Malaya Tribune, 9 September 1948

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  • 60 1 The Malaya Tribune BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Larger Sales than any Afternoon Paper in Malay? Simultaneously K*<flAyJmpur, Ipoh Penang Telegrams: "Tribune Spore. Telephone: 5811 (9 lines) sElfiHrT PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS THE MALAYA TRIBUNE Lonrtim Agents Messrs. Culm Turner Ltd., Talbot Uousr, B
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  • 366 1 Marshall Issues New Warning: "We'll Resist..." LAST MEETING WITH MOLOTOV TODAY.... THEN STALIN.... Reuter U.P. J ONDON, Weds.—The Western envoys are expected to ask seek a final "yes" or "no" answer from Mr. Stalin in a last attempt to reconcile the viewpoints of
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  • 195 1 Reuter. MOSCOW, Weds. Russia last a< knowlrdged notes Bi itain and the United agreeing to a council foreign ministers to disthe future of Italy's co.uid suggested that the r gin in Paris on Fri|!u- "I.id would give the forministers live days in which to reach
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  • 43 1 U.P. MANIDAK. Wednesday. Nes rolcarfc activity wa* M am Hibokok. on Camiguin island in th southern Philippines toA weather bureau geophyc! hat activity "had increased last night and this morning" and said that a I app and in the mountain, up.
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  • 34 1 I'ONDON, Weds. Mr. is UYering from a dud")«enal ulcei which though it is n its early stages will require treatment for some "aid a bulletin from No. n Donning Street tonight.
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  • 21 1 kNGOON Weds. Burmese •ccupied I'aungde, outh of Prome, big centre northon, a Government umounced tonight. 1 was no opposition.—
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  • 50 1 Shortly after 11 o'clock last night two men. believed to be Ceylonese soUliers, robbed twe taxi drivers in Clementi Roa< The first man was robbo-i of $45 in cash and a fountain pen. while the second drlvei was robbeo of $14 in cash and a wrist watch.
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  • 31 1 Shortly after 8 o'clock this morning a police jeep and a Chinese cyclist were involved in an accident in Selegie Road. The cy( list received slight aberasion.
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  • 20 1 Under the Emergency Regulations seven Chinese were arrested last night, bringing the total of detainees to 269.
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  • 20 1 Last night two Cantonese, beieved to be members of a secret society, were arrested by the C.I.D.
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  • 49 1 Reuter. BRUSSELS, Wed. St ire *o be taken to reopen t*»e Manchester headquarters of tlu International Federation of Master Cotton Spinners anH Manufacturers on Oct. 1, it wa: announced today at a of 14 delegates, representing seven of the federation's mem ber nations. —Reuter.
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  • 44 1 U.P. MADRID. Wea. Ninetec passengers were burned t leath today and 12 more we?* niured seriously when a bus, out of control toppled into a canyon en route from Madpu for a fie::ta at a nearby village, Del Monte Detajo.—U.P.
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  • 88 1 Reuter. SHANGHAI. Wed Overseas Chinese who returned to China after the outbreak of the Pacific war, and ar< at present unable to return to their former places of residence will be given financial help by the Overseas Affairi Commission, according to the China Press. Applicants for
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  • 44 1 Reuter. ROM E. Weds. Senator Alban Barkley. Democrat.' candidate for the United Stai< Vice-Presidency, told the Inter Parliamentary Union OOnterence here today that the Un.'ed States could not accept responsibility for any possible vioations of the Yalta and Potsdam agreements.—Reuter.
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  • 53 1 Reuter. ALDERSHOT, Weds. It wa> innounced today tnat women are to ride 30 miles over a iougjr course involving 14 hazards in the first post-wai motor-cycle trials the Ar my an co hold near Alder shot on Sept 26. Entries from W.A.A.C.S. ol mixed A.A. units
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  • 105 1 Reuter. LONDON, Weds.—A dart identified as onused in the local public house is the latest clue in the mystery of the Arundel Castle murder. Police found it in the castle grounds near the spot where Joan Woodhouse was strangled They regard it as confirmation
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  • 34 1 DAR-ES-SALAAM. Wednes day.-A statj of emergent has been proclaimed throughZanzibar an-* the administration and police have assumed powers to ensur e th e maintenance of essential services, it was announced here today.
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  • 18 1 ROME. Weds. Pope Pius XH's Golden Jubilee as a priest vvdl fall OH April 2. MM9.
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  • 249 1 Reuter. BUENOS AIRES, Wed. Gen. Juan Domingo Peron. Argentine President, today warned his political opponents that his patience was giving out. and his voice would be firm when he ordered them all to be hanged. Addressing the Santa Fe celebration of
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  • 33 1 HER first sip of soup after 30 daps IfO-year old mdow Prabhakunx'ar Gandhi, uiho began a 30-dai/ "selfpurification" fast last mohth, ends it with a bowl o\ soup.
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  • 183 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) IWISS Wee Kiat Neo, only woman representative in the executive council of the Army Civil Service I nion. considers that women workers are being exploited. i i csterday. she called for a champion for workers of hei sex. She
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  • 80 1 Reuter. LAGOS. Nigeria. Weds. Police squads, armed with cudgels and tear gas, patrolled the streets here when tension Tv>se between two tribes after one the Yorubas had made allegations against the Ibos in <• Lagos paper. A paper of the National Yorubas movement alleged that t
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  • 31 1 Reuter. TEL AVIV. Wednesday. Israeli military police arrest ed 15 members of the Stern gang on Monday night in a raid on a camp near Tel Aviv Renter.
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  • 362 1 Reuter. I ONDON, Weds.—An elaborate hoax as a result Lof which four former Tritish RAF fighter bombers are missing from this country was exposed today. Scotland Yard has appealed to Continental police to help in finding out where they have been taken. There have been
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  • 45 1 Reuter. BELGRADE, Wed. Marshal Tito today sent a greetings elegram to Georgi Dimitrov, he Bulgarian Premier, "conveyng his own and the Yugoslav eople's most cordial good wishes" for tomorrow's national loliday in Bulgaria and the ourth anniversary of the Bulgarian "revolution." Reuter.
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  • 184 1 Late News JOHORE BAHRU, Today: Terrorists made several unsuccessful attacks on three estates in Johore yesterday. They were driven off by special constables on duty. The estates raided were Roscote, Senda and Senai. Three men. dressed in black, gained admittance into the smokehouse of Roscote Estate.
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  • 32 1 PLANTER FEARED MITRDEREI) JOHORE lIAHRU, Today. Armed Chinese uniformed terrorists abducted rubber planter, Mr. Wong Yew Poh in.hi house, in Pontian district. Planter is KMT meml»er. Police believe victim murdered.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 67 1 National Employer's Mutual General I IKK. MOTOK. WOKHMKN'B COMPENSATION, PERSONAL ACCIDENT anil other classes of IXSUHANCE ASSOCIATION LTD. (Incorporated In England) Mrver Chambers, Raffles Place, SINGAPORE. Manager: S. .WISE He's dressed O.K. for the 10th. Century, hut this hot season you should he wearing STELLA GENTS< UNDERWEAR r5 M»de of
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  • 198 2 THE Malayan Indian Congress will ask the Indian Government to provide a 50--1 million dolmr loan to Indian business firms in this country to tide over tnifinancial strains expected when the Debtor Creditor Bill becomes law, informed sources told the Tribune. The approach to the
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  • 117 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The working committee of the 50,000 strong Malayan Indian Congress, in a resolution, has called upcn the Representative of the Government of India in Malaya ro "make vigorous representations to the Govern- merts of the Federation and Singapore" against th j "misuse" of detention
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  • 126 2 Two Indonesians while enjoying a joy ride in a taxi a'or.Bagdad Street were suddenly stopped by the police They were Retonga bin Mmra (25) and Badar bin J nal (26 While searching the car the p !icc were alleged to have found one sten gun. 46
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  • 95 2 THE Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Singapore wants a closer check for illegal Mala yan immigration papers and their purveyors at embarkation ports in China. The Chamber has written to Dr. Wu Paak-shing. Chinese Consul-General, Singapore, urging him to make strong representations to the Chinese authorities at
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  • 106 2 DR. Hcrbutus van Mook, Lieu-tenant-Governor of the Netherlands East Indies, who arrived in Singapore by air yesterday had an hour's discussion on "general affairs" with Singapore Government heads, before going on to Amsterdam. On arrival by X.L.M. Constellation at Tengah, Dr. Van Mook was met by
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  • 285 2 Reuter. VUILLIA/.I John Hellard who escaped from prison in Singapore in June last year whilst serving an eight year sentence was sentenced today to three years* penal servitude for breaking and entering and laiceny from a licensed premises. Defending counsel Henry Thomas told the
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  • 25 2 The 8.25 p.m. Kuala LumpurSingapore train arrived half an hour behind schedule yesterday evening due to delay in crossing with a north-bound train.
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  • 79 2 Two radio dealers wtre b»-ough t into the Second Police Court yesterday for being in possession of transmitter and receiver radio sets without a licence for dealing in them. Quek Kan of Chop Bin Seng Chan. Jellicoe Road, was foun<j in possession of six sets on
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  • 75 2 Five aliens have been granted certificates of naturalization by His Excellency the Governor with the approval of the Right Honourable the Secretary cf State for the Colonies under the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act, 1914 and the Oaths of Allegiance have been registered in the
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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    • 175 2 QIEENS TODAY: 3.00, 6.30, 9.15 P.M. Richard Denning Sheila Ryan in "C AGED FUR V" Never Such Thrills On The Screen! STH MILE SDMMOOOM ■OACK 7.00 P.M. Sharp ONE SHOW ONLY Whole Serial For One Payment "THE BLACK COIN" Don't Miss It!!! TO-MORROW "THE SHOCKING MISS i PILGRIM" —1,, v^SSEESEESSSSS^
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 311 2 ON YOUR RADIO TODAY BLUE NETWORK Mandarin Selections. 6.30 Story ,9.15 Time Signal News n MALAY ENGLISH telling in Amoy. 7.00 Mandarin Tamil. 9.30 "8 Days" 9.49 •t»T*f\r>if Aanora b y Air < Less ons m Kuo Yu). Indian Affairs. 9.50 Tamil dim rllUußannßg 730 Talk for Women, 7.45 News
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  • 336 3 Reuter. SHANGHAI, Weds.—Mr. Chen Li-fu, Vice-Presi-dent of the Legislative Yuan, yesterday exhorted all Chinese to start on the road to democracy by learning America's spirit of free- dom and Britain's spirit of abiding by the law, when he addressed a home-coming reception.
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  • 41 3 As from next Sunday morni ing the 225 transmitter of the ,'Red Network of the Singapore I station of Radio Malaya will Ibe replaced by a 400 met*--ansmitter with a frequency of 753 kc/8. J
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  • 226 3 Reuter. LONDON. Wed. Pravda the Soviet Communist party paper, declared in an articl* quoted by Moscow Radio that "Marshall Tito's group had "moved into the Nationalist camp" and no longer represented the majority of the Yugoslav Communist Party. "Tito's faction has separated itself from the Party
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  • 65 3 Two women, Ong Ah Hoi and Ong Yok Van were granted bail of $300 each in the Eighth Police Court yesterday. Both were charged with causing grievous hurt to another woman. Pee Ah Ee. The affray, which occurred four days ago, broke out following a quarrel
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  • 103 3 Reuter. j GENEVA. Wed.—A new Russian attempt to gain United J Nations recognition of the independence of the Indonesian Republic was rejected today on technical grounds by the United Nations special 16-nation committee on non-self-governing territories. Eight nations voted against the discussion of the Russian proposal,
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  • 308 3 THE Singapore Harbour Board Staff Association at its last meeting pressed for a revised salary scheme and improved retirement benefits. me Association is of opinion -hat members of the staff be made eligible for a pension scheme as is obtaining in the Government service,
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  • 132 3 A YOUNG Chinese made an unsuccessful bid to rob a Malay woman of her gold chain in Grange Road yesterday. She was walking alone alone, the lor.ely road when suddenly he got down from his bicycle in front of her and pointed at her fiom his pocket
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  • 210 3 The following have passed the recent Annual Normal Clas: Examinations for English School Teachers in Training First Year JOHORE BAHRU Miss C. V Woon. Miss S. Pillai. Jamaluddin b. H. Ali. Md. Taib b. Ibrahim. Miss Krishna Pillai. BATU PAHAT: Choo 800 Eng, Chin Ah Kow. Chanan Singh.
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  • 110 3 POSING as Municipal wiremen, two armed gained access to the house of a j Joveinment servant, S. M. Kuppusamy. at No. 48 Harput Road In the Paya Lebar area and got away with $6,700 worth of jewellery as reported in the Press yesterday. This was revealed by
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  • 298 3 U.P. KOFU. Japan. Wed. A little Japanese medical professor explained today that the "Fountain of Youth" really isn't a fountain after all but a bag of millet. "Is is true," said Masaji Kondo, who thinks that there I is a very good reason
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 601 3 NON-BENDERS' CRICKET The following will play cricket for tho Non-Benders against UK johore Civil Service Club at I] a .ci Sunday on the Johor c S ice Club ground A .hlmour (captain), T. Kvan Wong, Claude Baker, AW. Nichol- Westerhout, R. F. w. ird, W. R. M. Haxworth, leant, G.
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    • 714 3 >^^^^S>gS^^^e^^^^^^^^^^7^ SITUATIONS VACANT BRITISH FIRM requires well experienced Chinese salesman for Singapore and the Federation of Malaya. Must be well conversant with the English language. Salary, commission. High Cost of Living and free medical attendance. Pleaje upp'.y in own handwriting with copies of testimonials stating :igc and previous experience. Please
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    • 443 3 SITUATIONS WANTED EXPERIENCED ELD E RL V planter seeks employment Rubber Estate tactful handling any class labour Box No. Al6OO M.T. Kuala Lumpur. (X.523) AVAILABLE NOVEMBER excellent Ipoh Chinese cook and boy. Advertiser leave taking Box No. 297 Tribune, Ipoh. (W. 508) TRUSTWORTHY CHINESE, ten years general office experience seeks
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    • 483 3 JUNG ALOW FOR SALE or to let 369-H Changi Road BV4 miles area approximate 4 acres, 2 roods, 18.7 poles. Estate facing main road, highland, bungalow require general overhaul, good for farming 4/or health resort, quite locality, price $9,000/- principal only. Apply Box No. A 1599 M.T. Spore. (V.503) LEICA
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  • 173 4 QN tne day that the War Damage Compensation scneme was announced this column ended with the words, Income-lax which has only just begun, is already on its way up." Yesceraay ivir. Carson, chairman of tne Claims Commission, said that a substantial increase in Malayan Taxation will be
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  • 93 4 THE other day we criticised Mr. Casey of Australia. Today we praise Mr. Hughes, also of Australia. Mr. Hughes, veteran Premier of World War I, accuses Premier Chifley of going out of his way to justify, or condone, the banning of ships carrying arms to Malaya. He
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  • 118 4 MR. J. A. Sharp, manager of Eagie-Lion Distributors Ltd., writes to this coiumn in defence of the Malayan Film Unit. He says that Rank experts who have seen the Unit's work "have expressed their admiration of the high standard attained, which compares most favourably with that
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  • 100 4 THIS city needs many more buses, but it is going to be some time before we get them. Meanwhile, if a few thousand people remembered some of the manners their mothers taught them, it would make life a little less uncomfortable. Young men with strong legs should get
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  • 1412 4  -  THE IHO.\ tURTAIX \o. 10 By Igor Gouzenko WHEN I arrived in Canada, I was surprised to learn that large numbers of Jews are staunch supporters of pro-Soviet campaigns. I was amazed aiso at the wide credence which was given to the idea
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 444 4 GRAND CLEARANCE SALE OF ALL LINES Now On. Reduction of prices from 10% to ao% BUY NOW AND SAVE MONEY Children* Honks Medical Book* Technical Book* Toys and Games Greeting Cards Children's Invitations Notepaper and Envelopes Writing Pads. ORIENT STAR NEWS CO. 108, NORTH BRIDGE ROAD, Singapore. Phone: ***** SEICLENE
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    • 56 4 INTRODUCING THE EDDYSTONE "556" 10-VALVE $475 HIRE PURCHASE TERMS CAN BE ARRANGED. M. E. NATHAN 25 9, Orchard Rd., Spore. TROUBLE WITH YOUR TYPEWRITERS? JUST CALL 6480 FOR EXPERT SERVICE. REPAIR MAINTENANCE SERVICE FOR ALL OFFICE MACHINES ■Vil"—l swgapori Blflßß II l 6480 ALSO AT MU At A lUMPU* C
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    • 15 4 KEROSENE PRE§SHU 1 rooKERS j SINGLE BURNER I ROBINSON CO., LTD. I RAFrLES PLACE, SINGAPORE.
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  • 426 5 —Pleads For Better Roads, More Aided Schools (Tribune Staff Reporter) PROGRESSIVE Party candidate for the Rural West by-election, Cheong Hock Chye, this morning listed "a few of the sufferings" of the rural people which he s aid he hoped to remedy if
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  • 28 5 Mr. V. C. Nolan of Messrs. Evatt Co., Penang has been appointed a Municipal Commissioner of George Town vice Mr. E. V. C. Thomson. J.P.
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  • 259 5 Reuter. iI F \ST Weds.—The Prime Minister of rtheiTi Ireland. Sir Basil Brooke, has remed Ulster's loyalty to Britain in reply to ,nn Prime Minister John Costello, who said bawa today that his Government was pre--1 to repeal the External Relations Act—thus the last
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  • 28 5 LONDON, Wed. The nister has nominatSii Francis Verner WylSe, Governor of the Unitin :es, aa Government the Suez Canal in succession to Lord Hankty.
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  • 105 5 Reuter. RLYTII, NORTHUMBERLAND, Wed. Shipyard chief* at Blyth were puzzled over the problem of an 80-year-old widow, Catherine Storey, an old 'ady definitely holding up our C1.000.U0 0 development seh« me. Ship yard developments have all built and engulfed her home which is surrounding the three
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  • 265 5 U.P. NEW YORK. Wed.—An indication that a mysterious common cold virus lurks in tho mid-Pacific and may cause acute appendicitis was reported by the Marine Corps' Medical Officer Commander George Calvy.* He said the virus apparently strikes in the vicinity of the international dateline and
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  • 141 5 Reuter. CARDIFF. Wed. Ness Edwards. Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour op.*nLng the Welsh Industries Fan at Cardiff said "This is indeed a splendid siiop window for the Welsh industry.* Ho added that 10 years ago there were over 160,000 unemployed in Wales compared
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  • 45 5 TOKIO. Wed. Fifteen Diet members nave been prosecuted during the past year for violations of the economic control regulations, according to the Supreme Public Procurator's Office. They included 12 members of the Lower House and three of the Upper House.
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  • 151 5 U.P. BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, Wed. Two lauyhiny killers, who killed a New Orleans detective and then swore they would never be taken alive, meekly surrendered to state troops and the villa ye marshal today in a country store near Baton Rouye. The pair, Dale Simpson, 26,
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  • 68 5 promise Representatives of the r>th and 6th Chinese Scout Troops take the oath and swear allegiance to the scout movement at the. investiture ceremony. Scout Commissioner Adams is on the extreme right. District Scout Commission'r. the Rev. Canon R. K. S. Adam* gives the youngest member
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  • 51 5 U.P. BATAVIA. Wednesday. Two largt godowns containing and supplies and accessories of the Baav;a Po lice Department were entirely destroyed by a fire which raged !as t evening in downtown Batavia. The loss is esimated a t 300 000 guilders Cause of tne lire has not bee n
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  • 385 5 The Indian Educational Cultural Committee, of the Town Congress. Penang. will be publishing a Mahatma Gandhi souvenir on Oct. 2. The proceeds will be lor Gandhi's; Fund. Padi prospects appear to b excellent throughout Negri Sembilan according to the latest monthly report of the State Agriculture Officer
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  • 156 5 "Loss of life and damage to mines and rubber estates" i s a result of terrorist activities hay? effected the Federation business of Hume Industries (Far East) LM. This was stated in their sixmonthly report issued yesterday for the period ending June 30. Hume, however,
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  • 146 5 Reuter. MARGATE, Kent, Weds. —Hostile booing was drowned in i sturm of applause when Mr. Edward Vote, fraternal delegate from the American Federation of Labour, a-:-rjresned the Trades Union Congress here today. The interruptions came as *lr. Volz told the conference no trade union movement ruled by
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  • 60 5 Reuter. LONDON, Tuesday. Mr. Averell Haniman. United States Ambassador at large lor tlu European Recovery Programme, spent a few hours in London today at the inflation of Si rStaffori Crlpps. British Chancellor of the Ex„\:equer. to discuss the deadlock in the council for the organisation lor European QomJc
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 121 5 Asthma Germs fed in 3 Minutes fc C h ';7 ,n K-s as P ,n wheeling Asthma ~v *'""onchltl!i poison your system, ru.n >«,ur health and weaken your T-art Mendaco, the prescription of an An»«dcan .physician, starts kUlin* m a i jerm B In 3 minutes, purines h», ood and
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    • 63 5 you're looking at a bric't of tuartoiw, en amy-rich MAgnolia Ices. Bae how easily you can a sweet in a Jiffy. '*uv a brick at-any of the three OreaiTiSTt'JS Milk bars $1..V) enough for G to 3 people! For variation, |4d fruit, nuts, liqueur and sweet sauce:;, chopped ginger, cinnamon
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  • 349 6 TWO ships, the Empire Passmore and a sinking motor 1 Tongkang, involved in a China Sea drama, arrived Si^CgkC r jBC 2246, which was stated to have been adrift for ten days in the China Sea. was towed by the Empire Passmore from Tuesday morning
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  • 125 6 IN sp.'tc of the disappointing attendance due to the traffic jam at Woodlands, the bridge and mahjong drive held at Bukit Serene in aid of the St. Christopher Church. Johore Bahru, netted $800 when the morning ended. Mrs. Malcolm Mac Donald who had proposed holding
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  • 84 6 FORTY-Y E A R-O L D Ba i Prabhakunvar Gandhi broke her 30-day "selfpurification fast" yesterday in the presence of the .Tain priest. Yatishrira: Chandraji at her residence ir Telok Kurau Road. Present at the ceremony yesterday were Mrs. Gandhi's relatives. Guest of honour wa. c
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  • 40 6 A European cyclist was admitted to hospital with a slight right hand injury resulting from a collision with a private car driven by a Chinese at the junction of New Bridge and Havelock Roads at 3.45 p.m. yesterday.
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  • 133 6 Sapper Arthur W. Gill yesterday offered to stand surety for 56-ycai-old Sin Mok Siew, who was charged, at the Ninth Police Court with possession of a practice hand grenade. Vlr E. V. A. Peers, the Magistrate, said he was willing to grant Mok Siew bail of
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  • 82 6 It !s officially stated that i statement contained in Lieu-tcnar.t-General A. E. Percival's despatch on operations of Malaya Command, from December Bth, 1941 to February 15tn. 1942. pub'ished in the Londo.i GazeUc on February 26, 1946, has been investigated and it has been ascertained
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  • 56 6 U.P. Nanking. Wednesday. An official source said today that the Government had received reports that many bankers in Shanghai are converting their property into cash and remitting the money to Hongkong via Canton. The source said that the Government is at present planning counter measures
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  • 200 6 A Malay. Samad bin Fadil, walked straight into a police trap when it was alleged that he made an arrangement with his friend for the sale of a .32 Browning automatic pistol with 12 rounds of ammunition. After an alleged brief meeting with a friend.
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  • 37 6 Mr. A. W. Frisby has been appointed to be a member of the Committee for the management of the Raffles Museum and Library in place of Mr. J. B. Neilson, MC who has resigned.
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  • 38 6 l t is .officially announced that the Exequatur empowering Nai Luang Ratanadib cac t as Siamese Consul-Ge-Dt ral a t Singapore with jurisdiction including Selangor. Negri Sembilan, Pahang, Johore and Malacca has received His Majesty's signature.
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  • 49 6 Tientsin, Wednesday. The Municipal Government has ordered the American-operated newspaper "Tientsin Evening Journal" to suspend publication for three days beginning this evening as punishment for carrying on Aug. 31 a "misleading report which amounts to exaggeration of Communist bandit influence." according to this morning's Ta Kung Pao.
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  • 48 6 LONDON. Wed.- The Indian High Commissioner Krishna Mcnon conferred with Prime Minister Attlee prior to his departure for New Delhi by airplane this afternoon. India House said Menon will spend one week in New Delhi, where he had been summoned for conference with Pandit Nehru.—
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  • 198 6 IN commemoration of the "Battle of Britain, the 1 RAF will stage a fly-past next Wednesday morning (Sept. 15). The fly-past will consist of the following aircraft:—Sunderland, Yorks, Dakotas, Harvards, Snitfires, Mosquitos and Vampire. The aircraft taking part will leave their bases at Changi,
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 471 6 IN SINGAPORE. Agents For Malayan Railways AND GLEN LINE FOB LONDON, ANTAVERr, ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG. Calls Tangier Due Sails GLENEARN 15th Sept. 20th Sept. BRECON SHIRK 12th Oct. 17th Oct. GLENGARRY 2ftth Oct 2nd Nov. GLEN GYLE 17th Nov. 23rd Nov. GLENARTNEY 23rd Dec. 29th Dec From U.K. for Straits, Hong
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    • 625 6 FOR SALE FOR SALE: Two brand new 5Kw. Dry tight E Transformers 400 volt I phase 50 eyrie primary 100 volt S phase 50 cycle secondary each $350.00 or nearest offer can be viewed at 287, Orchard Road. TUITION MALAY FOR BEGINNERS: A Course of 10 lessons commences at V.M.C.A.,
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    • 283 6 TENDERS Sealed Tenders will be accepted by the Secretary for Economic Affairs, Fullerton Building, for the following Machine Tools of which some parts are missing. C losing date 16th September, 1948. Lot (1) Horizontal Borer I" to 4" boring bar. (2) Vert. Borer 30" table (S) Int. Cyl. Grinder 3*
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    • 647 6 SHIPPING A am 51 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. (Incorporated In Singapore) BLUE FUNNEL UNE SAHINGS FROM U.K. U.S.A Achilles" from U.K. n "Maron" from U.S.A "Breconshlre"Due from U.K ]H "Titan" Due from U.K. J t GLASGOW mailings ior CONTINFNTAL PORTS Glaucus" Sails for Jeddah A Liverpool Sept 1« •Tantalus" Sails for
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  • 913 7 RAM PIARA talking cricket nVEHTTHING in local ericErf krt was overshadowed by great ail-round performe of Kailasapathy in the itch between the Combined i ges and Evan Wong's y I last week-end when the .leges ttiumphed by an ir.nings. The Combined Colleges thus died
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  • 71 7 BATTING 115 Kailasapathy (Combined Colleges vs. Evan Wong's XI). 72 G. Clarke (S.R.C. Married vs. Singles match). 68 N. Hobbs < Selangor Club vs. T.P.C.A.) 55 Wijewecra (8.0.D. vs. S.R.C.) BOWLING 7 for 9 Kannathan (Klang Juveniles vs. Kajang Juve nilcs). 7 for 19 Kailasapathy (Combined Colleges vs.
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  • 1106 7  -  TRACK NOTES FROM BUKIT TIMAH (By ALLAN LEWIS) UMPIRE Hose, Show G rl, and Uappy Lass were the most outstanding workers at Bukit Tim ah this morning. No. 2 track, in very good condition, was opened for fast work, and some very
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  • 93 7 The Tribune OCI trounced the Mansfield XI by five goals to nil in a soccer game at Farrer Park yesterday. L. C. Mun showed good opportunism and scored tnree goals. The Tribune forwards played with better understanding and led two-nil at the interval L. C. Mun netting
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  • 94 7 Reuter. COLOMBO. Wed. Boxing may be dropped from the 1952 Olympiad to be staged in Helsinki, according to the London Correspondent of the "Ceylon Daily News." Stating that abolitionists of Olympic Boxing seem likely to have their way, the Correspondent says "Boxing will either be
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  • 574 7 The following are the weights for the second day. and for only three races for the third day of the Singapore Gold Cup Meeting: Horses. CI. 1, Div. 2, 1 Mile. Grand Prix II 9.01 D.R.B. 8.13 Lynchburg 8.13 Pred Dminance 8.12 Honey Comb 8.09 Win
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  • 65 7 SCARBOROUGH. Weds. L«en Hutton was out foi a duck' in the rain-interrupted match between the Australians and -■eveson Gower's XI which began today. Rain prevented further play ifter lunch when Leveson iower's team had lost two wictets for 94. This is the tourists' last natch
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  • 272 7 Although there were no Don Bradmans or Larwoods on the Tanjrlin cricket pitch yesterday, the big test match between women in the Services attracted plenty of interest. The game, the first major cricket fixture between women on the island, was a fixture between members
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  • 23 7 Haikowyu beat CYMA by two-nil in a keenly contested Div. 11l League game on the CYMA ground <St, George's Road) yesterday.
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  • 102 7 Better combination gave Posts and Telecoms a two-nil victory over Serangoon Association in a Div. 3 League game at Geylang Stadium yesterday. Midway through the first session the Postal team opened accounts through Shariff, thei* centre-forward, who drove in from close range. Shortly after. Taib
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  • 335 7 G. M. La Porte, the lanky Singapore wheeler, won the 10-mile and one-mile races at the Singapore Cycling Carnival, which continued on the padang yester day. The ten-mile event was packed with thrills and spills from the very start. Sixteen cyclists faced the starter, but at
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  • 230 7 Weds. Newly-pro-moted Newcastle United continued their run of successes when they defeated Aston Villa by the odd goal in three today. The other promoted team. Birmingham, howevei, failed to collect a point at Maine Road. Arsenal could take only a point against Liverpool, while Portsmouth strengthened
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  • 36 7 Reuter. LONDON, Wed. At Kingston, East of England vs West of England. East of England 392 (Dodds 50. Barling 73. Pawson 128. Jenkins five for 84). West of England 106 for three. Reuter.
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  • 698 8 "Reject Scheme" Call To Federal Council War Damage Recommendations Flayed Reuter. LONDON Weds.—The British Government declaration of April 26 on i*lali lavan war damage compensation is condemned as a "betrayal of Malaya in the interim statement to shareholders by the Tronoh Malayan group tin mining
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  • 95 8 Reuter. LUXEMBOURG, Wed. Officials of the World Movements for Federal Government, now holding a congress in Luxembourg, were worried today about Japan's delegate to the conference, who is reported missing. They said he got "lost" on his way from Amsterdam to Luxembourg. The delegate, whose name has
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  • 24 8 Mr. Wee Sin Choc of C heong Koon Seng Co., has kindly consented to be a patron for the current year.
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  • 88 8 Reuter. lMi ague, Wed Armed workers' militia, mobilised this morning to make a show of force against what an official statement had called a threat by treacherous reaction." flanked the funeral procession when f he body of Dr. Eduard Benes leit Prague for burial in the
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  • 80 8 Reuter. SAIGON, Wed. The Viet! Minh Indochinese Autonomy I Movement radio broadcast today a conmiunique originally issued by the Government ot the autonomist leadei. Di. Ho Chi Minh. declaring that a state of war exists in Vietnam, which comprises Tong.ung. Annam and Cochin-Cidna. Any aiicrait
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  • 93 8 Reuter. MIAMI, Wed.—Forty-four people J6 of them passengers—are still misssing from a Spanish motorship Euzkerai, earryiny a circus, which sank in the Caribbean Sea on Sept. E. Coastguards officials saul a messaye had been received savrnq the Norwegian motor vessel El Caribe had picked up
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    67 8 The winners of the i mile women's cycle race at the Cycling Carnival held at the Padang yesterday. Right to left, Miss Vicky Elias, Muss Mary Lee and Miss Nellis Joshua ho came in first, second and third respectively. Tribune Photograph). Miss Mary Lee taking the lead in
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  • 140 8 Reuter. DO NC ASTER, Weds.—Business was again brisk in the Doncaster yearling sales which were continued today an 1 851 lots realised a total of 38,185 guineas. In the morning 49 lots, including one* private sale, brought 41,325 guineas and during the even session 36 yearl
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  • 41 8 Reuter. LONDON. Wednesday. The High Comm»ssiont r for India in Britain. V. K. Krishna MenoA, left, London by air foi Mew Dvlhi tonight, accom>anicj by Sir Benegal Rau. (institutional adviser t) the 3ovi i .l.ne.u (;f India. Renter.
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  • 43 8 Reuter. AMSTERDAM, Wed.—Queen Juliana of the Netherlands has conferred 34 high Dutch distinctions on Royal guests, members of their suites, and heads and members of the special foreign mission who attended her investiture on Monday, it was announced here today. -Reuter.
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  • 42 8 Malay. Chinese and Indiar communities have responde.l excellently to the call to join the Auxiliary and Special Police in Trengganu. 'Ihe total strength to date stands a* iOi) Sp cial Constables ant' 2.000 Auxiliary Police through out the State.
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  • 99 8 Reuter. LONDON, Wed.— Indian a-id Chinese bishops have appointed episcopal canons in Ihe Collegiate Church of St. George The Martyr, Jerusalem, it was announced by the Church of England's press bureau today. The appointments, made by the Bishop in Jerusalem, the Right Reverend V. H. Ste
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  • 317 8 T.U.C. Breaks From World Federation Reuter. MARGATE, Kent, Weds.— Mr. Arthur Deakin, President of the World Federation of Trade Unions, told delegates of the 8,000,000-strong Trades Union Congress here today that the federation was rapidly becoming "nothing more than another platform and instrument
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  • 201 8 Reuter and U.P. PARIS, Weds.—President Vincent Auriol today asked a comparatively unknown Radical, Henri, Queuille, to form a government after the defeat on a confidence vote of Popular Republican Rob?rt Schuman*B less-than-three-day-old cabinet. Earlier, the veteran eldei statesman, 76-year-old Edouard Herriot, had refused to
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  • 122 8 Technical Wing. R.A.F Maintenance Base. Selectar. defeated Equipment Wing of the Sam*- Base by 22 runs to win the R.A.F. Malayan in-'er-unit cricket knock-out competition in the final played at Sel< tar. yesterday. The cup for the competition was presented to th e winners by
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  • 287 8 Reuter. CANBERRA, Wed. M Australian Prinv •stOi, presenting a record budget of A £511,000.000 to th. of Representatives todaj ed that the supply of many mi portant commodities was to keep pace with the A and inflationary pressure an exceedingly strong. "We must regard wit rous concern
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  • 49 8 Reuter. LONDON, Weds. M< mt of the International Doom for the Control of th< Bettle were today enterl to lunch at Doreh*- tel London, by A. Robert man of the Plant P Limited, to meet repn tives of the Ministry culture and Chemieai m tures. —Reuter.
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  • 33 8 Reuter. )OWbON. Wed. r '.overnment has prot< the tei j he Romanian n.i i 'ay.. and demanded eith ie I •ifion 01 prompt i«>i ot the properties n:r Reutei. I
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  • 108 8 BROTHER AND SISTER LIVED AS 'MR. MRS. Reuter. LONDON, Wed.Stated by counsel to h'tve spent £1,-100 between them a! Bournemouth in a few weeks a brother and s'ster itleaded yuilti/ at the Old Bailey today to ste>r.!n>r L',.7iio. Ka< h *9M sentenced to l r > m o n hs
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  • 74 8 T*\e following have been •vlted to pay o.icket for the j "Ton-Panders Cjlc'<et Club galrht Lhc To'iorc Civil Set vice Yap 11 "tv o" Sunday on V Civil Service Cluh ground: A. Oi'm-vir (Captain). T .clnsics. E ,,o n Wong, Claude f-\sse" A Ba' r ei. A. W.
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