Malaya Tribune, 8 September 1948

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    65 1 The Malaya Tribune BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Larger Sales than any Afternoon Paper in Malaya V %1 V* Printing Simultaneously Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh <6 Penang Telegrams: "Tribune S'r-yre." Telephone: 5811 (9 tines) LIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS THE MALAYA TRIBUNE London A gents—Messrs.
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    TAXES GOING UP
    141 1 Late News b«t»Ntial tmw» bi M« tix.it i<»n necessary to War OHiringe c'ahns ~1 Mr. St. J. L. Carson. hnirinan of Claims Commissi.,n. .it Press conference toAnswering Mi. C. C. Lan gllegatiMi that war damagr bfuHH only We hn«d »s, Mr. arson said it was wrong. 11,
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    "Revolt" Call By Yugoslavs
    75 1 tVjt Tues.—The Yugoslav mist Party, throu~r' ofticiitl newspaper Borbs jpon all Ba!K£. volt again. l ,t the Conunform. i bog tutorial, Yugoslav Patty again ccX t mlin-directed Co nd charged that it> »n Yugoslavia wa weapons into ti:< Western imperialists tttackfl on Yugo nd. the nacio*'»
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    PANAMA INVITES KING & QUEEN
    49 1 PANAMA INVITES KING QUEEN Reuter. PANAMA CITY. Tues. Piama has invited King Gcdi ge I/I and Queen Elizabeth to j spend the night of Feb. 9. l.'io icre as guests of the Govern ■lent on their way to Australia I Tor the Royal tour, it was announced today. Reuter.
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    France again without govt.
    145 1 U.P. and Reuter. DARIS. Tues.—The government of M. Robert r Schumin. Frances thirteenth since the liberation, resigned tonight after losing its first test of strength before the National Assembly. M. Schuman was defeated by 295 votes to 289. The Socialists were believed to have deserted him
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    BAO DAI’S TERMS
    38 1 Reuter. SAIGON. Tues. Ex-En: pcror Bao Dai of Annam ha* cold France he wishes to return to Vietnam "only if libert' and independence are readme-' in a concrete manner" by the signing of treaties. Reuter.
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    "TERR OR" INSURANCE TALKS IN WHITEHALL
    125 1 Reuter. LONDON, Tues. A dep■tfttlao representing many" rsnuniiilaJ inlerests in Malaya, which was received at Ihr < «lonial Office here to*»jr, »as believed to have hewed the question of inMirane* in the Peninsula. 'he deputation comprised J preservatives of the Rubber I noles Association,
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    Car In Two Accidents
    94 1 A motor-car was involved in two collisions at the junction of Mountbatten Road and Kallang Road last night before it finally came to rest against a brick wall. The car which was travelling down Mountbatten Road grazed another car coming from the opposite direction. Unscathed, the
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    CID Raids Village
    71 1 THE C.I.D. and members of the uniformed po'ice raided a village at the Bth milestone Poiiggol Road at dawn this morning. Fifty-two Chinese and on-* Javanese were screened, after which one Chinese was detained for further questioning. HAD STEN GUN TWO Indonesians were arrested yesterday noon in
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    6 Crisis Arrests
    26 1 EMERGENCY arrests increasd by six when three Chinese, two Indians and a Malay were detained yesterday. The total number under detention Is 266.
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    MISSING GOLD FOUND IN CAIRO
    20 1 The box of gold found missing from a Singapore plane has been recovered in Cairo
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    2 ARRESTED
    22 1 ONE Chinese and a Banjarese were arrested by the C.I.D. yesterday for being suspected members of an unlawful secret society.
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    FIRE ON NEW LUXURY SHIP
    44 1 U.P. SOUTHAMPTON, Tues. A fire blazed for two hours today in the hold of the new Cunard White Star 8.723-ton passenger ship "Asia." The wooden panelling and cork insulation were damaged before the fire was brought under control. —U.P.
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    COAL OUTPUT
    22 1 LONDON, Tues. Britain's total coal output last week was 4,054,000 tons, according to a provisional Ministry of Fuel statement tonight.
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    ONE LAW HOLDS BACK 600 FLATS Nobody Can Spend $795,000 Elizabeth Building Fund
    433 1  -  9 Mon ths—No Work IIv P.J. Joseph THE S795.G72.85 Princess Elizabeth Building Fund is immobilised for lack of one law. Nine months have passed since the formation of the Fund, and not one brick has been laid
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    LILY SAYS HELLO
    35 1 iMy Lee famed Chinese film star photographed by the Tribune cameraman on her arrival here by the Carthage this morning. Lily is en rout 'to the United Kingdom With her Producer husband.
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    Chinese Film Star In Town
    313 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Lily Lee. top-ranking Chinese film star and her husband, one of the leading Chinese film producers, Mr. T. Y. Lo, are in Singapore today. They came from Shanghai en and Mr. C. R. Salisbury of the >oard the Carthage. They Rro British
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    LORRY SKIDDED, ONE KILLED
    55 1 An R.A.F. lorry conveying four passengers Along 11% milestone Chua Chu Kang Road at 2.30 p.m. yesterday, skidded down a slope and overturned. One of the passengers. Tan Teck Hong, a 30-year-old Chinese fitter, was pinned benea'h the truck and killed. Two others were injured hut
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    DR. VAN MOOK HERE
    12 1 Dr. Van Mook is expected in Singapore today.
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    TRADE UNIONS IN COLONIES: UK. RECEIVES PAT ON THE BACK
    197 1 GENEVA. Tues.- Mr. B. Shiva Rao. India said today Britain's attitude to colonial trade union development in "refreshing contrast to those of other African powers." Speaking in the United Nations 16-nation Committee on Non-Self-Governing Territories, he praised the British T.U.C.
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    BERLIN: SITUATION SERIOUS'
    467 1 Reuter. WASHINGTON, Tues.—United States Government officials said today they felt the Com-munist-led attacks on the Berlin City Assembly had created a serious situation there. High State Department authorities were studying ihe situation but no decision had been reached yet whether to send an official protest to the
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    STOP PRESS PALESTINE POLICE IN ACTION
    50 1 JOHORE, Today. Early this morning a large force of bandits pillaged Sungei Bekok Eslate. They burned smoke house, parking sheds, engine room and factory. Two Palestine police officers and 14 special constables engaged raiders. It is believed tliat one of the bandits was wounded.
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    POLICE STATION ATTACKED
    56 1 YONG PENG, Today. 40 Insurgents raided Yang Peng yesterday. One section attacked police station. Another party attacked town. The raiders killed KMT leader. Tan Ho Lin. A barber was also murdered. Two other Chinese were wounded. Auxiliary police fired back at the bandits. One wounded bp.ndit was
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    ‘Action’ Was Keynote Of Police Manoeuvres
    359 2 S.H.B. Exercise-A Success OPERATION STILL REthe second exercise since the emergency by the Singapore Harbour; Board Police yesterday evening, held up the work of loading and unloading ships at the wharves for nearly two hours. Unlike the previous exercise, this time the attackers were
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    C.P.E. TEA PARTY
    33 2 Th e Chinese Produce Exchange will hoid a tea party on Friday at 3 p.m. for the reopening .of the exchange at Its pre-war premises at No. 4. Prince Street.
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    FOWL BUYER'S SENTENCE QUASHED
    162 2 Lim Kang Hai paid below the market price for 20 fowls and was sentenced to one month's r.i. in the magistrate's courts when it was discovered they were stolen property. But Acting Chief Justice Mr. GordonSmith held in the Appeal Court yesterday that it was not
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    42 NEW SCOUTS SWORN IN
    103 2 About 100 Chinese Boy Scouts and Girl Guides were present for the investiture of the Chinese sth. and 6th. Open Scout Troop, which took place in the compound of the V.M.C.A. at Selegie Road yesterday evening. The Commissioner of Scouts, Rev. Canon R. K. S.
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    Armed Men Take $6,700 Jewellery
    58 2 Two Chinese each armed with a gun entered a house <»ecupled. b.\ an Indian, s. m Kupuaamy, at No. 48, Harpur Road in the Payar Lebar area at 12.80 p.m yesterday and got away with $6,700 worth of jewellery. It was the first case of
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    SETTLEMENT CONSULATE
    105 2 MALACCA, Tues.—The Malacca Chinese Consulate is to be officially opened on Tuesday, September 14, and the local Chinese Community have appointed a Committee consisting of members from the various Chinese Associations and Guilds, to carry out the necessary arrangements in connection with the opening of the office. A
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    Retrial Ordered In Crown Paper Case
    378 2 Gulam Dastagar, Chulia Street merchant will stand his trial again on a charge of dishonestly retaining 466 reams of duplicating paper, property of the Crown, stolen from Embarkation Headquarters, FARELF. Acting Chief Justice Mr. Gordon-Smith ordered the re- i trial yesterday. Mr. D. K.
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    Malay Syce Found Shot Near Taxi
    183 2 Yesterday, in the Singapore Coroner's Court, Shaik said. "I was paralysed by the spectackle before my eyes. It was fully two minutes before I recovered my wits," he added. "Then I rushed down intc Killiney Road, burst into a shop and telephoned for the
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    Panglima Shows Her Paces
    129 2 H.M.S. Fanglima, the latest acquisition of the Malayan Royal Naval Volunteers Reserve jnderwent her trials after conversion yesterday off the Singapore Naval Base. The Panglima is a replacement of the former H.M.S. 3uaya. This 92-ft. deep draft tender took two months refitting, and lS now equipped
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    COMMITTED TO ASSIZES
    93 2 An alleged armed robbe,, Chew Hock, was committed for trial at the next Assizes when he stood before Mr. E. V. A. Peers, Ninth Police Court Magistrate, yesterday. The DPP. Chief Inspector Such, asked for a substantial ball. Bail of $3,000 in two sureties was offered. Chew
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    PAID FORTUNE for ENTRY PAPERS
    97 2 A Chinese immigrant who did not renew his expired certificate of entry into the Colony but used a forged one Instead, was arrested by the Immigration authorities on his arrival from China. He was Ng Buck Liew from Swatow. He said that he had paid
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    JUDGE ON TRIAL
    79 3 U.P. TOKIO, Tues. Japan's dried nittlefish scandal was today lired In the sumptuous ballroom ittached to the palace which irmerly housed Japan's DowaSmpveas. I t is tho first public trial of the Judges Impeachment Court i judge who is accused of making millions of yen in an
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    AMERICAN WAR HEROES' NEW CRAZE IS SEWING
    365 3 U.P. new YORK, Tues—Men's latest craze in New York is—sewing. Hundreds of tough ex-GI's are enrolling in the Fashion Institute for courses in dress-making and mending. Their teacher is Mrs. Erna Koppe, who at the Golden Jubilee Fair of Greater New York told
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    A WAIF A SECOND
    81 3 U.P. TOKIO. Tues.- The police, in the first city-wide night raid of juvenile vagrants, proved that post-war Tokio is still one of the easiest places in the world for picking up stray urchins. During two and a half hours, the cops collected waifs at the rate
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    CHINA PROTESTS TO SIAM
    88 3 Reuter. BANGKOK, Tues.—A Chinese Embassy spokesman in Bangkok today said no Chinese secret society operated anywhere in Siam. The spokesman, who was commenting on recent arrests by the Siamese police of more than 200 Chinese for alleged secret society activities, said the Chinese Government has officially
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    "Australia Should Admit Coloureds"
    78 3 Reuter. BRISBANE. Tues. Professor George Browne of Melbourne University said today that Australia should admit some "coloured people of good stock" on a restricted quota basis. Addressing a Pacific Assembly Conference, including delegates from China, Malaya, Java, and Pakistan, Professoi Browne said that immigrants who would
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    Allies Seek Joint Policy
    58 3 U.P. LONDON, Tues. Britain. France and the United States are seeking a joint policy before answering Russia's request for a Council of Foreign Ministers meeting on Italian colonies by September 15. A Foreign Office spokesman said Bevin was studying the Soviet request and would get in
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    Time Not Ripe For World Government
    167 3 U.P. ROME. Tuesday. Senajto- Alben Barkley told the In-ter-Parliamentary Union in its 37th conference he feared the time was not yet ripe for the kind of world government at which the union aims. Barkley was elected one of the vice-presidents of the union whose
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    YALTA, POTSDAM ATTACKED
    72 3 U.P. ROME, Tuesday.—Czechoslovak Communist delegate VUem Novy told the liamentary Union today "Yalta and Potsdam did not create the atmosphere which they were supposed to create" and attacked the idea of an European union. Emphasising the question of peace was the major issue facing international groups today
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    Bandits Massing In Yala
    129 3 U.P. BANGKOK. Tues. The situation in the southern provinces does not warrant a ueclaration of a state of emergency, stated Lieut. Gen. Sak Chatnakrob. Minister of Defence, who returned from an investigation tour of the south. He said large number of basdits at concentrating points in
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    SHIVARAO'S ADVICE to UN
    184 3 NEW DELHI. Tuesday. At a meeting of the special United Nations Committee on Non-Self-Governing Territories in Geneva on September 3. the Indian delegate. Mr. B. Shiva Rao. made detailed proposals to give the United Nations greater influence in the administration of the 74 colonies possessed by
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    Harvest Has Improved In Malaya
    335 3 Steady progress has been made in the ploughing and cul tivation of padi in July all over the Federation according to a report issued by the Depart* ment of Agriculture, in Kuaia Lumpur. Topping the list is the Kubang Pasu district in Kedah. where 35,000
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    Rival For Peking Man?
    111 3 U.P. TOKIO. Tues.--A university cientist said today that furthei excavations would be conducted n October in an attempt to rove that a certain species of ian lived in Japan 500.000 ears ago. Hitherto, it has been estimated scientifically that the ear liest human beings settled in
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    Britain's 'new look' aircraft
    162 3 Reuter. Hampshire, Tuesday. BrlI tain aiming at a £25.000.000 target for aircraft exports during this year showed off her "new look" in aircraft and accessories to buyers and technicians from 69 countries at the ninth flying display and exhibition of the Society of British Aircraft Constructors
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    Stage Show Banned
    39 3 Reuter. MANCHESTER. Tuesday Lord Chamberlain has refuscc to license the play "Pin to Set Peepshow" based on the people involved in the Thompson Bywaters murder case. The brother of Percy Thompson, the murdered man. ha objected.—Reuter.
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    Flag Officer Makes History
    49 3 Reuter. LONDON. Tuesday. Oik of the first officers to reach the Flag rank from the low<_r deck for nearly 100 years war Rear Admiral Sir Benjamin C S. Martin. who be*an Ms career scrubbing decks, has been promoted, at 63 years, lo Vice Admiral. -Reuter.
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    THIS IS DISGRACEFUL
    182 4 I ACK of one law holds up 600 workers' flats that were to be built with the Princess Elizabeth Fund. Nine months have gone by and not one brick has been laid upon another. Why? because nobody has the power to spend the money. This is disgraceful.
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    THE AMBASSADORS
    96 4 THE American sailors are welcome visitors Ito this city. But there arc those among them whose behavior alienates the goodwill we feel toward their fellows. Four of them set upon Mr. Paul Verdayne, Manager of a Singapore cinema and a man twice their age. He gave a good
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    STICKING PLASTER
    184 4 THE Economic Affairs Branch refuses to lift 1 the ban on the re-export of perishable goods, including potatoes and onions. It gives this reason for the refusal:— "The Government is of the opinion that a reduction in the cost of living is of the utmost importance for Singapore's
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    ...THE THREE PROMISES OF JULIAMTJE
    988 4 Qto a i icii:\i» EH to a «OOK 4 Igjj TO ll*] It SELF Reuter. JULIANA, Holland's J new Queen is woman of her word. As a young girl she made three promises. One was to her girl friend, the second to a mid-dle-aged cook
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    Uncle Sam's Poor Relations
    340 4 U.P. ONE hundred and forty three years ago Uncle Sam's policy was to treat visiting Indian Chiefs like poor relations. Its code was "decent attention some degree of liberality but we ought not to encourage their too frequent visits." That policy, with some words on free
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    THE MONSTER IN THE MAKING
    87 5 TOP «.'/< (in Strum/ in tfii hands tiit mahe-np man hits his "toughened" to tak< on mass <>t plaster that will build '</> that monstrous look. CENTRE Cat had and anode are fitted iiffainsi hit neck. i Because Frankenstein's wnoniter is ipposedljt mad* from parts
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    PRODUCER AIDS VICTIM
    62 5 HOLLYWOOD. Virginia Ball, 16-year-old polio victim. honouiable mention in a rse contest conducted by a Memphis newspaper in connecn with the local showing of i Samuel Goldwyn's RKO Radio production, "Tho Bishop's Wife," and thought that was it Hei verso, however, came to tin- attention of Producer
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    Mr. Frankenstein Says Good-bye To Horror
    699 5 "IT WAS FUN WHILE IT LASTED" Hollywood cable from Henry Gris HOLLYWOOD, Tues.—The /.lonstcr is the same but the man underneath the horror make-up is not. Those who know him as Boris KarlofT should J r et used to a different name, which Glenn
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    SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATIONS
    24 5 Johorc will send 189 candidates for the 1948 School Certificate Examinations. Oral English will start locally in the middle of November.
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    INFLATION AGAIN IN MANILA
    190 5 MANILA. Should Urn current rising ten«l»*OC if 'o ,ri costs here cootinue, 1948 Is likely to he the first year since the end of the war when the overall cost of prices of prime commodities by year's end will show virtually very little change from the
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    Schools for Malay fishermen
    76 5 Two Malay schools for Sanermen living on Fulau Aur and Pulau Pemanggil, off the coast of Mersing. worn recently opened by the Johorc (lovei nment. These are an addition to other new Malay schools opened during the year. Three of these were erected by the villagers
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    COURT DRESS REVIVALIST
    107 5 Reuter. SYDNEY, Tuck. Cr. J. S. I Disney, ncwly-c'cctcd l.#ord Mayor of Melbourne. Victoria, would like to see Windsor Court dress worn by councillors on all important occasions. 'T want to try to maintain all the London County Council customs which Melbourne adopted." Cr. Disney said recenthy.
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    MALAYAN NEWS BRIEFS
    594 5 The Malacca Cricket Association will hold a ball next Sunday for collecting funds for the association. Mr. Armstrong. Government Dentist. Trengganu, has been transferred to Ktang. Mr. D. M. K. Crant. District Judge, Pahang, has proceeded on long leave. Mr. J, B. Jennings will succeed him. The
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    Aussie Catholics Flay Socialism
    222 5 SYDNEY. Condemnation of socialism and. in certain circumstances, socialisation, is expressed in a "social justice pamphlet" which the Roman Catholic Church in Australia has issued in all its churches. Published with the authority of the Church's archbishops and bishops, the pamphlet declares the socialisation of production,
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    CEYLON PASSES CITIZEN BILL
    325 5 Reuter. COLOMBO. The Ceylon Citizen i up BtH, whicn raised a stormy dcbitc in the Ceylon House of liepreacntati yea, h ta I been pushed tnrongn all binges. 1 The third reading was passed Without the House being press ed to i division vrhtle, oarllor, iac
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    14 ENROL FOR NURSES' COURSE
    53 5 I The General Hospital Johore Bahru, baa ntarted -i Prohattoa- ;r Muraes' Training Course. There are at already fourteen l applications, eight Chinese and -iix Malays. Applicants for the course, which will start in November, hould be over 16 years and have pas ted Std.
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    "More Production," Urges Cripps
    566 6 Reuter. MARGATE. Kent. Tues. Chancellor of Exchequer Sir Stafford Cripps today told representatives of 8,000.000 British trade unionists where they stood in the nation's recovery programme. Sir Stafford answered critics by disclosing that a further cut or 25 per cent in corporation profits would add only
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    Sneers At Troops For Malaya
    68 6 Reuter. MARGATE, Kent, Tues. Shouts of "rubbish" and "sit down" greeted criticism of the despatch of British troops to Malaya at the Trades Union Congress here today. Mr L. Mcgree, of the AmalI gamated Society of Wood- workers, objected to troops bej ing sent, but
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    Two More Warships for Malaya
    89 6 U.P. HONGKONG, Tuesday.—The British Navy disclosed today two additional warships are being dispatched to Malaya within a week. The escort vessels, Alert and Blaekswan will depart on the 10th and Hth respectively. Admiral Sir Denis Boyd, commander-in-chief of the Pacific fleet will be aboard the
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    NEW TRADE UNION ADVISER
    24 6 Mr. A. G. D. Simpson has been appointed Assistant Trade Union Adviser, Singapore. Mr. Simpson assumed duty on September L
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    Kinder Gold Gets Topweight In Liberation Gup Race
    201 7 S&m 6bAsS UNLIKELY TO START fHEfcE will probacy be only, eight starters out of the field of eleven entered for the Liberation Cup (over 6 furs.J, to be run on the third day of the Singapore races. Unlikely to face the barrier
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    PRACTICE FOR 'BANNED' HORSES
    72 7 I ill: jt.llun inn three, hornes, Ut**rt?i The and Wiliho had been "banned" \:ti< tiomsmess at the itartimg yata, were put thnmuh then pacea bi/ S.R.A. Official Starter, Mr. R. BitU tt, I'' l i* wlJ have to tjive til i c 'ii before they can
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    CLIFF ANDERSON OUTPOINTED
    28 7 Reuter. BIRMINGHAM, Tuesday. Tony Lombard, -South African champion, outpointed Clitl Anderson, of British Guiana, in a 12rround British Empire featherweight championship eliminator here tonight. Reuter.
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    Allan Lewis’ Column....
    558 7 \l MI'.KK of Jockeys will he leaving for oil \aration at the conclusion of the Singapore Turf £}m* (.old up Meeting. I am told they are all. hooked |iy the same steamer, and shipping company clerks have termed il "The Jockev's Special." ri IE main topic of
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    COLLEGE RUGGER
    25 7 pi act ices will be start- i; EnglL h College, Joho:c ahru during this week. The Mr. J. Park and Ahmad b Ghanl.
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    DEATH
    54 7 \I> \M CECILIA CHUA age »t her residence Kamping •»ri<*an, leaving behind 1 son 1 r ran Kong Keng, 2 "'liters Mrs. Rosaline Chong *"»K Kee and Mrs. Kathleen C> grandsons, 4 grand- and 12 great grand'•iitlr»*n to mourn her Ira». The «'"••nl took place at the BW*,ar finetery
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    ORIENTALS 'SHUTTLE' WIN
    104 7 Playing at their court on Sunday, the Oriental 8.P., defeated the Raleigh 8.P., by 5 games to 2. Singles: Yap Peng Seah beat Sebastian Tan 15/10, 15/10; Sect Poon Soo lost to Koh Edward 15/12, 12/15, 11/15; Peck Seek Beng lost to Ang 800 Siong 10/15, 0/5;
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    SOCCER RESULTS
    37 7 Reuter. LONDON. Tuesday Football results: Third Division (South): Southend Utd. 0 Northampton Town i Third Division (North): Barrow 1 Wrtxham 1 Rochdale 1 Carlisle Utd. 0 Glasgow Cup semi-final: Third Lanark 4 Rangers 1 Reuter
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    Sports Convenors
    72 7 The following have been appointed convenors in the various sports sections of the Catholic Young Men's Association (Churcn of St. Teresa): Soccer -—G. F. Pinto; badminton Martin d'Almelda; cricket Sydney Oliveiro; hocky-—E. V. Rodrigues; table-tennis— Kow Kirn Swee; indoor games —E. Frois. Clubs or associations wishing to have
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    Hockey Meeting
    23 7 Hock y conveners are reminded of the fixtures meeting to be held on Sept. 10 at 5.15 p.m at 'he S.R.C.
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    Breukelen's String Here
    272 7  -  (By ALLAN LEWIS YESTERDAY'S rain made the tracks yielding this morning when Nos. 2 ano*. 3 were opened for work, but excepting for a few horses, who did pace work, the bulk of the training was confined to trotting and cantering exercises. M. Van Breukelen's horses have
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    Handicaps For Saturday
    362 7 Following are the handicaps Horses. CI. 2. Div. 5, 6 Fur? Fairlyn 9.00 Val's Pick hij Fine Stream 8.10 Sir Fresco 8.09 Trufine 80S Fleeting Memory B.uS Sir Galahad 8 0s Singing Bird II 8.07 Jack Druce II 8.07 Trafford 8.07 Knight Gal'ant (late Damgallant) 8.07 Tretes
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    Compton Hits 125 In 85 Minutes
    269 7 Reuter. LONDON. Tues. Chief hon ours as on Saturday went to Denis Compton in the match between the M.C.C. Soutn African team and H.D.G. Leveson-Gower's XI at Scarborough today. Conrpton scored his second century of the match for the touring team in his most
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    HAIKOWYU S. C. OFFICE BEARERS
    128 7 At ihe second annual general meeting of the Haikowyu Sports Club held on Saturday a t No. 410. Rac. Course Road. ♦he following wer e elected office bearers for the year 1948-1949: Patrons: Messrs. Loh Ah Fong, Yap Leon g Chong and Chng Keng Seng;
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    Changi Take Full Points
    213 7 R.A.F. (Changi) 4 S.R.C 1 PHANGI Airmen avenged their first-round defeat in V the final round against the S. R. C. at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday, winning by four goals to one. In spite of a rainsoaked turf, Rafs played a good game and plenty of
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    RUGGER RESULTS
    24 7 Reuter. LONDON. Tuesday. Rugby results: Rugby Union: Falmouth Llanelly 11 Rugby League: Lancashire Cup Ist round: Liverpool Stanley 2 Leigh 45 —Reuter
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    HANDICAPS
    78 7 (Contd > Spear of Sarawak II 8.02 John Bull 802 Fine Feathers 7.13 Branche Dor 7.13 Miss Papillon 7.13 Gay Aggie 7.13 Lord Frederick 7.05 Horses, CI. 3, Div. 2, 7 Furs Kakama 9.00 Game Boy 8.13 Affable 8.11 Sweet Memory 808 Coldstream 8.07 Badger 8.07 Selonian BCu Colorado
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    IT ISN’T ROSES ALL THE WAY FOR THE DIRT-TRACK RIDER
    298 7 From ARCHIE QUICK). LONDON. Next to being an engine driver, one of the biggest boyish ambitions -is to be a speedway rider. Skidding round the track in a spray of cinders to the plaudits of thousands is an adolescent's ideal.
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    Toledo Team Beaten At Basket Ball
    566 7 i liree thousand local basketball fans braved the weather to see the Singapore Chinese score a. 56-40 points victory over a team from the USS Toledo in a charity match at the Happy World Covered Stadium last night. The game was packed with thrills
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    Prince Pays 9,400 Gns. For Colt
    131 7 Reuter. DONCASTER, Tues. Buyers from many parts of the world were present at the opening session of the Doneaster yearling sales today. Including two private, sales 120 lots were sold for an aggregate of 196,805 guineas, the average being 1,640 guineas. The highest price
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    CYMA CRICKET
    76 7 Tho lollowing will represent I the C.V.M.A. (St. Teresa) at j Cricket in a return match against the 8.0.D.C.A. at their j ground St. Georges Road on Sunday at 2 p.m. Maurice Nunis. Chan Peng Wai (Capt.) Sydney Oliverio, E. C. Rodrigues, Dr. Au Kee Hock. G. F.
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    Blowing Out The Candles
    58 8 Umppy Birthday! Mia* Bfi Loh celebrated aer fStS b j r'.v daa anth frh id* at surprise party at the Teluk Ayer Methodist Church //</'/ om Momiay. 9ht is holding the to* layer o/ her ft Wthday cake white Muss So// Lay Choo Is ehUvuiug the
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    $500,000 WILL BE SPENT ON MOONCAKES THIS MONTH
    211 8 Chinese Celebrate Eighth Moon Festival (Tribune Stnff Reporter) The Chinese community will spend more than $500,000 on mooncakes China delicacies fresh fruits and coloured lanterns in the "15th of the Eighth Moon" f estiva] celebration—one of the three great Chinese festivals of
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    Story Behind The Festival
    343 8 Centuries ago, Chinese peasants observed the Eighth Moon as the Harvest festival. It is the season when the harvests have been reaped and the farmers rejoice. In tnosc days, the Chine?* celebrated the occasion by giving offerings to the god of husbandly, praying to him iO
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    COUNT B MEETS SUCCESS
    64 8 Reuter. CAIRO. Tues. Count Fo'kc Bernadotte. United Nations Palestine mediator, and Az'iam Pasha. Secretary General of the Arab League, reached general agreement on the problem of Palestine refugees after a 1)0--minute meeting here tonight. This was announced by Assam Pasha before the second meeting of the
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    TO BUY FROM JAPAN
    44 8 Reuter. WASHINGTON. Tuesday. The Economic Co-operation Administration today approved the use of $12,250,000 for the first Marshall Plan shipment of goods from Japan. The amount is to buy Japanese cotto n fabrics for shipment to th e Netherlaod East Indies.—Reuter.
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    International Crowd On Danish Liner
    238 8 Eleven transit passengers on board the Danish m.v. "Mal- acca" arrived in Singapore. I yesterday, on their way to Coni tincntal ports. The passengers j included German, American, Scottish, Australian, Swedish, Dutch and Danish nationals. The German was Miss Bar- bara Meyer, who, with an
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    HE INAUGURATED THE "KENNEDY" SYSTEM
    38 8 LONDON, Tues.—Thc death m London of Maj. Gen Sir John Kennedy, Vice Chairman of the British Red Cross Society and the man who inaugurated the "Kennedy" system of Army training, was announced today.
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    Sino-Muslim Amity: Perak Consul's Aim
    376 8 IPOH, Wed.—Perak's Chinese Consulate, the first to be established in the State, will oflicially function from Friday. The Consulate is at 21. Jalan Bendahara, a large bungalow belonging to the estate of the late Mr. Chang Chong Siew. The building has been extensively renovated. Head
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    Skymaster Air-Link
    164 8 Two airlines will connect Singapore with Shanghai next month. They arc the X.L.M. Air Lines and China National Aviation Corporation, which are already preparing the way for regular flights. CNAC will inaugurate its weekly Skymaster service early next month when present negotiations with the Singapore civil aviation authorities
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    SCHOONER SETS RECORD
    37 8 U.P. BRUNSWICK. Maine, Tues. The schooner Bowdoin set a new record when It sailed within 11 degrees of the North Pole on the current Arctic expedition. Commander Donald MacMillan, noted Arctic explorer reported. U.P.
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    Governors Meet For 6 Hours
    97 8 Reuter. BERLIN, Tues.—The four Military Governor* in Germany, holding talks on the Berlin crisis as an extension of the Kremlin negotiations, held f\ six-hour meeting h**re today, their longest thus far. Th«» Governors, Marshal Vassily Sokolovsky (Russia), General Sir Brian Robertson (Britain), General Pierre Koonig
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    HUNGARY EXECUTES TWO OFFICIALS
    26 8 BUDAPEST, rues.- The Ministry of Justice announced today that two highly-placed officials were executed this morning for espionage for a "Western power,"
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    SINGAPORE DOCK MANOEUVERES
    38 8 PC Amir D<i<l, covert H hour Board Fire Btigadt sonnel a.s they put out th "fire" started in th< god* by attacking "terrorists" phase of "Operation Ready" carried out by Singapore Habour Board lice yesterday.
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    Arnold Juda's Weekend Recital
    116 8 When the .lu<i;i hi played in Singapore In there were many request a solo recital by Arnold Juda, the Amsterdam-born pimni t. This weekend, music will have two opportunities hearing this line eon pianist before h«« returns to Europe. Fo.' his Victoria Memorial Hall Concert on
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    He runs world's only human stud
    207 8 U.P. CANTON Tues. —A Chinese in the Toishan district of Kwangtung has started what is probably the world's only human stud. According to a report in the Ta Kong Pno. the man. Yu Mincheng. 38. has 18 •'wives'* whose principal occupation is producing children
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    INDIANS SCORE NARROW WIN
    36 8 Indian Association defeated S.C.S.A. by 3- 2 in a CHv. H» League game on McNaii ground yesterday. Indians led by 3 1 at "X interval. Ponnusamy two goals and Thomas tnc second.
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    MAXFLI B.P.
    64 8 The following wiW repi j the Maxfli B P game of badminton agaii Shell S.C. on Sunday W id the S.H.A.U. Hall, beginning 2.00 p.m. Ng Cheng Hua. Tan Km Yco Lai Choi. Simon Kang Yong Hcng. An;: Gj Yong. Tay Swee Heng >'•• Haw Pah. and Lye
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    Plot To Overthrow Czech Govt?
    147 8 Reuter. PRAGJE, Tues —The Czechoslovak Mini of the Interior announced today that it had reived information that "irresponsible and reactionary elements will misuse the occasion the funeral of Dr. Eduard Benes and the aj mourning of the people, in connection with eign agitators, to attempt
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