Malaya Tribune, 24 September 1948

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    58 1 The Malaya Tribune BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Larger Sales than any Afternoon Taper in Malaya Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh d\ Penang Telegrams: "Tribune Sport." Telephone: 5811 (9 linea) EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS THE MALAYA TRIBUNE London Agents—Messrs. Colin Turner Ltd., Talbot Bouse, 98,
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    "SAVE OUR HOMES" CALL TO GOVT. Malay Councillor (He Let Us Down') Is Blamed
    452 1 2,600 Islanders To Plead To Legislative Council (Tribune Staff Reporter) JWO thousand six hundred Malay islanders who feui- they may lose their homes on the island of Pulau Tekong are shortly to have their case taken
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    -and 1,000 may lose homes in city
    195 1 iTtikmne S/a// Reporter Hon than one thousand families in Sing ipore's China- ui)l be boneless by the i.,f tbe month. .Norm- ;»•> shopiiouses and residence* in the prea bounded U I'pnor Picketing Street. South Ibidge Road. Upper Street and New Road are to
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    TOMAN HELD
    20 1 an was dethe Emergency itioas in Singapore, yesLa ta*- only ar- '>' the regulations during th, last 24 hours.
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    Another Hongkong Blaze
    122 1 Reuter. HONGKONG. Than While HongJtong nre-brigades continue their 40-hour battle against the Wing On tire, firefighters in Kowloon last night rushed to the packed Peio TheaU* in ttbh— frhamshuipo district where a fire started among the films stored in a back loom. The flames spread to an
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    FBI CHIEF BETTER
    29 1 U.P. WASHINGTON. Thursday. —Federal Bureau of investigation Director J. Edgar Hoover who has been suffering from bronchial pneumonia for the past ten days is recovering rapidly—U.P.
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    SENTENCES ON 'SLAVES' CUT
    49 1 Reuter. BERLIN, Thurs. The Soviet military tribunal in Berlin tonight drastically reduced the sentence of 25 years hard labour imposed on five Germans for anti-Soviet activities during the big anti-Communist demonstration of Sept. 9 to sentences ranging from one to eight years hard labour. -Reuter.
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    TIP TO BEVIN
    29 1 U.P. LONDON, Thurs. A NOfC pinned to thi door of S'o. to. Downing Street today fey unknown pet eon <<>i penonei taut: "Moscow Is Bluffing", r.r.
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    MYSTERY SNIPER
    31 1 U.P. BREMEN. Thurs. Gentian and United States police searched today for the mysterious assailant who hied shots into an American Army captain's ca; last night, seriously wounding lim, U.P.
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    MARKOS HURT
    30 1 U.P. ATHENS, Thurs. Greek military circles reported tonight that Gen. Mai kos Vatiades \ad been wound id, and was now iccupe; ating in hospital at Tirana. Albania. U.P.
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    Hullabaloo about Guards amazes Mr. Shinwell
    182 1 Reuter. LONDON, Thurs.—War Minister Emanuel Shinwell tonight denied that some of the Guards-men recently sent to Malaya had only had a few weeks' training. Mr. Oliver Lyttleton. Conservative, had said during debate on defence in the House of Commons that a great number of
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    WOMAN SPY JAILED
    71 1 U.P. PRAGUE. Thurs. -An Austrian woman was sentenced today to 18 years in prison as a spy working for the American Counter-intelligence Corps. Hana Hoffer, 29. was convicted of having woiked in Linz. Austria and Prague in 1945 to 1947 for the C.I.C. and "betrayed matters which
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    LEE OMA SORRY
    52 1 U.P. LONDON, Thurs. Heavyweight Lee Oma left London airport for New York tonight. He said that he was sorry he "let the fans down", and added that if the British public gave him a chance, he would like to fight again in England and give his purse
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    ARRIVES IN ROME
    19 1 Reuter. VATICAN CITY. Thurs. Monsignor Guglielmo Pirni, Apostolic delegate in the Philippines, has arrived HI Rome—Reuter.
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    SOLDIER HURT IN ACCIDENT
    33 1 A British soldier and a Chinese trishaw rider sustained minor injuries when a motorcycle ridden by the 8.0. R. and a trishaw collided near Lorong 3, Geylang Road, yesterday.
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    MAY (28) SETS a POSER for THE BENCH
    149 1 BIRMINGHAM, Thurs.- Stealing is not .stealing unless the thief hides what he hod taken, May Johnson, 28, who came to Britain from Bombay with her family last April told the magistrates here toduy. Miss Johnson, charged with stalling jewellery worth C 52
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    Britain Gets Set For War: More Men, Latest Weapons
    810 1 Reuter. I ON DON, Thurs. —Plans to prepare Britain for an emergency were announced by Defence Minister Albert Alexander in the House of Commons today. He was opening a debate on defence. Mobilisation machinery had been overhauled, he said, "and if
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    Pamela (2) Wins Rd. 1 Battle for
    126 1 U.P. CHICAGO, Thuis. Pamela Lumphero. tlie little girl who faced a dangerous threeoperation or death, has apparently won the first battle ot her tight tor lif» and health. Doctors at Cook County Hospital, where the two-year-010 £;iu w.ts opoiuled on lor a ire
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    CAIRO BLAST
    20 1 U.P. CAIRO. Thursday. Nineteen persons were killed and 47 injured In yesterday's explosion in Mousko. a Jewish quarter.—U.P.
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    hush hush methods flayed
    127 1 U.P. LONDON, Thar*.- Deputy Opposition Leader Anthony Eden, answering for the Opposition in today's defence debate, complained that Government was maintaining apparently unnecessary secrecy in withholding defence details from I the Commons. I Mr. Eden that he believed thut Britain could do most for its defence
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    3 Bandits Fall Into A Trap
    103 1 (From Our Own Reporter) MUAR. Today. Inuo bandits, a Malay and two Chinese, fell into a military trap when they entered theii bandit camp, which had been raided earlier by the military party. They attempted to c.-jape. The Malay bandit was wounded and captuied.
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    STOP PRESS CAMERAMAN KILLED
    51 1 MI'AK, Today.—A Chinese photographer was killed by a sniper at Parit No. 'I, Serom, yesterday afternoon. He was shot at when leaving his house. MUAR, Today.—Armed bandits raided two houses in Kampong Simpang Unia area yesterday. They held up woman aceupants and took awa> two shot
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    4 RED LEADERS KILLED
    58 1 Reuter. RANGOON. Thursday A Burmese Government communique tonight sUted that four Communist leaders and 36 others were killed in an encounter at Toungoo. on the railway midway between Rangoon and Mandalay. It also reported minor actions at Insein. in the outer suburbs of Rangoon, an 1
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    SHOT DEAD AT AIMING TEST
    62 1 Reuter. Hendal. Westmorland, Thurs. Raymond Hodgson. 21. a Territorial Army soldiei of Hendal was fatally wounded in Hendal drill hall last night when he was shot in the face during an aiming practice. It is understood Hodgson was lying on the floor holding an aiming
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    TIMOSCHCHENKO OUT
    28 1 U.P. LONDON. Thurs. Radio Moscow said tonight that Vassily Rybakov. Soviet minister to Iceland, has been re-assigned to Ethiopia as Minister to replace Andrei Timoschchenko. U.P.
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    ARMS RING AIMED AT HUGE PROFITS
    444 2 THE arms seized on board the Catalina flyingboat, near Airabu Island, on Sept. 14, may have been part of a consignment from the American Government to the Philippines Government. Members of the gun-running rihg were honing to make a quick profit of $230,000 (Straits).
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    TAMIL TEACHERS' MAGAZINE
    60 2 A Tamil Teachers' Magazine •'Tamilasirian" is now beinp published under the manage ment of th e Tamil Teachers Association of Malacca. The sponsor is Mr. S. D. Augustine. Assistant Inspector of Tamil Schools. The Magazine is a monthly publication, and nils an important mcd i n th
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    Will Fly Back Body Of Prince
    231 2 Two Siamese Princes and a Siamese Princess are due to arrive in Singapore this afternoon aboard an aircraft of tl.e Royal Siamese Air Force. They will stay here one night, us guests Sf the Governor of Singapore. The party- which will proceed to Java
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    Ammo Charges Against Malay
    330 2 A Malay. Redwan bin Alias had a fight with Salleh bin j Mohamed and Yusoff bin Ahmat at Changi Road on May 5 at about 8 p.m. After the fight Redwan told his cousin, Mohamed Yusoff, and another friend, Ambak bin Haji Hussam about it. The
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    ASSIZE SESSION
    16 2 The next Singapore Assize Session will open at 10.30 a.m. on Monday, October 4,
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    Barter Ship Sails
    107 2 The first normal voyage to the Republican P°rt of Pakun Baroe was made by the I cargo boat Rosary which left here last night. Thir trip followed the oOf made by the Hong Thong seme time ago when she touched the same port on i the first
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    Terror News Round-Up
    541 2 HERE is a round-up of news from the Federation front JOHORE: MUAR AREA. Thurs.—During: Tuesday evening, a military party raided an area near Muar and found a hut in which 28 Chinese were arrested for screening. The hut was similar to i barrack-room with sleeping accommodation for
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    LAWYERS WANT COURT TO IGNORE STATEMENTS
    493 3 !,i <>f i>M) statements, alleged to have beer 1 men tentatively charged wth theft of ,,..,11», u:i«» objeeted to by .Vlr. S. I{. 1). E»ias, i Hi continued hearing in the Ninth Polio-* r W" i v ,,i joint-preliminary inquiry into 1« te.ita- rsting
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    Landlord needs godown urgently, court told
    324 3 "The landlord is being severely penalised and protect!or ias been given to the tenant who did not requite any protecion". submitted Mr. N. A. Mallal in the Singapore High 'ourt yesterday on behalf of a landlord, who appealed against he dismissal by the Civil
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    MALACCA INDIANS WANT AID
    163 3 MALACCA. Thurs. "The Representative of the Government of India will be doing a job of immense value if he could procure the aid which is so vital to Indian business interests in this country," observe,! Mr. OA. R. Arunasalam Chottiar. President of the Malacca Indian Regional
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    PIPES DUG UP, TRIAL CLAIMED
    62 3 Tan Ah Peng, who admitted in the Fourth Police Court yesterday digging up two castuon pipes in tne compouno of Base Reserve Depot. Kianji. Bukit Panjang, belonging to the Custodial) of Property on the Lit mo m of Sept. 22. was offered bail of |160
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    Holidays—Not So Welcome
    270 3 Lively discussion* took place at the Chinese GavUSttftt of Conunerce committer meeting yesterday when Mr. Tan Chin Tuan brought up the subject of the proposed legislation on holidays for employees. The President of the ChamI er, Mi. Yong Yit Lin. said he was against such legislation because
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    CUT TIMBER FROM CROWN FOREST
    111 3 Chua Ch k No;, a woman of "-0. and ;i boy ol 11. Loi Ah Tie, faced a charge o. cutting timber without per mission in the Forest Resei*ve at Bukit Timah Road )n the morning of Sept. 22 Both pit r.ded guilty and fine
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    ACCUSED TOLD: "KEEP HANDS OFF POCKETS"
    87 3 Lan cine Kioßg wag ye U i day told by Mr. A. G. S ears, Magistrate of th Fourth Police Court, to take his hands off his pockets. He wa s arrested o n the afternoon of Sept. 8. at Grange Road, and had
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    Two On Fight, Abuse Charges
    58 3 L. W. Arnarata and J. D. R. de Silva. middle-aged and dapperly dressed, stood in tlic Fourtii Police Court yesterdov charged with fighting in the Singapore Restaurant. Bras Basah Road, and using abusive language to Inspector Pcstana. Roth claimed trial and $"»0 bail was offered.
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    Blockade Blamed For Red Rising
    185 3 The Dutch blockade was to blame for the Communist insurrcctinn in the Indonesian Republic, an Indonesian oinHal spokesman in Singapore stated yesterday. Economic conditions in the Republic had deteriorated for some time past under the Dutch blockade and given the Com--nunists their great opportunity. Ie
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    MAKE IT WORK
    177 4 Apian for a central provident fund is now being studied by the Labour Department. We hope that it can be made to work. The provident fund is an excellent llisituation, out it has its drawbacks Often it becomes a millstone round a man's neck, preventing him from
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    WHO WILL PAY?
    177 4 DRITAIN has asked for the views of the D Malayan Government on a scheme to insure the people against death, injury or damage caused by the terrorists. Whoa there! Where is the money going to come from? That is what we want to know. We are already
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    A NEW P.R.O.?
    149 4 An extraordinary document was delivered to this column yesterday. It purports to come from the Far Eastern Headquarters Army Commandant (Indian Section)^ It took us something like half an hour to untangle it. We are still not sure what it is all about, but it is apparently
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    MYSTERY OF THE LITTLE SHIPS
    1031 4 R. It. ©HI. Tribune Special in**** itfnlor. |»io|,,. s riddle of the sea Once they plied between the islands in their hundreds. Manned by adventures, they fed Spores booming black market. Now they have vanished. Are they busy by nioht with more deadly cargoes'} nURING
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    THE WISE WAY DOES IT
    589 4  -  FOR centuries men have tried to extract fibre from the ramie plant. Their great pro blem was to eliminate the gum from the plant without injuring the fibre. Some 10 years ago, a Sydney textile expert, Mr. Michael Wise, started to investigate this problem. He
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    POSTBAG The Small Man Protests
    255 4 Sir. I am a Singapore businessman. The war years and the post-war years have hit me hard, and the proposed lifting of the Moratorium by the Debtor-Creditor Bill will leave me in yet another financial strait. Therefore I welcomed the proposal that the Indian Government
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    Berlin For U.N. Even If Russia Quits
    307 5 So Time Limit To Last Note U.P. PARIS, Thurs.—Sir Hartley Shawiross, British delegate to the United Nations, said today thai the Western Powers would submit the Berlin question to the U.N. if the Soviet reply to the latest note is unsatisfactory. "Will the
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    BOMBAY TO END RACING
    97 5 1 clay. Th< I nment'i Intea- horse racinrr fli mi id the Legishere today i ter Horaxjl Government Royal WesI irl ub it might a licence for 1 fter i it gislaftton is lid, as horse al under the ntion of Gams a licence was m
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    Indonesian Warning To S'pore Traders
    230 5 (Tribune start Reporter) If Singapore merchants trading with Indonesia did not care to co-operate with the Republican authorities and (duply with regulations, Indonesia may have to turn to direct trade with India and Burma, Dr. Z. Zain, Indonesian Government spokesman in Singapore toid the Tribune.
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    RAZAKARS FOILED
    45 5 POONA. Thursday. The Indian Southern Command I •IT;,:: rabad) consmuniQiii to- lj. i r ii l o CSbutliUCS uaJ plain clothes, attacked a railway train near Zahirabad bu* ac: oy( tpowered by, Indian trOOpV b£TOf« t'ley "cotill del my damage, the conununique sai.i.
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    PERSIAN GOVT. RESHUFFLE
    56 5 Reuter. TEHERAX, Thurs. Persia's Prime Minister Abdul Husein Hazhir today reshuffled j the Cabinet after the resignai tion of three Ministers, announced yesterday. The new Ministers are. Justice, Guli Cholsah'an: Finance, Ali Varaateh National Economy, Mir/a Shrafi: Agriculture, Dr. Fahredin Shadman. Premier Hazhir is also Minister of
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    2 VIEWS ON MALA YA
    533 5 Reuter. LONDON. Thurs.—Comment on the disorders in Malaya today came from the widely divergent view points of the London Times ami the Daily Worker, Britain's only Communist newspaper. I-As The Timtvs Sees it The Times said: "It has become clear that the ambitious project of
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    Woman On Cheating Charge, Bound Over
    144 5 A young Chinese woman. Tan Ah Bee, was hound over in her own recognisance of S.">o ami S5OO in two sureties to If ot goad behaviour for 12 months. Ah Bee was facing a charge of cheating Chua Peng Hock, a goldsmith. It was
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    Royal Tour "On-Or-Off" Insurance
    126 5 Reuter. BYDNEY, Thurs. Insurance policies mt now being taken out in Byemey against the ri.sk of postpont »t< nt o/ r/i( royal foar of Australi t nenct wear. Underwriters say that tisks are. being accented oa tin possibility that the tour might hove to be postponed
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    $10,000 Jobs: No Candidates
    74 5 U.P. WASHINGTON, Thursday Secretary of Labour, Maurice J. Tobin. is having trouble finding candidate s for two $10.000-a-yea r jobs. Tobin needs an Undersecretary of Labour and an Assistant for liaison work wit!" •he A.F.L. When h took office, he said that he would have them
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    DON'T WANT TO GO
    71 5 MOSCOW, Thurs. Four more Soviet wives of Britons and lour Soviet wives of Americans have asked for divorces. They sent letters to the Soviet Government newspaper, lavestia, in which they said "\V< protest against the slanoerous anti-Soviet campaign in the Anglo-American press about the Soviet wives
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    37 5 Reuter. PARIS, Thursday, untitled Bevin, who yesterday travelled to London to make an interim staff ment on the Berlin crisis in. the House of Commons arrived back i n Paris today for j the General Assembly meetIng.—Renter.
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    Mr. L. J. untitled Secretary of the Goodyear Orient Sales Co., Ltd., was ontertained to a jy.trtif prior to his departur' to Goodyear, Akron, USA. for the Celebration of thi 50tA Annitt rsari/ of Goodyear. (Mr. Luis is seated in tht centre of the group).
    46 5 Mr. L. J. untitled Secretary of the Goodyear Orient Sales Co., Ltd., was ontertained to a jy.trtif prior to his departur' to Goodyear, Akron, USA. for the Celebration of thi 50tA Annitt rsari/ of Goodyear. (Mr. Luis is seated in th t centre of the group).
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    Ali Khan replies to Nehru
    217 5 Reuter. Karachi, Thurs. Liaquat All Knan. Paafcstau r*remier. roadcastißg tonight assured India "Pakistan warns peace and evei since its establishment we have 1 rflowcj the policy." lie was answering a recent broadcast by Pandit Nehru, Indian Premier, saying he wanted to fOUOW a policy ">1
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    Chifley Is 63
    133 5 CANBERRA, Wed. The Australian Prime Minister, Mr. Chifley, is 65 today. He al> brated his birthday during his normal l\ hours irork. Fur mast of the day hi was leading the House of Representatives. Born at Bathurst. A*» South Wale*, Mr, Chifley began his carter as a
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    NEHRU IN UK NEKT MONTH
    125 5 Reuter. PARIS, Thursday. Pandit Nehru. Indian prime Ittnistei is expected to vi.sit Bnglan*! and :ead his country's delega tion to the fo t.vD or thie days n*'xi month j u, is understood h< re be vriH I fly to London on Oct. 5 an Win
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    Pioneer Gets Jail Sentence
    178 5 private Is the Ceyl— Pl—est Corps It. i>. iiornurd de Alwis, 2.i, who was found fUtjf of HSsft of a Jorry-w had .'nd a motor ear tyre, was ■eatsaoad to 20 months' rtgacossi imprisonment by Mr. lustier E, Sf. T:sy! o r at t■•«- Singapore Assize
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    Passport Visas To Stay
    150 5 CANBERRA, Thursday While the mi ernational i II us tion remains unsettled, the Australian government has no intention of abolishing \is;i: on passports. This was made clear yesterday by the Minister for Immigration, Mr. Calwell. He was replying "In th; House of Representative to h suggestion
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    Court Asked To View Opium
    122 6 Mr B Salbv. Customs Prosecutor, asked the Second DbJS Court yesterday to view hatf-a-million dollars worth al opium at tiie Customs House. Mr Sel by said transporting the exhibits to the court would mean bringing along a strong police escort since the undertaking would be
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    VAGRANT SENT TO HOUSE
    79 6 An "i'l Indian woman. AJimcdo who had lost her two urn, during the .Japanese Occupation was found squatting on the live-fOOt way of the Lankr Dispensary on he mom ing oi Sept. 22. The police had picvioush received complaints from the pco >lc living around the
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    CHINESE CHAMBER TO CELEBRATE DOUBLE-10TH
    73 6 f l in Double-Tenth -Chi nese national day—this year will be celebrated with a teapal ty at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce premises on the, afternoon of Oct. 10 by the i various Chinese associations in Singapore. In the evening at the same place the
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    STOWAWAYS WERE IN SHELTER DECK
    66 6 Eight Chinese stowaways found hiding in tnr shelter deck of the Chak San. two days after the ship left Hongkong, were handec 1 over to the Singapore Immigration authorities, yesterday. The Chak San is on its way to Calcutta with 10 Chinese deck passengers and
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    Singapore Seamen Seek Welfare Centre
    124 6 Singapore seamen want a wel- j laic centre at the cost of their j employers. ivepiCsenUtives Oi seamen si unions will meet shipping, agents at Shell House on September 28 for talks on working conditions and welfare, an official of the Seafarers' Federation, Singapore, told
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    BEER-SELLER HAD NO LICENCE
    62 6 Two Revenue Officers entered the shop of So Seng at 207, Tanjong Pagar Road, on th~ night of Sept. 15 and ordered i bottle of beer. The bottle was consumed and So Seng was .barged in thr Fourth Police Court yesterday with selling beer without a
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    Peter The Pigeon Goes On A Spree
    277 6 HIGH JINKS ON THE HIGH SEAS THIS is a story of Peter the pigeon who went on a spice on the high seas and failed to get away with it. Peter was one of 30 other nigeons put into a crate and placed
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    Orphan Lost His Capital Earning
    285 6 Tan Hoei Chia, a twelve-year-old orphan living with his relatives at 10-2, Palembang Road, and who sells baskets for a living, was robbed of $4 20, part of which represented his capital, by two Tamil boys and a Malay, at Buffalo Road on the afternoon
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    CCC Rejects War Damages Scheme
    119 6 At its monthly committee meeting yesterday, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce re" jected the War Damages Compensation scheme as drmcn up by Government. The committee agreed that war risk claims, being a leqal liability, should be paid first from the funds arailble. It suqgested that
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      469 6 NOTICE 75alacca W.E.A.O. No. 2« of 1941 Re Abdullah bin Mohil. Am in Notice is hereby given that first and final dividend is intended to be declared in the above maitn'. All creditors must prove their claims by the 16th day of October, 1948, otherwise they will j be excluded
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    FIELD OF EIGHT WILL CONTEST FOR CUP Ecliptic, Royal Borough, Eagle Head Best 3
    1262 7 EX-JOCKEY ALLAN LEWIS reviews tomorrow's race prospects THE first post-war Singapore Gold Cup will be the main event on the programme on Saturday, the final day of Singapore Turf Club's Autumn <Cold Cup) Meeting. There will
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    The Handicaps For Tomorrow
    523 7 lit, following ;tn» the weights, and last three runs (tes tor tomorrow's races, the final day of ?'jl*ignore Turf Club's Autumn (Gold Ctip) Bfost- Inv 1. I I Mile:-. Hers* 8.12 9 07 8 10 8.08 Midas 8.07 8.07 i 8 05 S.OO Ned 7.12 mancc
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    Customs Score 1-0 Victory
    64 7 istoms defeated a 10A P. team by oneM SA FA League ki Geylang Stadium yesinsid --right, netted foi in the second naif. X W J. Turner refcreed i l teams were: »MS Ram ley; Daud, I Sidik, Thian Seng. Selby, Aziz. < :heng In Buun Cressall.
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    TRACKS STILL GOOD
    163 7  -  (By ALLAN LEWIS Overnight lain did not make any difference to the condition of the tracks 'his morning when No. 2 was used by the few horses who did "as* WOI k. Will O The Wisp epurted two in 26:. Little Ned (Chailes) an Silver Jupiter (Ellery
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    News From The Mews
    338 7 A NICE gesture by Dr. Subramanlam. of Indian Heather fame, was made to Gordon Lansdown and his wife at a dinner party at the Cathaj Restaurant on Monday night last. Gordon and his wife are going to Australia on holiday after the Gold Cup meeting, and
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    BOUNAVISTA SOCCER
    50 7 Th c following players are selected to play football for the Bounavista Sports Club against the British Military Hospital on Sunday at Gillman Barracks ground at 5.15 p.m. Ahpoo. Narayana, Muniyandi Mahoon. Hendry Chua Ghani, Sappee. Yusoff. Chwee Seng. William, Thiamser. Ton.. Seng. Doiiah, Taib. Rahlm. Abas, Aziz.
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    Sunday's Competition At Island Club
    536 7 The partners and starting timet for the CommisiionerGenerars Flag Competition On. Sunday morning at the Islan i Club are given below. The men's section will be a two-bail foursome competition which will start from the first tee. The ladies section will start off from th
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    No Hockey League
    111 7 THERE will be no hockey league ga me this season Reason: It tends to create 'ill-feeling" among players. This was decided upon at a meeting held by the Singapore Hockey Association yesterday. It was however, suggestt-d that a knockout competition be run instead. Singapore schoolboys wili "rm
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    INDIAN 11 OUSTED
    30 7 R.A.F. Sembawang displaying better team work defeated the Indian Association II by three goals to one in a Singapore Cup game at St. George's Road ground yesterday.
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    SIGNALS ELIMINATED FROM CUP COMPETITION
    321 7 I/OTA Raja, Division 2 S.A.F.A. League champions, eliminated Singapore District Signals from the Singapore Cup Competition at .lalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Playing on a rain-soaked turf, and monopolising the exchange: Kota Raja won by two-nil. The score wou'd have been largor had Carlisle not been
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    NEGRI SAYS 'NO'
    79 7 Negri Sembi'an, Thurs. 14 Definitely on no aceoum Will Negri Sembihin consent ro replay the Malay a Cup final on ihe T.P.C.'i. ground." This decision was arrived at a general committee meeting of the Negri Seiiabl'an Football Association held last night in detOS&hM. The meeting wis eabed
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    MALACCA SHUTTLE CHAMPIONSHIPS
    24 7 MALACCA. Wed. Entries for Malacca Badminton Open Championship Meet, which is scheduled to begin early October, will close on Sept. 30.
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    BADMINTON
    25 7 In a return badmir.t<u, match Raffles Institution bcal St. Patrick's School by four gamec to one played at the In stitution's hall last Saturday.
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    BULLET LETTER SENT TO S'PORE TOWKAY Messenger Charged With Extortion
    356 8 "Be generous or you'll shed blood "Be generous or you will sutfer the consequences of shedding Mood," stated one of the two extortion letters which was received by a Chinese towkay. These letters which demanded $3,500, we*t alleged to have
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    State Of Siege In East Java
    200 8 U.P. and Reuter. BATAVIA, Thurs.—A state of has been declared in Reoublican-held East Java where fighting with Communists is taking place, the Republican news agency Antara reported tonight. Indonesian Republican military headquarters at Jogjakarta have declared it a special military area and h** v
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    Peers throw out Lords bill
    198 8 LONDON. Thurs. The House of Lords today rejected by 204 votes to 34 the Labour Government's Parliament Bill which would cut frou; two years to on? the peers' now- ers to delay legislation. Despite the Lords' opposition the bill can become la v t passed
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    Final Tin Share-Out
    137 8 Reuter. LONDON, Thurs. The C o mbined Tin Committee's final allocations of tin metal for the second half of 15)48 amounted to 11,980 long ton* which with tin- previous u"«--«utions makes th«- total for the period 43,590. lbtails: The I nited States final 5,130, total 21,760. France
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    Boxing 'war' on in New York
    191 8 U.P. NEW YORK. Thurs. The boxing promotion "v ar' between the 20th Century Sporting Club ami 4 he Tournament of Champions is all set to break out on another sector today over the services of Marcel Cci Jan. *he new middleweight chamnion. Cerdan, the
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    THEY STAND GLARING AT EACH OTHER
    140 8 Reuter. CAUX SUR, Mont re v x, Thurs. Mr. Itromer Hofmeyr, cousin of the former South Mriean Deputy l*remier Mr. .'an Hofmeyr, today told the World Assembly for moral rearmament that Afri ea was as an hleologieal hat 1 h'-groimd. Asking what v.ouhl gsjiflu
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    Nizam: 'I Was Helpless'
    185 8 U.P. HYDERABAD, Thurs.—The of Hyderabad charged tonight that he wag held "completely helpless" for eight months while a small government clique "spread terror" that led to the, five-day war with India. The Nizam was giving the "inside slory" ol "Hyderabad's fall**. He spoke over the official
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    Door Open To Peace, Marshall Tells U.N.
    272 8 U.P. PARIS. Thurs.—The U.S. Secretary of State, George Marshall, told the United Nations in solemn, moderate language today that another war threatens this generation, but that the door is open for a reasonable settlement between Russia and the West. To the 58-nation General
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    Children Give Jolly Concert
    99 8 Tiny tots and their dim j all pupils of (hi' G«id Sfcrpherd Convent at ha;ii/>oitf Java Road, lasl nijhf |M an entertaining MMMH the Memoria' Ha" Children's phanta\\ Md tie sketches ami ScatthlHl Irish dances lil'H Midi concert prog rainier d 1 hours. It was Mrprh
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    Two senior officers and one o Ifieer of the British Army whowere awarded th*- O X X |>f, to right Lt. Col. I>. L. Richardson, (King's Regiment), Capt. R. Marshall, and U. < „|. j j Chapman (Royal Sussex Regt.).
    38 8 Two senior officers and one o Ifieer of the British Army whowere awarded th*- O X X &gt;f to right Lt. Col. I&gt;. L. Richardson, (King's Regiment), Capt. R. Marshall, and U. &lt; j j Chapman (Royal Sussex Regt.).
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    $ Alone Not Enough
    54 8 Alone Not Enough LONDON Th War Secretary F .Labourl tod th night that "ii .or America men dollars. She has some of the inanpowei she is not doing thai "If that great nation provide a ■aManthd prsg J rH the manpower; fence of Western Eui would have I Moscow ami
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    CRISIS LAWS APPROVED
    15 8 TEL AVT\ State Council uoaslv sancUoned stent's essergenc i v', 3omhat terrorism.
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    OBA DANCE
    31 8 I 'c Mr. Malcolm Macuoi Mrs. Mac Donald will w P* of the mnee sponsor* Christian Brothel Associ"tion. in &lt;'J Joseph's Institution Fund on Octobei torts M &lt;m -ri.ii &lt;
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