Malaya Tribune, 3 June 1948

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    60 1 The Malaya Tribune BY THE PEOPLE FO* iflE PEOPLE Larger Sales than any Afternoon Paper in Malaya Printin(/ Sim KiKiln Lumpur, Ip<m T^^^man'i Telegrams: "Tribune Spore." Telephone: 5811 (9 Vncft). EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE. THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS The MALAYA TRIBUNE London Agents Messrs. Colin Turner Ltd., Talbot
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    $6,000 Payroll Robbery
    106 1 I armed Chinese yester-• ion robbed the roll of Hooglandt ,.iny rubber factory Lefear Road. bei v occurred at 2.05 i\ when the storer the factory started- paj ..lit wages. J Chinese, armed with entered the premises r t up the storekeeper, X /hiie the other cut
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    BOY TRIED HANGING
    65 1 U.P. Johnstown, Pennsylvania, ■June i. The comic book is blamed today for the death of a fourteen-year-old boy, Richard Watkins. He was found hanging from a clothes line last night in his bed room. In the room was a comic magazine, its pages open to a cartoon
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    LEP's IN RIOT
    44 1 Three shops were raided yes'.crday when trouble broke out octween Malay members of the ioyal Naval Police and Locally Enlisted Personnel. R.A.O.C. in Ayer Rajah Road. A shop proprietor alleged that over $1,000 in cash was taKen \v/ay irom his shop.
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    Johore Police On The Alert
    198 1 The Johore Police force was- alerted tor an.y ?ency following the riot outbreak at Changpeng Swee Rubber Estate, near Segamat, north Johore and the arson attempt at the Senai rubber on Tuesday. Local police leave is le.-trict-ed and the officers in charge of all stations
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    CAMPAIGN STAKS
    29 1 London. June I.—Approximately 20.000,000 persons in the United Kingdom and the Colonies are eligible for campaign stars or medals for their service in the second world war.
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    2 KILLED IN FATAL ACCIDENT
    109 1 i Malays were killed last il the 1\ milestone Timah Road when the tie they were riding '>.t H taxi. were returning to Johore ftom Singapore yester--1 H 11 20 p.m. on an almost motot cycle, when the coldon occurred. The ii.let of the motor
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    SOVIET HAS 4 MILLION MEN UNDER ARMS, ***** PLANES
    571 1 RECORD PEACE-TIME MILITARY BUDGET FOR US. RECOMMENDED Reuter and U.P. WASHINGTON, June 2 Soviet arm?d forces with an approximate total of four million men and 14,000 planes provide a substantial iron fist for the aggressive Mftttcle s of Moscow". Gen. Omar
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    GEN, TO FACE COURT-MARTIAL
    87 1 Reuter. Paris. June 2. A Saigon despatch to the Agcnce France Presse tonight quoted the Vietminh (AnnHinite nationalist) radio announcing that the Nationalist Government of Dr. Ho Chi Minh had decided to bring Gen. Nguyen Van Xuan. head of the provisional central Vietnam Government in Indo-China.
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    "Expel Russian Wives" Call
    220 1 Reuter. LONDON. June 2. —The Government today rejected a suggestion by Lord Vansittart that Britain should expel Russian wives in Britain in retaliation for the ban by the Soviet Government on Sovietborn wives joining their husbands in Britain. Lord Pakenham. newly ap-1 pointed Minister of Civil
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    BIG DROP IN RICE PRICE
    138 1 Rice which is freely available ;<n the open market here has been steadily falling in price *iBC€ early this year and m control on the movement of nee in the Federation may be lifted by the end of the month, a further price drop is
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    STERLING PAYMENTS
    30 1 Reuter. CANBERRA. June 2. Mr Joseph Chifley, Australian Trime Minister announced here today that payment for a]| trade with Japan, except textiles, would be made in sterling. -Reuter.
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    US Fleet In Med: A "Warning"
    355 1 Reuter. WASHINGTON. June k. The Cr.'ted States fleet now in liie Mediterranean is there for he dual purpose of warning would-be trouble makers" not to try to overrun any of the iiee countries of Europe and to be ready to remove American lo;c-es it
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    Lords Throw Out 'No-Hanging' Bill
    305 1 Reuter. LONDON, June 2 -The House of Lonk tonight threw out from the criminal Justice clause suspending the death penalty for a trial p' riod of live years. As predicted, they sent the bill back to the House of Comnons without the clause bj 181
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    30 1 PORTLAND. June 2 The Columbia River began falling I slowly at Portland. Oregon, today and the flood crisis appeared to be waning after a 1 fortnight of record-breaking I devastation.
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    U.K. Trade Deficit Under-Estimated
    375 1 U.P. LONDON. June 2. Sir Stafford Cripps (Chancellor of the Fxchequcr) frankly conceded today that Government underestimated its trade deficit for ihe first six months of 1948 iy £73 million 46 per cent. j He told a press conference tnat if the present trend conI ir.ues.
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    TWO DIE ON BOARD SHIP
    71 1 {Tribune Stuff Reporter) Tragedy overtook two of the 400 Calcutta-bound deck passengers whom the s.s. Talma picked up at Fiji. This vessel is due to leave Singapore this morning. A tortnight after she left Fiji, two of the deck passengers, died on board, one ot
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    PALESTINE: U.K. AID PROMISED
    457 1 #ter and U P LONDON. June 2.—The British Foreign Minister Mr. bevin, said tonight that Britain would give Count Folke Bernadotte, Palestine mediator, "our utmost assistance" in his task. "The House will join me i r I Within* him every success [T. a diifß«llt role." Mr.
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    GUN SHOT KILLS BOY
    109 1 A nine-year-old Euiasian boy. David Bernard Morrier. died this morning at 1 o'clock ai I result of a revolver shot fired last night. The revolver belonged to Special Constable L. R. Fransiscus ol Lorong G. Telok Kurau Rd. The Police understand that at 6.30 p.m. yesterday.
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    Malacca Estate Shooting: Police Make Arrests
    220 2 (From Our Own Reporter) MALACCA, June 2. Co-operating f o r nearly five hours from early dawn today, Police parties, both from the C.I.D., Malacca, and the uniformed branch, have made a number of arrests connected with an alleged murder and assault that occurred
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    Relief For Sumatra Chinese
    82 2 Singapore Chinese merchants are planning to send a relief ship to Sumatra Chinese at the Republican port of Koela Toengkal, where the population is understood to be facing starvation as a result of the Dutch blockade. The Chinese Importers and Exporters Association, Singapore, has approached the
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    Chinese Deportees Go Back To Australia
    161 2 (Tribune Staff Reporter) M us. HI I TONG AND MRS. FOO KAI IMM, THE AUS-TRALIAN-BORN WIVES OF CHINESE DEPORTEES FROM At SIR ALIA WHO ARRIVED HERE LAST MONTH WITH THEIR HUSBANDS, ARE TO BE SENT BACK TO AUSTRALIA, MR. SHARP, OF THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT,
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    IMMIGRATION PERMIT FEES
    86 2 It has become the practice in applying to the Immigration Office for Immigration Permits to send the fee of with the application, whether it is made by post or in person. This procedure is not only incorrect bu t it adds to tits volume of necessary work
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    CLERK CHARGED
    86 2 A young Cantonese, Fong Wai Tuck, employed as a clerk in the Singapore Traffic Police, appeared in the Second Police Court yesterday to answer a corruption charge. It was alleged that as a pubhe servant, the accused corruptly accepted $20 from Thia Tong Seng in order to facilitate
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    'GRUDGE' ALLEGED AGAINST OFFICER
    119 2 A South Indian Mohammedan, Ibrahim bin Mohamed, was aqquitted and <v-<. barged by V. i Justice Brown at the Singapo* Assize Court yesterday on a charge of unlawful possession of a .38 Smith and Wesson revolver. The revolver was alleged to have been found in Ibrahim's
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    VALBERG GOES ON JUNE 24
    90 2 Lloyd Valberg, who will represent Singapore in the Hign Jump in the London Olympics will leave Singapore on June 24 by plane. Before competing in the Olympics, he will take part at the White City London in the British Athletic Association Championship Meeting, on July
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    Singapore Hospital Assistants Union
    123 2 At the annual general meet- Ing ol the Singapore Hospital j Assistants' Union, which was held at the Union premiaeja, i.VA, College Ko.»d. vii .June 30 at 3.00 p.m.. the following Were elected office-bearers for the current year President: Mr. H.E. Klvne: Vice-Presidents —Mr. Wong Yin
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    A BEGGAR AND HIS SON
    137 2 Having arrived from Kedah without any means of subsistence, an old blind ■man and his young son nightly sought shelter on the hard cement floor of the five foot way on Ban Hock Street. Early yesterday morning they were awakened from iheir slumber by two
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    Employee Charged
    72 2 Laurence Euriques, an employee of a Municipal canteen was charged in the Second Police Court yesterday with criminal breach of trust. It was stated that on May 15 Euriques collected $17.12 from the sale of coffee and food and disappeared. A report was made to the police. Euriques
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    Repatriates From NEI
    41 2 Leaving tomorrow for India are 80 Indian repatriates from the Netherlands Eass Indies, in trans. t in Singapore since Sunday. It is understood tha t they went with th e 23rd Div. Indian army to Indonesia in 1945.
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    C.I.D. Makes Arrest
    44 2 The CID arrested a Chinese yesterday afternoon in connection with trie shooting in cident in Lavender Street on Tuesday afternoon, when the labour supervisor of the Joo Lim Sawmills was shot in the chest by a gunman in a coffee shop.
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    Rotary Club To Discuss Use Of Unpolished Rice
    291 2 The Singapore Rotary Club, at its next meeting, will discuss the value of unpolished rice. During a preliminary introduction of the topic at the ciuu meeting yesterday. Rotary's President. Mr. S. S Franklin criticised* the method of packing rice in gunny bags
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    30 2 The Singapore Teochew Lee Clan Mutual Help Society will hold its first general meeting on Sunday at 10 a.m. at the Lee Temple (Thye Suah Teng) No. 14-C, Grange Road.
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    MANAGER BAILS OUT 5 IN ESTATE ARSON CHARGE
    522 3 Tribune °taff Reporter) :EEriNG3 AGAINST those arrest- riRU i CuiCt/ IN CONNECTION I 0 i; ATTEMPT AT THE GOVERNMEN PI BER ESTATE TOOK A SURPRISE TURN II 'N SENAI I ANAOBR OF THE ESTATE, MR. H. THOMPSON Jlpn OUT FIVE OF THE
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    FINES FOR DRUG ADDICTS
    187 3 tm rphine addicts yen j brought before tht I District Court, charger totfe being found bn a plact pbere morphine was adminisHcd illegally. Four were Marketed and fined $100 each tonths' simple imprihmm lefault. The other X Quitted. It mv stated that pohc< tape *■.< id
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    Protest Against State Lotteries
    618 3 The Malayan Christiar ;ouncil yesterday issued the [oliovving statement on their recent anti lottery meeting:— A large number of memtiers and friends of the Malayan Christian Council met on May 28 in the Straits Chinese Presbyterian Church. Princep Street, Singapore, to discuss tne proposed state lotteries,
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    GOOD RESPONSE
    43 3 Tribune Staff Reporter) Mr. Heppel, the Welfare representative of the Singapore Harbour Board Labour Department, told the Tribune yesterday that the re-reg's-tration of the Harbour Board labourers was progressing most satisfactorily. Indian and Chinese gangs were showing good response, he said.
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    GOODWILL MISSION
    24 3 The Australian Goodwill Mission at present in Jokja*arta. Republican capital of Indonesia, is scheduled to arrive in Singapore tomorrow at 12 noon.
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    2 MORE CASES OF POLIO
    58 3 TWO awre cases o' policmyeiiTis were p?rtc£ in Singapore y~;--tetday. D-th of thrri were Chinese chiiarcn, one fron the rani areas The death of a C hinese child suffering from the disease was r'so reported yesterday. Ihe total number of cases since the outbreak in
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    Misuse Of Royal Crests
    216 3 Attention of the public la invited to the Sections 16 and 3tf of the Merchandise Marks Ordinance which read: "16 Any person who causes or sutlers to appear n a trade mark used by him for the purposes of his trade or business any representation of
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    MAGISTRATE COMMENDS SCHOOLBOYS
    197 3 Two young schoolboys were commended yesterday by the Second Police Magistrate. Mr L. C. Goh. lor the Initiative I shown by them in apprehend- ing a poultry thief The boys were Michael a 12-year-old pupil of the St. Patrick's School, and 10-yeav-old Mohamad bin Abu Bakar of
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    $2,123 Damages For Straits Steamship Co.
    289 3 •A collision between the I s.s. Empire Mayflower and the s.s. Hofukumaru in the Straits I of Malacca on the night of I February 22, 1947, was recallt ed in the Singapore High Court yesterday when the Straits I Steamship Co., Ltd.. owners of
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    Salubrious City
    907 4 It must be with considerable satisfaction that the Singapore Municipal Health Officer is able to record a lowering of the city's death-rate. We have been through a war and a war's aftermath which between them have seen every possible strain imposed upon the people. Moreover we approach the
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    TRIBUTE TO BRITAIN
    1521 4 LIM KENG HOR, Assistant Managing Editor of the Tribune Group 0 f Newspapers, who has been torn ing Britain as the guest of the United Kingdom Government, and is now on a tour of Europe, today begins a series 0 j articles summing up his impressions. It
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    Where Should Macbeth Meet His End?
    699 4 Sir. —I write to express my interest in the letter from 11. M. S. H. in the Malaya Tribune. It is most encouraging to have such intelligent comments on the work of Teachers Repertory. Some points in the letter deserve further discussion. First. K.M.S.H.
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    Bangkok Trial May Reveal Mysterious Palace Intrigue
    820 5 Reuter. ,;Y \j. HIV ARAM, REUTERS CORRESPONDENT). BANGKOK —The mystery of the murder of young Ananda Mahidol, which shocked Siam and the world two years ago will be unPlled shortly. Number one accused in the Royal assassination ca c expects to open sometime
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    Short Cut To The Perfect Suit
    210 5 U.P. NEW YORK, June 2 Just step over here, a clothing salesman said. A button is pressed, flash bulbs pop and —thats all there is to it—the man said. "Your suit will be delivered in a few days." That's how "Photometric" a gadget replacing
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    Earning Dollars
    49 5 Reuter-AAP. SYDNEY, Tennis racquets and onions arc earning dollars for Australia. One Australian firm has doubled its pre-war export of racquets to the United States and Canada. There ir an acute shortage of onions in America, where prices per 100 lb. have fluctuated from £3-14 to £4.—Reuter-AAP.
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    MRA CONFERENCE
    27 5 U.P. LOS ANGELES, June 2. Democratic leaders from Japan, Germany and Italy met with their former enemies today in the opening Moral Rearmament conference hero.
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    Australia Adopts Free Medicine Plan
    117 5 U.P. SYDNEY. June 2.—The Australian government's free medicine plan will be inaugurated today despite the fierce opposition by physicians who say they will boycott it. Under the plan, druggists will dispense free of charge medicines prescribed by doctors and will debit the cost to the
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    ROYAL ENGINE DRIVER
    60 5 The Duke of Edinburgh heca me an engine driver when hf took the controls and gave rides to other visitors on the miniature railway, during his visit to the Jubilee Exhibition of the Society of Model and Experimental Engineers at the Imperial Institute London. Picture shows The
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    MALAYAN NEWS BRIEF
    776 5 i The death took place last I week in Penang of Mr. P. Sin- garavclu. the father- of Mr. 'Suppiah of the Post Office, j Penang, Marimuthu of the Supreme Court. Penang, and Krishnasamy. The wedding took place before the Registrar of Marriages. Mr. B. V. Rhodes.
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    Police Use Batons On Labourers
    146 5 MALACCA, June I. Trouble flared up on Sagil Estate, when a number of labourers clashed with a police posse on security duty on the estate since the assault on the assistant manager, Mr. R. Moon Mr. A. S. T. Maddams, releasing details of the new
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    SUBSIDIES TO TRANSJORDAN
    81 5 LONDON. June 2. Mr. Ernest Bevin. the Foreign &c cretary, said in a written reply, In the House of Commoas, to a question that Britain has paid £3,970,000 sterl ing in susidies to Transjordan under the Anglo-Transjordan alliance signed in March 194G He said that the provision
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    Efforts To Prevent Cruelty To Animals
    163 5 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Since its revival in August last year, the Society for Ire venting Cruelty to Animals has estar>lished good liaison to prevent widespread cruelty. The department's annual report for last year says that "cruelty to animals is far too common in Singapore."
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    FENCING ACADEMY FOR MANILA
    123 5 Reuter. MANILA, The popular International sport, fencing, will formally make Its bow in Manila shortly with the opening of the Gail Potter Fencing Academy on Taft avenue, one of the city's leading residential thoroughfares. A number of students and followers of the self-defence art have already
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    BRITISH CHARGE
    37 5 U.P. BERLIN, June 2—Britain has charged tha t Russia has set up a ruthless police state inEEats t Germany using terror methods to create a "pressure system" under which an individual has no rights —U.P.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT j
    35 6 The children an* grand children of the late Mrs. Agnes De SPva, sincere!:, thank iriend* and relatives for their iette-s cf conuoience, fioral tributes and cihcr assistance recciveo during their recent sad bereavement.
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    FAVOURITES OBLIGE AT IPOH RACES
    673 6 ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL DAY FOR COL. FOX i r s f f > i i. W. f' £*3 IPOH, \VEbNE3DAY.—FAVOURITES OBLIGED AT TODAY'S RACES, THE SECOND DAY OF THE PERAK TURF CLUB'S SUMMER MEET. THE OOING WAS VERY GOOD AND THE WEATHER WAS FINE. T •>.
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    Alleged Attempt To Outrage Girl's Modesty
    479 6 WHEN HE HEARD THAT HIS GIRL FRIEND WAS GOING ABOUT WITH OTHER MEN HE TOLD HER THAT HE WOULD HAVE NOTHING MORE TO DO WITH HER. LAM LAI SANG. A YOUNG CHINESE BUSINESSMAN. STATED IN THE FOURTH POLICE COURT YESTERDAY. WHEN HE GAVE EVIDENCE
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    INQUIRY INTO MURDER CHARGE
    214 6 A quarrel alleged to have taken place at Jalan Mataikan resulted ln one of the participants being struck down with a wooden pole. The man died the same nigh: from a fractured skull. This incident which allegedly took place at noon on Jan. 14 had a
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    Better Employer—Employee
    382 6 The Federation ot lists and Traders in Singapore which has now applied for registration as a Trade Union had its second council meeting on Tuesday afternoon. One of the principal aims of the Federation, is to arrive, if possible, at some i form of standardisation in conditions of
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    Lincolns Going Back Tomorrow
    210 6 ON FRIDAY, JUNE 4, THE SIX pri) Liov COLNS OF NO. 87 STRAITS SE7TI Fur »7 J I WILL COMMENCE THEIR FIVE DAY, 7.300 FLIGHT TO HEMSWELL, THEIR UK< OlAsh.rT' TION. THEY WILL TAKE OFF FROM TK\(;\H Sh PROXIMATELY 8.30 IN THE MORNING FOR EG( J
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    HELICOP-LETTERS
    46 6 Reuter. LONDON. June, 1. A new chapter in British post office history opened today, when a helicopter took off with 13.000 letters on a 225-mile circular route in Eastern England. Mail delivery is expected to be speeded up by 12 hours by the new service.—Reuter.
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    DEATH __
    23 6 DEATH MORIER: Kiehard Ben** on June ft, 194 X at Hospital, Singapore, from4*L«rong (i. Telok Road, Singapore at 8 am 7 morrow. Ul
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    SPORE SHOULD PUT FOOT DOWN TO END NEGRI FARCE
    1311 7 WEEKLY CRICKET REVIEW...BY RAM PIARA url v. rnbilan proved no Se Sueh for the Singapore criS i— ~ver s past Lome K r..und, Negri suf- h htnvv defeat. The n .,...iri'v aB the grearaune Singapore did not L' th* be»l t»
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    Crowd Jumps Stands At Stadium Game
    542 7 R.A.F. (Seletar) I Indian Association 1 POLICE MADE AN APPEARANCE AT THE JALAN j BESAR STADIUM YESTERDAY AFTER SO SPECTATORS FROM THE STANDB JUMPED THE FENCING AND CROWDED ROUND RAF (SELETAR) PLAYERS AND THE LINESMAN OF THEIR OPPONENTS, THE INDIAN ASSOCIATION. The incident took
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    LOUIS-WALCOTT FIGHT
    49 7 U.P. LONDON. June 2. Fight promoter Jack Solomons, boxing managers Benny Huntman and Sam Burns, together with the British lightweight champion Billy Thompson, and Eric Boon ieft for New York yesterday to attend the Louis-Walcott right. Thompson and Boon are scheduled to appear on the same card/—U.P.
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    HONOURS LIST
    352 7 BATTING 101 not. out Thompson 1 (R.A.F. Sembawang vs. Customs CC). I 82 BUharam (I.A. vs. J H.M. Dockyard). 80 C. W. Murray (Se- i langor Club vs. Com- bmed Schools. K.L.). 79 not out Koay Khoon i Leong (Penang Com- bined XI vs. High School). i 74
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    Week-End Cricket
    162 7 The following will represent Colonials CC. against S.C.C. al the Padang on Saturday June 5 at 2 p.m.: E. J. de Kretser (Capt). T. A. Dole, A. Perera, P. de Kretser, W. Ratnayake, L.G. Ebert. B Dias. D. Miller, A. Fernando, E. Wolffe, V. Brohier N. Woodhull, U.P.T.
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    SPORE BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS
    30 7 Owing to a delay ln the arrival of Bluebird shuttlecocks, the Singapore Badminton Association has decided to use the RSL Tourney shuttlecocks until the Bluebird brand larnve.
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    RAIN MARS TEST TRIAL
    143 7 Reuter. LONDON, June 2: -Rain again interfered with County cricket matches m various parts of the country today. There was no play in the matches between Northampsonshire and Gloucestershire at Northampton, and Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire at Nottingham. The test trial between England and The Rest at
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    C.C.E.S. "BATS" BADMINTON
    135 7 In a friendly Bad mm to: match played at the Choon Guan English School Hall last Saturday, against the Geylanfc Junior B P., the Choon Guan English "Bats" won by games to 1, Results were (C.G.E.S. "Bats' listed firsti SINGLES —Urn See Suang beat Thio Gim Yong
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    BANK XI WIN 5—1
    148 7 In a friendly game of soccer played at Blakan Mati on Sunday, the Hongkong fc Shanghai Bank sports Club defeated the Ist Malay Coast j Battery by five goals to one j L J. Vass receiving a nea: pass from B. Noronha at centre-half, made no
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    BLUE ROVERS WIN
    57 7 In two friendly soccer games played at the McNair Road ground on Sunday last, the "Blue Rovers" Ist and 2nd teams, defeated the Sing Cheng Sports Club Ist and md teams, by 3 goals to 2. and 1 goal to nil. Scorers (Ist XI): Syed Ismail, W.
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    PROBABLES for THE OAKS
    132 7 Reuter. LONDON, June 2:- Proba- 1 ble runners, with jockeys, for the Oaks, running over one and a half miles at Epsom 1500 hours tomorrow are: Ange Ola, W. H. Carr. Heads of Ayr, A. Carson. Tudor Lady, T. Gosling. Sun Lane, C. Smirke. Vetencia, C.
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    POST-MORTEM
    228 7 On yesterday's game BAD luck, ffejetar A.rmtw! Yon should ha\hern aicqrded thqt iast-m,nute .goal-rraad tte game. If Durden kicked the ball aftrr it had pasted over the hack line, can the imesman or anybody for thai 'matter, explain hov) it entered the net? There was a "dead wind" at
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    Sports Tax: No Cut Likely Yet
    415 7 TALKING S OCCER ...By SPECTA TOR w .t\J V v i v ENTERTAINMENT duty on sport is going to remain at the present 30 per cent, (average) scale. A spokesman of the Entertainments Duty Office said yesterday j that the question of any revi-
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    PHILIPPINE TEAM FOR WIMBLEDON
    65 7 Reuter. MANILA. The Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation aas decided to send a team of several top-ranking Filipino tennis players to take part in the forthcoming Wimbledon tournaments, which are sche duled to begin on June 21. Negotiations are also under jvay for a series of matches
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    ST. ANTHONY'S O.B.A. DINNER
    65 7 St. Anthony s Old Boys Association will hold its annual re-union dinner on Sunday, June 13. at 7.30 p.m. in the school premises. All old boys are invited to attend. A subscription of $5/- per head will be charged. All those interested are requested to contact
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    NO MATCH
    30 7 The game in the Third Division yesterday, scheduled between Base Group R.E. and 233 3ase Ordnance, was not played as* 223 Base failed to put in an appearance.
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    NO TEAM TOTALLED 200 RUNS
    187 7 Reuter. LONDON, June 1— Ran In does a day's cr>ik*t go by without at least one Hide reaching 200 but it rtccurrcd today and while ram which pevented play in two games and restricted it in others was largely responsible there were other eases where
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    Ceylon Sports C.C.
    121 7 The following will represent he PeykW Sports Cricket Ciub gaili»; UK" ..M.C.A. on Satuiday at 2 p.m. an the C.S.C. ground: —E. Doraisamy (Capt.), T. E. K. Retnam. N. Balasingham, Meyo Perera. L. P. S. itajasooria. V. Ramalingam, C. Krishnan, V. R. Fernando. T. E. N. Rassip.
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    WHERE'S THE REF?
    238 7 Sportletter I I Sir turned up on I 1 Tuesday at McNair Road j ground to witness the Div. III League soccer watch I 1 between the Unicorns and i 1 Serangoon Association. V The two teams turned up in their full togs, but i i to
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    DUTCH GOVT. ACTS TO END REPUBLIC STATUS DISPUTE
    230 8 Reuter. BATAVIA, June 2.—A special Dutch Government agent wiil fly to Jogjakarta, Republican capital In Java, tomorrow with new instructions from The Hague for the Netherlands delegation negotiating with tho Indonesians, it was announced here toright. Reliable sources said that the ;>gent.
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    SWISS TO CARRY OLYMPIC FLAME
    159 8 Reuter. GENEVA. June 2. One hundred and thirty fhc Swiss ,'ihletes are- training to carry the Olympic flame across 261 kilometres of Swiss country w time for thf London Olympic Game.-i. The flame, handed front torch to tnrrh trcross Europe, trill rtach the Swiss frontier
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    SINGAPORE FIFTH IN N.R.A. COMPETITION
    118 8 Reuter. LONDON. June 2. Hong kong did well in the overseas rifle and revolver matches for 1947. the results of which were announced here today by the National Rifle Association. In the "Lynch-Staunton" Challenge Cup revolver event Hong Kong were second, four points behind Malta.
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    DERBY: FINAL OFFERS
    61 8 Reuter. LONDON. June 2. -Closing Oilers for the Derby are 4-1 My Babu, 5-1 The Cobbler. 10-1 My Love. 100-8 Valo-<-;nes. 100-7 Black Tarquin. 100-6 Tormie Djeddah. I 20-1 Solar Slipper, 22-1 Royal J Drake. 28-1 Native Heath and Ottoman. 40-1 Noor and Pride of India. 50-1
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    Conservation Of Rice: Ration Increase Possible
    552 8 As a result of the careful conservation of thr supplies available and the success which has met the efforts of the Government Procurement Scheme in the Federation of Malaya, upon the declaration of the 1.8. F.C. allocations for the total year 1948, Malaya has
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    A PUZZLE FOR UNECAFE
    171 8 Reuter. Ootacamund, (South India).; June 2. -The status of the Indo- j nesian representatives provider 1 the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East with a puzzle within an hour of its beginning its business session today. The problem, which defied so ution
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    GLUBB PASHA'S STATUS
    179 8 Reuter. LONDON. June 2. The status of Brig. Glubb Pasha, British Commander of the Arab legion, was explained by Mr. Ernest Bevin. British Foreign Secretary, in the House of Commons today. Labour member Emry3 ilHughes. a critic of Mr. Bevin's roreign policy, asked on what conditions Brig.
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    NAZI DOCTORS EXECUTED
    100 8 U.P. LANDSdERG,- June 2. ,even Nazi doctors, convicted i atrocious expei indentation n prisoners, we.it to their reatis today on twin gallows sed in tne 1946 Nuiembcii xecutmn of top-.'iight Oei nan war criminals. Kar! iiiandt. persona] phyician to Hitler and the most lotoricus of the grouo.
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    HONDURAS: NO BRITISH SURRENDER
    174 8 Reuter. LONDON, June 2:—Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin told Parliament today that as British Honduras was British territory' inhabited by British subjects, the British Government could not consider its surrender against the wishes Df the inhabitants on any 3thcr basis than that they had 10 legal right
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    FLOOD WATERS NEAR PEAK
    84 8 Reuter. OTTAWA. June 2—Thousands fled before the still rising waters of, the Columbia ano Fraser Rivers today as the Canadian and United State. Governments, faced with the most disastrous Rocky Mountains thaw in 50 years, thie.v all their rescue resources into the stricken a tea. I
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    OUR C-G—"A SURER SHIELD IN MALAYA"
    324 8 The Economist this week writes on the assumption of office by Mr Malcolm Mac Donald as the Commissioner Ge neral for United Kingdom under the heading Surer Shield in Malaya". The Economist correspon dent in Malaya writes, in part. "The ordinary citizen seeing his
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    KASHMIR MISSION COMPLETE
    121 8 Reuter. LAKE SUCCESS Juno 2 With th** appointment of the American member to<lay. subject to the Senate's ratification ihe Kashmir Commission if complete. But it still lacks one of it.-* >.ro3t important members, the oiincipal secretary to be appointed by the United Nation* Secretariat. Mr. Trygve Lie.
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    BILL BROWN OUR FOR A "DUCK"
    283 8 SOUTHAMPTON, June 2—Bill Johrrta ing six wickets for 74 runs in 38.4 overs staked his claim for a place in the Australi N for the First Test. At the close of play today the i Australians had lost two wickets for 54 runs in
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    Best Time By Air Port
    141 8 Ipoh, Today. Very good times were returned this morning When the inner track was opened for fast work. Best times were by Desert Queen and Air Port (Harperl who both ran three in 36 3/5 seconds. Jackport (Kitchev) went over half mile in 54-. the
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    42 8 TOKIO, June 1 The All-Japen Private Railway Workers Union today rejected an offer from its management to csume negotiations on a com-->roin.se basis, reports the Japutese press, in reply, the Jmon reaffirmed Its decision to •o on strike ginning on •unc 6.
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    MR. untitled TO WATCH THE DERBY
    162 8 Reuter. Lrmdnn, /nmt t—Th k. Minister, Mr. **Oft«| ''•'•rprerio.l,l tended a rmct meeE backed i, hone, mMv I this year Drrbi, but bet. Th* last p nwif jfo visit Kpsom vh'n I 1 j was Lord Wtt+gn Jfl 1 who hmd th, M u
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    HINDU WEDDING
    138 8 (Tribune Staff Report) j Miss S. Annamaiar, eifc iaughter of Mr. E SinciCt rai of the Malayan Raitaj Singapore. wa s wedded j*. lerday morning Hindu rites to Mr. V thurai. popular sporUß and soccer league piay»r 1 Kuala Lumpur. The marriage took playi No, 7, Pahang Flats.
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    CUP SOCCER COMMENTARY
    40 8 A running commeMo Mr. Kingsjoy Morrando j Malaya Cup soccor w~ tween the R*Aj»' S.S.F.A. from Jalan V[ r dium. will be rcia vc Blue Network of R *S,° nit > from 5.10 p.m. to Saturday. Juno i
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