Malaya Tribune, 24 August 1948

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    59 1 The Malaya Tribune BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Larger Sales than any Afternoon Paper in Malaya Printing Simultaneously Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh A Penany Teleyrams: "Tribune Spore." Telephone: 5811 (9 lines) ?"''ft >'«?» SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS THE MALAYA TRIBUNE London Agents—Messrs. Colin Turner Ltd., Talbot
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    STALIN SEES THE WESTERN ENVOYS
    290 1 Conference Likely To Be The Last Reuter and U.P. THE world's most vital conference began in The Kremlin this morning. And the man on whose decision may rest the peace of the world is in it. Renter and United Press reported from Moscow a few
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    20 STILL BEING GRILLED
    65 1 A Chinese was arrested under the Emergency Regulations yesterday. Twenty men held in yesterday's daylight raid around the Naval Base area are still being screened. One man has been released. The total detainees held under the Regulations is 270. A Malay trishaw rider wa.' robbed of
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    POLICEMAN HIT BY TRUCK
    41 1 There were 10 accidents in the last 24 hours. There were no serious cases. A policeman received slight abrasions on being knocKec iown by a military truck r.eai Rate 2. Anson Road shortly after 3 p.m. yesterday.
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    UN EXPERT TO AID CHINA
    42 1 Reuter. LAKE SUCCESS. Monday. The United Nations will a textile expert to China tins week to help Chinese Government officials and manufacturers to convert raw i otton into bedding clothing and hospital supplies for Chinese children. Reuter.
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    U.K. Defence Chiefs Meet
    100 1 U.P. LONDON, Monday. The British Council of Ministers held a meeting at No. 10, Downing Street, this morning. The Defence Chiefs, including Field Marshall Viscount Montgomery, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, were present. It was the first meeting since the Prime Minister Clement Attlee returned
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    U.S. Chiefs Confer
    104 1 WASHINGTON, Monday.— U.S. Service chiefs over the week-end discussed "broad strategic matters of p<irticutar interest in the current international situation," it was announced by Defence Secretary Forrestal today. Said Mr. Forrestal: "Current scientific developments were surveyed in an effort to insure that the armed Serinces in both
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    Govt. "Muddle" In Malaya Flayed
    153 1 Reuter. SYDNEY, Mon.—The'Sydney Herald, in a leader on the •muddling in Malaya'", said today: Ihe cloud of hesitancy and indecision, all too familiar to those who remember the dark days of HH2, seems to hang over the operations against Chinese Communist rebels in Malaya. "'lt
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    Germans Flee To Eire
    156 1 Reuter. WATERFORD. Eire. .Vlun party of eight Germans, in:luding four women, wno a> ived in the fishing village o' 'heek Point County. Water ord. last night after 26 day.' it sea in a 32 feet boat, intent remaining in Eire for the nex 10 days before
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    RESCUERS SEE 8 DIE IN BLAZE
    51 1 Reuter. KINLOS, SCOTLAND, Monday.—Eight airmen returning from a training flight were killed tonight when a Lancashire bomber, about to land at a Royal Air Force station here, crashed and burst into flames. Rescuers rushed to the scene but could not get to the men.
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    WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES
    36 1 Reuter. AMSTERDAM. Monday.—The World Council of Churches, existing as a provisional body fot« the past ten years, was formally constituted in a brief ceremony before its first plenary session here today. —Reuter.
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    KASHMIR REPORT STUDIED
    36 1 Reuter. NEW DELHI, Monday.—The United Nations Kashmir Commission held two sittings here today when it was believed they j discussed reports from the Commission's observers on the mili- tary situation in Kashmir. Reuter.
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    PREMIER WORKS FROM HOSPITAL
    88 1 Reuter.-U.P. London; Mem. Prime Minister Clement Attlee will conduct affairs of state from a hospital bed for the next week. Tonight he entered a London hospital for treatment to eczema of the feet. Asked whether the Prime Minister was receiving free treatment under Britain's mete National
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    INDIAN TRADER IN LONDON PORT
    33 1 Reuter. LONDON. Monday.. Th< Indian Trader, the first- Indian merchant vessel to open a shipping service between India and Britain, has arrived in the port of London. Reuter.
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    U.S. Bars The Red Dean
    283 1 LONDON, ;.lon.—The United States has decided to bar the Dean of Canterbury, Dr. Newlett Johnson, from entering their country. "The Red Dean" —as Dr. Johnson is known because of his pro-Communist sentiments—has been informed of this decision by the U.S. Consul, in London. The decision
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    SIAMESE-BURMA RELATIONS
    35 1 Reuter. BANGKOK. Monday. A formal exchange of notes to establish diplomatic relations between Siam and the Republic of Burma will take place here tomorrow on the arrival of a Burmese goodwill mission. Reuter.
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    AUSTRALIA'S GIFT TO REFUGEES
    31 1 U.P. CANBERRA. Monday. Australia has decided to send 200 tons of flour, and 50 tons each of meat and butter for distribution to the refugees in Palestine.—U.P.
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    U.N. Defends The Rights Of Wives
    191 1 Reuter. GENEVA, Mon.—The United Nations Economic an* Social Council today defended the rights of wives. And !t hurt the Russian Government more than anyone else. Russia, who refused permission to Soviet wives to join their British husbands in Britain, was told in plain terms
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    MRS. KOSENKINA "IMPROVING"
    57 1 U.P. NEW YORK. Monday. Mrs Oksana Kosengina. the runaway school teacher who leaped t< freedom from the Russian Con sulate here recently, is reported to be "improving slightly' from her injuries today at Roosevelt Hospital. The hospital authorities said that she had shown continuous improvement since taken
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    GOVT.'STAY PUT'
    38 1 U.P. TEHERAN. Mon.—The Government of Premier Abdul Hussein Hajir was given a vote of confidence today. The Majlis (parliament) votby 93 votes to 8 in favour ->f the Government after a veek-long debate on Government policies.—U.P.
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    ARRESTED
    22 1 The C.I.D. yesterday arrested i Chinese who is alleged to have lttempted extortion of a sum >t money from a compatriot.
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    POLICE SCREEN WOMEN
    101 1 Reuter. ARRESTED- BERLIN, Monday. Major Ivan Lepedev, sen>or Russian officer of Radio Berlin, uas arrested by the British military police. United, Ptvm learns tonight. FREED— A British sector German policeman arrested by a Soviet soldier and two Soviet officers on Saturday, near the Potsdam er Plutz, was
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    SHOVED -THEN A STRIKE
    86 1 Reuter. LOS ANGELES. Mon. Eighteen Indian and Pakistan members of the crew of th British niotorship, Silver Wal lut. walked off tne ship becau; them had been "shoved" while 1 passing an assistant engineei 1 Phe> squatted for severa' hours outside the office of Mi Michael
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    SWISS GOVT. HITS BACK
    52 1 Reuter. BERNE, Monday. Th. Swiss Federal Government to day decreed the blocking of il Rumania assets in Switzerland as a reprisal for the national' sation without compensation by Rumania ot Swiss property An official statement said Swiss enterprises in Rumania had been injured by Rumanian Government
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    GOVT. RESHUFFLE
    39 1 U.P. BEIRUT. Mon. -Prime Minister Jamil Mai dam reshuffled his Cabinet today, taking over the Ministry of Defence in addition to the premiership. Mardam has appointed five new members who did not belong to his previous Cabinet.U.P.
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    STALIN SACKS 2 MINISTERS
    29 1 U.P. LONDON. Monday. Premier Stalin of the U.S.S R last week sacked two minim ers and abolished their ministries, according to official Soviet sources. U.P.
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    Blaze Guts Godowns
    117 1 Reuter. HONGKONG, Monday. A laze which threw clouds of black smoke skyward last night destroyed two single-storeyed godowns owned by the Hong-kong-Kowloon Wharf Godown Company, situated opposite the Kowloon ferry terminus. Thousands looked on as all available fire services, Including the Army, joined in a thrilling battle
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    STOP PRESS CHINA ASKS FOR LOAN
    43 1 Reuter. NANKING, Today—China has made application to International Bank of Reconstruction and Development for monetary loan to support now currency. The Chinese request for loan transmitted to bank authorities by Ku Yt-chun, its financial representative in Washington.—Reuter.
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    BATTLE FLARES UP IN GREECE
    108 1 U.P. ATHENS. Monday Guerilla battles flared up throughout Greece today, apparently as manifestations that the rebels did not consider themselves crushed by the government's victory in the Mount Grammos campaign. Four hundred guerillas swept down from the hills during th e night and occupied the
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    CATHOLIC PRIESTS PENALISED
    40 1 U.P. BRATISLAVA, Mon. Two Catholic priests, members of the Slovak Board of Commissioners were suspended from their church functions until they drop their state offices according to a pastoral letter read at all Slovak Catholic churches yesterday.—U.P.
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    RED LEADERS' TRIAL FIXED
    37 1 Reuter. NEW YORK. Monday. Federal judge Harold R. Medina today fixed Oct. 15 as the date for the trial of 12 American Communist leaders charged with conspiracy to overthrow the government by force.—Reutcr.
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    R.A.F STRIKE AT RED HIDE-OUTS
    156 2 THE R.A.F. struck at Communist hide-outs in eastern and western Malaya by day and night during the past 24 hours. Beaufighter aircraft, operating after dark, attacked an area south of Ipoh in conjunction with a police plan. Rockets were used in tho strike. Spitfires 3trafed
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    Malayan Rubber for USSR
    146 2 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Several Singapore rubber merchants have been making last-minute arrangements to fill up the hold of the Giambattista. the Russian-chartered Italian steamer which is scheduled to leave Singapore this afternoon with a cargo of over 9.000 tons Malayan rubber bought by the Soviet Government.
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    ATTORNEY-GEN. FOR KENYA
    48 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Monday. —It is officially stated that Mr. K. K. O'Connor, AttorneyGeneral. Federation of Malaya, i has been appointed Attorney General for Kenya, and Mr 6. W. p Foster Sutton. 0.8.E.. |X.C has been appointed At-torney-General. Federation of Malaya. Mr. Sutton was Attorney-General. Kenya.
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    BANDITS STEAL GUNS, AMMO
    409 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Monday night: Johore bandits stole shot-guns and ammunition in two raids in the Parit Sulong area. Batu Pahat. last night. Seven Chinese armed with pistols and three rifles entered the house of a Chinese and tobbed him of a double-barrel 12-bore shot gun and
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    Smuggled Tobacco Has Court Sequel
    182 2 Cheating the Crown of $3.276 duty on 780 lbs. tobacco proved unprofitable for Govindasamy and Marimuthu yesteiday Govindasamy was fined $150 and Marimuthu wus fined $500 by the Eighth Court Magistrate, Mr R. W P. Rule. The tobacco was confiscated. Govindasamy. o rig i n
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    SCIENTIST TO AID INDIA
    45 2 Reuter. LONDON, Monday.—Sir Ben Lockspeiser, Chief Scientist of the British Ministry of Supply, and a member of the three-man committee appointed by the Indian Government to review the work of the Indian Institute of Science. Bangalore, has arrived in India. —Reuter.
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    ARMY CALL FOR MORE RECRUITS
    64 2 The recruiting office. Fort Canning, will be open again on the September 1 to take further recruits into the Army. The following Corps need further recruits for training in selected trades:— Royal Engineers. Royal Corps of Signals. Royal Army Service Corps. Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
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    Carthage Couple Allowed To Land
    129 2 The Englishman John Thomas Yates and his Eurasian wife—Staff Nurse of Johore Bahru Hospital- who were refused permission to land in Singapore from the P. O liner Carthage, which docked here on Sunday night, disembarked yesterday afternoon. By evening they were comfortably settled in their
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    Dutch To Auction Confiscated Goods
    52 2 (Ttibune Staff Reporter) More than 200 tons of Indies produce, which have been confiscated by the Netherlands Indies Government, will be sold by public auction at Tanjong Pinang on Thursday. The goods comprise approximately 98 tons copra. 89 tons rubber. 12 tons pepper and 10
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    SINO-MALAY CO-OPERATION FOR ANTI-BANDIT CAMPAIGN
    234 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon lay. The SCentrl Besar and the British Adviser, Kedah, yesterday visited the Baling District of Kedah tho scene of i re- cent inter-racial clash between Malays and Chinese. Mr. Soon Cheng Sun, representative of the Chinese in South Kedah, presented two Chinese
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    $60,000 Opium In Customs' Grab
    111 2 aPHJM and chandu worth $60 000 were seized by Customs officers who raided two houses in Cecil-street and Amoy-street yesterday The first raid was made in Amoy-street. The Customs men drove up to the house in a truck, sprang out and surrounded the premises. A
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    PILGRIMSRESUME MECCA TRIP
    69 2 Six hundred and lourtynine Filipino Muslim pilgrims bound for Mecca, living under canvas on the Philippine Naval Patrol LST—B6S, which anchored in the Inner Roads over the week-end. resume their journey to Jeddah, today. The LST (4.800 tons) commanded by Lt.-Comdr. F. C Buenaventura, is manned by
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    Malaya Satisfied With Australian Arms
    101 2 U.P. Canberra, Monday. Prime Minister Joseph B. Chiftey said today that supplies of automatic weapons and ammunition required in Malaya, for maintenance of law and order have been dispatched by the Australian authorities and have been duly delivered. The supplies have satisfied the requests made
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    DA TO ONN MOST SUITABLE CHOICE' FOR POST OF H.C.
    309 3 The fStttttfitl of finding a suitable man for the vacant post ~f High Commissioner for the Federation has ceased to be pwrr »pee«lStl*Si in responsible Malay circle and become nrreasingly matter of vital public concern among Malays, sports in the
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    FUNDS FOR HOMELESS
    129 3 vien of the comments have been made in conn with relief from the tment of Social Welfare pie turned out of squataretlk the Government to make it. clear that i of the Department providi assistance from al funds provided lor purpose only to persons are genuinely homeless
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    POSSESSION OF ARMS CHARGE
    138 3 A .38 revolver and six rounds if ammo, in a biscuit tin under old timber, was the discovery alleged by the prosecution against fee Boon Hee when he was charged with degal possession of arms in the Seventh Police Cour t yesterday. Bail in the sum
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    OVERCHARGED for CUP of COFFEE
    83 3 For selling a cup of coffee sweetened with condensed milk md charging five cents above the controlled price, a Chinese cofteeshop-keeper, Tan Wan Siew. of 65, High Street, was fined $125 in the Second District Court yesterday. On Aug. 20 a food control inspector visited
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    Alleged Assault By "Strange" Woman
    200 3 A tiny sear, the tell-tale marks of a violent incident, marred the beautiful face of Miss Nieki binte Ismaseen, an attractive Indonesian girl who related in the Sixth Police Court, yesterday, how she was assaulted by a "strange" woman and later rescued by two Americans.
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    MALAYAN, TIMBER FOR S. AFRICA
    156 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Large trial shipments of timber from Malaya are being sent to South Africa. This Was stated, hy d. leading South African timber' importer, Mr. J. H. Burness, who is in Singapore on an "exploratory" visit. Mr. Bruness, who has had about 30
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    PLEA FOR MARKET SCALES'
    131 3 At the monthly meeting of che Kin La Town Board this morning Mr. C. H. Yin brought ip the subject Of a weighing 3ca!c at the General Miarket. He said that the authorities should provide a scale inside the market so that the public could ensure
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    FORGETFULNESS COST HIM $100
    126 3 Mohamed Yusoff, proprietor of a sundry shop at 79, Hill Street, failed to display a price card over two tins oi -ondensed milk exhibited in his hop and therefore had to pay $100 in the Second District ~ourt yesterday for contravenng the Price Control Proclamation. Mr.
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    NEW POLIO CASE
    15 3 A fresh case C "Ho«iy< litis was reported patient was a Chinese
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    College Robbery Sequel
    139 3 The sensational daylight robbery at tne King Edward VII College of Medicine in; January last was recalled 1 yesterday, when a 29-year-old Javanese. Mohamed Ali bin I Mohamed Rais was charged in the Seventh Police Court as j another of the armed robbers. It will be recalled
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    MAGISTRATE GOING TO COCOS IS.
    124 3 MR. E. S. DE BANZIE, tht Sixth Police Court Magistrate, will be proceeding on transfc to the Cocos Islands to aasunv the post of Administrator. He will be leaving about the firsl week of September. Mr. De Banzie who has served as a magistrate in
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    EX-SINGAPOREAN DIES IN TERIM
    142 3 News has been received by \ikaff and Company, of the Arcade, Singapore, of the death in Terim, Hadramout Arabia, of Syed Abdulrahman oin Shaikh Alkaff. J.P.. Ufa :iead of the Alkaft* family and A Alkaff concerns in Singapore, Java, Hadramout. etc. The late Syed Abdulrahman bin
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    MAN WITH GUN GETS 5 YEARS
    121 3 Ong Ok, a Chinese, said by! the Police to have been found with a .45 Enfield pistol tucked in his waist, was sentenced to five years' rigorous imprisonment at the Singapore Assize Court yesterday. Ong Ok claimed that he had found the pistol on
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    SEQUEL TO LORRY FATALITY
    108 3 A Malay woman was killed in a lorry acciden r at 12i mile Stone. Mandai Road on Au- gust 20. a t 4.30 P.m. The lorry had a trailer attached. Loo Seng Soon was charged in the third district court yesterday with causing the deain of
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    GIRL SPY WILL TELL
    36 3 U.P. WASHINGTON. Monday. Congress Investigators reveal--ed today that Elizabeth Bently. confessed ex-Commu-nist spy. will be recalled to the witness stand to outline the war-time efforts of Sovk. agents to "blueprint" American industry.—U.P.
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    Young Gunman Jailed: "Refused Every Chance"
    203 3 A 17-year-old gunman was told by Mr. Justice Brown at trie Singapore Asaizc Court yesterday: "You have been given every chance to make good, but you have absolutely refused to take advantage of the chances that were given you. "Therefore it is my duty
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    GREEN HELL OF SIAM
    554 4 SIAM takes action to stop the Communists crossing her frontiers with Malaya and Burma. Guards are re-in-forced, officials warned that severe punishment will follow neglect of duty. Another dam goes up against the spreading waves of terrorism. The wild jungle on the borders of Siam has
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    AMERICA PLANNING COME-BACK FOR JAPAN
    702 4 Seeking ally to face Russia in the Orient, America is ready to spend £250,000,000 on a four-year plan to build up Japan. A four-year recovery programme for Japan is to be undertaken by America. The intention is to get the former enemy country operating on
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    Send Our Children Back, Say Poles
    402 4 Reuter. WARSAW.— The violent anti-British outcry in the censored Polish press against the failure of the British occupation authorities to repatriate thousands of Polish children still remaining in German territory has now been backed by official condemnation of what is described here as the
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    COMMANDO CHIEF DIES
    48 4 Reuter. CAIRO. Monday —An Egyptian National Defence communique tonight announced the death on the battlefield of the Egyptian Commando Chief in Palestine, Lt. Col. Ahmed Aziz Bey. The communique said King Farouk had sent condolences to the Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian forces in Palestine. Reuter,
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    i ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    48 6 Mr. Si Mrs. Choo Lye Huat and family wish to thank all friends, Business Associates, members of Clubs Associations S: relatives who sent messages of condolence, wreaths, scrolls, joss sticks papers, etc., Si those who attended night visits funeral of the late Madam Lim Keol: Neo.
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    Soccer Win For KML Youngsters
    59 6 In a fast and interesting game, the Kadayanallur Mus urn League Youngsters second earn beat the Commercial High School at soccer on Suniay on \he Choon Guan School ground by four goals to one. Sconrs for the Youngsters were M. S Mohamed Shah and M.
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    FARMERS VOTE ON WHEAT
    115 6 Reuter-AA SYDNEY, Monday.—Mr. E. Graham (Minister ror Agriculture) has been authorised by the New South Wales Government to conduct a ballot of: wheat growers in the State on t the Commonwealth Govern- meat's proposed wheat stabili-j satiori scheme If New South Wales growers i rejected the
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    Youthful Teochew On Double Charge
    153 6 Two gunmen walked into the home of Goh Ah Twee, poultry dealer at Kallang Road and decamped with a canvas bag containing $700, it was stated in the Seventh Police Court yesterday. Goh said he chased them down Kallang Road and into Crawford Street where
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    INDIA SPEAKS TO THE WORLD
    214 6 (G.I.I.S.). INDIA'S Overseas Radio Communications Service has come of age. India and England were directly linked by fast radio telegraph so! vice on July 23. 1947. In the twenty-second year of this most important service, vital in peace and war, India can claim direct radio
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    MESSENGER BOY DUPED 3 WOMEN
    148 6 A Malay messenger boy who duped thr~ ing first as a customs officer and then as orm n t Hi sentenced in the Second Distr ct Court vpst,,','< tlV(> w u months' rigorous imprisonment. 1 mKns9 J> to £g He was Abdul Rahim bin Ismail.
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    GOING HOME
    23 6 Reuter. Tokio. Monday Excent i a small rear pity a i V°" Zealand troop.s' wilY Japan by about the midii i
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    S.A.F.A. SHOULD BAR MALAYS FROM CUP
    399 7  -  Dismal 9-Men Show Against Seletar (By HERMAN THE M.I .A. (Malays) should be barred from entering the Singapore :jp competition. There are many soccer fans who share this opinion. At S.A.F.A. committee meeting held last Friday, the Malays were among 24 teams which the
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    SCHOOLBOY HITS A BRIGHT 73
    83 7 A bright knocK of 73 runs by schoolboy. J. Delikan, of £t. Joseph's Institution, on Sunday, was the highlight o; the cricket match between the school and No. 3 Group of the Ceylon Pioneer Group Corps a t Woodlands. The school team won by five
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    NEPAL PRINCE AIDS ENGLAND
    97 7 Reuter. KILMARNOCK. SCOTLAND, Monday.—Raskumar Pitamber. a prince ol Nepal, who is at Westminster School, j London, assisted England to beat Scotland by eight matches to two. with two halved. i n the annual Boss International golr match here today. Pitamber. partnered by R. p Carter, of
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    SCHOOL TEAM WINS
    65 7 Playing at the Choon Guan English School Ground on Sunday, tire C.H.S. Ist XI beat Federation Customs Sports Club at soccer by the narrow margin of 1 goals to 3. Socrcrs for the C.H.S. were Charlie Tay (2), Eng Kiat (1) and Ismail (1). The Kadyanaloor A
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    34 7 A meeting of all those interested in Hockey will be held at 5 30 p.m. on Aug. 30 at tne SRC Pavilion fo r the purpose of electing office bearers for the coming season.
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    YOUTH LEAGUE "SHUTTLE" WIN
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    INTER-SCHOOL CRICKET
    51 7 The following will represent t.ii St. Joseph's Institution at cricket agains-t Raffles Institution tomorrow at 2 p.m. on tin R.I. ground J. 1 1 Almeida. J. Delikan. R. Mot bergen, P. Scully, J. Martens, J. Aeria. M. Cornelius, Kong Wong. A. de Silva. J. Jansen, E. Delikan. Eng
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    276 7 Reuter. CANTERBURY, Monday. The Australians defeate.i by an innings and 136 runs. y»iter skittling the county out in their first innings for a paltry 51 runs Lindwall for 16, Johnston 3 for 10, MoCool 2 tor 13 and Loxton 3 for 10 bowling in' devastating form
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    FRIENDLY SOCCER
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    Wrestling Fans Would Like To See New Faces
    345 7  -  By Malcolm Modder NOW THAT boxing in Singapore has entered the doldrums." the Colony's fi ght-crazed public has become more wrestling conscious—and local promoters are P W?estling n has been progressing in a big way here, but what the fans would like
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    S'pore Eyes On World Table- Tennis Tourney
    698 7 (B\i CELLULOID" t WITH PROPECTS of participating in the World Table Tennis Championships for the Swaythling Cup, which takes place in Stockholm early next year, the present Singa- pore Table Tennis Championships, now in progress nightly at the Great World, have become the
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    INDIANS WIN 4-1
    113 7 Reuter. WREXHAM. Monday. The Indian Olympic soccer team beat a Welsh amateur team here by four goals to one this evening, and won more e.-r-ily than the*score suggests. Eight of their players were without boots but they reduced the Welsh team to a negligible quantity by real
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    108 7 The Chin Woo Athletic Asso eiation "Blue" team played j splendidly to annex the Junior inter-club league table tennis championships title at the, Great World last night, when 1 they trounced the Shing Wah Sports Association "Red" team to a tune of 4 games to
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    OLYMPIC HYMN "NONSENSE"
    54 7 U.P. BRISTOL, Monday. The Olympic Games torch and the Olympic hymn hare been branded as "sheer paaan nunsense". The Reverend G. W. L. Wynne, the Vicar of Bristol, who did not attend the recent Games, asked in Ms parish maya-iine: "Can the nations of the world unite
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    9-Nil Defeat For 9-Man Team
    233 7 11. A.F. (Seletart Malays 0 There was a glut of goals at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday, in the First Division League game between Seletar Airmen and the Malays. Taking the field without substitutes for two of their Sest |»ia>ers Sail* h and Tahar, who were
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    Kota Rajah Scores Another Victory
    104 7 H. M. Dockyard put up 1 gallant struggle to concede no more than two goals to their superior opponents, Kota Raja, in a fast and thrilling Second Division League .game yesterday at Geylang Stadium. The goals were scored in each half. Khamid, Kota Raja centre-forward,
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    THIRD DIVISION LEAGUE MATCH
    59 7 The Customs Sports Club yvill meet the £trangoon Association in a 3rd Division S.A.F-A. League match on Thursday at McNair ground it 5.15 p.m. The Customs team will be selected from ihe following: Cheng Ree, Ramley, Masrl Daud? Kong Yip. Salim. Rodrigues. Kirn Hee, Selby Cre.-;sal!,
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    BOON LEONG. CHEE SENG RETURN
    155 7 Looking %cry lit, the two Singapore Chinese member?* of the China Olympic football team, f'hia Boon l.«ong and Chu her Seng returned to (he Colony by air yesterday afternoon from Bangkok. The two footballer* were highly impressed with their trip to London and the Olympic
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    46 7 SOCCCr: Div. I; Rovers vs. RAF. Jalan Besar Stadium; Navy vs. G.H.Q. <Sigr,als». Naval Base: Div. ill: Serancoofi AnoTlatloa vs. Naval Stores XI. McNah Road; Social Athletic Party vs M.F.A.. C V.M.A. ground." Bt. George's Road. Postal Telecoms Vs. La Salle S.C.. Gcylang Siadium.
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    Glamorgan Strike For Vital Points
    365 8 Reuter. LONDON, Monday Glamorgan, the championship leaders, struck for vital, points against Hampshire today building up a commanding first innings score and taking six cheap Hampshire wickets in the last 75 minutes. Glamorgan's batting was sound if not spectacular. A. Dyson, E. Davles and YV.
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    JOYFUL JUNIORS WIN AGAIN
    135 8 I n a return match played at the Padang on Monday, the Joyful Juniors beat the S C.C. at soccer by four goals to two The Juniors opened the scoring through their centre forward. Wah Kee. in the first ten minutes of play Wah Kee was
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    New York Stock Exchange
    71 8 Reuter. NEW YORK. Monday. Dis appointment over the nondevrlopmettt follow through support to las t weeks late firming and the uncertainty in the international political situation, and also the further declines in leading commodities brought occasionally fretr offerings. The irregular lower tendencies covering $1 prevailed with
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    306 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Today.No attempt was made to beat the clock by candidates preparing for the Sclangor Turf Club August meeting, although fast work was seen on the track this morning. Move on (Woods) and White Socks (Jones) finished together after going over 3f
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    Baro da Dispute: Settlement Soon
    162 8 Reuter. a, v V DELHI, Mon.—Dispute between the Maharaja Gaekwar of Baroda and the States Legislative Assembly, which is demanding his abdication, is expected to be settled to th* satisfaction of both sides it was learnt here Th e Maharaja, who has been having discussions
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    MORE ECA AID FOR WEST GERMANY
    63 8 U.P. WASHINGTON. Monday. The ECA announced today that !t hp« increased by U5543,000.--000 the foreign aid allotment ror Western Germany in the July to September quarter. The increase brings the total of direct recovery allotment for the period to $85,000,000. It will be used
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    CALL FOR CLOSER FRIENDSHIP
    47 8 Reuter. ISTANBUL, Monday Mr Bey/an Chaman Lall, the newly appointed Hindustan Ambassador to Turkey, at a oress conference here called for closer ties between Hindustan and Turkey and referred to the possibility of Premier Nehru paying a state visit to Ankara this autumn.—Reutcr
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    BURMA'S PREMIER CALLS FOR ALL-OUT WAR ON REBELS
    358 8 INSURGENTS 'WITHOUT LEADERS" Reuter. RANGOON, Mond ay.—Premier Thakin Nu of Burma told his people by radio tonight that the government was "fighting to defend the consti tution of Burma and to prevent disintegration of national sovereignty." He said the Burma Government and
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    CRACK DOWN ON MILK HOARDERS
    154 8 Price Control officers have been partly successful in checking hoarders of condensed milk which is in short supply in Singapore. Court action is pending against many black market dealers in condensed milk and for those refusing to sell milk The shortage of condense 1 milk
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    TO TAKE OFFICE
    22 8 Reuter. HOBART, Monday.—The Tas. manian Labour Party is expected to take office again following last week's general election. Reuter.
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    VILLAGES FLOODED
    20 8 NEW DELHI. Monday. -The rapidly-rising waters of the Jumna River, flooded six villages on the outskirts of Delhi
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    Cup Winners Take First Points
    172 8 Reuter. LONDON, Mon. —Cup champions Manchester United, who started the season last week with a home defeat, hit back today for their first points. Opponents were their Cup Final opponents. Blackpool, wht were beaten three-nil. This was the second meeting of the two teams since
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    INDIAN ENVOY
    32 8 NEW YORK. Mon.—Sir Benegal Nama Rau. Indian Ambassador to Washington, and Lady Rau attended a reception given in their honour tonight by the India Chamber of Commerce in New York.
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    GOODWILL MISSION
    34 8 Reuter. NEW DELHI. Mon. Adm. Richard L. Conelly. G.-in-C. United States Naval Forces in Eastern Atlantic and the Medi:erranean, arrived here today by air from Karachi on a goodwill missionMo India. —Reuter.
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    137 8 Reuter. PESHAWAR. Monday. Pathan tribal chiefs today 'telegraphed a n appeal to the King to intervene in the dis/ pute between India ano Hyderabad declaring that it Hyderabad were attacked the consequent spread of hostilities would involve all Central Asia. The telegram, sent after a combined
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    RICE EXPORTS FACE CRISIS
    66 8 Reuter. RANGOON, Monday.~TKc Communist-led insurrection in Burma is likely to affect adversely this year's rice exports, it was learned here today. There are large quantities of rice in Burma but the disturbances are stated to be hampering movements to the sea. ports. General trade is also
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    ARABS MERGE ARMIES
    120 8 Reuter. BAGDAD. Mon.—lraq and Transjordan have decided to merge their armies into one "to co-ordinate military operations in liberating Palestine", it was officially announced here coday. The decision taken by political and military chiefs in Amman, Transjordan capital, puts the armies under the Iraqi General Command. An
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    491 8 HONGKONG MAY QUIT AREA U.P. HONGKONG—The possibility that Hongkong might leave the sterling area as a result of drastic restiictions by London on the Colony's trade with hard and semi-hard currency areas, was broached by the authoritative Far Eastern Economic Review, which often speaks for large banking in'erests here. Two
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    DEAD WOMAN NAMED
    69 8 A 30-year-old Chinese woj man. whos t body was found floating in the sea off the I E O Hotel. Penang. on July j 23, was subsequently identified as one Khor Saw Looi. At an inquiry held before Mr. J. p. Blackledge. the j Coroner, in the
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    445 8 c s ter. J v er 11 The ,nt I from the r ,Vf ~2 be donated tTS? Ant, Tuberc U The Government L Pu M mated to th, A** they win tbo (i n T t C thai lo per cent 0 f thY tT*
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    62 8 CANTON* That' impossible for rie#taf *fj, to invade Canton as Hongkong and Macao opinion expressed b> a man of the local heaW ritics. according to t* Daily Sun This ipokesnwn qu citing the of the three cities as a of danger. p> The spokesman pie to look
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