Malaya Tribune, 21 April 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 8h*utym* ><s7v Kuala Immpm, Ipuh <& Pf nani) Telef/rams: "TrlbUM* Spore Telephone: 5811 (9 line*). r\(.is SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS The MALAYA TRIBUNE Lrmdon Agents Messrs. Colin Turner
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    ITALY TO BAR REDS IN NEW CABINET
    365 1 HEAVY DEFEAT FOR COMMUNISTS U.P.-Reuter. ROME, Apr. 20.—Italy is to have a "no Communists" government. This was hjnted to United Pi •ess hy Premier Alcide de Gasperi following ihe first major defeati of Communism jn Europe sinc c the Russians began their "cold
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    SLOW WORK Today
    515 1  -  Track Notes Itv ALLAN LEWIS No- 2 and 3 tracks wore i-ain open for work at Bukit Timah this morning but most hi.rsos were confined to slow v. .rk and quite a number worked on the small sand track at the tables. Trainej R. N. Hobbs' string
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    QUEUE FIGHT
    29 1 An Indian was injured in a involving Malays and Indians outside a thea're at Geylang Serai yesterday afternoon. II appeals that, the trouble rted in the queue.
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    SENTENCED TO DEATH -BUT HE WON'T HANG
    149 1 Reuter. lOMION, APR. 20.—The 9ni <l«>at h sentence since the ""iis«- of Commons last il« ruled to abolish capital punishment for murder wa« passed tonight on Doasld George Thomas, 22-Jrar-eld Army deserter, f"iind guilty of slaying a ponstahle. The judge said: "The "enteaee
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    TIGERS WIN
    65 1 Two excellent Tribune action picturts of yesterday's league football at the Stadium. Top, Osman Anguillia. Indians' and Singapore goalkeeper, on the ground after gathering a low shot from a Tigers' forward. In the background is BUU99 Hock. The other pictn-e *hoWS former Singapore fnll-b'ch Soon San stopp:ng an
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    Wharf Strike: Next Move Is Strikers'
    398 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter). The Singapore Harbour Hoard will not make *he first move towards conciliation of the four-day strike of wharf labourers, the Tribune was informed this morning. The Singapore Harbour Labourers' Union with an estimated members-hip of 6,000, has not made any further
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    BLAZE KILLS 33 RACEHORSES
    50 1 U.P. BURRILLVILLE, Rhode Island, Apr. 20.—The second lire in the month swept the barn area of Pascoag race track early on Tuesday, killing one groom and at least 33 thoroughbreds. About 30 other valuable horses, some injured, ran into nearby woods while the fire raged. UP.
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    MOTHER OF THE YEAR
    111 1 U.P. NEW YORK, APR. 20.— Mrs. Helen Gartside Hines, 60, of Springfield, Illinois, mother of the largest famllv listed in "Who's Who," was named American mother of the year. Mrs. Hines, who has ten children ranging in age from 17 to 35 years, was selected mother
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    MARSHALL AID: U.K.'S SHARE
    169 1 Reuter. WASHINGTON, Apr 20-Details of the aid 'iiitain and her dependencies will receive under ■he Marshall plan from Apr. 1 this year to Mar. 31, '949, were published heie today. The llgures show the Jinan, cial obligation which the United States economic cooperation administration will assume.
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    Soviet Threat
    49 1 Reuter. Vienna, April 20.- Soviet authorities here tonight threatened to sever completely their co-operation with the Americans in Austria unless American officers and men alleged to he guilty of "provocation" against Soviet officers after yesterday's kidnapping incident in the American sector were "strictly punished" at once. Reuter.
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    NEW PEAK IN UK EXPORT
    135 1 Reuter. LONDON, APR. 20.—Britain's exports for March at £121,000,000 reached their highest monthly value ever except for July 1920, it was officially announced today. The figure Is £8,000,000 higher than in February and £1,400,000 higher than In January of this year. The daily rate of
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    Soviet Support
    25 1 Lake Success, April 20. The Soviet delegate, M. Andrei Giomyko, reaffirmed Soviet support for partition and opposed the United States plan for trusteeship.
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    Union Fined $1,400,000
    155 1 Reuter. WASHINGTON, Apr 20—John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine workers, was fined $20,000 i nd the Union fined $1,400,000 here today for con tempt of court arising out of the recent strike of ''rOO.OOO coal miners. Judge T. Alan Goldsworough yesterday conv:cted Lewis and the
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    Blackouts: Singapore Ratepayers Protest
    157 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) The Singapore Ratepayers Association has protested to the Municipal President against the increase in the frequency and extent of the blackouts. the SPvA urges that outdoor lighting and the lighting of display windows of shops which,, have closed to. th v day should
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    WOMAN'S FATAL BUS JUMP
    69 1 A Chinese woman received fatal injuries on jumning from a moving omnibus in Katong Road yesterday afternoon. She died in hospital early this morning. This was one cf /8 accidents reported between 8 n M. .ye.sterdny and 6 a.nt. //r.s mom- Sixteen people were sent to
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    "SWEARING" ANNOYS RED COL
    116 1 Reuter. Berlin, April 20. Colon* I Alexia Yelisarov, Soviet />'- ftutif Commandant of Berlin, accused his British and Am erican collcagn» at today's sessiim of the femr* df putu commondstnts of the city of "su-f arinif" at him ntstf ud of fiinding logical answers to his
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    JEWS KILL 2 TOMMIES
    81 1 U.P. TEL AVIV, Apr. 20—Two BriitLsh soldiers were killed and one seriously wounded when Jewish extremists overpowered a Bren carrier crew on the Jatla-Tel Aviv no-man's-land near CalTe Loronx as the soldiers were announcing a night curlew In the area. Twenty Jews captured the Bren carrier
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    $96 HOLD-UP
    24 1 A Chinese was held up by three compatriots in River Valley Road ast nigh, and robbed of $96 .n cesh and valuables.
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    CROWDED COURT HEARS CHARGES AGAINST FOUR S.H.B. LABOURERS
    642 2 AN APPLICATION BY FOUR INDIANS—LABOURERS EMPLOYED IN THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD j FOR THEIR CASE TO BE POSTPONED TO A LATER DATE AS THEY HAD DECIDED TO ENGAGE A COUN- SEL FOR DEFENCE WAS TURNED DOWN BY THE FIRST DISTRICT JUDGE. MR.
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    Pirates Free 3 Hostages
    215 2 HONGKONG. Apr. 20 The China Mail here reported that three of a total of six Van Heutz hostages inomding the sen of Tan Kah Kee. were released after four months of captivity without payment of ransom. The fate of the other three kidnnapped .iboard the Dutch
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    NEW C-in-C FOR RHINE ARMY
    73 2 Reuter. LONDON. Apr. 19. The Wai Office announced tonight the King has approved the appointment of Lt. Gen. Sir Charles Frederick Keigheley. D80, Military Secretary of the Secretary ot State for War, as General Officer Commanding in Chief. British At my of the Rhine with
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    3-YEAR TERM REDUCED TO ONE DAY
    154 2 A Chinese youth. P:ing Kee Chew <18>. unoYr sentence of three years' imprisonment on a charge ol being found in possession of a l°ck broach mechanism on December 19 last, had his sentence reduced to Cnf day's imprisonment at the Court o: Criminal Appeal.
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    ILLEGAL CHINESE IMMIGRANTS
    39 2 U.P. Manila, April 20. Immigration Commissioner Engrneto Fabrc told the United Press today that 34 Chined. Who had entered the Philip- j pines illegally aboard fishing boats during the past month would be deported shortly. U.P.
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    G.C.S.U. MEETING TODAY
    51 2 The annual genera' meeting: of the Singapore Government Clerical Services Union will be held today at 4.45 p.m. at the S.C.S.A. Canteen (behind the Government Offices). One of the motions to be considered will be the "advisability of joining the proposed, Federation of Pubic Employees and Civil
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    Police Riot Squad Guards Sawmill
    306 2 (Tribune Staff Reporter) A POLICE SQUAD WAS POSTED AROUND THE PRE MTSES OF THE JOO UM SAWMILL AT LAVENDER STREET YESTERDAY WHERE SOME 50 SAW T MILL WORKERS WERE AT WORK. THBS PRECAUTION WAS TAKEN TO PREVENT FURTHER INCIDENTS AT THE SAWMILL WHERE ON MONDAY
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    3 Jailed After New Trial
    229 2 The re-trial of three Chinese. Ong Yoke How, Peh Kirn Seng and Lim Ngee Neng, on charges of unlawful possession of arms and ammunition, concluded at the Singapore Assize Court yesterday when all the accused were found guilty by the special jury and sentenced to
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    YOUNG WIFE ENDS LIFE
    157 2 A husband expressed the belief that his wife took her life because hp was suffering from tuberculosis. He was gi"ing evidence at an inquiry held into the death of his 21 yeai-old wife. Yap Hat. Lee. by the Coroner Mr. K. K Oon yesterday. It was
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    VARIED CAREERS OF COLLEGIANS
    85 2 A register of Raffles Colgraduates. listing 376 uamos, is published in the current issue of Grad, the monthly bulletin of the Stamford Club. The majority of the graduates are in the teaching profession, with quite a fair j number in the administrative service. Apart from teaching
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    CIVIL WAR ENDS IN COSTA RICA
    73 2 U.P. SAN JOSE (Costa Rica), Apr. 20.—The rebel and government representatives signe I an agree- i ment to e.;d the 5-week-old civil war, nllaDle sources said. The T T nr>d States protested today against N'.caraguan troops crossing the border to intervene ir. Costa Rica's
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    NEW S.T.C. BUSES ON ROADS TODAY
    43 2 The STC's new type trolley buses were put into service from today betwevn Paya Lebar and Finlayson Green, j The 7 replace the old ones and arc fitted with pneumatic tyres for added comfort to I passengers.
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    NAVY C-in-C, PI
    39 2 Reuter. Tokio. Apr. 20. RearAdmirai and Mrs. Ralph Christie will leave Yokosuka tomorrow for Manila where 1 the Rear-Admira} will assump duties as Commander of the Naval Forces in the Philippines, it was announced today— Reuter.
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    SIR HOWARD FLOREY IN SINGAPORE
    159 2 Sir Houwrd Plorry, vho is in Singapore at present, visited the CoVef/e of Medicine and the Oeni ral Hospital uesh t> rday. fir "iter} need the staff and p pits. Sir Howard was the first to extract penicillin after its discovery >y Sir Alexander Flaming.
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    FLAG DAY IN SHANGHAI
    53 2 U.P. Shanghai April 20.—Today Is Flag Day In China. Buildings, ships, junks, automobiles, taxi-cabs and rickshaws were decorated with the "white sun of China", bine background and red field. They were celebrating the election of Gen. Chiang Kaishek as president in a spontaneous nation-wide display of
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    APPEAL AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE DISMISSED
    315 3 A BRUTAL MURDER WHICH OCCURRED ABOUT TVvO HUNDRED YARDS AWAY FROM THE TANJONG PA..AR POLICE STATION ON TANJONG PAGAR ROAD SOMETIME LAST YEAR WHEN A HARBOUR BOARD LABOURER, MARUTHAMUTHU GO VTNDASAMY, STABBED HIS 19-YEAR-OLD WIFE, ALMOST SEVERING HER HEAD EROM THE TRUNK, WAS RECALLED AT
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    COURT SEQUEL to POLICE AMBUSH
    136 3 untight between six Ohtand Police Inspectors D De Cruz and detectooh place shortly after ■r.i on Monday, in Geyired that the battl. !is result of ambush, m .lalan M< rr •on as the Chinese ap ed the ambush, they hallenged, by the pones i one
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    ROXAS' FUNERAL
    127 3 Reuter MANILA Apr. 20. Next rwlay noon** state funeral for late i ies|.|ent Manuel < 4 tin Philipf-r.e Republli la expe: -d to be the most >1< mn and mpressive affair wen in Manila. Units of the iMiifii forces of the Republic, the I'njte.i Stat, s rnd Great
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    "Ready To Battle' Soviet Army Song
    59 3 Reuter MOSCOW, Apr. 20. The first prize in v contest for the best t Army song has been awarded tv *n entry which mii hales the phrase: We are alivaya ready to go in' batt'e on Stalin's oicle s." The lyric writer ai C
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    FIREMEN HURT IN COLLISION
    105 3 Six firemen were injured and taken to th«- British Miliary Hospital yesterday when an RASC fire engine collided fc'ith a taxi in Alexandra -Road yesterday morning. 'ih c collision occurred after 10 a.m. at a road Junction near the Alexandra Road Police Station. The engine afte
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    198 SUICIDES IN TOKIO
    87 3 U.P. TOKIO. Aprii'. 2c The To- J kio Metropolitan Po'jee Board j I reported that 198 Japanese 1 j committed suicide .n Tok:< since the oeg.nning >t the year and said that one o» the chief I leasons for suicides was frus- trated love affairs. The
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    Malayan Bookshelf
    566 3 NEW ARRIVALS REVIEWED— "Chrisfopher", by Josephine Eckert; (Hammond and Hammond). Binkie, the amiable poet, and a guesl in the Rosmers' home, a trying to end an mjfaire with ihe predatory Lauia Alan Rosmer spends more time worry- ing about his novels that) about Christopher, his son. The boy's
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    SENTENCE CUT BY TWO YEARS
    507 3 PLEADING FOR A REDUCTION OF SENTENCE ON BEHALF OF A YOUNG MALAY. WHO HAD BEEN SEN- TENCED TO FIVE YEARS' RIGOROUS IMPRISONMENT ;BY MR. JUSTICE BROWN FOR THE THEFT OF A JEEP. MR. MARK MORRISON SUBMITTED TO THE COURT OF I CRIMINAL APPEAL YESTERDAY THAT
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    SCSA & BACK-PAY
    101 3 SCSA BACK-PAY In its report for the period ending December 11. Mt t R, the Singapore Civil Service Association gave a resume of its representations to Government on the questions of back pay. rt i ision of salaries and cost of being allfjwnnces. It states that the Back Pay Grained
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    "Protection From Victimisation"
    275 3 (Tribune staff Reporter) EVEN STUDENTS NEED PROTECTION AGAINST VICTIMISATION. HENCE THE NEED FOR STUDENT UNIONS, SAW MISS CARMEL BRICK HI AN. SPOKESMAN OF THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF STUDENTS. IN THE COURSE OF A LECTURE ON THE "BRITiSH STUDENT MOVEMENT" GIVEN TO STUDENTS AT THE MEDICAL COLLEGE YESTERDAY.
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    INDONESIAN TRADERS FINED
    143 3 Thirteen Indonesians, and a master of sailing boat were fined at the Sixth Police Court yesterday for enterirg Singapore without proper authorisation. The men were spotted sailing into the Singapore Harbour by an Immigration Officer on the morning of April 18. He sped towards thair vessel, and
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    GOODS FOR RUSSIA SEIZED
    41 3 U.P. Newark. Ncv Jersey, Aprii 20. —Ten eases of good bound for Russia have beer, seized by Federal authorities because they contained aeronautical equipment that could be used for war. U.S. Attorney Edgarh Rossbach revealed today.—U P
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    TIFFIN HOUR ARMED ROBBERY
    36 3 An armed Chinese entered a house in North Bridge Road yesterday at 130 p.m and robbed a Cantonese of :i wrist watch worth $48. Th v robber was armed with a revolver.
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    24 3 U.P. BERLIN, Apr. 20.—Today is Hitler's nit thday. Bu. not one of the 12 daily newspapers in Hitler's old capital remembered I it. U.P
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    Unions Approve City-wide Strike
    219 3 Preparations are underway in labour unions throughout Singa- pore for the staging of the 24 hour citywide strike to take on Apr. 23 as called for by the Singapore Pederatibn of Trade Unions. More than 50.000 workers from seventy-four unions will be involved, if the call
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    70 DEMAND WAGES
    61 3 Late on Monday alternoun. ■x crowd of about 70 Labourers, m« n and women, gathered outside the Labour Office in Havelock Road, demanding wages which, they alleged, r.n contractor had not paid them. Police arrived on the scene and gave the crowd ten minutes' time in which
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    Opium-The Stark Facts
    1230 4 The opium problem of Malaya threatens to become one of the greatest scandals of the post-war period. Lord Mountbatten and his advisers could have had no conception of the situation which would arise from the outlawing of the drug, which has played into the hands of traffickers
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    Diary OF THE DAY
    1382 4  -  CONDUCTED By OBSERVER Members cf the Royal Family being very much In no A's today and as allowances arc DUKE'S also v r y much in PAY the Malayan public ken. .t may be pf interest to some readers to know the allowances enjoyed by the
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    Brickfields F,re
    362 4 Brickfields F, re Lett rs T The tufa of In J£« mediate reliei by <ng to the v„ fire at Brickfields r at the cost o| some kjn.i cortfriiS* 1 doing some ™rring some > the cost of tho loraj !T* H it J S always J,. N assist victims
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    "TOUCH" OR "SOFT"
    106 4 There people w that the only solution I present deadlock between th" Powers is 'hat Britain U erica should "got tougl Russia. Th"tr ate Often urge, in effect, that F--ri*»" America should "get p v neither of these polfc we preserve peace, or em self-respect. "Spiritual weaponr"
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      421 4 if "boaters", worn straight <n the head, encourage thr revival of the "bang." but few women, a leading lashlcn expert avers, will commit themselves to its permanent return. Hairdressers ar saving the problem by producing detachable reai-nair fringes straight, ringieted, or lalCkly rolieo. ihey cart oe altcicd at home wirn
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    £25,000 REWARD-IF YOU STRIKE URANIUM
    443 5 Reuter-AAP. SYDNEY, Apr. 20.—A maximum reward of £25,000 will be paid by the Commonweal h Governmen tor the discovery of a deposit of uranium ore, the Minister for Shipping and Fuel (Senator Aohley) has announced. Previously the fiovornment had offered a reward of £2,000 for
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    MOVE TO STOP GATE-CRASHERS
    134 5 Reuter. Colombo, April 20. rfofessors of the Ceylon University have discovered from time to time "gate crashers" in the lecture halls, and recent investigations have revealed that a large number of outsiders are adding to then store of knowledge by "illicit." At the same time, the
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    AT 102, SHE HAS JUST ONE WISH
    168 5 ReuterAAP. Sydney, April Z<). On her 102 nd birthday, Mrs. Catherine McDonald (nee Glccson) had a wish she does not expect to get. It fa a trip to Tipptrary and the village of Nenngh, where she was born. She says she irants to
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    CONSUL'S DEATH
    105 5 Reuter-AAP. Sydney. April 20. Mr. P. J. Holdenson. until recently Consul for Denmark, died in Melbourne early this month at the age of 85. He was in ill-health lor some time. Mr. Holdenson arrived in Australia in 1879, and was one ot the pioneers of the dairying industry.
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    AIR TRAVEL-BY SECOND CLASS
    167 5 Reuter-AAP. HONGKONG, Apr. 20.—The ultimate need for iwo classes of air travel was foreseen by air authorities said Mr A. J. R. Moos, Hongkong Director of Civil' Aviation, when opening the inaugural conference of the International Air Transport Association Agency Investigation Committee in Hong- fcong. Provision
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    Amorous Loves A Cushy Seat
    74 5 Reuter-AAP. Sydney, April 20.—Amorous, a Melbourne pacer, has a love for a seat. On his periodical visits between Melbourne and South Australia, an inflated motor tube is placed behind Amorous in the float. When he becomes weary he squats his hindquarters on the tube and
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    INDO-CANADA TRADE UP
    63 5 Reuter. New Delhi, April 20. Trade between India and Canada last year was more than five times greater than it was in 1939. The total trade between the twe countries amounted to £3.740. 000 in 1939; £19.200.000 in 1946; and £21.300.000 in 1947. Canada last year sold
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    KOREAN SHIP AT HONGKONG
    84 5 ReuterAAP. Hongkong, April 20. What is believed to be the first ship ever to visit Hongkong flying the Korean flag and manned entirely by Korean nationals is now in port. The ship is the Aing Do Whang, of 2.346 tons. She is owned by the Korea
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    GUATEMALA: NO DISCUSSION
    80 5 Reuter. London, April 19. Mr. Hec- tor McNeil, British Minister of State, said in Parliament today that no discussions were being or had been conducted with Guatemala concerning t hat country's claims to British Honduras though exchanges of views in official notes had taken place. Replying to
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    Non-Stop Flight
    58 5 Reuter. Wiesbaden. April 19. Three squadrons of B-29 Superfortresses took off from the Furs-ten-E'dbruck air base in Baviria this morning in a non-stop high altitude flight to England tnd back, the American air "orce headquarters announced here today. The planes, which arrived rom the United States last Thursday,
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    London Borough sieges mobile To ensure in all coverage their immunisation i nmpaign Ihe Health Dept. of Lt rishan, Borough* Council arc srndmo on tour a mobile van with a i rem of four doctor, nnrne, cetfc and driver. In one four week Mm ranj a figure of between 800/1000 immunisations is attained. Calling anywhere am request, tm* van covert r>o utiles per dag. This service is much appreciated by busy Konsewivcs. Photo shows: Th' doctor gving an immunisation in tht • van. Whilst the hi,, ye holds the baby.
    89 5 London Borough sieges mobile To ensure in all coverage their immunisation i nmpaign Ihe Health Dept. of Lt rishan, Borough* Council arc srndmo on tour a mobile van with a i rem of four doctor, nnrne, cetfc and driver. In one four week Mm ranj a figure of between 800/1000
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    MALAYAN NEWS BRIEFS
    1145 5 Mr. Edward Kelaart. the Ceylon cricketer, is on a visit to Kuala Lumpur. Chief Food Control Inspector Syed Kechik has been transferred to Sungei Patani from Alor Star. Mr. Tliam Kok Thye who is stationed at Padang Besar. has been appointed Assistant Immigration Officer. Kedah. Mi. Morris
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    DEATH
    50 6 Seah Teng Ann. age 48 years, passed away peacefully at General Hospital, at 6.30 a.m. this morning" leaving behind his loving wife, two sons. 2 daughters to mourn his less. Funeral leaves the Gerferal Hospital at 3 p.m. tcday. to Teo Chew Cemetei ly, 4th mile. Upp?r Serangoon Road.
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    Six Scholarships For Federation
    324 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. 20: —Si\' Social Science Scholarships under the Colonial Dp velopment and Welfare Scheme, art- to be awarded to residents in the Federation of Malaya this vear. The successful applicants for th" Scholarship will studv at th< London School of Economics. Out of 183
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    U.S. ACCUSES SOVIET
    110 6 Reuter. LONDON. Apr. 20:—Unit. States Deputy. Samuel Reber, today accused Mr. H. V. Koktomov of the Soviet Union of employing "delaying tactics" at the London conference of Foreign Ministers Deputies considering the treaty with Austria. Mr. Reber's accusation came at the end of an un-const'-uctive session of
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    2 YEARS JAIL FOR BICYCLE THIEF
    110 6 Arraigned before Mr. Justice Thorogood and a common jury on a charge of stealing a bicycle at Battery Road on November 3 last. Urn Kin Huat. a Chinese youth, was found guilty and sentenced to two years" imprisonment. The Crown Counsel, Mr. U Rayner.
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    6 FACE LOOTING CHARGES
    289 6 AN INCIDENT IN WHICH A POLICE PARTY WHO ARRESTED LOOTERS TOGETHER WITH A SERGEANT ny THF PFYLON CORPS OF MILITARY POLICE. WERL nMD H AT™wScS RESULTED IN TO OF THE LOOTERS. ON OCT. 16. LAST YEAR..WAS RECALLED WHEN SIX MEMBERS OF THE CEYLON CORPS OF MILITARY
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    QUIRINO WANTS PRESS SUPPORT
    75 6 Reuter. r MANILA. Apr. 20. President U Quirino. in Ins firs formal conference with the local ami foreign press this, afternoon at Malacanan Palace sir.cc his induction into office. made a strong bid f or support of the j press in he 1 Ding hin achieve
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    Alleged Member Of Unlawful Society
    80 6 Charged with being a member of an unlawful society, a young Chinese. Ong Chuan Sai. appeared before the First District Judge, Mr. E. P. Shanks, yesterday. It was alleged that on April 19 accused was a member of the Singapore Workers Protection Corp. Ong admitted
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    35 6 At 11.30 a.m. yesterday a cyclist was injured when a taxi knocked him down at the junction of Maxwell Road and Tras Street. The cyclist was admitted to hospital with injuries received from broken glass.
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    Free Flow Of World News
    237 6 Reuter. C.ENEVA. Apr. 26- The 55--nation pfanarv session of the Freedom of Information Conference today decided to set ud for three years a body to watch over the free flow "of world news. By 30 v >tes to se-'en. with two abstentions, the Conference asked
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    31 6 Jerusalem, April 20. A Jewish convoy of 270 vehicles arrived today from Tel Aviv j and reported that it had been I involved in a sxirmish with the Arabs at Babelwad.
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    JUST A WHISPER-BUT LET'S STOP THIS TALK
    747 7 FOOTBALL NEWS AND VIEWS....by SPECTATOR V TALK that a football club' refuse to play against a IsitMrg tram if it does not i a out" Ollt of the gate heard at teal week's tin£ of the S.A.F.A. Coun,vh• only a whisper from one
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    POST-MORTEM
    247 7 On yesterday's game ItlClHT U'i r itjcr Hoi Meng was 'he only [.I nter who di*pld1jed pretty good form but even r.o he. uns lacking fn ffpe^d. ''Tigers" nfeded the, tiro pointn eery bad>y, for defeat would har■ put the. te.am out uf 'he running. 4* Tne $1 anaard
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    More Players For China Olympics
    107 7 The Malayan Chinese, Olympic Committee has'agreed tc Increase the number ol badminton players tor the China Olympics from lour to six. Th.- Secretary of the MCOC Mr. Wee Joo Hock, yesterday sent cables to two Penary players. Ooi Tcih Hock end Miss Amy Choong. and
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    Tonight's Anti-TB Fund Shows
    395 7 All loads should Itrad to the Great World tonight, where the cream of tue city s amateurboxers, badminton and table tennis stat-s will be seen in action. Proceeds Tom the night's entertainment will Bo towards the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Fund. This grand programme deserves thi unstinting support
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    Bencoolen Sports Club T.T. Games
    97 7 The ncoolen Sports Club will meet the Rangoon Road Party at table.tennis (seven singles) to be played at th« Club premises. 50. Bencoolen Street on Thursday. April 22 at 7 p mPlayers will be selected from the following: J. de Silva, Norman de Souza. C
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    Joyful Juniors Soccer
    66 7 Tho following had been selected to represent the Joyful Juniors soccer team in a game of soccer against the Sa Hua XI today at the Pasir PaJijang School ground at 5.15 pm sharp:—X. Jeevarajah. Chua Bock Kwee, We? Choon Whatt, Chew luck Sam. Tan Chwee Seng. Gon
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    Perak Shield Soccer
    45 7 Tho preliminary round for the Perk Shi<ld Knock-out Competition commenced on Monday when No. 3 SubDepot, 223 BOD eliminated HG 223 BOD by a solitary goal scored by centre-forward Aziz The competition is between the combined civilian and military 223 BOD teams
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    2 Hurt In Rough Game At Stadium
    1115 7 j TIGER S.C 2, INDIAN ASSN... 0. Boon Seong, Tiger Sports Club inside-right, received a fracture in the left arm during the Div. I League game against the Indian Association at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. The Chinese player received the injury shortly before
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    AUSTRALIA'S TENNIS RANKINGS
    186 7 Reuter-AAP Melbourne, Apr 20. -Frank i Sadgman, who was not chosen j for the Australian Davis Cud team, has been placed fourtn in the official rankings of the Lawn Tennis Association o! Australia—abm\ GeofT Brown and Colin Long, members f >f the Davis Cup team. Adrian Qulst
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    S.C.S.A. SOCCER XI
    57 7 The Singapore Civil Berttc Association will meet the Mansfield Jtl on Wednesday at the ftfcNair ,(i ground at soccer. Tile following will represent Che SCSA:K<H.>n Whatt, Samad, Johari N. Kahxgasabal. L A. Bakar. L. V. Colond. E. Pereira, E Pagl&r, ?aat. D Miller. Reserve*: A. K. Plllai.
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    ARABS PLAN "D-DAY" AFTER BRITAIN QUITS HOLY LAND
    586 8 REGULAR ARMIES TO STAGE BIG INVASION Reuter-U.P. JERUSALEM, Apr. 20.—Jewish Agency intelligence men have been Fending in reports for ih e past 24 hours of Arab plans to use regular armies for a "large-scale invasion" of Palestine on or after May 15
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    Charlton Stays In Div. One
    89 8 Reuter. LONDON. Apr. 20: —Charlton Athletic, bv scoring a brilliant win against Burnley I tonight-made sure of retaining a place in the First Division for next season. Thirty thousand spectators watched the game which produced no goals until the first few minutes of the second
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    Mansfield Soccer XI
    53 8 live following have bjcn ■.elected !J > represent Mansfield at soccer against The Civil Service As. sociaticn today at 5.15 p.m -Lester. Tan Kirn Kee (Capti. Oaldiwtt. Lian SiTan Slew Eng. Szahali. Hargreaves. Koh Yoke Chocn. Toon Hoon, Lee Huay Kern* and Khoo Ah Hin. Reserves: Sunny
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    ECLIPSE B.P.
    79 8 The following will represent the Eclipse BP. against the United Family Badmin- ton Party of a match of 5 Men's Singles and 2 Men's Doubles to be played in th? Clerical Union Hall on the 22nd instant at 7 p.m.: Buddy Loh. Chia Ohm Joo. Chia Chin Seng.
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    COLTS CRICKET XI
    54 8 The following wili represent the Singapore Colts at cricket against the C.V M A at St George's Road on Saturday at 2 p.m. N. Hay (Capt I. Kraal. M. Kraal. Johl Derbyshire. A. Lopez, R. Thomaz. A. Lim, «I Carson. Tham Koon Poh. K. Jalleh. H. C.
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    Malayan Pressmen At Docks
    172 8 The Malayan press delegation on Monday visited the London docks. Although they looked at the map of the Port of London before leaving for their excursion they had no idea that the actual extent of the dock area was so vast. They said they would hay
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    Unexploded Bomb Kills Four
    45 8 Reuter. MANILA, i.nr. 20 Four per sons were lUed on the outskirts of Puerto Princessa. capital of Pa'awan Province last week while attempting to extract the powder cont( nts of an unexploded homb according to reports read ing Man'la today. -Reuter
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    EASY WIN FOR MILLS
    126 8 Reuter. LONDON, APR. 20.—By his victory in one round against Ken Shaw at Harringay tonight Freddie Mills, British and European light heavyweight champion, made a brilliant start t„ what can be regarded as the three hardest months of his boxing career. The win means »V will
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    ERIC BOON KAYOED
    109 8 Reuter. LONDON, Apr. 20: The French and European welterweight champion Robert VVllemain gained a notable victory when he knocked out Eric Bocn. one of the contenders for the British title, in the tenth and last round of their welterweight contest at Harringay tonight. It was soon apparent
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    Quirino Receives Diplomats
    48 8 U.P Manila. April 20.—President Quirino today received diplomats who called in a cody to p?y respects in a fiveminute visit to the Malaca nan Palace. Among the callers were U. S Ambassador Emmet O'Neal. Chinese Minister Chen Chih-ping and British Minister Harry L. Foulds. VP
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    IT'S A GOAL!
    27 8 a ,u Gsman Ang uillia. Indians' 'keep** fails to stop this am in yesterday's league game. Scorer is Hoi Meng, seen in the bxukgrouna.
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    Kashmir Issue: Crucial Stage
    365 8 Reuter. LAKE SUCCESS, Api. 20.—The Security Council has reached a crucial stage in handling th£ :vasrmnr issue and it now appears certain that the Council s session on Wednesday afternoon may be ihe final one. Ihe only question remains how it is likely to act. Tne
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    News from the Mews
    231 8 (BY ALiLAN LFWIS) AMPHIBIAN from T H. MenZ'es Kuala Lumpur stable and Flowers, trained at Singapore by Keith Daniels, will not be st-irters at the current meeting at Singapore. a Ted Dawson, who broke his luck on Saturday, at Penang. broke records after the races, by
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    RED ROCKET B.P.
    60 8 I The following will be selected to represent the Red Rockit B.P. to play a match against the Edmar B P. ou April 25, at St. Patrick's School Hall, at 9 a.m. shaip: Ahmad Masduki. Jimmy Goh. Chua Ah Bah. Chong Thiam Ghee. Sim Seng Chiang, Chong
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