Malaya Tribune, 19 March 1949

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    62 1 MALAYA TRIBUNE By THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Teh "Tribune, Spore. Larger Sales Than Any Afternoon Paper In Malaya Phone: 5811/8 Nine Lines Published simultaneously at Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Jpoft, and Penang. TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE. SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1949 PRICE TEN CENTS. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE: E. Maurice Glover,
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    What The Pact Means
    286 1 Reuter. inNDON Friday-The Atlan",N the text of which Zee today will be Washington on Britain, America, Keleium, Canada. r other nations— Norway, Iceland, Portugal 3I Italy- have been invited ri°pacM.< for 20 years and is etween the Old Wor d an.', the New. or the signatories
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    LEND LEASE AGAIN?
    206 1 Reuter. PARIS, Fri. The United States Government is willing to send $3,000,000,000 to $5,000,--000,000 worth of arms and military equipment to the European members of the Atlantic Pact in the first 12 months after its ratification, well-informed Paris sources said lonight. A new American military lend-lease programme
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    MR. LIE LOOKS AT PACT
    56 1 A.P. LAKE SUCCESS. Fri.-Mr. Trvgve Lie, secretary general of the United Nations saad today that regional alliances were permissible, if they were not substitutes for the United N IS about statements that the United Nations could not keen peace, he answered: In one* way or
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    OIL DEAL
    28 1 U.P. I BUENOS AIRES, FrL—Argentina is making eftorta to switch here oil imports from the United States to the MuJ die East, according to diplomatic sources.—U.P.
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    NO "SECRET GLAUSES" IN ATLANTIC PACT
    779 1 'We're Not Ganging Up' Says Bevin U.P. LONDON, Friday. Mr. Erniist Bevin, the Foreign Secretary, told the House of Commons today that there are no "secret clauses" in the Atlantic Pact which binds the Western nations to fight aggression by collective armea action Mr.
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    CHURCHILL SAIL
    33 1 Reuter. Sou VatAJtfX'OiS. Fn. Mr Winston Churchill V led uo.a nere tonay in the Elizabeth for a stay >* 4 United States which is expected to last tSree or foui weeks. Reuter.
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    The West Has The Strength
    251 1 Reuter. WASHINGTON, Friday. A survey or inmannower and basic military resources of the tvie ye Sowers expected to join the Atlantic Pact reveaM Slay that their combined strength dwarfs ha <* the Soviet Union and its Eastern Data drawn trom United Nations and other official
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    MORE FIGHTERS
    21 1 A.P. LONDON, Friday. The Royal Netherlands Navy has received a new batch of Falrey Firefly fleet*, reconnaissance fighters. —A.P.
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    MORE FOR ARABS
    29 1 A.P. LONDON, Friday. Britain has announced a I Ws *.ooo,ooo increase in the British subsidy for the army of Transjordan. Next year's subsidy will be $14,000,000.—A.r.
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    M.C.A. To Aid Squatter Plan
    233 1 Late News KUALA LUMPUR, Today. —The Malayan Chinese Assn. is to formulate as soon as possible schemes for the resettlement of squatters in a safe area. This was disclosed in a press statement issued by the MCA following a conference with Sir Henry Gurney, High
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    GOVT. COSTS ABROAD DECREASE
    96 1 Reuter. LONDON, Fri. British foreign and imperial services are expected to cost the country £51,675,938. according to civil, estimates published today. British Commonwealth seivices call for £2.060.560 compared with £3,224.223 in the pvTott estimates, a decrease largely accounted for oy a drop of £580.000 compensation to
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    DOVE CRASHES
    41 1 Reuter. RANGOON, Fri. A Union of Burma Airways Dove aircraft with nine passengers and two crew, which has been missing since Monday, crashed mto the sea off Thaton. about 70 miles East or Rangoon, it was officially reported today.Reuter.
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    Burma Shrine City Bombed
    186 1 A.P. RANGOON. Fri. -Jl olanes last night flew to Mandalav to drop bombs upon Karen positions inside the-sacren shrine-studded city 500 miles north of Rangoon, it was officially announced. Mandalay is at present occupied by Karens and Communists. Burmese newspapers reported that the Karens during the
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    London's Lights Again
    124 1 A.P. LONDON, Fri—The bright lights are going on again to London and all over Britain on April 2. Minister of Fuel and Power Hugh Gaitskell announced, today that electricity restrictions, which have outlawed neon signs, flashing advertisements, and all night shop window lighting, will be lifted for
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    Cup Team on First Leg of Tour
    193 1 A.P. LONDON, Friday. THE Malayan Thomas Cup Team left London on 1 Wednesday night for Stirling on the first stage of their tour of Scotland and Ireland. Though the tour is primarily a holiday the team expert to play several matches. After visiting
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    REPUBLICAN MONEY OUT
    47 1 A.P. BATAVIA. Fri.-The Dutch have banned the use of Republican money in Indonesia exeepW&rx paying for articles for private use'm small amounts. Only Indonesian fDutch East Indies) money and Java Bank currency will be valid for the paying for trade goods and bulk articles—A.P.
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    l.ongrhamps II Best Bet
    37 1 STOP PRESS (From ALLAN LEWIS) PENANG, Today champs 11 and Constance are the naps for today. Good each wa y wagers are Northwell. i Smi'ing Through and Ma dang. The going is good.
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    SULTAN SUIT: RULING RESERVED
    540 2 IN the Singapore Supreme Court yesterday, Mr. 1 Justice Gordon Smith reserved judgment in a eh 11 action in which three trustees are see&ing a revision of a Japanese court order which invalidated certain gifts bestowed by the Sultan"of Johore upon his granddaughter. The Japanese court
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    COUNCIL MEETING
    25 2 An Emergency Meeting of the Legislative CouncU will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday March 29, 1949, at the Victoria Memorial Hall.
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    Wed On Wednesday
    21 2 Mr Lim Keng Quee who was married this week to Miss Lam Sow Yuen at Trengganu Street Singapore.
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    Don't touch—it may be a land mine
    130 2 [(LUANG, Friday.—There may be land mints on or near the road around the 3rd mile Ayer Itam/ Batu Pahat Road (61 3/4 mile on the Johore Bahru/ Batu Pahat Road). The public are warned not to touch any strange object which they may
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    LADY GIMSON
    66 2 I ADY Gimson was the guest- j :Ii of-honour at the first an-' •nSrersary tea-party held by w Salvation Aimy Women s I Heme at Oxley Road yesterday. Among those present were Mr. T. P. F. McNlecc and Lt. Col. William Darby. Brigadier B. Grey M. B. E
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    TALK BY BEVIN
    51 2 Mi. Ernest Bevin is broad-' casting a talk on the Atlantic Pact on the B. B. C. General Overseas Set vice at 4.15 a.m. on Saturday. 19 March. If re- rr; i la good. Radio Malaya will record his talk and iebroadoast it after the 1.30 p.m.
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    BANDIT KILLED
    20 2 The Ist 10 Gurkha Rifles operating near Johore. yesterday killed me bandit foui miles North East of Niyor.
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      289 2 On Your Radio Today BLUE NETWORK 12 00 p.m. Sig. Tune. Openujg Annct. Prog. SumENGUSH PROGRAMMES ,iaI T in Mandarin, 12.03 Mandarin Recorded ProI. 00 Programme Summary. gramme. 12.30 Amoy Selec--1.02 Dance Music, 1.30 News. tions, 1.00 News in Mandarin. 1 1.50 Light Music. 2.00 Album Amoy Cantonese. LIS of
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    JOHN HAY FLAYS WAR DAMAGE DELAYS
    543 3 John Hay, Chairman of the Directors of i/niggi k Plantations Ltd, in his address to stockholders to i meet in London on April 6 attacks the 'dilatoriness' ot the Malayan Governments in the settlement of war damage claims. He says: "If there is any
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    Suspects
    31 3 This group of Javanese and Chinese suspects were brought to the Field Headquarters by a Gurkha patrol. They wnre' held by the Police tor further interrogation after the routine screening.
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    FORGED SWEEP TICKETS — CHARGE
    74 3 FORGED SWEEP TICKETS CHARGE CHAN Loy Wing <3ii anci Ycow Yook Meu 126) were charged yesterday in the Second Police Couit with possessing instruments for forging Selanpoi Turf Club sweep stake tickets, and a number of forged tickets. They v. ere lemanded till next Monday. Prosecution said that Chan and
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    PARTY FOR RDEN
    30 3 A luncheon party will be given in honour of Mr. Anthony Eden and Commander Noble at Raffles Hotel today by .he members of the Singapore Legislative Councd.
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    4 Sinkangs Killed, Gang Smashed
    221 3 MUAR, Friday.—The Sinkang Gang was wiped out during a raid on a bandit hideout in thv Sinkang area yesterday. Its leader and three members were shot dead when flushed out of their hideout. A Dutch rifle with >3 rounds and a Japanese rifle with nine
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    THE WIDENING GULF
    523 4 THE recommendation of the Select Committee 1 of the Public Services Commission that Singapore should break away from the Malayan Establishment and set up its own Establishment is not, taking the long term view, a wise one. We cannot blame the Select Committee for this. On the
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    BEAUTY FOR THE BEAST
    1237 4  -  By SAUL PETT F'S all psychological. I mean the way men fight their own charms. Take me, I am a man, and, although I fought it all the way, I'm beautiful now. When I went to this beauty parlour for men, I made a lot of
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    SEE CEYLON AND DIE
    1105 4 CEYLON is stoning an extensive campaign to publicise her tourist industry, which in past years earned an estimated Rs. 6.000,000 (£461.538) annually The Government which hopes substantially to increase this figure, is to survey the entire tourist question. It proposes to spend approximately Rs. 2.430.000 (£186.932)
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      6 4 Mil I LIGHT IJIILIi LAGER agents:
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    The Show-Off Has No Friends
    532 5 m IK you want to be populai. you've got f o take stock On hand <iould bo an supply -f poise, fiicndlino -nd an, idea of Those items carried ever from year to yeai without niaking your look top-heavy *n the stock sheets. may be.
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    THERE IS DANGER IN YOUR HOME
    290 5  -  By- V KATHLEEN HICKLEY HOME. To moat people the worri conjures up a vision of security. '»nd safety, yet more accidents take plac there than anywhcie else. Accidents in the home are caused primarily by falls, burns, explosions. ana poisons; falls an.', burns accouin
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    HOW TO BE AN ACTOR-2
    1568 5  -  *ln her coicludinj article Mrs. Morreil 1 warns that the path of an actor j i not strewn with roses by DOROTHY MORRELL FIAVTKQ decided that actio? is the only career for you, you are rea ly to begirt learning your iob. The trainLag i
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      83 5 U X \BMSTBOX<. By Bub Slioenke .puRPTTY she might successful in J attendant hanps with her 5TW ARN BeTTy f ACCIPENTLV STEALING ARMSTRONG'S/ ME THE KEYS ANC? CAR V «sETCUTCr '<WN. TELL THEM CAR/ HAVE ANY SAYS." WE PIPN'T wm ixc L— H rpcq '"TTV FRIVE ALONGSIDE. VOL'RE JACK ARMSTRONG
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    There is no peace for map makers
    649 6 an era when empires can topple in a day and new nations can be horn overnight maps can never he np4o-date. THE task of mapping the world is not what it used to be. Long ago, in sedate and peaceful days, the world
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    ICE-CREAM FROM THE SEA
    147 6 AUSTRALIAN seav .cd. *1 such as is found on the coasts of Tasmania, contains basic ingredients for icecream and custard powder, and also tor the brewing of beer. These, and other fact' about the seaweed, were told to the Australian Science Congress in Hobart, Tasmania, by
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    RIVER FLOWS UPHILL
    123 6 U.P. MINNEAPOLIS, NOW the scientists have come up with a new one —a river that flows uphill— the Mississippi River. Dr. Lorenz G. Straub. head of the University of Minnesota hydraulics laboratory explains it this way; The earth is thicker at the equator than at the North
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      84 6 e^'"^ s anm ac I r Ladles and Gents Shoes, Hand Bags, Wallets etc. I UNION STORE No. 81, Stamford Rd. Singapore. I "JUSTRITE" C'arlmlt* Lamp /^C^^e^^^) (made in U.S.A.) 'V- i^'u The most Reliable and V 'if ■j I Renowned Carbic Lamp W&■ I|V'- JL^ in the World. Used
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      25 6 PIC Tl I Hi: 4 ROSS WORD ~7a F^TnruTT—rrT\ X 9 A 9£l mo o L vj§ /j^, 3-D 6D ANSWER S IN COLUMN 3
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      28 6 CROSSWORD ANSWER ACROSS. L Ferrets. 5. Door. 6. Holes. 9. Yacht. 10. Mats. 11. Picture. DOWN. L Fisherman. 2. R»kes. 8. Shoe. 4. Furniture. 7. Sabot. 8. Step.
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      225 6 t APTAIX EASY U Losli Tart* jl MISS BURKE IS MATTER O'FACT, JPOUJ) IJ f THE WATERFRONT, MAY I 1 fillF THIS WAV, MISS. WE'LL ASK YOU TO PoJnT? HERE TO IDENTIFY lUSPECTOR...WE AIM'T J TRANSPORTATION LIWEsA GUESTIOU FROM AMONG- SEVERAL OTHER PRisO N 2 THAT CAR THIEF, I PICKED
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    NOISE CAN KILL GERMS
    537 7 Science has found a use for sound. Someday sound will wash your clothes and sterilize your food. A.P. imenter in a laboratory is heels in ultra- new science you cannot he Is persays, may revolutionise in- k such as re0f pure metal hardening of riiization of
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    'ELECTRIC BRAIN' TO FIGHT CANCER
    649 7 TRIBUNE SCIENCE CORNER Afanta.stic new electric b:ain built by college students may help to unplug one of the bottlenecks of etomic science. One of its first missions is to join in the tight against cancer. The "brain," which looks like a great switchboard, was created
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    SNOW POWER
    237 7 U.P. TACOMA, Wasmng.on, Mon. An air-ago ide« and a new indention will be coupled soon so ngineers can determine how nuch power and flood water to j gtpect from the Cascade Moun- j tains this year. The U.S. Geological Survey j Office here formerly sent moun-taineer-engineer crews into
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    NEW RADIO DIAL
    97 7 U.P. A RESOURCEFUL r»- J A dio shop operator J Jimmy Cost* after years I of experimenting has per- t l feeted just the thing for j listeners who can't wait for a station identinca- J V tion to find out to what part of the country
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    THE CASE OF THE MISSING SARDINE
    427 7 U.P. A CREW of sea-going scientific detectives is on the trail of the disappearing California sardine. It is a serious business not only for the West, Coast states but for the nation. Sard nes have been one of the most important, food fish for
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      176 7 VB4 FLIXT By Mieliael -(TMalley and Ralph Lane TSTuS THERE Vl DON'T KNOW ALIX] INSURE/ OLD ALTHEA MALLOY IS SOME \j I 7 SAY NO MORE/GROWL IS RIGHT.' BUT YOU COME DOWN j M|6HT fe fiK6ERPRIMTS\W BACKGROUND OF > PUNKINS HEREABOUTS.THAT'S WHY THE j I'VE GOT TO GET BACK TO
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    SATURDAY SHOW ROUND-UP
    129 8  -  By LENSMAN PAVILION FILM: "Pagllacci": t STARS: iU-nianiino Gigli AHb Va'li. f Unquestionably the world's a greatest tenor, Beniamino Gigli should not sing to empty houses at the Pavilion. The golden tenor voice of Gigli should be enough, on its own, to attract cincmagoers to the Italian
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    CAPITOL
    124 8 FILM: "The Man From "Colorado". STARS: Glenn Ford, Wi'Uatn, Holden and E"en Drew. Here is the sort of picture that Singapore likes. Spectacle, colour, action and fast moving story. Glenn Ford gives a strong performance as Owen Devereaux, the dashing Unionist commander in the American Civil War, whose experiences
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    REX
    143 8 FILM: "One Toucl» 0> Venus". STARS: Ava Gardner, Hubert Walker «nil I)irk Hay mes. A successful Broadway musical comcdy hit this is a light, airy offering afiout the adventures of Venus, the Goddess of Love, who comcs down to our humdrum earth and stays long enougli to fall in
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    CATHAY '
    165 8 CATHAY FILM: ."Arch Of Triumph". STARS: Charles Rover, Ingrid Bergman and Charles l^aughton. This is a beautiful piece of cinema based on Erich Maria Remarque's novel ot Paris in the fretful days before the Nazis marched on Poland and set tne work! on tire. Charles Coyer is a 'natural' for
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    ALHAMBRA
    100 8 FILM: "Trader Horn". STARS: Edwlna Booth, Harry Carey and Duncan Renaldo. This M a revival of one of the original 'darkest Africa' sagas which shows that although dress styles in civilisation may date a little, the leather skirt and strings of beads are ageless. Based on the remarkable life
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      498 8 Bki 4.<*!j:s 'ERTAINLY MORNING.'-lK Y ON.YES <- I'LL /SMIS COO/M 4PT£/A fifP, /Vo.'- J W« IV T Iff CfV r«T) CO/lf Off 4*o Hi D,DN 7 £RB 70 »<>*"• SO ff MW4T GiADV* SAID- CALLED IN ANSWER TO J FETCH THE FOREMAN JOB, EU ?-GOT YER ALONG 0 ME-1 OEM
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    7-DAY DIET 4th Day
    325 9  -  By Alicia Hart nONT let the high cost of food undermine your dcUrrminatiaa to stick by the diet The lean meats which always win top billing on a reducing diet do not have to he chosen from a list of costlier cuts. Less-expensive meats, such as
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    Sing A Song Of Laundry
    93 9 Reuter. MANCHESTER, Fri.—Eight thousand women laundry workers are singing a "speed-the-wash" song with which the Institute of British Launderers hopes to attract recruits to 80 understaffed laundries in the Manchester area. To the tune of the old musichall song of "A Bicycle Built •oi Two",
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    YES, ORCHIDS FOR MISS AUSTRALIA
    233 9 NEWS ABOUT f,gurcs flowers a woman's victory a man's celebration rationing cleanliness godliness AN the way by B.Q.AC. to His Royal Highness tlie v Prince Chalermbol of Siam is a box of choice orchid plants of Malayan origin sent from nurseries at Crowborough, Sussex. Within
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    Good News For Britons
    83 9 A.P. I. More Petrol, 2. Brighter Holidays LONDON, Fri. There was good news for Britain's ration restricted holiday makers. First came an announcement that the pfctrol ration would be increased in the summer from enough to travel 90 miles a month to an allowance for 135
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    And Not So Good News
    125 9 A.P. 1. Less Meat LONDON, r-ri.—The' value of Britain's meat ration is to be reduced by another two pence a week, it was officially announced. Beginning March 27 the ra tion will be brought down to a level of ten pence. Eignt pence of this
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    PARTY GIRLS AMBUSHED
    78 9 A.P. MANILA, Fri. Five suspects believed responsible for the fatal ambush of U.S. I Private Francis Jost and two Filipino girls on March 12 j were under arrest today. I An Air Force bus driven I by Jost was riddled by buli lets early on March 12
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    O'Keefes Win The Day
    114 9 A.P. MELBOURNE. Fri.— i Mrs. Annie O'Keefe, an 1 Indonesian, and her eight children can remain in Australia. I The High Court today > held this the right of i Mr*. O'Keefe, widow of a j Javanese war hero and t now wife of an Austra-
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    PLASTIC COLD CURE
    57 9 Reuter. HARROGATE, Fri.—British railways think they have stopped passengers' sneezes spreading colds among their booking clerks. None of the five clerks here has caught a cold since the installation of a germ-proof window of perforated plastic which cuts off the clerks from the passengers while still allowing
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    Pipes Wail As Irish Celebrate
    95 9 A.P. DUBLIN, Fri. Hillmen's pipes wailed yesterday night as Eire celebrated St. Patricks Day as an independent nation. Pretty coleens and brawny men danced Irish reds Eiie cut her last constitutional tie with the British crown on Dec. 21. She is now as politically independent
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    HE THINKS JAPAN A RIPE PLACE
    67 9 TOKIO. Fri.- Doctor Stanley Jones, noted American Methodist evangelist who is now in Japan, said today: "This place la ripe for Christianity". "I have never seen a riper place". Dr. Jones added: "I must come back here and really do some work". Dr. Jones
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    Along The Godowns
    61 9 Chit Sein (45); Empire Hamble (Sheers Wharf); City 5 of Durham (42 43); Darvel (40, 41); Steel Admiral (38/ 39); Mount Mansfield (34/35); Plancius Orange (81 32); Roepat (17 18); Bencreoch (19 20); Soestdijk (25 26); Taluei (28); Noemfoer (30); Pohdorus (12/13); Bidor (U); Glengarry (10/11); Choy
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    DRUGS IN CHANGTE
    33 9 Reuter. TOKIO, Fri.—British Commonwealth Occupation Forces special' investigators this week seized drugs and Australian woollen materials valued at £10,000. which had been smuggled into Japan aboard the steamer Changte. Reuter.
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    INDIAN SHIPYARD
    30 9 Reuter. NEW DELHI. Fri. The Government of India proposes to employ a French naval engineering expert to advise on the suitability of a site for a new shipyard.—Reuter.
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    HAINAN AIR SERVICES— CHENNAULT
    83 9 Reuter. CANTON. Fri. General Claire Chennauit. Director of Civil Air Transport, told the Chinese press in Canton recently that extension of the CAT services from Canton to Hainan was being contemPl He said the extension of the service had been requested by the Governor of Kwangtung.
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    Hanyang 1st Taku Trader
    121 9 SHIPPING NOTES A.P. SAN FRANCISCO, Friday .-Chinese Oommued at Taku and Tientsin, the radio said. The vessel from Hong Kong was identified as the China Navigation Company s Hanyang She arrived at Taku Bar Monday with 550 tons of cargo, including chemical raw materials, machines and
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    BLACK SWAN SKIPPER ON WAY HOME
    102 9 f»APTAIN R Boyle, DSC. t RN. captain of the Third Frigate Flotilla. Far East who was in command of HMS Black Swan, is now ta Singapore on his return to England. He is a passenger m the Corfu. Captain Boyle was with bis ship
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    Antigua – Bound Sloop Adrift
    73 9 Antigua Bound Sloop Adrift U.P. SAN JUAN, PUERJO RICO Thurs.—The British sloop Alliance. loaded with 90 drums and 200 capes of gasoline and fuel oil, was found adrift and badly battered last night 20 miles south west of Cape Roja. The sloop was about duo mile.* off course in a
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    WOT, NO MONSTER?
    30 9 Reuter. MANILA, Fri.—The inhabitants of two villages in the coastal province of (Quezon claim to have sighted an unidentified submarine in Lamon Bay between Baler and Infants.—Reuter.
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    LINGGI PLANTATIONS PAY 7.57 PER CENT
    562 10 (See Page 3—Sir JOHN HAY on War Damage) THE Linggi Plantations Ltd. made a net profit of 1 £51,484 for the year ending October 31,1948 after making provisions for United Kingdom and Malayan taxation, depreciation of buildings and machhiery and annual allowance for replantingThe
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    Produce Market Report
    120 10 THE produce markets were again mostly quiet yesterday. Pepper was quiet and a little business was done at $216 for black pepper and $260 for white. Sellers were reserved. Copra and coconut oil were also quiet. Medium pearl was slightly easier. Yesterday's prices as quoted, at the
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    BETTER WEEK FOR RUBBER
    120 10 A distinctly better tone A in the rubber commodity market has been in evidence this week; the Continent has again been the main support but the U.S.A. has also shown some interest, says the week's rubber report issued by Lewis and Peat Ltd yesterday. Estates continue
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    YESTERDAY'S RUBBER
    71 10 With New York and London being easier, yesterday's rubber commodity market opened 3/8 cent lower than Thursday. Business was done at this level throughout the day. Closing prices were: Buyers. Sellers. No. 1 April RSS 37% 37% No. 2 April RSS 35% 35% No. 3 April RSS 33%
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    SHARES EASIER
    24 10 Singapore, Fri. Tha share market was dull and slightly easier. Buying was of a somewhat timid nature. Industrials had no particular feature.
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    MALAYAN SHARE QUOTATIONS
    833 10 SINGAPORE. Friday. Buyers Sellers Atlas lice 15.50 16.50 lime. Brick Pref. 2.77 2.85 Ords. 1.97% 2.02% B.B. Petrol 39/3 40/3 B. M. Trustee 7.50 8.50 Cons. Tin Ord. 16/« 18/do. (P) 23/6 24/6 E. Utd. Assur. 40.75 41.75 Estate A Trust 7.00 8.00 9". A N Pref.
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      677 10 lfiiigiEbT~arn (Incorporated in Singapore) BLUE FUNNEL LINE I Carrltr'i optica to proceed via other nortt te load aad discharge cargo. j SAILINGS FROM UJK. ft U.S.A [j ••Tyndaruus" from U.K 1» port "Astyanax" due from U.K./Cont. Mar 24 "Eumaeu3" due from U.K. Mar. 25 I"Stentor" due from U.K. Apr. 3
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      206 10 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD Lloyds Agents in Singapore, Ticket Agents For Malayan Railways GLEN LINE ACCEPTING FOR LONDON, ANTWERP. ROTTERDAM HAMBURG. GLENGARRY (Calls Casablanc) JttLr FROM U.K. FOR STRAITS, HONGKONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. GLENBEG* Swrnt 2H*?'\r ??S?SSS? HIRE (Shan ghai only) 26 M»r. 1 Api GLENAR7.NEY 18 Ap 2 2 Ap!.
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    Selections At A Glance
    44 11 Rate I—BARONESS Bonnie Grey Technique Raot 2—C'ITLLINAN Gopcng Scholar Race 3__>ORTHWELL Slipstream Hazmore II Rao 4—CONSTANCE Courtesan Everbright Race 5—S M l LMJW THROUGH Mandalay Prince Eugene RACY __longchamps t 11 t iimmy Cetewayo Raw 7-MADANO Kia Ora Four Wind*
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    RACE CARD
    560 11 DELOW are the candidates nncl n f*' V weights and probable jockeys for today s rjtes. the™? day of the Penang Turf CJuVh Spnng MeetRACE ONE— 3.00 P.M. CONSOLATION RACE Horses. Class 5 5 Furlongs. (L e« is> 0 4 3 Bonnie Grey 9.0' Kirwan) 0 2 4
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    ISLAND CLUB FINALS
    117 11 The final of the Island Club Championship betweeri D A. W. Lockhead and W. Werner Mayor will be played over 36 hotes-18 this afternoon and 18 tomorrow morning The semi-final of UK Duffers 1 Cup will be also held Joday and the final tomorrow mo T r
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    LONGCHAMPS SHOULD WIN TODAY'S MAIN RACE
    793 11  -  ALLAN LEWIS SUMS UP PROSPECTS From ALLAN LEWIS PENANG, Saturday. WITH the inclusion of a consolation ™m f W five horses that ran on for today, final day of the Penang Turf Club s spring Meeting will consist of seven races. The race will
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      500 11 TtNDKKS INVITED •cWDERS WW be received *g L of the Secretary, at the Hospital. 2nd Ii%erton But*** Sinfloor for the removal of reuul swill at Tan Tock !S1 HospiUU. Sing-pore. will on 24th of the T.TJLM T ,ioos noc bind himaccept the highest or "> t0n r O NDlTlONS The
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      204 11 NOTICES TRADING^ ENEMY ORDINAJSCL No. 22 of 1939 CUSTODIAN OF PROPERTY PROCLAMATION No. 14 of li>4s *\IF BY TENDER No. 104 Vnstodian of Singapore, invites tender* lcr fie purchase of the following: Ingersole Rand Air gine, Mobile. 8 gauge pressure. X Motorised Lathe ICJ tre 26- between oenUeSj HK* ric
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      222 11 y < STAMFORD ROAD, SINGAPORE, PHONE e35*6. THEWMAS CUPIUND NIGHT j TONIGHT I jTHE HAPPY WORLD CABARET THE SINGAPORE ASSOCIATION OF TKACHGiIS I OF DANCING, supported by < THE MANAGEMENT OF THK HAPPY WORLD CABARET Presents SPECIAL GALA ATTRACTIONS I Mr <i K. Ollick Miss. Lily Thean in 'Cocktail Hancc"
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      67 11 LOOK HERE,DYNAMITE- XSURE PTHANKS FOR TH' W ANYTHING V 55GOTTA REALIZE" THAT H pIOU'VE BEEN INACTIVE ¥'WELL i IT'S BEEN YEARS SINCE *YOUMADE ME A CONFIDENCEPAL-T YOU SAY fjUST 'CAUSE YOU'RE TH' EX-CHAMP TOO LONG »R RE V I MANAGED A FIGHTERwCHAMP ONCE./. bSt WE'VEGOT #A JOE DON'T AUTOMATICALLY ENTITLE
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    "OVERWHELMED BY FRIENDLINESS—"
    732 12 Eden Pays Great Tribute To People Of Malaya MR. Anthony Eden who returned here from Kuala j ITI Lumpur yesterday paid a tribute to the people of Malaya in a talk over Radio Malaya last night. He said he had returned from his tour of the counj
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    Candidate In Court
    61 12 MR. Cheah Kirn Bee. Singapore businessman and candidate in the forthcoming Municipal Elections, appeared in the First District Court yesterday on a summons charge of having corruptly provided refreshments on March 5 for Miss Lily Yeo for the purpose of influencing her to give her vote in
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    Religion Must Show The Way
    199 12 The obicct and constitution of the Inter-Keli-rrious Organisation, which has nothing to do with pontic* are so framed, that even the followers of Karl Marx, can, if they wish, join it. The Muslim Divine from Pakistan, Maulana Abdul Aleem Siddiqui sai 1 this in his
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    MURDER CHARGE
    48 12 CHIA BUCK, a 42-year-old Chinese was charged with murder in the Fourth Police Court yesterday. Chia was alleged to have stabbed to death Chang Song Chwee in a house at the 6th milestone Yio Chu Kang two days ago. The case was postponed to March 25.
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    GANG BURNS TRAIN: TWO KILLED
    109 12 U.P. SEMARANG, Fri. The engine driver and guard were killed when their train was attacked by a gang at Randegan, near Purwokerto in Centrai Java, it was revealed in Semarang today. The fierce heat from the burning train buek'ed the rails even and the fire
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    MORE BABIES LAST WEEK
    68 12 THE birth-rate in Singapore tor the week ending March 12 was more than three times the death rate 585 births as against 162 deaths, according to a P.R.D release yesterday. Chief causes of mortality included tuberculosis, 22: pneumonia 19; enteritis 17: convulsions 10 and beri-ber' 6.
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    Cards: New Warning
    76 12 MALACCA, Fri. An otlicial statement sa> s that creasing of identity cards is not a crime. But it nil* b;> an oifence punishable under the National Registration Ordinance if through wilful carelessness or negligence cards are so badly creased as to render them il'.egible. The public are
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    Siamese Air Chief Ends 3-day Visit
    135 12 AIR Marshall Fuen R Rhidhagani. Deputy Commander in Chief of the Roya! Siamese Air Force with fttartame Rhadhagani, leaves for Bangkok this morning, after a three-day visit to Air Command Far East. The Air Marshall and Bis Staff Officers visited the R.A.F. Maintenance Base
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    B-17 HERE
    33 12 a b-17 aircraft of the United States Air Force lan.fed at I Kallang airport from Bat a via yesterday morning. The plune I was scheduled to return to Manila this morning.
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    WHAT'S ON TODAY
    65 12 General ST li A ITS CHINESE METHODIST YOUTH FELLOWSHIP. jui/, anil rolK dunce mglil, 7.:i() >.m. at S.C.Y.M.F. So«'M"l Ha'l. V..M.C/.A.. Mr. Holtuni on Now Zealand Seientitic Con.erence 1 p.m., Singapore *hess Club Championship, 3 ,>.m. Movie circle show "Leave ier to Heaven", 8 p in. Tue
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    Cinemas
    140 12 PAVILION: "Pagliacci" starring Hemamino Gig:i and Alida Valli, 2, 4.15 6.3u and 9.30 p.m. CATHAY: "Arch of Triumphstarring Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer, 11 a.m., 1.45. 1.15, 6.45 and 9.30 p.m. ALHAMKKA: "Sea Hawk". i 11 a.m., "Trader Horn", 1.45, 1 1.15, 6.45, and 9.30 p.m. REX: "One touch
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    Sport
    93 12 SOCCER: S.A.F.A. Jnr. Irp. 1, R.A.F. Tengah v. R.A.F. lemb.—Tengah; T and T Centre (Nee Soon) v. 799 O.T. Cov R.A.S.C.—Nee Soon; Jnr. B. 1 S'goon Asscn. v Shell I S.C.—Geylang Stadium. FRIENDLY SOCCER: St. I Andrew's Sch. v. Raffles Inst.—J Woodsville, 3.4"> p.m.; P Bukom I v. Jollilads—P.
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      294 12 NEDERLAND JUNE ROYAL DUTCH MAIL NOTICE ro j CONSIGNEES M. V« "CELEBES" due Singapore about 22nd March, 1949. from U.S.A. Atlantic Const Ports. Discharging cargo alongside S.H.B. wharves. Last claimday 8 days after the iischarge has been completed. I Consignees are requested to apply for Delivery Orders to j NEDERLAND
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      177 12 ACKNOWLEDt i M EM T mk. mks. koh iwĔkTTiiii thank the relatives friends ana members of variotu issoi lations for their presents and utteti lance at the reception and d n ncr of their eldest son's ma ->v I age. VEHS. FOR SALIT OUTBOARD motors for sale (British Manufacture) Bmnd
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