Malaya Tribune, 6 August 1948

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    61 1 The Malaya Tribune nv ma nunc 10« tius raoru Larger Sales than any Afternoon Paper In Malaya Printtnff ~„sly Kumlm l/wmpnr, 1,„,h «P Penan,, Irlryrum* "Tribune B'|Wf«.* Telephone: r »M11 1 IGHT J»A(;i;s SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1948 PRICE TEN LENTS The MALAYA TRIBUNE London Agents Messrs. Colin Turner Ltd.,
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    MASKED MEN ROB VILLAGE OF ALL ITS DOLLARS
    218 1 Mass Ho Id-Up In Johore JOHORE BAHRU, Fri.—Eight masked terrorists, armed with revolvers, virtually cleaned up a small village of ten shophouses of all its cash in a mass hold, up which was not reported to the police until 48 hours later.
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    Latest 'Demob' Figures
    122 1 Reuter. London, Aug. 5. Service during June this ye.a> 10.770 and the total md women released and irged fiom the force? and j iry and nursing scrvic lune 18, 1045 to the end i!> IS was 5.300,000, it j ,vi innnunced tonight. The June figure comprised 2
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    ANONYMOUS RESCUER
    90 1 Reuter. HRCHINGTON, Kent, Ang. On thr last day of her holt* Birehiogton, Kent, today Bridget O'Brien. 32. waitFinch ley. was rescued 'inknown holida v-makei trapped on a cliff ledge. O'Brien, a non-swimmer. bath and when she irni i to the place where she ft hei clothes she found
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    Wallace, Reds & Spies
    149 1 Wallace, Reds Spies WASHINGTON, Ang. Representative John Rankin (Democrat, Mississippi) proposed today that investigators call America's Third Party presidential candidate, Mr. Henry Wallace, for questioning ihont the "placing of Commuj lists in key positions" in the 1 Commerce Department. Mr. Rankin said that the House of Repres ntatives' unAmerican Activities
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    Negro Was Chained Day And Night
    160 1 Reuter. TRENTON, New Jersey, Aug. .>.—Governor Alfred K. Drifted] of New Jersey today refused Inretam John Colfer, a Negro, Io what his attorijej s;iif| would hp :l "living death" on a South »rwlbia chain gang. I ii. I fam »1... ..1...:.. > 1 capeu
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    CHILD KNOCKED DOWN BY VAN
    34 1 it old Chinese boy hired y< iterday he w-;s knocked •"t'T van as it was •'do i c- oq> mod in hui Hong Sze. was to hospital with multi-
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    Food Riots In Soviet Zone
    191 1 Reuter. LONDON. Aug. 5 —Widespread food shortage disorders in the Russian zone of Germany and increasing unemployment in the Western sectors of Berlin because of curr ?ncy exchange difficulties were reported today. The British official nowiap*>r Die Welt quoting "lehrble sources in tho Soviet zone"
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    "SPIRITS OF HELL" ON HOLIDAY
    97 1 Last evening from 6 o'clock, Outside many Chinese homes were to be seen rows of candles, bunches of burning joss sticks, and heaps of joss paper alight. The time coincided with the opening of the "Gates of Hell," because, according to Chinese belief, the denizens
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    P.M. RESIGNS
    61 1 HYDERABAD. Aug 5. Mir Laik Aii. Prime Minister o! Hyderabad, submitted his resignation to the Nizam tonight, it Was learned here. His decision was stated tc have been influenced by the Nizam's action in negotiating for a settlement with the Government of India through Sir Mirza Ismai'. former
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    FRENCH QUIT BERLIN
    64 1 HELMSTEDT. Aug. The zonal hordei French liaison (.nice here dis- .losed today that the French nan moved 90 per cent Of heir top-lcvei military gov- rnir.ent forces out of Berlin. M. Vladimir rUngern. in harge of the local office, estimated that nearly 3.000 per--«ons—French control group mployees
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    $65,000 GIFT PROMISED
    29 1 An anonymous donor has promised Dr. 11. 11. Peterson of the Anglo Chinese School a donation of s»;:,.ooo towards the cost of their new school hall.
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    BOY KING IN HOLLAND
    27 1 Reuter. THE HAGUE. Aug. 6. The King of Siam has arrived n Holland for a aeven-day incog■JU visit to study Dutch waterworks. Reuter.
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    Reds Destroy Burma Rice
    213 1 Reuter. RANGOON, Aug. s.—Burmese Communists were today reported to have looted and de st.oyed f.0,000 tons of rice at Basscin, one of the biggest ports. British women and children were being evacuated to Rangoon, 90 miles away, because of the disturbances there. n its feared lv
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    3 CEYLONESES ROB 2 HOUSES
    60 1 (Tribune stuff lit port en Three Ceylonese, one of whom vas aimed with a knife, llSt light entered a Chinese ncuse lit 14' a milestone, Woodlands, j md stole |50. Shortly alter, at about 12.15 i.m.. tne same persons entered mother Chinese house in the
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    FOOD PARCELS
    26 1 LONDON. Aug. 5. Member if the United Kingdom Ministry Pensions Canadian office in Ottawa have started a fund to end food parcels to Britain.
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    Atom Leakage To Russia Alleged
    248 1 Reuter U.P. WASHINGTON. Aur. 5. -Leakage of atomic materials to Russia in 1913 was alleged by Representative John McDowell (Republican) in the HOUB3 Un-American Activities Committee today. Representative McDowell told I the Committee that there was "much more" to the Communist I story than has
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    ISABELLA IS 114—OR IS IT 116?
    155 1 Reuter. HAItTT AHA PH, Nof th Wales, Aug. L. —Afj.s.s Isabella Shepherd, aged Ilk °r is it 110.' -was the guest 0/ fconowr «f fl birthday party at the emergency and countg Ii ispital in Saint Asaph North Wales, today and teas eongratuUited by
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    TIN TUT LEAVES
    40 1 Reuter. The Hague. Aug. 5. U Tin Tut. Foreign Minister of Burma, left here today wit his family for Paris to con tinue his brief holiday i.> Europe. He plans to leave for Burttl on Sunday.- Reuter.
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    Israel Calls Peace Talks
    149 1 Reuter. London. Aug. 5. The 1 Israeli Government in Tel Aviv tonight formally called for an Arab peace conference on Palestine to end the four months' old war. now tentatively checked in the second United Nations truce. The invitation came from Mr. Moshe Shertok. Foreign Minister
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    Missing Plane Reported Found
    271 1 Reuter U.P. PARIS. Aug. s.—An unconfirmed report from Dakar, West Africa, today said the giant French flying boat lost five days ago had been found \*ith all 52 occupants safe, the French news agency, Agcncc France Pressc. announced here. The Dakar report, relayed by n Aii
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    ANTI INFLATION BILL PASSED
    37 1 Reuter. WASHINGTON. Aug. The Republican anti-inflation bill, proposed as a substitute for President Truman's price and wage control programme was passed in the House of Representatives today by 261 votes to 97. —Reuter.
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    RED HQ CUT OFF
    33 1 LONDON. Aug. 6. A Gret k communique announced that 'he headquarters of the guerilla army were last nigh- "cut off from the rest of the country." Athens radio deported.
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    HOPE FADES AGAIN
    79 1 U.P. Puns, Aug. 5. Hope of tindi no the missing Air Prune* seaplane fade*] again tonight ss the day pmeeed without confirmation the roundabout report that thr plane hud been located with all aboard safe. The report origitHtted eaile this afternoon with th* French Press Agency at
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    5 CRISIS ARRESTS
    31 1 Four Chinese and one In*! i. were arrested yesterday under the Emergency Regulations. This Wrings the total to 122 still undei detention. Six persons were relea ed yesterday.
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    Envoys may confer with Stalin today
    181 1 Reuter U.P. LONDON, Aii£. 6.—New talks between the Big Three envoys and Generalissimo Stalin may take place today. Reuter reports that the three envoys are expected to approach M. Molotov for further discussions with Mr. Stalin today. Meanwhile, it was reported that Mr. Covin
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    KEY CAME BACK AFTER 36 YEARS
    52 1 U.P. Rochester, New Fork, Ana. 3. The kiif to Ro>on 828 at Hotel Rochester arrived back home tnduy by mud. But it von't (to tin rineagi m< nt much pood. Tin a hen belonged t<> the loch which vns changed during remodeling operations in
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    Light'men Threaten Strike
    173 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter/ Some 130 onion workers employed by the General Lighterage and Transport Co. will stop work on Sunday ;f their employers do not give them a satisfactory reply to their grievances by 6 p.m. tomorrow evening. This was decided at a meeting held at the
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    CLOSE SHAVE
    82 1 U.P. DETROIT, Aug. 9< Albert Xi nricks' fuzep cht 9k* m 1 him from going to kwU todag hy a heir. Cob driri r In d H<i< m he nus in id u /> cm Mag s by a man with a big bin moustaihe. I< B n
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    TODAY'S ART EXHIBITION
    142 2 The two art exhibitions be-1 ing held by the two well-known Chinese artists Messrs. Lomang and Chen Shou Soo, open today. Mi. Lomang. who is exhibiting his work at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce* from today to Sunday, entertained the local Chinese communities to j tea at
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    Mine Manager Killed On Way To Office
    353 2 IPOH. Thursday. Afr. Lan OyihHe, Gcnrral-Manay-er of Meru Tin Ltd.. Jelapang, was shot dead this mornirnj wkUe on his uay to the office. The deacesed was alone at the time of the tragedy. From the meagre informa- tion to hand, it is understood
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    No. 2 Bandit Leader Killed In Battle
    140 2 f PAHANG. Thursday.— Yesi ttnday. military-police forces engaged the enemy near Kerdau. One of the enemy was kill- edj and he has since been j identified as the second-in-t command of the bandits in I this area. Another of the .-nemy was shot
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    A 15-MONTH CAMPAIGN
    82 2 Major-General Boucher. GOC, j Malaya District yesterday pre- dieted that the war against I Communist-led insurgents would continue for at least another 15 months, according to a London radio report quoting an United Press despatch from Koala Lumpur last night. The Major- General also disclosed that the
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    "LEAFLET RAIDS" ON JOHORE
    121 2 .JOHORE BAHRU, Thursday, An* R.A.F. Dakota conducted a series of leaflet raids on several areas in Johore today. Several tons of leaflets were j dropped warning the population of the fate of those who aid the terrorists and the Communists. A picture of Liv Yeow. one
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    European Shot Dead In Perak, 3 Killed In Johore
    275 2 FOUR MORE BANDIT MURDERS JOHORE BAHRU, Thursday night: Three murders and a robbery by terrorists have been reported in Johore. One of the victims was brutally hacked to death with a parang, another was bayonetted, 1 while the third was shot
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    JURY'S MERCY PLEA
    225 2 Two young Chinese lads, Tan Eng Oim and Ang Lian Seng, were on trial at the Singapoie Assize Court yester day before Mr. Justice Brown and a common jury, on a charge of theft of a headlamp and a speedometer frOBI a military truck, alternatively, with dishonestly
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    SIX ARRESTS
    74 2 PERAK. Thursday. Six arrests were made in the last 24 hours -one in Kuala Kangsar, one in Grik, one in Sitiawan. two in Kampar. one in the Cameron Highlands. At 1.30 a.m. this morning three lights were seen by the guards on Cicely Estate in the Teluk Anson
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    S.H.B. STAFF ASSN. GENERAL MEETING
    106 2 At the annual general meeting of the Singapore Harbour Boaid Staff Association heid on July 29. 1948. the following were elected office-bearers for the year ending March 31. 1949 President Mr. Yong Heap Woh; Vice Presidents: Messrs M. Dorai. A. Patel and A. Nadarajnh; Hon.
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    EXTRA RICE ALLOCATION WELCOMED BY MALAYA
    1139 3 various South t« ritonos were statements pro- i Jlst mooting of Asia Liaison j was concluded Building, yesterwhich was Commissioner- j \\eunesday, was by Dr. William I end 'tions made at j will be further dis- j oWs meeting F.C. sub-Committee Nith East Asia.
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    Sold Son To Raise Money For Trip
    179 3 A CHINESE IMMIGRANT SAID IN THE FIRST DISTRICT COURT YESTERDAY THAT HE SOLD HIS FOUR-YEAR-OLD SON TO RAISE $160 MILLION TO MP KE A TRIP TO SINGAPORE. Two others also admitted that they had traded a son each for the same reason while
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    CHARGE OVER GENERATORS
    68 3 David Wolf G.isberg, of Kirn R ).*\d. Singapore, appeared beluu til* SevtOtl) Police MagisLrato, Mr. A. G. I Shears, yesterday, on two charges of voluntarily assisting in the disposal of stolen property, connected with two generators. Mr. A. Muthuswamy appeared for the defence. After the charges were
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    27 3 Mr. T. Van dor Gaast, M.C.S., has ocen appointed to act as Principal Assistam Secretary Tor Economic Affairs. Singapore. i n plac e of Mr. Nightingale, M.CS.
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    21 3 A general meeting of the Singapore Harbour Board Workers' Union will be held tomorrow, at 9.30 a.m.. at 18. Pattani Street.
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    FOUR ARRESTS IN ESTATE MURDER
    42 3 KED AH, Thursday: Four am ds hare been made in the Kulim district in connection with the murder of Mr. Burnham, Manager of Bukit Sidin Estate yesterday. Si" otLer persons icere also arrested M the Baling area.
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    SECRECY IN MUNICIPALITY
    172 3 The Municipal authorities lmvo decided to take necessary I steps to ensure secrecy in inter- nal administration matters which, in the ca3C of officers appointed, may come to their know edge in the course of their work. TWI step is also calculated tc bring the terms of
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    Mock battle by dock police
    436 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) The Singapore Harbour B>ard Police carried out an impressive full-scale tactical cxc cisc in the dock area at noon yesterday to test the flexibility of the organisation of the island Police Force in time of emergency. In this manoeuvre, conducted under the
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    Visits To Cruiser
    145 3 Singapore schoolchildren and members of the Legislative Council are to visit the 10,000--ton County Class heavy cruiser, H.M.S. Norfolk, today and tomorrow. The Norfolk under the commond of Captain G. L. French, dropped anchor in the Outer Roads shortly after dawn, yesterday, having arrived from Trincomalee, Ceylon.
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    S’PORE TO HAVE NEW LAUNDRY
    174 3 (Tribune Woman Reporter) Equipped with American machinery of the very latest type the Seiclene Electric Laundry is capable of handling 10.000 pieces of clothing a day. The arrival of further machinery in about 3 months' time will increase the laundry's efficiency capability to 15.000 pieces
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    596 MISHAPS IN JULY, 15 DIE
    58 3 Singapore roads iook a toll of 15 lives in July, out of a total of 596 accident. Of the 596 accidents, peoole were Injured i n 132. Accidents involving civilian vehicles amounted t0 498 Those between Services and civilian vehicles totalled G9 and accidents
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    H.K. GOVERNOR FOR DEFENCE TALKS HERE
    81 3 U.P. HONGKONG, Aug. r,._| was learned here today that governor of Hongkong Sir Alexander Grantham is flying to Singapore on Friday o partake in overall defence talde for South East Asia. He will discuss the growing guerilla activity in South China, which may develop
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    New Tree Planting For Cathedral
    290 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Tne large, massive, shady looking trees in the grounds of the St. Andrew's Cathedral are I being cut down. These trees have been there I so long that even enquiries from i various people have brought fo; th no definite answer regard-
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    STOLE TIMBER, FINED $200 EACH
    128 3 Two cases concerning the stealing of catchment area pro- j duce at Meßitchic Reservoir I were tried at the Third Police j Court yesterday. In l>oth, the accused were fined $200. in default one month rigorous imprisonment. The timber they took was valued at $3
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    Hit-and-Run Victim In Hospital
    96 3 A seriously injured Chinese, believed to have been the victim of a hit-and-run motorist, was admitted to the Civilian General Hospital, yesterday. He was picked up in Dunearn Road, about 3.20 p.m.. by an European employed at the Singapore Municipality who was passing by in a
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    War or Peace?
    725 4 World interpretation of the latest Berlin developments is optimistic. Everyone is asking what happened at Moscow, and the answer to that question is a closely kept •secret. Everyone is asking what the western powers demanded and what they offered. Washington sources think that Stalin does not want
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    French Coal Output Rising
    115 4 Reuter. PARlS.—French colliers will beat all their postwar records this year if they continue to hew coal at ih c present rate, according to figures Issued here by the French Ministry Of Industrial Production. Observers here predict that the 1946 production of 49,300,--000 tons, which represented
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    MUSLIMS WILL OPPOSE CREMATION
    972 4  -  In this article Mr. N. Mamat says that the present Muslim cemetery t Bidadari can be used for many more years without extencion and that th Muslims have no objection to the erection of a crematorium in Singap or but they would oppose if they were
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    AT THE CIVIL HOSPITAL
    295 4 AS OUR READERS SEE IT Sir. —On July 31. 1948 I toon my wife to the Civil General Hospital to see the doctor. We were directed to the casualty room of the male patterns' dept. where my wife was examined by the M.O. on duty. He
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    PANTUNS
    197 4 Sir, —Your staff reporter's article (3/8/48) on the pantun interested me. I wonder if any of your readers have pursued the question of the pantun's Portuguese origin—if it is a question. The Malays, with their remarkable adaptiveness. took the lyrical form with the musical mode that was most popular
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    "Social Reformism"
    387 4 Sir, —There appeared in the I Sunday Tribune recently the! following 10 Definitions SOCIALISM: You have two cows. Give one to your neighbour. COMMUNISM: You have! two cows. Give both to the Government. The Government gives you milk. FASCISM: You have two cows. Give the milk to the
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    Bus Etiquette
    172 4 Sir, I am one of the multitude of workmen who are daily compelled to submit to the inconveniences of congested buses, and wish to appeal for more bus etiquette, which is seldom observed even by the literate class. It is common in buses to see people dashing headlong
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    Crematorium
    133 4 Sir, —I understand Mr. Ng Sen Choy will introduce a motion in'the Singapore Municipal Commissioners' meeting for the creation of a crematorium in the colony to conserve burial grounds. As a Chinese I am of the opi- nion that such a project is not much welcomed. It is only
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    EAST-WEST TRADE ROW AUSTRIA
    185 5 Reuter. Reuter. )ru- of the most ontrovefsica in Ausnt is focusscd on of trade with the .>. m I doc". m< people maintain with the eastern i almost impossible. inista say that thcrr 11 pluses of just those h Austria most need.; t. nmcnt parties claim
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    Eritreans Oppose Italian Trusteeship
    351 5 Reuter. ASMARA.-The interest of :jeans in their political ire is increasing with the ;>roach. on September 15. oi deadline on which a finn ttlement of the disposal o' tlie former Italian colonies b, the Big Four Foreign Minister; I due. While the three mam politic i'
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    Imported For Sport-Deer Are Now Pests Down Under
    1432 5  -  (By JOHN LOUGHLIN Ever so often farmers in the foothills of Eastern Victoria in the southeastsrn corner of Australia raise Cain over the havoc wrought by nocturnal raiders of their crops, and Australians in tha„ neck of the woods are reminded that
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    MALAYAN NEWS BRIEFS
    942 5 Miss Joy Goh. youngest daughter of Mr. G. H. Goh. wno left Singapore on July 28 by the BOAC aircraft to take up music at the Royal Academy of Music. London, arrived at the British capital Jon Sunday, Aug. 1. Penang narrowly defeated Singapore in the Interstate
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    RENOIR, VICTORY BEST BETS FOR TODAY'S RACES
    1034 7 /V\ore Upsets Likely At Penang Meet TRO: AIL IN 1. UWIR Today. More upsets are likely today, the the Penang Turf Club's August Bank holiday en a prograrime of eight events, consisting of lass one horses and seven races for class four, be
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    Today's Race Card
    681 7 the CSJCd for today's races at Penang, the ol the Penang Turf Club August Bank Holiday together with the records of the last three runs of ates, probable jockeys and trainers. RACE ONE—2.30 P.M. l!ors»-s, Class 4, Div. 4, 5 V* Furs 26 Ai gale 9.04 Flannery
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    SELECTIONS
    116 7 BY ALLAN LEWIS Race 1 RAPSEY QUEEN True Liberty Sir Jam°s Race 2 YAMSENG First In Beau Geste Race 3. -CRAIGMOUNT Winsome II Fountain Lady Race 4. LITTLE LADY Martian Maid Rontella Race 5. GOPENG Monte Cristo Jamieson Race C. RENOIR High Port Electroplate Race 7. EASTERN GOLD 1
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    JOLLILADS SOCCER
    66 7 The following players have i>ecn selected to play football fo r the Jollilads against GHQ FAR ELF on Sunday at the I Tanglin Barracks' ground at 5.15 p.m. Transport will leave No. 243 Tg. Pagar Road at 4.30 P.m. sharp: Narayana Rasak. S. Muthiah: Ghani. Murugasu, Sintha: Muni-
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    Vice-Admiral Woodhouse, C-in-C. British East Indies Fleet, who arrived in Singapore yesterday inspecting the naxntl guard of honour at Clifford Pier. – (Tribune Photograph/.
    23 7 Vice-Admiral Woodhouse, C-in-C. British East Indies Fleet, who arrived in Singapore yesterday inspecting the naxntl guard of honour at Clifford Pier. (Tribune Photograph/.
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    Post-Mortem
    220 7 On Yesterday's Game UN ABLE to settle down in the first half, the Ami- t cables made a good job of it later. Chit Lim failed to briny off any great drives, but he notched three goals, which is good going. The man who handles th r I team
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    Pope Wins Race For The 'Double'
    382 7 Reuter. LONDON-, Aug. 5 —Dismissing M. R. Burton of Surrey at Chesterfield today, George Pope, the Derbyshire all rounder, became the first cricketer this season to complete the double of 1,000 runs and 100 wickets. He won a race for the feat with several
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    Hollies Bags 8 Aussie Wickets For 107 Runs
    311 7 B fRMINGHAM, Aug. 5. t Hassett's 68 and Lindwall's 45 stemmed a setback for the 1 Australians when play was If IHlWjfd in their match against Warwickshire, and they finished i 116 ahead of the county's first innings total of 138. Hollies
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    "KO Mills In Sept."
    163 7 U.P. New York. Aug. 5. Gus Lesnevich, who arrived today from England on the Queen Elizabeth, promised to recapture the light heavyweight championship lrom Freddie Mills by a knock-out at Brooklyn on Sept. 23. Veteran Lesncvich said that the bout would be his last as light-heavyweight.
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    ARTHUR WINT WINS 400 METRES: AMERICA'S BEST BEATEN
    480 8 Reuter. (Xv V n<m Morgan, Heater's Sports Editor). LONDON, Aug. Arthur Wint, the Jamaica giant with the winged feet. b'*at Americas best (oriay In the final of the men's Olympic 400 metres. His fellow count*yma:*! Herbert McKenley. was second in what had
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    ALMOST A TRAGEDY
    63 8 LONDON, A>u t r>- -iflas Greh{ Audi i sun, one of thr favourite* m the 400-metre sunn. ooOaaaed on ring a pieliminary heal and wan sored from drowning by Hungarian and UJS. swtmmeru, She woe carried to the dressing room, whert doctors fill id that sht suffered
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    ONE-ARMED CRACK SHOT
    66 8 London, A>n/. 5. /1 onearmed rompefttor broke a world record al today's Olympic shooting events. He wai K. Takacs, a Hungarian, woo, b)i scoring 580 points out of a possible 600, IPO* like Olympic 25 metres rapid finny went. His scort broke the world record of 570
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    DARA Made SURE OF THE ISSUE
    84 8 LONDON. Aug. 5. Pakisan who hope to meet India in the final of the Olympic hockey contest, went neater achieving that ambition tonight by a well-merited trielory over France by three goals to one at Sudbury, a norv. est London suburb. The interval score
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    REG HARRIS REINSTATED
    75 8 U.P. Wembley, Aug. 5. The National Cycling Union I,i ooi need today that Rey miriis, British world sprint < yciiny chn mpn>n, had been < -in -i.a ted at the Brttish team. jiarris, who n;us oriyinauy t)i row.i out of tin lJrui n s-jiad for alleged bieucues
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    'Own goal' starts 12-goal rout
    215 8 Reuter. CRYSTAL PALACE, London, Aug. s.—Korea's h it-back, Mm, deflected the hall through his own (goal 12 mfns. after their Olympic Association Football match with Sweden here tonight before 9.000 spectators. Thi:; Korean disappointment wa l increased when the Swedish team to piovc that their
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    Soccer Semi-Finals
    25 8 Denmark will meet Sweden In the first soccer semi-final on Aug. 1« at Wembley. On the following day, Britain will meet Yugoslavia. J*
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    BATTLE FOR SUPREMACY
    79 8 LONDON. Aug. 5. The Jlympic deathlon cha m pionship -10 events—was a tremendous battle for supremacy. The lithe Argentinian E. Kistcnmacher led the half way stage -five events were held today—but was only 17 points ahead of France's I. Hcinrich. Kistenmacher's total was 3.897 with Ncinrich 3.880
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    Financial Record
    34 8 Reuter. LONDON, Aug. 5. Th«> 14th Olympiad has broken a financial record. Money taken so far, with another week to go, exceeds th<* £»50,000 of the entire Merlin Games of 1030. Renter.
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    DOCTORS' DAY at the GAMES
    252 8 LONDON, Aug. 5. The limbs and lungs of the hardy men from Sweden who romped home to lift three medal* in one race seemed about the only things at the Olympic Games today that did not not need medical attention. Otherwise it was definitely a
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    America Leads Easily
    143 8 London. Aug. s.—The United States had established a comtortablc lead in track. field, and swimming events by tolight's close of the 6th. day of the 14th Olympiad. The Americans have compiled 218 points up to date, according to unofficial statistics based on six placings in each event.
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    Shifting Wind Plays Havoc With Yachts
    169 8 Reuter. TORQUAY, Aug. 5.—A shift ing wind played havoc with sailing in the third day of the Olympic yachting regatta. In all classes bad sailing conditions brought about frequent changes of fortune. In the Swallow class. Denmark's yacht caught a puff of wind from
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    TODAY'S SPORT
    44 8 SOCCER: S.A.F.A. league Div. I Rovers S.C. v. C.A., Jahin llesar at .'>.ls p.m. FRIENDLY: Mansfield S.C. v. Sime Darby S.C, Geylang Stadium, 5.15 p.m. CRICK FT: Indians Assn. v. lohore C.C., St. George's Road a< 8 p.m. TENNIS: Tanglin Club Tournament.
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    Athletics
    60 8 ALL THE LATEST OLYMPIC RESULTS Men's 400 m Final 1 Arthur Wint (Jamaica) —j 46.2 sees. (equals Olympic; record); 2. Herbert McKenlev (Jamaica)—46.4; 3. M. Whitfield (US)—46.9; 4. D. Bolen (US)—47.2; 5. M. Curotta (Australia) —47.9; 6. G. Guida (US)—50.2. The old Olympic record of 46.2 sees, was made
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    DECATHLON
    54 8 At the end of the five events (100 metres, longjump, putting the shot, high jump and 400 metres), the first six were: 1. E. Kistenmacher (Argentina) 3.897 points; 2. I Heinrich (France) 3.880; 3. R. Mcthias (US) 3.848; 4. F. Simmons (US) 3,843; 5. I. Mon:$chien (US) 3,811; 6.
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    Swimming
    380 8 Reuter. Men's 200 m F-reaststrokke FIRST ROUND Men's 200 metres breast- stroke first round (first two i in each heat and the six fastest i losers qualify for the second round). HEAT ONE: 1. R. Sohl (US) 2 mins. 44.9 sees.; 2. A. Nakache (France) 2m. 50.4; 3. A.
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    SHOOTING
    67 8 Reuter. 25 metres rapid fire pistol placings: I L K. Takacs (Hungary) 580 pts. out of possible 600 thus breaking world record of 570 held by C. Valients (Argentina); 2. C. Valiente (Argentina) 571 pts. (thus breaking his own record); 3. S. A. V. Lundgvist (Sweden) 569 pts.; 4.
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    HOCKEY
    44 8 Eliminating round. Group II Result Afghanistan I, Switzerland L Scorers: Mangal (Afghanitan) and Groljmund (Switzerland). Great Britain 11, United States 0. Scorers Boirett 6. R. Adelard 2, Peak. White and Reynolds. GROUP C: Pakistan beat France by 3-2; Belgium beat Denmark by 2-1.
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    -FOOTBALL
    28 8 (Second Round) Great Britain beat Franc by one goal to zero. Sweden beat Korea by 12 goals to zero. Denmark beat Italy by five goals to three.
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    BASKETBALL
    14 8 ELIMINATING ROUND GROUP B: Belgium beat the Philippines by 37 points to 35.
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    THE ORDER WENT OUT: ‘DON'T DISTURB FANNY’
    148 8 Reuter. LONDON, Aug 5. An order \.c:ii on* to Dutch girl atMetea their Olympic camp today: "Do not disturb I'ann>." Fanny Mrs. IllanUersKoea was sleeping lat alter her world -eeordbrenhing victory yesterday in the HO metres hurdles. She slept long after her team
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    SOCCER SHOCK FOR ITALY
    80 8 LONDON, Aug. s.—One of the upsets in the soccer competition was the defeat of Italy, one of the strongest favourites tor the championship, hy Denmark. The Danes had to thank their centre-forward Hansen who scored four goals for their 5-3 victory. Italy at one stage looked
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    TWO NEW SWIMMING RECORDS
    150 8 Reuter. LONDON. Aug. 5. -United States J. Verdeur, swimming the butterfly breaststroke. broke the Olympic record for the 200 metres men's breaststroke at the Empire pool tonight. He won his heat in 2 mins. 40 sees.—o.s sees, better than the 1936 record of Hamuro of Japan.
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    2 GIRLS COLLAPSE IN HEAT
    159 8 Reuter. LONDON. Aug. s.—Two girls ■collapsed in one heat of th<women's 200 metres Bat, an event included in the Olympic OameS foi the first time. Five and a half yards from the tape. O. Sicncrova of V.( hoslovakia collapsed from sheer fatigue and rolled over
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    ROWING EVENTS OPEN
    200 8 Aug. 5 a big H Olympic gi Id cast by the op H rowing event H First beats ol the so* B sculls showed that oo< q| th B toughest battles ail] Wt tveen Iferryn W B tralia, winner of the Henkj t diamond sculls th H
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