Malaya Tribune, 8 January 1948

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    63 1 The Malaya Tribune B Y THE PEOPLE TO/? THE PEOPLE Larger Sales Than Any Afternoon Paper In Malaya ujjT ?ifYu Printed simultaneously in Singapore. Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh Penang. 'Phone 5811 (Three Lines) MGHT PAGlfe SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS: The Malaya Tribune London Agents Messrs. Colin Turner
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    GOVT. TO RUN T.B. CLINIC
    546 1 yffbre Rotary Club*s Offer Accepted (Tribune Stafl Reporter) Government have now accepts to staff, manage and maintain the firsi tuberculosis citntj in Singapore which will be built by the Singapore Rotary Club It V rill l>e called the Singapore Rotary Club Tuberculosis lnur. Mans have
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    COUNCILLOR URGES UNITY
    810 1 A stroni plea tur unity aratng Malayan* was u fd h > 1 irr Thk Cfcaa Bee in the \»h s*n C <>un< il today. Mr. rhio Chan Bee said: li day :::< question of Malny- d anity very much in people's mlads. Like many other countries
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    Sterner Measures In Holy Land Likely
    365 1 BOMB THROWN AT JAFFA GATE U.P. JERUSALEM, Jan. 7.—Five Jewish extremists riding in a car threw a bomb at an Arab crowd at Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem late today followed by a wild police crutf? in wMpA VhiP.» nf them war a jaliai.. And
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    Gunmen's Big Haul
    124 1 Four Chinese gunmen got away with $1043 in cash and valuables from the house of a Chinese in Telok Blangah Road in the early hours of this morning. The rcbbers gained admittance by climbing over the back wall of the residence and ransacked it for an hour
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    Sunshine Again-But Rain Likely
    313 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Sir.gapore.ans woke up this murn.ng to the (List brignt rays of sunshine to be seen Since tne New Year. Hapnv smiles and a notable absence of rain-coats and umbrellas greeted the sundrenched town and suburbs and housewives rushed damp clothes en the lines
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    CRIPPS REVEALS BRITAIN'S £460 MILLION DEFICIT
    133 1 LONDON. Jan. B.—The Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Stafford Cripps said last night that Britain will be in a grave position unless Congress approves the European recovery programme. "The sooner aid comes the better, he told a press conference. "We must not count upon
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    600 STRANDED
    61 1 About 600 passengers including about 200 service personnel in three trains who left Singapore on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning ar c stranded in Kluang. Some managed to return to Singapore yesterday by road. When the line is cleared it is believed the three stranded trains which left
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    18 1 SAVANNAH, Georgia, Jan. 7: fueen persons -wdre killed and nine injured when a twin-engined coastal airlines plane crashed.
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    Governor On Income Tax
    119 1 At the meeting of the Advisory Council this morning His Excellency the Governor said a Committee had been appointed under the Chairmanship of the Financial Secretary to consider any proposal or amendment in regard to income tax. His Excellency said that the proposal by Mr. Thio
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    Thefts From Godown Areas Dwindling
    310 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) The crime grauh of offences committed in the Sineauor* Harbour Bourd godown areas is now back to the normal peace-time level, stated the Superintendent ot Port Police, Mr. H. Rodda in an interview with the Tribune. n/ir7 Mr- Rodda revealed that in
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    "On The Night Of The Ninth"
    58 1 A thrilling mystery story, 'On The Night of The Ninth" begins in the Morning Tribune on Monday. 'On The Night of the Ninth" is another gripping thriller by the well-known detective novel writer J. R. Wilmot, whose works have Included "The Moorcraft Manor Mystery/
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    S.S. RENGAM MISSING
    51 1 Th e s.s. Rengam, which Is overdue three days, has not been i sighted so far, although an airera *t search has been made for it. The Rengam's last port of call was Kuantan. A spokesman of the Straits Steamship Co. said "there is no cause for
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    On Other Pages
    37 1 Page 2.—Fight Against Crime. Page 3 A.P.I. Case. Page 4 Singapore. Through A Century. Page 5-Warning to Eurasians. Page 6 Johore Floods. Page 7- Sflangor Race Entries. Page 8 Joe Buksi Trains For "Return".
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    Police had tough fight to check crime in 1947
    1318 2 Spore Public Now More Confident (Tribune Staff Reporter) j Last year, armed gangsters operating in Singapore got away with a tremendous amount of loot in. jewellery, textiles and cash. The police, however, got cracking, and together with the help of those
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    Opium Smoker Bound Over
    193 2 With the jtassiny of stnttnee at the First District Court yesterday, the curtain fell on the story of a middle-aged Chinese who. because he contracted piles during the occupation, took "rather a tot of drinks," and then opium. Standing in the dock, 42-year-old Lay Tham, with
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    Commendation Card For Loyang Squatter
    252 2 Way back in 1942 some internees used to visit surreptitiously a Chinese squatter's hut at Loyang in the Changi district They came in twos, threes, or In larger numbers. Their host, Mr. Lim Kirn Pheow, gave them food, and while they partook of his boiled
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    $1¼ MILLION REMITTED
    26 2 in December, the Chinese in Singapore remitted $1,243,108 to tlielr families \n China-, while th L Chinese in the Malayan Union remitted $365,973.
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    S.H.B. Men's Threat To Strike
    356 2 (Tribune £taff Reporter.>• SINGAPORE IS THREATENED WITH ANOTHER PORT STRIKE OF 5.000 LABOURERS. Following a general meeting of the Singapore Harbour Labourers' Union yesterday, it was decided that if the six demands presented are not satisfied by the Singapore Harbour Board, a strike will be
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    WOMEN TRESPASSERS FINED
    59 2 Tyco old Ch\nt\c \oainen. Lim Shen and Tan Ah Kiong ,< ages are 68 and 52 respectively, wert lined $50 >>, v jour weeks' simple imprisonment when they pleaded yuilty trespassing into Ih< grounds of (he British Transit Camp at Net Soon. The women were said to
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    AMMO CARGO FOR CHINA IN HONGKONG
    103 2 U.P. HONG KGNG, Jan 7 —The steamer Clillsido arrived from Montreal carrying a cargo oi 2,600 tons ot high explosives, ammunition, machine-guns and lighter planes consigned to the Chinese Government in Shanghai*. The vessel also carries unassembled machinery for a bullet 'actory as well
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    Didn't Tell Police
    116 2 A Malay, Manggael bin Samdin, who failed to tell the Police that a Chinese with whom h'j was in conversation in his room in a house in Kee Seng Street on March 31 last year was armed with revolver, was sentenced to eight months' rigorous imprisonment at
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    FRAUDULENT POSSESSION ALLEGED
    63 2 A 19-year old Chinese of Cecil Street. Chua Chong How, alleged to have been found in fraudulent possession of five rolls of black cloth worth $165. in a trisha on Telok Ayer Street at 3 a.m. on Jan. 6. appeared before Mr. E. S. de Banzie at
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    Bench warns absent lawyers absent lawyers
    118 2 When a lawutr's clerk undressed the Court y< sti ni-t i behalf of a client and his employer, he teas severely reprimanded by MagistraU F. I: Ochlers, of the Third Fulfex Court. The Magistral' declared tliat sue 1 occurri mes had hmppened jtn riously
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    Theft of brass tanks alleged
    70 2 Bail in $100 wa allowed at the Second Magistrate's Court > terday. to a Chinese youth on a charge of theft. The youth. Lav Ah Tee, pleaded not guilty to theft of sev brass tanks worth $35 at 11 Ayer Basin on Dec 30. The
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    FIRST STEP
    52 2 Reuter. CAIRO. Jan. 6 The treat .on here of an exile Palestine Arab national committer by the P icstine Arab Higher Executive is expected in Arab League ci ctea as the first p toward getting up an independent Arab Government in Palestine, soon as the British mandate b
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    Another Name For API Alleged In Court
    414 3 The Angkatan Pemuda Insaf (A.P.I.) had been accused, "by a man named Osman/' of ;ing the "Angkatan Pembunoh Inggris (Society to kill ail Englishmen)." is was what Ahmad Binki bin Suib, a young Indo,n tailor alleged at the First District Court yester/gi before
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    Exports From Record Rubber
    142 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter.) Ocean shipments of rubber from Singapore and the Malayan Union during 1947 reached the near million mark, showing about 75 per cent, increase over 1946 total Total shipment from Singapore and Malayan Union ports lor last year amounted to 953,--897 tons, the corresponding
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    Bad Weather Main Cause Of Accidents
    356 3 COLONY TRAFFIC RECORD (Tribune Staff Reporter) DECEMBER ACCIDENTS IN SINGAPORE REACHED THE ALL-TIME RECORD OF 604. BRINGING TRAFFIC COLLISIONS IN THE COLONY FOR THE YEAR TO 6.395 PROBABLY THE HIGHEST IN MOTORING HERE. Of the 6.395 accidents. 151 were recorded as fatal. Involving 158
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    Ardent Devotee Found Hanging
    208 3 FOUND HANGING FROM A TREE IN A CEMETERY ON CHRISTMAS MORNING WAS THE BODY OF A 35-YEAR-OLD HINDU MUNICIPAL LABOURER. NADAISON. The deceased is believed to have ended his life during a Hindu holy period called "Aakadesi". which commenced at 6 p.m. on Dec. 24 and
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    101 Food offences
    37 3 Durirrg December, 101 cases of food offences were dealt fldth and nnes totalling $32,461 were imposed, but paid up amounted to only $15,601. The quantity of rice confiscated was 65.648 kattios valued at $16.018.
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    PHILIPPINES RICE SOLVED OUR PROBLEM
    174 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) MALAYA JUST MISSED GOING WITHOUT RICE RATIONS. Our stocks had reached such a stage that had it not been for the recent purchase of 20.000 tons from the Philippines, there would have been no ration at all. This was the startling disclosure
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    QUALITY IMPROVED
    39 3 The representative mentioned a recent improvement in the qualities of rice received from Siam. He disclosed a sharp rice in purchases from local crop last year. This amounted to 53.000 tons compared with 14,500 the previous season.
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    BOR's On Jeep Charge
    82 3 Two BORs. David Hunter 126> and Thomas Frederick Wake (30) appeared before Magistrate R. J. C. Wait at the Fourth Police Court yesterday to answer a charge of attempting to steal a jeep at 11.50 p.m. on Jan. 6. The jeep it is alleged was parked
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    S'PORE A.T.D. OFFICIALS
    78 3 At the annual genera' meeting cf Singapore Association Of Teachers of Dancing held at the Happy World Cabaret, the following were elected office bearers for the ensuing year: President, Mr. Chee Teck Swee (reelected) Vice-Presidents. Messrs. G. R. Collick and Low Poh San. Secretary, Mr. S. A.
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    Communism In Malaya
    633 4 The Malayan Governors' report on Communist influence in the trades unions, the ''declaration of war" by the Communists against the British Labour Party, the Cominf orm's attack on Mr. Bevin— "the British Conservative leaders are patting Bevin on the back, for they look upon him as a
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    Power Plants For China
    112 4 Reuter. SHANGHAI. Although UNRRA has folded up, i's 70,000 kilowatt power plarn programme, which has It erally dispelled Tnuda of the post-war gloom b numerous cities and factories '-r. •northern central and sou hern China, will be carried to completion this year by the postUNRRA Trusteeship,
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    Born in Tanjong Pagar 102 years ago, this veteran has recollections of SINGAPORE THROUGH A CENTURY
    1193 4  -  By John Duclos in a recent broadcast from Radio Malaya Some time ago I was informed by a Malay friend that he knew of an eld Malay whe claimed he was at least 120
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    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR EAST-WEST SOCIETY
    424 4 Sir,—lt is not an exaggeration that more innuences, cultural, economic and otners Deat upou the snores ol this tiny Island of Singapore than on any other places in South East Asia. It is a real meeting place of the East and West in more
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    Confidence In The Police
    506 4 S.C. Sir,- It is rather surprising that we have such persons like "No Conhdence" living in this part of Asia, having no confidence at all to our much disciplined, improved and well organised Police Force of today. I am sure the C.I D. will gladly furnish
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    Drugs Dropped By Parachute
    210 4 Reuter. Rome Most of the police forces of Europe an j America are on the "rack of a narcotics gang which appears to have made its headquarters here in Rome. But instead of cocaine, heroin, opium and otuer drugs being brought to Italy by sea from
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    MALAYAN EURASIANS URGED TO WAKE UP
    880 5 Mr. F.G.H. Parry Warns Of "Example In India" \i the beginning of the most eventful year in a iiv.i s history, it hehoves every Malayan Eurasian ,riv' instead of lying askance amidst the majority 'Immunities, and decide for the generations to follow ..hit tn<'
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    "MANILA DAY" IN TOKIO
    85 5 Reuter. Tokyo, Jan. 7. Mr: Rup?;t> Secretary cf Defence of the Philippiies, will represent his Government at ue headquarteri of the Uni ed States Pint Cavalry Division near Tokio when the division eelebra es "Manila Day" on February 3, it was announced today by Maj.-Gei. William
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    Indonesia's Cease-Fire 'Elucidation'
    119 5 Reuter-AAP. BATAVIA. Jan. 7. Amir Sjarifuddln, Indonesian Republican Premier, returned to. Batavia today from Jogjakarta, the Republican capital, with his Government's "elucidation" of the United Nations' Security Council "Good Offices Committee's" plans for a cease-fire in Indonesia. The possibility of a cease-fire In the next few days
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    FURTHER CLAIMS AGAINST JAPS
    91 5 Reuter. TOKIO, Jan. 7. Initial claims for more than 11 930 machine tools and items of secondary machine working equipment have been submitted by four nations participating in the 30 per cent advance transfer of the reparations programme, following their inspection of 17 former Govern--1 ment-owned
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    Hongkong Holds The Bag?
    87 5 U.P. HONG KONG. Jan. 7. The South China Morning Post, commenting on Sino-British Economic Pact, questioned whether Hong Kong was left "holding the bag". The editorial point out that all provisions thus far disclosed benefit to China and asked whether "this colony's interests were adequately considered."
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    "Aid To China" Mission
    58 5 U.P. NANKING. Jan. 7. Pei Tsu Yee, former governor of the Central Bank of China, is slated to leave for Shanghai today, from where he will fly to the United States on a China National Aviation Corps plane on Thursday on a liaison mission to Washington
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    BEAUTIFUL DREAMER
    43 5 VIRGINIA MAYO who is teamed with "wonder-man" Danny Kaye in the hiktrkm* Samuel G'lidwyn presentation "Tho Secret Life of Walter Mitty" Which comcu to the Capitol today. Tin technicolour version has Rons Karloff, Fay Bainter and Ann Rutherford as supporting stars.
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    Republic Will Take Part In United States Of Indonesia
    145 5 Reuter —AAP. BATAVIA, Jan. 7.--Dr. Amir Sjarifuddln, Indonesian Republican Premier, today confirmed reports that his was prepared to take part in the proposed formation of a democratic and sovereign "United States of Indonesia The Republican Government s statement was in reply
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    Kuomintang Expels 'Christian General'
    84 5 Reuter and AAP. NANKING, Jan. 7. Gen. Feng Yu-hsiang. China's "Christian General" who was recently recalled to China by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and Premier Chang Chun, was expelled from the Kuomintang Party by a decision at a meeting of the Central Executive Committee of the Party
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    REPUBLICAN PROTEST
    44 5 Reuter. BATAVIA. Jan. o Military observers of the Dutch and Indonesian Republican delegations, attending the oeace talks here, will fly to Rawagedeh. south-east of Batavia. following a Republican orotest that Dutch military action there had killed 300 civilians and wounded 200. —Reuter.
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    NOT INVITED, BUT GOING
    86 5 U.P. NANKING, Jan. 7. -The China Aid Mission, composed of Communications Minister, Yu Ta-wei. and Thu Yee Pei. former Governor of the Central Bank of China, which was expected to leave China within the next few days for Washington, was not invited by the United States
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    Russian Vessel In Distress
    78 5 U.P. HONOLULU. Jan. 7. An RCA Lstening Post picked up a distress message from an unidentified Russian vessel with 800 passengers aboard off the Japanese coast. The brief message, signed "Dvina, Master", reported that the ship had five feet of water in its hold and its
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    HOW A HOLLYWOOD STAR IS BORN
    164 5 Based on the motion picture *VAMfTY GIRL" Catherine Brown saw any number of stars as she stood outside the Chinese Theatre. Dreamily, she even put her footprint and initials in the fresh cement. Catherine and "The Blonde 1 go to the we)l-known Brown Derby
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    'Stop Fighting' Appeal To India, Pakistan
    128 5 U.P. LAKE SUCCESS, Jan 7 United Nations Security Council tackled the proolem of fighting along the Indian-Pakistan bonders with Council Chairman asking both countries to refrain irom aggravating the situation. Chairman Fernand van Langenhove < Belgians, cabled the Indian and Pakistan governments an "urgent
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    Admiral Cooke To Be Relieved
    38 5 U.P. Tsingtao. Jan. 7.—Admiral Charles M. Cooke, Jnr.. Commanding Officer oi Western Pacific Fleet expects to be relieved in the near future, possibly within a month, a member of. his staff revealed today—U.P.
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    HEAVY FLOODS IN CENTRAL JOHORE
    412 6 Singapore—Gemas Rail Traffic Suspended THE FLOODS IN CENTRAL JOHORE, WHICH HAVE CAUSED THE MOST SERIOUS DISRUPTION OF RAIL TRAFFIC FOR MANY YEARS, WORSENED LAST NIGHT AS HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL INCESSANTLY. Rain was pouring heavily when our correspondent in Labis rang up at It
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    Anglo-Soviet Shipping Talks
    119 6 Reuter. LONDON, Jan. 7.—British and Soviet representatives are to meet at once to foster "development of shipping trade between the two countries" it was disclosed when the full text of the new Angio-Soviet trade pact was published tonight. The shipping clause in the pact also calls for
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    Karachi Curfew Extended
    144 6 Reuter. KARACHI. Jan. 7.— Looting broke out again today in Karachi during two hours break in a curfew imposed after yesterday's killing of 64 Sikh evacuees in a blazing temple. The city-wide curlew, due to bo lifted, tomor row morning, will be continued for another 24 hours
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    Iraq Wants Munitions In Palestine
    110 6 U.P. LONDON. Jan 7—lnformed sources said that Iraq may demand part of Great Britain's store of munitions in Palestine as a price of the new Ang-le-Iraqi Treaty. Premier Saleh Jahr of Iraq arrived from Baghdad in a Royal Air Force plane, accompanied by former Premier
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    Bao Dai Meets French HC
    89 6 Reuter. Gc leva, Jan. 7. -Bac Dai. former Emperor of Annam, today ilk.' M. Emille Bollaert, the French High Commissicacr for Indochina, in a hotel here for Valks which were believed to include (be return of his throne. After the mm i"g. communique was issued
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    British Govt. Warns Yugoslavia And Bulgaria
    93 6 U.P. LONDON, Jan. 7 —A Foreign Office spokesman said today that the British Government had warned the Yugoslavia and Bulgarian Governments that serious consequences would follow any recognition of the Markos Greek rebel regime. The spokesman said the United States was "aware" of the
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    First Gurkhas Arrive Here
    81 6 The hist Gurkha Battalions to arrive in Malaya lor service with British Forces, will be the l/10th.. l/7th.. and 1 6th. Gurkha Rifles. Advance parties of the 1 10th. i nd l/7th Gurkha Rifles are due to arrive by air at Changi this morning. They will
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    34 6 U.P. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6-The Ij'.S. State Department announced that the American M'sK'on in O'eec* h p en authorized to divert $15 million from economic reconstruction t° finance increases in the Greek armed forces. —U.P.
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    "Cold War" Is "Absurdity"
    67 6 U.P. PARIS, Jan. 7. Pie.sident Vincent Auriol today branded the "cold war*' between Soviet Russia and the Western Ptareri as "absuic'itv" which it cntinu*d ca) only lead to v third uorld war. Ad essing a luncheon oi the An' io-American Press Association here, the French Chief
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    25th Firing Of German V 2
    65 6 U.P. NEW MEXICO. Jan 7 The crmy announced that m&ethltof I new will be added to the twetitvI fifth firing of the Germnn V 2 rocket on Thursday 'Plash Sound Exnlosion" to pro!." wind conditions in the unocr air. The rocket will disgorge six
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      506 6 NOTICES AUCTION SALE OF Valuable Properties To Be Held At Our Sale-Room, No. 9-C, (Ist. Floor> D'Almeida Stre°t ON MONDAY, 12TH: JANUARY, 1948 AT 2.30 P.M. Estate of Low Koon Yee Deed. Lot I. Freehold land situate at Dyson Road off 'Thomson Road. Areas 134.667 Sq:Ft: and 11,519 Sq:Ft: respectively.
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    MARSHALL PLAN ALLOCATIONS FOR EUROPE
    296 7 Grain But No Coal For Britain Reuter. \SHINdTON, Jan 8. The total four-year allocations for the in count ries who expect to benefit «by the Mm .shall plan for Cnti'il commodities of grain coal, steel, machinery, and r.ftroleum are: UKITATN: grain 1,305,000 ton~ Coal nil.
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    NEW S.R.A. CLASSIFICATIONS
    142 7 c latest amendments and elaMtt :atttf horses running aagrr Strait* Association rues in Malaya TRANSFERS ffm Om 1 Ui Class 2.— Tru/npm^ton. Proi C is j tc Class 3.—Plying Itetresa Austerity Maid; Tactful lad) Ti R boltobi Kilbeau; BtffeeM li (kite Pete Champetre). |*iun C 3 to
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    3rd Test Gates Good Revenues For Indians
    302 7 Reuter-AAP. MELBOURNE, Jan. 7. Handsome attendances at the Third Test brought the total revenue for the Fnd«an tour to-date to X, 16,271. Anxiety on the financial side due to the continual inclement weather is now allayed. From the nine remaining fixtures, including the
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    IDEOLOGICAL CLASH
    93 7 Reuter. SHANGHAI. Jan. 7. China and India should avoid being involved in the ideological clash between the United States and Soviet Russia and should exert their influence to bring these two nations into harmony, Prof. Tan Yun-shan, Dean of the College ofc Chinese studies at Tagore University and
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    SUNDAY SOCCER
    64 7 The -ollowing players will by selected to pray soccer for the No. 1 Sub-Depot of 223 8.0.D. against the Blue Rovers, on Sunday, at St George's Road ground, kick-off 'at 5.15 p.m.: Kuan Cheng, Syed Omar, P. Lopez, L. 3. Teck. Suppiah, T. S. Wee. P. Tan. F,
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    MR. HARRY L. WEE
    25 7 Mr. Harry L. Wee, B.A. (Hons M.A.. LL.B. (Cantab), son of Mrs H. T. Wee, has been admitted'a solicitor in England.
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    U.K. Gives £20,000 For Relief In India
    907 7 Reuter. LONDON, Jan. 7 —The British Government Has given £20,000 to h?lp relieve the suffering caused by the recent disturbances in India and Pakistan which followed the transfer of power by Britain Announcing this at a dinner given by the Lord Mayor of
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    To Compete For European Title
    76 7 U.P. ZURICH. Jan. 7, -World annt-tc-uv furore skating chamDion Barbara Ann Scott of Canada, accompanied by her trainer Gordon Galbraith. her mother and Dick Button. American Olympic skater, left Duebendorf aimort today fOr Prague to particioat in the European cham%Uonshios. She made a brief halt
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    Junior Meet At Swimming Club
    40 7 Toe Singapore Swimming Club will held a meet fdf juniors on Sunday £t 10.30 a.m. There will be "Fsfv Style" events for boys under 16, girls under 16. boys under 13 and girls under 13.
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    JOYFUL JUNIORS
    56 7 The Joyful Juniors Sports Club will hold their half-yearly general meeting at the residence of Mr. Chan Wah Kee. 203-2 Silat Road nt 10.30 a.m. on Sunday. Office-bearers *'o r the half year ending June 10 will be elected at the meeting. Members are requested to assemble at
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    3-1 WIN FOR STAR B.P.
    72 7 In a badminton match played at Thomson Road between Star BP. and Greenwood 8.P., the Star BP. beat Greenwood B.P. by 3—l. Results. Star players mentioned first, are: Doubles:—R. G. Nair and J. Davis beat Marican and Harom. 15 9. 15—12. G. R. Kurup and
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    Selangor Race Entries
    316 7 Entries *or the Selangor lurr Clubs New Year meeting to be held on January 17, 21 and 24 number 133. Eight races will be run on each day. The following qre the tries.HORSES CLASS 1 First run, o l 3 furs.; second run, 6 fur.,: Counsel 11..
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    Greeks Repair Bridge, Chase Guerillas Off
    133 7 Reuter. ATHENS. Jan 7 —Greek engineers have repaired the key Borozani bridge destroyed dur ing last week's fierce fighting lor KoniUa, in Epirus, and normal traffic between Konitza and Yannina. to the south was being resumed today, reports reaching military quarters here said Guerillas
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    AIR AGREEMENT
    49 7 Reuter. MANILA, Jan. 7. An air alfi'eemeh- between the Philippines ai j Britain will be signal today by the Brit'sh Minister Linton Foolds and Presided Mar.uel The pact was nego'iated by the British Air Mission under Ajr Marshal Sir Ic'an Baldwin in November ami December last year.—Reuter.
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    War Decision "Unavoidable": Tojo Ends His Evidence
    291 7 Reuter. i TOKIO, Jan. 7 Hideki Tojo, lormer Japanese Premier and War Minister, today ended his evidence before the International court here which is trying him for war crimes with an admission that he is now the only living Japanese who advised Emperor
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    Inter-District Soccer League
    107 8 U.P. riie Inb r district soccer league rgaaised by the Singapore r hinesc football Association H th the object cf linding new I lea! begins with a game between Plnlayson Gnen and Jalan Bt ar. at OeylaDf Stadium on Jan 17 Ihe League is j plit into
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    "China & Japan Will Attack U.S.—If..."
    230 8 "China Japan Will Attack U.S. If..." U.P. NEW YORK, Jan. 7 —William C. Bullitt contended thai, failure to s'uppurt Chiang Government now would result in a Communist China and Japan "and the 'American people la the end would face attack by the combined Communist forces of Russia, China and Japan."
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    Anne Prepares To Meet Michael
    181 8 U.P. C penhagen, Jan 7.—Princess Anne is busily preparing lv x departure for Lausanne to meet King Michael at the end of this week Not that .she is buying things that la done much better in Switzerland than in Denmarkbat she has to discuss a
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    CATHEDRAL WEDDING
    71 8 Flt./Lt. Peter Kandell Bar melon gh of 48 Squadron RAF. Station Changi was married yesterday at St. Andrew's Cathfdral to Miss Molly Fred+nca S. Batst,r,ie of thf WAAF, R.A.F. Station Changi. The picture shows left to light Sq. TAv. E. F. Thornycroft, A.F.C., D.F.M ißestman); the bridegroom. bTide,
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    Joe Baksi Trains For Return With Tandberg
    606 8 U.P. NEW YORK.—Joe Baksi. who will soon bo 28 years old, was born at Wilkes Barre, Pa., of Polish-American descent, and began Ins professional ring career in 1940. Big, slow and rugged—he is six feet one inch tall and rights at 212 pounds-
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    FUTURE OF JAPAN'S FLEET
    162 8 TCKiC. Jan 8 -The future ci Japan mertxfati fleet will depend on the terms of the peace treaty, but if the recommendations made by Gen. Douglas Mar Arthurs headquarters officials here are followed, there will be no limit placed on tonna?? Japan nay build providing ihe
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    SHB Boys' Club
    65 8 A socct-r match wili be played between the Class "C" Leagu- i and a Combined team of tne 1 Singapore Harbour Beard Boys' Club on the olub's ground on Jan. 11. at 515 p.m. Mr. Choo Teck Po'i. the non. secretary, will kick-off. Medals to tfu champion
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    34 Couples In Fourth Mass Marriage
    403 8 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Thirty-four couples have so far registered their names with the Mayfair Musical and Dramatic Association for the forthcoming mass marriage on Sunday, Jan 25. at the Victoria Memorial Hall. This will be the fourth mass marriage to be sponsored by the
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    British & U.S. Zones To Merge
    196 8 British U.S. Zones To Merge FRANKFURT j(p ral Lucius D. Clay, a Military Governor of th< zrve of Gcrmanv, anrr t'.at military governm* i niza ion s of the American Bri:ish aonea will be metre I mto a single unit as part of the r*> organization establishing B ral government
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    "I've No Idea Why I'm Here!"
    37 8 Reuter. LONDON. Jan. 7.—Sir R< Howe. Goverr.or-General ol the Sudan, arrived here by air today "I have no idea why I aai here." he said "I can nay nothing at all".—Reuter.
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