 7 74 Yrs Completes 900 Mile Cycle Tour Reuter. CHICHESTER. Aug. 26.—John Mills. 74-"«ar-ol(i head woodman on Oakwood ♦.si ate, Sunrington, 1 11 ear Chichester, has just eomi Dieted a 900 miles cycling tour during the first fortnight's hol'uav he had in his life He averaged 100 miles daily, vi»it!r.«r Plymouth
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    60,000 Watch Arsenal Win At The Valley
    481 8 Wolves score 8 goals Reuter. LONDON, Aug. 27.—Buses, trams and trains in South London wore tonight crowded to capacity when a crowd of 60,000. the biggest mid week gate at J London League match for many seasons, watched Arsenal beat Charlton at the
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    Two Fatal Shooting Incidents
    183 8 (From Our Owr Correspondent) TAIPING Aim. 26.—After a long lull, peace in Taiping d»»--trict was broker during M»* week-errl with renorta of two fatal fhootrg incidents, the vieI ms In both cases being Chfeeae. The fust shootinß. which oc- urred in tha heart cf the iown.
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    Women Raise 6 Baseball Teams
    66 8 Reuter. Tokio, Aug. 27.—Yokohama, which was the scene of the first bas?ball game played In Japan in May, 1896. between the resident foreigners ond the Japan est? high school, has now organised six women's teams the first of the r kind seen in Japan. These
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    GHAUS MOHAMED WINS AGAIN
    57 8 Reuter. LONDON. Auy. M.—ObauS M,,--named won his Way into the last e t eht of the flow Maiden lawn tennis tour- (lament With an easy S—i; (»--1 win In the third >:<nw »».i.nst R. Y. Lee, n Chinese player who could offer Ititie opnosition to the
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    S.R.C. Events For Week-End
    66 8 I Saturday, Aug. 30.—5.15 p.m. Soccer game S.R.C. vs. SCC for Clarke Padang Shield; 6.30 p.m. I Social and Dance, and presentation 1 of bats to successful cricketers. A buffet has been arranged for and j members are asked to make reser- j J vations. Sunday,
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    Tourists Score 410 On Batsman's Wicket
    272 8 Reuter. CANTERBURY, Aug. 27.-A grand fifth wicket partnership between Ken Viljoen and Oswai Dawson Which added 150 runs in 100 minutes, was the nest feature of the impressive battmg dteolav by th l i.™ tn Africans here, where they scored 410 all out by
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    BURNLEY DROP HOME POINTS
    45 8 London. Aug. 26. -Football remits:-- FIRST DIVISION Burnley 0 Derby County 2. THIRD DIVISION (Northern) Oldham l Rotherham SoUthpoii 1 Lincoln City l. S( OTTISII DIVISION A St. Ifirren 3 Aberdeen 0. IRISH (;OM> (TP (First Roun.l) Distillery 3. Bangor 2.
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    £5-Million Plan For Health
    98 8 Reuter. BELFAST. Aug. 27.—A plan for a new £5,500 000 health service 1 for Northern Ireland was an an- I nouneed in Belfast today with the publication of the te\t of the Government's Health Scivices Bill. All services will be fret* of direct charge to the
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    Seaforths Visit Kluang, Gain Victory Over Dorsets (4-2)
    293 8 The Seaforth Highlanders soccer XI who went up to Kluang on Tuesday, defeated the Dorsets by four goals to two in a last and thrilling game watched, by a record crowd. All goals were BC red in Lhc tii s; half. The
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    WOMEN'S HELP TO BE SOUGHT
    112 8 Kuala Lumpur. Aug. 25. —The AH Malayan Indonesian Women's Congress that concluded its twoday sessions here last evening decided to cabi. the World Women's Federation asking them to support the Indonesian Republic in the'r struggle for liberation from Dutch ruh. j The Congress also decided
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    CYMA TEAM
    58 8 The following will represent tho CYMA (St. Teresa) at Badminton against the Nivice Rovers Badminton Patty on Saturday, at 2.30 p.m. at St. Joseph's school court: E.M. d'Alineida. Stephen Chin. Tho- j mas Le.'. Bernard Chok. Michael 1 Nunis. John Teo, William Nunis, John De Mello. Maurice Nunis.
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    F & N BEAT BOD IN BADMINTON
    122 8 F N BEAT BOD IN BADMINTON In a badminton match between the F i: N Sports Club and the 8.0.D. civilian association played last Sunday at Trafalgar Street court, the F N Sports Club beat the B. O. D. by three games to two. The results were (F N players
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    CHINESE DELEGATION TO PEACE TREATY
    40 8 TOKYO, Aug. 27.—Lt. Oca. Chu Chih Minp. former Chinese member of the Aliied Council for Japan, is tentatively scheduled to head the Chinese delegation to the Japanese peace conference, it mem learned ly United Press.
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    SATURDAY BADMINTON
    77 8 A team of 5 singles and 2 doubles will be selected from the following to represent the Engineers' Dept.. Branch of the Singapore Municipal Services Union against the Ra es Institution in a return badminton match on Saturday at 2 p.m. at the R. I. Hall:— Seah Eng
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    FRIDAY MEETING
    47 8 Monsters of the Singapore Cricket Club are reminded that a meeting of all interested in rugper will be held in the Cluh on Friday at 5.30 p.m. Business for th.' day wi'l be th'election of Office Bearers and a general discussion on the coming season.
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    27 8 The cruiser Glasgow returning from rhe F;;r Eas* is due .;l j Pr i v mouth th Ls V. Ed n csd a y ;.i'f i noor;.
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    SPORTS WRITERS PRAISE SING TAO
    252 8 Reuter. LONDON. Aug. 26 While the football of the Sing Tao Sports Club of Hongkong- is well up to top class amateur standard it is difficult to realise their display against Dulwich Hamlet in the opening match of their British tour that the Club had
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    "Trivial Of fence": Storekeeper Bound Over In $100
    245 8 •The accused has my sympathy to tent; it is only a trivial offence," sai Magistrate, Mr. F. Bernard Oehlers, u Poi he boun 1 over Teo Kirn Guan, age keeper e*T»oloy.3d by the Royal Engineers Stor! sum of $100 with two suretie
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    INDO-MALAYAN ASSOCIATION
    165 8 At the f,rst nn ral meeting of the held on Aug. 20. lhe f olo bearers a nd Con-. 1U( elected for tl President; H r g^Tj 5 Vice President ihv 1> Hon. Secretary \i r Hon. Auditor: Mr.' u n Committee Dt p 1 t]> Chotta S
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    CHAMP NOR LIFE SAVER
    47 8 Lo. Jon, I a Wood, 49, wrestling champion, was bodyguard to the Oaekisi Bar; da and a rtj» Ca mando instruct r, imy prca escorts fcr bank other potential victims oi« lence. His piival a number > .re: j dualiried i:. self-d fence, J
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    BADMINTON AND TABLE-TENNIS
    70 8 The followi: g ph selected to represent the F *l Sports Club agairst man Snorts Club. Grange I on Saturday at 2 30 p.a i badmirton and tank Messrs: 8 E < Porter, Teo BeOk KWfj Er.g If eng. Cheong Sua I Sim Im Peng. Chou SI
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    SUNDAY CRICKT
    57 8 The following v...: Indian Association ifiinaflj Changi XI at Ch.v .'i en Ss* 11 a.m. Transport tewei M Co.. at 10.15 ».m:—> (Captain). S. Rat num. M G. G. Arthur. A. SI I Rasiklal. C. Beneriratne.l garan, Punchi h\ w„. Ml I and Z. Bhatri. Campos and R
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    FRIENDLY SOCCER
    48 8 The follow ins; h.ve Ml to leawatrt th< a friendly the Royal Air I Jaian Besar SI P.m. Pok Pw«- v, Sen Kok Kuni Chons 9 Ban*. Soh Pui Tan Yew Sen/ (c«pt), Yip Chong Kun, Leong Ah Soh. Leonf Fat.t Chi ong. Q»*t Ah Nfßfr.
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