Malaya Tribune, 18 December 1947

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    57 1 The Malaya Tribune B y THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Lar£er Sales Than Any Afternoon Paper In Malaya "%ow PrintembyMtnaneously in Singapore jHuala Ipoh Penang. 'Phone 5811 (Three Lines) T^n_£AGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1947 PRICE TEN~CINTS The Malaya Tribune Ln.ruUm Agents: Messrs. CoUn Turner Ltd., Talbot House, 9H. St..
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    S'PORE SEAMEN'S DISPUTE TO GO BEFORE WORLD FTUP
    662 1 Offer By American Maritime Board (Tribune Staff Reporter) The thirty-year-old Singapore system of recruiting local sailors may be taken before the World Federation of Tra de Unions shortly. This action was promised by the National Maritime Board of America m a letteT
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    Pirates Spent $100,000 On Spying
    96 1 Reuter. HON(>KONG. Dec. 18—The »ang which p«rated the Dutch •*****-ton gUMM Van Heutz vorth of Hongkong on Sunday spent over S 100.000 on intelligence work during a planning period of several months, accord ng to statements of deck passengers to the Chinese press. The> learned
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    T. B. Fight Cannot Wait For Govt Funds
    387 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Government thinks of the local tuberculosis problem in terms of years. We must think of it totertta nf wppks" said Mr C. L. Edwards, Manager of tne «o k ng and Shanghai Bank Singapore Anti-T.B. Association in an interview
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    Public Services 1948 Bill
    59 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) A Bill making provision lor public services for 1948 will he introduced in the Advisory Council shortly. The Bill authorises expenditure in 1948 of $79,298,607 out o! a budgeted expenditure of $90,201, 764The following deductions are made; charge of public debt $8,092,857: Pensions,
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    All-Malayan Singles Final In All-India Badminton
    125 1 Reuter. BOMBAY. Dec. 17. Tne men s singles final *n the national badminton champion- I shins of India will be an AllMalayan affair as a result of Paul Holm (Denmark) having to concede a walkover to Samuel owing to" a strained thieh muscle in
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    NEW TIN PRICES
    88 1 LONDON. Dec. 17. The B itish Ministry of Supply announced that effective today the price of tin metal minimum 99 r r up to under 99.75«, tin content will be increased from £437 to £510 per ton f.o.b. United Kingdom port or delivered to United Kingdom consumers'
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    FOOD FOR MAROONED SOLDIERS
    58 1 An R.A.F. Dakota aircraft took eff from Changi Airport this morning with 2.000 pounds of ra. tion s on board for 35 Army personnel who arc cut off at Grik due to the floods in Perak, and ar* 1 without food. The rations were parachuted down
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    THREE ROBBERIES
    89 1 Three "taxi" robberies took place in the Holland Road area last night and all three are believed to have been committed by the same person. In each case two Chinese and one Malay were held up at the point of a knife and robbed of cash and valuables.
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    Chinese Guilds Hold Emergency Meetings
    284 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Chir<?se trading guilds in Singapore, shaken by Government's decision on income tax, are holding emergency meetings to analyze their position in the face of this threat to their financial stability. The general opinion that the Chinese commercial community has cornered the greater
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    Salaries Report Queried In Commons
    401 1 Reuter. LONDON, Dec. 17. Colonial Secretary Arthur Creech Jones »told the House of Commons today he toas aware of certain dissatisfaction in Singapore at the disparity in the salary scales and conditions of the Civil Service. Frederick Skinnard. Labour, had asked what was being done
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    Creech Jones Heckled In Commons
    697 1 Fate Of A. Brooke In Malaya Reuter. LONDON Dec 17.-Colonial Secretary Arthur LONDUiN, f Commons today Creech Jones stated in the House 01 Governthat he was ment legarding the whole 0 i sir Charles Malaya of Anthony Brooke araw ak. Vvner Brooke, former White Kajan
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    Ratepayers Assn. Cable To Premier
    157 1 The committee o! the Singapore Ratepayers Association has despatched th e following telegram to the Prime Minister today: "All ton Unofficial Members of the Council of the Governor of Singapore, handpicked and admitted by him to be truly representative of the peoples of this Colony,
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    SHOOTING IN JAP CAMP
    54 1 A shooting incident occurred in a Jap camp at 9 1/2 mile Changi Road last night. Four Chinese entered 3 huts simultaneously at 915 and held up the occupants. They were disturbed by other Japs moving about and fled after firing several shots into the air.
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    50 RASC Men Freed Of Rioting Charge
    403 2 Fifty Locally Enlisted Personnel, accused of having participated in a riot at thei Rex Cinema on Nov. 17, were yesterday at the hixtn Police Court acquitted without their defence beiii ii called Two others, both Malays, had the charge against them amended. Ihey
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    LORD COLWYN CASHIERED
    54 2 Reuter. LONTDON. Dec 17 Lord Cotwyn left the Army yesterday when the court martial dcci- J sion sentencing him to be cas- I hiered was confirmed Lord Colwyn pleaded guilty to j live charges of "indecent be-ha vtonr" while serving In the Bri- tish Army in Italy
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    Threat To Pi Economy
    88 2 U.P Manila Dec 17.—The mornin* paper, the- Manila Chronicle. I in°an editorial entitled We May Lose the Free- United States Market", said the Philippine economy was aerlontty threaten- ed with a crisis because of a provision in the draft charter or the international Trade Organisation currently
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    ON TRIAL
    87 2 U.P. fJRIMSTAD VIA OSLO, Dee. 17: Eighty-eight- year- Id N bel Priaa win.ior Knat Hansun ii 10 face trial on charges thst hi kmA turned aii pen from literature to propaganda for the Naci«. The |trosfou»i i i-« not a.kmi' for capital unishßMOf or imprisonment only that Ra
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    Prisoners Abandon Sit Down Strike
    83 2 Reuter. RANGOON. Dec. 17,- Prisoners in Rangoon central jail today abandoned a three day sitdown strike after the prison authorities had partially granted their demands. These demands included the transfer of the chief jailer, permission to form a prisoners welfare union, ami the donation to
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    Ipoh Tenancy Case: Board's Decision Upheld
    150 2 IPOH, Dee. 17.—Holding that 4he apoiJcants, Messrs. Shum Yip Leong Rubber Works, hr.:i rot proved sufficiently that they came under the category of "dispossessed persons." the Hon. Mr. Justica Cox Evans, yesterday dismissed their appeal against the decision of the local Rent and Tenancies
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    Foul Play Suspected
    124 2 BUTTER WORTH, EKe 17 A murder was suspected when the decomposed body of a Teo•hew ilshmonger, Tang Ah Chua, was found in his attap hut at Ksmpong Own ta Pj*matang Bmtiaharl, on the -ornin- of December 13 It is reported that Tan An Hoon and a iriend
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    ASSAULTED PC: FINED $25
    142 2 TAIPING. Dec. 27 —Convicted on a charge ot assaulting a Police Constaole In the execution of his duties, two memoers oi the RAOC, Singapore, named Chan Kam Hoi and Chan Kam Weng, were on Monday fined «.25 each in the District Court by Mr. C. P.
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    Shot While Running From Policeman
    143 2 TAPAH, Dec. 17 —A young Chinese named P'ng Oh Cheong, aged 22 years, is a patient in the local District Hospital with serious head wound. It appears that one evening last week two Custom Outdoor Officers from Tapah accompanied by a Policeman armed with i
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    44 2 U.P BERLIN, Dec. 17:-Twenty-three German war nlants in the British and American occupation zones which were due for dismantlement as reparations will be kept intact or partially intact as a result of German ors'Uments in their favour, a ioint British-American announcement said today.—U P.
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    PACT BETWEEN RUSSIA AND CHINESE REDS DOUBLED
    117 2 Shanghai, Dec. 17. Informed sources doubted the authenticity of the report appearing in the Hong Kong newspaper that Chinese communists had signed a military agreement with Soviet Russia! The sources doubted Russia '< would put herself on record as actually signing an out
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    IPOH DIEHARDS ANNUAL DINNER
    21 2 IPOa, Dec. 16 Cluo, one LL T .V stat* h«la *™»™> iff c£?2 lor weu ovei so B
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    GOC's Farewell To Queen's
    157 2 (By a Military Observer*. Majcr General Cox, addressing som e three hundred officers and men o: the Ist. Bn. The Queen's Royal Regiment at Selerang yes terday mornmg called the break. ;ng-up of the Battalion M A tragicthing for a Regiment with the great of the
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    SULTAN'S THANKS
    75 2 KUALA KANGSAR. Dec IT. —HLs Highness the Sultan of D erak in a message to the Malaya Tribune, expresses his sympathy to the victims of flood. He said that the authorities are dcing everything possible for them. His Highness thanks all those wr.o are helping the authorities in
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    Soviets Leave
    32 2 Reuter. Sofia, Dec. 17.—The withdraw al o! aU Soviet armed forces from Bulgaria was completed on Sunday, in conformity with the peace treaty provisions, it Wai authoritatively learned her« today—Reuter.
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    Christian University As Atonement For Atom-Bombed Hiroshima
    172 3 Reuter. Dec. 17. "Stars ami published by the Eduea[nfoj mat ion Section of M v Arthur's headquarters, ported "all residents of i Hiroshima believe a Christian university is n led in Japan by funds 1 i v the: people of the tea as
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    Tojo Will Take Full Responsibility For War Declaration In 1942
    250 3 U.P. KIO, Dec. 17. When Hideki his stand probably on to testify for bis life beinternational Military i the Far East, he will responsibility for declargainst the Allies, execuGen. Doottttle's fliers and of thousands of British, and Allied war pri-
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    Penang Clerks Dissatisfied With Salaries Report
    114 3 rom Our Own Reporter) AN'G. Dec. 17:--It was m\ agreement that the I 1 Salaries report did act ip tD expectations and the ndations on the whole lisap] ointinir. except for a r i fact that seemed to lissatisfactiea was :hat a :;!e i
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    Santa Claus On Flying Visits
    104 3 Reuter. EDINBURGH. Dee. 17.—Santa Claus is to make fly in.: visits this week to distribute peresents to children of officers and airmen at the annual children's Christmas parties at the Koyal Air Force station Turnhouse. Edinbugh, and No. 2 Reserve Flying: School. Cambridge. He will
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    Superfort Crashes, Kills Twelve
    95 3 U.P. Montana Army Field. Arizona. Dec. 17.—An army superfortress bearing 20 nrmy men crashed and burned near here tonight, killing 12 men, according to witnesses on the scene. V. M. Gibson. Ariz ::vi State highway patrolman at the crash said: "I hilped take eight bodies out
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    Mother's Day & Charity Show
    98 3 Mother's Day Charity Show The Indonesian and Malay Woman Welfare Association will stage a Charity Show and Variety Entertainment of Indonesian and Malay Culture, in aid of its Benevolent Fund, on Dec. 22 and 23. at 9 p.m., at the Happy Work! Stadium. The title of the Charity Show is
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    Fat Pay Packets For Miners
    93 3 Reuter. LONDON, Dec. 17. Britain's coal miners are looking forward to a holiday on fat pay packets for Christmas because for the seventh successive week they easily passed the 4,000,000-ton weekly target. Last week they hewed and rut i 356,200 tons, the highest output for
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    India's Balances
    105 3 Reuter. LONDON, Dec. 17.—The British Government intends to send an official mission to India possibly m the first week of January, to discuss with representatives of the India and Pakistan governments Britain's sterling debt of over 1.100.000,000. Prior to the transfer of power the United Kingdom Government entered
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    Misrepresented?
    97 3 Reuter. MOSCOW. Dec. 17.--Tas.s-. the Soviet official news agency, claimed in a Berlin message today the British authorities in Berlin had given German newspapers a report "misrepresenting the decision of the four Allied commanders" on Dec. 13 on the 14-point plan for improvement of working conditions in Berlin put
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    Tapah Farewell
    105 3 TAPAH, Dec. 17.—Prior to 'heir departure on transfer, Uie Ltatf of trie District and Lar.a Offices last week-end entertained inche Abdullah bin Ibrahim (Assistant District Officer, Tapah) .and Mr. M. Samuel, chief clerk of the District Office, Tapah, to a farewell dinner. Speeches were made by Inche Mustapha
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    ACKNOLEDGMENt
    55 4 Cc LEoN: ihe lamuy o: vi- ia«e ...is mfci T\n uo bMfcu** wi.^Ai many n*ei*us 10. vv»_a.ii~., toilers oi coiiOoit-iice u»i»- ui.-euu-ance at the funerai. A Reo,u.tm ni&n iviass lor tin soul oi the laitniul departed wiL be said on peceniojr -old, Tuesoay at G. 15 a.m. at thj
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    Evasion Of Income Tax
    673 4 Opponents of income Lax iought a clean tight and won the day; the Governors took up the veto bludgeon and as a result the public are prostrate and their pockets are at the mercy of the tax garnerer's lingers. How much of the tax receipts will
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    MANILA TRADE BOOM
    76 4 Reuter. MANILA—Two strong indications foreshadowing greater trade between this country and the rest of the world are the increasing number of foreign traders and businessmen who have been dropping off at Manila in the last several months and also the mounting inquiries received by official trade agencies
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    S'pore's "Palace' Cost Half-Million Dollars
    913 4  -  By Oswald Henry TOMORROW night at 8 o'clock the doors of yet another super cabaret— incidentally, the first of Its kind to be built after the liberation—will be thrown open to the citizens of Singapore, and the strains of a popular orchestra will greet dancers
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    Hello Worker!
    60 4 So huge are the Nottingham factories of John Player and Sons manufacturer's of cigarettes that a man could work there for 20 or 30 years without seeing all the processes Of cigarette manufacture. In order to remedy this the management has arranged tours of other departments for ten
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    SINGAPORE'S FIRST SOCIA L SURVEY
    857 4  -  by- By Prof.T.H. Silcock in a recent Broadcast First, what Is a Social Survey? It is an attempt to study the way people live. Not everything about them of course. We want to know things that will be useful in planning social welfare policy. The
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    His Back Pay!
    249 4 store clerk in t h e 9th drome. Kuantan action and was wortS?* 1 M trying conditions in T h g la drome while jL a J he *ro. raided the aerodroTe\l/> ed the store J*J. then evacuated and T 1 r:tles without instructions i u my
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    INDIAN PASSIVE DEFENCE
    92 4 Sir, —I read with interest to 1 the local papers that Civil DeI fence Medals will be awarded to I members of the Passive Defence and Essential Services J I was a member of the Indian Passive Defence Corps and the I.P.D. personnel did man their I
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    The Royal Wedding Ring
    103 4 Prncess Elizabeth's weddn? ring was made of f*J* mined in the Merioneth MH'SA retired West End fn Mr William BertOlle, suggested to Buckingham P*** J*£ that th- Princes might hke he wedding ring ma* tt o tn cm e nugget of W** t/iat f:om whch hT
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      443 4 SITUATION VACANT SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT Of SOCIAL WELFARE Aplications are invited for th? following posts:— CHINESE OriPHANAGL l*o primary schDol teachers to teach English and Chinese. S;iary according to qualifications and experience: free quarters at the i Orphanage will be prov.dea. Successful applicants will take up their duties early in the
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    Veil Lifted On Bloody Jap Carnage In N.S.
    894 5 Al A LUMPUR. Dec_ -'The veil covering what happen,o the village and its inhabitant, will be lifted before you in the ol the prosecution witnesses. They will tell you nf tSf carnage of about »90 inhabitants which included Ten ami oi i
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    32 5 The Indonesian and Malay Women's Welfare Association In Singapore (Himwim), will hold a "Mother's .Day" on Dec. 22, at y a.m. at Istana Kampong Gelam. It will be open to the public.
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    SMUGGLED TOBACCO, CIGARETTES INTO PRISON
    339 5 PENANG Dec. 17.—The practice of smuggling tobacco, cigarettes and chandu into me Penans prison by sub-warders has become extremely prevalent and it might lead to smuggling oi arms as in the same manner which occured in Singapore "I can give evidence to prove that the
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    Decomposed Body Found
    129 5 (From Our Own Reporter) B'WORTH, Dec. 17:—A mur der was suspected when the decomposed body of a Teochew fishmonger. Tang Ah Chua, was found in his atap hut at Kampong Gurun in Permatang Bendahari, on the morning of December 13. It is reported that Tan Ah Hoon
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    Ipoh Wedding
    140 5 (From Our Own Reporter) IPOH Dec. 16.—Two wellknown families of Ipohi and[Penang were joined by he mar riage of Mr. Tsai Kuo Yung, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. T Taiof ipoh to Miss Fok Pui Har, daughter of Mr. and Fok Chap Keng of Penang, at
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    'Malaya Governed By Colonial Office...'
    256 5 (From Our Own Reporter) IPOH, De~. 17:—A meeting of the Perak Branch of the FMS Chamber of Commerce was heid on Dec. 15 with the President, Mr. H. Kingdon Rowe, in the chair, when the income tax qucsti n was brought up f <r discussion.
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    Unwarranted Attack On 2 Schoolteachers
    283 5 (From Our Own Reporter) TELUK ANSON, Dec. 17 —For their unwarranted and vicious assault on two school-teachers, tour young Chinese .who appeared before Mr. J. G. Adams in the District Court neie on Saturday on a charge of rioting at the San Mm Chinese School,
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    Ex-Perak Sportsman Faces CBT Charge
    75 5 (From Our Own Reporter) IPOH Dec 16 Kajapathy Rao ex-Perak badminton player a storeman attached to the Drainage and Irrigation Department, Ipoh. was yesterday pro Steed in the District Court on a charge of criminal breach of r ßao was alleged to have cheated the
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    SIR VICTOR SASSON PRAISES HK RECOVERY
    143 5 Reuter-AAP. SHANGHAI. Dec. 17-Sir Victor Sasoon. prominent Britisn businessman, intimated in an interview here today that he was considering transfer of some of his laree interests here to South China, especially Kwangtung ProV 'sir Victor, who arrived yesterday on his first visit in nearly
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    FALSE EVIDENCE CHARGE AGAINST CABARET GIRL
    161 5 (From Our Own Reporter) PENANG, Dec. 17:—A Chinese Cabaret girl, Lucy Tan who last appeared in the District Govt in connection with an extortion case was produced before Ml. J. P. Blactyedge facing a charge of giving false evidence. The charge against her was
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    $40-Million Housing Plan For S'pore
    751 6 Three-Year Scheme Includes Zoning B\i P. J. JOSEPH A $40-million "Master Plan for the planning and building of the future Singapore is now recommended to Government by the Singapore Housing Committee. A three-year rehounng scheme, involving $30 to $40 millions, and an extensive, far-sight-ed planning
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    Indian Guard Gets Three Years' R.I.
    163 6 Kushi Mohamed. 21-year-old Indian attached to No. 2 Indian Transit Camp, was sentenced to three years' rigorous imprisonment at the Singapore Assizes yesterday by Mr. Justice Brown, who accepted the accused s plea of guilty to a charge of culpable homicide not amounting to
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    S'pore To Be Industrial Hub Of S. E. Asia?
    211 6 IN HIS REVIEW FOR THE YEAR THE GOVERNOR ENVISAGED SINGAPORE AS AN INDUSTRIAL CENIRE SUPPLYING THE NEEDS OF NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES. Singapore has political stability, cheap water and electric power, and extensive areas for factories. By having a many sided economy, it
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    Begging Charge
    72 6 Joseph Davles. a 42-year-old Canadian seaman, of "no fixed abode" pleaded guilty before Mi L. C. Goh at th e Second Police Court on Tuesday, to a charge of begging. Davk-s was alleged to have begged for 20 cents from Dr. William Oh. at 5. Victoria Street on
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    New Tin Price Still Inadequate
    421 6 K. L Miners Say: KUALA LUMPUR. DEC. 17. —TIN MINERS HERE WHO EXPECTED A PRICE OF BETWEEN £550 AND £600 PER TON FOR TIN. WERE GREATLY DISAPPOINTED OVER THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE MINISTRY OF SUPPLY HAD RAISED THE PRICE FROM £137 TO £510. The miners
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    Results Of Inter-Arts Examination
    33 6 Following are the teium v- mc University ol London Examination 1947: inter-Arts July 1947:-Miss Annie Chang Chia Lin (Passed); Nathan Kesagar Vannlasingham (Passed). Leonardo Guatavo Vlera Alves (Referred "English").
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    Labour Adviser Tells S'pore Unionists: "End Mudslinging"
    366 6 THE HOPE OF THE FUTURE FOR TBin 0 THIS COUNTRY, ESPECI ALLY FOR THE s«v i, N h RATION OF TRADE UNIONS. IS TO STKF\vii!l** BRANCHES FROM BOTTOM TO TOP ~,t:N i in.ij, This advice was given to Singapore tra U W. Baltrop.
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    $254 Million For Union Public Services
    145 6 (From Our Own Rc^rter, KT'ai LUHprjR Public Sen n the j rnion fo, Lhe next yea, mated to cast «254.356,261 of this amount, Federal a v total $207,924,504 S Settlement allocations fcfi^m A bill to make this n.ovLsicn ii i be mi 1 mon
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    Recs Defeat CSC In Return Game
    389 7 S R C 2 C.S.C. 0 to nn h mS?vth R f/vf ati n Cub ran oUt winn b y two goais retSm^S r t/ thCy met the Cl > lon Sporta Club in ftioir Recs thoroL K?v c nc,Ain ter on the SRC
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    Australian Tennis Star Joins Professionals
    90 7 (A.I.S). Melbourne. 16.—Australi. .mi Davis Cup player. 26-year-old Dinny Pails has gone to America to negotiate his entry into professional tennis. Pails says he is to sign up with American promoter J:>ck Harris, and will probably play with Jack Kramer and Pancho Seaura (still an
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    Methodist Youths' Table-Tennis Win
    125 7 The Geylan- Methodist Youth Fellowship beat tua "Everplow" Badminton Party i" a friendly return Table Tennis natch by 9 games to nil. Results (G. M. Y. F. mentioned first): Robert Phua beat Sse Gim Siang, 21-18. 21-15; Ho Clv« Bin beat Tommy Tan, 21-1 <, 21-11;
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    CYSA WIN AT TABLE TENNIS
    44 7 Tie Chinese Youth Service Assoc>aUon defeated the -Leisure. Fable-Strc-et on Monday ni fi ht frYSA Players mentioned lust). T Cf hum lost to Loe Ming KODJ J c m„niT Mitn* See lost to (Capt.) 3-0, 2?°« B Kirn Toll*
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    INTER-DISTRICT SOCCER LEAGUE
    141 7 Twenty-two teams have enter-, oa the Inter District Soccer League organised by the Singapore Chinese Football Association First game in the beftgUe will be played off at Jalan Besu> Stadium on Jan. 4, between a Naval Base team and an eleven from Jellico Road. The League has
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    Women's Cricket In Australia
    67 7 (A.I.S.) Melbourne. Dec. 16.— Women's cricket is oeeoming more ana mope popular jn Australia. More than twenty women's teams be- gan games in the Sydney metro, poll tail Inter-club cricket CJln- petition during the last week in October. Interstate matcnes wAH bo played in Victoria from
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    CHENG PAK F.C SOCCER TEAM
    121 7 The team to represent the Serangoon Association in a friendly lootball match against the Cheng Pak Football Club, on Saturday, at the Serangoon English School ground will be selected from the following-. Lim Cheng Heng. Goh Teck PHuan, Charlie Kang, Low Huck Yang, Koh Tens
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    Saturday Soccer
    115 7 The Kadayanallur Muslim Lea gue Football XI will play against The Trafalgar Youngsters XI in a return soccer match on Saturday, at the Mental Knspital ground, Yio Chu Kang Road. Singapore. Kick-off at 5.15 pm. sharp. Kadayanallur Muslim League players will be selected from the following: M. S
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    JOLLILADS BEATEN
    69 7 By four goals to one the Bank a Sports Club beat the JolhTads Athehtic Union at soccer played a the Jalan Bcsar Stadium on Tuesday. Osman scored for the Jollilads in the first half of play which was equalised by Mtcharl Low. B <nka forwards. Yong Sang and
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    Going To HK
    42 7 X:. most prcm sln? and haul-working amateur dancer in Pcnunf. He Is zo'mi to Hongkong and other eotmtwes to a .anixt mi c skill. Joe says 'In amateur com petit urns Penang can sWief thwhole Malayan Union and Sinca#orc.
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    RANGERS BEAT S.C.C. 4-2 AT HOCKEY
    199 7 The Singapore Clarke Rangers beat the Singapore Cricket Club at hookey on the Padantr yesterday by lour goals to two. The standard of plsy was mediocre, but tbero v/ere occasional fast exchanges In the tenth minute of play de Silva look a pus* from
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    SENTENCED
    50 7 UP TRIEStB, pec. 17:-The former UNRRA manager in Trieste. U Emil Valerius Jansens. 1/,-ijor In the Belgian Army, was sentenced in absrnt:a by the American Military Governnent court today to one v<*ar. tight months imp-ronm-nton charges of having sold three tons nl UNRRA sttfar and peeked the money UP.
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    Both Sides Collapse In Second Test
    157 7 SYDNEY Dec 17.—Australia, caught on a sticky wicket.'collapsed for 107 runs today during which 16 wickets fell for less than 150 runs. In exciting finish is promised in this Second Test which witl end tomorrow. The oilier had drastically curtailed P lay andnother day's
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    King Kong Back Here Sunday
    302 7 When the "Tai.ua" docks Singapore new sundy.y she wtfi have on beard one oi the worlds pe«eei heavyweight wrestlers. He i» King Konv, the Hungarian beared giant who is the official Heavyweight Champion of Europe and who is arriving for a series ot lights at
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    TRANSFERRED
    43 7 UP. LISBON, < Derived > Amy ?nd Navy offlcrs and otlians arrested in Inst April's alleged rebellion plot in Monday we-e ordered to be transferred from Lisbon Asylum where IhfJ h. aye been kept to various jails i. different parts oi tlie country —UP.
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    Scoreboard
    185 7 AUSTRALIA Ist INKINGS Prown run out ls Morris lbw. b Amarnath JJ Bradman b Hazare »3 11 assett c. Adikhari b Hazare <» .Miller lbw. b Phadkar H Flamence c Adikhari b Mankad 25 L Johnson lbw. b Phadkar 1 McCool b Phadkar Lindwall b Hazare 0 1 ..Hon
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    Knock-out Hockey Competition
    52 7 Clubs affiliated to the Singapore Hockey Association are informed that the closing date for entries in the Knock-Out Hockey Competition, which is to be run by the Association early next year, has been extended to Tan. 10. Entries are to be. accompanied by an entrance fyee of
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    Som Pong Fails To Add To His Malayan Laurels
    305 8 UP. (By HERMAN RAPPA) So Som Pong's bid to add to his Malayn laurels has falle Details of the rtght are lacking but from the cable report, it seems obvious that Olson wisely retuseci to make a stand up fight of
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    Eurasians Name Penang Council Member
    55 8 PENANG, Dec. 17.—A meeting of the Eurasian Community held on Sunday. Dec. 14 unanimously decided to suggest the name of Mr. G Shelley for nomination as an unofficial*member for the Penang Settlement Council. Mr G Shelley is an accountant attached to the Straits Steamship Co..
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    Four More Schools May Be Re-opened Next Year
    456 8 Additional Afternoon Sessions Also (Tribune Staff Reporter) Bnenter prospects are in store for Singapore's thousands of school boy* and girls studies next year after the five-week the Directed of Education, Mr. J. B. Neilson told rr.e in an interview. I was discussing
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    "WHAT NEXT?" IN GERMANY
    131 8 LONDON. Dec. 17.—A hign Government source said today that Britain will have to reconsider the whole structure of its foreign policy in the light of the breakdown of the Foreign Minister Conference. Foreign Secretary Bevin already has discussed the implications of the breakdown on British pol-cy
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    GENTLE B.P.
    50 8 The eiehth annua! peneral meeting of the Gentle Badnd»»Um Party w M hp held on Sunday, at No. 29. en nue RoVd at 1.8 p.m Lipht refreshments 5m be served and all members are veSrywith tea party Thursday. Dec 25. at 4 p.m. also at 29. uenuc Road.
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    Warship Aids In Fight Against Smugglers
    327 8 -Ipoh. Dec 17. H.M.S. Amethyst a British warship has arrived at Pert Swettenham on a strange peace-time mission, that of policing the narrow waters; oi the Straits of Malacca which has during the past few months Been the main waterway for the nefarious activities
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    YWCA X'mas Party On Saturday
    108 8 The President and general committee of the Y.W.C.A. invite all members to a Christmas Party at the Rex Hotel. Bras Basah Road, on Saturday. Dec. 20. from 5 to 7 p.m. The opportunity w'll also be taken to say farewell to Miss Gertrude Owen, acting
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    POPE'S INTEREST
    53 8 Reuter. ROME. Dec. 17. Mr. and Mrs Karajia. the well-known journalists now touring Italy, were granted a special individual audience by His Holiness the Pope. The Pope evinced keen interest in the Indian situation and the welfare of the large Catholic community in India and presented them with
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    MORE DETAILS OF LUMUT PLANE CRASH
    196 8 SITTAWAN. Dec. 17—More details are to hand of the Indone» sian plane that crashed in the sea off Lumut on Sunday afternoon during a rain storm. It is understood that the plane was piloted by Fit -Lieut. R Iswah Joeai and carried Mr. Abdul
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    Ship Aground
    72 8 A.A.P. Shanghai, Dec. 17.—The Ame rican-owned 4.000-ton ship "Kurt Chily" reported today that it had run aground on a small island north of Okinawa while bound -or Shanghai from Okinawa with a cargo of scrap iron. The ship, which was com manded by an American, has i mixed
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    JCSA To Sue For Back Pay
    224 8 (From Our Financial Corr.) Kuala Lumpur. Dec. 17.—The Malayan Union Back Pay Com mittee is to sue the Government for full back pay for the period of Japanese occupation. Thi s was decided at a meeting o? the JCSA Council and representatives of the
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    ENVOY TO INDIA
    36 8 Reuter. PRAGUE. Dec. 17.—Dr. Edward Benes, the Czechoslovak President, today received the newly-appointed first Czechoslovak Amiassador to India. Joroslav Sejnoha a former Ambassador in Cairo. He is shortly leaving for his new post.—Reuter.
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    K.B.C. DANCE
    23 8 The Katong Boys' Club is holding a Charity Dance at the 9.V.C. Hall. Beach Road, on Dec. 22 at 8.30 p.m.
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    Duke Of Glou cester To Open Ceylon's New Parliament
    144 8 Reuter. COLOMBO, Dec 17 —Ceylon expects that the Duke of Gloucester will inaugurate its Dominion Parliament on February 4 r ext year when the island attains its new status as a member of the Commonwealth. This was announced .in the House
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    3 MONTHS FOR MAKING FALSE DECLARATION
    142 8 false (i«c'arntiA« v Jf r as rs third grade from the state J Officer, Ipoh. k n v m Kr "«S Plovee attached to the p? ar Hydro Electric Co w£? k F U three months' sonment by Mr k*, the D, strict c
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    Baldwin Cremated
    84 8 Reuter. Birmingham. Dec. 17 —After i simple cremation service here today the ashes of Lord Baldwin of Bewdley. former British Pr Minister. wer t placed in a eatff containing the ashes of h: wtb Th e cremation coincided vttb a service in the village church at WUsen near
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    FAREWELL TO ESTATE MANAGER
    94 8 Inch. Dec. 17.-Prior U departure on Home tafetW Mr. J. G. Butcher, manage:,: the Pirji Estate. Lafat entertained to a tea-par; Monday evening. Mr. Abdul Rahman, :r. >••'• :ng the gu-:st-o:-hor.our "bor. voyage," eulogised his tfrf* qualities and E*id that he toed that be wouid have
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    Netaji Scholarship
    82 8 IPOH. De: IT -A j hip has been offered for ionese or Indian stud langor who will be tat;Senior Cambridge in I This scholarship honou- of Wetaji by S Gill ardCO..whowiU «*w the candidate to P2V ?hooi fees for Re-istratior: f Candidates who into Ply fo- this forward
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    INDIAN LEAVES
    16 8 Reuter. LONDON. Hcc 1- Tni r don. HI I/*** J** 5 for todla Bxnter.
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      46 8 TODAY'S WEATHER j REPORT Weather: Bright intervals with occasional thundery showers during this afternoon. Fair tonight and tomorrow morning. Wind; North-easterly—five to 10 miles per hour. Max. Temp.: 86 deg. Mln. temp.: 72 deg. Rainfall: Nil. Humidity: 0730 yesterday morning—99; 1330—66; 1930—8b; 0730 thi s morning—99,
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