Malaya Tribune, 1 April 1948

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  • 61 1 The Malaya Tribune BY THE PEOPLE FOR TUTS PEOPLE Larger Sales than any Afternoon Paper In Malaya Printed Rimultanfoufily Kuala Lumpur, Ipon Penang. Telegrams: "Tribune, Singapore." Telephone: 5811 ('J lines). Etqiiy PAGES. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1948 PRICE TEN CX JfTS The MALAYA TRIBUNE London Agents Messrs. Colin Turner Ltd.,
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  • 2307 1 GOVERNOR'S CALL FOR GOODWILL (Tribune Staff Reporter) Singapore's first Legislative Council with six elected representatives took office tjhis morning. At a simple but dignified ceremony at the Victoria Memorial Hall, the 22 members of the new Legislative Council took the Oath of Allegiance
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  • 680 1 Housing Biggest Problem Mr. E. M. F. Ferguson, speaking on behalf of the unofficial, declared: "Today witnesses the Introduction of a new machine of Government. Like all new machines it will need careful handing and encouragement at the outset if it. is to function efficiently along the road wnicn lies
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  • 24 1 A Malay was robbed of $48 in cash and valuables by three Chinese in Lorong Tai Seng, off Paya Lebar Road, >esterday.
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  • 26 1 Two Chinese accompanied by a Malay robbed a Chinese of $14 in cash in Kuching Road yesterday. Two of the robbers carried pistols.
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  • 21 1 Two Chinese, one armed with a pistol, robbed a compatriot of $140 in cash and property in Jalan Rimau last night.
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  • 131 1 »nR 11», Mar. 31. Mr mi Tv lor, Preaktent Tru pel envoy to th» Gen. Franco was re hablj Sstood here tonight. lea believed that team-I"' lW n( lusion m the EJull Plan will be one of the Lrtcta discussed. .Im is now in Lisbon
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  • 60 1 Reuter. FLENSBURG. Mar. 31, -Sexton Jacobson of Satrup, Schlewsig Holstein, was beheaded in 1943 for saying he would "rather vote for any other housepainter than Hitler.' Today tailoress Gertrud Schultz, who denounced, Sexton to the< Nazi Perypies Court, urns sent to jail for I three years by
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  • 25 1 U.P. TEHERAN. MAR. 31.—Mr. John Cooper Wiley, the new Un.ted States Ambassador to Iran and his wife arrived here today by air.—U.P.
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  • 174 1 Reuter. JERUSALEM, Mar. 31.—Forty people were tilled and GO injured when 'he Cairo-Haifa train *as blown up by an elec irically detonated land mine near Ben Yamina, Northern Palestine, today. Most of the dead were in one coach which was completely demolished when
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  • 101 1 Reuter. HONGKONp, MAR. 31. The Director of Air Services, Mr. A. J. R. Moss, expressed the opinion today that the main strip of the new drome replacing Kaftak will be operating in two years t»me. He declined to indicate the site, but said "two or three plans"
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  • 58 1 Reuter. ASKARA. Mar. 31.-- People Iriaj rvnr the Turkish Black port of Sinope, awoke totoy to find the country-sxde wittmi inth reddish snow pppaeed hy the superstitious fl p<iTl*nd bloodshed or war. Ik red mow was ttelieved b hmvi b* en caused by the wmma of desert dust
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  • 119 1 U.P. CHICAGO, Mar. 31.— F. Woi£ Lai. 51-year-old Chinese Iwndryman. was found dead by police who believe that he committed suicide because he was ■Nt to understand the methods of Occidental courts. By his body police found a cll Ppmg from a February 8 if*>papri in
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  • 33 1 utTROIT. MAR. 31.—Forf er KiH| Michael of Rumasatisfied his love for 5* p <i today by driving a new •Jtoir.obile at 100 miles per on an open highway.—
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  • 79 1 LONDON. Mar. 31. The British Treasury disclosed that it had a surplus of £635,380,863 m hand as the financial year ended tonight. This balance was more than twice the estimate made last November by the then Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Hugh Dalton- and that estiimite was
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  • 109 1 Reuter. LONDON, Mar. 31. Dr. Jan Stransky, 34--year-old member of the Czech Social Democrat Party, who recently "disappeared" from Prague, landed at London airport tonight xoith his Englishborn wife. They told of their "terrible experience" after they had smuggled themselves out of Prague
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  • 227 1 Snag In FinnishSoviet Aid Pact Reuter. HELSINKI, Mar. 31.—Finland's insistence thai c .ovie', Russia should send her military aid only if necifically asked for, has caused a hi-ch in the Finno-Soviet negotiations for a military assistance and friendship pact, it was learned here tonight. President Juho Paasikivi, his pact—should be
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  • 37 1 Police are endeavouring to trace the driver of a motor vehicle who knocked down and seriously injured a Chinese pedestrian in Arab Street this morning, in the small hours. The victim was removed to hospital.
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  • 280 1 TEN SION IN BERLIN Reuter. BERLIN, Apr. I. —With a guard under orders to resist by force if necessary anyone trying to board it, a British military train left, Berlin last night, two hours before the surprise new Russian restrictions tightening up East West border
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  • 25 1 Reuter. NANKING, Mar. 31.—"Rebel" Kuomintang hunger strikers, entering their fourth day, are still continuing semi-fit—drink-ing water and eating fruits only —their fight for democracy.Reuter.'
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  • 31 1 Reuter. TOKIO. Mar. 31.—General MaeArthur's headquarters today directed that all co-ordi-nated work stoppages involved in the strike of nearly 1,500,000 Government civil employees and communication workers should cease.—Reuter.
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  • 414 1 Reuter. LONDON, Mar. 31.—-Continued manufacture of synthetic rubber by the Uni'.od States and Canada i< "aggravating the unbalanced economy of the world", Mr. W. J. C. Richards, Chairman of the British Rubber Growers Association, said here today. 4 lts production in America is opposed t
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  • 86 1 U.P. COPENHAGEN, MAR. 31 When Custom officials, bent en enforc ng a ban which prohib ts bringing more than 59 cigarettes into the country, found a man who had arrived on a plane from New York yesterday with 1,000 c garettes. But they s mply
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  • 63 1 OUR DOING WELL IN N.E.I. BATAVIA, MAR. 31. A Mirvey by the Dutch news agency An eta today showed that the Straits dollar which officially is supposed to be worth only 1.25 NEI guilders—is actually bringing 4.80 guilders to 1, on the -biackrriatket. The United States dollar, officially pegged at
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  • 228 1 Reuter. BRUSSELS. Mar. 31.—Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery, Chief of the British Imperial General Staff, who new here today at the invitation of the Belgian Army for a threeday visit, was asked what he would do if asked to head a joint General
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  • 456 2 KUALA LUMPUR, MARCH 31. -MR. YONG SHOOK LIN, LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR. SUGGESTED THAT PENANG SHOULD BE THE SITE FOR THE FUTURE UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA AT THE ANNUAL DINNER OF IHE HONGKONG UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION HELD AT THE LEE WONG KEE CAFF,. The invaluable services ren
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  • 631 2 THE SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST'S $7MILLION BUILDING PROGRAMME FOR THIS YEAR INCLUDE tfi FL ATS,J92 ARTISANS QUARTERS, 69 TENEMENTS, 29 SHOPS, kQ DWELLINGS, kk LABOURING STAFF QUARTERS, AND 6k STAFF QUARTERS. This building programme, which is progressing, is estimated to accommodate 1,200 families, excluding quarters for the Trust's
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  • 60 2 Reuter. MUNICH, Mar. 30.—Eleven air force Dllots landed with their planes on the Rlem airfield near Munich during the week-end and have now left for an unknown destination it was learned here tonight The planes landed durin* the night of Saturday. helr Wrivgl had hitherto been kept
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  • 129 2 A middle-aged Chinese, Ang Kiat, was fined $200 with the alternative of three months' rigorous imprisonment by the Fourth Criminal District Judge yesterday on a charge of assisting in the management of an unlawful society, "Gi Leong Kiat". It was stated in evidence that,
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  • 56 2 Reuter. Peiping, Mar. 31.—Tne aerial expedition sponsored by Mr. Milton Reynolds, the American millionaire fountain pen maufacturer, to "measure" the Amne Machin mountains in north eastern Tibet was abandoned early today after a slight accident to the expedition's aircraft. The mishap occurred as the aircraft was taxi-ing towards
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  • 36 2 Children's Day will be celebrated in Seremban on April 4. when 16 Chinese schools will partake in a rally at the station padang that morning. After the celebration gifts will be presented to the school children.
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  • 282 2 From Our Own Reporter) tx *£S2: MAR. 31: —FUNERAL RITES FOR HIS LATE ™?JHJSSJ? E SULTAN OF PERAK. SIR ABDUL AZIZ COMMENCED IN KUALA KANGSAR AT 4 P M TODAY. w^ T T HE MALAYS JN THE ROYAL CAPITAL WORE MOURNING BANDS AND FLAGS WERE
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  • 55 2 Reuter. Tokio, March 31.—Some 600 housewives in Atami (about 70 miles southwest of Tokio) suffered from shock yesterday morning when they turned on the gas jets to find water spouting out instead of gas. Investigations showed that a gas line had accidentally been hitched with
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  • 93 2 Two middle-aged Chinese, Heng Goo Kiang and Low Tee Twj were fined $2,000 each by the Eighth Police Court Magistrate, Mr. R. W. P. Rule yesterday, when they pleaded guilty to a charge of having m possession 165 lbs. of dutiable cigarettes and 62 lbs. of Siamese tobacco.
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  • 100 2 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Yet another fatal accident was added to last month's list of the dead yesterday morning. An unidentified middleaged Chinese, about 28 years old, sustained facial injuries when he fell from an S.T.C. bus and died a short while after admission into the hospital.
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  • 126 2 Reuter-AAP. NANKING, Mar. 31.-- 1 Chinese consulates arid embassies, abroad ivill he instructed to draw up a list of needy displaced overseas Chinese and ne- j gotiate with the Interna- > ftonai Refugee Organiza- j fton for their repatriation to China, according to a I decision
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  • 58 2 As from Sunday, April 4, Malayan Airways will operate a weekly service to Bangkok, leaving Singapore at 9.15 a.m., and Penang at noon and arriving at Bangkok at 4 p.m. The return flight leaves Bangkok on Monday at 830 a.m., Pen a ng at 12.45 p.m.
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  • 395 2 Just before the sentence was passed on him yesterday, K. I Thangavellu. a former acting I sub-postmaster attached to the Keppel Harbour Post Office I pleaded for a second chance 1 "to lead a decent life and be a good citizen." Thangavellu pleaded guilty to
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  • 165 2 Chinese throughout Malaya will observe the "Cheng Beng'' festival on Monday. April 5. by offering sacrifices to departed relatives at the graves or in the homes. In past years in Singapore, it was found that traffic wai* generally heavy along Kheam Hock Road and within Bukji
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  • 37 2 U.P. MANILA. Mar. 31: —Eleven Chinese ar c being held by the provincial authorities at Santo Domingo, in Ilocos Sur province, for illegal entry, ac carding to information received by immigration cfficia); today.—U.P.
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  • 214 3 IPOH Mar. 31: -PADUKA v,ri SULTAN YUSSOF IZUDpifi .-HAH wjs proclaimed nt<* Sultan cf Perak at*4 lay in the Thron POOM f >t ti v .c Istan ;i Iskandai to the Royal fune. 11-.. pi c* lamation was read by the Raja 'Bend anew Sultan was born
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  • 63 3 U.P. LONDON, Mar. 30 "In am of emergency, dial 999" en instructions posted on telephone boxes all over En aland. WMergenep arose in the raw of a housewife today. She lifted the receiver, dialled Ml 'md toht the police: 'im noma crazy from toothtcke."
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  • 72 3 Reuter. PEIPING, MAR. 31.—Chinese students in Peiping. cjmpaigning for funds in order to relieve destitute students and comrades in exCommunist areas, yesterday climaxed their canvass ng by smashing windows and furniture of the Fushun Teh Native Bank, whose contribution was allegedly insufficient. The riot area was cordoned oft
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  • 237 3 U.P. TORONTO, Mar. SI Malcolm Mac Donald, Gover-nor-General of Maiaya, said, in an address here that Britain's action in granting independence to the Asiatic peoples is "a complete and convincing answer" to the Communist propaganda that the eastern nations should turn against the west. Addressing
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  • 118 3 Interrupting a Chinese having a meal in a coffee shop at the 7th mile, Jurong. Detective Inspector Cheah Teng Cheok and detectives of the CID Hokkiien sub-branch on Dec. 10 last year, found a 9 mm Browning automatic pistol and eight loose rounds of
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  • 279 3 Declaring that ho wished to make a complete confession of his guilt, a 28-year-old Britisher. J. H. G. Sheaff, pleaded guilty to three charge's which were read out to him in the Second Police Court yesterday. A 19-year-old French, Vincent De Veaux,
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  • 108 3 Senior officers of the Police Department, Police Inspectors and members of the clerical service were present at the tea party held at the G.H. Cafe yesterday in honour of Mr. Osman bin Allapitchay, a member of the clerical staff, who has resigned from the i
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  • 59 3 Reuter. TOKYO. Mar. 31: In a Utter to the United States Secretary for the Army, dated Jan. 18 and released for publication today. Gen. MacArthur said he believed Japanese should be allowed to travei abroad in large numbers to "study and absorb cultural
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  • 357 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 31 On Mar. 8, 1948, command of the Central Malaya Sub-Dis-trict, with Headouarters at S-;remban. was taken over by P.rigadier C. I. V. Jones. C.B.E. This Sub-District includes two battalions of the 7th Ourkha Rifle?? who are shortly to be converted to Gurkha
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  • 771 3 "WHILE LEGAL LIABI-\ LITY APPEARS TO EXIST I 1 FOR THE PAYMENT OF AWARDS THE PERIODS OVER WHICH LIABILITY FOR THAT PAYMENT EXISTS ARE DIFFERENT FOR VOLUNTEERS, ON THE ONE HAND, AND MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL DEFENCE CORPS AND PASSIVE DEFENCE SERVICES ON THE OTHER,"
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  • 129 3 A man who was alleged to hav v falsely represented himself to be a man of means 'with only American money in his possession" and who thereby allegedly induced a taxi-driver to allow him the use of hi s taxi, was produced before the Fourth Police Magistrate. Mr.
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  • 335 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) TWO SINGAPORE CHIN ESE RUBBER FACTORIES HAVE CLOSED DUE TO SHORTAGE OF RAW MAT ERIALS AND DISPUTES WITH WORKERS. MATTERS CAME TO A HEAD WHEN MILLERS HAD TO CUT PRODUCTION BE CAUSE THEY HAD NOT ENOUGH STOCK OF RUB BER TO KEEP
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  • 159 3 Major B. Bevan, Royal Signals, who was responsible ior the recording of pre-war civil servants of Singapore Fortress Signals immediately after the liberation, will be entrri tamed to a tea party at the j Airport Hotel on Saturday, !by his old staff. Major Bevan was
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  • 105 3 None of the six ciectrd Councillors who today participate in the inauguration of tho Singapore Legislative Council, can lay claim to having mide any effort at all to make the people of Malaya leel Malayans, wit! common interests and common loyalties, says Mr. Gerald dc
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  • 611 4 The recent, proposal by Mr. M. A. Majeed (unsuccessful Independent candidate for the Southwest. Division of Singapore) to form a Labour Party has met with hostility from the extreme Left. A statement; issued by the Singapore Federation of Trade Unions referring to these proposal* carries the rather startling
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  • 144 4 Reuter. NEW YORK: America's ailing entertainment industry is looking to television to save it from bankruptcy. With most phases of the industry at present seriously afrecteci by poor business, television is the only one showing any signs of progressive activity. Some broadcasting com. panics are already
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  • 1530 4 Sir, As a Government Servant who often finds himself in embarrassing financial circumstances in being unable to make ends meet in common with the experiences of all other Government employees due to the fact that we have to contend the present high
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  • 798 4 Russia has lately decreed the abolition of capital punishment in the U.S.S.R. In Brazil the enforcement of the supreme penalty is unheard of. The Victorian government of Australia has recently abolished the death penalty except for aggravated cases of treason and
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  • 109 5 Reuter. Manila, Mar. 30. —Mutineers of the Philippines constabulary company who machinegunned their three superior officers to death yesterday afternoon at Naic are continuing to hold out in their barracks while negotiations for their surrender are continuing, according to the latest reports received in Manila. The
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  • 98 5 Reuter. London, Mar. 30.—The United States has emerged from the war as the world's leading maritime nation, owning more than a third of the world's tonnage figures published by Lloyds showed tonight. The Americans increased their gross steam and motor tonnage by 21,256,017 tons (238.6
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  • 46 5 U.P. SHANGHAI, March 30.—A second consignment of a total of 150 surplus Canadian Mosquito combat plrnes were loaded in Shanghai today. They were being taken to Tazang military airfield where they will be re-assembled by mechanics under the supervision of six Canadian technicians.—U.P-
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  • 31 5 The happy couple are Mr. and Mrs. Guy V. Neubronner who were married at the St. Andrew's Cathedral on Tuesday afternoon. The bride was formerly Miss Eleanor Mary Hitchon.
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  • 1452 5 The installation of a 50 k.w. generating set with a switchboard to rehabilitate the Sitiawan electricity supply will cost $43,400. A supplementary provision for this purpose was passed by the Legislative Council yesterday. Their Highnesses the Sultans of Kedah, Perak, Pahang and the Raja of Perlis, along
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  • 38 5 Reuter. TOKYO, Max. 31:--Seventy people were killed and 100 injured when a Nara-bound express crushed into a standing locomotive on the Kyoto Nara line in Centiral Honshu early today, the occupation authorities reported,—R> uter.
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  • 387 5 How an alleged gunman, cornered in a police ambush in Lorong 15, is said to have drawn an automatic, apparently in an attempt to shoot his vay 'trough, but was instead shot, down by the oolice, was revealed at v preliminary inquiry held
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  • 103 5 Found }n possession of Triad Society documents and a seal at his residence in Lorong Geylang Road following v Police raid on the afternoon cf Feb. 5, an elderly Chineae, Lim Boon Kirn was sentenced to three months' rigorous impri- j sonment by the Eighth Police
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  • 34 5 Reuter. BRUSSELS, Mar. 31: Field Mara v iai Lord Montgomery, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, arrived in Brussels by air today for a three-da y stay as the guest of the Belgian Army.—Reutei.
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  • 129 5 A verdict of death by misadventure was recorded by the Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. CS Porter yesterday at the conclusion of an inquiry into the death of a 31-year-old Chinese, Ong Boon Seng. Evidnce revealed that the deceased fell off an S.T.C. omnibus, while it was
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  • 71 5 Plans for the 1948 Schools Art Exhibition have been completed and invitations and copies of rules have been sent out to all schools, including 50 leading Chinese aided schools. Entries in the arts section may be either in Eastein or in Western style, while a new sec-
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  • 35 6 DR. K. C. SINHA, age 70 years retired Deputy Medical Officer of the Singapore Medical Department passed away peacefully on tlxe 23rd. March, 1948 at 0.30 hours at his resWencev 34, Lake Avenue, Calcutta.
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  • 474 6 (Tribune Staff Reporter) A Malay sergeant of toe Royal Air Force Police, Hassan bin Chama*, yesterday receded a commendation by the Pro i os. Marshal and Chief of the R.A.F. Police, Air Commodore, O. W. de Putron, a* the R.A.F. Police (A)
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  • 152 6 A large quantity of explo sives were recovered when six men were arrested at 11 milestone Kranji recently. The six were produced oej fore the Fourth Police Magistrate, Mr. R. Wait, yesterday. They included three Punjabis, I Karam Din, Makhood Ahmad. I Ram Rao, a 50-year-old pat-
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  • 124 6 Tg. Pagar P. Panjang Indian Congress The Tanjong Pagar and Pasir Panjang Local Indian Congress elected the following office-bearers for this year at the annual general meeting held recently at the St. Sheresa's Tamil School. Kampong Bahru. with Sri Rengarajoo in the chaid: President: Sri A. J. L. Gnanasikamani, (delegate
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  • 54 6 Reuter. SHANGHAI, MAR. 31. A respite was unofficially granted to 14 of the city s leading cabarets scheduled to close today under a lot-drawing conducted two months ago. The Municipal authorities intimated they will take no action following non-receipt of new instructions trom Nanking for which they
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  • 64 6 The following will play cricket for the Singapore Colts against the Colonials at the Changi Prison ground at 11 a.m. on Sunday Mayo Pereira, I. Kraal, R Kraal, M. Kraal, N. Hay, J. Derbyshire, ,Q. Carson, A. Lopez, A Lim, P Johnson, Sam Drei! erg. Reserve:—R. Thomasz
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  • 223 6 Refuting the alarming tuberculosis figures in the loral press. Mr. L. Rayman. Municipal President, remarked during the Commissioners meeting yesterday that although there was an excess of immigration over emigration, the incidence of tuberculosis in the Singapore Municipal area was considerably lower
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  • 288 6 Mr. S. Lowrie, President of the War Prisoners Association, stated at the annual general meeting yesterday that the Association had been asked to show up "political matters" from its files. Mr. Lowris said that politics did not come within the scope of the
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  • 94 6 1 The Cheah Kirn Bee Co jis extending its invitation to all Indonesian Exporters and Manufacturers who want to I expand their trade to Malaya to participate in Jta coming Malayan Fair of Trade and Industries. The invitation has been made j known through the
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  • 167 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 30. Refresher courses for referees i and tests will commence tomor- row. at the YMCA at 6.30 p.m. These are open to all referees who have been on the FAS list and others who are interested in rcferceing. Players are advised to
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  • 45 6 Reuter-AAP. Tokyo, Mar. 31.—Seventy !>eople were killed and 120 injured when a Japanese express crashed into a standing locomotive early today, according to Japanese newspaper reports. The crash occurred between Hyogo and Nara, near Osakj. southern Honshu. Faulty brakes were blamed. —Reuter-AAP,
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  • 114 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 31. A warning that discontent among .Government servants is groining daily more evident and that ft would soon become a matter of the utmost gravity, was uttered by Mr. E. D. Sheam, President of the Malayan Association, at its third quarterly meeting
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  • 277 6 THE MUNICIPAL COMMISSIONERS AT THy MEETING YESTERDAY APPROVED THE CONSTTTi'TiI AND POWERS OF THE ESTABLISHMENT BOARn d» COMMENDED BY A SUB-COMMITTEE. WHICH S POINTED IN JANUARY. AP This Board was established in January to give a fair deal for all Municipal officers, including local
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  • 75 6 The semi-finals of tho Heavyweight and Light divisions, Inter-Service Boxm; Championships for the India Cup took place at the Happy World Stadium last night. In the Heavyweight section Leading Signalman Whitfiell (Navy) beat Hoskin (R.A.F on a t.k.o. in the first round. The battle in the light hear..weight
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    • 615 6 IN SINGAPORE. Agents For Malayan Railways AND GLEN LINE FOR LONDON, ANTWERP. ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG. MEMON C alls Casablanca. Tangier Due April 6 From U K. for Straits, Hong Konu and China GLENSTRAE ETA April 4 GLENGARRY ETA Apr. 6 RRECONSHIRE ETA April 15 GLENGYI.E ETA April 23 INDOCHINA S. N.
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    • 498 6 SITUATKfN VACANT SHIPPING company requires Chinese assistant with senior Cambridge certificate. Apply Bicx No. A 1045 M.T. Spore SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. Tenders are invited for the purchase of "Brass and Aluminium Scrap from the Water Department." Tender close 12 noon Friday, 16 April 1948. Tender Form from Municipal Secretary's Office, Room
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    • 88 6 THE SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. Notice is hereby given that the Transfer Books of the above Company will be closed from 9th April to 22nd April, 1948, both days inclusive, preparatory to payment of dividend. By Order of the Board, W. G. DOVE Manager. LAV FOUNDATION FOR SUCCESSFUL CAREERS.
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    • 181 6 THE HO HONG S.S. CO. (1932) LTD. Incorporated in Singapore. 65. CHULIA STREET. PrtONK IN* PASSAGE FREIGHT SERVICES "Hon* Siang" M Hkong, Stow Amoy "Bidor" Palembang and Pladjoe 10 •Kamuning" Rangoon via Penan* cargo only i- W Hong Thong" Rhio 'Hong Tat" Djambi "Bepong" Rangoon via Penang cargo onn m
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  • 734 7 Football News And Views By Spectator \AYY. whose victims this seanclude two of the three riiineee teams competing Jn league, w|B have an up. t unity to complete the fi' k" today when they neet Tigers at the stadium Nil.s arc confident of
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  • 95 7 Con Baiasis, 220 lbs. wrestler, who treated Singaporeans to several thrilling bouts some months ago, is back again. He arrived last night on board the Borssedain from South Africa. Con has been accepted by most Wrestling Boards in world as the Light-Heavy-Weight Champion of
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  • 55 7 The following players will be selected to represent the V.M.C.A. against the S.C.C. on Saturday, at 2 p.m. on the padang E. N. Pillai, L. S. J. A. Holloway, P. J. Hooper, R. Deliken. Cheong Thiam Siew, S. K. Sundram, E. Ebert, S. Yogarajah. L B. Suratta, R.
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  • 69 7 The following players will represent the Shell S.C. against the SR C "A" to-morrow at the Padang at 5.15 p.m—Wong Leong Yuen, Chong Pitt Chong, Lav Heng Fook, John Loh. J V. H. Geeks, Anthony Choong, Phang Choong Hee, J. M. D. D. Evans, J- T: A:
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  • 220 7 j on Thursday's games i (By 8PECTATOR) L THERE was no pep in Indians' display yesterday, lucky to yet away with only a one-nil defeat, although Seaforths' finish was so poor that the game might well have ended in a goalless draw if Anguillia hadn't erred to allow Murray
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  • 193 7  -  (By ALLAN LEWIS H. Pop Sleigh will be sending WinßB. Red Plane and Fajrwood to Capt. Bloxam's property at Cameron Highlands, for an extended spell. There will probably be a number of scratchings for Saturday's races. At present, very doubtful starters are Tarabah, Kashmiri Song. Some
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  • 48 7 Pictured are weightlifters competing in the Flyweight division at the Malayan Chinese Amateur Weight-lifting meet held at the New World arena during the weekend. Left to right Leong Mun Kin (Spore), Goon Sim Kang (Spore, Khoo Teng Oos (Selangor), Khor Ghoon Ho (Perak), and Booy Chee Choon (Spore).
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  • 90 7 London. March 31. -Namdiu, 28 years old bank clerk, weightlifting champion of Iran, now in England for the Olympic games, experience broke two world records in a special attempt here last night. In the two hands snatch, Namdju put up 199 Vz lbs. (98.49 kilos)
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  • 72 7 F. N. SPORTS CLUB Fraser and Neave sporis in a Badminton and Table Tennis match against Brinkmanns SporU Club on Saturday. April 10 at Trafalgar Street 2.30 p.m. sharp: Poh Kim Yan, Teo Heok Kwang, Ngln E»g Meng, Choo Piang Hong, Sim tin Peng. Chou SUi KiDg Thomas Ang. Wong
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  • 273 7 Reuter,-AAP. SYDNEY, "You can t w in. Any man who thinks he can is a fool" was the message to punters given by a man who has been riding winners for 20 years. One of Australia's outstanding jockeys, Arthur Edward Breasley, was
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  • 65 7 A team will be selected from the following to represent the CYMA (Spore) against the SUB Boys' CluH in the 3rd Division SAFA League to-day at the CYMA ground:—Michael Chai, Michael Hendrofl, James Tan. William Hendrofl, Lek Gek Lee, Roland Koasler, Rudolf Mosbergen, Chua Kee Meng, Vivian Klass,
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  • 350 7 SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS l; INDIAN ASSOCIATION 0. THE CHANGI AtRMEN REMAIN THE ONLY UNBEATEN TEAM IN DIV. I OF THE S.A.F.A. LEAGUE AS A RESULT OF YESTERDAY'B GAME IN WHICH THE SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS DEFEATED THE INDIAN ASSOCIATION BY THE ONLY GOAL OF THE MATCH. The
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  • 121 7 Playing at the Junior BP. court last Sunday Ihe Junior B.P. beat the Swing B.P. by ft games to 1. Results, Junior players mentioned first, are aa follows: Singles:—Tan Chy<? Toon lost to Ong Thian Swee 13-13 (0-5). 15-6. 10-15: Lim Kirn Lee beat Yap Pen*
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  • 619 7 RAF (Seleiar) ATHLETICS Fine weather favoured the third annual atheletic meeting of the R.A.F. Seletar which took place yesterday. For the third time in succession, Sgt. Sutton became Champion with 38 points and received the "Victor Ludorum" Challenge Cup presented by Air Commodore G. P.
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  • 80 7 A penalty goal, scored late in the first half by Tan Chiang Meng, enabled the Tiger Sports Club defeat the Rovers I—nil in a Second Division soccer match played at Geylang stadium, yesterday. The Tigers were the aggressors most of the time and finished
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  • 62 7 The following have been selected to represent tne SCC Ist XI vs. RAF (Changi) in a Ist Division League fixture at 5 15 p.m. to-day, on the Padang:— J. Aitkin, C. McCuilock. O. Verral. W. Bainbridge, F. Hutchinson, V. Burton. R. Fletcher, B. P McCuilock, B. Clifton, H.
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  • 268 8 Reuter. WASHINGTON, Mar. 31.—A Negro leader told the Senate Armed Services Committee today that millions of his race would refuse to register or sei ye under conscription or universal military training unless racial segregation and discrimination in the services
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    25 8 Bekmgor's team of bar-bell men, who competed in Malayan Chinese Amateur- Weight-lifting maet held at the New World arena over the Easter holidays.
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  • 134 8 Reuter. LONDON, MAR. 31. Lt. Richard Oliver Langham, British intelligence officer was today found not guilty by a court martial and acquitted of a charge ot "dsgraceful conduct of a cruel kind*' at the Bad Nenndorf internment camp in Germany last April. It was alleged that two
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  • 67 8 Reuter. ROME, Mar. 31.—The Com-munist-inspired newspaper La Republica tonight splashed a front page story claiming that several leading former Fascists were involved in a plot to "prepare civil war in order to oppose a victory of the popular front" in the coming elections American "anti
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  • 194 8 Reuter. LONDON, Mar. 31—Australia's cricketers will have less than a fortnight to prepare for their first match by shedding their "sea legs" when they arrive at Tilbury docks on Apr. 16. They are due at Worcester for their first game before the end of April,
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  • 282 8 Reuter. KINGSTON, Jamaica, Mar. 31—By scoring 258 for the loss of only tihree wickets in their second innings England seem assured of avoiding the innings defeat as they have wiped out their first innings arrears all but five runs. For the first time during the present
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  • 44 8 Reuter. LOS ANGELES, Mar. 31.— The world lightweight champion. Ike Williams will defend his title here, probably on May 25 against Enrique Bolanos, of Mexico. Bolanos has not been beaten since Williams stopped him in eight rounds two years ago.— Reuter.
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  • 202 8 The X.L.M. Royal Dutch Air Lines have issued a report for the years 1941 to i 946. The period covers the trag.c and difficult time of the German occupation of Holland and the Jananese occupation of the East Indies. Once the war was over the resto.atlon
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  • 94 8 A sequel to the death or a labourer, following an alleged nght in the Municipal Coolie Lines in Syed Alwi Road on Tuesday, was heard in the Seventh police Court, yesterday, when Ayam Perumal (35), an Indian labourer, had a tentative charge of murder preferred against
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  • 812 8 An appeal t 0 Malayan Trade Unionist* v the rocks and shoals during the next uv t aV d 10 launch out into the open sea of aud made by Mr. S. Awbery, visiting Parliament'^ 6 and Trade Unionist, sen, out by State for
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  • 41 8 "Tahlil" prayers for the aSultan of Perak will b I ed by the Perstia'an Keni;<;jan Islam (Muslim Progns> League) at t'neir prem. Lorong Ungitu Am;n. G.v lang, tonight at 8.30. Muslims are asked t< x) join in the prayers.
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    • 136 8 THE TAVEH\ (European. Residential Hotel) OPEN TO NON-RESIDENTS Presents every Saturday from 8.30 p.m. to Midnight LIGHT CLASSICAL, SALON AND DINNER MUSIC Played by DIRK KALF (VIOLINIST) Accompanied at Piano by ARTHUR CHEN For reservation of tables phone 4948. CURRY AND RICE TIFFIN EVERY SUNDAY OUR CURRY POWDER IS SPECIALLY
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