Malaya Tribune, 18 February 1949

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    65 1 MALAYA Tribune BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Tel: "Tribune, Spore." Larger Sales Than Any Afternoon Paper ln Malaya Phone: 5811 3 Nine Lines PubHshed simultaneously at Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh and Penang. EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1949 PRICE TEN CENTS. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTA TIVE: E.
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    Battle For Monastery North Of Rangoon
    125 1 Reuter. v-nON Thurs. Govtroop- and Karen ina'a n fought bitterly of a BuJformer»> a filSooghold. near Inscm. KLs north of Rangoon. Force plane, gave Kkv cover to Government a Karvn counter trjop to recapture the which chan<,c<; "T J-'r ii times yesterday *£Snent troops
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    FIRST HEAD OF ISRAEL SWORN IN
    41 1 Reuter. JEF.J'SALEM. Thurs. ProCbaim Weizmann was first ''resident of ot Israel in Jerusalem SMon today. i long blast on the shofar, iditionai ram's horn, teamed the 74-year-old Zionist leader's entry into the ossM assembly. Reuter.
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    Parliament For Europe
    50 1 A.P. LONDON. Thurs. R. W. G. Mackay, Labourite member d parliament, predicted today the Council of Europe will form a European parhiwtt with real legislative powers. hdl from a recent visit to United States Mackay is tuapaigning for a federated Europe with a common current v.-r. P.
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    NEW U.S. ENVOY
    35 1 NEW U .S. ENVOY Reuter WASHINGTON, Thurs. President Truman today nominated Mr. Merle H. Cochran, low serving' in Batavia as United States representative on United Nations Good Offices Committee, as I'mted States Ambassador to Pakistan.—Reuter.
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    PENANG IS MADE A FREE PORT
    811 1 $100 Million Loan Bill Is Deferred J(UALA LUMPUR, Thursday.—The Federal Legislative Council today approved a recommendation of the Tin Study Group to call a commodity conference to draw up an international tin agreement and enacted legislation to make Penang a free port and for
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    WORLD YOUTH MEET
    65 1 Representatives of Hongkong, i Malaya. East Indonesia are j among the 70 delegates from the British Commonwealth and 18 other countries who are members of the Provisional Council of International Youth Conference now meeting at Ashridge College, Berkhamstead, England. They are meeting to lay the foundations of
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    SOUTH AFRICAN RIOTS INSTIGATED
    72 1 Reuter. DURBAN, Thurs. The South African race riots were caused by European incitement, it was alleged at the opening of the riot inquiry today by Dr. G. S. Lowen. appealing jointly for the South African Indian Congress and the African National Congress. Other causes, ne alleged
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    Big Reward For Gutsell Killers
    98 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. j The Federation of Malaya I Police, Negri Sembilan Continj gent, are offering a reward ot $5,000 foi information which will lead to the arrest of the ban- dits responsible for the murder jof Lt.-Col. Outsell, his Malay driver, and two Special
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    YUGOSLAVIA BACKS DOWN
    49 1 LONDON, Thurs.—American delegate at the meeting at deputies of the big Four foieign ministers. Samuel Reber, held backstaAa talks with the Yugoslav deputy foreign minister Ales Belbet and Austrian Foreign Minister Karl Gruber during the last few days and reportedly won concessions from Bebler late yesterday.
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    SAILOR TAKE CARE
    19 1 An incident in the S.CC. Women vs. Naval C-in-C Staff hockey game at the Padang yesterday.
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    People Must Help Govt: Gurney
    1040 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday—The Emergency situation is serious but much more hopeful than it was some months ago. This was the keynote of the closing address by the High Commissioner for the Federation, Sir Henry Gurney, in the Federal Legislative Council this afternoon. Sir Gurnev said:
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    U.K. SUSPENDS FOUR SCIENTISTS
    162 1 A.P. LONDON, Thurs. The British Government has suspended four scientists engaged in secret defence research because of doubts about their loyalty, it was disclosed to night The institution of professional Civil Servants which announced the suspensions said that three of the men were dismissed by the
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    Slash In Surplus Estimates Wanted
    70 1 U.P. LONDON. Thurs —The British Labour Government mustered its full strength for an expected bitter attack by the Conservatives in the Commons today against the sky-rocket-ing cost of nationalisation, particularly in the case of the State National Health Service. The Conservatives are demanding an economy
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    King May Be Seated
    59 1 U.P. LONDON, Thurs. It is learned that King George's leg ailment may force him to create a precedent by remaining seated on March 1 when he knights 50 people on his new year's honours list. ln preparation, workers at Buckingtiaai Palace arc constructing a special chair
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    $1,000 REWARD OFFERED
    57 1 The Singapore Police offer a reward of $1000 for information leading up to the arrest of the person or persons responsible for the murder of a 19->ear old Chinese woman, wife of a fisherman, at Thus village, Jurong. The woman's head haJ been severed from her body
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    PRISONERS PROTEST
    34 1 Reuter. RANGOON, Thurs.—Prisoners in Rangoon Central gaol, shouting slogans from their jells, today staged a protest against the trial of U Tung Aung Gyaw, President of the Ul-Burma Ministerial Services Jnion. —Reuter.
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    Move To Reduce Fees, Pay In Chinese Schools
    245 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) THE committees of eight Chinese middle schools 1 in Singapore will meet at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce at 5 p.m. today to discuss a Government proposal which includes the cut ting of both school fees and school teachers
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    EXPLOSION: 2 DIE
    31 1 CALCUTTA. Thurs. Two men died and one is in hospital after an explosion in the Indian Ocean aboard the steamer "Shielbank" (Bairx Line) which returned to Calcutta yesterday.
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    STATE OF EMERGENCY IN SIAM
    131 1 BANGKOK, Thursday—A state of emergency will be proclaimed in Siam within the next 24 hours, Premier Phibul Songkhram announced here today. Premier Songkhram said this measure is intended to combat thi growing Communist menace in Siam as a result of latest developments in the neighbouring
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    5 DUTCH PLANTERS KILLED
    137 1 BATAVIA, Thtfrs. In the last few days five Dutch planters were killed by terrorists in East and West Java estates while a number of others wounded, according to reports from Aneta correspondents in Surabaya and Bandung. In the West Java estate ot Djalupang two planters were
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    SYDNEY STANLEY
    25 1 A.P. LONDON. Thurs. Home Secretary Chutcr Ede told the House of Commons today that he still hopes to deport Sydney Stanley to Poland.—A.P.
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    CHINA BUYS CANADA'S MOSQUITOES
    72 1 A.P. OTTAWA, Thurs. All Canada's surplus Mosquito aircraft have been purchased for the Chinese Air Force, Trade Minister C. D. Howe said in the House of Commons on Wednesday night in reply to a question. The Canadian Commercial Corporation, acting for the Chinese Air Force, bought
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    LI TO TALK WITH REDS?
    67 1 U.P. CANTON, Thurs Acting President Li Tsung-jen may go to Peiping to confer with communist peace delegates, according to a statement in the Chinese press on an interview with Wu Yu-huo, chief of the Nani king Professors delegation recently returned from Peiping. Wu and two
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    S'PORE MAN HONOURED
    59 1 Reuter. SAIGON, Thurs. Capt. Martin James Evans, R.N., has been decorated with the French Croix De Guerre and Legion of Honour, aboard a French cruiser near here. Capt. Evans, at present serving with British Naval Intelligence at Singapore, was awarded the Order of the British Empire in
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    STUDENTS AID
    32 1 A.P. SHANGHAI. Thurs. —An emergency aid of half a million U.S. dollars for Chinese students in U.S. was recommended by th* Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA) China director, Roger D. Lapham.—A.P.
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    Rural Board Briefs
    213 2 As a result of the abandonment of the Changi Airport scheme, the Singapore Rura Board yesterday postpone, i their* decision to acquire Wing Loong Road which was to be used aS an approach road to the airport. The Government Veterinary Department will be asked to provide the
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    CHINESE NATIONAL SCHOOL
    71 2 The Chinese National Language School, which trains students who wish to take Chinese as a language in the Senior Cambridge examination, celebrated its third anniversary recenUy. The expansion of this school has taken place under the most difficult and trying conditions, and the lack of a building
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    FAREWELL PARTY FOR 'AUSSIE" NURSES
    403 2 Mtt CLAUDE MASSEY, Australian Comftussionei' [U for Malaya, and the Malaya Conunittee of flic A.I.F. Memorial Nursing Scholarship Scheme> a tea-party yesterday to the Wo Mala> an Chinese Nurse*, Miss Christina Ng YeW P*& and Miss Chan Peiig Chin, prior to their leaving on the
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    Indonesian Ship Master Fined
    247 2 PENANG, Thursday.—John Lie, the Indonesian master of a motor vessel, was recently fined $4XIO by Magistrate J. P. Blackledge for permitting or failing to prevent four passengers (three women and a child) from landing in Penang after they had been refused permission to land by the
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    Malay Regiment In Sea Landing
    305 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Thursday.—For the first time since the Emergency, Malayan troops took part in a sea-borne landing on the east coast earlier this month, it was disclosed today. The 2nd Battalion Malay Regiment and the Royal Navy took part in the combined operation in conjunction
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    CONVICTED, CAUTIONED, DISMISSED
    126 2 John James, 23 year old boxer, was yesterday convicted, cautioned and discharged in the Fourth Police Court on a charge of voluntarily causing hurt to Baboo at Jalan Kayu on the night of Jan. 4. Baboo said he was walking with some friends at Jalan Kayu. James,
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    ASST. DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION
    16 2 Mr. Low Ngiong Ing has been appointed an Assistant Director or Education.
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    WOULD BE RADIO STARS IN PLENTY
    228 2 THE response for "Talcntime" artistes is growing 1 Mr. Ronald Wild, of Radio Malaya, who is producing the I show series which opens in the British Council Hall tomorrow night, reports that entries are literally pouring in each week. Last Saturday alone he had
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    SCHOLARSHIP DECISION
    125 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) f\ Mr. Cheong Hock Chye was nominated to represent the Rural Board on the Tan Chwee Boon Scholarship Committee at a meeting of the Board yesterday. The scholarship consists of $500 given by Mr. Tan Chwee Boon to the Pasir Panjang Rural District Committee. It
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    PALESTINE PASSER BY IN SINGAPORE
    152 3 Former German Jewess refugee Mrs. Lottie Gilbert who now lives in Melbourne came through Singapore yesterday after a three-month tour *hitch-hike' jof the Palestine Jewish-Arab war areas. Keenly interested in the new Jewish state, Mrs. Gilbert, who runs a maternity home in South Yarra, near
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    BEGGED FOR ALMS CHARGE
    52 3 Eighty-year-old Tan Chu Tow was charged in the Police Court, yesterday, with begging for alms in North Bridge Road on Feb. 16. He was remanded to Feb. 19 while the Social Welfare Department will make inquiries to find out whether he will be better off in
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    Seven Men Face Murder Trial
    60 3 Seven men were committed to the Assizes in the Fourth Puhce Court yesterday, charged with murdering Poh Seng wita knives at the junction of Pahang Street and Aliwal Street on May 7, 1948. The accused men were: Karim bin Ohani, Bahari bin Mohamad Ibrahim, Stephen
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    Khee Fatt Old Boys
    88 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) The formation of Khee Fatt Old Boys' Association wa<? approved at a meeting held at Cairnhill Road over the week-end. More than seventy-five old boys attended the meeting and was presided by Mr. Lam Jcon Chong. The Khee Fatt Chinese School wu, established
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    EXPENSIVE INSULT
    23 3 Koh Hwee Peng, 22, was .ined $20 in the Fourth Police Court yesterday for using insulting language to a police .-onstable.
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    The Jemadar Scores A Hat-Trick
    300 3 JOHORE, BAHRU, Thursday .-—The eoolnes» and good marksmanship oi a Jemadar oi the 1 2nd Gurkha Rifles turned the scale of a battle in favour of Security forces at Kota Tinggi last week, a Gurkha Officer told the Tribune yesterday. Jemadar Qanesft of- "D" Ooropany
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    Assize Session
    18 3 A SESSION of As*i*e wIH be he'i! ln th-SiijM-vme Court on Monday, March 7, at lO.ao
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    PLAN TO AID MECCA PILGRIMS
    275 3 A three-man delegation of the Malay Welfare Council, headed by its Secretary, Inche Darus Shariff. is expected soon to see the Colonial Secretary, Mi P. A. B. MacKerron. to discuss matters affecting Malayan Haj pilgrims. The delegation is expected to request Government, possibly in collaboration
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    S. O. S.
    272 4 THERE will not be much disagreement, we hope, over the new proposals for war damage compensation put forward by the Select Committee of the Federation and Colony Legislatures. The delay in payments of claims under the War Damage and War Risks Insurance schemes has gone on long
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    THE PRINCES OF INDIA HAVE HAD THEIR DAY
    1454 4  -  The 600 Princes of India, some of whom claim descent from the Sun and Moon, have become insignificant luminaries in the political heaven of India. They have become pensioned dignitaries. By R. SATAKOPAN A.P THE achievement which Nehru Government looks on today
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    NEW COMMUNIST DRIVE IN JAPAN
    531 4 Reuter-AAP. JAPAN S Communist Party wasted no time after its election gains in taking the lead in left-wing labour activities. With its strength in the House of Representatives increased from four to 35 and with popular support up from one million to three million votes,
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    PLAN TO UNIFY PALESTINE
    823 4 Reuter. AMMAN. Transjordan. THE implementation of the plan to unify Palestine and Transjordan under King Abdullah is making slow but sure progress. It has recently received impetus by the formation of its main Palestinian Arab promoters into a political party, the Liberal Arab Party. About 30
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    POLISH TRADE
    77 4 PRELIMINARY conversations between Poland and Israel towards the conclusion of a trade agreement were stated by a legation official to have been "good". It was ex pected that talks would get into full swing next month with the return of the Commercial Attache to Warsaw and the expected
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    Self-Rule promised By Dutch
    80 5 A.P. i uAfiUB Thurs—The TH m ent Wedv announced "in prin*ot*J v \mess to com- r;l ted Nations piy o n cil orders to Secu! Indonesia, erant of po licy, 19 tne Security days ailed for tmC° un( i co mpliance, indicatingll solvations to th<> aur
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    TWO WEEKS MORE
    40 5 P. w v su< 'CESS, Thurs. i: Security Council today the I'nited Nationa ommission ane tw eeka time during ed that the Wl' and Indonesians will ia< h some kind which would ,n,t the '«tllitiea in Indonesia"
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    UNION DISSOLVED BY REGISTRAR
    113 5 iki BartM of Trade Unions, Mr. Sng Choon V( s(erdav issued an order dissolving the Singapore Harbour labourers' Union. nths ago the Union j with a no*ce under El Trad* Union Ordinance to proof oi existence. I een known that tho responsible; for finance have d.sap,naV;.
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    CANTON FACTION TO CONTINUE WAR
    551 5 U.P. SHANGHAI, Thursday. Under P"*"*™ brought to bear by the efforts of the extreme ngniist clique represented by Chen Li-fu, Premier bun r o has stiffened and managed temporarily at least, u> realign support against acting President Li Tsung-jen in the Nanking-Canton tug-of-war. Despite the
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    New State In Africa
    48 5 A.P. VICTORIA FALLS, NORTHERN RHODESIA, Thurs. Delegates from northern Rhodesia, southern Rhodesia and Nyasaland adopted unanimously in Wednesday a resolution favouring a merger into a new central African federation. Their ultimate hope is creation of a new ltritish dominion as big as South Africa.—A.P.
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    RUSSIA DEFEATED
    32 5 A.P. LAKE SUCCESS, Thurs. Russia was beaten Wed. 8 to 2 in the Security Council in an effort to get U.N. membership tor the Soviet-sponsored regime in North Korea. —A.P.
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    Chaing To Fight On
    68 5 A.P. SHANGHAI, Thurs.-- J Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek wi'l resume I fighting in South C hina if l the Communists capture Shanghai and Nanking, his younger son, Colonel Chiang Wei-kuo says. S Young Chiang, a tank commander in Formosa. I also said Acting Fresi- dent Li Tsung-jen's
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    Barter Trade With Sumatra To End
    329 5 An official statement issued yesterday on the second meeting of the Liaison Committee for Indonesian Trade, held on Wednesday evening, confirmed that barter trade with Sumatra will cease on March 1, as reported in the Tribune yesterday. The Indonesian Government has announced that banking
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    NEW SHIPPING REGISTRAR
    22 5 Mr R. L». Rickard, Assistant Port Officer, Singapore, has been appointed to act as Deputy Registrar of Shipping, Singapore.
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    NEW PORT OFFICER
    22 5 Mr C. H. Hill-Willis, Assistant Port Officer, Singapore, has been appointed to act as Senior Assistant Port Officer, Singapore.
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    RUBBER UP BY HALF CENT
    134 6 A.P. AN better advices from New York, the local ruhber V commodity market wassteaiy. With predominating, the market closed approximately half a cent higher than the previous day's levels. Yesterday's closing prices were Buyers. Sellers. No. 1 Mar. RSS 35% 80% No. 2 Mar. RSS
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    SHARE MARKET QUIET
    783 6 Singapore, Feb. 17. THE share market wag quiet today but there was a slightly steadier undertone, though business in all sections was small. Singapore share quotation, :oday as given by the Mai who Sharebrokers* Aa»oc 4 «itio» v«re as fellows' Buyers Sellers Atlas Ice 14.00 15.00 Vl*x.
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    TRANSPORT CHIEFS PASS THROUGH
    42 6 Two executives of London Transport, Messrs. G. F. Sinclair and E. F. Ellen passed through Singapore by air yesterday on their way to Australia. The executives would not disclose the nature of theii "mission to New South Wales."
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    Produce Market
    90 6 THE produce market- generally was quiet yesterday with no important price changes. There were I -n arrivals or sagoflour. The following wore yester day's quotations: SAGO FLOUR: L 1 ng g a $16%. Sarawak $12%. Siak $13%. SAGO SEED: $18. TAPIOCA FLOUR: Fair $26. I FLAKE TAPIOCA: $30.
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    Touring World By President Polk
    164 6 SEVERAL American big business representatives are among th* 65 tourists travelling round th* world on the s.s. President Polk which came into Singapore for i live day visit, yesterday. Among the tourists is Mr. Harold Holcombe, president of a rubber importing company which absorbs 4.000
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      335 6 UNITED MALACCA The January rubber crop of The United Malacca Rubber Estates Ltd was 120.090 lbs. The total for the nine months ending n January was 951.654 lbs. NOTICE Notice is hereby given tbat Lim Hong Piow of 378 A, Changi Road 14% m.s., Singapore, trading under the name of
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    WONG'S WEIGHT UP 14 POUNDS
    299 7  -  But He's Not Worried By JOHN EDE SINGAPORE'S shuttle king has put on a stone in we ight since his arrival in England—but he says, "I am not a bit worried about it." Weighing lOst. 6 lbs. today, Peng Soon writes in a letter to
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    All-England Meet 176 To Compete
    401 7 Reuter. LONDON. Thurs. NINE countries arc represented in the record entry of 176 competitors for allEngland badminton championships at Harilngay arena. London, from Mar 2 to Mar. 5 They are Malaya, India. Denmark, Sweuen. America. South Africa. England. Scotland and Ireland. Denmark, who won all
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    Three A's Win
    49 7 SHOWING marked improvement since their clash against the Europeans. Ceylon Sports Club s soccer team put up a plucky display against the Amicable Athletic■ yesterday's match at Farrcr Park. The Three A's won by 2_ p?ck wnvr- and He Kian Were the goal-getteia Amicables. m mm
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    142 ENTRIES FOR S'PORE RACE MEET
    152 7 ONE hundred and forty-two entries have been received for the Singapore Turf Club's Spring Meeting on Feb. 26. Mar. 2 and Mar. 5 Trainer T. L. Fox. with 22 horses, has the highest number of candidates in running. Van Brcukelen follows next with 21
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    REC'S HOCKEY XI FOR K.L.
    91 7 THE Singapore Recreation Club hockey team will leave tonight for Kuala Lumpur to play two matches against the Selangor Indians and the Selangor Eurasians on Saturday and Sunday respectively. The following will travel: R. H. Barth and G. Clarke (South representatives), B. Marks, P. Pennefather,
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    Poh Lim Triumphs
    130 7 All-Ireland Meet Reuter. BELFAST, Northern Ireland, Thurs.—Ong Poh Urn (Singapore) won through the second and third rounds oi the men's singles in the AUIreland badminton championships at Balmoral here tonight. He defeated T. L. Henry, the Irish International, in the seeoad roand by 15-1, 15-0 and then
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    TRACK NOTES
    83 7 From ALLAN LEWIS IPOH, Today.—The following did track work this morning. Blue Eyes did three in 39-2/5. The Grand Abbot and Maryland ran four in 55-4/5, last three in 40-2/5. Soltara ran three in 40-1/2. Silver Star two in 26-4/5. Dalcross two in 27-1/2. Following went even time
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    American Cup Men In Tip Top Form
    260 7  -  From JIMMY GLOVER GLASGOW, Thursday. DAVIDSON, coach of the United States 11 Thomas Cup team, told me good humouredJy on his arrival here, that he ww not optimistic about the chances of a U.S. victory over Malaya as he had heard and read
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    LOUIS DIVORCED?
    31 7 MEXICO CITY, Thurs. An unverified report in the newspaper El Universal said itfeavywetght champion Joe Loulm had obtained a divorce lata* Maava Trotter LouU last week" In Morelos State,
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      66 7 f AWFUL LATE vefwrJc XfSfl f A LL YOU GOTTA DO NOW 1 IS PUT R 7MNK YER WGHT-T 0.X., HAPPY-W P ltkr£ r**eST\ WOIKBD ALL MIGHT J w7J?LT^ E IUP THE TO MAKE THE WORM BUT GIMME A LI'L J. BUT MAKE /H MSAU'S /D£A...6tfT\ ON DESE7*2!!? ELL J
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    WORLD TALKS ON TIN TO BE CALLED
    735 8 FULL DETAILS Of COUNCIL DEBATE KUALA LUMPUR, Thursda f Dut ssa ESS a cCa- Mines in the Legislative Council today. Mr. Mead said that the need urgent in view of the likelihood of surplus production within the next five years. or riment to
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    General WHAT'S ON TODAY
    78 8 Y.W.C.A.: Pioneers' meeting, 3, Fort Canning Road —4 p.m Y.M.C.A.» Orchard Koa-i Commercial Classes —5.30 p.m. Ending Library—7 p.m.. Mo yle Circle show, "The Spiral St W E a S L K 8 V P m V.ETHOI>IST fOUTH FELLOW SHI»*: —Valentine social, 4, Fort Canning R(
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    Cinemas
    222 8 CATHAY: "The Search," vith Montgomery Clift, Ivan landl, Aline MacMahon and [armila Novotha. —11 a.ni., 1.4«), i 15, 6.45 and 9.30 p.m. ALHAMHRA:. "Summer jghtning" (in technicolour) vith June Haver—1.45, 4.15, i.45 and 9.30 p.m. REX: "Beyond Glory, with Vlan Ladd, Donna Reed, George tfacready, George Coulouris, larold Vermilyea
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    Sport
    42 8 BADMINTON AND LAW> TENNIS: Y.M.C.A., Orchart Road—5 p.m. HOCKEY: S.C.R.C. v. 22: B.O D.—S.C.R.C.; S.C.C. Wo men v. A.T.S.—Tanglin; S.C.C v. S.H.B. Police—S.C.C. KtJGBY: S.C.C. scven-a-sicL —S C.C. 5 p.m. SOCCER: Tribune XI v. In donesian 2nd XI—Farrer I'ark 5.15 p.m.
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    C. A. TO PLAY IN JOHORE BAHRU
    57 8 fhe C A. soccer XI will travel up to Johore Bahru tomorrow to play against the Johore Combined Garrison at the Istana ground- Players are kindly requested to fall i n at the Jalan Besar Stadium. Fret transport will be provided and the
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    Grand Form
    54 8 JUDGING by the standard ot play in yesterday's soccer match at Farrer Park between the Custom Sports Club and the Kota Raja, the Club should have a formidable side this season in the junior division. The Custom won 2-1, but were fully extended by Kota Raja, who played
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    Rawang Shooting
    168 8 KUALA LUMPUK. lnur*.— The President of the court or inquiry. Kuala Lumpur Mr. M. M Garton. in announcing the findings of the inquiry into the death of the Chinese. Loh Hoi Heng alias Ah Kiam at w n ß on Dec. 11 stated that the shots fired from
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    GREAT WORLD WRESTLING
    105 8 THREE top-line fighters, jeji Goldstein, the Palestine champion. Tiger Jogmder and Arjan Dass, will make their farewell appearance at the Great World arena tomorrow night. Jeji Goldstein seta off on the next leg of his tour on Feb 24, while Tiger Jogmder and Arjan Dass sail for
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    Ipoh Race Weights
    448 8 T HF following are the weight* and probable candidates for 1 tomorrow's race*, the third day ot the Perak Turf C'luL s February meeting:— Horses Class 3. Div. I, 6 Furs. Ganymead J-JJ Waveation Golden News Kimbolton J-JJ Hariman Brooking Jj» Amusement "-"J Whispering Hope J.JJ Kentucky
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    Jollilads Beat Seaforths
    50 8 SCORING three goals in each ha'f, the Jollilads XI were in irresistable form when they trounced the Seaforths XI six-nil in a thrilling soccer game at the Geylang Stadium yesterday. Centre-forward Hussein was in scoring mood. He netted three goals and paved the way for the rest.
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    MANSFIELDS WIN
    30 8 In a friei'dly return Badminton match on Tuesday night at the C.U Hall, Mans,ield Sports Club beat Harriscn and C osfield Sports Club by fear games to three.
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    Judgement Reserved In Shaw Case
    219 8 Mr Justice Gordon-Smith reserved judgment in the Singapore High Court yesterday on the application for an attachment for contempt of court against Run Run Shaw and Runme Shaw trading as tha Eastern Film Agency, brought by the Republic Pictures International Corporation. The application was a
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    W. Indians: Drawn Game
    71 8 Reuter. GALLE, CEYLON, i DECLARING at theii night score of 435 for run* wickets the West Indies tout, ing team faced the task of missing Galle Gymkhana twig today in order to win two-day match. Galle Gymkhana v out for 234 and follow 201 runs behind.
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    CHINESE NEWSMAN OVER BBC
    63 8 A Singapore journalist, Mi Lien Shih Sheng, corre» ent of the Nanyang Slang Pan in Europe, will be th* apeaka In today's 8.8.C. Chinese entitled "Chinese View P The talk will be relayed bj the Singapore station a |fc British Far East Broadi Station in the
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      118 8 MURAL DITTIES and Sime Road Soliloquies By C. C. Brown Price $3.50 Illustrated by R. W. E. HARPER Foreword by N. R. JARRETT Published by KELLY WALSH, LTD. Booksellers Stationers, Singapore. ■P DUPLICATING SERVICE KWOH YORK WENG CO 22. Th.- iVfilM 1 t«U Floor, Tftephin, A0218 FIRST Jkk Post-war serial
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      128 8 LEGAL NOTICE. NOTICE IS HEREBY lIVEN that CHOP CHYE HUAT SENG of No. 20, Tew Chew Street, Singapore, has abandoned the use of its rectangular seal and as from this date shall be using an oval seal in it* steLd. Dated this 17th day of February, 1949. Sd. TSAN CO..
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