Malaya Tribune, 18 March 1948

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    62 1 The Malaya Tribune BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Larger Sales than any Afternoon Paper In Malaya Printed Simultaneously Kuala Lumpur, Ipon _r Penang. Telegrams: "Triune, Singapore." Telephone 5811 CJ lines). EIGHT PAGES. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS The MALAYA TRIBUNE London Agents Messrs. Colin Turner Ltd.,
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    TAN KAH KEE'S PROTEST "UNDER CONSIDERATION"
    247 1 "PERCIVAL'S OPINIONS PERSONAL" LONDON, Mar. 17.—General Percival's cri\ asms of Malayan Chinese in his war despatch were referred t,o at question time in \he House of Commons today. Mr. Leonard Gammans, Conservative, asked what action Colonial Secretary proposed to take on protests made to
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    5,000 Pay Homage To Gandhi
    284 1 suit Reporter i w i estimated at ab nit visited the Victoria Hall durin_ the t two days to pay their I :e late Mahatma hi. whose ashes contained In an urn, wcr»- now to A 1 the reliciotu service held U evenini well over
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    MP Alleges Slave Labour In Sarawak
    150 1 LONDON, Mar. 17.—Mr. William Teeling, Conf native, asked in the Commons today whe'iier the Minister had any statement o make on the conviction of the two land dayaks in (he district court of Kuching, Sarawak, for failing to comply uth the order 'o assisl
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    "LONDON" AT LABUAN TODAY
    74 1 Reuter London. Mar. 17.—The crui- r London wearing th e flag British Pacific Fleet Com-mander-in-Chief Admiral Sir Den i w Boyd, is expected to- at Labuan Island off British North Borneo ,st the Admiralty announces today. Ihf ship which i s on a cruise °1 East
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    TEACHERS' PAY: QUERY in COMMONS
    128 1 Reuter. LONDON, Mar. 17 —In the House of Commons today Mr. Frrde-ick Skinnard, Labour, asked whether in connection with the report of the Trusted Salaries Commission, the Government of Malaya would apply the principle of oarity of pay and status as betw-en teachers of fqual
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    Thugs On Bicycles
    106 1 Gangs of Chines*, between the ages of 17 and 20 are going about on bicycles and holding up and robbing pedestrians. Three reports of this nature were made to the Police within the last 24 hours. At daybreak yesterday. Chinese was walking to his coffee stall near
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    STOP PRESS
    131 1 More For Govt. Officers? It is nticjpated that important resolution will be moved at an early meeting of the Advisory Council rej garding special pa.vments to j Government officers. If this i resolution goes through it is expected that locally -ccrutt;ed officers will receive sub- stantial sums of
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    COLOUR BAR IN EMPIRE FLAYED
    238 1 Reuter. LONDON, Mar. 17.—The colour bar came under fire from Labour Member Tom Driberg in the House of Commons today, when he declared thai there was far too much racial discrimination in the British Empire." Mr. Driberg alleged that <he r/yft'e's Shinning Line, which runs
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    NO RED ACTIVITY IN MALAYAN SCHOOLS
    65 1 Reuter. LONDON, Mar. 17. Air Commodore Harvey, Conservative, asserting in the Commons today that all Chinese schools in Kelantan and Trcngganu, Malaya, were oeing communistically administered, asked what the Colonial Secretary proposed to do in the matter. Mr. Creeeh-Jones replied: These schools are subject
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    UK, TRANSJORDAN PLEDGE MUTUAL MILITARY AID
    345 1 Reuter. London. Mar. 17.—Britain and Transjordan have pledged mutual military aid in war and agreed on the right to bring troops to each other's territory l! war comes. Under the terms of a military annex to the new AngloI'ransjordan treaty, the text of which
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    Peer Warns: "Envious Eyes On Hongkong"
    555 1 Reuter. LONDON. MAR. 17.— LORD MANCROFT. CONSERVATIVE PEER. DECLARED TODAY THAT "ENVIOUS EYES" WERE BEING CAST ON HONGKONG AND THAT RESIDENTS THERE WERE ANXIOUS PEOPLE AT THE MOMENT. Speaking in a debate on defence in the House of Lords, Lord Mancroft asked what Britain's
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    ATTLEE ON UNION PACT
    138 1 LONDON. Mar. 17. Prime Minister Clement Attlee emphasised today that the Western Pact signed in Brussels today was not directed against any other country. Interrupting Parliamentary business to give the House of Commons news of the pact, Mr. Attlee declared: "This is indeed no ordinary treaty.
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    OUR EXHIBITS SAIL TODAY
    47 1 Bound for the British Industries Fair in London, by the vessel Glenapp today.' are IVlnlaya's exhibits for the Fair. The Fair which opens on May 3. runs until May 14. Malaya's exhibits include Malay silverware, carved ornaments, rubber goods, timber, and rattan furniture.
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    PLANES COLLIDE
    36 1 Topcliffe. England. Mar 17.—Eight airmen lost the.r lives today when two Wellington aircraft based at R.A.F. station Topcliffe. North Yorkshire, collided in midair over the airfield and burst into flames. There werp no survivors.
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    Revise Police Pay Scheme, Says Paglar
    209 1 Speakng at an election meeting yesterday at Dhoby Ghaut, Dr. Paglar said that the ad ministration was top-heavy and this should be remedied. He pointed out that Asian officers 1 of the Government and Municipality had proved their ability to run the administration at
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    Alleged Assault On Taxi Driver
    301 2 Dharaisamy Ram, an Indian driver attached to the Singapore Police Force, who drove his brother s taxi during his "ofT duty" periods ror hire, yesterday alleged that two 8.0.Rs who hired his taxi in the town area got him to drjve to Alexandra Road when
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    Canvasser Acquitted On C.B.T. Charge
    258 2 (From Our Own Reporter/ KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 17. —A Chinese. George Wah Voon Lim. was this morning acquit-, ted and discharged by the Dlstrict Judge, Mr. B. G. Smith, on a charge of committing criminal breach of trust in respmH of a cheque for $150
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    Free Legal Aid For Volunteers
    71 2 Chinese members of the Singapore Volunteer Corps, desirous o. making claims for special grants by reason of their having undergone special hardships during the occupation, are reminded thai they will receive fre<.> legal consultation, arranged by the Straits Chinese British Association, every Sunday from 10
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    Jap Education Purge
    134 2 Reuter-AAP. Tokio. Mar. 17. —Seventy five teachers have been purged between January 1 and March 8 by the Teachers Screening Committee, In consequence of a movement to eliminate "undesirable" influences from tho i'education system, it was announced by the Education Mm:- istry. During the same period, 241
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    AAA DINNER
    37 2 Anilcable AtA. Chairman of the -Soccer *aeXttion, Mr. Ang Sooir Hoe. gave a dinner to members of the A.A.A. football -<team At the Happy World ■Parfc-on Merndpy night after the team's second successive league victory.
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    SOMERSETS BACK HOME
    254 2 Reuter. LIVERPOOL, Mar. 17:—Bedecked with bunting and with flags of their headquarters. Biitish forces in India, and Somerset Light Infantry flying from her foremast, the trocper Empress of Australia put in here today with the last complete British battalion to leave India Liverpool staged one of the
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    254 Persons Fined Total Of $2,450
    97 2 Fines ranging from $2 to $70 were imposed on 254 persons summoned by the Municipal Town Cleansiing Department at the Sixth Police Court yesterday. They appeared on summons of failing to provide metal Covers for dust-bins, failing to provide dust-bins, depositing refuse in backlanes,
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    $750 Fine On "Hooch" Charges
    150 2 Fines totalling $750 or in default 6 months' rigorous imprisonment were imposed on a middle-aged Chinese, Choy Ah Tak when he pleaded guilty to charges of possession of dutiable liquor, and possession of a still at the Efgh Police Court yesterday. Choy. who had a
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    Had Pistol, Man Jailed
    205 2 Found guilty on two charges of unlawfully carrying a Japanese automatic pistol and unlawful possession cf pistol ammunition, Tan Seng Huet was sentenced to five years rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Justice Jobling at the Assize Court yesterday. Acting on information a party of Police headed by
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    Korean Election Boycott "Farce"
    85 2 Reuter. Moscow. March 17.-Kirn II Sung. Chairman Of the People's Committee of Northern Korea, has called on the Korean people to boycott the election farce cooked up by the Americans and their henchmen in South Korea. Tass, official Societ news agency reported to-day from Soviet occupied
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    Ex-Newsman To Wed Princess
    86 2 U.P. Raleigh. 4 North Carolina*, March 17.- The marriage ol Princess Emma Toussoun of Egypt to Cornelius Beckham Bretch of Washington will take place on April 10. at Washington. Bretch's mother said today. The bridegroom to be is the son of Mrs. Sallie Bretch of Raleigh
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    B.C.O.A.F. CHIEF LEAVES
    54 2 Reuter-AAP. AAP. Tokio, March 17.—Officers of the British Commonwealth Occupation Air Force, bade tarewell to Air Vice-Marshall C. A. Bouchier, Acting Commander-in-Chief of the British Commonwealth occupation forces at a dinner in his honour at Iwakuni last weekenc Air Vice-Marshall Bouchier will sail for England at the
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    Privy Council To Hear U. Saw's Appeal
    83 2 U.P. LONDON. Mar. 17. The Privy Council will be asked to hear U. Saw's appeal against the sentence of death passed on him for the assassination of U. Aung San, according to U. Saw's brother, M. Jee, who said that defending counsel, Derek
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    Military Adviser To Burma
    85 2 Lord Caithness, the newly appointed Military Adviser to Burma, is-at present on his way there by sea. Aged 41, he holds the rank of Brigadier and won fchc DSO and Bar with the Gordon 'Highlanders in Normandy. With him, are his sftidnd wife' Whom* he mairied
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    UK Food Expert Here
    243 2 (Tribune Staff Reporter) WITH A VIEW TO INCREASING THE FLOW OF FOOt) FROM SOUTH-EAST ASIA* TO THE UNITED KINGDOM, A MINISTRY OF FOOD REPRESENTATIVE HAS BEEN SENT OUT TO WORK WITHIN THE ORGANISATION OF THE SPECIAL COMMISSIONER He is Mr. A. R. Pratt, an expert of
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    ALLEGED ATTACK WITH CHOPPER
    144 2 Chua Kai Juai (49), a fruit vendor, was committed for trial at the next Assizes on a charge •of attempted murder, at the conclusion of a preliminary inquiry held before Magistrate A. G. Shears, yesterday. According to the prosecution, conducted by A.S.P. E. Moule, at 3.30
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    2 SIAMESE HELD
    122 2 Two Siamese, arrested on a court warrant were produced before the First District Judge Mr. E. P. Shanks, yesterday. They were Chiat Chai Song and Chon Song Ngerin who weiv wanted by the Siamese Government in connection with an alleged murder in Siam. Mr. A. H. Frew.
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    Sailor Urges Boycott
    137 2 At the last anti-election moeting sponsored by the Malayan Democratic Union at Dalhousie Place yesterday, there were three guest speakers. Mr. John Towner, an English sailor now in Singapore, took the occasion to speak against voting in the forthcoming elections. Having been to many countries of the
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    Attempt To Save Airman's Life Fails
    108 2 Reuter. WROUGHTON. Mar. 17. A 3,000-mile high speed flight from Fayid.' near- the Suez Canal, to the Royal Air Force hospital at Wroughton, Wiltshire, after 1,200 miles' diversion failed to save the life of aircvaftman L. W. J. Stewart of Glasgow. Stewart was seriously
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    C-in-C To Broadcast
    145 2 The Commander-in-Chief. Far East Land Forces, General Sir Neil Ritchie, KCB, KBE. DSO, MC will be broadcasting at 9.45 p.m. on Friday Mar. 19. The broadcast will be over the 1 Blue network of Radio Malaya on 52C» metres in the Medium waveband 4825 Xc per second
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    DIES MONTH AFTER ROAD ACCIDENT
    189 2 Knocked flown bv k the morning of p,I per Chin Chew Str.V n Chinese woman riurj n f a month later At an inquit v i.,.w 12 death of th* f U Tong, aged 72, i)V [j <; Apore Coroner. M r «r p yesterday,
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    SEIZURE of OPIUM AND TOBACCO
    54 2 A. ■etsurc „1 .0( valued at 128.000 has made by the ton Jf* morning on Kutsaag from Calcutta, If eon while, utothei of i.joo ibs. oi .tutiabk i,.;.,;;,', n<ru 'th n l, Road this rooming, n,. t«al duty of it i: $900. Arrests h;ivc i„rr.
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    ELECTION ON SATURDAY: HEAVY VOTING LIKELY
    437 3 Tribune Staff Reporter) .re's 15 candidates contesting the six Legislative Council are quite uni about the anti-election propaganda, rime t here .vas some suggestion among to form a bloc and explain 'to the the isignificance of democratic elec- -pptance of the present offer of
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    EURASIAN ON THEFT CHARGE
    63 3 Haroid Augus L?e, a 20-year eld Eurasian clerk attached the Chartered Bank. Singapore claimed trial to a charge of theft ut the Eighth Police Court yesterday. Accused is alleged to have stolen a '•travellers' cheque" valued at £10 < sterling) on Mat 32. Lee was granted
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    SCBA Plea To Government
    467 3 'Trthtmi Staff Reporteri Mxpeeeetmn the hope, thai ■'he Government WW OVOake its prater obliputione '<< </..<.- abled volunteer* and dependant* of deceased ami minting volunteers uoec emjoyin<i benefits under the Pereonal Injuries 'Civilian' Scheme of 191,ir the Hony. Secy, of the Volunteer.. Affairs Sub-com-mittee of thi
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    Boy Killed In Road Accident
    155 3 /Tribune Staff Repor*'i > A Lft-jear-oid Chinese school-boy was killed instantaneously in a motor accident at th, junction o- River Valley Road and Merb.m Street at about 1.30 p. m yesterday. The boy was cycling heme from school and it appears .hat the accident occurred
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    COMPENSATION BOARD
    169 3 The Compensation Board appointed under the Singapore Essential Regulation* to determine disputes as to payment ol compensation under Tart I or the -<aWI Reg ulations presided over by the Distnct Judge i Civil i. Other members of tne Board were- The Deputy Financial Secretary; The Chief Surveyor. The
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    Rt. Rev. S. C. Neill
    69 3 The Right Reverend S. C. Neill. Assistant Bishop to the Archbishop of Canterbury, is paying a visit to Singapore in connection with the WorWi Council of Churches. He Is specially interested in the East Asian Churches- and wishes to meet leaders, both clerical an lay.
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    MALAY GIRL FOR AUSTRALIA
    30 3 Miss Ruby Majeed. daughter of Mr C, L A. Majeed. 3» Kuala Lumpur, will be leaving for Australia by the s.s. •Charon today to study medicine.
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    Hostels For Working Boys & Girls Urged
    297 3 Hostels For Working Boys Girls Urged < Tribune Stun Reporter, ONE OF THE MOST PRESSING SOCIAL REQUIREMENTS IN SINGAPORE IS THE PROVISION OF HOSTELS FOR WORKING BOYS AND GIRLS. SAID MR. T. EAMESHUGHES DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL WELFARE. SPEAKING AT 'IUE ROTARY CLUB LUNCHEON YESTERDAY. Mr. Hughe, .spoke on "Partnerships
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    Labour Advisory Board
    29 3 Mr. T. Eames Hughes, M.C.S. has been appointed to be 1 member of the Singapore Labour Advisory Board during leave of Rev. J. T. N. Handy.
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    Hope Deferred...
    754 4 Government machinery moves slowly. None realises this better lihan Government servants who are still waiting to know what ;.he Government intends to do regarding the appeal for increased of living allowance s. Meanwhile Government servants are reported to be finding themselves saddled with an ever-increasing burden of debt
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    66 4 Reuter. PRAGUE, Products of 15 foreign countries will be exhibited at the International Sample Fair in Prague this month In spite of recent political changes the Fair bj opening on schedule on March 12 and will last until Mar,ch 21 "Bus! ness as usual" is the motto of the new
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    AS OUR READERS SEE IT Legislative Council: Workers' Cause
    468 4 Sir, I am living in the North-East Division and I am therefore interested in the 7 candidates who are contesting for the two seats in this division. I have gone through their manifestoes, read their speeches and attended some of their
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    SPEED UP IN CHINA
    103 4 Reuter. SHANGHAI. Despite discouraging conditions through out the country, as a result of inflation and the spreading c:vil war. the various Government departments conjcerned have completed arrangements to speed up pro- auction, which has bee n and lis steadily mounting. The Ministry of Agriculture and Forest
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    TYPHOON DAMAGE
    86 4 Reuter. MANILA. The past year has been rather unusual in j that 13 depressions and typI noons crossed the Philippines. Of these 7 were remarkable or destructive typhoons which struck the Philippines during the last successive five months of the year. Damage to crops and property was extensive,
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    Trains With Rubber Tyres
    170 4 Reuter. GENEVA, The Swiss 1 allways, at present the most efficient In Europe, hope within ten years to have equipped all their light express trains with pneumatic rubber tyres. One coach will carry 46 second-class and other 76 thirdclass passengers. They are being built by Swiss
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    Jobs For Locals
    187 4 Sir, I have been stopped and qur t ioned by strangers to find out whether I had come from Malaya. When 1 assured them that I had, they asked me my opinion about accepting positions in the different Govt Departrrtents of Malaya. This has happened in the
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    Bogus Rice Cards
    456 4 PADIA KRISHNANI. K.L. bir. The period for the surrender of bogus rice cards has been extended and a slricl checking promised later. I ha<t occasion to draw the altentior of the Food Controller to this matter in 1947. I suggested that census taking should be used to
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    Vehicle Laws
    418 4 Sir. It will be of interest *o the public to know that a private ear owner who fails to pay his ear tax on due date Is Hable to be summoned to the Registrar of Vehicle's Court. The charge Is that he is using an unlicensed vehicle. The
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    Nancy Seow
    438 4 Sir. When a n ami trulv 2»? P«« wit of the bh* t0 Sjmy breakfast uu 10 fanfare of DisrtSE »2! I and Fenekmun 52,5?» "fait ficial padding" lo rH *t> M r from our w„, hin or masterly v historical treated w.th h when she went effusions
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    From Shophouse To Big Modern School
    1519 5 Progress Of ACS .In Singapore (Tribune Staff Reporter) Very few people who pass along No. 70 Amoy Street, realise '.hey are looking at a historic spot. To them it is just another shophouse in the ci y's Chinatown But i* is the birthplace of
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    Devaluation Of China Dollar
    62 5 Reuter. March 17. The 1 ifih ol hina today cond time in eight iltl d I tie- Chinese per cent, in an ati!!: up with runmarket quotations. r< vised "open for United >ll ii wa (-XSLV.K.DOO rid CN $251.500 buying '-I CN.563.500 vious rate while i
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    LAST-WEST TRAVELOGUE
    41 5 Bus! West Society, ny the Australian miaakmeff arc it their weekly the V MCA. ScamR wi tbia evening, witn I «hnicolour Films, the natural history, industrial and social tiia. The meet ins sal 8.30 p.m. and uH are welcome.
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    Malayan News In Briefs
    1219 5 Mr. Fred Stedman. of theG.E.C., Kuala Lumpur, has been transferred to Penang and will leave for that city at the end of this month. The figures for family remittances to China for the month of February were as follows: From SingaDore $770,190; from Federation of Malaya
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    'Dummy' Grenade Threat Failed Chinese Jailed For Robbery
    321 5 The story o' an unsuccessful attempt to obtain a sum of $500 from a Chinese sundry shopkeeper at Jalan Yunus at the threat of a handgrenade. was narrated at the Assize Court yesterday at the trial cf two Chinese. Tan Hup Hee
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    BURMA EXPORTS TO BRITAIN
    164 5 Reuter. London ..March 16. Mr. Arthur Bottomley. Secretary for Overseas trade, said today that there was every prospect that the value of exports of raw materials from Burma to Britain next year would much exceed that of the estimated British export of cotton piece goods to
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    TOMMIES FOR PALESTINE
    96 5 Reuter. LONDON. Mar. 17. Wai Minister Emmanuel Shinwcl today declined to stop the sending of 19-year-old soldiers with little training to Palestine, whete British soldiers are being killed almost daily. "I should like very much to keep the hoys out of Palestine, but unfortunately when they are
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    ASHIDA TO SPEAK
    69 5 Reuter-AAP. Tokio. Marcli 17. Primi Minister Hitoshi Ashida wil make his first administrative speech on March 20. it was decided by the Government yesterday. For the first time. Ashida will officially inform Diet mem bers of various policies whic he has previously informslh revealed at various meetings
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    Grand National B'cast
    26 5 A recording of the 8.8.C.'s Grand National Commentary wil be relayed by Radio Malaya on Saturday. Maich 20. from 9.45 to 10.15 p.m.
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    PRINCESS VISITS GRENADIERS
    69 5 Reuter. Caterham. March 17. Princess Elizabeth today visited Caterham, Surrey, barracks to inspect the Second Battalion of the Grenadier Guards before its departure for Germany next month The Princess is Colonel of the regiment. After the inspection she posed for photographs with N.C.Os. and W/Os. of .the
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    EARLY ARMY CALL-UP
    99 5 Reuter. London. March 17. The Minister o: Labour Mr. George Isaacs, in the House of Commons said the maximum callup of National Servicemen in 1948 and 1949 was 150.000. Intakes would be spread mote or less evenly throughout the period. The normal age wouid be 18 years
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    "Forced Measures"
    96 5 Reuter. Frankfurt, Match 17. Frank I Howley. American Militaiy Governor of Berlin, was reported today to have said that "foiccd measures" against the democratic parties had been taken foi weeks on the Soviet sector of Berlin. "The political situation Ii very serious, "he said, according to Dona. German
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    Flannery Rides Three Winners At K.L.
    1535 6 Royal Bounty Pays $51 POOR DIVIDENDS WERE THE ORDER OF THE DAY AT THE SECOND DAY OF THE SELANGOR TURF CLUB'S MARCH MEETING YESTERDAY, THE HIGHEST BEING PAID BY ROYAL BOUNTY WHO RETURNED ITS BACKERS $51 FOR A WIN IN THE LAST RACE. Flannery
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    Fined For Dutiable 'Baccy'
    177 6 Two Chinese women who were found operating cigarette stalls in China Street on the afternoon o: March id. pleaded guilty to charges oi being in possession of dutiable tobacco, when they appeared before the Eight Police Court Magistrate. Mr R. W. P. Rule yesterday. The first
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    GANDHI'S ASHES REACH BURMA
    59 6 Reuter. RANGOON, Mar. 17.The Indian Ambassador, Dr. M. A. Rao. returned from Calcutta today and handed an urn containing Gandhi's ashes to Premier Thakin Nu who m<.t him at Mingoladon airport. In respect to Gandhi, Indian offices and shops throughout Burma closed today. Gandhi's ashes will
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    BIG SWEEP
    34 6 Total Pool $222,300 First Prize *****7 Second Prize *****1 Third Prize *****. STARTERS: *****2, *****5 *****, *****6, *****5. *****4, *****3, *****6. DOUBLE TOTE: First 25 tickets—s62 each. Second 29 tickets $57 each.
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    CHARGED WITH ROBBERY
    160 6 (From Our Own Reporter} KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 17. —Two Chinese, Lim Ah L.eng and Goh Kwan Onn, faced their i trial before Mr. Justice T. T. j Russell, at the Assizes this! morning, on a charge of co*n- mitting gang robber y at Bagan j Boting Repair.
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    4 Years For Jap Navy Officer
    51 6 Reuter. TOKIO, Mar. 17. A former Japanese naval warrant officer was sentenced to four years' hard labour today by an Eighth Arrrry military commission for permitting the "mistreatment, abuse and torture of numerous Americans and Allied prisoners of war at Of una prison camp.
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    129 Entries For Ipoh Easter Race Meet
    528 6 A total of 129 horses have entered for the Perak Tuf Club Easter meeting;, which will I take place on March 27. and 29 and April 3. The advertised 55 furlong straight race for three and four-year-old maidens in* Class 2 has had
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    ARMY WEEK IN JAPAN
    61 6 Reuter. Tokio. March 17. Ma General Pau! J. Muoller cL of Staff of tho Fu> Ea mand wil! review 1 000 tnat representing all units ot al MacArthu! Keadqi on the Imp. rial Plaza. Tokio on April 6. The review will make tho ginniny of the
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    Malacca untitled
    64 6 At an official m»'Ptlng he!-i hv the Malacca H 'auans. the following were elected <.ffic<>. bearers for the p v |ffl| tain P. R Li wis; Vir. r,p tain: Joe Irqnrrih. f Seety and Treasure Kh»]* Han; Committee: <>orgp f.li inannrl. Tain Kong One, Trams requesting taUni are
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    AUSTRALIA TO CUT PROFITS' TAX
    63 6 Reuter. CANBERRA, Mar. 17. The Austialian Cabin mending to the Laboui caucus a cut from M in a psund in taxation on the first £5.000 ol private panics profits. Tax on profits show KM would be rmaltered. Tiv tion is expected to opo July 1
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    MOVE TO CALL OFF M.C.F.A. VISIT TO CHINA FOR NATIONAL GAMES
    798 7  -  PQST-MORTEM #~i rnr. 7 on yesterday's game S.R.C.' won a colourless qame. Signals showed no S improvement and played third, grade soccer. Jt's impfts- i sible to spot any class player in the sifie. s RECS showed up better
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    NARROW WIN
    44 7 A solitary goal scored in th*' first half of tho match gave the Sepoy Lines 2nd XI a narrow win over the Bright. Star Rangers 2nd XI in their soccer encounter played at the former's grounds yesterday. The scorer was Han Kan.
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    Blue Star Rangers
    61 7 The following will represent the Blue Star Rangers lsc XI 10 a game of soccer against the Ist Devonshire Regiment at the Telok Kurau English Schooi ground on March 2, Sunday kick off a* 5.15 p.m. sharp: Ah Bah; Ibrahim. Rashim, Hamid, Ameer, Hoon Leong; Ismail, Bcjang,
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    Grand Rational prospects
    311 7 Reuter. Morgan, Reu- Editor). i 7 Tin- Grand chase, to be run .V. half miles at ,:,iy be consP oing if the prompting weather <:'■ r therefore, racing taying tha*. 0 weights will jo tor Loi.l Jf Fame, pref-.v pel formances during which le 1 defeat, rather
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    Weight Lifting
    35 7 Chinese An;»C' U,;uilt Lifters' Fetl1' n requested io tl Malayan Chineye Weight Lifting Meet, team of Weight represent Malaya in Z Krtneoming 7th National ibe hel l m on the May 5 next.
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    Jnr. Philatelic Competition
    87 7 The junior philatelic con-;- petition and exhibition organ ised by the Singapore Stamp Club fo: all schoolchildren will be held at St. Joseph. Instltut on on Saturday. August 7. Many vainable prizes, including silver cups, have already been donated hv enthusiasts. The following three types ol competitions
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    PACE WORK AT K.L.
    37 7 Kuala Lumpur. Today. It was still raining here this morning from last night and there was no -ast work on the track. Candidates for the last day's races were confined to pace work.
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    Jollilads Soccer
    123 7 The follow ing players are selector t 0 play football for the Jollilads nrst and second team will ina-t the HAF Ttngan ftrsl and second team en Sunday the 21st Harch tiom 4 p.m. and 5 p m. at ie.n-.ih. '.transport will leave 243 1 Pagar Road at
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    S.C.R.C. Cricket
    79 7 The Singapore Chinese Recreating club will be represented by %ofcng against the Singapore Cricket Club at (MM SttOday The fame willJJ»pla> ;d on the and wH mence at 11 ax sharp .Evan Won* Wt-)' a P° w ij S Creong Thiam Slew, fieah Siew Dr. Ong Swae La*.
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    S.H.B. POLICE SOCCER WIN
    141 7 the Singapore Harbour Board Police defeated the Pu~ lav Brani Sports Club by two goals to cne ar soccer plawd at Pulau Brani yesterday. Fifteen minutes after tne kick-off R. T Morrisey thr Police uctsid,- right put his team in the lend win a powerful drive
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    Commercial H.S.U.
    135 7 The C. H S. U. Ist XI will be represented by the following players in the week-end soccer nxiure on Mar. 21 against the Kadyanaloor Ist XI on the Choon Guan English School Ground at 5.15 p.m. A. Concencio, X Dragon, 6. de Souza. C. Nicholas, E. Rodripues,
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    Table-Tennis Champ. To Play In Trials
    204 7 (By "Celluloid"). Ying Hon, the Singapore Table-Tennis Champion of 1947 should contest in the Singapore Chinese table-tennis trials. This was the unanimous ver- diet given after a two hours' discussion at an emergency meeting of the Council of the Singapore Table-Tennis Association held at
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    Jr. Player Eliminates Ex-Champion
    808 7 INDOOR TENNIS (By "FOREHAND' > SINGAPORE'S PRE-WAR JUNIOR SINGLES CHAMPION. A. G B. PAKIR. CJAVE A POLISHED DISPLAY YESTERDAY WHEN HE ELIMINATED THE EX-MALAY AN AND SINGAPORE CHAMPION. CHIN KEE ONN. IN THE SEMI FINALS, OF THE MEN'S SINGLES IN THE S.L T A. INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
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    Rough Play In Geylang Soccer
    160 7 Several "incidents" marred the friendly soccer match at Uic Geylang Stadium yesterday between Kranji W/T Station and the Geylang Corinthians and culminated in a Kranji player being ordered off the field by the referee, a minute before the game ended. The game resulted in a
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    18 7 The Annual Malay Girls' Schools Sports will be held at the Jalan Besar Stadium on Saturday, April 10.
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    RECS WIN FIRST LEAGUE GAME
    368 7 S R. C G. H. O. Signals 0 THE SINGAPORE RECREATION CLUE GAINED PULL POINTS AT THE EXPENSE Of G.H Q. SIGNALS AT JALA.N BESAR STADIUM YESTERDAY IN THE DULLEST GAME OF THET SEASON. RECS OPENED ACCOUN TS HALFWAY IN THE FIRS HALF. AND SCORED
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    WATER-POLO
    41 7 water-polo ina'cit I «t--ween the R. A. F. (St Irian int. and 2..d teams and the Tiger 'fiw'-mmtny Cinh is* artd 2nd teams will take place at iht R A F. (Seletan) Pool, on Saturday Mar. 20th at r>.oo p.m.
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    TRUMAN GIVES U.S. SUPPORT to WESTERN UNION PACT
    370 8 Reuter. LONDON, Mar. 17.—President Truman called on Congress today to reintroduce conscription and proclaimed United Stages support for the historic 50-year Western Union pact signed in Brussels between Britain, France and the Benelux almost as the President was speaking. He also urged
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    HONDURAS: U.S. STEPS IN
    33 8 BELIZE. British Honduras. Mar. 17.-The United States has intervened in the tern torial dispute between Guatemala and the United Kingdom over British Honduras, it was reported authoritatively here today.
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    'COLD TERROR" IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA
    142 8 Reuter. LONDON Mar. 17. Mr. Richard Grossman. leading British Leftunng Labour Member of Parliament, who fley to Prague to Utg a wreath on Jan Masaryk's grain,; tonight declared on hit rehim that Czechoslovakia was "under a verg quiet, cold terror.'' Mr. Grossman. WOO led the original
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    Layton Cannot Tell His "Malaya" Story
    199 8 Reuter. LONDON. Mar. 17. The Admiralty has told Aoniiral Sir Geoffrey Layton who commanded British naval forces in 'he Malayan campaign that it n serves the right o censor anything he writes on the Battle for Malaya. The Admiral, who toid a reporter tonight
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    NEW S.A. OFFICER
    76 8 IPOH. Nov 17 Adjutant C. Little Matron o' the Salva; on Arm/ G:r's' Home Qopeni Ko::d. is going on Lansrer to the Red Shield Club for H M Forces, Singapore. Adjutant G Willis. MBE, of the Children's Home, Pasir 'Panjang, Singapore, is taking over the dut:es at'
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    Malays Badminton
    113 8 The results of the ties of the Singapore Mala/a Badminton Tournament played on Monday mall Rahman (Muhibbah) beat Musa Rahman Ibrahim A Patrol (Pcmuda Kg. Glam> 15-5; 14- zt- but'o <s.- AAmad Awan* i (Emily) lost to lsmal' Hassan £z Ariffl n (Gray) 15-6; 15-3; Hj. Omar lUsofl
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    NEWS from the MEWS
    228 8 {By ALLAN LEWIS) Mr Tan Yam Chua has purchased the following two horses: Kentucky II i ate Fair Laddie 5 years old Bay English Geld by Fairplay from Midshipman. 1 Lonchamps late Anywhen 4 years old Bay English Gelding by Pay Up From Lonecaste. fc Both
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    Delivered 82,000 of'em, but says "I still don't know about babies"
    768 8 (Tribune Staff Reporter) "I still don't know about babies, but I do Jove them," declared the man in Singapore who has been responsible for bringing into the world more than 82,000 babies. He is Professor J. S. English, Professor
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    K.L. Flying Club Competition
    162 8 The first flying club competition held since the liberation the landing competition by the Kuala Lumpur Fying Club on the Kuala Lumpur aerodrome on Sunday morning proved a great success and was wit- tow abOUt 100 s P ecta There were 19. competitors out of an
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    Cranston To The Rescue
    190 8 Reuter. Kingston. Jamaica. Mar r After losing tyheir firs* our wickets for 68 runs yeserday, the M.C.C. touring eanj fought back to such an t on the third day o their match with Jamaica here today. <h a t the, go t within M of the
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    S'pore Cinema Manager untitled
    154 8 A Pretty l PdtHm Church, sinir-n Dilton. Man lion Theatn Miss Peg' r Slns ?apo r p |ctu m a own --quinn,,, .'''f sign in f Pale pink OS mos t rttracuve I wa of Pink ros,» 1 1 i Mr L. VVehh brtde auav Jones
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    Pawnbrokers' Protest
    89 8 I While protesting aga i tta Piwnbn Kers Ordinance passed sory Council last Fridaj Kr j l<3m Joo eh ng p d I points out that, di cond band d I jected to such a should stolen c ound in thi Mr. Jon Chong bunp that h that
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