Malaya Tribune, 8 March 1948

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    59 1 The Malaya Tribune BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Larger Sales than any Afternoon Paper in Malaya Printed Simultaneously Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh Penang Telegrams: "Triune,Singapore." Telephone: 5811 (9 lines). EIGHT PAGES. MONDAY, 8TH MARCH, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS The Malaya Tribune London Agents: Messrs. C<rtin Turner Ltd., Talbot House, 98,
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    QUIT RENT RISE RAISES PROTESTS
    318 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Villagers in rural Singapore are much agitated over the increase in quit rents. Notices have been issued to them and land bailiffs have been visiting the villages to inform the occupiers S! Cl 2 wn ,a nds 01 higher rents tney have
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    "Chinese Massacre" Trial
    100 1 Tr.' trial opened in the War ir the Singapore >urt building this M tjoi Mizuno Keichi, i sub-unit of the tai, who is accused of mas lacre of 177 civilians in February, second trial concerning the Chinese massacre and is a-o probably the last to be held
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    WOMEN'S DAY CONCERT
    36 1 i" la Intel national Wjmen's Mayfair Musical and Association together Chinese organi- «m i celebrata the occasion wh a meert to ne held c th.« Mayfair Hall from 7.30 un. to 11 p.nr.
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    Guatemala Bans British Planes
    186 1 Reuter. BELIZE, Br. Honduras, Mar. 7—British Honduras »ua mala were today completely cut off from each other by land, sea and air when the ihrict-we'3KJv Guatemala Chv shuttle service of the San Salva"registered Taca Airlines was refused landing rights ><• Guatemala. At the same time United
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    Turkey-Iraq Treaty
    40 1 Reuter. BAGHDAD, Mar. 7.—Ten months after the signing of the Turkey- Iraq treaty, establishing relations on many subjects, including irrigation and border peace, instruments of ra- tification will be exchanged here this week, it was understood officially today.—Reuter.
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    "RED OR PINK THEY BOTH STINK"
    76 1 YORK, Mar. 7. Two war veterans carrying reading "Red or pink xtink" broke up a pic- 1 American Labour Progresatoe Citivns of 'tionstrators. member picket line was up the Federal Build- I •ting against the deten- wont bail of four alleged J"» < "miuunists
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    SUDENTS STRIKE
    21 1 U.P. March 7. Approxi- 800 Teheran University mbcrs and students Saturday in protest to curriculum" it was today, v.p.
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    To Boycott Abdullah
    29 1 Reuter. iJ Iar 8 —Arab states re to ftoycott Abdul I, u f' r who proclaimed himself th® Red Sea kinglast month after overI "V.rnment. —Reuter.
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    ALLAN LEWIS' 20 WINNERS
    71 1 Alio n Lexris, Tribune special racing correspondent, had another good bay on Saturday, the wind-up of the Penang Turf Club's Leap Year Meeting. He had four straif/ht wins, three indirect wins and might places. His total for the meetina therefore reads: 12 STRAIGHT WINNERS H INDIRECT
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    U.K. Govt. Afraid Of What? Asks Anthony Brooke
    353 1 Lord Listowel left Singapore this mornintr by air for Kuching. Mr. Anthony Brooke did not accompany him, the laser's request V> do so havine; been refused by the Governor of Sarawak. Is the Government of Sarawak afraid of an in surrection if
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    Gold Coast "Massacre": Protest To Premier
    268 1 Reuter. LONDON. Mar. 7 —More than 600 coloured and white people demonstrated outside Government quarters at Downing St. Westminster, tonight while a deputation handed in a resolution at the Prime Minister's residence orotestine against tthe Gold Coast "massacre of ex-Servicemen." A meeting at Trafalgar
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    Seats For Chieftains
    43 1 Reuter. Khartoum, Mar. 7.—The Northern Sudan Advisory Council today decided that Sudanese tribal chieftains known as Nazirs should be eligible for election to the proposed new Legislative Assembly and still retain their positions as Nazirs. Voting was 18 to six.—Reuter.
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    First Clash In Finland
    260 1 U.P. -HELSINKI. Mar 7— A public meeting agains* th* L Pr K )0 f d R,w> Finnis h friendship and n ud today by shouting Communists, who .surrounded sneaker and pushed him from the plat I n Wa V' he fir V ien of violence in
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    Forged $5 In S'pore
    178 1 It was revealed by the Criminal Investigation Department this morning that forged $5 (Straits Settlements) currency notes red issue and bearing the date Jan. 1 1935. and the head of King George V are in circulation. The notes are of the B/4 series and the forgery
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    S.P.C.K. CELEBRATES ANNIVERSARY
    112 1 The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge celebrated its 250 th Anniversary with a special celebration of the Holy Communion conducted by the Lord Bishop of Singapore, the Rt. Rev. J. L. Wilson, in St. Andrew's Cathedral this morning. Ministers and laymen and representatives of the various Protestand
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    "BE-GOOD-TO-DOGS" DRIVE TO BE LAUNCHED IN S'PORE
    261 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) If rabies broke out in Singapore today, the position would be serious because of the large number of stray dogs jn the Colony, said Mr. Gerald Hawkins, Chairman of tne Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Singapore, yesterday.
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    HIS BEARD CAUSED A STRIKE
    161 1 U.P. London, March 7. The Transport and General Workers Union, backbone of ftriia**'* powerful TUC, has taken the case of Alfred Cole's beard under advisement, labour officials disclosed today. Al's beard started a strike of his fellow brewery workers last week at Biggleswade, Bedfordshire. The
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    TODAY'S WEATHER
    12 1 Occasional showers or thunderstorms more especially during afternoon. Wind, N.N.E.
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    Call For New Front
    54 1 Reuter. Calcutta. Mar. 7. -A resolution calling for the formation of a new democratic front which would be "a fighting alliance of workers, peasants and oppressed middle classes" was passed by the second Congress of the Communist Party of India here today, before it ended with
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    TODAY'S TRACK WORK
    194 1 (BY ALLEN LEWIS) KUALA LUMPUR, Monday EiYi f obscur ed work at Kuala Lumpur this mornin- when horses did slow work only.'^Heavv X r,ir£ SudSL BOY ?Fi a nn GOa V S Skln wpU i« ,an pr y). who still looks well after his unlucky trip to
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    CRUISER OPEN TO PUBLIC VISITS
    54 1 The cruiser London, which has arrived in Singapore with ihe destroyers Consort, Concord and Constance and the despatch vessel Alert, will be open to visito-s between 3.30 and 6 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Arrangements to visit the cruiser will have to be made
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    Motorcycle (With 2) Skids: One Dies
    112 2 A motorcycle which skidded, overturn, d and caught fire in the vicinity of trie Shackle Club, Beach Road, shortly after midnight, on Saturday, resulted 1 the death of a man. It appears that the motorcyci was being ridden by a Chinese who had another
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    Listowel: "I Came, I Saw, I Was Conquered"
    1504 2 "I CAME. I SAW AND I HAVE BEFM rrkMOTTir-Rirn pv THE SPLENDID SPIRIT OF THE I^AV^MET give any H cX:luslons S£sosK AND OPINIONS WHICH WILL ENABLE ME TO HFLP MORE EFFECTIVELY IN THEIR SOLUTION" SAID LORD I ISTmVFI MINISTER OF STATE FOR
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    U.K. Trade Unionists Sound A Warning
    382 2 I Malacca, Mar. s.—The two Bri- tish Trade. Unionists who are touring Malaya making contact and studying conditions of the j trade union movement in the country met representatives of various trade unions in Malacca at the office of the Assistant Controller of Labour,
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    News Briefs From Malacca
    232 2 'From Our Own Reporter) Malacca. Mar. 6. What sounded like a solitary shell screeching through the open skies finally turned out to he 'he jet-propelled Vampire over Malacca skies. The Vampire circled over the Settlement twice giving the local population a short display of low-level flying.
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    EXTRADITION FOR PU-YI?
    102 2 U.P. PEIPINO, MAR. t. o'hma may ask the Soviet Union to extradite Henry Pu Vi, boy-king made a puppet by the Japanese, for an appearac e in the Hopei high court on charges of treason, according to Chen Teh. chief prosecutor. Chen told United Press that under
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    Aussie Can't Take Jap Wife Home
    271 2 U.P. SYDNEY, MAR. 7. THE SUNDAY <?r'\r r%,m, RET SHINTO MARRIAGE OF A JA^P 1! DISCHARGED BY THE A V Ra r ?I* L AND SHIPPED HOME. WHO IS TRYINC Tri pp ">W EITHER IN JAPAN OR AUSTrLia N John Henderson (27) who was
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    CEYLON INVITES THEIR MAJESTIES
    79 2 Reuter. COLOMBO, MAR. 7, —Mr D S Senanayake, Prime Minuter of Ceylon, will invite the King ami Queen to visit the island on their way to Australia if they go by the eastern route instead of the Pacific. it was learned here today. i The port
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    3rd Death Sentence For Young Negro
    112 2 Reuter. I Laurel. Mississippi, Mar. 7.—A young Negro. Willie McGee. was sentenced to die in the Mississippi electric chair last night, when he was again convicted of the rspe Cf a white woman on Nov 1. 1945. It was the third time be had
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    Malacca Estate Strike
    169 2 (From Our Oum Beperfa MALACCA. Saturday. strike situation affecting labourers engaged on Jasta Ul lang Estate was clarified by fa management of the Estate in a interview today. It was revealed that it had k n the practice foi some tin* labourers an extra amount m snot
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    Listowel Answers Tribune Quiz
    704 3 LISTOWEL WAS IN IHE FEDERAI CAPI- I QUESTIONS FROM THE PRESS AI A CON H HE HELD I MERE. THE FOLLOWING ARE I HICH WERE PUT TO HIM BY THE I RIBUNL I AND HIS LORDSHIP'S ANSWERS < i- your vicv j tl:e ali n( Action
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    S'pore Filipinos Told To Work For Malaya
    180 3 (Tribune Stuff Rejxjrttr) I "If you intend to work for t your country of adoption, and clo not expect to return to your native Philippines, it is advise able for you to take up citizenship of this country and woric lor its interests
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    Hello And Goodbye
    267 3 The following passengers left Singapore by Malayan Airways for Palembang Messrs. Gian Beng Chong. G. Hioek Boen, Paronie Mohd. Bin Ali. Kaderi Bin Gemar. Abdullah B. Mohd. Kutty, Stauw Wing Wah, Gan Jan Seng. Siauw Tjen Tjen, S. Alwi Bin Ali Sahab. Lim Kioe Tjiang, Peh Siang
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    32 3 Cases prosecuted in Court, for infringements of Food Control Proclamations in the federation of Malaya for January. 1948. totalled 170. of which »8 gained convictions. The total of fines imposed was $6,470.
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    "Pre- War British Govt. Was Pro-Japanese"
    362 3 Kuala Lumpur, March 7. The true facts leading to the British surrender of Malaya to the Japanese were not revealed by Lt.Gen. Percivai because "it was shameful to disclose them." declared Mr. Lou Mah. spokesman Of the MPAJA Ex-Service Corn- lades' Central Association, at
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    34 3 Mr. G. E. C. Wisdom. Deputy Resident Commissioner, is now acting Resident Commissioner for the Settlement on the departure of Mr. S. N. King on home leave by the P. and o. lin'M "Canton."
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    The Chinese And Percivai
    861 4 outrage, it will be recalled that subscriptions tio the Oversea Chinese Relief Fund were frowned upon, if not actually forbidden, in the case of* nonChinese. The final humiliation was the closing of the Burma Road for three months at a time when it was very clear
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    CRISIS IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA
    985 4 The historical background of Czechoslovakia associates that country mh R, itcan never he entirely wedded to the nest in view of its experiences firs, a, the haZsl "1 Hjs urgs and more latterly at the hands of the Democracies, who sold U at MuZ el Wickham Steed,
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    What Price Loyalty! AS OUR READERS SEE IT
    358 4 Sir, —I hasten to congratulate Capt. Yap Pheng Geek and yourself on account of the publication of the letter in the Malaya Tribune under the caption, "A Chinese Volunteer Replies to Percival". The Straits Chinese community of Singapore, too, are to be
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    Malay Settlement Singapore
    210 4 Sir,—Inche Saadon bin Haji Zubir, president of the Malay Union of Singapore, js reported to have said in one of his election speeches a few days ago that the Malay Settlement (Kampong Melayu) off Changi Koad. Singapore, was established by the Government as a result of the
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    TURF CLUB BADGES
    447 4 SIR.—There appeared recently an article headed "Black Market in Turf Club Badges" in which it was alleged, inter alia, that badges were reported missing, also that at race meetings some badges were actually snipped off th v lapels of members' coats, with scissors! The article alleges that
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    FILM SHOW FOR VILLAGERS
    99 4 Sir. I thank you for snace >n your People Postbaer Column to express our heartfelt thanks to the Public Relations Department. Ipoh. for the free Cinema Show in Simpang Pulai. A very large crowd saw the films of the royal wedding, royal African tour Charlie the
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    Medicine For Persia
    113 4 T EHERAN-Ibrahim Ha** 78-year-oid Paris-traTnJif 5 of medicine be'r, l doctor Persia by his tiS. molk. meaning h for the many Sf 5 his country. m i Less than a month afltr b fTomTh t! 2L«2i from the Majlis «Persian h£ ment) on January 7 be k
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    ANTI-COMMUNIST BILL
    65 4 WASHINGTON' Mr. Richard Nixon, Republican Representative from California, predfcli that the Umted State- i of Representatives wffl icm this year on a law to HtJ American Communists. His Hcus '-un-American Activities Sub-C >mmittee has not cosed its hearings on two tfl On? of the bills would outlaw the
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    125 YEAR OLD
    62 4 TANG AIL. Eat B?rraL-R oorted to be 125 ynrs old. Sohaglni Bewa i i una I ffi i died here -re ntlv. Sh» left a 95-year <id to** tor. an SO-v rr oM v era! grands as bu I °J eit Krandaors. Bew had iII h« i
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    Escape-Bid That Failed Recalled
    271 5 s An Reporter) impur, March 7— h .1 member of the I> i agon Mountain b dyguard to Liew ader ol th, gang, Chinese named shot dead by inuary 6, this year near Serdang. I i ccurred when 0 was in police i daring bid to
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    2,000 CHINESE IN JAPAN TO GO HOME
    70 5 Reuter. M 7 The Over. Ailairs Commission inning t., repatriate esidenis from n to 5 )0 repatrltw the uihcial Len- D il) N *s reported today. oe repatriate} are Formosans ainder are from C mainland prisoners ol war who repati iation, some are
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    Greenwich Honours Premier Attlee
    47 5 MAR. 7 Prime Cc v. ho last night ■d< :n ol Greenwatched the F.rst footb. 11 match irlton, at home, and was accompanied and mayoress of on receiving the d m he was pres.n»ak cask .ade from d from a Jacon Charlton House".
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    SCHUMAN'S SUPPORTERS SHRINKING
    94 5 Reuter. PARIS. Mar. 7. premier Robert Schuman's five-month-old "middle of the road" government last night saw Its majority fall to 14 when Communists right-wing and centre continued their attack on the inflation levy. After scraping through at 3 a.m. today with a majority of 16 against a
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    U.S. Rockets Still Behind Germans
    188 5 U.P. Washington. March 7. A now navy rocket has reached an altitude of 78 miles and a top speed of 3.000 miles per hour both new records tor American built rockets the Gove Lament disclosed yesterday. A joint navy-ar my announcement said the rocket, named
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    KING'S MESSAGE TO HONDURAS
    73 5 Reuter. Belize. British Honduras, Mar. 7.—The King has sent a message to British Honduras through the British Colonial Secretary ,stating that "His Majesty deeply appreciates the expressions of loyalty which he has received from his people in Belize anti is glad to assure them that his
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    Three S'pore Weddings
    97 5 Mr. Pang Leong San and Miss Oon Beng Gnat, who were married in Singaptrre rcctnthi. The bride is a daughter of the late Dr. Oon Sim Kong and Mrs. Oon. while the bridegroom is a ton of Mr. and Mrs. Pang Cheng Yean. tStudio De Luxe photo)
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    Perak Malays Start New Bus Service
    226 5 Ipoh. March 7.-One of the biggest Malay commercial enterprises in the country was inaugurated last week when the Gajah Transport Company, Ltd.. commenced business. Started with a capital of $100.--000 the original promoter was the late Che Wan, former Datoh Panglima Kinta, who was
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    EASTERN BANK
    110 5 The Eastern Bank Limited, have received a cable from their London Office dated March 3, reading as follows:—"Net profit for year ended December 31 last .£119.357 making a total with the amount brought forward £190.192. Annual meeting will be held on March 31 Directors recommend final dividehd at
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    TRUMAN ENTERS
    34 5 Reuter. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Mar. 7. President T/urhan's name has been entered as a Democratic candidate for President in the Pennsylvania piimary on April 27, in which state electors declare their preferances.- Reuter.
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    Welfare Officers For Schools Suggested
    443 5 (From Our Own Reporter) IPOH, Mar. 7. That every local school should have its own Welfare Officer to guide "difficult" youths and investigate into their environment, etc. was the general opinion of several leading Ipoh residents including a welfare worker when interviewed by me on
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    Appeal For More Welfare Workers
    159 5 Ipoh, March 7.—Arising out of a uiscussion on the constitution 01 the Perak Welfare Committe? at its meeting last week it was mentioned that efforts should be made to get voluntary welfare workers as far as possible. As a step to achieving this, it was
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    Be Loyal To The Country, Ceylonese Told At Meeting
    140 5 Taiping, Presiding at the annual general meeting cf the Oylon Association. Taiping. held last week, Mr. I). G. Jeyasekara commended the following points to local Ceytoneae Firstly to remember they were guests of a foreign Government, and as such it was
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    More Boys Take To Scouting In Perak
    336 5 IPOH, Mar. 7.—A substantial increase in membership was revealed at the annual general meeting of the Perak Boy Scouts Local Association held at the SMI hall last week The Hon. Mr. J. Innes Miller, British Adviser. Perak. presided at the meeting. Among those
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    CHINA'S C-in-C TO RESIGN
    87 5 Reuter. Nanking. Mar. 7.—President Chiang Kai-shek is today reported to be considering the resignation of Gvn. Chen Cheng, the Nationalist Army's Chief of Stair, now recuperating in Shanghai. Unconformable reports mentioned Gen. So Ying-chin, wartime Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Army, as possible successor. Gen. Chang Chia-chung.
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    West Indies Win The Third Test
    393 6 Reuter UNO UP A GALLANT FIGHT ENGLAND wfkk rfatpv rv ckTts* INDIBS ,NTHE th IR SftKv B E I «^T HE FINAL SCORES WERE WEST INDIES 297 FOR EIGHT DECLARED AND 78 FOR THREE WICKETS. ENGLAND 111 AND 263. England, who had followed on
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    Promotion Of International Goodwill
    203 6 yFrom Our Own Rtporivr) Malacca, Mar. 5, "We ought to, be grateful to the founders of Round Tables, which are designed to foster and promote iptcrnational friendship and goodwill and to apt as ambassadors cf understanding between East and West, and act as an antidote against
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    ANTI-RED H.Q. IN QUINSAN
    110 6 Reuter Shanghai. Mar. 5. The Chinese military authorities are setting up headquarters at Quintan, a railway city some 32 miles west of i Shanghai, preliminary to launch ing a drive against small bands of j Communist guerillas scattered in the Taihu Lake area, according to Chinese
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    CEYLON'S STERLING
    65 6 Reuter. COLOMBO. Mar. 7.—A delegation headed by Mr. J. EL Jayawardene. Ceylon Finance Minister, will leave for Britain on Mar. 21 to discuss Ceylon'B sterling balances which at the end of 1947 amounted to some £53,000.000. Sir Oliver Goonetllleke, Minister for Home Affairs, will accompany the delegation which,
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    de Gaulle Warns of Russian Aims
    489 6 Reuter. I COMPIFGNE, Mar. 7.-Gen Chart*, n j leader of the French Peoples Rally call, I here today for 'precise and explicit \m, for Eurooe in the field of defence as w recovery". 1 uguLuing stroKo in Prague, he declared was a final j
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    SCOTTISH CLUB'S TOUR: U.C.F.A. IS INTERESTED
    222 7 pi i 1 Ainßt a. officials proposed Scottish witing the to play the I v. on j I date. The iting China i t mes in May. 1 omc 1.1 fir* "nln r /h Scottish t.,i':i takes \1 I.A. may proposed Malaya do settlefore
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    FRIENDLY SOCCER
    38 7 mi* feiHi mit s w dl play a 'occcr i gainst I flub XI on s.l\c Padang I,[' s 'eihwvs: 1' John Loh; ''it < hong (capt.); Kee; Koon i: Kian ami Lim; Weng X* Tong Whatt.
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    Rangers Win First Game
    293 7 In their first cricket match for the season the Singapore Clarke Rangers defeated the C.V.M.A. 1 C.L.L.) by 27 runs, when they met at St. Gcoige's Road, on Saturday. Lav Hock Chye and A. Jansen batted forcefully to score 39 and 26 runs, respectively, for the
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    NO CONNECTION WITH THE VATICAN
    62 7 Reuter. Rome, Mar. 7. M<>n>ignnr Edoarad PretUler Cippico. former librarian in the Vatican archives, who escaped frum th 1 Vatican this week after being unfrocked for alleged "falsifications and swindles." has not taken refuge in the Yugoslav Legaticn here, the Legation said tonight. A spokesman
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    MATCH CANCELLED
    28 7 The soccer match between the A.A.A. and Johore State which was scheduled to hive been played in Johore. yesterday, was clicelled owing to inch ment weather.
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    Olympic Trials To Be Held In Penang
    259 7 7. fte| resen--13 Chinese met at the Li I'enapg Organi- llie National rmed while it 'hat Penang final selecetitors in the -wimming i Holidays. Penang com!"k an.i field ice on March ;;h events will J> win* ,T -"""'l'lg Ciubs in mr n Aif
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    Junior Player's Brilliant Form At Indoor Meet
    785 7  -  (By "forehand" Ong Chew Bee, a fas ancl rising Junior player, displayed brilliant form when he played the best game ot his career !o beat the seasoned Malay tennis s fcr Kamis in a gruelling ihree-set con v ;s' in the S.L.T.A. Indoor
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    Rovers Held To Soccer Draw
    168 7 The junior team of the Hovers I Sports Club drew one-all with the Singapore Chinese Engineering Association in a keenly contested gam- at St. George's Road yesterday. Both teams were well matched and the exchanges were fast and even. Good soccer was impossible owing to
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    Swedish LTA's Decision
    90 7 Reuter. Stockholm. March 0. The Swedish Lawn Tennis Association today decided to bar the Swedish Davis Cup players Lennart Bergelin and Torsten Johannsson from participating hi matches abroad. Unless they comply with this decision the players will have disciplinary action taken against them. At present both are
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    ARMY BEAT NAVY AT RUGGER
    245 7 Reuter. Twickenham. Match 0. The King. Queen and Princess Margaret were among the 15.000 people who watched the Royal Navy beat the Army by nine points to eight in the ir.ter-service rugby tournament match here today. In the first quartet there was little incident. The
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    Aussie-Tasmania Cricket Drawn
    157 7 Reuter. TASMANIA, Mar. G. After Don Eradman had declaied the Australian touring team.; rirs: innings closed at 538 for five wickets today in reply to **as> iwmias hist innings total p! I*2. the tourists' attack failed to imp;p,,s and Tasmania hi v scored 186 icr seven wick.
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    NOTED CHINESE LYRIC TENOR DIES
    75 7 U.P. New York. March 7. -Jcn-Kung U, 39. head of the Chinese Language Department at the Asia Institute, died here today. A noted lyric tenor, born in Szechuan, China, he graduated from the Nanking University and taugot music and line arts at Poiping schools. He
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    Gives Up Public Life
    60 7 Reuter. ANKARA. MAR. 7 —Turkish press reports said thot Nor: Said Pasha. President of the Iraq Senate and a former Prime Minister, Is to rJve up public life and go to Istanbul t 0 live. It was stated that this decision was in connection with the
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    OLYMPIC FUND TABLE-TENNIS
    292 7 Only about one-hundred spectators were present at the tablc♦ennis match organised by the Singapore Table-Tennis Association on Saturday night at the Great World jn aid of the Singapore Olympic and Sports' Council Fund for sending Lloyd Valberg. Singapore's high jump champion, lo the World Olympic Games In
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    QP Rangers' Gallant Fight Against Odds
    689 7 Reuter. LONDON. Mar. 7. Derby County had no difficulty in winning their way into ihe semifinal of the Football Associa:ion Cup today when tney completely outplayed London's Queens Park Rangers in the re-play. Bu, sympathy must be extended to tne Rangers who put up
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    Tribune Team's Soccer Win
    152 7 In their first outing of Lite season, the Tribune XI defeated the Commercial High School XI by three goals to two at the Choon Guan School ground yesterday. The game was scrappy owingto the sodden field but Ihe exchanges were fast and even. The Tribune team
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    Warships Deliver Protests To Argentine And Chile
    326 8 Reuter. I'rotests were made ro two Argentine ships in harbour at Deception Tsland and the protest was signalled to a Chilean base over which the Chilean ensign flew at Discovery Bay in British-owned Greenwich Island. Ice prevented the protest being delivered by hand.
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    U.S. Envoy In Canton
    60 8 Reuter. NANKING. Mai. 7. Mr. Raymond Ludden first secretary at the United States Embassy in Nanking has been appointed Consul General in Canton, it is announced here tonight. Mr. Ludden has been adviser in Nanking for the past two years and was formerly adviser on the
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    "Crisis Today Greater Than Dunkirk"
    128 8 Reuter. Brighton. Mar. 7. British Communist leader Harry Pollitt told 2.500 people at a mooting hero tonight that Britain's political and economic situation represented a crisis greater than that of the wartime retreat from Dunkirk. He called for measures on a similar scale to those
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    General Denies Wife's Hoarding
    114 8 Reuter-AAP. NANKING. Mar. 7. Gen. Yu Fei-ping, Minister of Food, now in Hankow, today categorically denied rumours that his wife is engaged in hoarding foodstuffs, stating '1 am willing to accept the penalty prescribed by law if this is proved trui The runrours originated with an
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    MASARYK VISITS FATHER'S GRAVE
    92 8 Reuter. Prague. Mar. 7. M. Jan Masl»ryk, Czechoslovak Foreign Minister, v: is among national leaders who today visited the grave at I«any of his father. Dr. Thomas Masaryk, first President of Czechoslovakia, on the 98th anniversary of his birth. M. Masaryk. a non-party mem'or of the
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    DRAWN GAME
    35 8 in a scrappy of «nec"T on the Comrrercicl High SchcoL ground yesterday, whi-h t-nrfed to be rough at times, the Bri°ht St r Range-s and th* Commercial Hgh S hool Union dregs one-all.
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    24 8 Ihe soccer b?tween the R.A.F Tengah and the Jollilads gche-duK-d for yesterday was cancelled owing to the sodden condition of the ground.
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    Big Perak Charity Fair Planned
    155 8 Ipoh. March 7.—For the purpose of raising money to swell the funds for relief work among the community, the Perak Chinese Welfare Ccmmittee. under taV chairmanship of Mr. Lav Pas Khuan. J.P.. will be holding a chanty fair at the Jubilee Park on Tuesday. Mar.
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    40 8 IPOH.-A Chinese squatter living in Kampong Rcmoh. off Tambun was found dead on Sundyy. hanging by a piece of rope suspended to the roof of his house. The is believed to have been ailing lor some time and was unemployed.
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    NEWS from the MEWS
    149 8  -  By ALLAN LEWIS PENANG. Mar. 5. A vote of thanks to the Penang Turf Club for the efficient manner In which the Press have been catered for. Afternoon tea and a cool drink, which Is supplied during the afternoon js much appreciated by all. NEAL HOBBS
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    Penang's Beaches Growing Popular
    787 8 (From Our Own Rcpojteri PENANG. Mar. 7. -Five hundred people died of Tuberculosis in Penang last year. That is cause enough for a TB scare. More people are consuming an ever increasing quantity of cod liver oil in some form or other. But this, being a
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    Pencheff Holds King Kong
    216 8 living an impresivo display of his prowess at the Great World Arena last night. George Pencheff. the Australian wrestling star, gave the giant Hungarian King Kong one of his hardest battles. Both wrestlers were unable to score any falls, and the bout ended abrubtly in the
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    Rich Finns Sell Up
    82 8 U.P. r, mak. 7. Finland's top officials to.lav discussed secretly Premier Josef Stalin's proposed Soviet-Finnish alliance as small groups of rich Finns, and Baltic refugees, sought to sell their holdings and leave the country. There was no panic and r fficials emphasized that the anti-Russian refugees
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    He'll Return If His Life Is Not In Danger
    75 8 U.P. NANKING, MAR. 7. The Siamese Ambassador Shi Talarak in Nanking said he plans to return to Siam if his life is not in danger. Talarak's ambassadorial status was terminated yesterday when the Chinese Government announced recognition of the new Siamese
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    503 People Help Truman To Run The Nation
    423 8 Reuter. That is why the small army which inhabits the white painted executive mansion in the heart of Washington vary in rank from scullery maids to speech writers and from pantrymen to private secretaries. A large proportion of the staff is accounted
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    Sun Fo Pleased With Taiwan's Progress
    139 8 Reuter. SHANGHAI. Mar. 7. Satisfaction with the Industrial and administrative progress in Taiwan was expressed by Dr. Sun Fo. Vice-President of the National Government, on his return here last evening after an inspection tour of the island. He said he was especially impressed by
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    SANTA ANITA DERBY
    42 8 Reuter. Arcadia. California. Mar. 7.— Salmagundi, by Hush out of Maratella. won the $100,000 Santa Anita Derby today by a bhorthead from Call Bell, by Alibhat out of Tuscan Belle, with Drumbeat, by Domingo out of iialistria 11, third.—Reuter.
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    Malayan News Briefs
    1363 8 Mr. Chan Yuo Hon, senior technical assistant. Klang P.W D has been transferred to the head office at Kuala Lumpur. B u ™in, Marine Superintendent, will be leaving Port Swettenham for England on long leave on Tuesday by the m/v Glenartnoy. j Lieut. Davies. Royal Engineers I
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