Malaya Tribune, 28 August 1948

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    61 1 The Malaya Tribune BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Larger Sales than any Afterr.**n Paper in Malaya Printing Simultaneously Kuala Lumjtur, Ipoh d Penang Telegrams: "Tribune Spore." Telephone: 6811 (0 lines) EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS THE MALAYA TRIBUNE London Agent#-- Messrs. Colin Turner Ltd.,
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    Mission Feeds The Poor
    33 1 JU-rny receives a drink of ten straight frovi the kettle i/vien the Sri Ramakrishna IfiSMOM in Norris Road fed poor children in celebrating tho birthday of Lord Krishna yesterday.
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    BIG POLICE ROUND UP
    102 1 ONE hundred-and-seventy-two persons wore rounded ou'. in a combined raid by C.I.D officers and the uniformed police at Teck Hock Village, ofl Tampenis Road, Upper Seran After screening on the spo goon district at dawn today, three Chinese and one lndiar «rere brought to the C.I.D.
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    RED SATELLITES QUARREL
    30 1 U.P. PRAGUE. Friday.- Yugoslavia in a note to Hungary, broadcast by Tanyug tonight, accused Hungarian state offirials of inciting Yugoslav citizens to overthrow the Tito regime. U.P.
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    Govt. Troops Attack Burma Insurgents
    130 1 Reuter. RANGOON, Fri The Burmese Government has started a long-awaited offensive against Prome, strategic insurgent-held railroad lhu miles northwest of Rangoon, a Government communique announced tonight. Prome. which has beer, uncier siege by Governmen. forces lor the past 24 hours Is regarded by foreign military
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    "HOT NEWS"
    45 1 U.P. WASHINGTON, Friday. News was hot today.—in the Washington Daily News that is. Its page one masthead was set in what looked like melting type which appeared to be radiating shimmering heat waves. Beneath the name were words •very hot weather editor—fry day".—U.P.
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    ROBBED BANK OF CIGARETTES
    33 1 U.P. BRIGHTON, Friday. Obviously smoke-hungry a man Elhaw Ibrahim, who allegedly tried to seize power in Yemen by engineering his father's assassination, died in prison, it was disclosed today.—U.P.
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    CYMA CLUB FUND
    31 1 The Catholic Young Men s I Association in Singapore haa i collected $1,769 from the varity concert staged on Aug. i in aid of their Clubhouse renovating fund.
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    2 Soviet Officers Killed
    102 1 U.P. OCDLAFv. (Germany) Fn. —German border police near here reported today that two Russian officers hr-.l been shot and killed by an illegal border crosser on his way over fror.i the Soviet to the British zone of occupation. Police said their report cane from ether border
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    Control Of Pineapple Canning
    116 1 (from Our Own Reporter) KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. A. food control regulation in > Produced this week makes illegal the canning of pineapple? Without a licence from the Controller of Supplies *in the erritory concerned. Investigations carried out re:entlv in the Federation and Singapore have revealed that
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    KREMLIN: ENVOYS ARE STILL SILENT
    209 1 Reuter and U.P. MOSCOW, Friday—The eighth "crisis meeting" between the envoys of the Big Three Western powers at *he Kremlin lasted two hours and fifty five minutes. After the meeting, they drove to the British Embassy where observers who had expected an interim announcement were
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    CHASTITY DRIVE IN ITALY
    124 1 U.P. ROME. Friday. A police campaign for decency on beaches, dance floors an I tashionable resorts reached rlimax today with the insallation of powerful searchlights on the beaches of Fregene, near Rome, to spot wo piece hylon bathing parties. Police reported over 1.000 a« Ostia beaches.
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    CAR KILLS SHEEP
    75 1 Soven sheep were killed and four injured when a motoi car driven by a European ran into a flock of sheep at 2.45 a.m. this morning at Serangoon Road A driver of a taxi and his pas-senger were injured when their chicle was involved in a cod-sion
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    BEST BETS FOR K.L.
    48 1 (By Allen Lewis) Kuala Lumpur, Today.— The going for today's races, the first day of the Selangor Turf Club's August-Septem-ber Meeting, will be very good. Best bets are: Smiling Through, Gold Stream, and Oregon. Best outsiders: Victory March. Bright Eyes, Meath and Fine Stream.
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    SIAM RICE FOR PHILIPPINES
    40 1 U.P. MANILA Friday. It was 1 earned here today a Filipino >usiness group has negotiated or 690.000 rack*-of Siam rice I 100 kilograms per sack -and cereal ready for shipment to Manila from Bangkok. —U.P. I
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    They'll Tell Of Hitler's Last Gamble
    93 1 U.P. NURENBERG, Friday. The story of H.tier's last gamble Battle of the Bulge against the American army will be retold when the last of the four Fuehrer's top ranking generals headed by Fte.d Marshal von Rundxtedt go on trial before an Allied Military Court
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    "STEEL RING" IN KASHMIR
    66 1 Reuter. LONDON, Friday. New Delhi Radio tonight claimed that Indian troops had put a "steel ring" round Kashmir valley. file broadcast asserted that "Pakistan was stepping up the I tempo of its attacks in Kashmir" but added that a recent rej view of the fighting showed
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    SPRINT STAR EQUALS OWN RECORD
    38 1 U.P. DUBLIN. Friday. Fann\ Blankers Koen, Netherlands Olympic star, equalled net voild record time of 10.8 «*c* >nds to win the 100 yards sprint before 15.000 fans at a track meet here. —U.P.
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    Russia Asked To Explain
    207 1 BERLIN, Fri.—Otto Suhr, President of the City Assembly, tonight demanded the Russian commandant to state what responsibility Russia had for security of Berlin City Assembly. Suhr made the demand in a letter to Major Gen Alexmder Kotikov, Russian Kommandant in Berlin after Assembly sessions were twice
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    ULTIMATUM TO JEWS AND ARABS
    104 1 U.P. HAIFA, Friday.—The United I Nations in the first of a series of ultimatums to both sides in the Palestine dispute today demanded the Jews to withdraw from the strategic bridge of Tel Arradgha, south of Beisan, by noon August 30. The cable addressed to
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    PLEA FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
    225 1 AMSTERDAM, Friday.— Absence of religious liberty in all Islamic countries has created a conception of citizenship in which neither Christian nor Jews appears to have any legitimate place. Dr. Stanley Morrison, Secretary of the Church Missionary Society of Egypt, told the World Council of Churches here
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    We'll Pack White Trains, Say Negroes
    209 1 Reuter. CAPE TOWN, Fri.—Organised attempts by non- Europeans to violate South Africa's railway segregation laws—now threatened by a "train apartheid (separation) resistance committee" will be dealt with drastically, Transport Minister P. O. Saver said tonight. The 'apartheid" group has been formed ex pressly to
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    JAPS GET LIFE FOR RAPE
    36 1 MANILA. Friday. Th/e--foimi'r Japanese soldiers founa guilty of tape by the Phih,--Jines Military Tribunal Wvtt sentenced to life imprisonment vhile six others similaily accused were given 30 years at ia:d laboui.
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    STOP PRESS
    75 1 Reuter. FRENCH GOVT FALLS PARIS, Today. Premier Andre Marie's government, formed on July 26, the tenth French government since liberation, fell at 1 a m. today. At that hour Redlcal Premier handed his resignation to the President of Republic, Monsieur Vincent Auriol, saying that Irreconcilable difference* of opinion
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    Conciliation Board Fixes Theatre Rent—No Cut
    1414 2 The Singapore Rent Conciliation Board yesterday fixed the rent of the Theatre Royal at $2,500 per month, begin- j ning from July, 1948. This was made on the application of the Malayan Theatres Ltd., the present tenant of the Theatre Royal. The respondents are
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    CAR SKIDS: TWO FLUNG OUT
    106 2 Thre e Chinese were injured out of the 11 accidents which occurred in th e city during the last 24 hours. One of them, a Chinese labourer, was knocked dow n by a load hanging from a ship's crane at Clifford's Pier shortly after 9
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    "T'll Be A Good Boy" Pleads Accused
    292 2 A YOUNG and wealthy Singapore Chinese cheated a prominent lawyer, jumped the bail allowed him when he was arretted, and sailed' to Hongkong returning six months later to jr.Tiender himself to the police. These were the adventures of a young man said to
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    Daily Mail News Editor Found Dead
    65 2 U.P. London, Friday. Lindon Laing, 40-year-old newseditor of the Daily Mail, was found dead last night in a blood-spattered compartment of the Victoria-to-Brighton train. Laing was believed to have been on his wai/ home. Croydon police believe Laing stuck his head out of the
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    TROOPS FOR MALAYA
    68 2 LONDON. Friday. Tin second battalions of Coldstream and Scots guards which are being drafted to Malaya will sail from Southampton o n the troopship Empire trooper on Sept. 5, the War Office announced today. The third battalion of the Grenadier Guards which i.s also going to Malaya
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    CHASE & CAPTURE IN. DAWN RAID
    219 2 CHASE CAPTURE IN. DAWN RAID dawn'raid v> h Ught the v had mad€ a successful S3 $431 33 they left Tay Han mnn ß^hACOU^ a l e u f /outh B akar. and two policeSuhirTa feTminut T'" and thp Court Was a,,e cd in tho Sovcnth Poh^ Bakar. facing a
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    MacDonald Sees OAG, Tours Pahang
    173 2 MR. Malcolm Mac Donald the Commissioner-General, flew to Kuala Lumpur yesterday morning to confer with Sir Alec Newboult. Officer Administering the Government, and Service Chiefs. He returned to Singapore in tne afternoon. Meanwhile, during the past two days, accompanied by the Mentn Besar of Pahang—Bato
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    TERRORIST WEEPS IN COURT
    104 2 Johore Bahru, Friday. Terrorist Tan Ah Kwang wept in the dock of the Johore High Court this morning when he heard the Judge pronounce the death sentence on him for possession of a revolver and ammunition. Tan was arrested nine days ago. He was caught in
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    S.R.A. WANTS CYCLE TAX ABOLISHED
    83 3 The Ratepayers' Anmocut tion want* the tea on bicycles tit be abolished The Association decided to make representations against the annual Utensirta of bicycles, as it was considered iniquitous that the bicycleusnia section of the i (immunity should be taxed. Moreover, the necessity to yrodufc
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    DISPUTES BOARD
    88 3 The Colonial Secretary ha: invited the Singapore Rattjji'Vcrs' Association to nominite two members to represent ch»> Association on the Boar; constituted under the Essentia Regulations Proclamation foi the purpose of determinin;. lisputcs. The Association was disinclin ■d to accept the invitation as I was considered objectionable n principle
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    ESTABLISHMENT BOARD WANTS MORE POWERS
    721 3 The Singapore Municipal C crnment to give more powers to deal with Municipal staffs. Th's decision, which the i Commissioners arrived at yesteiday, was based on Mr. D. 1 Robertson's motion askin,< Government to amend Section 16 (5) of the Municipal Ordinance The motion asked
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    FETED BY PRESSMEN
    159 3 Mr. K. W. Blaekburne, Director of Information of the Colonial Office, was entertained to a dinner at Great World last night by the Chinese Journalist Union and members of the English, Indian and Malay Press in Singapore. Mr. Y. C. Phang, General Secretary of the Chinese Journalist
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    MALAYA-SIAM POLICE TO CO-OPERATE
    118 3 Mr. D. C. Watherston, Secretary for Internal Security, paid a visit to Songhkla for the purpose of arranging for the exchange of information between the authorities in South Siam and the authorities in the Federation on the activities of bandits in the border areas. The discussions
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    TONIGHT'S TALK
    23 3 Mr. Gian Williams, conductor of the Children's Orchestra, will speak on "Orchestration" at the Paya Lebar MYF Hall at 8 tonight.
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    "Awful Moment" In Crash Landing
    268 3 THIS is what it is to be ;n an aircrash. Yesterday, a BOAC LftACostiiun. 80 miles from Singapore developed a gas Itoit. Fumes filled its cabin choking ilie nine passeng* is. The ]>ianc turned back v Singapore, flying o n three i ngiHes, made a
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    Barter Trade Trial Not So Successful
    172 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) The first barter trade trial trip mad,, neontly 1 y the I lone shin Hone Thong.' wh.ch arrived back here from l aKan Baio<• 011 Tlnns<lay wight, was not so successful.' accord.n K to Chinese mercJiants. The ship came hack with
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    Be Patient, Chinese Envoy Tells Teachers
    112 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) "Teachers have a sacred and important responsibility. They are like artists who paint the future of the lives ot millions of children which are entrusted to them. Be caretui. be sympathetic and be patient." These words of exhortation i were the
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    Prosecute Those Who Dirty Streets, Urges SRA
    96 3 The Singapore Ratepayers' Association is urging Govenunent to take civil action against shopkeepers and hawkers who persist in keeping the streets dirty. Extracts from the minutes of a meeting of the Municipal Commissioners which discussed poliomyelites and town cleansing were read at a
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    GALE HITS MERSING
    56 3 JOHORE. Friday. An atei on the Mersing side of Kot i Tlngjfl was hit by a fierce gale today. Trees were blown down •icross the main road fot a distance of about two and I half miles. As a lesult. the road from Kota Tinggi to Mersing
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETING ON SEPT. 14
    29 3 The next meeting of the Legislative Council will be held o n Tuesday, September 14. In the Victoria Memorial Hall at 10 a.m.
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    BUDDHIST ASSN. MEETING
    27 3 The Annual General Meeting of the Singapore Buddhist Association will J>o held tonioiiow at the Association oiemiscs 263. Outvam Road. Singapore, at 4 p.m.
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    BRIGHTER LIGHTS
    236 4 SINGAPORE is promised brighter lighting in about two months time, wnen the 10,000 kilowatt generator, sent to Britain for repairs, and now on its way back, is reinstalled. Good news indeed. The city has suffered long enough from the paralysing effect of periodic black outs. Thousands of man
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    ON YOUR GUARD
    129 4 SINGAPORE businessmen are warned to protect their offices and factories against arson by terrorists. They are urged to appoint fire watchers and where possible to maintain their own fire fighting equipment. This is sound sense. In the event of serious sabotage in this city, the Fire Brigade
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    BEHIND THE LINES
    100 4 OHINESE in Kluang are ottering $100 to w every man who volunteers to join the newly organised Chinese Auxiliary Police Force. This is the stuff to give 'em While the Police and Military carry the battle into the enemy's camp the people must take care of defence
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    THE GUESTS OF TAN FOO CHIN
    437 4  -  Elizabeth Semmes is tlie wife of Mr. Jack Semmes of the Isthmian Steamship Company. She came to Singapore from America in 1947. This article is one of a series she has- written for the Baltimore 'Sun. By Elizabeth Semmes MALACCA, belonging in succession to
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    STORM BREAKS
    145 4 AT Batu Pahat, a rubber centre, we had to cross river by ferry. We settied ourselves on the two-car barge and a Malay in bright sarong directed the ancient motor launch which creakingly towed us across. The sun was blistering and it was with relief that we noticed
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    TAN FOO CHIN
    199 4 AT the rest house we relaxed on the veranda, and over the remains of sandwiches and tea we talked with a young British doctor from Kuala Lumpur, whom we discovered also was going that night to the Chinese party which had been our principal reason for a
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    PRAYER ROOM
    159 4 AN almost suffocating cloud of incense enveloped us. and I realized ed that we were in the prayer room. The family altar was at one end, a large portrait of Confucius hanging over it. Our host translated the meaning of some Chinese characters under it as: "I love
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    OLD AND NEW
    260 4 WE came at last to a Mv ed courtyard opr^, the sky. a wrought iron balcony opening off f the second-stoiey room* T circled the patio Z An exquisitely M pended circular wrought iZ stairway led to the sU r r on Through this courtyard walked into
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    YAM-SENG
    137 4 AN orchestra turned nut piece after piece of swing without pause Little Chinese girls stood about the band awkwardly and sang the songs in shrill, nasal voices. Scotch was flowing an I the ijam-sni'i or bottomsuping, dear to the Chinese in particular, had begun. At midnight the long table
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    AS OUR READERS SEE IT
    219 4 SIR,— Your leader. Mr. Wong of Singapore, has raised my hopes of balancing my budget. And it has started a controversy in my family as to whether the results, if any. will have long standing effects. There have been many champions of the middleclass, but
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    IS CHIANG ABOVE CRITICISM?
    318 4 U.P. NEWLY-introduced democracy has posed a new question for the Kuomintang Is it disrespectful and treasonable for a Kuomintang member to criticise publicly the party leader, Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek, and the party? This question came to the fore when party members, exercising their new democratic
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    PIRACY CAUSES ANXIETY
    94 5 Reuter. ANTON', Friday. The prevalence of piracy along the Bast River is causing much concern to shipping companies op- < rating services aiong this route. Fi w vessels operating along the Bast River have reached their destinations safely and. It is understood, shipping owners .ii>' contemplating an
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    Pearl Industry
    44 5 SYDNEY, Fri. A proposal; i»v the Queensland Government j that the Council for Scientific! and Industrial Research should! investigate the question of esta- bhahing the pear l culture Industry in Torres Strait has be** agreed to by the Prime Minisr i i
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    The Malays' goalkeeper jumps
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    He Blames Aussies For White Policy
    292 5 (Tribune Staff Reporter) PETTY Officer Ram lee bin Togea, who arrived here recently with his 37-year-old Australian wife, blames the Australian public for the continuance of the White Australia policy. He said: "The Federal Gqvernment is not so much to blame as the Australian
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    SHIP BUILDING: UK LEADS
    101 5 U.P. NEW YORK, Thurs. The Shipbuilders Council of America today rated Britain first among the maritime nations of the world in the number of ships under construction or on order in private shipyards. The rating, based on reports for the first six months of this year,
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    Filling Ceylon's Larder
    37 5 Reuter. COLOMBO, Friday. Ceylon spend annually Rs. 26' >> million on the imports of rice from other countries, while another Rs. 100 million was spent in the purchase of onions, chillies, other foodstuffs and textiles.
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    BANDITS IN P.I.
    40 5 U.P MANILA, Fiiday. Brigadier General Mariano Castancda. commanding general of the constabulary, left by plane today for Jolo, west of Mindanao in the southern Philippines, to look into reports that 300 bandits are infesting the island. —U.P
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    KOREAN AID
    48 5 Reuter. WASHINGTON. Fri. Tne White House announced that President Truman has instructed the Economic Co-operation Administration to prepare to take over the Korean aid piogramme. now administered by the United States Army. The programme has been costing $125,000,000 per year for military government and relief. —Reuter.
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    "BLACK" CANNERIES FLOOD MARKET WITH PINES
    206 5 GOVT. ACTS to END RACKET (Tribune Staff Reporter) "Black" canneries are beating the established factories in Singapore and the Federation in the outnut of canned pineapple. "Black" manufacture is also masquerading under well known pre-war trade names, ar.d defies identification unless on° knows the
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    MAIDEN FLIGHT for HORNET
    101 5 ReuterAAP. SYDNEY. Friday.—Britain's latest single-seater carrierborne fighter aircraft- the de Havilland Sea Homet —is being PWpfCd for its initial Australien flight at Laverton (Victo-' ria) before being allotted to the j Point Cook (Victoria) Aircraft' Research and Development Unit j for exhaustive trials. The aircraft has
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    SHILLING HORSE WINS FAME
    158 5 Reuter. SYDNEY, Fiiday. Cherry Boy, winner of the £2.000 Australian Steeplechase is one of j th- bargains of the Australian turf. Before ho raced he was won »n a shilling raffle during thr war, and later sold for £30. The race was one of the most
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    Waiter A. Foote. 62-year-old veteran diplomat v ho is passing through Singapore on board the President Monroe to take up duties as Councillor in the nearly opened Amcriean Embassy at Colombo, Ceylon. Described as an "expert" on Dutch East Indies, he Was attached to General Mac Arthur's staff in Australia during the rear.
    53 5 Waiter A. Foote. 62-year-old veteran diplomat v ho is passing through Singapore on board the President Monroe to take up duties as Councillor in the nearly opened Amcriean Embassy at Colombo, Ceylon. Described as an "expert" on Dutch East Indies, he Was attached to General Mac Arthur's staff in Australia
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    British actors in demand
    121 5 One of Britain's leading theatrical companies at present touring in Australia has voiced an overwhelming ent!i nsiastic response. This has led to many ieqnests for similar visits by other companies from Britain. Australians are also anxious to hear orchestras from Britain and to have an opportunity
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    HIGHEST PAID
    37 5 Reuter. SYDNEY. Fri. The Broken Hill lead bonus, which makes Broken Hill mine-workers the highest paid labourers in Australia may be reviewed when the next mines agreement is made in Broken Hill next July. Reuter.
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    30 5 Reuter. LONDON, Friday. The King and Queen will receive the Australian and Scottisn ciicke t teams at Balmoral on Sunday. Sept 19. The two t<am s will stay for tea—Reuter.
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      422 5 BLUE NETWORK o ri Records; 11.30 Last Newt. Prog. Summary in Tamil with MALAY ENGLISH Bummary Close Down S.gnatur* Tune 117 Tamil PROGRAMMES j PROGRAMMES IN MALAY song: 1.20 News m Tamil; 1.30 From 12 noon to 2 p.m. Radl-, 12.00 p.m. Programme Sum- Tamil film hits; 1.45 ated on
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      451 6 Church Services St. Andrew's Cathedral: 7 a.m. Holy Communion, 8 a.m. Choral Eucharist 10.30 a.m. Matins followed by Holy Communion at 11.16 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. Evensong. St. Paul's Church, Upper SeraiiKoon 8 a.m. Holy Com munion, and 5.30 p.m. Evensong. St. Hilda's Church, Katong: 8 a.m Holy Communion and
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      679 6 NOTICES Shiga pore Municipality Notice is hereby given that part of Market Street from Chulin Street to Boat Quay will be closed in sections to through traffic commencing 30th August 1948, for a period of about 7 weeks. BY ORDER. MUNICIPALITY OF SINGAjPTjftE The Municipal Commissioners of the Town of
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    3 Horses Arrive
    59 7 rsrea sorsei imported rom England for racing OH th» Malayan Turf arrived in iingapore on board the s.s. i ,I'inetis iffsterdn n raef were: French Cus~ aned to Trainer Fo.r for \irh ifn Thornton; Go if <;a mbb r, consigned to Mr. R. D. Gtllmore; and a
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    G.E.C. TROUNCED
    28 7 In a soccer fri* ndly played Andrew's School ground n Wedne*da3 the gee Sports tub was trounced, by the I-a-'\ ft N<avi .Sports C:ub !<-ni!. I
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    BEST TIPS FOR OPENING DAY OF K.L. RACE MEET
    935 7  -  From ALLAN LEWIS KUALA LUMPUR, Friday.—The Selangor Turf Club August meeting is catering for Class One and Two horses and the first day, tomorrow, sees a proof eight events, all reserved for Class 2 horses set down for decision. i Main
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    SELECTIONS
    386 7  -  By ALLAN LEWIS Race I.—SKYMASTER Princess Nuffield Rendova. Race 2.—STREATFIELD Airpal Haydee. Race 3.—.SHI GALAHAD Mascot re Nlareheta 111. Race 4.—PRINCE EUGENE Francelene Bow Legs. Race S.—GOLD STREAM Sir Fresco Last Double. Race fi.—HERODEN Spear Mirth Mardi Gras. Race 7.—SMILING THROUGH Inspiration Little Beau. Race B.—OREGON AII worth Indian
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    Gentlemen Beaten By An Innings
    436 7 Reuter. LONDON, Friday. Bill Edrich made a gallant attempt to save the Gentlemen of England from an innings defeat today, against the Australians at Lords, scoring 128 runs. The other batsmen however, failed, and the Tourists won by an innings and 81 runs. Following on
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    TO DAY'S CARD
    589 7 Following li the card for today's races at Kuala Lumpur RACE ONE —2.30 P.M. i Horses Class 2, Div. 7. 6 Furs. 0 4 o Silver Star 9.00 0 0 Skymaster 8.10 0 Rendova 8.09 0 0 0 Prattle On 8.09 j 0 0 4 Dark Romance
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    Kota Raja Were Bad Losers
    337 7 Soccer Post-Mortem A few days ago soccer fans saw a game, an important First Division League fixture, in which rough tactics were the rule than the exception. More than half a dozen players were injured, two suffering to such an extent as to being unable
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    TODAY'S SPORT
    57 7 CRICKET: Gandhi Memorial 1 cup S.C.C. v. Combined 1 Indians, S.C.C. padang. 2 p.m., S.C.R.C. v. ACS. O 8.A.. Hong j Lim Green. 2 p.m. SOCCER: S.A.F.A. Div. 11l I Mental Hospital F T. v. RASC Training School. Mental Hospital ground (Yeo Chu Kant; Road), f>.ir> p.m. SWIMMING
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    Surrey Strengthen Cricket Championship Chances
    469 8 Reuter. LONDON, Fri.—Surrey strengthened their chances of taking runners up position in the county cricket championship table by scoring a I good victory over Northamptonshire, who ars j seeking to avoid being last in the table. Yorkshire also improved their position with a I victory
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    GANDHI CUP CRICKET
    115 8 An interesting cricket matcn j will be played today at 2 p.m. and on Sunday at 11 a.m on the S.C.C. padang between a Combined Indian Uam and the Singapore Cricket Club for the "Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Cup" presented by Messrs. Gian Singh Co.. of Singapore. The
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    I.A. CRICKET
    66 8 The following wii* piay foi the Indian Association against R.A.F. Tengah on Sunday at 2 p.m. on the Singapore Khalsa Association Ground:--Mewa Singh Gill <Capt), R. V. Singam. Thangathurai, C. Popatlal. M. Rasiklal, C.S.V. Sundram. S. K. Recidi. S. M Ally. Mansoor Khan. R. S Nadarajah. T. C.
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    CITY FAT HERS REVISE BUDGET, ADD ON $2,978,923
    165 8 (Tribune Staff Reporter) The Singapore Municipal Commissioners at a special meeting yesterday afternoon approved a supplemental budget amounting to ?2,978,923 This includes a last-minute addition, totalling $135,160. The major item in the supplemental budget is for the Electricity Department—sl,363,62s. Next is an
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    THEY'LL MESS IT UP AGAIN!
    46 8 U.P. BERLIN, Friday.- A City Hall charwoman today decided not to clean the building because the second day of Communist demonstration against thoroughly undid their work. "They will only come back and a whole mess will start again" one commented. —U.P.
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    Indian Cyclists Beaten
    158 8 Reuter. AMSTERDAM. "Friday. Lack jof international experience atj tributcd to the defeat of India's j three representatives in the I first heats of the amateur j sprint event when the world cycling championships were j continued here. All were j beaten by riders with big re- putations.
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    Rice Prices Expected To Drop Again
    293 8 (Tiibune Staff Reporter) There has been little change in the Singapore food markets this week though a further drop in rice prices in the 'open' marKet is expected RICE: Best quality rice .s still being retailed around 60c a katty and a slightly lower
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    Britons Qualify In World's Sprint Event
    127 8 U.P. AMSTERDAM, Friday. Two Liitishers including title holder Reg Harris qualified for the world amateur sprint sem'- j finals here today and two Frenchmen were among the provisional semi-finalists. Harris and teammate Alan Bannister who got in by the ski.i »i his teeth entered
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    HOCKEY MATCH WITH GERMANS OFF
    57 8 U.P. FRANKFURT. Friday. The hockey match between the Indian Olympic team and a German combination will not take place, sports officials told the United Press today. The game was originally scheduled for next Tuesday. Sports officials said because of "insurmountable difficulties" the match had to
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    59 DIE IN HEAT WAVE
    82 8 U.P. NEW YORK. Friday. noon survey showed at least 50 persons died from an alj mos t wte-Uong heat wave in ihe United States. They included twelve drownings and 47 fatal heat prosi rations. Illinois reported sixteen heat deaths —the country's highest total. All were
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    WOODCOCK TO MEET OMA
    121 8 U.P. LiUi> jjuxn rrioay. yvce British fight promoter Jack Solomons announced today that the Russian-American Lee Oma will be the opponent for the British and European heavyweight champion. Bruce Woodcock when the Britisher makes his come back next month. The fight will be over eight rounds,
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    FLOOD AND BANDITS
    40 8 U.P. 1 MANILA, Friday. Reports from Central Luzon which is now suffering the worst flood in ten years said armed bands were robbing and terrorising the stricken people of the countryside in Bulacan, Tarlac and other provinces.—U.P.
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    SAFA Div. 1 League Table
    135 8 First Division S.A.F.A. League nositions to date: Teams: r W D L F A Pts. Rovers Sports Club 21 16 1 4 43 22 33 Tigers Sports Club 21 14 3 4 56 32 31 Royal Air Force (Seletan 22 10 7 5 53 34
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    German Officers For Trial
    193 8 Reuter. LONDON. Friday. Three German field marshals and one general will be tried as war criminals by a military court in the British zone of Germany, .he War Office announced here .onight. The officers, Field Marshal Uerd Yon Rundstedt. Field Mar ihml Fritz Erich Yon Manstcin.
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    SHAH OF IRAN RETURNS HOME
    54 8 U.P. TEHERAN. Friday. The Shah of Iran returned home onight liom his European irip and was greeted by a 21 alvo salute as his plane touchlown at the airport. Fifteen Air iorce plants licked up the Shah's plane 120 cilometers outside Teheran and scorted it
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    PRINCE DIES IN PRISON CELL
    32 8 U.P. CAIRO, Friday.- Prince Seif Elhaw Ibrahim, who allegedly tried to seize power in Yemen by engineering his father's assassination, died in prison, it was disclosed today.—U.P.
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    "BITTERNESS DYING OUT"
    68 8 U.P. NEW YORK p, day J rime Minlste i i his arrival on the .in. tania said he <■ re panltton 01 hZ*™ lurtn, hU l£* prepaid to J*?* agreement with States, urnwd We s tern 8ur0p,,,, »M l| partition f Referriag to r* tween Eire and
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    BULGARIAN SAILORS SURRENDER
    70 8 U.P. ISTANBUL, Friday tw Bulgarian sailors to Turkish authorities Vrr after forcing the captaia of their motor boat en route frr.m Bulgaria to All Hrifl Turkish shore. 0,1 The boat carried o!evo n «»,1 ors and three were said to havr drawn their guns aft, r it
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