Malaya Tribune, 3 September 1948

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    59 1 The Malaya Tribune BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Earger Sales than any Afternoon Paper in Malaya Printing Simultaneously Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh Penang Telegrams: 'Tribune Spore." Telephone: 5811 (9 lines) EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS THE MALAYA TRIBUNE London Agents—Messrs. Colin Turner Ltd., Talbot House,
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    Gurney Will Come With Open Mind
    220 1 !t»M><>\, Thurs. —Sir Henry liurney, *BMM« appointment High ('«»iiiiins.«doner for days was announced today, travelled up to London from hi« borne in Itiide, Cornwa'l, tins allcrnoon for consultaIktiM uilh the Colonial OHioe. Pc to leave for Malaya thin a tew weeks." he told ter,
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    Police Fire On Rice Thieves
    101 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Six bags of Government rice were stolen at ik vrvsterciay by occupants of a motor sampan. The vessel, Hong Peng, anchored in the inner roads was unloading rice into lighters when the captain spotted a load of six bags being lowered into
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    DC—3 WITH 13 MISSING
    40 1 DC —3 WITH 13 MISSING U.P SYDNEY, Thurs. —A Douglas DC-3 aircraft carrying ten passengers and three crew members from Brisbane failed to arrive in Sydney last night. It is feared that the plane crashed in the vicinity of Sydney.—U.P.
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    CROWDS WATCH STAR 'DROWN'
    46 1 rhui day. Hundithered on an tit to watch Myrna template diowning herthe fast-ebbing Thames, was being filmed in a foi a new picture, "The Case of Lady Brooke". tferful lights were focussed iteps at Cleopatra's inforced by another yon Waterloo Bridge. Reater.
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    NEW CEASE FIRE
    19 1 nan, Thursday. Arabs agreed today through Nations representatives, cease-lire in Jeruit was officially stated ■eit tonight.
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    SOLDIERS AT PLAY
    34 1 Troops resting after a four-day search for terrorists in the Johore ingles. They find cant game* good relaxation. In the background is a guard who keeps an eye on their arms.
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    Mr. Chifley Accuses Malaya's Europeans
    346 1 Reuter-AAP. CANBERRA, Thurs.—Australian Premier Chifley today accused Europeans in Malaya of having no other interest in the country except that of making profits. Mr. Chiefley told the House of Representatives: "Of i million people in Malaya, only 17,000 are Europeans, many cf whom had no
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    Market Reacts Favourably
    174 1 There was a favourable reaction in the market yesterday following publication of Governmeat's proposals for a Malayan War Damage Compensation Scheme. Business circles opined that ihis should have a 'bullish' effect, not only on business generally, but particularly on hares which immediately showed a slight improvement yesterday
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    'WE BEAT JAPAN'
    58 1 Reuter. LONDON, Thursday.—Mosj cow Radio, in a talk on the recent third anniversary of che ;do eat of Japan, said tonight: I "It was not Allied air bombard- ments nor their atomic combs which defeated Japan. "Japan surrendered only when the Soviet Army routed the Japanese Kwantung
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    MILL BLAZE
    16 1 DUNKINFIELD. Thurs.—A fire seriously damaged a sixstorey mill of the International Cotton Mill Company
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    "50-50" Chance Of Lifting Blockade
    161 1 BERLIN, Thurs.—Chances of a Mfting of tue Berlin blockade are regarded as ''fifty-fifty*' by a French representative in the group of Allied transport specialists who met the Russian delegates in the Control Council building today. The four military governors of Germany met for the third
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    THEY STOLE FROM CORPSES
    43 1 BRUSSELS, Thursday. Nine people were arrested today in connection with thefts ol gold teeth, rings and other valuable objects from the remains of American soldiers which were being transferred from an American military cemetery at Fosses, near Namor. I
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    WOMAN ENVOY
    36 1 Reuter. MOSCOW, Thursday—Mrs. Oolda Meyerson, Israeli Minister to Russia, arrived in Moscow yesterday with her staff, i She was met by Mr. Moloch- kov, Director of the Protocol Department of the Soviet Foreign Ministry.—Reuter.
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    400 1 "A Colossal Swindle" Says C. C. Tan PROGRESSIVE me nber for Municipal South West C. C. Tan is seeking: support from other Singapore Councillors to have the War Damage Compensation Scheme thrown out of the Singapore Legislative Council. Mr. Tan. whr, is President of the Progressive Party, this morning branded
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    S'PORE'S ONLY Windmill
    92 1 A windmill is undergoing the finishing touches at Kallang airport, contracted for X.L.M. Airlines for Singapore Air Day, tomorrow. Around the mill 2,500 paper tulips are to be "planted" to give it a typical Dutch setting. On display inside will be model aeroplanes used on X.L.M. air
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    SIX "CRISIS" ARRESTS
    41 1 Six Chinese were arrester, i under the Emergency regulaj tions last night. Th c CID arrested six Hok- kiens alleged to be members iof secret societies were arrestled yesterday. There wer e no armed robberies las t night.
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    Crewmen Change Mind, Will Sail
    78 1 Reuter. Hongkong. Thursday. Following the receipt of an ordei from the French Government. 200 crewmen of the Messageries Maritimes liner, Champollion. /esterday reversed an earlier lecision and decided to sail the ■hip to Shanghai. The men jreviously refused to sail. >ecause they regarded the Chiicse
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    BILLS IN SHORT SUPPLY
    60 1 The Big Tux> Bills publish(-.I yesterday the Debtor and Creditor (Occupation Period) Bill, 1948. and the War Damage Claims Commission* Report—are still not on sale for the public in Singapore. These Bills, released for general information yesterday, were printed in the Federal capital. Only limited copies
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    POLICE OPEN FIRE.
    22 1 CALCUTTA. Thursday. Eighteen people were injured when police opened fire here last night on dock workers wht downed tools
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    Queen Is Now A Princess
    139 1 U.P. AMSTERDAM. Thurs. In sor row and rejoicing Holland bade farewell today to Queen Wilhelmina and roared "Long life" to Queen Juliana. Tears that dimmed the eyes of thousands of devoted subject.; were for the Queen, who signed the instrument of abdication just before noon
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    STOP PRESS
    67 1 SOLOMONS CABLES LOUIS' MANAGER Reuter. LONDON, Thursday. Boxing promoter Jack Solo- mons sent a cable to Marshal Miles, manager of Joe Louis, asking if he was prepared fur the world champion to defend his title in London next June against liruce Woodcock. Woodcock is to make his "come
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    LEGIONNAIRES FOR INDOCHINA
    37 1 Reuter. ALGIERS. Thurs. The 12.063-ton Frvnch liner Marechal Joffre. which is taking a large detachment of sailors from Marseilles to Indo-China. picked up several companies of Foreign Legionnaries a.jd parachutists at Algiers today. Reuter.
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    FEDERATION WAR FIGURES
    90 2 A Police communique from the Federation capital gives the following figures for detention, arrest, and casualties: (since June 16. 1948). TERRORIST LIST Arrests: 4.523; Detentions: 2.725; Bandits killed 139; Bandits wounded 78. CIVILIAN LIST Europeans killed: 13; Europeans wounded (>: Other Nationalities killed 131; Oth.-r Nationalities wounded
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    "Unnecessary Emergency" Could Have Been Avoided
    542 2 Unnecessary Emergency" Could Have Been Avoided T i i'vipi it Thmdav His Majesty's Government came in for strong erlhere today. t Mr. A. «V. Wallich, who moved the adjournment oi me business of th* Council to discuss certain aspects of the present emergency, railed the present situation in the country
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    MAN WHO SAW VISIONS FACES MURDER CHARGE
    161 2 Mental depression anil money worries apparently caused Yeo Kwi Tong. a 32-year-old Hokkien, to see visions of "spirits and devils" since last January. On the 16th of that month I he tried to kill himself with a j chopper and also attacked his
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    29 2 Dr. H. T. Wee. J.P.. has been j appointed to be a Municipal j Commissioner of the Town of Singapore during the absence on of Mr. Tan Hoon Siang.
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    SENSATIONAL POLICE HURT
    79 2 (Tribune Staff Reporter) The Singapore Police made a sensational haul of 157 coils of dynamite fuse totalling more than 3.600 feet in length, yesterday when they arrested a Hokkicn who had them in his possession for sale. Inspector Gurdial Singh and a detective from Orchard Road Police
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    TOOK RICE "SWEEPING" TO FEED 10 PEOPLE
    52 2 A Chinese who took 25 pounds of rice -which he called "sweepings"- was fined $30. or three weeks' rigorous imprisonment, at the Eighth Police Court, yesterday when he was charged with stealing the rice. Goh Ah Tec pleaded that he had 10 persons
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    MILITARY RAID SQUATTER AREA
    43 2 A Police communique issuod ,in Sercmban yesterday stated that further raids were carried out by the military in a squatter area near Penang Negri Sembilan. Four Chinese one in possession of a blood stained jungle green cxat were detained.
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    Bandits Flee Camp After Gun-Battle
    517 2 (Tribune War Correspondent) PONTIAN, Thursday. A midnight gun battie between a Military patrol and a party M about 10 bandits resulted in the discovery of a well camouflaged Insurgent camp on the heights of Gunong Pulal (2,141 feet) four miles east of Kulai Young Estate.
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    AIR DAY FLIGHT THRILLS
    229 3 ipore's Hist postwar Air be held in Kallang toivtll be highlighted by toui joy i ides on ioui X.L.M. Dakota a Airways Dakota a c m Mallaid and a X.L.M. ill ©oat adults $10 per ii children $i each. and a Vampire arc iled to give
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    COUNCIL PAYS TRIBUTE TO "A GREAT LEADER"
    733 3 Rounding up the many tri- j butes to the late Dr. Ongi Chong Keng at the meeting of i the Federal Legislative Council today. His Excellency the Officer Administering the Govern- j ment. Sir Alec Newboult, said "I would like to associate myself
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    Death Promised If Victims Talked
    360 3 An armed hold-up b\ three Chinese at a house in Kampong Java Road on January 5 last, when cash and jewellery to the value of $700 were stolen, had a sequel at the Assize Court yesterday when one of the three hold-up men Lam Sai
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    Kampong Malays Were Neglected
    350 3 Kt'ALA LIMPIR, Thursday.— A severe indictment of Government policy towards the kampong people of Malaya was made by Sheikh Ahmad Bin Mohammed Hashim al the Federal legislative Council this afternoon. Speaking after the adjournment. Mr. Hashim pointed to the precarious"" existence f viie kampong people who
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    Gurney Named New Malaya H.C.
    242 3 LONDON, Friday ruorninp. —Ills Mnje&ty the King ha* approved the appointment of Sir Henry Lovell Goldsworthy Gurney, C.M.G., Colonial Secretary of Palestine, as High Commissioner for the Federation of Malaya. Sir Henry, who is known as "Strong Man Gurney". will not be arriving in Malaya
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    FAMED MEDIUM DIES AT 85
    75 3 LONDON, Thursday.-Dam-Edith Lyttel'.on. whose long and varied cuieer including acting as medium at seancxof the Society for Physical Research, died here today a' the age of 83. Dam*. Edith was five tinn b British substitute delegate tc the League of Nations Assembly in Geneva. She
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    NINE DRACONS COULDN'T SAVE HIM FROM JAIL
    218 3 A Chinese secret society, beating the name of "The Gates at the Nine Dragons", operated extensively outside the Singapore Harbour Board area, between Kampong Bahru and Tanjong Pagar. Inspector Chia Tzc Fong revealed in the Firsc District Court, yesterday. A young Chinese. S.H.B.
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    Sandhurst Training For Colonial Canditates
    211 3 General Headquarters. FAR BABT Land Foices. in a Press i statement issued today, state I mat a scheme is now in opera- I Vxoxx whereby British civilian candidate* from tne Colonies, md Dominions may he accepted i for training at the Royal Military Academy at
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    ROBBERY MOTIVE BEHIND MURDER
    68 3 The Police believe that robbery was the motive in the murder of the young Boyanese taxi driver. Adam bin Braus. wl 1 i was found dead in a ianc off River Valley Road with two bullet wounds and a bashed head on Wednesday evening. The body
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    THIRD WEEK RUN FOR INDIAN FILM
    64 3 Members of the press and, various communities including Mr. Thivy of the Indian Government. —recently attended the Cathay preview room for the Indian box-office pictun "Chandralcka." which is having its third-week run at the Marlborough Theatre. But for its superfluous length, which is just
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      325 3 ON YO UR RADIO TODAY ay mary: 6.05 Musical Interlude: Programme Summary in Manpßnr^MWM 8 630 p °P ular Request: 7.00 darin; 6.03 Mandarin Selecnuu«AMMfc(, Time signal 701 Popular Re i ions; Teochew Selections PROGRAMMES IN ENGLISH quest: 7 :i0 Nowii Ifl Malay 7.00 Foochew songs; 7.30 Chil--1.00 Dance Miisic
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    THE LITTERBUGS
    162 4 IT is high time the streets of Singapore were cieanea up. Ihey are a disgrace to a city :hat once claimed first place in cleanliness in the Far East. The big towns of the Federation, Penang. Malacca, Kuala Lumpur and Ipoh are no better. They want the attention
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    TIME IS PRECIOUS
    163 4 WHILE we are on this matter of cleaning up our city, we will go a stage further. When are the authorities going to make a drive against the persistent minor lawbreakers? In last Sunday's Tribune reporter Herman Rappa described how he took a walk through Singapore and
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    WHERE CRIME STARTS
    164 4 OVERCROWDING 1-ads to crime. Children are turned out into the streets because there .s no room for them in their homes. They fall in with bad company. Before they have learned to play they have learnt to steal. They have learnea the dodges of the black market.
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    ARE THERE CABBAGES ON MARS?
    880 4 A Russian scientist poses this crazy question to the world A Russian scientist, G. A. Tikhov, has founded a new branch of natural science, "astrobotany"—the research in plant life of other planets. As director of Alma Ata Observatory he had concentrated on studying the possibility
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    POSTBAG
    363 4 T. LEE. SIR. May I. as an employei of 20 clerks, average pay $170j00 a month, join you in the defence of Mr. Wong. They are all good fellows and the] work bard. I know they are having a bad time because of the high cost of living. I
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    Plan To Control Mass Destruction
    276 4 Reuter. A PLAN to place all scientific discovery capable of causing mass destruction under the control of an international body has been submitted for the consideration of statesmen of many countries, according to a statement issued by the Italian Unionist Movement here. The plan, put
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    "Hitler's Brothers In Arms"
    263 4 Reuter. FINLAND'S new Social Democrat Government is being bitterly attacked by the extreme leftwing Peoples Democrat party and the Russian Press, although the Prime Minister, Mr. Carl August Fagerholm. has stressed that he has tried to form a Government of specialists rather than of politicians. The
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    The Courage Of George
    115 4 Reuter-AAP. SYDNEY, Cheerful George Livermore, treasurer of the Vallery Rugby League Club (Brisbane) provides a lesson in courage. George has no legs, but is an industrious treasurer and is on the job as time-keeper at matches, sitting in his wheel chair. In 1932. when George was
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    King & Queen May See 1949 VintageFestivalDown Under
    1035 5  - King Queen May See 1949 VintageFestivalDown Under (By JOHN LOUGHLIN. Pictures by DACRE STUBBS.) Wine makers and the growers of the vine have a reputation for being a jovial lot. Their vintage lestivals are colourful affairs almost i 3 ancient as the secrets of their calling, and the Greeks knew
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    "MOOLTAN" IS BACK IN SERVICE
    274 5 l 000 ton P. O. Liner has completed trials having undergone reconin the Belfast yard of (j Wolff from July 1947 I July 1948, pteraber, 19.39, the in" was takes over by iralty and converted aimed Merchant Cruiswhich capacity she saw teat deal °f service.
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    PWD OVERSEERS' CONFERENCE
    113 5 -pices of the P.W.D. Technical Malaya, a second con--1 >verseers of the Mai; Works DeI at Ipoh last KeperesentaSingapore, Johore, md Selangoi al body of Overs In Perak were present, rh' Conference decided to wing demands I terma of transfei from the old scheme to the increment
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    Vital Amendments To Housing Report Urged
    335 5 (Tribune Stair Reporter) The Singapore Housing Committee's report, tabled at the last meeting of the Legislative Council, recommends three important amendments to Land Acquisition Ordinance. These amendments (the report says) may be necessary to facilitate the creation of industrial estates and satellite towns envisaged
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    ASIAN PEASANTS CONFAB IN OCT.
    88 5 Reuter. MANIL A. —The all-Burma I Peasants' Organization has cxi tended an invitation to Philippine peasant organizations to j send representatives to an all- !As i a n peasants' conference i scheduled to be held in Ran- goon, capital of Burma, in j October. The
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    71 5 Motor car drivers believe the are too busy during the >resent Emergency and are takng advantage of this to use uivate motor cars as public ervice vehicles, stated Inspeeor Jagir Singh, 0.C.P.D.. Vebong Tebal, In the Krian Tourt, when he pressed for a leterrent sentence against Man an Mat charged
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    MALAYAN NEWS BRIEFS
    282 5 Inspector Abma Singh, who was attached to the Police "epot Contingent. Is now transerred to take charge 'of the Juards and Lscoits Company, iluli Road, Kuala Lempur. St The Officer Admini. I. rin?s th Jov.'inment in the V ;< ration, ias appointed Bnche Kasarudlin bin Abdul ReJ
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    FREE MILK FOR 84,000 PUPILS
    130 5 (Tribune Stall' Reporter) About 84,000 pupils attending over 600 schools in Johore are receiving half a pint of skimmed milk on each school day. In addition, each school is eligible for supplies of cocoa and sugar which may bo drawn from I the centres of
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    INTERNAL AIR MAIL CHARGES
    61 5 I The Postmaster-General announces that, with effect from the September 6. 1948, the revised air mail charges payable on letters and postcards ad- dressed to places within Malaya tor transmission by the Internal Airmail Service will be as follows LETTERS: 13 cents for the first ounce
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    "Avani Sathurthi" Festival
    50 5 The Hindu employees of tne Singapore Municipality will observe and celebrate Lord Ganesha's Great Day of tne year "Avani Sathurthi" Festival at the Sree Senpaga Vinayagar Temple. Ceylon Road, Katong. on Monday from 5 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. ana all Hindus are requested to attend the function
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    29 5 U.P. BRUSSELS. Thursday Sabena Airlines announced to- i day a Belgian DC-3 with ten passengers and three crew members has been missing in the Belgian Congo since Tuesday. U.P.
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    NEHRU IS "DISTURBED"
    100 5 U.P. new DELHI, Thursday. India's Prime Minister Pandit Nehm officially confirmed that I the the India Government is "disturbed" over Soviet press attacks on the Delhi nationalist government. I Nehru said some of the reports on India in the Russian press were "unfortunate and do I not
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    IN MUMORIAM
    21 6 In memory of F. Neelankavil, (Principal, Royal English School) who passed away on Sept. 3, 1»47. Rest in Peace.
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    Onn Tells Malays : "Unite And Help Battle Reds"
    314 6 Onn Tells Malays "Unite And Help Battle Reds" "Malays of all shades of opinion inus' sink their differences now and unite solidly in defence of their country and national righ's, or suffer the bitter consequences of disunity." declared Dato Onn bin Jaafar, Mentri Besar of Johore at a recent Johore
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    Select Committee For War Damage Scheme
    200 6 I At yesterday's meeting of I the Federal Legislative Coun-1 cil the following were appointied to serve on the Select Committee of the Council to examine and report on the Malayan War Damage Compensation Scheme The Attorney-General; the Financial Secretary; the Economic Adviser; Mr.
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    Newboult Replies To Criticisms
    440 6 r'Frum Our Own Reporter) KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. j Replying to the unofficial criticism of the Home Government in the present emergency. Sir Alec Newboult. acting High Commissioner of the Federation, said that the speeches made in the Council only went to reinforce the points which they
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    Rammed Broken Glass Into Face Of Chinese
    240 6 A European ship's officer rammed a broken glass right into the face of a Chinese in a midnight cabaret affray, it was stated in the Fourth Police Court, yesterday. The Chinese, Loh Ah Wah. received several deep cuts. The doctor could not say
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    EUROPEAN ART & ITS GROWTH
    76 6 EUROPEAN ART ITS GROWTH "Modem European Art" was the theme of a lecture deliverer I by Mr. Roy Morell at the East-West Society last night. The lecturer gave a vivid account of the development and growth of the art from the 18th century down to the present times and exhibited
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    49 6 It is officially stated that by August 31, 1948. a total of 312 Orders of Banishment had been appiovrd sinc< t' u heglonlg of tin- yea. I»f those, 2T5. Were in resRH uf persons with com viction .'i court. Durin;; the past month 31 banishc; wen deported to China.
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    WORLD FORCE, NOT CONDUIT
    167 6 Reuter. mtciluken. Thursday. T Ttu\ pjoposcd Ein>pean Union which is being discussed here by the European Parliamentary j Congress must be a third force i in the world and not SO* of conduit between the Soviet .Union and the United States I Mr. Robo t Boothby.
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    TRADE PACT?
    60 6 Reuter. London. Thursday. M. 1 George Zarubin. Soviet Ambas- sador in London, today, met Mr. Arthur Bottomley. Overseas Trade Minister, to discuss trade negotiations between Britain and the Soviet Union. lt is believed here there might be substance in reouA. published in the United States that Britain has
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    "Warning To Hollywood"
    84 6 Reuter. HOLLYWOOD, Thurs. Th. arrest of film actor Koh. r? Mltchum and three others m narcotics charges after a midnight raid on a seelud, I cottage "is only the begin ning of a Hollywood dean up," potiee investigators s:ud today. "Hollywood can let this ser\, as a
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    DEAI 11
    25 6 liarumanasseri Narayana lyei Narayana Iyer. Suddenly »i i Singapore, on 2nd Septemb. v 1948. Cremation 5.80 p.m., 3rd September, at Hindu Cemeter\ Bidadari.
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    South African Colour Bar On Rugger Field Flayed
    344 7 Reuter. WELLINGTON New Zealand, Thurs.—Bitter criticism of a elusion by the New Zealand Rugby Union to exclude Maori players from the Kuprby Union Ail Blacks team to tour South Africa next year was made ay ny way uer> bir Howard Kippenberger, president
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    HOCKEY ASSN. MEETING
    29 7 Secretaries and convenor sof clubs associated to the Singapore Hockey Association are -eminded of today's extraordinary and general meetings to begin at 5.15 at tho S.R.C.'
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    Indians Maintain Record
    114 7 Reuter. NI >N, Thursday—HoldBtrong Athenian League eto a haw of one goal it Ftechley, the Indian Olympic soccer XI, who will r turn home tomorrow, remain aten by a British side. Indians wore obviously fortable on the wot I md not until the second hen many of
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    He Made Sport Pay
    111 7 Reuter. THETFORD, NORFOLK. Sir William Benjamin Gentle, pioneer of greying in Britain, who Is] believed to have made more ney out of the sport than ;.ny other man. died here today at the age of 83. Sir William was first a i i sol ving in
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    CHINESE ATHLETES TROUNCED
    41 7 Sup rk>i in all departments of th> game, the Indian Associate trounced the Chinese Athlin i Third Division at McNair Road ground yesterday. Indian hdby 3 lat the inS. Chandra (3), adarajah for the InKirn Siang for the
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    Son Of Kong To Meet Punjab Tiger
    139 7 Son of Kong. 200-lb. Malayan Chinese champion, and the Pun- jab "Tiger." top the wrestling bill at the Happy World Stadium tomorrow. A week ago. the "Tiger" made short work of Bosca Boa. No. 2 ranking Chinese grapplcr in Malaya. Boa was at
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    SOCCER RESULTS
    40 7 Reuter. London. Thursday.- Football results Division Three (South) Newport Count v 1, Wat fold Northampton Town I, Norwich City 0. Swansea Town 3. Crystal Palace 0. Walsall 3. Notts County 2. Carlisle United 2. New Brighton 2. Reuter.
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    K.L. Race Weights For Tomorrow
    309 7 The following are the weights for tomorrow's K.L. races: Horses. CI. 2. Div. 2. About 7 Furlongs Allwortb 8 W Oregon 8.13 Radiant Rhythm 8.00 Streattield 8.00 Merry Miller 8.00 Marconi 8.00 Haydce ••JJ Gold Stream 71 Book law II 7.11 Hunter's Call 7.09 Christmas
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    WEEK-END BADMINTON MATCHES
    123 7 The following represent Jie Sect Kirn Cheng, Badminton Party, to play a letuin. friendly match against the City Bank Club Badminton Putty, and the Social Badminton Party. The matches will be played at the court of the 5.K.C.8.1\ orSunday at 7.30 a.m. and against the Social B.P.
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    MCC DECLARF
    28 7 Reuter. LONDON. Thursday. Cricket close of play score :At Scarborough. Yorkshire vs. MCC. MCC 444 for five declared. Yorkshire 49 for zero, rain restricted play. Reuter.
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    Edrich, Barnett Flog Express Bowling
    332 7 Reuter. HASTINGS, Thurs. -Australia's fast bowling which proved so effective in the Tests, was flogged today when the South of England began their reply to the visitors' total of 522 for 7 dec. Thirty-two runs were scored by Umroett and Edrich off Lhc first fotli
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    Tonight's Charity Boxing
    218 7 Boxing fans should hue their nil tonight at the Happy World Covered Stadium venue of a special programme of amateur fights between I well-matched pah., representing the Katong Boys' Club ami j the Police Training School. Organised for the benefit of the Carinalite Convent building fund, the
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    FULL POINTS FOR ROVERS
    179 7 Rovers Sports Club had to I battle bard foi full point- in J their Div. 2 League game against the Police at Geyiang Stadium yesterday. The match was contested at a fast throughout and the Rovers rail out winners by one- aa I The Police raided
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    TIGERS BEATEN BY INDONESIANS
    45 7 The Tigers a/ho are aa visii to Medaa sustained severe defeat at the hands of the Indonesian XI over ih»> week-end, galas; down to the fuue of I—l. in a saaaeoaeai gasse, Tigers heal East Siunatra hy si\ goals to two.
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    18 7 Reuter. PRAGUE, Thursday The strength of Dr. Bduard Benes lis declining "slowly »>ut visi|bly." said tonight's bulletin. Reuter.
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    2 WORLD BOXING TITLES AT STAKE THIS MONTH
    524 7 Reuter. NEW \ORK, Thursday.—With the heavier vveights temporarily out of the picture big boxing in I September, at least so far as this part of the world is concerned, rests with middle, welter and light j weights with a chance of the
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    JOLLILADS FIXTURES
    56 7 The following arc the football fixtures of the Jollilads tor September and October: Sept. 12 -vs. GHQ Farelf at Tanglin; Sept. 19 vs. Army, Fire Service, at Gillman Barracks; Sept. 26 vs. Bounav3ita Spoils Club for the John's Cup at Pasir Paajaag; Oct. 3 .s. Base Group R.E.:
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    TRIANGLE S.C.
    49 7 The following will represent. .he Triangle Soccer team's second eleven at soccer against .he Singapoie Cold Storage at J the Delta Road ground on j Saturday: SOO Yuen; Krishna. Hassan, lian Choo, Ah Mm. Tusoff. Hussein, Luen Pah [tarn, Manikam. Lay Hwa, Ismail. Patrick Ang. Ah Meng.
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    SCFA Meet RAF At Stadium Tomorrow
    104 7 Preparatory to the Malayan Chinese Inter State soccer j competition. the Singapore i Chinese Football Association j have arranged to play a friI endly match with the Royal Air Force at Jalan Besar tomorrow A good game is untie:- pated. Admission charges are $1
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    3 A's Just Scraped Through
    164 7 AAA 4; Malays 8. Typical cnd-of-the-season soccer was seen at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Neither 3 A's nor the Malays played up to form. Perhaps this was because there was nothing at stake. However, tiie Malays treated supporters- a mere handful to some .sparkling play.
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    Schuman Bars Socialists
    206 8 PARIS, Thurs.—After long consultations with party leaders Robert Schuman tonight announced he would form a new French Government without Socialist participation. He made the forecast after seeing the President, M. Vincent Auriol, who, it had been anticipated, might have intervened and sought a compromise between M. Schuman
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    CHINESE ATTITUDE IN MALAYA WAR FLAYED
    147 8 Reuter. Shanghai. Thursday. A striking fact about the insurrection in Malaya, is that although the Chinese population of the Peninsula is two and a half million, only 200 out of 0.000 volunteers for the special constabulary are Chinese, the British-owned North China Daily News
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    BULLITT CALLS FOR MORE ARMS AID TO CHINA
    225 8 Reuter. NEW YORK, Thurs.—Mr. WUllam C. Bullitt, former United States ambassador to Russia and France, today urged immediate military aid for Western Europe and J China to nave America from what he termed an "assault by overwhelming masses of I Communist driven
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    Churchmen Flay Communism —And Capitalism, Too
    284 8 Reuter. AMSTERDAM, Thurs —Leading Churchmen attacked Communism and Capitalism as false ideologies" in a report to the World Council of Churches here today, and asked Christians to seek new creative solutions—to the problems of the world. The report submitted by a special committee to
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    DEATH OF S'PORE RUBBER MERCHANT
    184 8 (Tribune Staff Reporter) The death of Mr. K. N. I. Narayana Iyer, managing director of Stanton Nelson Co., Ltd., who died suddenly last night, will be deeply i mourned by rubber trading circles in Singapore. He was 54 years of age. The late Mr. Iyer
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    CEYLON DOESN'T WANT LOAN YET
    54 8 Reuter. COLOMBO. Thursday Dr. L. Rajapakse, leader of the Ceylon Upper House, announced in the Senate today that the Ceylon Government had no intention of negotiaUng a dollar loan from the United States tn the near future. He was replaying to a ques- i tion
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    Australia Prepares For World War III
    229 8 Reuter-AAP. CANBERRA, Thurs.—lf a third world war comes, Australia will become the main British i supply base east of Suez and the task of the A ;sI tralian joint staff for war production wih be to i prepare plans to convert domestic industry to
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    DAVIS CUP TIE DRAW
    66 8 Reuter. NEW YORK. Thursday.- The draw for the challenge rouna iof the Davis Cup between the United States and Australia, to jbe played at Forest Hills this week-end, is as follows: Saturday: Frank Parkci (US) vs. Bill Sidwell (Australia), followed by Ted Schroeder (US) vs. Adrian
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    22 8 Cape Town, Thursday.—South Africa wdl not withdraw its recognition of Israel, Dr. D. F. Malan (Premier) told the South African Parliament today.
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    Swindlers' Day In Berlin
    88 8 BERLIN, Thurs. —Swindlers, profitting from the preaent currency confusion, did a roaring trade on Berlln'n black markets today when they began to well banknotes which they described as "the new uniform currency for all Berlin." They sold the notes Eastern marks with stamps bear Ing the
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    Stalin Attends Zhdanov Burial
    251 8 Reuter-U.P. MOSCOW, Thurs.—Marshal Stalin was among the thousands who filled Moscow's Red Square foment and heard Mr. Molotov, Soviet Foreign Minister, uav tribute to "one of the most beloved sons of the Soviet people" when he delivered the funeral oration for Gen. Andre Zhdanov. The highest
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    TODAY'S SPORTS
    48 8 SOCCER:—S.A.F.A. League Div. I—S.R.C., vs. S.C.C. Jalan Besar Stadium; Div. II C.A. II vs. M.F A. 11, Geylang Stadium. Both games will start at 5.1b p.m. BOXlNG:—Charity Tournament—Katong Boys' Club vs. Police Training School, in aid of the Carmalite Convent building fund. Happy World 9 p.m.
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    BOLLAERT TO RETIRE
    40 8 SAIGON. Thurs.- M. Emile Bollaert. French High Commissioner in Indo-China, said here today that he would not seek a renewal of his mandate as High Commissioner, and that he expected to leave Indo-China in a month's time.
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    "OPERATION SOCCER II"
    79 8 i 7""fi s i,, i, n from Hit R. A 0 PHi the M or n I n a T < i b a t, otter the i-ilau upitattnn 1« pltaSt It Opt !"ff<'N rn tiattall'Oi H-'t'ln" at /ii» bungatou. tin ratal* tuanatp i Homeuhttt ui lion
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    Reds Being "Drilled At Midnight"
    76 8 TRAVANCORE. Thuis. The Government of Travancortoday charged the Indian Communist Party with "planning an extensive agrarian and industrial revolt" in the state by secretly encouraging mur<l<r arson and looting in order to establish a Communi.-i Raj (Government). The Government iecktred that arms were being collected
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