Malaya Tribune, 30 March 1948

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    63 1 The Malaya Tribune BY TIIE PEOPLE FOR Ml PEOPLE Larger Sales than any Afternoon Paper In Malaya Printed Simultaneously Kuala Lumpur i Ipon Penang. Telegrams: "Tribune, Singapore." Telephone: 5811 (9 lines). PLIGHT PAGES. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1948 PRICE TEN CE MTS The MALAYA TRIBUNE London Agents Messrs. Colin Turner
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    NEW LOOK FOR KILTS
    125 1 U.P. in\ BKNBBB, Scotland J ar •■< Nt a s the i tod fatten for Ihe i N > ach* tl this J ,1 kom< fA< C7kra 1 I ,n toilog and n u nr ,woe expected i I tarda. i ihi i If 'i rd
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    FUNERAL OF SULTAN
    65 1 unei al ol the late Su! lau who died yesterday, will t a lc*> place tomorrow aftern r "n. ooi stiff reporter te!epbooed from Kual Kangsar feh morning, Th<> cortege will leave the [stana iskandariali at 4 p.m. e tmily burial ground ■ear Ubidiah Mosque, Kuala Kangsar
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    CALL FOR U.K. REPUBLIC
    58 1 Reuter. SOT 77/ PORT. Lancashire. Mm :> f t Tho National Admitiistndive Council of the Mrp< rnlrnt Labour Party, tiffing >n private this after»f\un. meet pted a resolution without iliscu.ssion callinrj tor thr aboHHom of the monarchu and all other forms mrwitege" and the setting »p
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    GOVERNOR'S DAUGHTER HURT
    45 1 Reuter. NASSAU, Bahamas. Mai. 8 Ifigg Elizabeth Murphy, 17-year-old second daughter of Sir William Murphy, /Governor or the Bahamas, was Rrkmsly injured and Anthony r>rry. 22-year-old son of Lnrd Kemsley. British newspaper magnate, was slightly ■njurrd in a motor accident here today.—Reuter.
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    LEWIS IGNORES SUBPOENA
    50 1 Reuter. WASHINGTON, Mar. 29—Mr. Mn I, Lewis, leader of the 400,--triking American coal miners, t'Teht ignored a suhpoena to app**r before Government factfinder o;,rd investigating the tae two weeks old strike. The o;,rd decided to seek a F'drra Court order to force Mr L *»ts |o testify—Reuter.
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    JINNAH ENDS BENGAL TOUR
    28 1 KARACHI. Mar 29.—IfchamAh Jinnah. Governor peneral JJ tan, ended his 10-day tour Benga] today, arriving aftei 1,400 miles non- r 'P HMthl from Dacca.
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    BIG ARMS THEFT FROM ARMY
    94 1 Eleven revolvers and twe St on mini have boon stolen from the Miliary at Pulau Rrani. according to a report received by tho C.I.D. this morning, i In Connaught Drive at about midnight last night six Chinese surrounded a compatriot and robbed him of $160
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    "369" GANG PIRATES TONGKANG
    70 1 A tongkang in the Outer Harbour was pirated by three Chinese on Sunday night. The mert ff«t J60 worth of jewellery and a watch valued at $100. The previous night another tongkang was pirated in the harbour by three Chinese who got away with two gold
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    FIRE THREATENS ASYLUM
    46 1 Bracknell. Berkshire. Mar. 29.__ Six fire brigades aided by a detachment of guords from Sandhurst today succeeded in quelling a woodland fire which had swept across a large area of Berkshire, threatening the village of Bracknell and almost surrounding Broadmoor criminal lunatic asylum.
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    MOBILISATION CALL IN UNITED STATES
    363 1 Military Lend-Lease May Be Revived Reuter. WASHINGTON, Mar. 29.—Mr. Bernard Baruch, former United States presidential adviser, called for an immediate enactment of military mobilisation accompanied by industrial and economic mobilisation when he appeared before the Senate Armed Services committee here f oday. He declared ih
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    Franco Re-affirms Stand Against Reds
    179 1 U.P. MADRID. MAR. 29.—Gcnenai Francisco Franco speaking Ji the 9th anniversary of the liberat'on of (Madrid In the Spanish civil war today deplored Spain s exclusion from nations rehabilitating Wester Europe and reaffirmed her stand against Communism. Franco spoke 19 minutes trom the balcony of
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    $2 MILLION DIAMOND
    90 1 U.P. BOMBAY. Mar. 29.— An Indian Maharajah has t imported from the United 1 States a diamond rival- 4 ling the world famovrs t X*7»-fAfar, the jncirs > paper Bombay Chronicle 4 said today. t The report did rud > identify the purchaser, who toas described as
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    ITALIAN WINS GRAND PRIX
    44 1 Reuter. PAU. France. Mar. 29.—Tho ace Italian driver. Pagani, in a Maserati won the Pau Grand Prix international motor race here today in three hours 33 minutes 30 3 seconds at an average speed of 85.597 kilometres per hour.— Reuter.
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    Marshall In Bogota
    35 1 BOGOTA, Colombia, Mar. 29— Mr. George Marshall, United States Secretary of State, arrived here by air today to hread the American delegation to the 9th. International Conference of American States opening tomorrow.
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    Yugoslavia Complains
    43 1 Reuter. WASHINGTON. Mar. 29—Yugoslavia has complained to the United States that American planes have crossed the Yugoslav border three times this year, I a State Department spokesman said here today. Trie Yugoslav note was couched in mild terms, h« said. —Reuter.
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    Fight To Continue
    48 1 Reuter. BAGDAD. Mar. 29.- The Arab League Political Committee has unanimously decided that "the Arab fight for the setting up of a free and independent Arab state in Palestine must continue until that aim is fulfilled", it was learned from official sources here tonight.— Reuter.
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    GAMELAW FOR GOVERNOR'S CUP
    37 1 Gamelaw is to be reserved fo r the Singapore Governor's Cup race, and will not be run again at the present lpoh meeting, Tribune's race correspondent Allan Lewis telephoned from lpoh this morning.
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    Code Of Honour For Newsmen Urged
    256 1 Reuter. GENEVA, Mar. 29. —Sir Ramaswami Mudaliar, Prime Minister of Mysore and leader of the India delegation to the freedom of information conference here, 'oday made a strong appeal to journalists all over ihe world to band themselves together in defence of the ethics
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    NO IN A MEN FOR ARMY
    112 1 Reuter. LONDON, Mar. 29. Pandjl Nehru, Prime Minister of India, announced in the Indian Parliament today that members of the former Indian National Army would now be able to take work in all services except the Indian Army, New Delhi Radio reported. Pandit Nehru
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    TO PRESS FOR PALESTINE TRUCE
    43 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Mar. 29The American delegation to the United Nations has been instructed to press in the immediate future for a truce in Palestine and a special session of the General Assembly, a delegation spokesman said here today.
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    300 HELD
    52 1 RANGOON, Mar. 29.—The Burmese police have detained 300 persons in the past 24 hours following their rale en strike pickets outside the supply depot of the British owned Burmah Oil Company where employees have been on strike for about three days, supported by workers in three other British
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    GHOST-HUNTER DIES
    94 1 Reuter. PULBOROUGH, Bussex, England Mar. 29. Harry Price, Britain's bestknown "ghost hunter," died here today, aged 67. Price, who was honorary secretary of the University of London Council for Physical Investigation, (formerly the National Laboratory of Physical Research, of which he was founder) investigated large numbers of houses
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    ORDERED TO LIE . . .
    119 1 ORDERED TO LIE LONDON, Mar. 29. A uvll-knmtm Czech author and poet Ivan Blatny. vho came to London on Saturday as a member of a delegation of the Czech syndicate of authors approved by the present regime tonight issued a statement dissociating himself from the regime and criticising it as
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    HE TELLS THE TRUTH
    59 1 Reuter. "If I were to follow the instructions given me by the Czech organisers of the trip I should have to assure the British public everythiny in is perfectly in order, and that the situation is the expression of the will of the. people," he declared,
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    Armed Jews Free 2 British Officers
    242 1 Reuter. JERUSALEM, Mar. 29 —Two British officers were freed today after being held captive for nearly 24 hours by armed Jews who stole their Army scout car near Ben Yamina in Northern Palestine. A British police sergeant and three British soldiers were seriously wounded
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    BEST WAY TO RID REDS
    102 1 Reuter. CAPETOWN. Mar. 29. Dr. D. F. Malan. the South African Nationalist (Opposition) Party leader, said here today that communism among coloured people in the Union must be "eradicated". The best way that this could be done would be by creating better living conditions and
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    RUSSIANS CAN'T MAKE A-BOMBS IN FIVE YEARS
    73 1 U.P. MELBOURNE. Mar. 29. cus Oliphant told an Australian British Atomic Scientist Marradio audience in a broadcast from here that Russia could not produce two atomic bombs within five years even if she were given complete blueprints, operating instructions and technical help. Ffe
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    27 1 Manlla. Mar. 29.—It was learned officially today that the Philippines is sending abroad two diplomatic missions shortly, one to Bangkok. Siam. and the other to Tokyo. Japan.
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    "BIG THREE" MEETING IS IS DENIED
    103 1 Reuter. WASHINGTON, Mar. 29. The Whife House today emphatically denied a report that a meeting between President Truman, Mr. Attlcc and Marshal Stalin was in prospect. The latest report of such a meetiny originated in London and said the "Big Three" were planning to
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    BARBERS TO PREACH PEACE
    55 1 U.P. SCARBOROUGH, Mar. 29 The National Hairdressers Federation resolved today at its annual conference to do its share in maintaining world peace. The Federation President, F. H. Custance, said British hairdressers would intensify efforts to establish international contacts as "every organization should do for the sake
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    EMERGENCY AID
    33 1 Reuter. WASHINGTON, MAR. 29.— The United States Senate passed by voice-vote today and sent to the White House. The $55,000,000 appropriation for additional emergensy aid to France, Italy and Austria. —Reuter.
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    BURMA FOR U.N.
    27 1 LAKE SUCCESS. Mar. 29. The Security Council's committee on admission of new members agreed today to recommend Burma for membership of the United Nations.
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    U.S. Envoy To Ceylon
    31 1 WASHINGTON. Mar. 29. Tho President has nominated Felix Cole to be first United States Ambassador to Ceylon. The United States is at present represented by a Consul-Gene-ral.
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    Malay Union To Enter Politics
    190 2 (Tribune Staff Reporter j. THE MALAY UNION, SINGAPORE, DECIDED AT ITS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING YESTERDAY TO EMERGE AS A I OLITICAL BODY. Indie Sardon bin Haji Jubir. President, said that the party would protect tiie interests of the Malays and co-operate with the other political
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    Malaya Defence Plans
    120 2 rFrom Our Own e P^ A e^' H KUALA LUMPUR MARCH 29. 'WHATEVER MAY BE THE STRATEGIC PLANS fSr THE FirrURE PPMPE OF MALAYA, THU. strength employed pend greatly on the resources available IN SKILLED MEN AND TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT ON THE SPOT TO MAINTAIN. AND REINFORCE THE
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    FINED FOR TRAFFIC OFFENCES
    133 2 The Singapore Trafftt* police arrested 14 persons for tratiic offences on Saturday. Most of them pleaded guilty to their respective charges and paid fines totalling $119 in the Traffic Court, yesterday. Most of the offenders were cyclists. Six cyclists were charged with carrying pillion riders. In
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    INSURANCE SCHEME FOR FOOTBALLERS
    65 2 Footballers, officials and delegates, travelling at the interest cf the Malayan Chinese Football Association are to be insured. This Was decided upon at the M.C.F.A.'s Council meeting held yesterday. They will be insured for a sum of $10,000 each. The insurance will however, cover the parties
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    HUNGER STRIKERS
    70 2 U.P. NANKING, Mar. 29. The .0 Kuomintang members wno jire on a hunger strike agamai Jhiang Kai-shek's refusal to iei .liem take their Assemoiy seats „aid today that they vvoum jjersue the fast until tne utec 4 sion was reversed. The strikers met the prey in the hostel
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    Marathon Cycling
    56 2 Reuter-AAP. Sydney, Mar. 29.—Ernie Old, 73. veteran cyclist, has left Melbourne on another marathon trip. His objective is Fremantle, and he hopes to return to Melbourne in two months. A keen golfer, long-distance walker, and horse rider in his seatch for fitness, Old recently returned from a cyelihg
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    War Risk Payments: Govt. Delay Flayed
    509 2 PENANG. MARCH 27: —"DOES THIS GOVERNMENT REALISE THAT THE DELAY IN DEALING WITH THE LEGAL CLAIMS FOR WAR RISK LOSSES AND THE MORAL CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION FOR WAR LOSSES HAS CAUSED THE GREATEST HARDSHIP TO MANY IN MALAYA?" ASKED MR. J. P. SOUTER. WHEN
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    MacA ORDERS "STOP STRIKE"
    77 2 Reuter. Tokyo, Mar. 29.—Gen. MacArthur's Headquarters today announced officially that it had ordered the Japanese Government to prevent a general strike of nearly 1.500.000 communications workers and other Government employees scheduled to begin on Wednesday. The Government was told that Gen. Mac Arthur reiterated his statement
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    Major Gets 2 Years
    44 2 Reuter. Rangoon. March 29. —A special court today sentenced Major C. H. H. Young (Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers) to two years' imprisonment. He was charged with selling arms to U Saw, Burmese exPremier now under sentence of death. Reuter.
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    Man-Made Controls Hamper Planters
    428 2 IPOH. THURSDAY. THE PRESENT POLICY ADOPTED BY THE FOOD CONTROL DEPARTMENT IN REGARD TO MONOPOLY OF RICE-MILLING AND T H X RESTRICTION OF FREE MOVEMENT OF RICE IN THE STATE WAS FLAYED BY MR. LEONG YEW KOH IN HIS SPEECH ON THE ADJOURNMENT AT YESTERDAYS MEETING
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    Hindu-Moslem Clash: 1,000 Houses Burnt
    49 2 Reuter. Bombay, March 29.—Sixteen people were killed, 25 injured, and about 1,000 houses were destroyed by fire in a HinduMuslim conflict at Godhra, 300 miles north of Bombay, Mr. Moraji Desai, Home Minister of the Bombay Government, told the Bombay Legislative Assembly today. Reuter.
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    French Control In Indo-China
    67 2 MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, —The liberal Manchester Guardian today accused the French of a desire to "impose" j a settlement in Indochina 'which would keep effective t control in French hands. Phis newspaper also accused Bao Dai. the former Emperor ;of Annam. of seemingly prei paring the ground
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    160 S'HAI REDS FOR TRIAL
    79 2 Reuter. SHANGHAI. Mar. 29. All 160 of the alleged Communist agents rounded up by the police and garrison authorities last week will be handed over the recently established Special Tribunal for trial Some time next month, it was learned today. If found guilty of participating
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    CHINA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OPENS
    77 2 U.P. NANKING. Mar. 29 China's first National Assembly under Uie new constitution dcs- i-ribed by President Chiang I Kai-Shek in his inaugural address as "the most epoch-mak-j ing event in the whole history of China" opened at 11.30 a.m. today. There were 1,539 delegates present more
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    ON BREACH OF TRUST CHARGE
    72 2 Bail of $1,000 was allowed a young Indian, Sunadampatan who appeared in the Second Police Court yesterday on a charge of criminal breach Of trust. Accused was alleged to have misappropriated gold and chemical stones to the total value of $724 which was entrusted to
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    $2-Million Building Plan For Ipoh
    346 2 (From Our Own Reporter) IPOH, Mar. 28.—Plans are under consideration for the construction of a housing project in Pasir Puteh where 150 bungalows are to be built, each on its own plot of ground. The project is expected to take three years to be completed
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    SUDDEN DEATH of SULTAN of PERAK
    623 3 IPOH, Mar. 29.—The death was announced ii |noh this afternoon of His Highness Sir "hdnl Aziz, KCMG, KBE, Sultan Of Perak. OFFICIAL BULLETIN RELEASED TODAY pCA DS "HIS HIGHNESS THE SULTAN OF PERAK si iDENLY IN THE REST HOUSE AT LUMUT TO--11.30 A.M. FROM
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    Immense Popularity
    598 3 Prow Out Dm Repot ter} IPOH, Mew. ML The 1 IgA Suite*, Sir Abdul 1 X V.M.0., fill E.. bom ih mht r 14, i»s7, was of tlu former Raja Undti 'it Perak, Raja Muwa, Pa an Beaut AnnHit earHest education was ii 1 tmall school >n Taiping
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    HIT BY POLICE, ACCUSED SAY
    102 3 with hriusebreaking an<l theft ol a motor ear, two vis, Sharrif bin Hassan and l,i: "> bin Raja were ordered, Sec md Poiice MagisJjtr, Mr. L c. Gob, to be re■taderj for is hours in police a***? were alleged to have into a garage at
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    Breweries Strike
    30 3 Reuter. *j»DNEY, Mar 29:- With j 1 sides showing no signs MV: ly. it appears thai to three Sydney Which began at tlx ?<» February, will continu- Eastei Reuter.
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    CATHEDRAL WEDDING
    150 3 The wedding took place yesterday afternoon at St. Andrew's Cathedral of MrJohn Edward Wake, of the British Far Eastern Broadcasting Service, son of Mr. and Mrs J. R. Wake, of Acorn. Yorkshire, and Miss Xcnia Yolande Zechariah. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Zechariah. of Singapore. The Reverend
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    Trusted Report "A Retrograde Step"
    405 3 SEREMBAN. Mar. 29. Speaking at the meeting of the Negri Sembilan State Council held here. Mr. R. Nagaretnam, Ceylonese member of the CouneJL described the provision of S5 increment, recommended by the Salaries Commission for the members of the General Clerical Service, as a "definite
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    23RD CHILD AT 40
    34 3 Sydney. March 29. Mrs. Afite Bull, an aboriginal woman at the Lake Tyers aboriginal reserve (Victoria) has given birth to her 23rd child, a boy, at the age of 40.
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    MASS MEETING
    48 3 Reute r. SHANGHAI, Mar. 29. A mass meeting was held here this morning in triple celebration of the opening of the National Assembly, the annual observance of revolutionary Martyrs day (the anniversary of the Sunflower Hill uprising at Canton in 1911) and National Youth day. Reuter.
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    FAR EAST TRADE
    44 3 LONDON. Mar. 29:— Despite the unfavourable economic and political factors in the Far East last year trade has been active and banking business continued to expand, i said the ch.iirman at the annual meeting of the lfercaO- tile Bank of India.
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    Sikhs Face Charge Of Intimidation
    84 3 Alleged to have criminally intimidated a compatriot, three Bengalis, Mucha Singh. Hari Singh and Hari Singh were produced before the Second Police Magistrate. Mr. L. C Goh, yesterday. I Accused were charged with icriminal intimidation by threatening one Karmial Singh with intent to cause him
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    TRADES UNION BROADCAST
    64 3 Tonight at 9.45 p.m. Mr. Stan 1 Awbery. Member of Parliament for Brisiol Central, will talk from Radio Malaya abou: j the Trade Union Mission which i has just finished its enquiry in Malaya. Mr. Awbery and Mr. Dallery returned to the United Kingdom on Saturday after
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    More Land For Tin Mining Urged
    498 3 KUALA LUMPUR. MAR. 29 —THE NECESSITY FOR A POLICY FOR THE ALIENATION OF LANDS FOR MINING. WITHOUT WHICH. HE SAID. IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR PRODUCERS TO CONDUCT AN EXTENSIVE PROGRAMME OF PROSPECTING. WAS STRESSED BY COL. H. S LEE. PRESIDENT OF THE ALL
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    SOLDIER IN COURT
    72 3 A 22-yoar-old British soldier, L. Reynolds, was produced with i a young Chinese. Wong Ah Yeong. in the Second Police Court yesterday on a chaise ol disorderly conduct. j Accused were alleged to have been iound fighting in public 'at the junction of Race Course Road and
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    GAMBLERS FINED
    64 3 Fines and cash confiscated amounted to $530.90 when 16 Chinese were convicted of gambling in public by the Second Police Magistrate, Mr. L. C. Goh. yesterday. Accused were arrested as a result of raids conducted on gambling houses in variou? parts of Singapore's Chinatown during the past th"cc
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    Burma: Plot
    93 3 RANGOON. MARCH 29. THE BURMESE PRIME MINISTER, THAXIN NU, HAS DECLARED THAT HIS GOVERNMENT HELD EXCLUSIVE PROOF THAT THE COMMUNIST PARTY IN BURMA WAS TRYING TO SEIZE POWER BY FORCE OF ARMS. Broadcasting to the country over Rangoon Radio, he said the Government intended to take "ruthless action"
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    IRAN SHOUTS BACK AT RUSSIA
    72 3 U.P. TEHERAN. March. 29. —It was disclosed officially today that Iran had sent a note to I Russia protesting Soviet pro- paganda against the Hakimi Government and claiming that the Soviet Union had threatenled Iran's independence for the past 100 years. 1 The Persian Foreign
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    WALL STREET STRIKE
    43 3 U.P. NEW YORK, Mar. 29.—The United Financial Employees Union struck the New York Stock and Curb exchanges today in a dispute over wages. Some 1,500 employees walked off the job and established picIket lines at entrances to the exchanges. U.P.
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    21 Blasted To Bits
    38 3 U.P. MANILA, Mar. 29:— Twentyone person s including 15 Philippine army enlisted men vere blown to bits when a Japanese planted land min--exploded in a navy tunnel on Corregidor Island on SaturI day. -U.P.
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    FIVE CHARGED WITH TRESPASS
    144 3 Five young Chinese, l.ieu Chin Huan. Lieu Huat Lien. Koh Sian Lim, Seng Cheng Kiat and Bey Lei Chey faced two charges of theft and trespass, in the Second Police Court yesterday. Together with the accused was also D. A. Pereira, a L/Cpl attached to the
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    SWEEPING WIN FOR REDS
    39 3 U.P. BUCHAREST, March. 29 The Communist dominated government bloc won sweeping majority of slightly more than 90 per cent of Unvotes cast in the first genera] election under the New Republic, figures showed today -U.P.
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    City & Guilds Exams.
    93 3 City Guilds Exams. (From Our Oven Reporter) KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 29 The (Spring) 1948 Examinations of the City and Guilds of London Institute will be held in the Federation of Malaya at Penang. lpoh. Kuala Lumpur. Seremban, Malacca, Johore Bahru, Raub, Kota Bahru and Alor Star on various days between.
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    Foul Weather Friends
    747 4 The Singapore Association has referred to the matter of official visitors from the United Kingdom finding excuses tio come to Malaya during the English winter without* evidence of compensating advantage. The Singapore Association makes specific reference to the cases of Mr. Ivor Thomas, the Earl of Listowel
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    CHILDREN OF THE SILENT NIGHT
    744 4  -  jf The >U7'Year'OU Perkins Institute, Mass., specializes, wkh sua** treatment for those who, both blind and dumb arc km* By David Clayton Being unable to sec is not counted an affliction among the young students of Perkins Institute. Life is too merry a thing foi
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    Too Many Bores
    171 4 AAP. Sydney. Art exhibitions depressed him because they attracted "too many bores.*' i said Australian artist Max Meldrum. speaking at Melbourne. Mr. Meldrum. a foundation member of the Australian Artists' Association and a trustee of the National Gallery, added that many visitors to exhibitions "would not know
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    Higher Education In The Colonies
    566 4 London Press Service. The Inter-University Council for Higher Education in the Colonies Issued its annual report last week. The purpose of the Council Is to strengthen the co-operation between the universities of Great Britain and the colonies, fostering development of higher colleges in British colonies
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    LANCASHIRE'S TEXTILE TROUBLES
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    HELEN HENG WINS DOUBLE HONOURS
    794 6 (From Our Own Reporter) KUALA LUMPUR. MARCH 29.- 001 TEIK HOCK. PENANG CHAMPION ANNEXED THE MALAYAN SINGLES BADMINTON CROWN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS BADMINTON CAREER THIS MORNING WHEN HE BEAT SELANGOR'S LIM KEE FONG WHO WAS ALSO LAST YEAR'S RUNNER-UP, IN THE FINAL
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    AIRMEN AVERT DEFEAT
    342 6 R.A.F TENGAH 1; PULAU BUXOM I. Although the airmen displayed more aggressive form than their dimunitive opponents throughout the game, the R.A.F. Tengah narrowly escaped defeat by the Pulau Bukom XI as the result of a timely goal scored a minute before the end. The match, an
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    Weight-Lifting Record Smashed
    390 6 The world's record for two hands snatch, in the Bantamweight division, was surpassed at the Malayan Chinese Amateur Weight-lifting Meet held at the New World arena over the week-end. The man who accomplished this feat was Selangor's Loong Wcl Tek, with a lift of 193 12 lbs.
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    "SLANDEROUS INVENTION"
    99 6 Reuter. MOSCOW, Mar. 29.—Tass, the official Soviet News Agency, tonight described as "a slanderous invention" a statement by Mr. John L. Sullivan, United States Secretary of the Navy, who told the Senate Armed Services committee last Thursday that "recently submarines not belonging to any nation west of the
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    REDS WANT PEACE-SO HE CLAIMS
    133 6 Reuter. LONDON, :.:ar. 29.—Harry Pollitt. < encral Secretary of the British Communist Party declared here today that Communists must place themselves at the head of a mass movement for peace "Not because we are j pacifists, but because those who I would organise a new
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    TITLE FIGHT IN WHITE CITY
    57 6 Reuter. LONDON. Mar. 29.—Ted i Broadribb, manager of Freddie Mills, Britain's. Europe's and Empire's light heavyweight champion, revealed tonight that Mills and Gus Lesnevich will meet in their return contest for the world title at the White City stadium. London, on Monday July 26 under
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    S.C.F.A. ASKED TO HOLD INQUIRY
    224 6 (Tribune Staff Reporter. Following a discussion by Conned tnemhrr. < an Chinese Football Association at thf Goh I in connection with Chu Chee 6 and Chin 5 recent ivsit to Hongkong, where trial* were 7 players for the forthcoming Ch inn Olympic, ii request the
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    BERLIN: ZERO HOUR EXPIRES
    66 6 Reuter. BERLIN. MAR 29 n meeting of the LnZ Allied Control Conn? ally fixed tor not been called by R„ when "zero hour' <. mooing the session tha afternoon, it was ed tonight. am" H the Russians had wanted the meeting it should been called by
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    ATOM GUESS
    32 6 Washington. March 29 (TJPi I A close observer of atomic developments today estimated that the United St teh a maximum of 500 atom bomb, and perhapi oOh lew as thirty.
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    BIG UPSET BY DARK ROMANCE
    587 7  -  By ALLAN LEWIS ipnH, MONDA\. A LARGE HOLIDAY CROWD VAS PRESENT AT TODAY'S RACES. THE SECOND r \Y OK THE PERAK TURF CLUB EASTER MEETING ?I H WAS HELD IN FINE WEATHER OVFKN1GHT RAIN AND STEADY RAIN THIS MORN•v.; MADE THE GOING SLIGHTLY SOFT AND
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    BKG SWEEP
    39 7 Total Pool $175,100 1st. Prize, No. *****2 2nd. Prize, No. *****2 3rd. Prize, No. *****1 Starters: Nos. *****3, *****9 *****3, *****3. *****9, *****7* 1 DOUBLE TOTES: First Double, one ticket, $630. Second Double, 2 tickets $297 each.
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    M.C.U. Badminton
    97 7 Tho Medical College Union heat the Chinese V.M.C.A. by five sets to two. when their "B" teams clashed at badminton at the C.Y.M.C.A.'s courts on Saturday. The following are the results (M.C.U. players nrentioned u.i i Wong Poh Lim lost to L?e Soo Kee I—3; Yong Neng bea
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    Malays Too Good For Malayan Chinese
    602 7 MALAY N MALAYS TREATED A CROWD OF 10.000 >PECTATORS TO LOME SPARKLING FOOTBALL WHEN HEY MEI THE MALAYAN CHINESE AND WON BY THREE GOALS TO NIL AT JALAN BESAR STADIUM YESTERDAY. All the goals were scored in j the first half—a period inj which
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    M.C.F.A. GET THE ANSWER & AN UNPLEASANT ONE
    451 7 M.C.F.A. GET THE ANSWER AN UNPLEASANT ONE Post-Mortem On Yesterday's Game.... By SPECTATOR YESTERDAY'S display by ,he M.C.F.A. gave the answer to Miose who had felt that Malaya had got a raw deal from the Chinese Olympic selectors. And it wasn't a pleasant-, one. It only helped to confirm the
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    M.C.F.A. DECISION WELCOMED
    296 7 By BPE( TAT(>R) THE M.C.F.A. de eision, alter a prolonged argument, to send a team to comnete in the National Games should be welcomed by all except those who think the Games are not of sufficient importance lo justify the cost of the tour. I welcome the
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    LAURISTON WINS GOLF FINAL
    108 7 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur. Mar. 29: The distinction of winning the first postwar Malayan Golf Championship, which was concluded here today, goes to R. B. Lauriston. of lpoh. who beat H E- Clarke, of Selangor. in a thrilling final. Lauriston, who turned in j
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    FRANCE WINS
    25 7 Reuter. Paris, Mar. 29.—France beat England by 15 points to zero in the last Rugby Union international of the season here today. Reuter.
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    HOME SOCCER
    301 7 Reuter. LONDON, Mar. 29 —Tho following are English League Football fixtures for Saturday. April 3. FIRST DIVISION Arsenal v Blackburn Rovers. Bolton Wandrs v Aston Villa. Burnley v Everton. Charton Ath. v Manchester Citi. Liverpool v Sunderland. Manchester Utd v Derby County. Middlesbrough v Grimsby Town. Portsmouth v
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    Penang's Cricket Win By 192 Runs
    28 7 Penang beat Perak in their Inter-State fixture by 192 runs. Perak; 7i a nd 33. Penang: 207 and 89 for S. declared.
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    NO NEW POINTS
    68 7 Reuter. Teheran, Mar. 29. Bahger Farhudi Persia's Deputy Prime Minister, told Reuter today j that there were "no new points" iin yesterday's Soviet note rej jectmg Persia's reply io eharg|es of permitting American j "imperialist activities" in Per- sia. j He also denied allegations jby the Teheran
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    45 7 Reuter. NEW YORK. Mar. 29: John Gielgud's British theatrical company was judged the most outstanding foreign companies in the annual pre sentation of awards here »ast night. The winners were given awards of inscribed gold bracelets for women and inscribed gold noteclips for men Reuter.
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    SPECTATOR'S POSTS-BAG
    453 7 "SOCCERFAN". Sir, -It apftears to me that there is an'abundance of prejudice and red tape m Singapore Chinese football today. Such prejudice and red tape must be removed by daring Chinese soccer officials, the sooner the better, for the sake of Singapore Chinese football. I give here reasons
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    The Ref. Wasn't There
    193 7 PASIR JELLICOR" Sir, —The Pasir Panjang twin was scheduled to play Jellicoe Road in a S.C.F.A. Inter-District League Fixture last Thursday at 5.15 p.m. on the day stated, both ,earns were all set at the Geylang Stadium for thr qnme. Unfortunately, no official referee from the
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    MCFA Team For China Olympics
    256 7 (Tribune Staff Reporter) T l WAS DECIDED AT THE MALAYAN CHINESE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION'S COUNCIL MEETING HELD YESTERDAY. THAT A MALAYAN CHINESE SOCCER TEAM WILL BE SENT TO SHANGHAI TO COMPETE IN THE SEVEN 1H CHINA NATIONAL OLYMPICS. The team, it was held will participate in
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    TABLE-TENNIS TEAM FOR CHINA GAMES
    216 7 Results of the finals of Ihe Malayan Chinese TabW'-TVnni3 Trial to select the team for the 7th China Olympic Games were as follows: Miss Lee Beng Kin (Pg.) I beat Khaw Bee Eng (Pg.) on a 1 walk-over; Lai Ying Hon (Spore) beat Chua Kirn
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    CHANCI BEAT KANGAROOS
    66 7 The R.A.F. (Changl) defeated the Kangaroos by 67 runs in a cricket match played at Changi on Saturday. After scoring 127 the airmen dismissed the Kangaroos for 60. Riley hit 47 and Joachim 45 for Changi, while O. Hozano knocked up 25 for the losers. The game
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    Rugby League
    78 7 Reuter. LONDON, Mar 29. Following ate results of matches playt d in the Rugby League: Barrow 12. St. Helens 8Batley 9. Hull 3; Featherstone Rovers 3. Huddersfield 27; Hull Kingston R. 13, York 16; Keighley 6. Bradford Northern 11; Leeds 9, Castleford 0; Liverpool Stanley 5, Halifax 12;
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    Amateur Soccer
    27 7 Reuter. London Mar. 29. The Netherlands beat England by five goals to two in the amateur soccer triangular tournament on Dulwich ground here today Reuter.
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    Heavy Blow For Blackpool: Mortensen, Matthews Hurt
    464 8 Reuter. LONDON, Mar. 20.—The Easter holiday I soccer fixtures which were completed today did little to clarify the promotion and relega- 1 tn'on problems of the English leagues owing to t,he remarkable evenness of results. I **T TT ITt.i A r>..«.liCf I Only
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    BOMB REPORT MISTAKE
    90 8 Reuter. JERUSALEM, Mar. 29. The Palestine Government tonight denied its own earlier statement that Jews had bombed the Arah seaport of Jaffa from the air. First reports said that three bombs landed near two schools in Jaffa well outride the mortar range of Jewish positions on the
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    ACCRA CURFEW RE-IMPOSED
    94 8 Reuter. ACCRA, Mar. 29. The cur- few imposed in Accra, Gold Coast, a month ago and lifted 1 last Monday was rcimposed tonipht after a crowd had tried i to loot stores. Police inter vened at once and no damage was caused. The crowd accused the owni
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    England Finish At Bottom Of Table
    252 8 Reuter. PARIS, Mar. 29 England finish at 'the bottom cf ihe international rugby union championship as Ihe result of their defea* by France by 15 points tone goal, one dropped goal, two tries) to zero in the last international of the season played before
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    Chief Justice Attends Ipoh Wedding
    312 8 lpoh. March 29—The Town; Hall was the scene ol one ol the biggest social events of the year when two well-known local Chinese families were united in marriage. The bridegroom was Mr. Foo Kc.U Lim of the Perak River HydroElectric Company, and son al Mr.
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    36 8 The Scouts Commissioner for Malaya, Mr": F. C. Sands, inspected the Scouts, Cubs and Malay Rovers of Bentong District on Thursday. He was accompanied by Mr. H. R. Cheeseman, C.M.G., Director of Education, Federation of Malaya.
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    Peg Legs Are Made In Malaya
    266 8 lpoh. Match 29.—The suigion of the Civil General Hospital, Kuala Lumpur is now in a position to ht peg legs below the knee, This revealed by the Central Weilar. Council which is requesting various state welfare committees to send in information regarding the number
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    PROTECTION FOR FRENCH YOUTH FROM "PENNY DREADFULS"
    208 8 Reuter. PARIS, Mar. 29. A new law aimed at protecting the youth of France from the harmful influence of children's magazines which present crime in a favourable light has been drafted by the French Government. Aimed at turning the "penny dreadful" into a
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    Tribune staff cameramen took these pictures at Sunday's North-South trial at Jalan Besar Stadium. Pictures show (extreme left Pak Tony saxes a penalty; right, a North player in which beats a South player to the ball, with the South player appearing to have fouled his opponent during the jump; Below, the South and North teams before the game.
    58 8 Tribune staff cameramen took these pictures at Sunday's North-South trial at Jalan Besar Stadium. Pictures show (extreme left Pak Tony saxes a penalty; right a North player in which beats a South player to the ball, with the South player appearing to have fouled his opponent during the jump; Below,
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    PERAK TEACHERS FORM UNION
    293 8 IPOH, Mar. 29. Coming into line with the majority of other states in the Federation, local teachers have decided on the formation of a Teachers' Union in Perak. This decision was reached after a lengthy discussion at the annual general meeting of the Teachers' Association of
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    34 8 A representative appeal is to be made to the authorities for the establishment of a central Information Centre in Malacca. The present Information Centre, it is held, is too far out of the way.
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    Test : West Indies In Strong Position
    315 8 Test West Indies In Strong Position Reuter. KINGSTON, Jamaica, Mar. 29 ._T}> w, dies finished 'he second day's play in th test with England only 59 runs hei England total of 227 with seven wickets 1 the score reading 168 for three wickets For this commanding nosition I they had
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    Boy Killed In Accident
    89 8 lpoh. March a I b motor accident occurei 4 Kampong Bahru I fajß] s?ttlementi last SatWßt] suiting In tne d< ath i: year-old Indian bof B Sebastian. It appears that ab m; M-31 a.m. a PWD lorrj vat towards [pob when the Mffc alleged to run
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    NO HOARDING
    30 8 Reuter. SHANGHAI. Mac cal citizens will not b< lo board any quanl daily-used commodities more than three mootl cording to new formulated by th Mm.-'.'i I Economics. Renter.
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    38 8 The proposal to untitled Central Market in 8 nas born postponed, tfafes" annual report of th. 8 Town Board, due to financial provision, m I" loped that the propwi carried forward foi ii he IM9 Budget prop" l
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