Malaya Tribune, 25 May 1948

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    60 1 The Malaya Tribune KY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Larger Sales than any Afternoon Paper in Malaya Printed Rimultaneonslg Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh <£ Penang. Telcprama: "Tribune B'pore." Telephone: 5811 (9 lines). FIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE. TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS The MALAYA TRIBUNE London Agents Messrs. Colin Turner Ltd.,
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    ARABS TO ASK FOR "CEASE-FIRE" TIME-LIMIT EXTENSION
    712 1 NO LET UP IN HOLY LAND WAR, 8UT.... Reuter. The deadline foi the United Nations tru:e in Palestine passed yesterday without a l-t =Up in the Holy Land, but reliable Sources reported that the seven nation Arab League would ask for an extension
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    Spore Football Standard "High"
    203 1 Olympic Footballers Leave < Fribunc S'.aiT Reporter) darcl ol football in Singapore came h praise from Dr. C. C. Yung, ManCh in a Olympic football team, in an fore the dt-parturs of the team for m this morning. Dr. Yung told mo: "The tandard of football,
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    12-YR. BOY'S SUICIDE
    44 1 U.P. y,,. ,i neood, i'< km, May t ft*cans* his grand- otM hot bug /,1», two-doiiaT-maUet, v ~,.i, old Richard i m today pmO* d the v rifle ht hud i at his stomach. f.nii Had <>n the jMI hospital. U.P.
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    8,000 WILL STRIKE IF...
    98 1 r übber workers r 8.000 Will 'be ncerted strike entire industry il (iovernment c reply by tomorrow feu i letter from the t Rubber Workers', QUon demanding the "un-i noditiona!' rt ease of workers of th< i i. i hong rnbbc; b vho were detained a
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    EARTHQUAKE EXPERT DIES
    39 1 WWI BROMWICH Staffordshire, Uiy 24. Mr J. J. i leading si -r.ologist. mments <>n r-ecord. N i: larthquakes, m.vde knovs throughout the I kai died nor. 1 foilowfof •U iD of a lc-K. He n* 74.
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    NEW OIL TANKER ARRIVES
    78 1 The Humb.r, a new oil canker belonging to the AngloSaxon Petroleum Company ol Singapore, arrived in Singa j pore at 7 p.m. yesterday. Built at Port Kembla. in j New South Wales. Australia, she made her maiden voyage jto Singapore unde r the comjmand of Captain
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    Appeal For An Asian League Of Nations
    320 1 Reuter. KARACHI, May 24 —A call for an Asian League of Nations was made in the Pakistan Parliament he-e today when members biU?rly criticised the United Nations Organisation as being dominated by the Western powers i nd directed against Asia. conspirators where injustice
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    BONFIRES MISFIRE
    68 1 Reuter—AAP. Sydney, May 24. Sydney A'as tonight ringed by Empire Day bonfires, 60 of which got iut or control and had to be taught by firemen. No damage ,vas done. Firemen took three hours to vjt out ene fire. A girl was killed when mix- ing txp'osives for
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    1,500 Still Hold Out In Old City
    300 1 Reuter. There were 1.500 Jews, including 600 fighting men. enduring a living death in buildngs battered almost out of re cognition. They will be hamnered until they die or s'tfendcr. Some prefer to die Xhers want to surrender but •annot because their lave
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    HOSPITALITY EVEN IN WAR
    77 1 U.P. JERUSALEM, May 21,.— Haganah women fighters are a real puzzle to me grizzled Arab Legionnaires. Haganah women ask for bread ami water as soon as they air raptured by the Arabs. One husky Legion Sergeant su J 'What ate we going to do? Vhey know
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    PLEA FOR AID TO BRITAIN
    94 1 Reuter. MELBOURNE. May 24. Mr R. G. Casey. war-time, British Minister Resident in trio Middle East and President of the Australian Liberal Party, toid i Liberal Party Empire Day rally here tonight: "Britain's jeople are now hungry and 11-clad and suffering lUSterl :ies Australians have
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    GERMANY DISCUSSED
    98 1 Reuter. London. May 24. Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin and Mr. Lewis Douglas, United States Ambassador in London talked mainly of Germany md not Palestine- when they met today, it is authoritatively learned. Observers here assumed that tire reported inconclusiveness of the six-power talks had not drawn off the
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    NEW LAWRENCE
    62 1 U.P. JERUSALEM, viz Amman, May 24. Shades of Lawrence of Arabia flutter around battlescarred Jerusalem in the shape of a Bedouin chieftain leading irregulars from Transjordan. He is a Lawrence Shaalin, nephew of the late Fawwaz Shaalan. leading chief of the Ruwalla tribe, who fought with Lawrence. The
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    Blow To Britain
    234 1 Reuter. LONDON, Mag 21,. South Africa's decision to recognise 'he new Jewish state of Israel is a severe blow to the British Government* Palestine policy ready under fire in many on irtcis political circles in London considered today. Tlic South African decision has increased the isolation of
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    Malay Families Make Way For Airstrip
    263 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) In requisitioning Jana for the extension and development of the Changi airstrip, 70 Malay families have been ''happily' removed from Beting K':san. Compensation and cost of property paid in respect of these fan Piei cost the Goverment $30,000. These families, most
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    DARWIN'S LOG BOOK SOLD
    77 1 LONDON. May 24.—Charles Darwin's log-book was sold today to Captain Alberto Oddera. the Argentine Naval Attache in London. Oddera purchased the famed book at Sotheby's for £270 sterling during a sale of rare manuscripts. The log of the surveying sloop. Beagle, on a voyage around South
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    PETTICOAT ORDER
    60 1 U.P. Newark, New Jersey, May 24- Waitresses 10 ear in transparent skirts may hare the "new look", for women, but merely briny out the old look in men. That is official. Public Safety Director, Mr. John Kieen, made a ruling, ordering that the local hotel put petticoats under
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    Theft On Train
    81 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) One of the waggons attached to the passenger train from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur on the night of May 19 was rifled between Gemas and Seremban, when about twenty-five out of a total of 100 packages were !ost. The theft is believed to have
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    C-G ON VISIT TO SARAWAK
    66 1 The Commissioner-General. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, left Singapore this morning on a visit to Sarawak where he will remain until Friday as guest of the Governor, Sir Charles Arden .Clark. The Commissioner-General's visit coincides with the meeting of the Council Negri in which he is
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    40 ACCUSED SING IN REMAND CELLS
    668 2 A MILD SENSATION WAS CAUSED AT THE POLICE COURTS IN SOUTH BRIDGE ROAD YESTERDAY DURING THE LUNCH SESSION, WHEN 40 OF THE RETRENCHED WORKERS OF THE TAI TONG RUBBER FACTORY SANG CHINESE SONGS AT THE TOP OF THEIR VOICES IN THEIR REMAND CELLS. The
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    30,000 TO GIVE FINGER PRINTS
    72 2 Reuter. BLACKBURN. (Manchester). May 24. —Blackburn's male population of 30,000 between the age of 16 and 6C may be asked by Scotland Yard to allow detectives to take prints of the left thumb and forefinger. Thi s move U part of a house-to-house check in
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    Tin Price Statement Expected Next Week
    455 2 (From Our Own Reporter). KUALA LUMPUR, MAY 2k. AN OFFICIAL AN- NOUNCEMENT ON CERTAIN PROVISIONAL AGREEMENTS ON THE PRICE OF TIN WHICH WAS DISCUSSED BY THE MALAYAN DELEGATION TO THE STUDY (.ROUP MEETINGS AT WASHINGTON WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE BRITISH MINISTRY OF SUPPLY, THE
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    'New Deal' For Pets
    305 2 Owing to unsatisfactory conditions prevailing in licensed animal and bird shops, the Singapore Municipal Commissioners have decided to take /km and immediate action to make improvements, by amending the Animal and Bird shops By-lays, providing for more effective control of such shops. The amended by-laws will
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    S'pore Will Own Changi Airstrip
    693 2 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Singapore will be the land lord and owner of the whole of the "joint user" project for the Changi airstrip development, work on the initial phase of which is now under WftJ The first phase of the development scheme, which relates to
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    3 Attempted Murder Charges
    116 2 Three tentative charges of attempted murder were preferred against Wu Mun Chev; (24) of No. 34 Park Road, when he was produced be'ore Seventh Magistrate A. G Shears, yesterday. Mun Chew was alleged to have attacked his sister, Chan Ah Loi, his mother, Fong Ah King
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      281 2 MM TODAY 2.45; 5.45; 8.45. Second Glorious Week All Malayan Premiere A iirst class Tamil Picture has brought to you with great expense. KANNIKA" Tamil Starring N. S. Krishnan, T, A. Mathuram A many other \vellknoun stars. ROXY Last 3 Shows: 3, 6.15, 9.15 p.m. Unusual heart-warming Screen entertainment! "Sentimental
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      444 2 ON YOUR RADIO TODAY BLUE NETWORK programmes in malay MALAY ENGLISH Time:— Summary in Mandarin, 6.03 PROGRAMMES 12.00 p.m. Prog. Summary, peiping Dramas. 6.30 Story 12.05 Musical Interlude, 12.45 telling in Amoy. 7.00 Tcochew From 12 noon to 1> p-m. Radl- News in Malay, 1.00 Close Guakangs, 7.30 Domestic Tali,
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    Japan's War—A New Angle
    977 4 Before the extension of the Far Eastern war to south-east Asia in what became known as the Pacific War, allied propagandists used to point to Japan, already sadly extended in China, as facing the inevitability of annihi-j lation should she choose to make war upon the
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    PREMIER ATTLEE FLAYS BRITISH REDS
    1833 4 FORTHRIGHT DENUNCIATION OF COMMUNISTS AND WHAT IS DESCRIBED AS THEIR HOSTILITY TO THE PRINCIPLES OF FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY WERT. VOICED BY THE PRIME MINISTER, MR. C. R. ATTLEE AT A RECENT LABOUR DEMONSTRATION AT PLYMOUTH. The Prime Minister said: In the period between the world
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    Americas Aid To China
    341 4 Reuter. HONGKONG. Innumerable cases of graft, pilferage and diversion of supplies in the implementation of the United States China Aid Programme are foreseen by the "Far Eastern Economic Review." In the Review's latest editorial, entitled "America s Aid to China," the magazine points out that irregularities
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    Governor To Visit Bomber Squadron
    226 6 H.E. the Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, will pay a formal visit of inspection this morning to the officers and men of No. 97 (Straits Settlements) Bomber Squadron whose designation gives the people of Malaya a special and direct interest in its fortunas. This Squadron, with
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    GUILUY PLEA IN CHEATING CASE
    87 6 Bail of $1,000 was allowed a young Chinese. Tan Hock alias Frank Chay when he appeared in the Third Police Court yesterday on a charge of cheating. Accused was alleged to have falsely represented to one Major F. R. Moore that there was a house
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    SHELL S.C. BEAT PETERDALE B.P.
    35 6 In a friendly game of badminton played on Saturday between the Shell Sports Club and the Peterdale Badminton Party the Shell team beat their opponents by 3 games to 2.
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    S.I.A. Beat Telecoms
    101 6 The Singapore Indian Association beat the Johore Post anc* Telecoma Recretaion Club by 5 games to 2 in their table tennis encounter at Johore yesterday. The game against the Field Security Johore, also scheduled ti be played yesterday, was cancelled. The following are the results (Indians named
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    JOLLILADS SOCCER
    50 6 The following players are selected to represent the Jollilads Athletic Union soccer team against the Seletar Football Club on Sunday at Seletar Road ground 5.15 pm: Sithambram, Rasak, Kayambu. Ghani, Murugasu, M. Sintha, K.R. Muthiah, Krishnasamy, Salahurin, G Suppiah, Muniyandi, M.I. Osman, M. Krishnan (captain), Rasak, Dollah, Nadarajah.
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    FRIENDLY MATCH
    34 6 Simc Darby XI beat the Singapore Civil Service Association by one goal to nil in a friendly soccer match yesterday evening at McNair Road. The winning goal was sco<cd by Van Heusen.
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    TEACHERS' REPERTORY
    160 6 "Of the people, by the people, for the people" seems to be the motto of Teachers' Repertory, as well as of the Tribune. At least, their production of "Macbeth" last week at the Victoria Theatre not only included in its cast men and women from a wide range
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    FIREMEN BEATEN
    30 6 In a friendly game of soccer played at St. George s Road yesterday, the Municipal Treasurers Dept. beat the Munic; pal Fire Brigade by seven goals to two.
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    HOSPITALS MATCH
    28 6 The General Hospital \l defeated the Tan Tock Seng Hospital XI in the Singapore Hospital Assistants' Union selection match at the Medical College ground by 2-1.
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    President Polk Arrives
    193 6 Several prominent Americans making a world tour were among the 72 people on board the President Polk which arrived in Singapore yesterday morning. Ten passengers disembarked here. There were 38 tourists. One of the passengers. Mr. William H. Hindle. is making a trip around the world as
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    Jail For 2 Bandits
    230 6 Mr. Justice Brown at the Singapore Assize Court yesterday sentenced two young Chinese. Lee Ah Lam and Chan Ah Wan. to three years rigorous imprisonment each for attempted robbery at a Chinese shop in Bras Basah Road. It was stated by Mr. l>. Rayner. Deputy Pubiic
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    Campaign To Clean Up Singapore
    242 6 An intensified campaign against civic offenders is to be launched shortly by the Municipal Cleansing Department in an effort to make Singapore more healthy and clean. Recently the Department took court proceedings against more than 3.000 people for depositing rubbish indiscriminately and failing to provide
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    No Permission Yet For S'pore Repats
    127 6 (Tribunr Staff Reporter) No decision has yet been readied on whether or not j the 10 Chinese and five Ma lavs who arrived here on Friday from Australia will be allowed to stay in Singapore, an Immigration officer told the Tribune yesterday. He said
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    COURT MARTIAL DEFENCE TODAY
    79 6 The case for the prosecution was nearly completed yesterday in th c court martial trial of Capt. Christopher Macßae of the Seaforths Highlanders which commenced on may 18 at Tanglin Barracks Singapore. The prosecution story brought out by 44 witnesses alleged that Cant. Macßae had made
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    COUNCIL MEETING ON MONDAY
    26 6 An Extraordinary Meeting of the Legislative Council will be held on Monday, May 31 in the Victoria Memorial Hal! at 10 a.m.
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    NEW ASSISTANT FOR S.E.A.
    24 6 Mr. A. W. Lamond has been appointed Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs Singapore, with effect from May 18, 1948, inclusive.
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    Wife Alleges Adultery
    281 6 A young Enghsh-speaKing Chinese woman, Chan Bee Giok, employed as a nurse in Johore. yesterday was granted a decree nisi to be made absolute in three months by Mr. Justice Thorogood at the Singapore High Court, dissolving her marriage with her husband, Tan Tee Beng, on grounds
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    FRENCH AIR CHIEF TO VISIT S'PORE
    150 6 The Commander-in-Chief of the French Air Force in the Far East, General Bodet, will arrive by air at Changi on Friday morning on a four-day visit to Air Command Far East. Gen. Bodet will be the guest of Air Marshal Sir Hugh Lloyd, Commander-in-Chief,
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    Deepavali Holiday
    29 6 The festival of Deepavali will fall on Sunday. October 31, instead of Monday. October 25. originally stated. The Public Holiday will be observed on Monday, Nov. L
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    TENDERS
    68 6 TENDERS will be received at the Office of the Chairman, Rural Board, Singapore, up to noon of the 28th May, 1948 for the supply and delivery of stone from the Government Quarry at Bukit Timah to the Rural Board Crushing Plant. Further particulars may be obtained at the office
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    COMMISSIONERS MUST COMBAT HIGH TAXES
    561 7 TALKING SOCCER ....By SPECTATOR 1 VhV «33 3 «boo«t $20,000 frun. two tiny** »occer over h v ,,k-cnd a!mo«t dou- vihat the China Olympic "am. »ith ail M» heavy exJSSas I* for P l^l l££ NO. 1. the Govcrnraeal will reettv« over •12.000 130 per
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    Two Picture Goals In Padang Match
    553 7 Two picture goals featured tht First Division game belt.- GHQ Signals and the Singapore Cricket Club at the Padang yesterday when the for met re"cd a convincing three-nil victory. It wa- an interesting an< Ites -'Mingle between twr teams which are at the bottorr
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    DAVIS CUP: BRITAIN FOR FINAL?
    145 7 Reuter. LONDON, May 24. Spurred by Davis Cup wins over India and Norway, tennis enthusiasts here are beginning to hope that Great Britain may be one of the two nations to fight out the final of the European Zone. The next hurdle to be sur
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    KANGAROOS WIN AGAIN
    84 7 The Singapore Kangaroos beat the H.Q. Singapore District by 50 runs in a game in cricket on Sunday. Kangaroos bowlers L. Boudvillc and C. Peris, bowled unchanged throughout to bag 6 for 13 and 4 for 24 respectively. Batting first the Kangaroos knocked up 115, (J. Ollverto
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    POST-MORTEM
    182 7 On yesterday's game ROVERS were lucky Vass and Kadir were in form, and also that the Navy were nnalde to put the finishing tonchts to (i game in which they had a territorial advantage. 4 4 4 IT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT MATCH, particularly for the Rovers, who could
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    Rovers Strengthen Lead In Div. 1
    666 7 Rovers Sports Club 2 Royal Navy 1 A PEACH OF A DRIVE BY YIN KEE PROVED TO BE THE WINNING GOAL WHEN THE ROVERS SPORTS CLUB MET THE ROYAL NAVY AT JALAN BESAR STADIUM YESTERDAY. IN A SENIOR LEAGUE GAME WINNING BY THE ODD
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    CUT THESE TAXES!
    336 7 Sportletter Sir, —State lottery is tab on but not races and sweeps run by various clubs. But to me lottery, races and sweeps are the one and same thing, i.e., gaming—hence, a vice. Yet, strangely enough, not a single Hon. Member has called upon the Government to
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    News from the Mews
    314 7 {By ALLAN LEWIS) ALTHOUGH they were only doing slow work yesterday morning at Ipoh. several newcomer 3 took the eye and could give a good account of themselves at this meeting. High Street who has had two or three races seems to have come a hand
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    MAYFLOWER BP
    59 7 The following have been selected to represent the May flower B P. in a match againa* the United Family B.P. today at the Clerical Union Hall at 7 p.m Tan Guan Hong, Neo Seng Kee, Lav Teng Chuan, Lav Teng Siah, Richard Kang Soon Teck, See Ho Meng
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    Badminton Entries Break All Records
    1192 7  -  by "Courtman" ALL previous records, prevar and post-war, in the niim»er of entrie* received for the Singapore Badminton Assoclalon's junior championships, i-ere broken by this year's enries with the men's junior ingles exceeding the century nark. Even in the ladies events, the ilosing dates of
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    Table Tennis Tourney Entries Close June 12
    536 7  -  By CELLULOID The Singapore Table-Tennis Association wish to remind members that entries for the various events of the Singapore table-tennis championships close on June 12. Entries received after this date, will not be entertained. Men's Event This year's men's singles table tennis champion
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    HELSINKI FACES THREAT OF STREET FIGHTING
    400 8 FINLAND'S POLITICAL CRISIS WORSENS Reuter. HELSINKI, May 24 On the eve of a general strike threat in suppor' of their demand for the appciii -ment of a party member as Minister of the fntSiior, the Finnish People's Democrat Party—a mergei of Communists end extrane
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    Indian Pair In Quarter-Final
    57 8 Reuter. Paris. May 24. Scinant Vfisra and S. L. Sawhney. the Indian Davis Cup players, entered the quarter final stage if the men's doubles when the French lawn tennis championships were continued today. >eating Marcel Bernard and Jean Borotra. the famous French players, in a five-set
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    Bowlers' Day In County Cricket
    661 8 Reuter. LONDON iv\iy 24.—Week-end rain in most paiis of fee country c aused some trickery to more than on. pitch where a rounty championship cricket mutch was in orogress and batsmen had to be wary. Middle ex, the county cham-1 pi< ns. without their star
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    HEAVY RED LOSSES IN SHENSI
    122 8 Reuter-AAP. NANKING. May 24.—Government troops in Shansi province today captured the Communist base at Hweijen. 10 miles southwest of th. Government bastion cf Ta. tung. and lifted a 40-da> Communist siege of Yinghsien in a surprise counteroffersive, pro-Government dispatches reported. "Heavy Communist losses were said
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    SOLDIERS STORM THEATRE
    188 8 U.P. SHANGHAI, May 24. Hundreds of Chinese soldiers, naiiy Of them with their famllM s, stormed the Kungwutai "Peiping Opera" theatre and forced the management to present a "command performance" for their benefit. Paid customers were forced cut of the theatre for a loss estimated at 200
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    2 T.U. OFFICERS FOR U.K. COURSE
    98 8 Arrangements are being made for sending two of the Asian trade Union officers in Singapore for further training m the United Kingdom. Th« British Trades Union Congress will give them further training in the field of trade unionism. Of the two unionists, one P
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    Running from the foot of the plan is The new 8,000-foot runway now under construction at Changi Airfield. When completed, this runway is expected to be made use of by aircraft of anything up to 200,000 pounds weight. This is a "joint user" project to be controlled by the Civil and RAF authorities in Singapore.
    56 8 Running from the foot of the plan is The new 8,000- foot runway now under construction at Changi Airfield. When completed, this runway is expected to be made use of by aircraft of anything up to 200,000 pounds weight. This is a "joint user" project to be controlled by the
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    QUARTERY CLUB CELEBRATES
    78 8 Members of Nestle' and Anglo-Swiss Milk Products Ltd., Singapore, staff who have completed 25 pears service m% the Company. Group photograph of staff vnd relatives) of N< stlf and An cIo-SvHms Milk Products Ltd., Singapore, taken at a ternparty held on list May who a a presentation
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    Call-Over For Derby
    182 8 Reuter. LONDON, May 24. Nine:e. n horse< were quoted at f ne Derby callover at the Victoria Club h. re today. The p:ice of Gordon Rich iris's mount. The Cobbler, has ce°n "lipped by one and a half points to six to one as compared with last
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    Innings' Defeat Faces The MCC
    198 8 LONDON. May 25. -The M.C.C., which include three England "certainties" and four probables, will have a big task tomorrow trying to avert an innings defeat in their game against the Australians which concluded i-> second day today. Aftpr piling up a big total ol 552.
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    Scoreboard
    286 8 Australians, Ist innings. Barnes c Edrich b Cranston 81 Morris !bw Edrich 5 Bradman c Edrich h Deighton 98 I Hassett lbw. 51 Miller c Donnelly b leaker 163 j Brown c Cranston b Laker 26 L Johnson lbw. b Lak**r 80 McCool c Edrich b Young 0 Tallon
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    Today's Fast Work On Ipoh Track
    278 8 IPOH, Today. The tmtmk of the course proper mm opened for fast work this morninp. Happy Lot* und Fairlyn were best, whiU A/«tr Prince was also pood. Ecliptic (Woods) did timefe 10. Fourfold (Taitl went over three in 43. Wat spite (BaffcJ did three
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