Malaya Tribune, 13 July 1948

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    60 1 The Malaya Tribune BY THE PEOPLE FOU THE PEOPLE Larger Sales than any A fie i noon Paper in Mstlaya Kuala f»c«an 9 Telegrams: "Tribune Spore." Telephone: 5811 (9 lines). *m*m J^. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS The MALAYA TRIBUNE London Agents Messrs. Colin Turner Lta., Talbot
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    BERLIN CRISIS WORSENS: NEW SOVIET TRAVEL BAN
    493 1 US. BUILDING AIR BASE FOR B-29's ROBERTSON ASKS FOR MORE TROOPS Reuter and U.P. LONDON, July 12.—The Berlin crisis entered a more serious phase today when the Russians announced a new travel ban following reports rrom London that Gen. Sir E-rian Robertson, British
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    MUTINY ON HIGH SEAS
    75 1 U.P. oN |M>\, Jttlj The yyfiraa *ni» William Carm 4*3 wml ;l hmtrmm j .iiuni; her t rew had I bml control. Mj: mtmmX* asked for immm* hHp, according to v mmf} IVlegraß*. Hi \\iliktm < ars.m was MftM i" he bound for Srtttia, and was
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    Arabs to discuss new truce
    127 1 Reuter and U.P. July 12. Leaders Arab states of Iraq. Lebanon were ex- to hold an important re late tonight, to discuss a new 'inc. Defence Minister, H ,'iv. arrived here Im ifipmoon with a Foreign Isctr > f and tonight they ted to be
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    HE SETZED A PLYING FORT
    37 1 ■AUPAX, Jury 12. Cusrharies Collins it pending advice I < had impounr 1 aiUti stat. s Hying forParrying nine men who on a navigational from New York, was reported to of the Has
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    AIR STRIKE
    43 1 Reuter. ™F. HAGUE, July 12. y>i Dutch airlines (KLM) Us Paris serII of the ground r »t French airports th f'. h "1 OUI today. fcsL 1 f,liine ,lue to at 4t AnisstHidani tonight, 1 «"t leave Paris until tomorning. Reuter.
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    £30 TREE STOLEN IN a JIFFY
    127 1 Renter. I LIVERPOOL, July 12— At Liverpool today Charles Masterson, local store manager, told the Liverpool stipendiary that endless methods were being tried to combat the j "shoplifting evil". The big difficulty in their business was that garments I had to be tried on.
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    MR. EDEN IN HAMBURG
    38 1 Reuter. HAMBURG, July 12.—Mr. Anthony Eden, former British Foreign Secretary, arrived at Ueteraeia airport near Hamburg tonight. He is meeting Gen. Sir Brian Robertson tomorrow and is fly ing with him to Berlin. Renter.
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    INDIAN DINNER
    22 1 The East-West Society will held an Indian Dinner on Thursday at the Punjab Restaurant in Albert Street, at I p.m.
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    U.S. SENDS "JETS" TO GERMANY
    90 1 U.P. DETROIT, July 12. A flight of 16 United States jet fighters roo/c, ,off Jrotn the airfield here on the first leg of the initial transAtlantic trrossing heading for Germany. The first H P-80 Shooting Star jet planes roared aloft early this morning and streaked
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    2,000 Doctors To Discuss Polio
    231 1 NEW YORK, July 12.—Prof. Herbert J. Seddon, Nuffield professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Oxford University, told the first International Poliomyelitis Conference, which opened here today, that no country in the world could alford to ignore the waste of time, effort and mon?y resulting from infantile
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    PRE-FAB BOREDOM
    31 1 U.P. London. July 12. "Prefab boredom and frustration" is endangering the happines3 of thousands of Londoners, Mr. George Mitchell said today at the London Council of Social Service. U.P.
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    GENT CRASH: PUBLIC PROBE
    78 1 London, July 12. A public mgniry is to be held into the air crash in which a Swedish Cloudmasler plane collided in midair with an RAF York three miles off Northolt air,>ort, near London, on July 4, Lord Pakenham, Minister of Civil Aviation, announced tonight. Thirty-nine
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    SALARIES REPORT TABLED
    58 1 i frlfot*u> Staff Renortcr' The final report of the Special Committee on Salaries appointed by the Federal Legislative Council and the Singapore Advisory Council was tabled at this morning's meeting of the Legislative Council held in the Victoria Hall. The report contains several recommendations for revision of
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    LEAVE FOR LOCAL STAFF
    131 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) ln a written reply to Mr. C. C. Tan's questions on vacation leave for Government servants, tabled at this morning s Legislative Council, it was stated that locally recruited Government servants have rarely been refused vacation leave since April 1. 1946, whether on
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    U.S. ENVOY DEAD
    31 1 U.P. Stuttgart. July 12. Mr. Anderson Hodgson, U.S. Con-sul-General here, died of cerebral hemmorhage on the way jto hospital this morning. He was 58 years of age. U.P.
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    THE GIRLS WITH 'MANY HUSBANDS" ARE EVICTED
    434 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) A brothel in one of the Singaoore Improvement Trust flats in Tiong Bahru was officially closed down last month. This was due to the initiative and hard work of the Women and Girl Protection branch of Ihe Social Welfare Department.
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    12 FRESH EMERGENCY ARRESTS
    88 1 A total of GO persons, Chinese, Indians and Malays, are being detained under the Emergency Regulations. East night 12 fresh arrest were made, 10 Chinese and twe Indians. After interrogation, eignt Chinese were released. The total number of personrounded up since the new law cume into
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    CYCLIST INJURED
    53 1 <Tribune Staff Reporter) An Indian cyclist was taken ;to hospital with a fractured thigh as a result of being knocked down by a motor-car ,in Serangoon Road yesterday afternoon. Early today a Chinese lad was knocked down by a motor-lorry in Bukit Panjang. He was removed to hospital
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    CHINA WARSHIPS HERE JULY 19?
    157 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) The date of arrival of the two Chinese warships recently transferred from the Roy a' Navy to the Chinese Government seems to be uncertain. According to nn early schedule, the vessels, the 5,270-ton light cruiser Chungking am' 1,000-ton destroyer Lingfu were rive
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    ARMY INDUSTRIAL WORKERS' UNION
    67 1 A general meeting of the Army Civil Industrial Workers in Singapore will be held on Sunday. July 25. at 331, North Bridge Road 'Ist floor*, Singapore, at 3 p.m. for the purpose of forming a Trade Unio n representing all directly engaged W.D. employees under Tables
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    TO VOTE FOR TRUMAN
    31 1 UP PHILADELPHIA, July 12.— Janus Roosevelt and 48 other California delegates to the j Democratic Convention, said that they would vote for the nomination ol Truman.- UP
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    £15,400 FOR A BIBLE
    61 1 UP LONDON, Jidy 12. A Vellum copy of the first dated bible produced in tis9 brought £15,400 tod-iy at on a uctton. Quaritch, London booksellers, outbid American and contin* ntal firms to get the prize. The price was the highest paid for a bible since last
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    Greater Powers For Governor
    449 1 (rribunc Staff Reporter) A Bill to give the Governor of Singapore wider powers under the Emergency Regulations Ordi nance was tabled at the meeting of the Legislative Council this mcrning. It was moved by the Attorney General. The main objects of the new bill are to
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    STOP PRESS
    69 1 JOHORE ARSON A factory near Mengkibol Estate, Kluang, waft set on fire thin morning. Three men dressed in black were Keen running from the scene. Fourteen Chinese armed with a sten gun and a variety of other weapons forced their way into a house at Sungel Sian and
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    Terrorists Hold Up Train, Cut Off Coal-Mining Town
    657 2  -  Five Chinese Killed, Machinery Damaged By A Special Correspondent BATU ARANG, Monday night.—About 100 armed terrorists, in one of their biggest raids in the Federation this morning, isolated the coal-mining town of Batu A rang, by road, rail and phone, attacked the
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    FEDERATION FLASHES
    168 2 PAHANG M On the evening of July 10. at Ulu Dong, police raided a secret meeting place in a Malay house. Three Malay s and nine Chinese were arrested. Two escaped. Three handgrenades were found in the house and important documents were seized. KEDAH (Penis) The police are
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    Making Americans S'pore-Conscious
    245 2 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Making Americans Singa-pore-conscious is what Mr. Leo A. Mathews, General Passenger .Agent for American President Lines is ln Singapore today for. Mr. Mathews arrived here last Saturday to gather information about the Colony and to sell to Americans the idea of the "great charm
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    GRANJE BRIDE MARRIES HERE
    167 2 (Tribune Staff Reporter) A pretty wedding took place at the Wesley Church. Fort Canning yesterday rftei noon, when Mr. Johann J. D. Kooy. son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Kooy. was married to Mrs. Maria Kramer Bentem. daughter of Mr. and Mr:- Bentem, of Bessenheim. Holland.
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    R.A.M.C.MAN SHOT DEAD
    256 2 A local member of the R.A.M.C. who spent one night of his 10-days leave climbing over the fence of a "protected place" was shot and killed by a sentry when he failed to answer the repeated challenge of the sentry. The incident occurred at the store depot
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    Masked Men Take Cash, Jewellery
    35 2 Four ma&ked Chinese, armed with two pistols broke into a house in Boon Teck Street early yesterday morning and got away with $45 in cash and jewellery valued at $150.
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    BANDITS TAKE OVER ESTATE
    62 2 KUALA KANOSAR, Monday night. At 10 a.m. today the manager of Senggang Estate, Manong, was attacked by 30 armed Chinese. The manager escaped but the Chinese are said to control the estate. Police have taken immediate action and military assistance has been requested. The nationality of
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    204 HELD IN JOHORE
    42 2 (From Our Own Reporter) JOHORE BAHRU. Monday night.—-A Johore police communique revealed that up to dale 201 persons have been arrested throughout Johore under the Emergency Regulations. Those arrested include former officials of trade unions and Communist-inclined organisations.
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    FIRST CHINESE ENVOY TO AUSTRALIA
    126 2 (Tribune Staff Reporter) j China's first Ambassador to Australia, Dr. Kan Lai-kuang, arrived in Singapore yesterday by 8.0.A.C. flying boat enroute to Canberra. Singapore Chinese-Consulate members were present in force to great Dr. Kan at Kallang Airport. Mr. Claude Massey, Australian Commissioner in Malaya, also
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    BARBER SHOT
    48 2 (From Our Own Reporter) KUALA LUMPUR. July 12.— A young Chinese barber of Tupai returning home from Taiping was shot by an unknown assailant on Saturday. The victim who was removed to hospital by the police, died the same night. Motive of the murder la tinknown.
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    Motor Driver On Forgery Charge
    160 2 Noordin bin Mohamed Sab (20). No. 10, Pulau Saigon, a driver attached to the Immigration Department, was committed for trial at the next Assizes on a charge of forgery, and, alternatively, using as genuine a forged document, at the conclusion of a preliminary inquiry held
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    "PARENTS' DAY"
    101 2 The 'Parents' Day' of the Malay Girls School was held ln Kuala Kangsar during the week-end. There was a big leathering of Rajas and others present, amongst whom were Mr. A. D. York, (District Officer), Y. T. M. Raja Perampuan of Perak, Y. A. M. Raja Puan Muda
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    39 2 The trusters of the Pertis Relief Stores Fund are donating a radio set for the Kangar Hospital T. B. Ward. A donation for the purpose of starting a Public Library In Kangar has also been made, It Is understood.
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    Adultery Charges In Divorce Case
    572 2 Allegations and counterallegations of adultery were made in the Singapore High Court before Mr. Justice Brown yesterday at the hearing of a divorce suit in which Mrs. Mona Patricia Braga is suing her husband, Mr. A. J. Braga, for a dissolution of her marriage with
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    Robbed Taxicab Driver, Jailed
    84 2 Found guilty at the Slugaporo Assise Court yesterday on a charge of robbery, an Indian. Mohamed Zaman Khan, was sentenced to three-and-a-half years' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Justice Thorogood. Khan was alleged to have robbed a taxi-driver, Ng Boon Leong, on the night of December 17
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    District Judge Becomes Muslim
    52 2 Mr. C. W. Newton. Malacca District Jttdgi hiv embraced Islam sine July 7. ■B J his Muslim name ;s Alxlul Rahim. announced Tuan Sy?d Ahmad bin Mohammad Habshi. J.P. and Katlit of Malacca, according to a report In a recent Issue of the Kualn Lumpur Malay
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    SERVICEMAN INJURED
    92 3 ,t t7 iiepacter) P££ Srporal was shot A *r |y yesterday 2 allegedly atto cnt< r i protected have been I persons, includrc believed to to eater 223 m. Jmong 1 a.m. yestermi i tU BuHed to cut fencing and a sontry. >■ t<. have igge. and the
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    FURTHER DROP IN PRICES OF FISH A GOOD SIGN
    351 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) m u*ttav"«S a n° W awakeni ng to the fact that they f onlv at cheaper prices and they must be ZZ inZffi to do ">> the Deputy Price Controller told the Tribune yesterday. The official stated that
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    Chinese On Arms Charge
    240 3 Chin Jit Shing (55). of No. 65. Kcrbau Road, on a $2,000 bail pending a preliminary inquiry into an arms violation charge, had his bail withdrawn when he was committed for trial at the next Assizes, at the conclusion yesterday of a preliminary inquiry bef or
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    70 3 In declaring open the Lubok Mcrmau Malay School "Show" which was held in conjunction with the annual athletic sports of t he at Kuala Kangsar recently. Mr. A. D. York (District Officer) expressed his delight in the great improvement shown by the school both in studies, handwork and physical training
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    CARETAKER JAILED
    112 3 Charged with stealing property valued at over $2,600, an Indian, Mohd. Kamail bin Abdullah was yesterday sentenced to nine weeks' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. L. C. Goh, Second Police Court Magistrate. The accused was employed oy the P.W.D. as caretaker of four bungalows at Tanjong Rhu, the prosecution
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    Malayan Law Students Entertained In U.K.
    188 3 At a small celebration of recent Bar successes, Mr. O. T. Dussek, Liaison Officer, entertained Malayan Law students to tea at the Royal Empire Society in Britain. Students present included:— Syed Esa bin Almcnoar of Singapore, Miss Chong Kirn Yin of Sercmban, Mrs. P.
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    THRIFT TEA PARTY
    87 3 The P. T. Co-op. Thrift and Loan Society,—the first of its kind in Malaya, will entertain its first secretary and treasurer, Mr. B. A. Skelchy to a tea-party on Sunday, instant, prior to the commencement of the Society's 22nd annual general meeting. Mr. Skelchy received the M.B.E.
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    100 Attend YWCA Social Evening
    186 3 A Y.W.C.A. membership party was held last evening at the Hostel Parlors on Fort Canning Road, in which nearly 100 members participated. Opening the programme was a talk by the President, Mrs. Loh Poon Lip, in which she exnressed appreciation of the services to the
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    A.A.C. OFFICE BEARERS
    100 3 The following have been elected office bearers of the Aston Athletic Club for the year 1948/1949: Patron, Mr. Tan Chiap Choon; president, Mr. Low Tang Chang; vice-presidents. Urn Scow Eng, Ho Quee Phiau, Lim Boon Teck, Tan Kee Chor, Tan Sin Peng. Lim Scow Chuan. Soh RB«w
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    War Dept. Workers To Form Union
    94 3 Skilled daily paid workers 4 the War Department in Singapore will inaugurate a new trade union on Jul# 25 at a meeting to be held at 331, North Bridge Road. The move for the union was sponsored by the Army Civil Service Union. The
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    TASTED VICTIM'S BLOOD
    107 3 Allegations that the accused man, a Bengali jaga, dabbed a finger in the blood vhich was streaming from the complainant's head and tasting it, were made yesterday before sentence of one ting's simple imprisonment •MM passed at the Fourth Police Court on the jaga for assaulting an
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    Russian Guards For S'pore Bound Ships
    169 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) t Burly Russian guards arc, being employed on Singaporebound British ships to guard the vessels from pirates. Russian guards recruited from Hong Kong and othei China ports have been on the j vessels of Jardine. Matheson and Co. Ltd. ever since
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    QUICK RUN BY R.I.L. SHIP
    102 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) A quick-time run from Fremantle to Singapore in a week was accomplished with the arrival of the Royal Interocean Lines vessel, the 4,000--ton Mactsuyckcr, in Singapore waters yesterday. This was the first compaction of the Malaya-Indies-Western Australia service resumed by the X.P.M.
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    Doctors Scarce In Indonesia
    110 3 Indonesia, with a population of 70 million, has about only 1,500 doctors, according to Br. Tjoa Sek len, Indonesian delegate to Lake Success, who arrived here recently on his return to Indonesia, Dr. Tjoa, who was accompanied by his wife, studied in the USA the American
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    14 ACCIDENTS YESTERDAY
    167 3 i Tribune staff Reporter) A total of 14 road accidents, iucluding a "hit-and-run" case, was reported yesterday. An unidentified vehicle which knocked down an Indian youth at Farrcr Road at about 10 a.m. yesterday failed to stop. The injured boy was seen by a radio patrol car
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    ARMS "BAG" BY STORE POLICE
    133 3 The Singapore Police Force recovered during June this year 14 revolvers, six pistols, a shot gun, a machine-gun, nine hand grenades, a land mine. 20 Lewis-gun magazines and 706 rounds of ammunition of various calibre. The Police arrested 15 persons last month, who are alleged
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    21 3 Mr. Lee Kong Chian, well-known Singapore businessman returned to Malaya today from a four-month tour in the United States and England.
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    Berlin To Belgrade
    761 4 It is a common belief that Soviet Russia will jontinue her campaign of obstruction and pinpricking against the Western Powers up to within an ace of breaking point. It is also a common belief that Moscow does not wish to push matters to the stage at which
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    UK COAL EXPERTS FOR AUSTRALIA
    66 4 Reuter-AAP. SYDNEY.—Two coal-mining experts, loaned by the British Government for a few months to advise on mine modernisation, arrived in Australia at the beginning of July. They are Mr. J. Hunter, of the National Coal Board, and Mr. H. R. Houston, of the British Department
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    AN AFRICAN DILEMMA
    1624 4 Should the Nile be the instrument of the politician or the special concern of the scentis To what extent the Nile la African (in broadest continental terms) is difficult to establish. While an appreciation of its length as somewhat greater than the length of Egypt U a
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    Broadcasts In Chinese
    191 4 Sir, —There have no doubt been others who have complained in the past—but I feel that I must add my voice to these, as from what I can see, the Chinese listening public are not getting a fair deal. My reason for saying this is that the
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    M- CS. Posts
    162 4 PORTIA. SIR, —On page two of your issue of July 6 there appears an article headed "Sons of soil fill M.C.S. Posts"; this article reproduces a statement from the Annual Review of the Colonial Empire that 96 per cent of the Civil Service posts in the Colonies
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    S. AFRICA PREPARES ITS BUDGET
    190 4 Reuter. Johannesburg. Consider ation of the budget will be one of the first tasks of the new South African Parliament when it assembles on August 6 j Its first meeting has been I delayed until this date to enI able Mr. N. C. Havenga. the
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    NEW PLANS TO REVIVE S'PORE VOLUNTEER CORPS
    235 6 The Singapore Volunteer Corps is to be revived under plans which propose utilising the services of the Volunteers not as a fighting unit but for liaison duties, an official statement issued yesterday said. The idea behind the plans is to use to the
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    7 Hospital Cases
    211 6 I (Tribune Staff Reporter) A Chinese living in the Hill Street area was rushed to hospital in the early hours of yesterday morning after he was reported to have drunk opium. A 60-year-old Hokkien woman living at Jalan Yassim who was injured with a wound on the
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    2,082 Immigrants Screened In June
    335 6 The Women and Girls Protection branch of the Social Welfare Department screened 2.082 women and children at its Depot during last month. This figure shows a decrease of about 25 per cent, compared with May, and is said to be due to the greater strictness
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    I.E.F.C. RICE MEETING
    80 6 The l7tn meeting of the lEFC Sub-Committee on rice for S.E. Asia took place at the Cathay Building, Singapore, on Saturday July 10, and yesterday, Dr. William Clyde. CMG, presiding. Shipping programmes for August were confirmed. The member for Slam announced that it was his Government's intention
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    32 6 Due to the shortage of current and inability to supply power to the outskirts of Kangar, the Electric Department, Kedah and Porlis, contemplates to instal another engine at the Kangar Power Station.
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    YORK HILL HOME CLOSES DOWN
    274 6 (Tribune Staff Reporter) The York Hill Home, run.by the Social Welfare Department, was officially closed at the end ot last month. Notices were served on the inmates on April 1, when the total number of inmates was 143. At the beginning of June there were
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    Governor To Visit Registration Offices
    59 6 H.E. The Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson, will pay his second visit to the Registration Offices, tomorrow afternoon. He will visit the offices each in Municipal South West and Rural West, namely. Radin Mas School, Pasir Panjang Malay School. Bukit Timah Dispensary, Bukit Panjang
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    STANDSTILL IN BETTING FOR ST. LEGER
    121 6 Reuter. LONDON. July 12.—Betting on the St. Leger was practically at a standstill when the card was called over at the Victoria Club. London, tonight. My Love, the favourite, was unchanged at 2—l. 100*8 Bar Four being offered. This includes Black Tarquin whose price
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    RUBBER FUTURES
    71 6 U.P. NEW YORK, July 12. Rubber futures closed four to 15 higher with sales of 48 contracts. Spot was 24 nomin- ai. Closing prices July 22.40 traded, August 22.45 nominal, September 22.49 asked October and November 22.49 nominal, December 22.49 asked, January 22.42 nominal, February 22.36 nominal. March
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    CIVIL SERVANTS TO STRIKE?
    76 6 Reuter. PARIS. July 12.—One and a j half million French civil servants were tonight awaiting I word from the Cabinet which j will decide whether or not they join the 70,000 already on strike j lor higher pay. The Government were due to announce today details
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    Thrift & Loan Plan For Army Workers
    260 6 Thrift Loan Plan For Army Workers (Tribune Staff Reporter) An ambitious scheme, covering thrift and loan co-operation, unemployment and sickness insurance, employment exchange facilities and widows and orphans' funds, has been launched by the Army workers in Singapore through their trade union, the Army Civil Services Union. The scheme has
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    US JUDGE DECLINES VICE-PRESIDENCY
    79 6 Reuter. PORTLAND, OREGON. July 12—Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas told reporters today that he would no t accept a Vice Presidential nomination. Confirming reports from the Democratic National convention ln Philadelphia, Justice Douglas declared in a statement: "I say definitely and finally that lam not
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    ISHANGHAI TEAM'S VISIT A MYSTERY HERE
    454 7 I SHANGHAI TEAM'S VISIT A MYSTERY HERE TALKING SOCCER....BY SPECTATOR f forthcomteg visd "f Shanghai something where." com.mentthc S.A.F.A. nothing of this if the team." unlikely though that S jUe A. will be able to any further visits by a- t< una this year to the heavy pro- ;,h, ad
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    COLOUR BAR EVEN IN TENNIS
    118 7 Reuter. BALTIMORK. Maryland, J|| y 12 Negroes and who played in a. mixtPTinis event here and lay 1 th* 1 ground when pottce gal to remove them were graad jury action to--2 charges of violating M Ntregatioa rules and ■aakny eon.iuct. W the 21 arrested,
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    TITLE FIGHT
    35 7 Reuter. July 12. "WJaiua, the holder. Jack, rormer cham'lbsT U(^hc <' 'n at Dst. ta* 2, ,hou workl u«w- over 15 rounds lunl. hil l boctl rumours *J 7 have difficulty W hi.ut Hcutcr.
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    JOLLILADS SOCCER
    65 7 h222 n S are sheeted to &d £2* U the Jollilads th. Corr. Military j. -Alun Saturday at 5.16 feaad k ji,,man Barracks *a v "jwayana, Arumuph R > Narayanan, Sup. i'niinasivam. n S Players will the Jollilads IXI r iv. parr. Military BanLi 1 SunU *y itt
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    Post-Mortem
    164 7 On Yesterday's Came CHIT him seems to have been permanently shift' td to the vanguard. Yesterday teas the third successive occasion he played among the forwards. He led the attack and while he might not have filled the position wholly successfully from tht point of view of opening out
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    Athletes Beat 3A's In Div. I Game
    445 7 C.A A.A.A 2 The Chinese Athletes bea! the Amicable Athletic Association by 3 goals to 2 in a closely contested Div. l league match at Jalan Besar Sta- dium yesterday. Chit Lim opened accounts for Three A"s, the CA. replying through their speedy
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    MAYFLOWER B.P.
    118 7 The relieving players are present the Mayflower *n "A" team against "B* team in a trial n.rit( h Clerical Union Hall H row commencing from 7 jvm. Singles Wong Teng Soon vs. Tan Guan Hong. Low Seah Chuan vs. Lnu Teng Siah. Wong Chong Teck vs. Richard Lee
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    Trans-Atlantic Jet Flights
    92 7 Reuter. LONDON, July 12.-As British plants today completed the leg of the first TransAtlantic flight by jet-propelled aircraft American jet-fighters prepared to take off. Six British De Havilland Vampires arrived at Reykjavik, Iceland, this afternoon from Scotland on the first stag» of their east to west trip.
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    JOCKEYS' DANCE
    105 7 The dance organiseo Dy the Malayan Jockeys' Association and held last night in the Victoria Memorial Hall in aid of the St. Nicholas Home for Blind Children in Penang. was a meat sue* ess. Prominent among those who attended were the Commissioner-Oeneral and Mrs. MacDonaid, Sir Ralph and
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    Champions U.K. Crowds
    79 7 U.P. London, July 12. In contrast vnth complaints of the United States' Johnny Bulla that British yolf fans are partisan, Bfnzila amateur champion Mario Gonzalez said today: "They pre wonderful. I have not the .sliyhicst complaint. Everybody has been nice to me, and to the Aryentine players.
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    RAIN MARS COUNTY MATCHES
    181 7 Reuter. LONDON. July 12. Rain, which washed out the fourth day's play in the Third Test, interfered with county matches, and in several games, there was no play at all yesterday. Close of play scores: At NORTHAMPTON. Nor- thamptonshire vs. Glamorgan Play restricted owing to rain.
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    OLYMPICS: LATE ENTRY
    53 7 Reuter. Londin%, July 12. The entry of Vent znela into the Olympic names irs| announced timight to briny tk> countries competing t<> the record number of CI. Olympic officials ucre not comtactnbh to night to explain tht reason for the acceptance of this enh i after the
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    COMPOSER FOR AUSTRALIA
    95 7 (Tribune Staff Reporteri The Polish composer and orchestra conductor, Mr. Paul Klecki, left Singapore this morning enroute to conduct 20 classical concerts in Australia foi the Australian Broadcasting Commission. Mr. Klecl arrived in Singapore by tn yesterday. He told the Tribune that he will conduct in Melbourne.
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    23 7 Mr. Choong Swee Kheng, Kangar. > the member of the Perlis Price Control Advisory Committer and not Mr. Choong Swee Thye as previously reported.
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    Olympic "Invasion" Of London Begins
    258 7 Reuter. (From Vernon Morgan. Renter's Sports Editor). LONDON, July 12:- Planes with contingents from Kgypt. Uruguay and South Afiica converging on Ix>ndon today began the flow of Olympic athletes into Britain's capital for the Games. Already about 900 competitors lrom widely flung parts of the
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    A convivial acme during the implementation of the "Cease-Fire" order in Jndonomia-Dntch and Republican soldiers seem to he a joke all their MS, Bet vice).
    25 7 A convivial acme during the implementation of the "CeaseFire" order in Jndonomia-Dntch and Republican soldiers seem to he a joke all their MS, Bet vice)
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    Entries For S'pore Badminton Tourney
    684 7 The following is the mil list of entries received for the 1948 Singapore badminton open championships. The tiiiTag date for the women's singles and and the mixed doubles has been extended to July 31. The draw of the other events—men's open singles and doubles and
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    2,832 VOTERS
    43 7 A total of 1,832 voters have registered todate t.incc nnv registration commenced on Juno 1. Total registrations for last week from each of fou r electoral districts were: Municipal ibouth-wcst 864: Municipal North-East 1.046: Rural West 651. and Rural East 271.
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    STRIKE ULTIMATUM BY RAILWAYMEN
    76 7 Reuter. OTTAWA, July 12. The Canadian railway unions today rejected the Government's latest proposals for a settlemi nt of the wage dispute which threatens to lead to a strike of 122.000 Canadian railway workers on Thursday. Railway unions have set IGOO hours local standard time on
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    BARNES TO REST UNTIL NEXT TEST
    120 7 Reuter. Manchester. Jul;; I.. Bpd nop Borne*, the Am ttnwsm ti icheter, who was injured ulrle fieUlinn in the third Tt it match against England at Old Trofford and Will take no further port m tin game, hat recovered Buffictentlp t<> bt ttbU to
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    DRIVE FOR PLAYING FIELDS
    98 7 Reuter. LONDON. July 12.—The Ea\ I of Athlone opening the sports* nun's- exhibition sponsored by the National Playing Fields Association at Oxford Street. London, today snid it marked tho launching of a three-year crusade for more recreation grounds. Lord Athlone. who is president of the British
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    WAR ENDS—OFFICIALLY
    97 7 Reuter. CANBERRA. July 12. AD flouncing thai war between Australia and Italy officially ended last (Friday, Dr. Herbert Evatt. acting Prime Minister, said arrangements had already been mad( to mii lud < Italians among admissible immigrants. The end of the war came when the Australian instrument of ratification
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    NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
    154 7 U.P. NliW YORK. .July 12. BUM ness cxosuvttd uceaslotialjy but, th price pattern oris lin 1,. rhansjgrj from boon. Cross currents kept steels nnd metCi's narrowly irregular Bectrlc manufacture rs were little influenced by warnings that production in the loading companies will by seriou-s--|y affected within
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    GOLD MEDALLIST BEST BET FOR TOMORROW'S RACES
    1952 8 (By ALLAN LEWIS) 1 horsc-a will be the main attraction for the sscond day of Singapore Turf Club's July meet in;' omorrow. Two <. i vis ions run over six Cutouts h**V2 attracted i ig rtalda and two divisions run over seven furlongs
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    SELECTIONS
    104 8 BY 'GARRICK" Selections, subject to scratching are: Horses. CI. 1. Div. 1, 6 Furs. GOLD MEDALLIST Gold Caste Everest Horses. CI. 1. Div. 2, 6 Furs. DEAR High Street Lucky Ace Horses, CI. 1, Div. 1, 7 Furs. ECLIPTIC Win The Peace Double Five Ror-JOS, CI. 1, Div. 2,
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    NEW H.C. FOR INDIA
    53 8 Reuter. LONDON. July 12. The British Government is expected to announce within the next lew days the appointment of Lt. Gen. Sir Archibald Nye as the UniUd Kingdom High Commissioner In India in succession to Sir Terence Shone. Gen. Nye Is retiring shortly from the governship
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    HANDICAPS FOR TO MORROW
    804 8 Below are the handicaps for tomorrow's races, second day of the Singapore Turf Club July meet ing, together with the records of the last three runs of the candidates. Horses. CI. 1. Div. l. 0 Fins. Permita Dormez (late Gay King) 9.10 3 0 1 Gold
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    42 8 Mr. Lim Chin Hock, after 21 years with the East Asiatic Co., Ltd., Kuala Lumpur, has retired. A dinner was given .n bjh honour at Loke luen Cafe by the firm, at which employees of the firm, Asian and European, were present.
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    Mrs. V. Dairy. wife of the Headmaster, Govt. English School. Tapak, untitled trophies at the Sports held a t Tapak last week. — (Photo by Photo Comer i
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    Gold Caste, Win The Peace. Wings, Outstanding Workers
    625 8 (By ALLAN LBWI8) Gold Caste. Win the Peace, and Wings were the best workers at Bukit Timah this morning when No. 2 track was open for fast work. The outside of tne course proper was used by horses going slow. The track
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    Strachey Promises Early End To Bread Rationing
    529 8 Reuter. LONDON, 12.—Food Minister John Strachey promised in the House of Commons today to abolish bread rationing "at the earliest possible moment." I trust and hope that the moment will not be long delayed," he said during the foou debate. The bread la
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    Scratchings
    114 8 Below is the order of running for tomorrow's races and the non-acceptors: Race 1 Horses. CI. 3 Div. 6, 1 Mile Golden News, Wirra, Cinderella, scratched. Race 2: Horses, CI. 3 Div. 5, 1 Mile Garnfair. The Countess, scratched. Race 3: Horses. CI. I, Div. 1, 7 Furs. Nil.
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    Joyful Juniors S.C.
    93 8 At the second half-yearly general meeiing of the Joyful Juniors Sports Club held on July 4. at No. lfi. Brteae Road the following were elected Ofllce-bearers tor tn <- halfyear ending Dec* tnber 1943 President Mr. W. K. Chan: Vice President Mr. X- K. Tan; Hon Secretary
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