Malaya Tribune, 11 December 1947

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    59 1 The Malaya Tribune P THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Larger Sales Than Any Afternoon Paper In Malaya simultaneously In Singapore k Ipoh Penang. 'Phone 5811 (Three Lines) KSff SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1947 PRICE TEN CgNTg The Malaya Tribune Ljy rah n AytnliC —Jifc*3/"«. Collfl 1 urntrr idUL, Tiuovt Huuxv,
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    MUTUAL BLUNDER IN ROBBER TALKS
    518 1 Negotiations Reopened Reuter. LONDON, Dec 10.—Anglo-American discussions on United States imports of natural rubber from Malaya (on v hich agreement was reached at the Geneva Tariff Conference, published last month) have been reopened at the current International Trade Organisation Conference at Havana, it was reported
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    U.S.—PANAMA PACT
    38 1 Reuter. WASHINGTON. Dec. 10—After negotiations last n R 16 months, the United States and Panama reached agreement today providing for use by the United States of 13 sites, essential for defence of the Panama Canal.— Reuter.
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    IPOH COURSE FANCIES
    109 1 rcourse, Today. 3 likely to be heavy today's ep s after last rent's rtiß. r, all is being freely r the tirst race with aa the danger. fancied as a i y wager for Race i, t .strong tip for the third race. Red d a food
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    STRENGTH OF ARMED FORCES
    46 1 Reuter. LONDON Dec. 10:—The streng h Ft] force* ml ihe end •.vill be 937.000. Albert Minister of Defence, told Commons today when to complaints that War Ininn En anuel Shi r -wcl! had stated weekend that the total d be 700.000 .—Reu'er.
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    Sarawak Malays Want Brooke Back
    269 1 KICKING. Dec. 10.-In Anthony Brooke, former Rajah Muda of of 8 Dan ner S ,n was he\<\ here this morning in whiOi hundreds ■d poster! bearing slogans: "We the ad wRh H M Mas entry into Sarawak to be UEMO. want our independence ng to
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    No Recurrence Of Emperor Worship
    144 1 No Recurrence Of Emperor W orship Reuter. LONDON, Dec. 10.—The British Government does not know of any evidence in Japan of a movement to reintroduce Emperor worship. Mr Hector McNeil, Minister of State, gave this reply in the House of Commons today when Labour Member Thomas Skefflngton Se aske.l If
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    Diligent Orphans
    39 1 Lessons prove popular with thts little girl of the Oi'erseas Chinese Orphanage. A little companion shares her diligence with a smiU. The orphanage has been taken o verr by the Social Welfare Department (Story on Page 3)
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    "Severe Measures" Coming —Arabs, Jews Warned
    148 1 U.P. JERUSALEM. Dec. 10 The High Commissioner. Sir Alan Cunningham, alarmed by the ever mounting death toll in the Holy Land, warned Jews and Arabs that the Government will take "severe measures" against them unless disorders end. The commun'que said: "Should disorders continue the
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    PEOPLE'S FLAG HOISTED IN MALACCA
    259 1 (From Our Own Reporter) MALACCA. Wednesday.—Seven-ty-five delegates and other members of progressive associations in Malaya watch m 1 the first unfurling of the Peoples' Flag on the grounds of the Malacca Federation Of Trade Unions this morning. Inche M.H.A. Rahman, of the Malay Nationalist Party.
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    KING DINES AT 10, DOWNING ST.
    56 1 Reuter. LONDON, Dec. 10. The King dined with Mr. Attlee, the British Prime Minister, at No. 10. Downing Street, last night and stayed until nearly midnight talking to ministers. It was the King's second visit to Mr Attlee at No 10, and the longest
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    Krupps Sold Sub Plans To Japs
    125 1 Reuter. NUREMBERG, Dec. 10. Plans for submarine construction were sold to Japan by the Krupp armaments combine as early as 1920, two years after the first world war, it was disclosed here today to the American war crimes court which is hearing charges of
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    No Alternative To Income Tax In Malaya
    519 1 Commons Told: Reuter. ,n Mr navid Rees Williams, LONDON, Dec 10 ies defended the as the only services. The text of this statement made in the House of Commons In reply to questions reads: "Considerable pre-war financial reserves of the Malayan OovernF ents
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    TB Fund Over $80,000
    59 1 To the Singapore Rotary Club's Anti-tuberculosis Clinic Fund which now Jtaiids well over $80.000. was added the following donations '.ast week: $500 from Messrs. Soon Cheong, Ltd provision merchants, Singapore: $2.000 from the boxing show at the Happy World last Friday: and $830 c rom the
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    Untitled
    22 1 WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. —The Unit States Treasury announced today that Britain has withdrawn $100.000.000 from what was let of the British loan.
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    TEACHERS SUPPORT INCOME TAX
    174 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 10Thp following communique was oy the Malayan ieachers Union yesterday alteinoon: •'lt is the considered opinion of the "Malayan Teachers" Union that the Governments ot tne Malayan Union and Singapore are Justified in over-riding the expressed opinions ot all out two of the
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    STORY OF TWO CHEQUES
    170 2 PENANG, Dec. 10 —The Penang CID received a report Irom a Chinese staying at Kuoang Semang, province Wellesley. Mr Goh Kang Huan who stated that sums ol $2,500 and $3,000 belonging to him, had been drawn through two cheques of 5550 and $500 respectively which he
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    Habitual Pick-Pocket Sentenced
    107 2 SEREMBAN. Dec. 10—Described by the prosecuting ofhcer as an incorrigible "pick-pocket," a Malay named AU bin Aman was ordered by the Seremban Magistrate, Tunku Hussein, to undergo 12 months' rigorous imprisonment in addition to six strokes with rottan. The sentence is to be followed by 12 months'
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    Mecca Pilgrims Welcomed
    129 2 PENANG, Dec. 10.—Hundreds of Malays waited anxiously at and around Victoria Pier for a r.eriod of a few hours to receive I the pilgrims who landed here today from Pulau Jerejak after their return journey from Mecca on the "Agamemnon on Dec 4. The pilgrims returning to
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    "TOO MUCH OF THIS TYPE OF CRIME" (CBT), SAYS JUDGE
    351 2 KUALA LUMPUR Dec. 10. i kr I consideration htat you axe a firs: offender r. I less there is too muc i ol" this type of erin I said the District Mr. E. G Smith vien-d a Chinese, low Sent?
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    Social Welfare Takes Over Overseas Chinese Orphanage
    775 3  -  BY TERSIE CORELIUS One hundred una seven Chinese Orphans yesterday d with awe and curiosity while they were told at )vcrs?as Chinese Orphanage in Upper Wilkie Road hvy were being adopted by social welfare l! y did not understand— not at first ••10
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    X'mas Meals: Caterers' Plea Rejected
    177 3 A PLEA BY CATERERS TO INCREASE THE TOP PRICE OF CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR MEALS TO ABOVE S3 HAS BEEN REJECTED BY THE FOOD CONTROLLER, THE TRIBUNE WAS INFORMED LAST NIGHT. Restauranteurs are given up to Dec. 12 to apply for permission to charge $5
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    EXTORTION CHARGE
    63 3 A ycung Chinese w;:s yesterday at the Second Police Court remanded in police custody until Friday on a charge of extortion. He was Ng Hoe. aged 25. charged with extorting $26.50 from Seah Ah Thow by putting him in fear of arrest by the Customs, on Dec. 9.
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    POLICE SEIZE ARMS & AMMO
    29 3 POLICE SEIZE ARMS AMMO yesterday afternoon the Hokkien sub-branch, Singapore Criminal investigation Department, arrested two Chinese in possession of 1.200 rounds of .38 revolver ammunition in Btoe Course Road.
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    Trespass Charge
    48 3 Forty-one Chinese were yesterday at the Third Police Court remanded in custody for a week on a charge of trespass. They were alleged to have entered the SHB area without permits on Dec. 9. Bail was opposed on the grounds that they had no of abode.
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    50 Cents A Swear
    36 3 TonQ Ho, Tian, a r>t-year-ohl tlokk-n, was yesterday at the Fourth Police Court fmcd r>o cents for using abunire language) on a detective, Mohamed Sharif bin Osman at Cheng Cheok-Btreet on Dtc. !>.
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    Dangers Ahead
    873 4 Mr. Malcolm Ma cdonaid when he sees the secretary of State will be üble to place before him a more exact picture of the situation in Malaya r han has been possible through written correspondence or telegram. The British Government will recognise that administrations cannot function satisfactorily in.
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    A Chinese Tontine
    632 4  -  Its Popularity and Its Working System Explained B y WONG TET CONN The Chinese form among their own friends a "money association" which s called "vui" in Cantonese, "fui" in Kheh and "huay in Hokien dialects. The formation of this vui. called tontine in English, has two
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    'Founders' Day' Meeting—Mr. Namazie Explains Islam
    625 4  -  by N. MAMAT I Sponsored by the Ahmndiya j community, commonly known here as the "Qadianis." a meetI mg was held recently at the YMCA under the chairmanship of* Mr. G. G Thomson. Public Relation* Officer 1 The meeting w;is known as -Founders' Day"
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    The Overlanders
    84 4 Fifty-nine days after leaving Birmingham, the of a'lBirmingham Overianders, led by Mr. W H. Hunt. 0 f Prospect Row. Ashted, has arrived a t Kan I in Northern Nigerian territory after a rough trek across the Sahara Desert. They have now completed nearly 4.000 miles with two lorries-
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    Very Delayed Action
    58 4 The owner of a 1914-18 cannon shell, which exploded at a Luton factory, killing Albert Allen Kitteridge, aged 29, married, of Luton, stated at the inquest: "I have had it for twenty years and my children played with it time and again. They even put a string
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    Army Recruiting
    271 4 Letters to the Editor w5br Army recruiting nolirv t,c Sri R in the Malaya Tribune PUbl,sh *l T wouid ho p ra} f would publish the bX f i' 011 plyThe r- cont s t a r <" by Major C. B Singapore Volunteer pw lh garding Army
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    NYON LIGHTS
    69 4 Sir. —It will be much appreciated if the authorities can kindly extend t l ie Nyon Road Lighting System to the junction of Upper Serangocn Road and the cart track leading to the Alkaff Gardens. This is very essential becaus 1 there are many accidents occurring on the
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    Wot, No Beer?
    106 4 Sheffield diversity s'u('-r: are to hold a referendum on H They want to f nd out bow BW students «cald fa' ur a bir J the UlYOn Clubhouse USej I 1600 Students The? w. the facts and hpu"" S b fo-e tfc Senate. It is a matt«
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    Golden Lining
    22 4 mortrm —a that it had been ;a Vh ;d 58 of which worth mysteriously SmcYoH Tark pond previous three nif*
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      29 4 FLASH: j Limited supply of LATEST j I AMERICAN D.C Rcfrigerators arrived. Come early j before they are sold out. j Lee rletcher 102-6 ORCHARD ROAD PHONE 3338. V
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    U.S. Horses Equal To Any In World
    707 5 Plea For Recognition of American Stud-Book Reuter. Ynrk h!J n K K D u, C IQ The Chairman of the New TnrL kGy C i vb William Woodward, whose colt Black larqum won the Cimcrack Stakes here in August made aptea .or recos-niiion
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    Training Reds To Roar
    77 5 Reuter. 10 The Soviet .is training refurther its foreign Georgl Malenkov, il chairman of the of Ministers, said quoted by MoscowMs reported In Paity newspaper, Union Communist ng particular atten- rial policy and attach- mcc to selection •aimng of cadres issurtng that the xternal policy will
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    Belgian Premier Challenged
    63 5 Reuter. I s Dec. 10 —M. Max oi the Socialist hallenge M. Pauline Belgian Prime the Governing.Us bitterly debated monarchy in the i -.it was officialunced yesterday. Ned sources stated ft the challenge. M. Spaak aid ask for a vote of d that, if it were Government
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    10 FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION MEN LANDED IN SITIAWAN
    234 5 Mid-Sea Escape Bid Fails (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh, Dec. 10.—Chinese fishermen well out to siea in the Straits of Malacca between Perak and Sumatra a few days ago found ten men on a raft. They were picked up and yesuerday when
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    N.I. Talks Mere "Eyewash"
    127 5 Reuter. Moscuw. Dec. 10. -Tass. the official Soviet -tews agency, in a message yesterday from the Indonesian Republican capital of Jogjakarta quoted Indonesian newspapers as saying the Dutch delegation to the Indonesian peace talks was "merely eyewash" and that It was led by a "Dutch colonial
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    Big Hire Bill
    56 5 Reuter. London. Dec. 10.—In a written Parliamentary reply Mr. Callag. nan. Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, stated that Britain paid approximately £10.500,000 for thie hire of American oil tankers in 1946. The amount, payable this year, was estimated at £7,soo,ooo.—Reuter. London. Dec. 10 —George Carney,
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    SHIPMENTS TO RUSSIA BLOCKED
    95 5 U.P. WASHINGTON f. Chairman Ross Rizley said the special House of Representat yes investigating Sub Committee has blocked the shipment of ove r $20 million surplus war machinery to Russia slready crated and addressed when discovered in Ohio and New York depots. He said similar shipments
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    Missing Pilot's Family To Return To U.S.
    114 5 U.P. TIENTSIN, Dec. 10 Mrs. Hazel Moore is prepared to return to the United States soon, with her daughter -in law and grand-daughters aged five and two, as the Ta Kung Pao said the Communist radio confirmed Moore's d°n»h near Peiping on November
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    Proposed Over Trans-Pacific Phone, Accepted
    89 5 U.P. Shanghai, Dec. 10. It was disclosed today by A. L. Pilgrim, of the Pacific Far East liner Lakewood Victory, that he proposed on Sunday night over the Transpacific telephone to Miss Ennid Roberts of the San Francisco Office of the Pacific Far East Lines
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    Tandberg To Fight In New York Jan. 9
    77 5 U.P. NEW YORK. Dec. 10 Promoter Sol Strauss revealed that Sweden's Olle Tandberg will make his American debut at Madison Square garden on January 9. Tandberg will choose his opponent from among Tommy Gomez, Joe Maxim and Gimo Bonuino* of Italy. Nathan
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    Ship's Skipper Refused To Sail With Her
    128 5 THE CAPTAIN OF A UNITED KINGDOM I BOUND VESSEL RE- I FUSED TO SAIL WITH J A MIDDLE-AGED EU- ROPEAN WOMAN 1 PASSENGER WHO BE- HAVED IN A DISORD- ERLY MANNER AT I THE S.H.B. ON DEC. 5. I J This was revealed
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    "Filthy"
    176 5 I I A PASSAGE. IT WAS J STATED YESTERDAY. HAD THEN BEEN I BOOKED FOR HER TO I THE U.K. > She boarded the ship with her luggage and al- 1 leged that the berth allot- S ted to her was unsatisfac- i I tor}'. She then used the
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    BOOK PIRACY IN HONGKONG
    119 5 Reuter. SHANGHAI, Dec. 9 —If there were no pirated copies cf English textbooks hcie, most of the college students would be unable to carry on tiieir studios, the manager of on'; of the biggest Chinese publishing houses told the China Press, in commenting on the present
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    Rumanian Pact With Hungary
    94 5 Reuter. BUCHAREST, Dec. 10.—Marshal Tito, Prime Minister of Yugoslavia, was expected to arrive here yesteiday to sign with Rumania a pac*, of friendship, co-operation and mutual aid similar to that with Hungary which he signed in Budapest yesterday. He sifined a friendly treaty with Bulgaria ten
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    "Pakistan Spy"
    60 5 Reuter. New Delhi, Dec. 10 —An indi- cation of the prevailing tension between the two Dominions was a report feature in black type in a local newspaper that a "Pakistan spy" had been arrested at Agra. The man was described as a "secret agent trom Pakistan" who had
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    LOTTERIES QUICKEST WAY TO MEET K.L. HOUSING PROBLEM
    244 5 (F-om Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 10.—Declaring that so far only l 1 per cent, of the housing requirements had been nvjt, Mr. J. R. Vethavanam, at today's meeting of the Town Board, attacked the Government's housing policy and declared that
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    BRIGHT STARS WIN
    46 5 In a friend'y panic of soccer playe4 on Saturday at the Kanipong Pisang ground tho Br ght Star Rangers 2nd XI beat the Nelson Sports ClUh by three goals to nil. The scorers mere Alfred. Krithnan and Arumuqam. Mr. G. J. Loudks refereed.
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    New Books For Raffles Library
    194 6 The following new hooks hay. been j added t<> Raffias Lite**) Blanehi (Martha Dick nsoa) ft AJ- fre.d btetc iiumpsoii. The Poonts Emily Dickinson. Green (Roland) Wing Tips, Guibaut (Andrr-t Tibetan Venture Hudson (Derek) Charles Keene. Knox (Collie) It haa to be Me. Lane (Olpa,
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    MAJOR FELL OFF HORSE, RAN OVER BY LORRY
    529 6 Possibility Of The Lorry Being Traced Labourers who threw up their hands in the air and shouted when they passed an oncoming riding party in their lorry probably caused the death of an Army major, who was thrown o'l nis mount when
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    KIWI Members' League
    75 6 IfsafcftS of the Kiwi Members" League (Singapore Bee tion) are reminded »f ti;t' fOttfcOSaatSg Luffet Party to be held at Mr. Tan feng Wall's residence at So: 19. Scott's Road, on Saturday. mmencing 7 p.m. Those wishing to join in this Party nrid have Dot >. t
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    Kui Kong Yong Here Next Month
    544 6 David Kui Kong Yong. the Cantonese No. 1 ranking bantamweight for world honours, ha* agreed to fight in Singapore. A special telegram to me from Kow Kirn Lin has brought the good tidings. Kirn says that Yong will he ready to fight in Singapore
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    AIRMEN DRAW WITH S.C.C. IN THRILLING GAME
    437 6 S.C.C. Ist XV 6 points. Combined R A.F. XV 6 points In one Ol the most exciting and gruelling rugger matches of the season, a Combined R.A.F. XV fought well to hod the S.C.C Ist XV to a draw, each side scoring 6
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    Research Vital To Save Plantation Rubber
    548 6 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Only by the plantation rubber industry indulging in unselfish expenditure and research on a its production a nd properties could natural rubber compete with synthetic in price, and cover its shortcomings. A staunch believer that the j properties in the man-made
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    Commercial Class At Chinese "Y"
    49 6 The Ch:nes.> YMCA. 107. S > gio Road have pleasure in announcing tho opening ci th-.r Special English Commercial Training Class on Tuesday. D<>cember 10. at 7 p.m Students who have already registered ana other intending students WT requested to present themselves On that rfatf.
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    Uncle Wants To Withdraw Charge
    66 6 Standi** _m lh He Vai Tar: d.v t ci dea Yesterday a Vr Utf Beharl s*h B told the poh, that the L C I intended! Inspect! I »de, learning EM was not compoundah I his nephen releases I At a do I demanded $10,000
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    Today's State Hockey
    94 6 last minute hang t! (v team to meet Id Abdul Kar m and his by Major Boyne oi th in The mat :h starts il d the S.C.C. padang The U llowin i b th V R H Barth iCapi .A I nampalam, G. Claike. Cclr toford.
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    Endeavour BP Anniversary
    39 6 Party bii h cekbrat* Its 19*7 An»l»eri j Sunt ay. n« v Rambai B <ae\ ai j All mttabsrs invnains a: asfedt* Que* -5,;-, B -eiavy. at No «z. w air. otncj C beiOT* Dec lo
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    Police Rugger Win
    22 6 a resolt w 0 the Pol ci b points a" D:cl: 5C i <J 1 d j Plattnan Interval.
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    MATCH CANCELLED
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    SELECTIONS
    85 7 P. -GARRICK" I sm&aporc) B j _HI'NTER'S CALL Mv Batchelor THE COUNTESS K-mherley —LADY RL'TII v Sir Keith RJ MADANG \uv Idea HOiIKLAW II Trince Colin I MINSTREL BOY Radiant Rhythm HARVEST MOON No Regrets VICTORY Norfeld I H I NIT AS" j 1 1poh• Bare I: 111 NTER
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    BADMINTON DRAW
    28 7 A ofllj m*Uh Wrtweon the C High School Union and CI Giun School party c Bt turdaj .t tl. t Choon D sh School Hall re*ul',>d
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    Special Guide To Today's Races
    1370 7 Below is the complete Card for today, the third day of the Perak Turf Club December moetins, giving- full details of the horses, age, description, last three runs, probable jockeys, weights, owners and trainers, as well as prospects of the horses. RACE ONE. 2.30 p.m.
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      192 7 i) I E E X S I y 3 00, 6.30, 9.15 p.m "THE LADY FROM CHUNGKING" Starring Anna May Wong Ma3 3 15, <. ;i<> and 9.15 p.m. I Popular Keturn Screening HAND"' (Hindustani) uith BEG1 M PARA. I GREAT WORLD GLOBE *—MS P- M Thi Dark Mirror" NEW
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      229 7 flEfrlt: DAVIS IS BACK A T YOUR FA VOI TRITE C IKE MA FRO id TODAY m iw. }T3o*\ubp.m. PAyillQNl|ps^ RAFFLES HOTEL j TO-NIGHT DANCE 9.15 p.m. RAFFLES ORCHESTRA Directed by Joe Spe lman. FEATURING JEANETTE, VOCALIST Admission To No;i-Residents $1.40 ffKß* A VICTORIA THEATRE J N'gbtly 13th THF BTAOK
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    Memorial To World's Finest Umpire
    197 8 Reuter. LONDON, Dec. 10. The Miirylebone Cricket Club decided the 1948 cricket season shall be one in which country clubs, dominions, minor counties, universities and the public will have the opportunity of expressing their appreciation 'it a man who is acknowledged as the world's finest
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    PRISON ESCAPE
    53 8 Reuter. JERUSALEM. Dec. 10. Eighteen Arab prisoners climbed ove- the eastern wall of Acre prison, north Palestine today, and escaped under a fusillade of shots from a sentry, it was officially d I sclosed More than 250 Jews and Arabs escaped from Acre prison on Sunday. May 4.
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    Trade Unionists Urged To Keep Eye On Accounts Of Unions
    436 8 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Sii-apore now has an organised labour force ol w,°ll dvel Woo. including men and women, representrd by 1 62 registered Trade Unions. The rush for registration being over now with almost all unions seeking Union movement in
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    WEDDING AT THE CATHEDRAL
    110 8 The marriage took place yesterday alternoon at St. Andrews Cathedral of Mr. Bertram James Wright and Miss Dorothy May White. The Rev Kinross Nicholson offic-.ated. Mr. P. C. Sands acted as bestman and the bride was given away by Mr. R. S Cole. A blue frock,
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    Malayans Are Still Winning
    97 8 Reuter. BOMBAY. Dec. *0. -in the singles third round ot the National Badminton Cnampionthlpa the Malayan players. A. 9. Samuel and Chan Xi n Leong. won their matches against Bombay players in straight games today but Leong was fully extended by a young Bombay player. Talyarkhan.
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    Detective's Story Of Posing As Buyer In Jeep Theft Case
    396 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Dec. 10—How a detective posed as a buyer for a military jeep stolen from the Command Workshops. Circular Road, was revealed at a preliminary inquiry in the First Magistrates Court this morning before Inche Mohamed bin Baba. when
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    POLICE FIRE ON DEMONSTRATORS
    53 8 Reuter. CALCUTTA. Dec. 10. Police fired to disperse student and peasant demonstrators in front of the West Bengal Assembly Hall today. Demonstrators were demanding that the security bill giving special powers to the Government now before the Assembly should be dropped. Four wounded people were taken
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    $635,908 In Army Stores Stolen In 1947
    112 8 (By a military Obserwr) < Stolen Army stores and equip- ment to the value of 635,908 dollars equivalent of £73,022— have been recorded by the 91st Special Investigation Section of the Royal Military Police in Singapore and FARELF between January Ist and November
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    Lien Hwa To Play For Charily?
    105 8 LETTER TO SPORT EDITOR SIR.—In view o' the triumphant records on the Malayan Chinese «Lien Hwa) Footballers' recent tour. I write to suggest tha< a charity match be arranged to play between the Combiner! Services and Liei> Hwa at Ji.lan Besar Stadairn. Collection of
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    MR. SETHI RETURNS
    25 8 Mr. A. R. Scth India Government Information Officer, who had been to New Delhi on an official visit, has returned to Singapore.
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    'Croix de Guerre' Battalion To Relieve England's Oldest In S'pore
    358 8 (By a Military Observer) The oldest English Regiment in the British Army will be relieved in Singapore during Christmas week by a Battalion of a Regiment which holds the Croix de Ouerre. f u„ l„t The cadre personnel of tne
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    WEIGHTS FOR SATURDAY
    391 8 Below are the handicaps for Saturday, the last day of the P T.C. December meeting. HORSES. Class 2, Div. 19 F. TRUE SECURITY 9.00 DISTINCTION 8 12 EVEREST 810 HERODEN 805 GULA MALAKA 8 04 EUREKA 802 DOUBLE TEN 800 COLD WAVE 7.13 FIGHTING FISH 7.11 PHAR
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    Efforts To Avert Railway Breakdown In Britain
    88 8 Reuter. London, Dec. 10.—The British Government, fully aware that the country's outworn railway system has become one of the danger spots of the national economy, is making supreme efforts to avoid a breakdown this winter by steeply stepping up production plans for locomotives
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    SINGAPORE BADMINTON FIXTURES
    136 8 Badminton fixum s m Open uhamptoiurup, Singapore Baammtor A< Si t'cn to be played at the S" cal Umon Hall are as EoUm Saturday Dec n. Women's doubles final ton Teo Tiang Seng and Chu ??K™ Young V*. Madam Ong Siev; z, U.) and life Nu Sa.
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    Armed Man Arrested
    87 8 TELUK ANSON. Dec 10 -A mild stir was caused at the B»--bak Bcrnam jetty on Monday morning when a young Chime was taken into custody by ft Police The Chinese who save Hi name as Beh Pen: Seng, i 7 chew and aged 20. was about to
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    KL YMCA Enter Soccer Final
    65 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Dec 10 By virtue of a two-n ,l ririoj over the Selangor Malays A t the Semi-final F A. Dp" Soccer on the TPCA ground the YMCA entered the final The game was play* wet and slippery CQutftM About 15 mtaate tow*» end
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    AAU DREW WITH SWIFT B.P.
    88 8 Plavin- at the home MR hjj *f day. the A.AU. -B" driv Swift B P. B" 4 .v Df are as follows. A A.U. r tioned flrrt:-Har,idb:r. Mkhae 13-4. 15-5. S. B£ beat M. V. Thamty tt* JJ Chiang BO* 0«* to- Phoo 8-15. 11-15.
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