Malaya Tribune, 1 July 1948

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    61 1 The Malaya Tribune BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Larger Sales than any Afternoon Paper in Malaya Printing Simultaneously Kumtm Lumpur, Ipoh d Penang. Telegrams: "Tribune Spore Telephone: 5811 (9 lines). EflpHT PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JULY 1. 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS The MALAYA TRIBUNE London Agents Messrs. Colin Turner Ltd.,
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    FRONTIER FORCE FOR NORTHERN MALAYA
    293 1 Further Expansion Of Police Promised REES WILLIAMS QUESTONED ON FEDERATION CRISIS Reuter. MALAYA may soon have a gendarmerie for the Northern Frontier. Hi is was stated in the House of Commons last night by Mr. David Rees Williams, Under-Secreta r y for the Colonies, in
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    "White Australia" Query
    106 1 Reuter. Anst] n discrimination ..uis and other in British subrefei red to In the Hud i Common* last night Ernest Bramal! when questioning •it policy of engag :..n as iax officials in Malaya. nal] asked the Govnt whether th e apol these otlicers was \s\th its policy
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    The Repentant Thieves
    79 1 Reuter. LONDON, June 30.—Two valuable British racing iNpfcfea, the Royal Hunt Cup and the Queen Elizabeth Cup, it ilia If days ago from the house of a wealthy race horse Mrarr here, today reappeared on his doorstep. The owner, Mr. Robert Mddlemas of Cpminster, said: "Th.- thieves
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    ADM. BOYD ARRIVES
    48 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Admiral &i r Denis Boyd KCB, CBE, DSC. Commander-in-Chief. British Pacific Fleet arrived In Singapore thJl morning on a formal trmnslei of his shore Headquarter and HQ staf. from Hong Kotti to Singapore. The Admiral arrived or. board the sloop. H.M.S. Ale;t
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    MNP 'DISCIPLINE'
    105 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) The Malay Nationalist Party is closing its ranks, and has tmburked on a firmer party discipline. The Central Committee of the Party, it a statement to members on the present emergeacp situation, warned me-my bers against taking indiridiutl action '-beyond the limits of Party discipline."
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    Banishment: new law clarified
    217 1 Reuter. BRITISH subjects in Singapore will not b? I affected by the new banishment law This was disclosed by Mr. Roes Williams, Under-Secretary i for the Colonies, answering a question in the House jof Commons last night. Mr. Rees Williams said: "Experience has shown that there
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    GOLDEN BOY
    56 1 MADRAS, June 30. A twelve-year-old boy "stated to possess miraculous powers" who "produced currency notes from nowhere and gave them to those around him," was the subject of a report in the local press here. The report said the boy caused a "great sensation" and when he went
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    AIR CHIEF REBUKED
    39 1 LONDON. June 30. Air Secretary Arthur Henderson 'old the House of Common, '.today that he nad rebuked Ai r Marshal £ir Hugh Walmsley. Deputy Chief of Air Staff, for referring to Russia as Britain's "potential enemy.
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    TITO IS THEIRS
    39 1 Reuter. PRAGUE, June 30. —Four thousand Yugoslav youths, who arrived in special trains in Prague today to take part in the Czechoslovak Sokol youth festival, shouted "Tito is Ours" as they marched throur/h the streets. Ren-
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    Big Police Round-up
    165 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Officer* of the Singapore Criminal fnveetiaation De- partment were busy lv.st night rounding up bod characters. One man, a Hokkien wa. ai l •ted under a banishmcn' warrant. Mr. E. V. Fowler. C.I.D Chief, described the man J being an active member of i
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    CABARET GIRL ROBBED
    34 1 Last night, shortly after 0 o'clock, a Chinese cabaret drl was waylaid >n Rochore 'anal Road by two Chinese vho fobbed her of $10 in •ash and $70 worth of jewelerjr.
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    "BOMB" ALARM ON THE "QUEEN"
    59 1 Reuter. NEW YORK, June 30 Police sen* an emergency squad and tadio car to the 13.000-ton liner Queen Elizabeth tonight after a telephone call saying a time bomb iad been placed aboard. Nothing was found in v thorough search of the line: due to sail
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    QUAKE HURTS 100
    38 1 Reuter. Athens, June 30. More than 100 people were tonight reported injured in the earthquake which badly damaged the town of Levkas, on Levkas Island, north of Cephalonia, in the loniin Sea (Eastern Mediterranean). —Reuter.
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    Trial Of Strength
    174 1 Reuter. Berlin is a trial of .strength in which Britain could not possibly fail, declared Mr. Frederick Bellenger, Labour, former War Minister, in the Commons' debate on Ger many. Other views expressed by MP's in the debate included: Mr. William Gallacher, Communist: "Russia does not want war,
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    GERMAN CRISIS
    969 1 'Our nerves not snapping'—Bevin LONDON, June 30.—Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin said toda>: "1 think there lias been an attempt to *e»how long our nerves would last. There is no sign Of snapping yet." Mi. Levin, who was referring in House of Commons debate t" BUa#K*a behaviour in Germany,
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    'We are in berlin to stay'—Marshall
    274 1 Reuter. WASHINGTON, June 30: Mr. George Marshall, Secretary of State, said today that Russian action in block tiding Berlin raised "basic qu« Btiotis of serious import." He added: "We are in Berlin to stay." Mr. Marshall's statement road: "We arc in Berlin as a
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    200 Planes Rush Food To Besieged City
    282 1 BERLIN, June 30.—Nearly 200 planes crammed with fowl for Western Berlin reached the besieged city today, cpenlng up what was officially described as the biggest British air opera tion since Burma. me three Western military governors of Germany wil' present Allied plans for
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    KREMLIN...
    29 1 Mr. Anthony Eden, Deputy Opposition Leader, declared in thje House of Commons last niyht that "despite its provocative acts, I cannot believe that the Kremlin today intends war."
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    ....WAR
    42 1 He added, hrtwever; "Hut any vacillation on our part mow would only encourage the rulers of the Soviet Union to believe that further pressure would result in further fielding, until at last stand luts t<> be taken which makes icar inevitable.
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    ...OR PEACE
    53 1 Reuter. "There are occasions when only one possible course of action presents it-self that can preserve peace. I believe that we have reached that point today. "If ever there was time to stand firm, it is now. If ever there was a case in which to stand firm,
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    Gunmen Stage Ambush In Johore: 2 P.C's Injured
    438 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Wednesday night: Two Johore Malay policemen, one a regular constable, tne "other an extra police constable recruited for estate duties, were badly injured when armed gangsters staged an ambush on a ponce P art y at Gelan atailf about 10
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    RAIDERS SPOTTED
    34 2 TAIPING. Wednesday. Two armed Chinese were reported moving near an estate in Trong yesterday at 2 p.m. Military and Police rushed to the scene but no traoc was found of the intruders.
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    GURKHA FLYING SQUADS ACTIVE
    122 2 A military communique issued this morning in ipok states that on the evening of June 29. following a report from the staff of a plantation of lamp signalling between the Slmpang Pulal area six mi l cs from looh and the hills, Gurkha flying squads carried
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    Press Banned From Indian Assn. Meeting
    325 2 The Singapore Indian Association becam* a political body v.sterdav eventag when at an extraordinary general meeting. !tenc\d" by about 25 members, a new constitution was adopted About 10 out of the 35 mentors who came to the meeting walked out in protest against vrUin
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    SPECIAL POLICE FOR MALACCA
    125 2 (From Our Own Reporter) MALACCA. Wed. The Chief Police Officer has announced that men of good physique and character are required for enrolment as Special Constables in Malacca for duties in connection with the present state of emergency. Preference will be given to rrcn ilreaUy qualified
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    Modernisation Plan For Katong Schools
    235 2 The Presbyterian English Schools. Katong. are launching an appeal for more funds for extension, rehabilitation, and provision of modern facilities for the two schools, the Kuo Chuan Girls' School at Joo Chiat Lane, and the Choon Guan English School at Koon Seng Road. I School
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    APPEAL UPHELD
    40 2 In a report which appeared in yesterday's Malaya Tribune the heading read "Malay Curio Dealer's Appeal Fails". This is incorrect. The appeal was upheld. The heading should have re.id Malay Curio Dealer's Appeal Succeeds The error is egretted.
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    17 2 Mr T. W. Ong has returned to the Colony and resumed his seat on the Municipal Commission.
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    Money For Mecca Pilgrimage
    138 2 The Government of Singapore has now fallen into line with the Federal Government and is insisting on a minimum amount of money to be taken on .the pilgrimage to Mecca by each pilgrim. This money is known as nontariff expenditure and is taken in a draft
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    MALAYAN SCOUTERS IN BRITAIN
    180 2 Scouters from Malaya who arrived in England on June 1,4 are now attending two oourses at the International Training; Centre at Gilwell Park. The four Scouters are Mr. C. E. fernandes, Assistant District Commissioner in Negri I Sembilan, Mr. Michael Chong. j District Cub Master in
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    15 PEOPLE FELI FROM BUSES
    72 2 Fifteen cases of people falling irom moving omnibuses occurred in Singapore last month. Eleven of these were males and four females. Six others were knocked down by buses or vehicles, lour being males and two females. A Mi' -i v adult was knocked i down
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    Malay Rulers End Conference
    336 2 (Tribune Staff Reporter) The Malay Rulers Conference, which was scheduled for three days, closed yesterday at 4-45 p.m. When the Sultans and their Mentris Besar left the Dewan they appeared none too happy and seemed to be bowed db\vri with the momentous matters they discussed at
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    FIRMS URGED TO ADOPT GOVT. COL ALLOWANCE
    225 3 [Tribune Staff Reporter| The General Secretary of the Singapore Clerical and Administrative Workers' Union in addressing an appeal to ail private enterprise to follow the lead of the Government in Increasing cost of living allowances to their employees. Quoting excerpts from the 1
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    POSSESSION OF AMMO ALLEGED
    136 3 «ra committed next Assizes r < f bring in J,wfu possessor f f M f)ni m. ammunition n of a prillmln- h< Id before Seventn 1 Shears, yesl R Prynn, prosccut- m giving the facts of the as a result of icceived by the •Sicf that
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    Malayan Students In London "Not Broke"
    326 3 Tk following Us a letter from M. <1 T. Dusack, Liaison Offi cr fa Malayan and Hong Stadents of the Colonial Ofet Laßdna I should like to take this opportunity of referring to ='veral report- which have append in Malayan newspapers lUUtly that students
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    P.E.N. English Class At Katong
    69 3 People's Education inaugurated a bra- Katong at a meeting I Cplvu Road. Katong. r Let Of 29 Amber .i wa elected secretary ja»«s Miry urn Treasurer. katong branch will take I tI! »duli class in II St Hildas School d ay« and Fridays J. Al
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    FOUR NEW ARRESTS
    21 3 and aa Indian m k ni «*l under the &K>r<. in Sin. of the the ordinance 1 yesterday.
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    Dr. Wu Paak-Shing
    23 3 -rt Paak shln Chine* "ftpor, n ia: ,lcre left 81--ar I 'iay morning Q 2 im on his d Nankin^
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    NEW STORE 4.P.
    20 3 Air j. P rk "r- hai brer. %p, be a Justice of r the Culo »»y of
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    DEPUTY HEAD OF RAFFLES
    22 3 Professor N s. Alexander ics been appointed Deputy Principal of Raffles College IS place cf Professor A. Oppenheim.
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    Forthcoming Wedding
    47 3 Mr. Richard George Whittington and Miss Marion Hassall Law will be married at St. Andrew's Cathedral on July 3 at 4.30 p.m. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Mr. R. O. Hasseil Law. while the groom elect is the son of Mr. F. E. Whittlngton
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    S'pore Rotary Club's Induction Dinner
    142 3 I Tribune Staff Reporter] Great conviviality prevailed at the Singapore Rotary Club's induction dinner, held at Raffles Hotel last night, to introduce the Clnb's new President for the ensuing year, Mr. L. Cresson. The dinner was largely attended by rotarians and guests, including among the
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    SLASHED AND ROBBED
    57 3 At 10 a.m* yesterday, at i 'estier Road, a vegetable lawker was set upon by a {■ang and seriously slashed «ritta a chopper. A sum of $28 taken away from his poison. The injured man was admitted in hospital. The Police have arrested an 18-year-old Chinese youth
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    Brooke's Message On Cession Anniversary
    452 3 Anthony Brooke, Raja Muda of Sarawak until the cession, has sent a message to all communities in Sarawak through the medium of the "Utusan Asas" of Sarawak to mark the second anniversary of Sarawak's cession which falls today. The statement reads "I welcome this opportunity
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    76 WORKERS GET $3,500 COMPENSATION
    116 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Compensation payment amounting to $3,500 was made to some 76 workers, including a few 'kepalas' of the Chua Guan Fong Rubber Factory, on Tuesday. This action by the management followed the recent agreement by retrenched workers to quit the factory's quarters after
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    12 MONTHS FOR CHEATING
    123 3 Convicted on two charges of cheating, a young Chinese, Neo Chin Hua. was sentenced in the First District Court yesterday to 12 months' rigorous imprisonment on each charge, the sentence to run concurrently. He was stated to have cheated Lim Ah Ching of $50 on one
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    Would-Be Suicide Bound Over
    112 3 A Chinese woman, Lim Ah See, who pleaded guilty in the Third Police Court yesterday to a charge of attempted suicide, was ordered to be Ixmnd over for a period of six months in the sum of $200. Lim attempted to end her life by taking
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    ALLEGED THIEF WHO WASHED HIS FACE
    254 3 Arraigned on two charges of. armed robbery at the house of! a Chinese woman in Emerald Hill Road, a well-dressed Chinese. Tan Soh Eng. yesterday Dlcaded not guilty at the Singapore Assize Court. It was alleged that cash and jewellery valued approximately at $3,180
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    The Situation In The Colony
    812 4 Yesterday we attempted to examine the present situation in the Federation. Today we essay the same task in respect of the Colony where conditions by comparison are extremely orderly. Indeed, in some respects the position here is far healthier today than it was a month
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    HOW THE PEOPLE LIVE AND EAT IN BRITAIN
    908 4  -  By John Kingsley Speculation is growing as to the degree of success which the British Government's attack on intiation is achieving. On the one hand, there is a school of thought which thinks there is an even more urgent need of controlled
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    Railway Clerks' Salaries 1
    626 4 AS OUR READERS SEE IT sir. i endorse most heartily the views of "Junior Clerk" which were published in your paper and wish to lodge a simi•ai protest through your Readers' Foixim in that the voice of the Junior Clerks are never. o» at least not
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    Salary Schemes
    360 4 Sir. -During the last fortnight a spate of letters has appeared in the press, championing the cause of the Technical Assistants and the members of the G.C.S. It cannot be denied that these services deserve something better in the matter of emoluments, but in attempting to put their
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    Councillors Please Act!
    237 4 Sir, —My son will be 8 next year. I have registered him for admission next January into the primary class of one of the local schools. This school will have room for only 80 new boys in January. But I was told by the Headmaster that he
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      414 4 NOTICES Re V. Selladurai, Deceased All persons having any claims against the estate of the abovenamed deceased, late of Tan Tock Seng Hospital Dressers' Quarters, Singapore, who died on the 31 st day of December, 1944, are required to send particulars of their claims in writing to the Public Trustee,
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    GOOD DIVIDENDS AT K. L SUMMER MEETING
    731 6  -  From ALLAN LEWIS KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday.—There were a number of upsets, and good dividends were returned to punters at today's races, the second day of the Selangor Turf Club Summer Meeting. Highest win-dividend of the day was returned by Techniqno (I'oshni up), who
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    Prosperus B.P. Win
    121 6 In a friendly badminton match played on the home court last Sunday, the Prosperous B.P. beat the Pelandok B.P. by lour games to three. Results (Prosperous BP players mentioned first): Singles:—A. Bakar Aljaru lost, to John Chua 5-0. 3-15. 13-15: On g Tiong Ghee lost to Khoo
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    Djambi Re-Opened
    82 6 (Tribune Staff Reporter) The Sumatran port of Djambi winch has been closed to shipping since June 16, will be reckoned today, a spokesman of the Netherlands ConsulateCJenn al told the Tribune yester- day. To date a large number of applications for sailing permits to Djambi have been made
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    Glamorous Grandma
    42 6 FUm metres* Marlene Dietrich, seen above with Bet* Milland in seem from her latest film. "Golden Earrinns.'' now showing f the Capitol, becanu a qrandmaiher on Tuesday, when het tk-uear-atd daughter, Mrs. William Riva, gave birth to a>i eight-pound bog.
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    Lone Murder Witness Was 4-Year-Old Girl
    227 6 U.P. Manila. Jun<- 'at, Vivian Velez Cliniaeo, four-year-old daughter of the slab: raoyie and radio star. Lilian Vele* Cliniaeo. will be the star prosecution witness when the double murder trial of movir actor, Bernardo Anzurcs, comes up, possibly next week, in Quezon city court.
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    S.C.C. TEA-PARTY
    25 6 The Singapore Chinese Chamber Of Commerce will give a tea-party on July 6 in honour of the Chinese Olympic football and basketball teams.
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    "KISMET" UN-BEATEN
    37 6 The "Kismet" last year's un beaten team kept up their good record by beating the H. Q. Combine Spore District (Fort Canning) at soccer by three goals to one. at th<; Fort Canning ground yesterday
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    34 6 Untitle Gordon Smith, one f l£ of the Singapo, butt has been appoi.i' A( ling Chief Justice. in place of Mr. Justice i xy-Aynsley, who has I f for the TTnited Kingdom on leave,
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    CROWD'S BEHAVIOUR A DISGRACE TO SPORE
    571 7 Post-Mortem On Yesterday's Soccer By SPECTATOR ra( eful crowd behavii:'r the "end" of the shadows everyyesterday When team lost their [JJ, arne against Singawas also an They loot again an«i once more r ecame the tarack and criticism which appartheir dollar only team victorious.
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    Ah ptcidtnt hi the veterans' match on Tneoday, in front of the Services goalmouth, vi th Pan Ka Pint) jumping to head thi ball Let Wax Tong. China's "footl,mi king" smiles as he looks on.
    35 7 Ah ptcidtnt hi the veterans' match on Tneoday, in front of the Services goalmouth vi th Pan Ka Pint) jumping to head thi ball Let Wax Tong. China's "footl,mi king" smiles as he looks on.
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    YADI BECOMES TENNIS CHAMP
    197 7 YAM BECAME THE MEN'S SINGLES TENM& MAMPION OF SINGAPORE YESTERDAY, WHEN Hi: BEAT HIS COMPATRIOT, KAMIS. BY 6 3, 6 4 AT THE S.('.( OCH KTS. Taal played with can "it nevei an) Hi retrieving was a '.o watch, and lie had laf ia beaten on
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    DOCKYARDS LOSE
    67 7 v M uaya beat the DockI 2-1. in a Second DiviLe&Jpie match yesterday, J 1 -yl ing .stadium. <mU opened scor*econd half through '"'!*'•< -forwaid. Malaya inside-left, v last-minute goal 1 ntie-forward, gave victory. M •►per refcreed, and JJJ-JJffi Hori; M.A. Amat. 'ih, Hamzah, H. 1 r Bahudin,
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    MALAYA GET WALK-OVER IN THOMAS CUP
    180 7 Reuter. London. Juno 30. India have drawn Canada in the first round of the American zone of thr Thomas Cup. the international badminton trophy being run on Davis Cup lines. The only other team in the American zone is the United States who received
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    Untitle Park Match
    38 7 The n I istrict Signals defeated the Keppcl Bus Company b- g.xils to 0 at soccer at 6* l fret Park grouna VCStCi dt yi id r*%*ld (2). Murray and DftVo'i r j the scoters.
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    Untitle SPORTS
    40 7 The annual athletic sporty of Raffles institution will be held on Saturday. August T. at 3 p.m. on the school ground* .here will be two events tor Old Boys O 30. 100 yards HCap. (Under 30) 440 yards.
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    19 7 Entries for the Singapore Amateur Athletic Chamriontuiipa close on Ht will be held on July 16 ana July 17.
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    Services Surprise China Olympic XI
    452 7 i Combined Services 1. j China Olympic XI 0. The China Olympic XI had a ■heck at Jalan Bcsar Stadium j yesterday when they were beaten one -nil by the Combined Services side. The Combined Services scored I about minutes from the end. I China
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    K.O. CRICKET TOURNEY
    143 7 A cricket match played at Tanglin on Monday last between 443 Ease Ammn: Depot, Kranji and District Workshops. Singapore, in the Singapore District Kncek-out Competition, resulted in a win for 443 B.A.D. Batting first in a 20 over match, the B.A.D. knocks' up 121 for the losa
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    SINGAPORE BADMINTON TOURNAMENT
    206 7 Results of ties in the Singapore Badminton Junior Championships played on Sunday were as follows: Mon's Junior Singles: Cheong Eng Leong (TJ.C.A.) beat Yeo Bin Chiat (Mayflower) 14—14, (o—3). 15—6. 14 —14 (3—0); Koh Cheng Hock <Rex> beat Munajat «Perhimponan Stia). 17—16. 8 15. 15-10; Heng Slak
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    ECLIPSE B.P.
    37 7 The following will represent the Eclipse B.P. against the Useful B.P. at the Clerical Union Hall tonight. Cheong Hock Leng, Ahmad Mattar. Chta Chin Soon, Wee Chye Koon, Cheong Hock Whatt. and Miss J. Rufus.
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    KIWI BADMINTON
    28 7 Badminton practice will be held at No. 141-B, Devonshire Roud. Sin?apore on Saturday at 4 p.m. Kiwi members Who are Interested should endeavour to attend. I
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    HONG KONG TEAM SHOWED THEIR TRUE FORM AT K.L
    1173 7 WEEKLY CRICKET REVIEW...BY RAM PIARA The Hong Kong cricket team concluded their tour by playing scintillating cricket at Kuala Lumpur against a strong Federation XI. Nobody WOUld deny that the Federation team was the at longest pitted against the visitors. It
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    BOWLERS BEAT BATSMEN
    105 7 Bowlers triumphed over batsmen when the Raffles Institution 2nd XI met and defeated St. Andrew's School 2nd XI by eiffht runs at cricket at the former's grounds yesterday. The Rafflesians knocked up 62 runs, in reply to St. Andrew's 54. The bowlers of both teams returned splendid
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    ORIENTAL B.P.
    68 7 The following were elected office-bearers of the Oriental Badminton Party lor the current year: Patron: Mr. Robert I>okc; President: Mr. Phua Chec Kirn (re-elected); Hon. Secretary: Mr. Tan Peng Koon (re-elect-ed Hon. Auditor: Mr. Tony Goh; Hon. Treasurer: Mr. Tay Soy Bah: Hon. Sports Capt.. Mr. Lim Hu
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    33 7 The appointment of Mr. A B Cobden Ramsay, sn officer of Class II in the Malayan Civil Service, to be acting British Adviaer, Kedah, with effect from May 22, 1948 has been gazetted.
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    Entries For S.T.C. July Meeting
    764 7 A total of 163 horses comprising 50 Class 1 144 Class 3 and 19 Griffins, have entered for the Singapore Turf Club July meeting on July 10, 14 17. There will be eight races on each day. the first race to start at 2 p.m.
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    HONOURS LIST
    205 7 RATTING. 103 n.o. Brohier (< oi«»r*al XI vs. Dockyard XI). 101 n.o. Yogarajah (t'.S.C. vs. 5.C.8.C.). 74 n.o. KUbeo (ilong Kong vs. Federation XI). 57 Ong Hock Fang (Old Frees vs. Present Frus Penang). 55 R. Ferry (S.K.C. vs. Indian Assocn.). 50 n.0.8. Marks (Selangi.r Eurasian* vs. S.CR.C,
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    Bromwich And Falkenburg To Meet In Singles Final
    517 8 Reuter. WIMBLEDON, June 30.—The Wimbledon men's singles title for 1948 will be fought on Friday between John Bromwich of Australia and Bob of the United States as a result of today's semi-finals, in which Bto*"»wich beat Josef Asooth of Hungary by 6-3,
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    TRAITOR BEST GOES TO JAIL
    138 8 Reuter. BOSTON June -in- Behert Henry Best, American ne%OSpapmrman an t radio propagandist ton ths Naeis, was gaoled for /</* today far li t ason. Tht Assistant At Un m>l Qaneral ot tht I'wtcd states had aiked fan a death sentBest'a coftusef. Mr. CharUs W.
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    U.S. AID FOR CHINA
    60 8 U.P. NANKIN* J, June 30.—With major barriers cleared, Urn Sino-American agreement on spending aid funds in China wil be Signed Q "f- W hOUTS bof >ie" the Jul) 3 'i' udline, it was authoritatively learned this afternoon. Th» agreement will i>e igncd here by ;he United
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    TRAINING FOR S'PORE RACES
    69 8 Horaea under the charge of 'oca' trainers were out foi trac'i work tin.-: morning wher >tliei. training for the forth- li-ii- iftly meeting at Bukit Ti this morning. c. ceya "vv'udsworth and Stirling and riding hoys gav< lie candidates light exercise while .sour wor»- seen at
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    S'PORE BASE
    80 8 Reuter. LONDON. June 30.—Mr. A. V. Alexander, Minister of Defence, told Parliament today th&| before deciding on the reconstruction of th e Singapore base, the British Government took full expert advice from all appropriate sources. He was replying to a Labour member, Mr. Emrys Hughes, who had asked
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    38 8 The PWD strong room at Kangar was broken into on Monday night and some detonators were removed. The miscreants escaped when the watchman flashed his torch at them. Police were informed and the area was combed without sueceb.s.
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    Gent: No Comment From Whitehall
    238 8 (From LIM KENG HOR) LONDON, June 30.—The Colonial Office was non-committal today on the rumours which swept official circles here that Sir Edward Gent, High Commissioner of the Federation, had b?en relieved of his post. Mountbatten would be going to Malaya, but this could not
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    31 8 Three Chinese families were rendeied homeless on Saturday when their attap-house at Sentul Pasar was completely wrecked by fire. Considerable damage was also done to the belonging 3 of the occupants.
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    SHOT POLICEMEN CRITICAL
    83 8 (Tribune Staff Reporter) JOHORE BAHRU, Today —A police spokesman this morning described the condition of the Malay policemen, who were wounded in yesterday evening's ambush at Geland Patah, as "critical, but as best as can be." The extra police constable who was driving the car was hit
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    RED TROUBLE IN DACCA
    65 8 Reuter. DACCA. East Bengal, June 30.—Police patrolled parts ot Dacca today after several people had been injured in a disturbance at a Communist Party meeting when some ol the speakers criticised East Bengal Ministry. Supporters of the Ministry protested ana thus led to a clash. Stray
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    Fagg Hits 167 For Kent
    394 8 LONDON, June 30.—After the T I debacle England's chief need would I bowlers of the speed variety, and the rS- I no doubt be watched to unearth them I It was a spinner who took bowling honours in today's ?ounty games, however, for W. B.
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    Don 84 Not Out In 90 Minutes
    340 8 LONDON, June 30—Australia opened their batting today against Surrey with Lindsay Ha and Ron Hamence, and although the latter i out without scoring, the vice-captain and Don Bradman had put the tourists in a strong position by the time stumps were drawn. Hassett
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    Cominform Hq. To Quit Belgrade
    262 8 Reuter. BELGRADE. June 30 —Headquarters of the 9-nation Cominform will move from Belgrade, Marshal Josip Tito's capital, it was reliably report- cci in Belgrade tonight. Its new home will be Bucharest. Rumanian capital where the meeting was held which 'excommunicated' the Marshal and the Yugoslav
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    Xuyan In Hanoi
    44 8 Reuter. PARIS Jun« 30.—General Nguyen van Xuyan. head of ths ovisional cent al govc i nment of Vietnam, has ar rived at Hanoi in Northern Indochina, the ne* govern ment administrative capital, the Fiench Press Agency reported today from Hanoi.— Reu'.er.
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    SETTLEMENT PLAN FOR MALAYA
    68 8 SETTLEMENT P LAN FOR MALAYA Lanoui lIP, Mi Borenaen. asked a. Urn H of Commons last nii User conaideratioa given in Malaya to th< sity of ensuring ma. I" wno .1 i not return Uj can settle on the la" whether a land scheme is likely to bs e<l in
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