Malaya Tribune, 17 March 1949

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    61 1 MALAYA TRIBUNE By THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE TH: "Tribune. Spore. Larger Sale* Than Any Afternoon Paper in Malaya Phone: 5811/3 Nine Linen Publinhed simultaneously at Himjaimre, Z,uwpur, Jpofc, and Penany. EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1949 PRICE TEN CENTS. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE: E. Maurice Glcn-er, c/o
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    FLYING RADIO REPAIR SHOP COMES EAST
    84 1 Reuter. Wed The Lanatrr bombei Iris." of the Inspectorate i tslio S(i vices, will leave Ljwbin Wiltshire, tomorrow b i 20.000-mile four-week tar of RAF stations in the ■ah u*i Far Bast. Ar v Marshal B. Addison, I ra' of Signals at '■i> A
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    POLICE STORY
    50 1 Reuter. DURBAN, Wed. -A Durban policeman, Detective Sergean* G. F. Palmer, alleged in evidence before the Riots Commission of Enquiry here today that during the recent racial riots Senator S. M Pettersen threatened to report him if he did not stop hitting Africans looting an Indian shop. Reuter.
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    BURMA PEACE MOVES BEGIN
    242 1 Reuter. RANGOON, Wednesday.—A complete reshuffle of the Burmese Cabinet is expected shortly as a result of a People's Volunteer Organisation conference now taking place at the Central Burma oiltown of Yenangyaung, the Burmese press reported today. Reports said that PVO leaders would be in- J eluded
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    REFUGEE EVACUATION
    49 1 SHANGHAI. Wed. The International Refugee Organiration (IRO) i 3 prepanng for early evacuation of an unreported number of refugees to Europe and South America a spokesman said today. Persons with valid visas or entry peimits will be eligible for evacuation by the reiugce ship Hwa Lien. 1
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    Poisoned
    71 1 A.P. PITTSBURGH, Wed. Ming j Chun-ping, 25-year-old engineering student from the National Wu Han University of j Central China, was found dead in his room Monday, j Death was caused by carbon monoxido poisoning. Ming came here a week ago to study at the University of Pittsburgh for a
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    REACH ACCORD
    28 1 RHODES. Wed.- It was officially announced tomght that full agreement has been reached between the Israeli and Transjordan on an armistice line for the Jerusalem sector
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    MORE TROOPS
    29 1 Reuter. AMMAN. Wed. Sources :lose to United Nations officials in Amman said today that British sent to the Transjordan port of Akaba reached brigade strength yesterday. Reuter.
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    "HELP US QUICKLY" APPEALS WALLICH
    396 1 PAY THIS "DEBT OF HONOUR" Reuter. LONDON, Wednesday —An appeal to* Britain to help Malaya "quickly and generously" with her anti-terrorist expenditure of £35,000 a day was made in London today by Col. Aubrey W. Wallich, European member of the Legislative and Executive Council of
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    KING DOING WELL
    66 1 Reuter. LONDON, Wed.-The King was today reported to be continuing his satisfactory recovery from an operation of lumbar sympathectomy to improve blood circulation in his right leg. The King's doctors made theii usual call at Buckingham Palace this morning, but for the first time since Saturday's operation
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    NEWEST WARSHIP
    18 1 Reuter. GLASGOW, Wed.—Tne Royal Navy's largest destroyer, the Decoy, is to be launched here next Tuesday.—Reuter.
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    "MALAYA IS ALL RIGHT"
    406 1 But Rees Williams Thinks Reuter. LONDON, Wednesday. COLONIAL Under-Secretary David Rees Williams told the House of Commons today that although the, position in Malady a was still serious, "just lately there has been a much more hopeful turn and public morale is certainly better than it
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    INDIA PLANS NEW ASIA TALKS
    72 1 A.P. LONDON. Wed. India is planning to hold another conference of Asian powers with the idea of developing co-oper-ation in their defence, economic and foreign policies. The Dominion government has sent notes to a number of Pacific and Indian Ocean powers asking for an exchange
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    Hard Luck On Head Hunters
    135 1 A.P. LONDON, Wed.—Head hunting has been stopped in Sara- wak for the second time. The British Colonial Office in its annua: report for the Borneo colony published today said that not a single case of head hunting was reported in 1947. Head hunting was a
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    U.S. BEGS CHINESE TO STAY
    176 1 WASHINGTON. Wed. The U.S. Congress has passed a bill to let a Chinese woman scientist remain in this country after being told she knows too much to go back to her Communist overrun homeland. The measure, which is now up to the White House, would
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    'SULTAN-NO RULER'
    658 2  -  —says LaycocR IT is a mockery to call the Sultan of Johore an IkV dependent sovereign power—today he is shorn of all trappings of sovereignty and is reduced to the "ghost of a hollow shell of sovereignty". This statement was made by Mr. John Lay cock in the
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    FILM CENSOR APPOINTED
    84 2 (Ex-Army Officer) The Pan-Malayan Film Censor who wall replace Mr. Jack Evans has been appointed and will take over Mr. Evans' duties on April L He is Mr. Peter Clague. formerly an officer in the British Army in Malava and connected with the Directorate of Army Legal
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    ONE HELD, THE OTHER CLEARED
    188 2 MALACCA, Wed.—Two Chinese faced a charge of extortion before Mr. Justice Brother oe yesterday. One of them. Kow Tow who said he j was a rubber tapper was sentenced to two years' r»ar<l while the other. 19-year-old Wong Kwon Soon, was ac- I quitted. i
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    BISCUITS FOR DETAINEES
    41 2 KLUANG. Wed. Messrs j Ho Ho Biscuits Factory Ltd. i 1 Singapore and Messrs Tan J I Swee Ho Co.. Ltd.. Kluang have donated 30 tins and 10 tins of biscuits respectively to the Kluang Detention Camp. i
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    Siamese Air Chief
    41 2 Deputy C ommander-in-Chief of the Royal Siamese AirforVr Mr Marshal Fuen Rhidhagani laspucrfcg tho guard of honour provided by 91 Squadron, RA F. Regiment (MalavH) on arrival at Changi lor a iour-day stay with Air Command, Far East.
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    Man who shot Becker 'was out of his mind'
    391 2  -  says Witness A witness told the Singapore Coroner (Mr. W- G. Porter) yesterday—during the continued hearing into the death of Mr. John Noel Becker that the man who fired the fatal shots at Mr. Becker Appeared "to be out of his
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    ACQUITTED OF HURT CHARGE
    115 2 KLUANG, Wed Mr K. I*. Lee, assistant manager of Bra<tta Estate, PajDh, was :rtrday acquitted m the Kluetqg Majgiatrate Court of the charge of causing gricvOUt hurt to Mr. T. 8 Elder, assistant manager of Paloh Estate and Leudur bin Marjuu. Special constaole stationed at I
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    SOLD WITHOUT LICENCE
    35 2 KLUANG, Wed. Ng Ah Kau was gi"cn the choice of paying a fine of $15 or doing one week simple for selling pork without a licence in the Kluang Magistrate Court vestcrday.
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    14 POW HELPERS HONOURED
    840 3 Our gratitude cm never fade' Tribune Staff Reporter (HO brothers who supplied British prisoners of I H;ir with food from their Changi provision store nn d flagged through news gathered from broad „ts were among the 14 recipients of awards made hv Ike three fighting services
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    S. A. L. S. U. OFFICIALS
    147 3 Th v Admiralty E*i7? a Uwon hr,<| M JJJI General Meeting last 4 e > »t the premises of i W? ral rriion Rangoon! Wnh ,nga, re A group pho- J d Ph was taken of a'l mem- c following were elected for the
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    LIBERTY SHIP SOLD AS SCRAP
    161 3 THE New Orleans Liberty ship Amelia Earhart which has been lying in Singapore Harbour since last December, has been bought as scrap by Sherwood and Company, a Singapore firm. The ship went aground with 8.000 tons of bauxite on a reef off the Natuna Islands,
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    Detainees Released
    68 3 It is officially stated that names of the eleven persons released from detention in Johore and Malacca are as follows: N. Ragappan; Mutupaliam Thacva; M. Karrupiah; N. Nagappan; Annamalai; Suppiah; Ramasamy Pillai; Nagappa Chettiar; C. T. Manikam; Kulanthayan Chettiar; Goh Tiow Huat. At the Press Conference on March
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    HOUSING ESTATE PLANNED FOR K.L.
    109 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday.—Tho Municipal Commissioners this morning approved road lay-out plans of a 200-acre residential estate whit h a private company proposes to build near Kuala Lumpur. Detailed proposals of the site include a school, shopping centres, a hotel, blocks of flats and several private
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    GRENADIER CASUALTY
    46 3 I THE name of the fifth Grenadier to die of wounds after the bandit ambush in the Kajang I Area on March 12 has been released, the next-of-kin having been informed. He was Lance Corporal J. Chriscoli. M.M whose home is in Warrington. Lancashire.
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    POLICE DESTROY 2 BANDIT CAMPS
    200 3 KUANTAN, Wednesday.—Two bandit camps were found and destroyed by the police in the Bukit Goh Forest reserve yesterday- One of the camps which had been hurriedly evacuated, contained cooking utensils, two bags of clothing for men and women, food, the wooden stock of a rifle
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    LABOUR HOLDS MEETING
    84 3 THE 1 .about Party of Singapore will hold Its first public meeting at the Rangoon Road English Bchool at 6 p.m. i today. Mr. Francis Thomas, viceI president of the party will I preside and will speak on j what socialism can do for I Singapore. Other
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    EDEN TO BROADCAST
    44 3 Mi. Anthony Eden who is paying a short visit to the Fe- deration and Singapore on his i return to the United Kingdom from Australia and New Zealand, will broadcast over the Blue Network of Radio Malaya lat 8.00 p.m. tomorrow.
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    CHANGI POINT: AID FOR DISTRESSED
    120 3 About two bundled cruW'enj and 42 aged men ami women at Changi Point will get help from the Social Welfare Department. They are dependants of fishermen who because of the curfew in the Straits of Johore have had to abandon their fishing and work as
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    RETURN OF BAO DAI
    535 4 AFTER nearly three years of ardent wooing, the French have prevailed upon ex-Em-peror Bao Dai to promise to take them for better or for worse—probably for worse. Bao Dai has signed with the French Government an agreement under which he will become the head of an
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    LAND FOR KOREAN FARMERS
    584 4  -  The U.S. is forging a new agrarian policy in South Korea, not only to increase crop production, but to inoculate the peasantry against Com munism. By Richard C. Ferguson A WESTERN concept of farming revolutionary in the Orient —is taking over in South Korea, where more
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    GRAND DESIGN AGAINST RUSSIA
    1071 4 Reuter. SYL VAIN MANGEOT THE idea of a grand design of regional pacts stretching across the world and to some extent inter-locking, first became the basis of a coherent long term policy at the meeting of Commonwealth Prime Ministers in London last October. Today, the progress
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    TREASURE HUNT
    140 4 U.P. GOLD dubloons. diamonds and rubies, $60,000,000 worth, will be the goal of an expedition led by Charles Forbes of San Francisco. The treasure, the legendary "loot of Lima," has been eluding Forbes for the past ten years. This is his fourth expedition. Forbes and his brother, James
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    Do Dreams Come True?
    615 4  -  By ROBERT AAUSEL U.P. IXiNDON. THE psychic world has been shaken by the contention of a brilliant young investigator that despite 70 years of research, it still need* more evidence to convince science that there are Mich things as supernormal happenings. Into the paranormal class. Dr.
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    Britons Take Over
    76 5 U.P. HAIFA, Wed. British taken over the .mi Iteflnefiea in from the Israel nagemeat management was year by the lirion the British ol Palestine, md an overhaul in which has been g period, will now out. It is expected for operations ~a i i; in si* weeks.
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    LUXURY FRUIT FOR RUSSIA
    42 5 Reuter.-AAP. TOKY<\ Wed. Japan will 10 tons of grapefruit to S idet I'nion this month— shipment of its kind lc to that country, gi tpcfruit is to be shipped on repatriation vessels reg to Soviet I'nion ports. _4troter-AAP.
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    U.S WANTS FORMOSA -RED CLAIM
    219 5 A.P. muntaU fori Wednesday -The Chinese Comof nlßnr,in„t JeSday accus ed the United States dor Oenir?i 1 Fo ™°sa Into a base under Oeneral Mac Arthur's command A broadcast from North China heard in orofincl S^ A A he V Wants th big islana a
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    Japs Can Ride Again
    119 5 Reuter-AAP. TOKIO. Wed.—The three-day-old strike of the Tobu Railway lane, which has stranded hundreds of thousands of office workers in and around Tokio, was temporarily halted last night as striking workers decided to return to work pending the outcome of renewed negotiations between their representatives and
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    DELHI WILL BE ALL-THE-YEAR ROUND CAPITAL
    94 5 Reuter. M.v. DELHI, Wed. Delhi will remain the capital ol India and the Government intention of having a capital elsewhere, iccoi ling to Mr. N. V. Gadtil Minister of Works. Mines Ml Power. India became a n the Government uisfen ed during the months
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    Vyshinsky Jokes With The Party
    182 5 Cheerful For A Change U.P. MOSCOW, Wednesday. Andrei V>shmsky, New Soviet Foreign Minister, joked with American correspondents at the reception in honour of the North Korean state delegation, headed by Premier Kirn Ir Sen. It was Vyshinsky's first public appearance since his promotion to foreign
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    'TALLULAH THE TUBE'
    80 5 Reuter. NEW YORK .Wed. Tallulah Bankhcad, the BCtrcsj of the husky voice, is suing a soap manufacturing firm, an advertising agency and two radio networks for a million dollars (£250.000) because a singing radio advertisement referred to a shampoo as "Tallulah the tube" end urged listeners to
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    Paris Tries Sackeloth
    44 5 Even Burlap sacking, under the magic hand of Jacques Fath, Paris designer, becomes a glamour material in his Spring collection. Embroidered in gold sequins, he showed this evening gown with a gold rope neck'ace aglitter with a giant diamond studded snow/lake.
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    U.S. AIRLINES BATTLE
    176 5 A.P. WASHINGTON. Wed. The qivil Aeronautics Board said on Tuesday Pan American Airways has protested against Northwest Airlines' request tor the Beard's permission to operate temporarily into Hong Kong and Canton enroute to Manila. The Board said NOTthwcat'l request was "under consideration" but <ii<i not Indcate when
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    Arrow Poison — A Deadly Question?
    226 5 Arrow Poison A Deadly Question? Reuter. LONDON, Wednesday.—Curare, a deadly arrow poison used by South American Orinoco Indians, was the subject of a strange question in the British Medical Journal. An anonymous writer wrote asking what would he the immediate effect of a lethal dose ot curare injected into a
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    GOOD HUNTING
    79 5 Reuter. I LONDON, Wed. Head hunting, a passion among cer- tain inhabitants of Sarawak j 100 years ago and since supjpr essed, was aroused with the I outbreak of war and several I hundred Japanese lost then j heads :n the traditional mani nei, said the annual report
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    FISHY BUSINESS
    104 5 Reuter. COLOMBO. Wed. The scientist and the practical fisherman must get together more closely in the interests of the fishing industry, according to Dr. H. Blegvad." leader of a 3-man fisheries team of experts frdm Denmark. He said this from of cooperation had achieved big results in his
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    THE ALLEY OF HOPELESS MEN
    211 5 A.P. §AIGON, Wed.—Only a few feet off a sweeping Saigon boulevard there's a back window that looks out an alley of shadows and hopeless men. In the rear of the government's Customs House, the admitted opium addicts must stand in a line of shame to
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    GARDEN OF ALLAH
    38 5 Reuter. SAN FRANCISCO. WedPakistan Ambassador to Washington, Mirza Abdul Hassan Ispahani told icportcrs hcic today lhat Pakistan "his now settled into complete peace and tranquility since the difficult and had < .iys of its birtn." Reuter.
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    ERNEST AND ALICE IN SUICIDE PACT
    113 5 Reuter. HINTON, West Virginia, Wed.—A louble suicide' verdict was lecoided here on two secodary school students, Ernest Smith, 16, and Mary Alice Kirby, 14. who weie found shot jn Monday. Evidence v as given that after .spending some time together in ihe gill's parlour,
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    CZECHS TO TRY U.S. SOLDIERS
    139 5 U.P. PRAGUE, Wednesday. United States embassy officials said today that the Czechoslovak government has informed the United States that two American soldiers will be tried in court* for espionage. The soldiers are Clarendon Hill, 31 of Jachson (Missouri i and George R. Jones 22, of
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    "FIND KILLERS" APPEAL
    124 5 A.P. MANILA. Mar. 16. Brig.--t Geo. Jarred V. Crabb. commander of the U.S. 18th Fighter Wing, has appealed for public aid to find the gunmen who j kiiled one American soldier anc Lwo Filipino girls near Clark "'iold on March 3. He conferred with Governoi Jose B,
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    Rubber Market
    56 6 THE rubber commodity market remained steady throughout yesterday. But the business turnover was small. Closing prices were Buyers. Sellers. No. 1 April RSS 37 17% No. 2 April RSS 35 10% No. 3 April RSS 34 34 On peg. tender March 37 >* 37% April-June 37 37 4
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    RYE QUOTA AVAILABLE
    57 6 The chamber of commerce have been informed by the Import Export office that a small import quota for Australian rye flour is now available to Singapore traders. Only traders who were importers ot the commodity in 1938. 1941. or 1947. 1948 may apply for the quotas. Applications
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    270,000 Tons Of Rubber Exported From Indonesia
    125 6 (Tribune Staff Reporter) ACCORDING to provisional figures of the Central Bureau of Statistics at Batavia, Indonesian rubber exports in 1948 amounted to over 270,000 tons. Of this 100,000 tons were estate rubber and more than 170,000 tons native rubber. Biggest customers were the
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    LOAN SOUGHT FOR JAPAN
    82 6 U.P. Nagoya, Japan. Wed. -Kumakichi NaKajima of the Japan Foreign Trade Association I wants the United States Gov- crnmcnt to lend Japan US$l,--1000,000.000 so timi Japan can issue new currency replacing I the present money, which on Saturday totalled 315.000,000,--j 000 yen in circulation. Nakajima claimed
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    Indian Manganese For United States
    110 6 A.P. \EW DELHI, Wed.—lndia may export 400,000 tons of manganese ore to the United States this year. A Commerce Ministry spokesman said the target for export to the United Kingdom for the year was 125,000 tons. He added the .entire quotas for Bizonia (Germany) and
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    RUBBER TYRES OUTPUT UP
    71 6 A.P. NEW YORK. Wed. Manufacturers' shipments of tyres for passenger automobiles totalled 4.249.036 in January a decline of 1.65 percent under December tne Rubber Manufacturers Association reported today. Despite the slight decline in shipments, production rose 3.52 percent to 4.772.116 tyres. Manufacturers' inventories increased about six
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    AIRMAILS AND SEA MAILS
    53 6 AIRMAILS are expected to arrive in Singapore today from Australia, Iraq, China, and India. Airmails to Europe. U.S A.. India. Africa and Ceylon close before 6 p.m. Surface mails arc expected from U.S.A., China. Hongkong. Japan and Calcutta. Surface mails will leave for Australia, New York,
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    No State Insurance
    49 6 A.P. LONDON, Wed.— The Labour Government has no plans to nationalise Insurance business, Prime Minister Aft'ee tod the House of Commons on Tuesday. There have been repeated rtrmours that inHurance might be added to the list of enterprises to be taken over by the Government. —A.P.
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    BRIQUET FACTORIES
    33 6 MELBOURNE, Wed. £6,000,000 will be spent on a plant for briquet factories of the Victorian State Electricity Commission at Morwcll, the brown coal centre in the eastern part of the State.
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    Produce Market
    128 6 BLACK pepper was quoted yestcraay by some dealers at $212 (loose) buyers and 5220 sellers. But there was very little business done. The Chinese Produce Exchange reported a $7 rise yesterday for black pepper and a $2 rise for the white peper varieties. New York pepper quotations were
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    Rise in Australian exports to Malaya
    74 6 AUSTRALIA'S exports to Malaya for the year 1948 A rose to a total value $92,220,204 which is $7,354,--530 more than the final figure for the preceding year Vhc export of food, animals and drink showed a nett increase of $11,982,944 over the previous yeai.
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    Rubbers: Slight Interest
    38 6 Owing to the lightness of tin shan offerings from London, this section of the local market continued very steady. Industrials also .nhowed ntrength. There Is some •dlght Interest In rubber shares at the etirrent level*.
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    Indian Ships
    33 6 NEW DELHI. Wed. India now has 22 ships aggregating 150.000 tons in the overseas tiade, plying between India. America, the United Kingdom and continental countries, it was revealed in Parliament recently.
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    Malayan Share Quotations
    856 6 SINGAPORE, Wed. Buyers Sellers Atlas Ice 15.00 16.00 Ilex. Brick Pref. 2.77 ft 2.85 Ords. 1.97 ft 2.02 ft I B.B. Petrol 39 3 40/3 B. M. Trustee 7.50 8.50 Cods. Tin Ord. 16/6 18/do. (P) 23/6 24/6 E. Utd. Assur. 40.75 41.75 j Estate Trust 7.00
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    RODGERS SADDLES 8 WINNERS IN 2 DAYS
    821 7  -  Longchamps II Wins by six lengths From ALLAN LEWIS PENANG, Wednesday. "HOC" RODGERS repeated his first day's success by saddling another four winners today, the second day or the Penang Turf Club's Spring Meeting. He had four wins on the first day. Highlights
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    SCHOOLS DRAW
    44 7 The Victoria School Ist. XI drew three-all with the Raffles' Institution Ist XI at soccer, yesterday. Scorers for the Victorians were Kwang JoeM2> andll. Sammi. while Chim Poh (2) and Michael Chua netted for Raffles'. The schools 1 second teams drew one-all.
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    P. Brani rout Signals 6-1
    274 7 THE G.H.Q. Signals' six-one defeat by the Pulau 1 Brani United -M Jalan Besar Stadium, yesterday, was the heaviest seen in Senior League match so f«r this season. From the start, the Signals were kent on the run. Within five minutes of play thry dropped
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    Banka Beat C.Y.M.A. 3-1
    150 7 Banka Billiton S.C. beat the C.V.M.A. (PM.) by three goals to one in a Junior B Group 2 soccer ixfture on St. George s Road ground yestcrci&v Banka SC. was leading 2—l at the interval. Pak Tong left-inner, scored the Bankas first goal. A few minutes
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    INTER-CLUB GOLF RESULTS
    481 7 Tac following W ttf tail results of the Golf betrthe Island Cluh and Uje t slTn. PI f' Jones (4) J. Hodgkin son (Scr.) 0; H Tookc W. L. rtollcston (5) 0, W. Mc Mullan (4) L. E. C. ua vies (5) 0; Ferrier-Mavor U W. H.
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    Malaya Cup: First Trial On Sunday
    135 7 CHOO SENG RWEE has been selected as coach for Singapore in this year's .Malaya Cup soccer competition. I The lirst trial match will be played against the Roya' Navy at Jahui Besar Stadium on Sunday. The Navy is a good choice as an opponent
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    OXFORD SETS UP GOOD TIME
    162 7 Reuter. LONDON, Wed. Oxford University, in their first serious rowing since Saturday morning, set up the excellent time of 11 mins. 22 sees, in a row from Chiswick Steps to Putney Bridge, a distance of over two and a half miles on the ebb tide
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    Indonesians Trounce LEPTC 8-0
    104 7 The Indonesian League "B" won an easy B—o victory over the LEPTC (Blakang Mati) in a Junior A Group 2 soccer fixture at St. George s Road yesterday. Khamis. the Indonesian left-inner, was the highest scorer with four goals, while Buang Kumin. left-wing, was next wdh
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    POLICE WIN
    22 7 Police S.A. beat Rocklites S.P. three nil in a Junior B. Group 2 soccer fixture r«t 1 Thomson Road yesterday.
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      91 7 cSl™ rtu AKi.v SUT> YOU EXPECT T YOU'RE THE ONLY V STOP KIDOIN' YOURSELF-; T I'VE KEPT IN] r AHO IF YOU HANDLE NO, DYN AMITEr TOUVE DV ,t^ ME 10 GET ONE 'WHO CAN HELP DYNAMITE tHTtt AN/TRIM, JOE- ME. IT'LL BE JUSTjfI[CAN'T LET YOU I lirl? 72; FAOfSLrc
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    Changes In Navy Rules
    73 8 Reuter. 1 LONDQN, Wed. CommOßjwealth Governments are to be j consulted about proposed j changes in the court martial system of the British Navy, j Viscount Hall. First Lord of the Admiralty, stated today. Discipline in the Navy, he said, differed from that in the other
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    NEW CRISIS LOOMS IN NANKING
    391 8 Reuter. NANKING, Wed. Political observers here said today that an ultimatum from the Chinese Communists could be expected in the Government capital unless an official peace delegation went to Peiping soon. A new crisis was approaching in China to coincide with the appointment of Gen.
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    AIR MERGER COSTS JOBS
    45 8 Reuter. LONDON, Wed.—The projected merger of British South American Airways and British Overseas Airways may cost several hundred employees their jobs. The decision to merge the two state-owned airline was announced on Wednesday. Both lines have been suffering heavy losses. —Reuter.
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    APPROVES TERMS
    21 8 A.P. PARIS, Wed.—The French Government today approved the terms of the projected At'an*ic pact and authorised its signature.—-A. P.
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    LONDON STOCK MARKET
    167 8 Reuter. LONDON, Wed.—A fresh wave of selling hit the London stock exchange today. Start of the new trading period encourxged bear selling as well as some genuine sales. Breweries were perhaps mos* j affected but textiles, motors, md buildings shares were all on the downgrade. The market
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    EDEN IN K. L.
    123 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Mr. Anthony Eden, deputy leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons arrived in Kutla Lumpur this afternoon in an Auster Aircraft of the R.A.F. from Bidor. He was accompanied by Brigadier Erskine, officer commanding Guards Brigade. Commander A. P. Noble, M.P.
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    Don't alter your card
    61 8 WiimN you change four address do not try to alter your Identity card yourself. You should report instead to the Centra! Registration Office at Beach Road. If voii do not do so you Hill be lable to a fine \\f imprisonment. The Registration Office wH! take
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    SIAM: GUARD OVER PREMIER
    68 8 U.P. BANGKOK, Wed.— Police took extraordinary precautions to guard military installations and public buildings, including Rose Palace, where the Prime Minister lives, as an arms plot was disclosed in Bangkok. Police have searched vehicles for the last two nights for illegal arms and explosives. Some arms
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    TIN SUPPLY
    42 8 A.P. LONDON, Wed.—The Ministry of Supply announce.! on Wednesday the 101 l owing allocations ot tin by the Combined Tin Committee for the first half of 191!». Egypt 160 long tons; Israel 60 long tons and Turkey 125 long tons.—A.P.
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    MAHARAJAH SAFE
    37 8 U.P. iiOMtJAY, Wed.—The piane carrying the Maharajah of Jooch Hehar made a forced landing at Ambhikapur, it was jjhciaiiy stated in noinbay toaight. The Maharajah, the two Jtliei passengers, and the pilot vcre reported uninjured.—lT.p.
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    UNIVERSITY BILL FOR FED. COUNCIL
    137 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday.—Approve( fur a bill to legalise the University of Malaya will be asked of the Federal Legislative Council at its next meeting. The bill will give legal force to the constitution recommended by the Carr Saunders Commission and amended by the Joint Select
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    Charged With Theft
    111 8 Miss Judith Coplon, 27, of t le I nited States Department of Justice, and Valentin, bitehev, 82, a member of the Russian delegation to the I nited Nations, were arrested New York for the alleged theft of government documents. According to the American lice, the couple met
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    Neutral Mediation Fails In Berlin
    311 8 Reuter. GENEVA, Wed. A solution proposed by "neutral" powers for solving the Berlin currency dispute and lifting the Soviet blockade was rejected by the United States in January after Britain, France and Russia had agreed to discuss it, it was disclosed here tonight. The solution
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    Mc Intyre Recalls Torture By Japs
    239 8 Reuter. LONDON, Wed. The award of the QBE i Officer of the Order of the British Empire) to Dr. Hugh Mclntyre, osteopath and radiologist formerly of Singapore, announced in the London Gazette last night was for "public service of the very highest "order" during
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    Norway Asks For End To Atrocities
    144 8 A.P. LAKE SUCCESS, Wednesday.—Norway appealed to the Netherlands and the Indonesian Republic to prevent atrocities in their conflict. Arne Sunde, the Norwegian delegate, told the United Nations Security Council that delegates should consider whethfir to ask any organ of the United Nations or any
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    R.A.F. BAND BACK
    48 8 After a four-week visit to Hong Kong, i\o. 1 K.A.F. Regional Band has returned to the R.A.F. Maintenance Base (Far East! Selctar. On March 23. it will visit R A F. Stations in Malaya and Singapore, and on April 13, it will leave for Ceylon.
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    NO ROAD SHOW
    37 8 U.P. KLTsDAL, Westmorland. England, Wed.—A committee of women have objected to the proposal to put double-decker buses into service in Kendal because they fear it will enable passengers to peep into their bedroom windows.—P.P.
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    SLOOP SINKS
    19 8 MIAMi, florida, Wea. —The British sloop Alliance sank about 25 miles southwest of Puerto Rico on Tuesday
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    WHAT'S ON TODAY
    55 8 \AV,('.A.t Drew. mnklng 1'IASx, flaffit* Quay—H> a.in Y.M.(!.A tfyniriti'Hi-< C.~D i.m., mule volcu choir prBPti"#, *.<H) p.m. ThcaMopbtPlsl SilclMy. Mrs. F Harvey un "How The; 'opJiy Ix'ffun," 3, C'nirnhMI FM., 3.30 p.m. EASI'-VVF.ST SOCIETY: Annual jreneral meeting, Kritivh Council Hill, Stamford R»v S-.".0 p nv AH members
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    Cinemas
    145 8 PAVILION, "Pagliacci" starring Beniamino Gigli Alida Valli, 2, 4.15, 6.30 and 9.30 p.m. CATHAY: "Arch of Triumph starring lngrid Be-gman and Charles Boyer, 11 a.m., 1.45, 4.15, 6.45, and 9.30 p.m. ALH AM BRA, "Trader Horn with Harey Carey. 1.45, 4.15. 0.45, and 9.30 p.m. REX: "Om Touch of
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    Sport
    73 8 SOCCER: S.A.F.A. Snr. Div R.A.F. Seletar v. S.C.C., J. Be;ar; Jnr. B. Gr. I, Borneo Mo.er.s S.C. v Payar Lobar Bus J SC. Geylang. FRIENDLY SOCCER: St. Anthony's School v. Johore English College— S.J.I, grnd: St. Patrick's School Past v. Present—S.P.E. grnd. ATHLETICS: St. Patricks School Annual Meet. 8.30
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