Malaya Tribune, 16 February 1948

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    62 1 The Malaya Tribune B y THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Larger Sales Than Any Afternoon Paper In Malaya >«r»w Printed simultaneously in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh Penang. 'Phone 5811 (Three Lines) iii,in rtoite SINGAPORE, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS The Malaya Tribune London Agents Messrs. Colin Turner Ltd.,
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    ANOTHER WITHDRAWAL LIKELY
    416 1 NOMINATION DAY TODAY With the possibility of two candidates withdrawing from contesting in the forthcoming elections, including Mr. S. D. Pillay who has already announced his withdrawal on grounds of ill-health, 7 here may only be 13 candidates entering for the final contest. If the other candidate,
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    PROGRESSIVE CANDIDATE
    5 1 MR iOslH LAYCOCK.
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    MR. G.H. KIAT NOT TO CONTEST
    52 1 Ml GII Kiat. who has been 11 naß} MeOds to cone.st iin elcc'ionr told the T U morning that he gave ry careful consideration, decided not to .stand for 1 USe of heal'h reasons presHUrc of work. Horn connected wi 4 h 16 Meet
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    Gandhi's Western Disciples Will Fast On Leap Year Day
    571 1 Reuter. !s Feb 15. One hundrH Western followers of the nmunity in Paris tomany of their sympathiser*, both <n and Indian, will ob•ar 1 lay < Sunday. 29 am (lan.thi day." i> of the day's eonimemo--1 three-point programme ol fasting, charity
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    Press Asked To Aid
    59 1 Reuter. TEHERAN. Feb. i: j: _Syed AH Zaheer, India's Ambassador to Persia, tcnigh invited the Persian Pn*s S to eCopera f e fa strengthen ing the bonds of friendship with Persia which he sa d India .strongly desired He spoke to a Press conference On the
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    C.-in-C. Returns
    24 1 The C.-in-C. Air Marshal Sir Hugh Lloyd, and Lady Lloyd who attended the independence celebrations in Ceylon, returned to Singapore this morning.
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    No Votig Power For Soul Indian Chamber O Commerce
    146 1 A resolution evctslag regret at th n< rf 1 Government of Sin« cijnfl o grant voting jirnvt •> he ii,ei ers of the South Indian Chaml or (Commerce to fleet a member to the.<egislative Council from the Commer Constituency was nanimously
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    PRIEST FOR CEYLON TROOS
    56 1 A Buddhist hij priest, the Rev. Narada. has rived In Sin. gaper c from Ceyl to minister to the religious eds of the Oeylon forces st£>ned here. This is tbe ou >me of arrangements whic made by the President o c ie Ceyionese Association on h
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    IRAQ PALMIER IN LONDON
    56 1 Reuter. LONDON, FebJ Dr. Sayid S*hm Jaiatr. ex-P|ier of Iraq who fled from' Baghdad] disjrui&e a fortago after <*'i?ion to the Autrlo-Iraqi treated toiced hut! to re-inn. arrived a*!udon airport tonight from Cairo Dr. Jabur w;r l by his wife and went wi'h her to y
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    HANNAH untitled VISIT SWITZERLAND
    23 1 Reuter. LONDON, Fehs —SwLss ra dio i.aid tonight that. Jinnah. Govei-nor-General of ,'Lstan, will visit Switzerland this ing. Reu'er.
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    INDIA WON'T WITHDRAW TROPS from KASHMIR YET
    186 1 Reuter. Bombay. Fefc. India can. not agree to wdraw her troops from Kashm until normal conditions arestored and people there are I position to de. cide their polil future, Sir N. Gopalaswami /angar. who led the Indian Ration in the United Nationecm ity
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    First Income Tax Collections For Housing?
    65 1 Kuala Lumpur. Feb. 14. —A resolution urging tne "Government to give priority to the housing v? the poor when income tax ls col. lected and to ear-mark at least thy first $700,000 (after meeting all expenses) to complete the 'Kampong Dua' scheme." will be
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    Bad Omen?
    98 1 Tapah. Feb. 14.—Some years ago a Chinese living at the first mile. Pahang Road. Tapah, planted a "Thit Shee." which literally translated means. "Iron Plant According to old Chinese sayings and. beliefs such plants nwer blossom, and If they do bloom, horns will grow on horses' heads, and
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    THE VOTE IS FOR MINSTREL BOY
    536 1 Tribune Special Racing Correspondent, ALLAN LEWIS, this morning interviewed trainers, jockeys and owners for their frank opinions on the Valentine Cup prospects, and gives below their views: A W. "Bluey" SLEIGH, tramer: "Minstrel Boy. He won Jp well twice in XL. My own Gameborough
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    Evacuation Notice To Britons In N. China
    84 1 U.P. h» LO rJ Feb 15 •-Britain j ha s ordered its citizens in North Chin* to prepa re for immediate evacuation, it was authoritatively reported today. U was understood the British took the action because of the imminence of the Chin, c
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    AUSTRALIA'S "ECONOMIC POLICY" POLITE WORD FOR "COLOUR BAR"
    482 2 AUSTRALIA'S SO-CALLED POLICY" IS NOT AN ECONOMIC POLICY AT ALI rtt II ST A POLITE WORD FOR COLOUR BAR" g*s2 A LETTER WRITTEN TO THE TRIBUNE BY MR IOIIIS WEE. OF MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, IN THF COITRSF OF A SHARP CRITICISM OF WHAT
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    "We Want Gimson To Be A Morntbatten"
    209 2 In his election nanjfesto, issued last night. Mr. C. Goho (Independent), fourth candidate for Rural West, say* that there is no necessity for "G-nson to go." We want (he says) Gimson to be a Mountbat'en as n India a Governor who can tech
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    POLICEMAN SHOT
    28 2 Reuter. T-ONDON. T :vb. 14.-A 33-vear-"ld police coitable, Nat Edgur." wmi shot dead I*l night in the north London of Winchmore Hill while on plaJriclkhes duty.—Reuter.
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    Blocked 5-FootWay, Jailed
    190 2 IPOH, Feb. 14. Remarking that there was indication of "complete disregard of the law, of other people's consideration and convenience and thus causing public nuisance." Mr. J. G. Adams convicted and sentenced Poh Seng Leong, proprietor of a salt-fish establishment in Hugh Low Street, to one month's
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    ABOLISHED
    46 2 Reuter. tokio. Feb. 15. -A ceremony marking the abolition of the Japanese Ministry of Justice was held here yesterday ending its 78 years' of history. The Attorney Generals office, which replaces the Ministry, started work today as the supreme legal adviser to the Government. Reuter.
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    DUTCH WITHDRAW OBJECTION TO U.N. REPORT
    95 2 Reuter. BATAVIA. Feb. 15:—The Dutch East Indies Government today issued a statement withdrawing the communique It issued yesterday Objecting to comments reported to have been made in Lake Success by a spoKesman oi the United Nations good offices committee /or Indonesia* The Government said
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    CHINA'S CATHOLIC EDUCATION TALKS
    51 2 Reuter. SHANGHAI. Feb. 15—Chinas first national Catholic educational conference was opened here this morning by Thomas Cardinal Tien in the presence of some 300 delegates of seven nationalities from all parts of the country. The conference will discuss programmes and problems of Catholic schools In China.
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    ALLEGED ROBBER LEAPS TO DEATH
    202 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. 14.That a Chinese arrested in connection with the recent robbery of tin ore ac Tongkah Compound. Mantin, jumped out of a moving truck and was killed by the fall is revealed jn the crime survey of the Chief Police Officer for January
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    BURNT TO DEATH
    75 2 Reuter. SHANGHAI FEB 15 —More than 10 Chin S e including at least four eh idren were burnt to death this morning in a fire which raged for two hours and completely destroyed a private dwelling in tile Nanto district here the former French concession. The exact
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    From Richsha Puller To Millionaire Politician
    267 2 U.P. Tokio. Feb. 15.—Investigators of Japan's hoarded goods'' scandal uncovered the story of a member of th e Upper Hcuse oi the Japanese Parliament, who lOse from a richsha. puller to b millionaire-politician, according tc the Tokio magazine Jjmmin. the publication charged that Kenji
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    QUADS BORN TO AMERICAN WOMAN
    56 2 U.P. Latrobe, (Pennyylvania), Feb. 13 Quadruplets were born to a 25-year-cld wife of a die casting worker. The mother is Barbara Zavada. She was reported In good condition. The babies, born two months prematurely, also were doing well. The three girls and one boy are
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    European & Goanese Seamen Acquitted On Opium Charge
    588 2 European Goanese Seamen Acquitted On Opium Charge raNAgG. Feb 14. —A 21-year-old European wireless operator. J Smv, f *nd a Goanese. A. S. Cordoz, from the s.s '•Vasna" were acq*-ted without calling upon to give their defence when the* appeared together with an Indian. Sri Kishan. also from Mm same
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    Shopkeeper Found Dead
    101 2 TAPAH, Feb. 14. A few days ago while working in a rubber estate in Bikum village, a tapper discovered a Chinese hanging from a rubber tree with his teei touching the ground A report was made to the Tapan Police and Inspector Raof proceed- ed to the
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    Jinnah Forms Advisory Council In Baluchistan
    138 3 Reuter. If). The Governor-General of Pakistan, Mr. ibal chiefs and leaders of Baluchistan that in constitution he inUnded making the governn more directly his o>/n concern "in the closest acknowledged representatives of the people." c Mr. Jinnah added he had decided to consti. -General's
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    UK Charged With "Breach Of Peace In East Africa"
    134 3 Reuter. I, s iccess, Feb. 15. -The rnmeni was chaffed bi ach o] the peace and in Kast Africa" In petiitted yeaterday to the ttioHs and signed by M ilumba, who descrlbthe representative ;< lak the eld., rs <»t th^ in
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    3 MINOR CRIMES AT WEEK-END
    112 3 iTribune Staff Reporter) There were only three minor ."obberies during the week-end. At 9.15 a.m. yesterday mornTeochev; Chinese was lobbed by lour compatriots, at Hea 15:: Road, oi" $45 in Tl cond robbery took place el's Road at 9.33 turdav night when a Hokne was
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    Danny Kaye Nearly Runs Down Archbishop
    104 3 U.P. b 15. Danny Kaye. iys to 5,000 persons night. ling room only at i ticket sjpeculntorsj 1 »nd( n's Palladium, escaped "real lame iccording to the Archie tuntt>rDur y Ing the House of hia car afUr having c< i ded high praise. Archblshon
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    WORLD RICE 50 PER CENT. BELOW NEEDS
    137 3 Reuter. DES MOINES. Feb. 15. Gen. Noble Clark, Deputy Director General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Onpinisation, told the National Farm Institute here: "The outloott for food supplies in Ihr immediate future ts gloomy. World food stocks at the end oi
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    NEWSMAN'S GIFT
    44 3 Reuter. WASHINGTON. Bob. Alfred Wasr, former newspaper eorreipondciit in India, will present t 0 the United States national archive? lv re records of speeches by Mr. Gandhi. claimed to be the only known official recordings of .Mr. Gandhi speaking in English.— Renter.
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    Tojo Expects To Get Death Sentence
    306 3 U.P. Tokio. Feb 15.—Hideki Tojo ex. pects to receive a death sentence when the Allied Tribunal trying Japanese warlords hands down its verdict and sentences about May 1. This is clear to observers, who have been following the two-year trial closely and who point
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    Rockefeller Heir Weds
    117 3 U.P. PALM BEACH. FLORIDA. FEB. 14. Winthrop Rockefeller, heir to one of the world's great fortunes, and Mrs Barbara Sears, daughter of a Lithuanian immigrant family whom he met on a blind date, were married in a midnight social event today historic even for fabulous Palm B.ach.
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    BRUTAL SEREMBAN MURDER
    143 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 14 The blood-stained body of a young Chinese, a furniture dealer in Birch road. Seremban, was found yesterday by the local police in a back-lane running parallel to Birch road in Seremhan and hehind the Singapore Cold Storage premises. It is believed that a
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    Memorial Service To Mr. Tay Lian Teck
    152 3 A memorial service for the late Mr Tay Lian Teck was held at the Btdadari cemetery last Saturday and was attended by highranking Government and Municipal officials. At the service, which was conHnrted by the Rev. Dr. H. B. Amrtutz of the Methodist
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    CHURCHILL WILL MAKE FIGHTING SPEECH TODAY
    448 3 Reuter. LONDON, FEB. 14—Conservative leader Winston Churchill will make a fighting speech in Parliament on Monday against the abolition of tbe 350-year-old University constituencies under the (io- < mount s new representation of the people hill I With the University seats will disappear th»
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    COMB-OT OF TRIAD SOCIETY MEMERS
    125 3 MALACCA. F 16. Police j authorities in u*ch for triad i society memherfli Malacca < on- ducted an Inteive four hour raid |n various fti of the city centre this morn: Both plain-dnea mon nn.i members of thtninfortned pen j sonnel condug) these raids which
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    Political Strikes Denounced By Belgian remier
    118 3 BRUSSELS. Feb.: —If, Acini le Van Acker. Belgian is'er ol Communications and A? Minister of Labour, today den* d the strikes affecting rive per cc' the country's *>fr'l»lPg popula'uLs "&a <otage" organised for polfl purpose. "This movement slated to similar moves in neigfring countries
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    Garrison untitled In Kuala Lumpur
    96 3 KUALA LUIVD Feb. 14.— I The new Garrj Church at I Malaya District Quarters will Ibe dedicated on rsday next. The Assistant Ciin General i FARELF—the IJ. W. J. Steele. 0.8. E. jvill dedicate the church was Aof Ist Army in North Africa later A.C.G.
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    JournalDies
    125 3 The death Occurred in Colombo of Mr.S de Zylva, aged 46, the welln journalist and chief sub-edithe Ceylon Daily News". He was educatTrinity College, Kandy. whl showed his literary gifts atirly age of 14 years. It wai after the Belgian Fair org by Fraser or Trinity World War that
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      461 3 PERSONAL PEACE at last, after th.- round of revelry and the bursting of trackers I* i:. so comforting to ,c alle to it, down quie'ly and enjoy oQe'a gia s of Nespray. [PT11) YOUNG CHINESE in eOtniorUl le position seeks contact with tdttcated young girl or widow. View companionship. Strictly
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    Marshall Plan
    726 4 Whether the Marshall Plan will ever be put into operation or not, it has already exercised a profound influence on the destinies of human affairs and human thought. Faced by gloomy prognostications of European collapse or Asian collapse or total collapse of ihe Old World—prospects which are only
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    AS OUR READERS SEE IT ASIAN CO-OPERATION for the MARSHALL PLAN
    1050 4 "AMAHTSGANTI" Sir,- The recent pronounc— ment of Queen Wllheimlna of th« Nethoibnds that "Coloni. allsm is de»d," which was broad- cast to Hdland s war-time allies and partiularly addressed to America, wis received by Repub 1 llcan officii circles
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    Disturbing Week For untitled Administration
    499 4  -  By ROY CARLETON LONDOK Feb. 7.-Future Farliamentiry historians will Probably rate this last weeK as the weakest and the most disturbing in the whole Attlee ad. ministration i t began with the external wt.irlwind of th e French franc sensation which blew con. fusing dust
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    Roxas On Living Wage
    131 4 Reuter. Manila Servlni M I testimony of the treat J T President Rot* to man in this country "l wage" the President I cabinet he was an Xiou law on the eataWUhmea .1 cial security fo, th* wage earners a nd |V" employees approved h the
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    Railway Bun
    133 4 Catering services on Bntia railways have never en high reputation They rarely deserved it. in a fcJJ the larger traffic centres' true, successful attempt, fet been made recmtly to imp We and modernisp the hctoj available to traveller? B/ dreary surroundings. a frwlook behind th,- counter, yfr sandwich,
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    Income Tax Taken At The Back Door
    300 4 Winnipeg.—Eagle-eyed sleuths, armed only with account books, are stalking Canada's snow country, searching out millions in lost taxes. They are income tax experts, a new factor in Canadian behaviour, and they expect to collect around £5,006,000 in tax money from farmers who supply
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    A JUST WAGE
    75 4 MANILA 'Living v..; 1 labour was advocated t>3 lie bishops who recent!: the;r annual conferene* I»**In a statement on tenets they believe should labour relation., in W pines, the prelates res princ.pie mat even nU" right to live decently and to can lor his faaw Defining their
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      624 4 r ACKNOWLEDGMENT MRS. TAY LIAN TECK and the Misses Tay wish to express their vary warm thinks and deep pprrriation to *1I friends who so sympathetically attended the memorial service to the late Mr. Tay Lian Teck, and to all those associations and friends for their very generous and lovely
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    "Western Powers Spurred Hitler To Attack Russia"
    555 5 Soviet Reply To U.S. War Documents Reuter. MOSCOW, Feb. 15. The conclusion of the SovietGorman non-agression pact in 1939 was the only way left tor Russia when four months' negotiations with Britain and France shewed that the Western powers •'had no intension of
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    Dedication Of First Garrison Church In Malaya
    216 5 Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 14.—The new Garrison Church at Malaya District Headquarters will be dedicated on Thursday, Feb 19, 1948. The Assistant Chaplain General, FARELFthe Rev. J. W. J. Steele. OBE—who will dedicate the cnurch was A.C.G. of Ist Army in North Africa and
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    MP Killed In Jeep Crash
    109 5 Tapah. Feb. 14.—A serious jeep accident occurred yesterday resulting in the death of an M P. driver and injuries to another M.P It appears that a Jeep with two Military Policemen (one driving) was proceeding from the North to th e South. At the second
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    Cominform Attack On Vatican
    162 5 Reuter. I F. t>. IS I he la e I rgan >r the nta oed an attack in a, "a huge m« WllOtfi OT3PO 1- I i] d°mf;Cta' y" u.v no means Ce- b> Ideology." ted the alleged ling; o! the Vat can the world »nd
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    MOTHER'S MOURNFUL TALE OF SON'S KIDNAPPING
    339 5 VLA LUMPUR, Feb. 14 -Dabbing her eyes with a piece Ghong Keow, a frail wizen looking Chinese woman, recountthe witness box to Mr. Justice T. T. Russell, at the Assises, on Thursday, how she saw her son, Khong Kon r nj ddnapped by three
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    INTER-PETARY FLIES
    79 5 U.P. Berkeley <C*ia). r«i>. v. —A rccket rh engineer Ncrton B. Mocedicted that space ships capf inu rplane. tarv flight wi constructed within the ne^rcars. He said thaticugh many i problem renrtdj basic cb. stacles of csci the earth's gravitation fivlan be overcome." He added thiiets will have
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    43 5 IPOH. Feb. ljes of smallbox for the weiing Feb. 7 have shown a in North Perak vjfeven cases and one death ifen reported. In Lower Pertre was one case which enddath. One fatal meningitis has fcported in Ipoh during th 4
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    INTEREST IN STATE LOTTERIES REVIVED
    482 5 Ipoh. Feb. With the publication of a report from London that th,- BritisCabinet is considering a proposal for the inauguration o- a £20 million State Lottery that will give the treasury a clear pit of £950 million, local interest on a similar suggestion made Malayan
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    JAP LOVERS ARE TRUE TO TYPE
    179 5 U.P. Tokio, Feb. 15. Kiku Takam 23-year-old maid in a Japanese inn at Chosi Chin, of Chiba prefecture. 40 miles cast of lokio burned with jealousy when sh. heard that her lover was to be married to another woman. On Friday night sh y
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    Bank Of German States
    86 5 FRANKFURT, Feb. 15. A "Bank of German States". In order to issue a new currency and fulfil most other functions formerly exercised by the Reich Bank. I* established for the British and American zones by a joint proclamation of the bi-zonal military Governors issued today. At
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    Palestine Report Is Ready
    121 5 Reuter. Lake Success. Feb. 15. -Vhc United Nations rive-man Palestine Commission's report, expecied to be presented to the Security Council tomorrow or Tuesday, will urge for the immediate creation of an internatlon al force to Implement the partition, it was learned here. Other points which, it
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    Gandhi Didn't Want To Live In Mad World
    409 5 U.P. NEW YORK, F2b. 15.—Photographer Margaret Bourke-White one of the las- westerners to »Vj Moaandas K. Gandhi aire, aid tcd?y that only nine hours be. lore his assassination he told her he no longer wan.cd to live ir a "world of darkness
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    ALIENS BEING SMUGGLED INTO SOUTH AFRICA
    131 5 Reuter. Johannesburg. Feb. 15. —A strict watch is being kept on all routes —Dy air, land and sea leading into the Union of South Africa Allowing reports that aliens are being smuggled into the counm-y. Hundreds of illegal immigrants, it is believed, are smuggled
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    AMERICANS LEAVE TSINGTAO
    69 5 U.P. Pearl Harbour. Feb. 15. Un-der-Secretary of the Navy W. John Kenney said 84 American civilians including navy dependents in Tsingtao ar ea are threatened b y Chinese Communist encirclement and the navy plan s to evacute them if necessary. But. Kenney said, he had no official
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      147 5 LONDON and BIRMINGHAM BRITISH INDUSTRIES FAIR Ti nk MmmW Mm mm%2J On May 3rd 1948, when sole selling agents and you the British Industries Fair will find exhibits carefully opens, buyers from all over grouped by trades so that the world will have an oppor- comparisons may be made tunity
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    Anglo-Eire quarrel over N. Ireland
    803 6 HEADACHE FOR OLYMPIC BOARD Reuter. London. Feb 15—"At the Olympic games in 1948 many ties a? friendship will be formed and will help a better understanding between nations. I hope in this way that our Olympic games wJH become an instrument for peace in the
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    CYMCA Activities
    205 6 The following is a 'list of our aciviw.. tor ihe coining week: loda> lAohOaj iut>ie-tennr— "hUL" i earn o p.m. lo 8 p.m; i£H-" If.uu o p.m. to iU.jO p.m; Cn.iii-s,- Bi.<iK-Kt ejniig- QtMS <'. io p.m. LO 9 p.m; 'I abie-tenills match atra:n t Shtttg Wah Team
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    C.Y.M.A. MEETING
    55 6 Members of the Catholic Young Men s Association fCnurcn of sts. Peter and Paul) are hereby informed that j the 12th Annual General Meet- 1 ing of the Association will be held on Sunday next at the Asso. I ciation's premises at 9.30 a.m All I members are
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    Bradman Will Lead Formidable Team: English Sides In For Hard Work
    352 6 Reuter. LONDI N FEB. 15 JUDGING FR( M THE STRENGTH OF THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKET T til WHICH DON BRADMJ S WILL LEAD IN ENGLAN THIS SUMMER, THE EN( LISH COUNTY AND TEST SI )ES ARE IN FOR SOME H
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    3 Sub Depot Soccer
    63 6 The following will represent the No. 3 Sub Depot BODCA cf 223 8.0.D at soccer against the Hospital Youngsters today (Mon. day) at the St.. Georges Read Ground. Kick off 5.15 p.m. K. Jeevarajah Hassan Mohinde r &ingr> Mohammed S. George Aii Baker Keng Lim Osman
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    18 6 The appointment of Major Cecil Ford as Depot Commander of the Malay Regiment at Port Dickson is gazetted.
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    French Launch Heavy Attack
    40 6 Reuter. Saigcn. Fib n [X using infantry -f berne force heavy attack I of Saigon. i tionahn i I South V, I divisK. had so tR I jes or. a French I thecholon I —Huter. I
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    West Indies Lead MCC By 135 Runs: Tourists Start Badly
    732 7 Reuter. PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, FEB 14 The West Indies were at! out lor 497 before lunch today when the second test matcn entered on its fourth day. This gave them lead of 135 but England'could not start their bid
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    Rugby League Cup Results
    224 7 15 —Below leg ties )1 Cup. Ist Liverpool rpo elimin 15, Hud- ,(\d< rsfleld e2, St Hel hoi pc Val" 19 tCasley 4 'Batl-y (Halifax 3 i after ex;regate 8-8 I replayed). erstone R. r,, eliminftl [nil Kingston R. X on l i E'imiRochadale mberton H
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    CHALLENGED LOUIS —THEN SOUGHT PROTECTION
    126 7 U.P. NEW YORK, FEB. 14—J- e Louis met an* unwitting challenger for the world heavyweight title last night. The impromptu match was staged from the Ebony.Club on Broadway. Louis and a party of friends were leaving when a man identilying himself as Thomas Delaney stepped
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    3 SWIM RECORDS
    94 7 Reuter. New Haven. Connecticut. Feb. 15.—Three world swimming re cords were improved last- nierht in the 25 yards' pool Of Yale University Joe Verdeur. from Lasaße College. Philadelphia. sWajn th. 200 metres breast-stroke in two minutes 32 seconds lowering his own record by three seconds, Allen Stack
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    MALAYAN SPORTS REVIEW-II
    1252 7 Table-Tennis The 18tri annual general meeting o! the Selangor TableTennis Association took place last Saturday. An important decision was made following an appeal by the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council for funds to enable Singapore representation at the World Olympics. The decision was to support the cause
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    Ireland Just Beat England At Rugger
    176 7 Reuter. London. Feb. 14.— Taking full advantage cv costly English defensive lapses Ireland won a thrill packed game at Twickenham today before a crowd of 60.000 by a goal and two tries «11 points) tp two soals (10 points) and on their display Ireland
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    FULHAM UPSET EVERTON: ARSENAL BEAT BURNLEY
    605 7 Reuter. LONDON, Feb. 14.—London stole most of the limelight in tooay s football. Second Division team Fulham upsetting the prophets by deservedly winning their fifth round cup re-play at Everton. ■Una Arsenal, displaying true championship form when completing me double against their nearest rivals,
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    ACS Old Boys' Assn.
    26 7 The A.C.S. Old Boys' Association, will hold thejr annual Meeting on Friday next m the A.C.S. Chapel Hall, Coleman Street. 5.15 p.m.
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    Rank Outsider Wins Chase
    156 7 Reuter Lc opirdstovTi. Ireland. Feb. 15--—Mi. W. J. Pumll's rank <aat sider Summer Star by Exeter out of English Summ.t r wen the Leo. pardstov.n Chase over three mile s her<. yesterday from a field which, included six Irish candidates I r the Aintive Grand National.
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    Inter-District Soccer League Mudlark
    71 7 Two more matches in the S.C. F.A. Inter-District league were completed at Geylang .Stadium yesterday. In the first game. Ralcstier beat Finlayson Green, three goals to nil. Good soccer was impossible, the whole field being a sea of mud. The scorers were See .long and Meng
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    COSMOS SPORTS CLUB
    92 7 At the general naeciiug of the C«.--nas Sports Club, held ;ii 189 Upper Befaagoon ttoad on Peb. 8, tin- olio wint were ciened Qfllce-bearen far the year 1948:—President Mr R. Rampath; Viiv-Pre:idem Mr. Anthony Paul; SecTC ary Mr. P. j Appavoo; Mr. Goh Gumi Chwee; SporU secretary
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    NEWS from the MEWS
    304 8  -  By j I I Allan Lewis Tram't 11 SUiioh tr,h > q ed In nqh' fri,- Kit*ln 7 ,mr ictfl hr c rl,."'no h 86th I r'h<lni t~\ sdtiy TVr r*rt n ]<"ff **"ii>i out ur mafsh you. A HAPPY BIRTHDAY, pop and many more of
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    TABLE TENNIS
    53 8 By f«>ur games lo larcc B*J3si Institution beat the Singapore Indian Association at able leonl*; played vi Raffles Inslitu'ion Hall on 8a urda\ The Inoan Association irirst Leant i tiill play the Lams Tabic Tennis Team (Seven Singles) on Friday Feb. 20 a: the General H-xp: a! premises
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    CUP CANDIDATES GO FAST: ORIENTAL AGAIN IMPRESSIVE
    415 8  -  Invest Shows Improvement (By ALLAN LEWIS (reporting on this morning's track notes) Oriental. Va'entine Crp Candidate ridden by his race pilot, Ellery, was again very while getting over three in 3&H». Invest (Spencer) 1 showed that she is again running into form by
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    IRELAND MAKES TWO CHANGES
    53 8 Dublin. Feb. 15. Althougn they deleatcd England at Twickenham on Saturday. Ireland make two changes in their rugby union team to play Scotland here on Feb. 28. Michael O'Flanagan. replace-. Reid at left centre and fullbac< Higgins who. was off from tne Twickenham game b.cause ct
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    $40 Hold-up
    48 8 An Indian who wai relieving himf«tf .'n a back Jane off Rochore Road was held up by two Indians at al out nine o'clock last night. The rob erWho were S;»d to have been ar:ned with a knife and pistol trade off with $40 in cash.
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    JOCKEYS' CRICKET POSTPONED
    140 8 The cricket match arranged for yesterday between the Malayan Jockey Association and the Sm- i gapore Cricket Club had to be postponed ow ng to unsuitable ground conditions. To compensate for this, the S C C I k-ndly extended an invitation to the boys and myself to
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    INDIAN STUDENTS MAKE A PLEDGE
    117 8 Reuter. LONDON. Feb. 15:--A meeting of Indian students from British universities held in London last night took the io!lowing pledge: "We the Indian students in Great Britain do hereby pledge that we fhall do everything in our power of our word and deed here and
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    21 8 A trishaw rider was robbed of S5.20 in ca«h by two Chinese at about 9 p.m. yesterday in Upper Soph.a Road.
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    RACE WEIGHTS for SECOND DAY
    502 8 Following arc handicaps for all 8 events on the second day of the S.T.C. Spring meeting: THE V ALENTINE CUP HORSES, CLASS 1, Div. 1 Abt. 6 Furs. Oriental (Ellcry) 9.11 Liberty Man (J. Donnelly) ».04 King Midas 8.13 Strauss (Bagby) 8.13 Invest (Spencer) 8.12
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    SECRET TESTS OF NEWEST ATOM WEAPONS THIS YEAR
    678 8 U.P. (United Press Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—Secret tests of the newest weapons in the United Suites deadly atomic arsenal will get under way early this year. This disclosure came in the form of a grim "keepouf warning by the Atomic Energy
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    S.R.A. CLASSIFIES NEW HORSES
    104 8 j Of the nin»> n>-v k r J hnve. Just been Straits Racing 1 are owned by ftfn E v I f tie Tlipv are SI j and AJrgmle nil I The arros pc or the njn»> ne* j are. class Uttlc Beau iv i Son-Ruaxtec
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    Collector Robbed
    24 8 A Chine c On that h- wu held youths IB at abou' Din I vu r ~im h ii- prcentint' I collected.
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