Malaya Tribune, 6 February 1948

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  • 63 1 The Malaya Tribune L the PEOPLE FOi? THE PEOPLE Larger Sales Than Any fternoon Paper In MaJaya Now Printed simultaneously in Singapore. Kuala Lumpur, lp o h Penang. 'Phone 5811 (Three Lines) £H,iu rws SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS. The Malaya Tribune London Agents -Messrs. Colm Turner
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  • 959 1 Nomination day nears II CANDIDATES ALREADY NAMED: MORE TO EMERGE N Ml\\n< DAY ITOH thy FORTHCOMING SINGAPORE fjj( now !-n ONLY JUST OV ER HI X HENCE, AND I HUM IRI ALREADY IN"»I ATIONS THAT Tll r v»- ST Hi' TIOXS THE HISTORY
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  • 63 1 IttLBOURNR Australia nrst innings 96 for one: Barnes ran out 33, Br wn not out 28. "Wdman 35 Reuter-AAP. j JI r P' ces at 11 a.m. this it&a 402 buying n B. Drop of ct. «<nv" "•f was vas i er i n shinm P n n°*
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  • 117 1 Reuter. LONDON, FEB. s—The British Government today declined a suggestion by a Labour member, Thomas Driberg in the Hones of Commons today that it should request the Australian Government to allow Malays who had settled in Australia o stay and work in Australia because
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  • 22 1 U.P. MOSCOW. Feb. 5: —The Supreme Soviet approved an interim decree or it* Presidium wMch prohibits Russians to marry foreigners.—TJ.P.
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  • 1090 1 Below is the race card for tomorrow's races, the I final day of the Perak Turf Club January/February 1 meeting, together with the records of th-? last threo I runs, age and prospects of each candidate: HORSES—CLASS 3—DIV. 2—5 FIJRS. STR. 02 0 Slickness 4y 9.00 (Hobbs)
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  • 207 1 Reuter. BANGKOK, Feb. 5 Siamese military in the southern district of Songkhla had been alerted against any possible emergency regarding Muslim separatist activities, it fs reported here today. The Director-General of the Ministry of the Interior, Phya Ramraj Bhakdi, is at present personally carrying
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  • 320 1 Reuter. <Frcm Sydney Gampell. Reuters Financial Editor). London. Feb. s.—With last night's slump in the United States markets, the world postwar inflationary bubble seemed at long last to be punctured. The epitaph on the boom seemed to be that while demands were s till insatiable,
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  • 28 1 Reuter. PARIS, s:—The Ex-Emperor of Annam, Bao Dai, arrived in Paris this afternoon from Lyons, on his way back to the Far East. —Reuter
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  • 43 1 A Chinese carpenter living in Desker Road, in the Jalan Besar area, was shot in the knee by one of two Chinese gunmen who. broke into his home shortly after midnight last night. The robbers took only $19 worth of valuables.
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  • 30 1 Singapore C.I.D. officers have detained four Chinese in connection with an armed robbery in Townsend Road on Dec. 10, in which .5100 worth of goods were lost.
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  • 35 1 The Chinese manager of a soap factory in Bukit Timah Road was robbed of $2,100 in cash and valuables last night by two gunmen who broke into the premises a>: about IV p.m.
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  • 115 1 King Kong and three other top-notch wrestlers have decided to donate their blood to the Singapore Blood Bank. It is revealed that the mat men are making this donation as a result of accounts appearing in the local prese that the "stock" was nery Zoic
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  • 53 1 Reuter. LONDON, Feb. s:—The House of Lords today passed the Government's bill to increase Princess Elizabeth's annuity from £15,000 to £40,000 a year on her marriage to the Duke of Edinburgh, who will receive f 10,000 a year. ♦The bill now only awaits the King's
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  • 308 1 Reuter. NEW DELHI, FEB. 5. The police today cordoned Lucknow —population 387,000 —and questioned all arrivals as the dragnet in Gandhi's assassination plot was fluag into towns and tiny villages throughout the Indian ominion. Military and civil police guarded the who perimeter of Luckrow United Provinces and
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  • 48 1 Stockholm, Feb. 5. —Formation by Scandinavian countries of a neutral '"bloc" lying between the Western powers and Russia, it is believed, will be the main subject under discussion when the Prime Ministers of Sweden. Denmark and Norway meet here on Monday for talks on closer cooperation.
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  • 33 1 WASHINGTON, 5:- R<presents'ive Emanuel Teller, Democrat, New York, introduced a bill into the House of Representatives today to authorize the erection in Washing l On of a memorial to Mr- Gardhi.
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  • 25 1 While a Chinese lad was cycling along St. Michael's Road last night, he was waylaid by fourChinese and robbed of $6 in cash.
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  • 32 1 1 LULWORTH CAMP, Dorset, Feb. s:—Prince*? Elizabeth, Colonel-m-I Chief of the 165 th Lancers, today j visited here to inspect the regiment j which is shortly sailing for North Africa.
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  • 26 1 Mr. Victor J. Mendis, President of the Ceylcnese Association of Singapore, left for Colombo by air this morning to participatein Ceylon's independence celebrations.
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  • 555 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 5.— With a view to meet the inadequacy of the existing sour cc of water supply to the Federation capital, which might soon result in major restrictions, investigations are under way to tap fresh sources of supply. Any new scheme,
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  • 67 2 A fourteen-year-old Chinese girl, Van Woon Tong, appeared before the Seventh Police Court Magistrate, Mr. A G. Shears yesterday, on a tentative charge ot murder. Accused is alleged to have administered a dose of caustic soda t*> a person named Lav Mcc Fan at a
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  • 275 2 Because the principal witness in the case against the son of a well-known Singapore busi-ness-man, accused of bribery was in England on "medical grounds," the prosecution informed the First District Court yesterday that instructions had been received from the D P P. to "stay' 1 the
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  • 139 2 Assistant Superintendent of Police, Mr. M. Boyle, Chief Court Prosecuting Officer, who has been prosecuting in the Singapore First District Court for ten months, was thanked by :he District Judge, Mr. E. P. Shanks, yesterday, foe his assistance in the courts. Mr. Shanks said that at
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  • 247 2 Reuter. LONDON. Feb. s.—Field Mar- shal Lord Alexander's own story iof the first wholly successiui I campaign against the Axis—the j desert and mountain warfare of 1942-43 which swept the Germans and Italians from North I Africa and cleared the way for I the Allied invasion
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  • 56 2 Charged with using- their premises for th e administration of morphine, thre e middle-aged Chinese, Teoh Ah Chwee. Ten Kirn Swee and Teo Ah Puay. denied the allegations and claimed trial when they appeared before the Eighth Police Magistrate yesterday. All accused claimed trial and were offered bail
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  • 205 2 "My husband accused me of stealing his $60 and would not believe me when I denied it. I then decided that my life is not worth living anymore.'' So stated 29-year-old Chong Slew Kirn, when she was produced before
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  • 567 3 Execution Of Irwin Jones Stayed /Tribune Stuff Reporter) ■•WIN OLIVER JONES, 39-YEAR-OLD SINGAPORE RU|Le.SS!VIAN, WAS TO HAVE DIED YESTERDAY AT „\v.n I HATH SENTENCE HAVING BEEN PASSED ON fl s, FOB THE MURDER OF MAURICE FOX AND AFTER L IPPEAL WAS DISMISSED. BIT
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  • 27 3 Kepr.nts of photographs appearing in the Morning Tribune and Malaya Tribune lan be had on application to the Tribune fhHtgraphic Department it VtM per copy.
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  • 63 3 A 23-year-old Cantonese woman Tan Yew Kirn, appeared fl* Third Police Magistrate yntmiay on a charge of voluntarily causing hurt to one far am Kan: ed that she committed this offence with a parang a I 10 ftjfc on Koh. 4. limed trial and bail t
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  • 54 3 Scß&tet ol six weeks' rigorous >nmenl was passed on 33». a Teochew, at th? Second Magistrate's Court r theft of 20 katties oi rice from a compatriot. Sect Pwoo Huu. on the five foot way •n jront ol Nj. 63. Boat Quay, early yesterday morning. Goh pleaded
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  • 183 3 Two Chinese detectives attached to the Singapore Criminal investigation Department were wounded in a revolver duel with gangsters in broad daylight yesteraay, in Lcrong 17, Geylang. One man was hit in the hand and the other in the back. The latter is in
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  • 43 3 The Tribune learned that the CID have rounded up several suspects in connection with the shooting as a result of a thorough comb-out carried out yesterday. Two of the arrests were, it is understood, made in Kirn Keat Road last night.
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  • 73 3 Anip binte Samad, ,a 35-year-old Malay woman, employed as a servant at the Changi Prison Quarters claimed trial a* the Second Police Court yesterday to a charge of theft. She was alleged to have stolen two bed sheets, a handkerchief, and a petticoat between Jan.
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  • 20 3 A motor tongkang caught fire yesterday, but the flames were extinguished before the arrival of a fire engine.
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  • 168 3 The Countess of Limerick, D B E., Deputy Chairman of the British Red Cross Society, London, arrived in Singapore by air on Wednesday evening. While here she will conduct inspection tours of the various Welfare offices and service hospitals connected with the Order
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  • 80 3 Arriving by air today on a visit to Headquarters, Air Command. Far East, is the Assistant Under-Secretary of State for Air Mr. R. H. Melville, accompanied by the Director-General of Organisation. Air Ministry, Air Vice-Marshal A. P Davidson C.8.. C.8.E., and the DirectorGeneral or Works, Mr
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  • 55 3 Alleged to have assaulted a policeman on duty, at South Bridge Read en Feb. 4, 49-year-old Cantonese Woo Chaw, apneared before Mr. L. C. Goh at the Second Police Court yesterday. He pleaded not guilty to the charge and was allowed bail until March 9 when
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  • 662 4 The Secretary of State for the Colonies has again ventured upon the slights lv embarrassing topic of trades unionism in Malaya, and judged merely from what he did not tell members of the House the situation must have improved materially since the middle of December when
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  • 98 4 U.P. CHICAGO.—A scientific expedition which will explore China's remotest Northwestern mountain range by air next month will carry equipment designed to tell whether there is a uranium deposit in the mountains, it was announced. Richard P. Goldthwait. Ohio State University Geologist, who will make the trip, said
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  • 998 4  -  By Bishop Lee in his farewell address I have reached an age when it b in order for a man to be reminiscent now and again. It is quite likely true that men who experience middle-age peer into the future more than do the youth
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  • 303 4 Two Posers For Sir Edward Gent letters .To, The_Editor Sir, —I am sure that all your readers must have read with pleasure His Excellency the High I Commissioner's promise made at the inauguration of the Federa- tion of Malaya on February 1 that he will be a
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  • 338 4 Sir,—Whilst thanking Mr. Ray Gladwell for his attempt to enlighten your many readers on Comets from modern scientific knowledge in such a way that my letter may appear foolish or childish, I feel I must not leave him at that. I must inform Mr. Gladwell that I am a
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  • 107 4 U.P. HONG KONG.—Hong Kong is certain to lose considerable business to the Portuguese colony of Macao as a result of th e recently signed Hong Kong-China economic agreement, in the opinion of the Far Eastern Economic Review. The agreement provides that re-exporters i n Hong Kong of
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  • 73 4 Reuter. NEW DELHI.—The Government of India have asked all their employees to refrain from serving alcholic drinks at official Or semi-official parties given by them in view of the general policy of Prohibition. The use of alcholic drinks would be permissible only at social funitions of a private
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  • 21 4 It is better to be 2 minutes late in this world than 20 years too soon in the next,
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  • 440 4 What do you know about your Empire; that "far-flung" chain of great and small lands on which the sun used to have so much difficulty in setting? It is true that that Empire is contracting while liberty expands; true, too, that new and better ideas now dominate
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  • 366 5 SCAA U To Hold Weekly Meetings Of Members (Tribune Staff Reporter) view tw discussing every day problems the clerical workers, the Singapore rj Administrative Workers' Union will rjis ussions every Saturday at 2.30 p.m. [4 at the Union's premises, sion periods will also serve to impart to •tivities of the
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  • 127 5 IPOH. FEB. s—As the result of the gtrone: case made out by Mr. Cheah Ghim Leng OBE, JP. for irrmediate aid in a substantial case, for certain relief wo.k in Perak, the Central Welfare Council of the Federation of Malaya, at its meeting yesterday,
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  • 150 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 5 Private individual owners who wish to export their used motor cars for their own personal use in some other country may apply for an export licence to the Registrar of Motor Vehicles. In making this announcement, the Acting Commissioner of the
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  • 165 5 PENANG. FEB. s.—Brought up this morning before Mr. Justice A. J. Bostock Hill in the Penann Assies, the Butterworth sack murder case was postponed to Friday on the application of the Crown Counsel. Mr. C. Wylie. This is a retrial in which three men. Chew Chee Beng.
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  • 170 5 (Tribune Staff Reporter) c's first consignment of radium, ordertwo years ago, arrived at the General ir on Monday. Only half of the red was received, but the precious lay an important part in the treatment »f various types of cancer. cases occurring before radium was
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  • 118 5 Tug On 12,360Mile Voyage Reuter-AAP. Hongkong, Feb. s.—The 233--ton tug Sabre, manned by an all British crew, has left Hongkong lor bingapore on the first stage of a 12,360-mile journey to Rio de Janeiro. Travelling by way of the buez Canal the tug will take aoout 11 weeks to complete-
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  • 78 5 U.P. HALIFAX. Feb 4 —Trie Air Sea Rescue Headquarters ama- teur radio operators at points as widely separated as Warren, j Ohio, and Argentina, Newfound- I land reported hearing broken I tad o messages using the call sign "Star Tiger" givirg identi- j fication numbers of a Tudor
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  • 168 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. 3 Over 4,000 estate workers in Selangor have been asked to take part In a secret strike ballot concerning the settlement of their demands for 100 per cent. Increase in wages and improvement in the sanitary conditions on estates. Managers of 30
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  • 294 5 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Registered Singapore voters are reminded that they can vote only in the polling station of the polling district where they legistered. Explaining this, Mr. G. Hawkins, Supervisor of Elections, said yesterday that if, for example, a voter moves from the Harbour Board
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  • 248 5 MILLION PROJECT FOR P.T.C. APPROVED PENANG. Feb. s.—Resolution* empowering the Committer of Ihe Penang Turf Club to ra se $500.000 for the provision of better amenities and improvement of the racecourse were approved to the special meeting of the Club held at its Town Office in 'he Chartered Bank Chambers
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  • 31 5 Reuter. TEHERAN, Feb. s.—The Persian Government in a note to the Soviet Embassy here last night rejected last Saturday's Soviet note alleging United States "interference in Persia's internal affairs"—Reuter.
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    86 5 Three Tribune snaps at Mr. Aw Boon Haw'a party on Wednesday evening at his new residence "Tiger Mansion.'' Some of the guests included (top) Mr. Eddie Leong. Mrs. Y. K. Hwang, Mr. D. C. Lee, Mrs. C. 8. Lee, Mr. Maurice Lai, Mrs. K. H. Wu, Mrs. Eddie Leong, Mr.
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  • 128 5 Government callousness and neglect of rural areas were condemned by Mr. Cheong Hock Chye. latest candidate for the Rural West, in his election manifesto issued last night. Accusing Government of unfair treatment, Mr. Cheong de* clared "To the average onlooker, I* would appear like a conspiracy to
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  • 68 5 Members and Ex-Servicemen are reminded of the annual general meeting and dinner of the Kuala Lumpur branch of the Ex-Services Association to be held at the Selangor Club on Saturday. The meeting will start at 6.45 p.m. and the dinner about 8 p.m. Those attending are requested to return their
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  • 263 5 Ipoh. Feb. s.—During the t r. E day of the Perak Turf Club racp; on Saturday (January 31» CID officers arrested three m i Cheah Telk Leen, Chew Pc .g Seng and Da Costa for allege i illegal bookmakiner. As a sequel to their arrest t v
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  • 82 5 i I TELUK ANSON, FEB. 4.—ProI cluced on a charge of being a member of a Triad Society, Koh j Tik Ling, a young Teochew, was convicted in the Teluk Anson District Court by Mr. J. G. Adams, who sentenced him to nine months' imprisonment and
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    • 127 5 I ""diabetic i a health spe dily I bj taking the well-known Umi Li n TABLfcTS LINfl i (lures sugar level, tradl »t»s in, j..boUc disturbances 1 Re "lnm nded by Doctors i '"r years. We ha\e a:so I M.ICOMETER fci the rapid and actuate measuring of sugar its in
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  • 138 6 On Saturday, the cream of Singapore's badminton stars will appear in the '•Married versus Singles" match of the Singapore Badminton Association which will signify "curtains" to the local badminton season. The Singapore and Malayan Champion, Wong Peng Soon and the "Riant-killer" Ong Poh Lim will lead
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  • 60 6 No further applications for the Malayan Union 3 per cent. 1962/66 Registered Loan Stock will be received after Feb. 28. 1048-. on which date the Issue will be closed. Ir is however proposed to keep the 2J per cent. 1945/56 Loan on tap for a slightly longer period and the
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  • 93 6 The Malayan Chinese Heavyweight Wrestling Championship will be decided at the Happy World Covered Stadium tomorrow night between Lambong and Son O c Kong, 220 lb. champion of the Federal Capital. Speculation is rife as to who will i-merge the winner. Although Lambong is
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  • 136 6 The Malay Football Association will hold a general meeting on Sunday at 10 ajn. at the Istana, Kampong Glam, to elect office-bearers for 1948. All members, officials and representatives of affiliated clubs are cordially invited. Feb. 15 is the closing date for the first post-war billiard
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    • 542 6 NOTICES TRADING WITH THE ENEMY ORDINANCE No. 22 of 1939. CUSTODIAN OF PROI PERTY PROCLAMATION No. 14 of 1945 Notice is hereby given that j any person cr persons having a I claim to the property described jin the Schedule hereto are requested to forward such claim to the Custodian
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    • 393 6 i:,%sti:r.\ realty t Noiice re Lost Share Ceriif lm es^ Application has been made to the DirA. Eastern Realty Co., Ltd., to issue to the foUowSS holders share certificates to replace th- orioVn ficates stated to have been lost or destroyed. Cmi Notice is hereby given that if within 30
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  • 46 7 t w) cat ley. of the Aus. N ![j j vestock Company, Sin- returned from unshipping sony 3 rr ived on the P?n- i few weeks ago. Lindenstands that griffins are expected .r. lurf on the Australia early ■CXI l*** 1
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  • 404 7  -  SLOW WORK THIS MORNING By Garrick ONLY A HANDFUL OF HORSES WERE SEEN ON THE THIS morning to BEGIN TRAINING FOR THF SINGAPORE TURF CLTTR SPRING MEETING. THFY WERE CONFINED TO SLOW WORK ON THE INNER TRACK A FEW WERE SEEN ON THF
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  • 184 7 Reuter-AAP. MELBOURNE. Feb. s.—The j Indian team lor the Fifth Test j against Australia, beginning here tomorrow, has been chesen as follows: L. Amarnath (captain*. V. Hazare. V. Mankai, C T Sarwate. D. G. Phadkar. H. R. Adhikari. G. Kushenehand. Qui Mahomed, C.
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  • 108 7 Reuter. LONDON, Feb 5 The MCC today informed Mr. C. O. Allen, captain and. manager of the team touring the West Indies, tnat Denis Compton, W. J. Edrich and Len Kutton were not available to reinforce his injurystricken party. Allen has been asked to name
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  • 926 7 Below is the official list of horses in training for the Singapore Turf Club Spring Meeting on F?b. 14, 18 and 21, giving their saddle cloth numbers and trainers:— C. W. Turley 1. Lackey bag 2. Genonian br a g 3. Gold Chain eh a m 4.
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  • 234 7 Ccleman Street XI trounced I Kallang XI at soccer by five goal> I to nil in a S.C.F.A. Inter-District League fixture at Geylang Stadium yesterday. The winners were superior in defence and attack. Their forwards were more constructive in their moves and made
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  • 172 7 Th c 320-pound Hungarian grappler. King Kong will wre-tlv the Indian light-heavyweight champion of Malaya, Banta Singh at the Great World arena tomorrow night. King Kong was originally billed to meet Harry Revel, but an injured finger has caused i Revel to withdraw
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  • 32 7 The State hockey encounter between Selangor and Perak at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday will Le broadcast at 5.10 p.m. The commentator will be Mr_ George Grenier.
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  • 104 7 U.P. SHANGHAI, Feb. 5. In an unprecedented move the Football Committee of the Shanghai Athletic Federation remolded five Tsingpeh soccer players from the Shanghai Olympic "Probables" list and from the interport team slated to play in Hongkong shortly. The decision ti>as taken jollowing the refusal of the
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  • 133 7 Reuter. MELBOURNE, Feb. 5 —D. G. Bradman, Australia's Test captain, stated today that he had advised his co-selectors he v/ould be available to tour England with the Australian cricket team this summer. Eradman said: "Today I advised my co-selectors that I will be available for
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  • 503 8 Reuter. WASHINGTON, Feb. s.—Aid for China totalling abou' $500,000,000 is proposed in a State Depar'ment plan prepared for the National Advisory Council, United States policy making body in the field cf finance, a Council spokesman confirmed toft ay This estimate— which
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  • 38 8 AAP BATAVIA. Fcl.. s:—The United States Navy transport Renville. :n wkuch Lutcii and Indonesians drew up the truce that halted the furhtin;: in Indonesia, is leafing Indonesian waters next Tuesday, the DllUb nenaagency learned today.—AAP
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  • 147 8 Reuter. WASHINGTON, Feb 5 —president Tmman today destmlted the soaring cost of lining in the United States am •'really alarming" and insisted that a Congressional grant of powers of wage, price and rationing control was an absolute necessity. we do not stop this
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  • 36 8 MR. J. H. J. DREDGE Manager of the Singapore branch of Joseph Travers Sons Ltd. Last week, the company gave a dinner party to over a hundred of their local distributors and retailers of "Key" brandy.
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  • 19 8 Reuter. HELSINKI, Feb. 5—The Flemish Communist Party decided today tc join the nine-nation East European Cominforni, It was learned.—Reuter.
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  • 643 8 BROOKE -POPHAM DEFENDED: "NOT A SHOWMAN" Reuter—AAP. CANBERRA, Feb s.—Lieutenant-General Gordon Bennett the Australian commander who escaped from Malaya after the Japanese victory in 1942 today defended Air Chief Marshal Sii Robert Brooke-Popham whose despatches on the Malayan campaign were published a fortnight ago. Writing for the "Fortnightly Observer General
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  • 285 8 Reuter. Port of Spain. Trinidad, Feb. s.—The M.CC. tourists gained a first innings lead over Trinidad of 120 runs on the second day of I their return four-day match her<? today, thanks to some good bow- ling by Harold Batter and Ken- neth Cranston.
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  • 154 8 No. 2 Sub-Depot, (Qothjnr) scored an easy win over No. :< Sub-Depct by six goals io ni! in the semi-final of the Governor." Shield n the Arml soccer cOmpc! itiOn at St. George s Roa i yesterday They will meet? 223 8.0.D. in the final.
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  • 70 8 Reuter. TOKIO. Feb. —Milltaly police and criminal urve_llgaUon agei.-s kcovered more than \jfc>»4,.AAJ,cod worth of stolen United States Goveinment property throughout the Far Eastern Command during the last three months of 1947, the Frovo..i Marshal's office In Tokyo stated today in Its quarterly report
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  • 679 8 Th" Pirt Svetten'iam RecreaCllft wUI hold a dine on Monday, th* eve of th* Chinese New Tear, at 9 p.m. The dance is open to members and their friends. Mr. J. A. Thivy, Ag-nt in Malaya of the Government of India, broadcast from the Kuala Lumpur station
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  • 158 8 LONDON. Feb. 5:—A leading Hungarian player, jf. Siao was concerned in a dispute t ei'ore his game with the American champion, Richard Miles, in an important match in the Swaything Cup table tennis contest during the world championships today at Wembley. Sido had won
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