Malaya Tribune, 25 March 1949

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    63 1 Malaya Tribune By THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Te»: "Tribune Spore. Published simultaneously at Singapore, Kuala Lutnpur, Ipoh, and Pcnayia. Larger Sales Tban kaj AfferaMa Paper in Malaya I'hnne: 5811 X Nine Line* TWELVE PAGE SINGAPORE FRIDAY, MARCH 25 1949 PRICE TEN CENTS.. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE 10NDON REPItRSRNTATIVE: F. Mmnriee
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    FLYING VISIT
    57 1 j III. N 1 HU i (H MKI J Tl .1 I idled N.itii.n- j ..mi" ill?; 'tl S. I In. I Of in > .i.- Iis...i|ii t.asi \,u o rigbl I ar',u|".ri. \.-xIftlk) in I >. \ru.v .•i :i\ia. I'hi'V bir. i M i.\ >ii. fWllhrni I
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    DUTCH CONFER ON N.E.I. PLAN
    46 1 Reuter. E HAGUE. Thurs. The Dutch Cabinet met tonight to. discuss Canada's proposals for resuming Xetheilands-Indouesi-ar. talks on Indonesia. Details of the jnccting were wtosed, but it was learned hit further discussions are likely at the start bf next week. -Reuter.
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    TO RESUME TALKS
    26 1 A.P. KEW DELHI, Thurs.—Talks on an Anglo-Indian Aviation r»t begun last year in ■w Delhi are to be resumed •St in April. -A.P.
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    MALAYA TO RAISE LONDON LOAN?
    160 1 Reuter. LONDON, Thursday.—The Federation of M*lav:« wi»l before long: r> se a large loan on the London market, stock exchange cir les here believed ♦od>y. An authoritative source said that discussions on the suoject had been in progress for a long time with Colonial Office
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    Chinese Reds Aid Viet Minh
    83 1 U.P. SAIGON, Thur.s. French Far Eastern Headquarters have Charged that Chinese communists are fighting with Victmmh guerillas against French Colonial troops in Indo-China. An official communique MM that rebel activity is increasing along the Tonkin frontier. Attacks against French posts were growing more numerous in
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    EVEN LESS MEAT FOR BRITONS?
    149 1 Reuter. LONDON. Thurs. London meat traders believe Britain may soon have a fuithet cut In the" meat ration, unless supplies ot coined beef improve. The recent reduction of the weekly ration to eight pence worth of fresh meat and two pence woith of coined beef
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    U.S. Flays Soviet "Veto On Ideas"
    190 1 A.P. WASHINGTON, Thursday. The American State Department asserted tonight that the Soviet Union fears to let its people set a true picture of American freedom and living standards. For that reason, said the Departmon: in a report, the Russians are shut orf from outride
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    RAJAS NEW JOB
    41 1 Reuter. NEW YORK. Thurs. Proor P. T. Raju. of the Departj of Philosophy of Andhra '"Tnivrrdty, Waltaii, India, has I accepted apnoinU'-t n t n Pm fi sor of Indian Philosophy at "he Asia Institute. New York. Reutei.
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    GOING TO LONDON
    26 1 U.P. WELLINGTON. Thurs.—Mr. Peter Fraser, Prime Minister of New Zealand, will attend the commonwealth conference in London on or about April 21.— U.P.
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    RUBBER AT SLUMP LEVEL: "SMALL MEN CAN'T LIVE"
    345 1 PUT PRICE UP, SAYS AHMAD i,dM)ON. Thursday.-Twwi sheikh Ahmad rePfCtenftftiif Malayan smallholders at the I***™%°Tln%t<s (iroup, declared at a press conference today: "'1 c plifhi ol tne m l holders In MLlaya is desperate They cjuiaot m ike enoofh to pa their
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    A Baby For King Michael
    120 1 U.P. latsanne. Bwitaerland, j Thura The Roya' house hold of former King Michael of! Rumania ;>nd his wife. Piincess Anne of Bourbon Taiina. are, making prepautions for the buth of their Brat child in the next fortnight. The ex-King and princess, woo lurried Athena last
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    EDEN TO SEE KHYBER PASS
    51 1 U.P. KARACHI. Thur*.- Anthony Edon. wai time British Foreign Secretary, arrived today at Peeha war from New Delhi. He la visiting the Khyber Puss tomorrow arid will then By to Adipore where he Will spend the night. ,He plans to travel to Karachi j on
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    LEE KONG CHIAN TO PROTEST
    236 1 WHEN the Rubber Study Group begins iU sixteenth meeting in London on Monday, Mr. Lee Jionu Chian adviser member to the Malayan delegation, will protest that the Malayan Chinese ami the Indonesian producers are not properly represent ed at the meeting. a Mr Tan Lark
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    NO SOLUTION TO AUSTRIAN REPARATIONS
    52 1 U.p. LONDON. Thurs. The B*g Four Deputy Foreign Ministers have abandoned their effort- tr agice at this time on Yugoslavia's reparations and territorial claims against Austria. The Deputies, who haw hern tiying to write .and Austrian Peace Treaty, decided to go on to other disputed
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    WEDEMEYER TO SUCCEED CLAY?
    58 1 U.P. WASHINGTON. Thurs. Lt.-Gen. Albert Wedemeyer being piessed to take over from General Lucius Clay as American Military Governor in Germany, informed sourr--? said yesterday. Clay is expected to return here in May to relinquish the occupation post, the State Department insisted that no final decision
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    Cup Team Plans For Home
    107 1 r,v JimfH) <il»\«r. i !.()M)i).S, Thura. Hm MaJayao Thoaiea v tap ftadnriiatin loom have booked laajgoa btek to Ntajrapore en i board the Inter Confn, sui'vig on .*.!a> 4. The *<•;! :l is ipn ha. it; in ear > next week ir.>a» Us preaenl x~
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    ATLANTIC PACT NATIONS TO MEET
    95 1 U.P. WASHINGTON, Thurs. Dean Acheson, U.S. Secretary Of State, ami foreign ministers of other Atlantic Pact nations; are holding an important meeting here on April 2 on relations between the East and West. Informed sources said that top diplomata of Uiitain, Canada, Fiance, Liolg urn
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    "It Was Better Under The Japs"
    99 1 Reuter-AAP. NANKING. Thurs. The Communist radio tonight accused the British in Hong Kong and Malaya of being mure brutal in their treatment of Chinese than the Japanese during the occupation. It said the British in Hong Kong had deprived the natives of then democratic
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    STUDENTS DIE IN CLIFF FALL
    82 1 A.P. YOSEMITE. CALIFORNIA. Thurs.—The death plunge of cwo Stanford stuoents down a. 820-fOOt Cliff at Yosemite was disclosed tonight with the disI -0.-cry of their snow covered j bodies. I Their bate<?ced condition led I investigating rangers to coni elude they had fallen at least
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    NOT WAR MOVE
    42 1 U.P. WASHINGTON, Thurs. A Navy spokesman here 3aid a very limited number of specially qualified Naval Reserve officers were being given mobilisation day assignments which 'ate in no way to be interpreted as a recall to active duty." U.P.
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    STOP PRESS
    18 1 U.P. MOaiOOW, Today.—MarSicolai liulganin has beoa rfdi*-wtl or hi* •lutie-» as MtaSoter tof Armed Forces.— UJP.
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    Rotan, Jail For 'Tough Guy'
    170 2 "ITOI* arc, wh.tt iho Anion- I •ii ems would Caii, a 'tough guy and a'.'ro a buMy." This is "what Mr. Justice GordohSrn tit told a Chinese trishartdJer before t.cub-ncing him ii 1 s months' rigorous imprisonment and 10 sturkes of the rotaa for robbery.
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    Appeal To Stamp Out Tuberculosis
    187 2 MALACCA. Thurs. An appeal to all doctors and members of the general public in Malacca to help the Malacca branch of the Anti-Tuberculo-sis Association to stamp out tuberculosis was made vester day evening by Mr. V. E. Dias. chairman of the committee of the local
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    NO CARDS, FINED
    63 2 KLUANG, Thurs. Fourteen men were produced before Magistrate, Inche Azman bin Haji A.bdul Hamid from Batu Pahat in the Kluang Magistrate Court for falling to register for identity card within the prescribed period. ET.even of them were fined five dollars each, two were fined fifteen dollais*each and
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    'What's Daddy Doing?'
    28 2 Wives and rhi'drcn of members of the Singapore Police Force watch the 'torch light' parade at the passing out. ceremony last nifM at Thomson Rond.
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    NURSE TELLS OF INVITATION TO TEA PARTY
    447 2 CHEAH KIM BEE CASE TWO Progressive Party members were among the eight witnesses who gave evidence in the Kirsl District Court yesterday, at the hearing of the eas* against Mr. Cheah Kirn Bee, an Independent candidate in the forthcoming Municipal EtatftMM. Mr. Cheah
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    U.S. CHIEFS HERE IN SPORE
    102 2 Mr. Wiliiam S. Laccy, assistant chief. South East Asian Affairs Division, State Department, Washington, and Mr. Merley Cochran, of the United Nations Good Offices Committee, arrived in Singapore yesterday afternoon in a U.S. Army Dakota from Batavia. Mr. Lacey will spend a few days in
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    NO RIGHT TO KEEP IT SECRET
    95 2 EDEN MEMO. The Kuala Lump: Malay daily. Majbs. in its editorial comment yesterday on the UMNO secret memo leakage, declaicd that the Sclangor State Working Committee had no right to keep the memo secret. Questioning the right of the Committee to submit such secret
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    MEE SELLER HURT
    33 2 Ang Kee Yam a mcc seller, of Bajarai Lane was seriously injured when he was knocked down by ft car- at McNair Road, yesterday ev< ning.He was taken to hospital.
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    PROBE FOR FALSE RATION CARDS
    244 2 Federation Adopt New Measures I KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. THK Food Control Department is to issue individu »1 ration rirds to e»rh individu:d in the Federation. The cards ivffl only be issued on satisfactory proof of identity md checked against the National Kei*ist ration cardThe cards
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    TO BUILD OWN SCHOOL
    70 2 Muar Malays have decided 'to build their own English I rchool for the benefit of Malaj cnildren in the district. The decision was made at a iccent public meeting sponsored be the Social Department 'of the Muar District UMNO. A committee of twelve ten men and
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    Court Revenue Drops By $ Half Million
    144 2 Court Revenue Drops By Half Million (Tribune Staff Reporter) DEVKNUE from District and Police Courts in the Cokmy for )P4B dropped by more than half c million dollars •> cmpar*»d to the revenue .ti Fior.i Apri' to December 1946, $1,796,049 w m c led ed by way of fines, forf
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    – CHIEF OFFENDERS
    71 2 CHIEF OFFENDERS Fine- and forfeitures from Ami' 1944 tc December 19 is totalled $2,397,310. A record r Uortion was made In IM6 when within nhee months $917,148 was collected, in coatrasl with 103,773 lor last year. Bulk of these fine:; weir paid by liriuor and narcotic offendera In 194(> and
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    KOH HAN BOON
    31 2 The name appearing after the 1 No. 7907 should have read Koh Han Boon of St. Anthony's School .and not as published in the 'ist of Cambridge results.
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    'Weasels' To Hunt Bandits
    235 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. WE ASHELS -tracked amphibious vehie'es used with marked success by ihe American forces in the Pacific war will shortly be employed by the British Army on antibandit operations in Malaya according an army statement issued here tonight. A number of these light vehicles—they
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    Terror Hqrs. Found In Cave
    93 2 fcuata Lurapu: Thurs. -A I ive believed to be the hcadluarters of the terrorist orgais. tion Hi Selangor wßn foune »V three strong companies o.' irenadiei Guards, two troopi ■>f the fourth Hussars and Po 'ice on a hill 1.300 feet high to the west
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    TALK BY MR. DODD
    29 2 j Mr. Norris E. Dodd. Director General of United Nations Food j and Agriculture Organization. will be interviewed over Radio Malaya at 8.00 p.m. today.
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    S'pore Man's Mother Killed in Burma
    227 2 (Tribune Staff R< p First detailed news of the murrJU t mother in Burma was brought to j pore resident Lawrence Preston by a from Burma who arrived in Singapore The mother was Mrs. Katherinc Preston, and the refugee told Lawrence Lhat she was
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    UMNO YOUTH WANT A SAY
    142 2 The Yo Jth iecti >n of the Selangor Stat" UMNO has <*. cided to demand greater voice in the conduct ol Lffairs of tat State UMNO. I It demands that at least tan of its membeta be ppoiatalti the State Wor la: g CosbsMk. I
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    'WAR AGAINST STARVATION'
    109 3 Thirteen Countries j Discuss Fishing HISTORY was made in the H !< ny nf Singapore when -Pacific Fishe>ies Council opened in the College of Medictie Assembly Hall, yes- tes to the Council dame Australia, China, Ceylon. India, the Netherlands, Philippines, the United of America and the Kingdom,
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    HAD SAMSU
    31 3 KI7AI A LUMPUR Thurs.- -A Chinese Tan Lim of the ConBastern Plantation Flengam was charged foi possessing Chinese Samsu j uang Magistrate Court He was fined twenty five dollars.
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    FAO Chief Calls For Quick Results
    657 3 (Tribune lStafF Reporter) w is highly desirable to have modern mechanised fishing fleets operating through the Indo Pacific area, the Director-General of the Food and Agriciiltuia! Organisation of the United Nations, Mr. Norns E. Dodd Told delegates from nine nMicns md Kritish territories in
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    TRISHAWMEN FINED
    30 3 A' Chinese trishaw rider was fined $10 today by the Circuit Magistrate Inche Azman bin ait Abdul Hamld from Batu Pahat for plying his trishaw without a licence.
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    PYGMIES IN SINGAPORE
    77 3 i<our African pygmies, chaperoned by Mr. D. P. Meokin. an Australian circus proprietor, ai lived in Singapore from Penang by ait Standing not mote than 2ft. Gin. high the pygmies were ushered out of Italians Air Port before a large gathering that gathered around. One pygmy, an
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    Today's Agenda
    66 3 To-d'iu's Agenda for the ftukhPacifie Wieheriee Council, sitting nt the King Edward VII CoUt gt of Mrdiriro uilt cover the third and fourth Sessions. The following v ill be considered Third Session UO a.m. 12.30 p.m.) Rules Of Procedure of the Council: Appointment of Committee*; FA Q. Journey's
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    Would Yon Rather Be A Fish
    130 3 THIS has no reference to that popular song, but to a person. The person is none other than tin. Commissioner General for the United King dom Mr >I(tlc(,h>i Mac Donald. Mr. Mat-Donald, had thU to say to the Imto-PruHie Fisheries Council in Singaport ajere
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    KOREANS DELAYED
    38 3 The Korean delegates to the Council. Messrs. Moongi Chung and Sungsoo Whang, have not yet airived. They had telegraphed the Council Secretariat that they wire (lying by BOAC but no BO AC plane was due yesterday
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    FALSE DECLARATION
    53 3 KLUANG, Thurs. Wong Kee was charged by the Circuit Magistrate. Inche Azman bin Haii Abdul Hamid from Batu Pahat in the Kluang Magistrate Court yesterday with making a false declaration when taking out his Registration Card from the Registration Office- in Batu teen persons were produced bePahat. He
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    'Finest Inhabitants Are Fishermen'
    366 3  -  —Says Mr. MacDonald (Tribune Staff Reporter) J ARGE popular ions of some of the finest types of inhabitants of Malaya and other countries in this region are fishermen, the Commissiorer General for the United Kingdom in South East Asia, Mr Malcolm Mac Donald told the Indo-Pacific
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    LADY GIMSON
    40 3 At T.lO p.m. today after the news Lady Gimson will speak about the work of the Childrens Social Welfare Centres in Singapore in connection with their exhibition to be opened this coming Saturday, the 26th from Radio Malaya.
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    Planters, Miners Made Inspectors
    308 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. Following representations by planters and miners. His Exceilency Sir Henry Gurney, the Federation High Commissioner has granted honorary rank of Inspector to members of the Mining and Planting community who are officers lof the Auxiliary Police. Over 200 planters and miners have so
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    FISH EXPERTS PAY INDIA COMPLIMENT
    213 3 I INDIA was accorded a place I of honour at the Indo-Paci- I fie Fisheries Council which opened in Singapore vaster- I day, when Dr. Daini Prashad. chief delegate and Fisheries Development Adviser to the Government of India, was unanimously elected the COUftcfl*ll first chairman.
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    CITY FATHERS
    37 3 UAL A,C c; A, weu. ioe monthly meeting of the Malaccs Municipal Commissioner- held today at the Municipal Office was a. very short one lasting only 15 minutes. There were no speeches on the adjournment.
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    Close-up of the Netherland delegates lo the Indo-Taeili Counci! which opened in Sii gupore, yesterday. Secon from right in front row Dr. J. D. F. Harden nerj head of ihe Laboratory f« the lavestigatloa of the s» in Batavia. who was eleetf Vice-Chalrman of the CouneJ Behind the Netherlands del. gation arc seated obseryw from U.N.E.5.C.0., and tl International Union of Ri«>». gicaf Seienees.
    64 3 Close-up of the Netherland delegates lo the Indo-Taeili Counci! which opened in Sii gupore, yesterday. Secon from right in front row Dr. J. D. F. Harden nerj head of ihe Laboratory f« the lavestigatloa of the s» in Batavia. who was eleetf Vice-Chalrman of the CouneJ Behind the Netherlands del.
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    ALTERED CARD
    53 3 A Chinese On# Kirn ChO wns fined $70. at the Fii District Court yesterday f< catena; out his identity ea number. He tcld the First Distri Judge, Mi. E. P. Shanks th he out the card in order fit it in the cover. The judj ordered him to
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    Aussies Seek World's Best Tele Services
    283 4 SIDNEY, Thursday. Australia is pushing ahead with plans for television. Possibilities of the marker, in that country for electronic nnd photographic apparatus has drawn the attention of British companies. The Postmaster-General, Senator Donald Cameron, stated that Australia will the most modern services in the
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    Australians Ask To Live In Japan
    177 4 Reuter. 1 TOKIO. Thurs. Since the Australian Government an-' nounced it had no objection to Australians returning to Japan to live with their Japam v wives, SCAP has received an j increasing number of applica- j I tions. Lieut. Col. R. C. Erlen-1 1
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    Fly To New Life
    92 4 A.P. Photo. Mercy Lift Jewish mothers and their children being flown from Adea to Palestine. A nurse trained by the Women's Internationa' Zionist Organization tends her young charges on one of the flights which are sponsored by the Amerlcan Joint Distribution Committee, a Jewish Organization that
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    Claims To Antarctic Unsolved
    166 4 A.P. I LONDON. Thurs. -Britain I hopes that international dis reunions will settle rival claims 'to territory in the Antarctic icgion by Britain, Chile anil Argentina. Christopher Mayhcw. Parha--1 mentary Under-Secretary ot State foi Foreign Affairs, told questionei s in the Hous jof Commons that the
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    TURKISH DRIVERS DANGEROUS
    140 4 U.P. ISTANBUL, Thurs.— Turkey may have an automobile BCCidI ent fatality rate of more than forty times higher than that of j the U.S.A., according to figures re eased by the Ministry of Interior. The Ministry reported that in the year ending in August. 1048, there had
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    Eskimos Struck By Polio
    99 4 A.P. OTTAWA. Thurs.- The first i Infantile paralyahi epidemic to I strike Canada's K.OOO Eskimo I population has ciainied 13 lives i and paralysed 36, health experts 1 said. Dr. P. E. Moore, Directot ol j Indian and Eskimo Health Scivices of the National Health I
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    New Senator Causes Angry Debate
    247 4 U.P. .WASHINGTON, Thurs.—A demand for a Co:« pressional in\estimation of Dr. Frank P. Graham. North Carolina University president named to the United States Senate, today caused an ungry debate in the Senate. Tho doirv.r.H mm mo Conofn,. T,~.t- Mr me ut'inaiia came trom senator John
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    Britain To Be Atomic War Base?
    125 4 A.P. LONDON, Thurs. An independent leftist member of I Commons charged today that 'General Noyt Vandonbrrg. United Sates Air Force chief, visited Britain recently to prepare it as "an .atom bomb base in an aggressive war against j the Soviet Union." But government officials
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    India Plans Ahead
    243 4 A.P. NKW DELHI. Thurs.— The j Government's standing Finance Committee has approved a num- her of production and research schemes covering industry, j agriculture and health. On tiie industrial front, sanction was given for India's nrst factory for the manufacture of heavy electrical equipment for Its hydro-electric
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    PLAGUE RIFE IN PUNJAB
    72 4 A.P. NEW DELHI, Thurs. Emergency measures have been I taken !>v health authorities of 1 East Punjab Province and Delhi to combat an epidemic of Plague. The disease has already broken out in two districts of Ambola and Karnal in East Punjab. In the former, 37
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    MOST IMPORTANT EXPORT
    159 4 A.P. HICAGO, Thurs.—Thc most I important commodity which the United States has for export "is j the philosophy and practice of private enterprise," a business j executive says. Clement D. Johnston, PreI sklent of the American Warehousemen's Association, told delegates to the national frozen .food Industry convention.
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    Malaria
    56 4 Reuter. LONDON, Thurs.—The London School of Tropical Wndlrlfi has announced in a report issuc'.l tonight that the nmSjneol of ma'aria is with:n sitrhf. ompetcnt thinking men ha/.ard the KtfcßSS that in their lifetime they IUUVj see the net c'osinn down on malaria as it KM OH enidemie ye"o\\ flu-
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    U.S. REVISES POLICY TOWARDS ASIANS
    557 4 A.P. WASHINGTON, Thurs.—Prospects for a speedy approval by the I .Congress of a bill removing racial bars from U. S immigration dubious. The measure, already approved by th? "J, s. House of Representatives, would open American citizenship to nationals of all Asian countries. But there
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    SHARES WERE UNCLAIMED 100 YEARS
    177 4 LONDON, Thurs.— A block of shares in an insurance company which has gone on accumulating interest for more than a century after the death ot la, holder has been mentioned in the Probate Court. Mr. J. E. S.Simon applied for a grant of letters of
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    Eire To Better Her Land
    212 4 Reuter. DUBLIN, EIRE, Eire, with the help ol Mv' siiil. Ai«l. is about to launch a Lift. doo.ooo programme for coo* plete naodernisation ol agriculture. The scheme provide! fa thiee-fiont attack on drainage, mills to grind rharstone no less than 2.000.000 tons of eround limi:llttut
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    NO WAR IN TEN YEARS —SPROUL
    175 4 U.P. j SAN FRANCISCO. Thurs.— The United States will 'certain- ly" have no war with Russia i "for 10 and perhaps even M I years,' President Robert Gordon Sproul of the University of California predicted tonight. Sproul based the probability of war in the
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    AMERICANS SPEND FREELY IN CANADA
    74 4 U.P. i OTTAWA, Tbtujs. Cant I diana collected a now r I cord of 1270,000,001 from Umited States travellers in 1946 Travel expenditure by Amci icans in Canada went over $200,000,000 for the third vent in a row. United States visitoi poured into Canada In
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    HUNGRY HEN
    45 4 SYDNEY. Thurs. Seven threepenny silver pieces, button and seven patent fastenera were found in the body II monthn old hen killed ccntly at Wyong. New Soul Wales. One coin wgc of norma size. The others were worn down and had lost theft engraving.
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    BUY JETS
    32 4 A.P. BERNE, Switzerland. Thurs. The Swiss Parliament has approved the purchase of I"' 1 British Vampire jet engin< a vote of 90 to six. The Communists provided the only opposition.—A.P.
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    PIOUS THOUGHT
    46 4 oYDNEY. Thurs. VVIUk? fighting a fire on his 300-aci'' farm at Charleston. South Australia. Bill Schnbcrt exclaimed: "I wish it rain!" A few minutes late: cloudburst flooded the propc:*: washing away many hundredof yards of fencing, tons o* hay and destroying most potato crop
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    REDS ACCUSE US. RULE IN KOREA
    195 5 A.P. mNDON. Thurs. —The So- mag rzinc, New Time". "\h United States hit bornly conductive- C x o \ij nical Colo--1 policy which rlocs not nfdalty f> om that of 2i! j ipane c invaders, who held sway in that Tiv Nfcscow radio relayed
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    RUSSIANS KEPT IN BLINKERS
    108 5 Reuter. WASHINGTON, Thurs. The United States State Department today accused Rus-.-ia ot being arraid to iet her people get a true idea cf American freedoms ana Itstag standards. The Department declared m a strongly-wo»-Jed reporc that the Russian people were thai tut off from the outside
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    RUBBER MEN DISAPPOINTED
    60 5 U.P. MKDAN, Thurs. Rub. c. producer; arc disappointed in cow nirtent': decision that percenl of all estate rubbei fiom Indonesia m. D to dollar counttics. accord-' to reports received here. Producers claim they got' wttcf prices for their rubber ir: j mt currency areas entj thej •Ml
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    REBELS ATTACKED
    53 5 Reuter. SAIGON Thurs. French **xeu supported by light naval craft and lighter plane; attack- end destroyed several "rebel m a large-scale opera- m the Rauram area, three west of Saigon, it was R «fc»ally anaouoced here today. ™c "rebeT lost 120 killed everal prisoners in violent 'P'bng the
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    U.S. DOES NOT LIKE THIS PEACE RALLY
    656 5 U. S. DOES NOT LIKE THIS PEACE RALLY A.P. iiJ? it v^f 1 P?t,urs A "world pcac< Conference meets here this week ing me i -'>.?paitinep.t says i« wi ibe uvd to spread Communist propaganda. P <- fc e I,fcrcncc chairn.an sum it h.'.l he cfidtzctetf m "the dctqcratic tradiUsri"
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    141 5 Reuter. NEW YORK, Thurs. Demonstrators with the slogan "Communists arc Not Welcome Here" will form picket lines round the Waldorf-As-toria Hotel here when the International "World Peace" Conference opens tomorrow ni ht A Soviet Embassy official escorted the seven Soviet delegates, headed by composei Dmitri Shostakovich,
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    Willie Says It Again
    126 5 A.P. LONDON, Thurs. The Communist M. p.. Willie Qajlaghor, tolv. Mm House of Commons Wednesday night tho L T S. Slacc Department Scotland Yard in checking the records oi todr Uiitons it had denied visas to attend a "World Peace jonttrence la New York. "A toieig.i
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    BANDS FOR BALDWIN
    88 5 Reuter. ST. JOHNS. Antigua ward Islands, Thurs. Hugo crowds and four blaring hand;;. Hying rod flags, greet* cd Lord Baldwin, Governor Of the Leeward Islands, on his retain here today fiom London, where he was repoited to have been "put on the caipet". Trade union representatives, whose
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    ADMIRAL BADGER
    34 5 A.P. HONG KONG. Thursday. Ld ral Oscar C. Badger, Commander of the F.S Nava Forces in the Westera Paciric arrived here aboard his flagship Eldorado today lor a hve day Visit. —A.P.
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    117 5 Reuter. ATLANTA Georgia. Thurs. The license of a Negro real dealer, who sold hemes in a white neighbourhood to Neg.oes, was revoked by the Georgia Real Estate Commission, whi found J. H. Calh ran guilty of falsely assuring a Negro purchaser :he couid move int? a home
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    47 5 Reuter. LAKE SUCCESS. Thurs. Britain was urged tonight to "further intensify its efforts to eliminate racial discrimination" in Tangayika in a resolution passed by the United Nations Trusteeship Council. The resolution recommended that this should be done "by appropriate legislation or other measures." —Reuter.
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    IMPRESSED
    48 5 Reuter. LONDON. Thurs. Lady Mountbatten. who reached London by air last night from Bombay, said "I have returned very impressed with the rapid strides already being made in India and inspired by the tremendous improvements made in the resettlement of distressed persons, educational, medical and welfare. "—Reuter.
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    SEEDS OF LEARNING
    509 6 THE publication of the Senior Cambridge ex--1 amination results has ended the sleepU ss nights, the lost appetites and other and painful symptoms of anxiety which uiflict normal schoolboys and girls as the day ot iudgcment draws nearerThis year, fortunately, the period of agony has not been
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    FOREIGN LEGION IN INDO-CHINA
    622 6 DESPITE serious losses in tiie Indochina fighting, French Army authorities are turning away hundreds of volunteers for the famous Foreign Legion. When an American rxsoldier recently accused the Legion of kidnapping him, a Defence Ministry spokesman commented "We have so many people who want to get
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    HOMEWORK FOR HUSBANDS
    812 6  -  The idea that it is effeminate for a man to do housework is out of date. By PETER LYNE THE British press these days Is certainly doing its part to try to resolve do mestic and matrimonial wrinkles. Even the meagre four-or-six-page British newspapers give a high
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    Playboy General on trial
    336 6 Afoimer lieutenant general of the former Imperial Japanese Army takes a pot shot at the dead "Tiger", and denies he was ever a "playboy" while commander-in-chief of the Japanese occupation forces in the Philippines. He is Shigenori Kuroda. who is at present on trial for war
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    British Socialism Inspires Taiwan
    424 6 Reuter. BRITISH Socialism, in a modified form, is being applied by General Chen Chenir. Governor of Taiwan, in his administration of this former Japanese possession. Many of the too-ievel officials are British-returned students, and British-trainer] technicians arc employed in most of the key industries. Separated from
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    A Meal A Minute
    482 6 (IOULD a housewfe pr. par &gt; cook and serve aseaii t«. *&gt;9 persons la hpace utith little mote than .1 good-fltted household closet This is precisely what I'hii American Airways is expecting of its stewardesses in th 1 Clipper America, the doubledeck luxury airbner wftu:a will
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    Free Enterprise Mikado?
    104 7 Reuter. LONDON, Thurs.- The Doyle 1 ompany, essociat- 1 1865 with the Gilbert j md Sullivan Light Operas,; today became a private com-i pan\. I ~A jsfi'p hid passed during 70 yearil through three genera- J Bow oi Doyle Cartes. Tlu registration of the com-i paay I
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    KILLED BY KINDNESS
    82 7 A.P. TOKIO, Thurs.—First victim i Japan's first "Be Kind to j Animal* Day" was recorded to* ay a giraffe who died of J sear eating. j 3i: ur-oki Giraffe, a resi- fctA LTeno 800, collapsed yesterday a'f te i a, day at gluttony at tiie ;:ands of
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    Monkey Business
    76 7 A.P. DELHI. Thurs. The, Finance Minister John al told Par liament totiay, did not know whether 1,500 monkeys shipped to the United kingdom recently were. i experiments in bacteriological warfare. The Minister said his inforWl! tliat the monkey.- j ipped by a private firm in Calcutta tor use
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    HOLIDAY CAMP GAOL
    52 7 A.P. BELFAST, Thurs.-Ulster's jails have been "humanised." 1 Nea policies of the North Ireland Home Ministry now send prisoners out to look for few days before their; release. Bedspripgs have been substifoi bed-boards, dining routines have been Liberalised, aad more fiequucnt visits are ted by prisoners' wives
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    GRANNIE WAGES WAR ON BOUDOIR RULE
    243 7 SHE WANTS VOTES Quick Tour Of Gay Paree U.P. PARIS, Thursday .—Pre ttj, elegant Madarr? Genevieve JaudoinProm, tn her early forties and throe time* a grandmother, wants to 'liberate French women from the boudoir." She says it is an Uphill fight, nnd that is
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    Elizabeth
    65 7 A.P. LONDON, Thurs. Princess Elizabeth has received an other wedding present, 16 months after ncr marriage. The provincial administration of the Cape of Good Hope, Union of South Africa, has sent her- a display cabinet of silver and carved wood. It wa3 presented to Princess Elizabeth and Prince rmmp
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    Margaret
    44 7 A.P. LONDON, Thurs.- Princess Margaret Rose has paid her second visit to the House of Commons as part of her educational tour of British institutions. The 19-year-old Princess stayed througn most or debate on Germany. She was accompanied by Mrs. Clement Attlee. A.P.
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    COCAINE SEIZED
    58 7 U.P. NEW YORK. Thurs. Detectives today seized nearly throe million dollars worth of pure cocaine packed In jars and bottles in a vacant house m Queens one oi New York City a hve burroughs. The cache was uncovered after an intensive three-day search following the arrest Ol three
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    Beauty No. 1
    20 7 v Ukk\ am ess Miejhele Morgan, who he..-; a voted Ih«* most beautiful uoiuun in i nim
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    GANGSTERS ARE OUT FOR YOUR GARDEN
    97 7 Reuter. LONDON, Thurs. London gardeners are insuring theii spring seedlings against raids by garden gangsters Last year, collective properties of individual vegetable ami Power growers, known to Loaders as "allotmenl eoe'et'ea," were robbed of bd'fc supplies of plants i&gt;. burglars specialising in bo: ticultun
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    ITEM: One Frig. -3 Months' Pay
    283 7 A.P. PARIS, Thurs.—The 1949 household gudgetJ fair in Paris shows clearly that France's austerity days are aboiu over. Prices are still high— c.the j for Frenchmen or foreigners wim hard currency. But the thingo on the ohe'.v-.s ui2± Frenchmen i have been waiting for
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    FOLLOW THE SUN
    104 7 LONDON, Thurs.—When the clocks are put on next month it I will make no difference to tivu, I English farmer brothers and little difference to most of then 1 neighbours at Ebernoo, West Sussex, ham'et of no roads. The Holden Brothers Bob, aged 84. Ephraim 81, Bill
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    Eiderdown Men On Parade
    35 7 TWO naval airmen wearing the insulated jsidts In which they swam amid the iec packs dur J wig the en-iuia.ue cruise in tli. .\rct.e &lt; rcle t»&gt; the uritteh ttghl &lt; arrler eug.-sMce.
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    HE—MAN IN tO LADY'S MAN
    75 7 A.P. SAN FRANCISCO, Thurs The Chinese Communist radic has announced that Liv Pochette;, the one-eyed Red Gene- i raj nhtm areak i smashed I Nationaiist forces on th« pains! north of Nanking asi autumn and has otten been counted a.hilled, has bean appointed President cf
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    PLAY BANNED
    70 7 U.P. MANILA, gel De Bias, rector o» Bant ToriiH.-. university, bmi W*iu drawn peruusskm i •--■&lt;• In Community t'ta.-.v. pre i sent the B?&gt;anl£A pW "R* House Pi BcrnUslO Alba in 'b 1 university aUulturiuui grouudd of complaints the phiy &gt; is i sr. mora I. j Th*.
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    Australians back Down Now?
    329 7 Corporal Gamboa v. Calwell A.P. TOKIO, Thurs. Australian mission chief Fatnck Shaw i cabled hi 3 Government to da}- &lt; for re-examination of Corpora! I Dorenzo Gamboa's application to rejoin his wife and two children in Melbourne. "Unless there are special cir- I cumstances about which
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    7-DAY DIET — LAST DAY
    267 7  - 7-DAY DIET LAST DAY BY ALICIA HART NOW you can check the results Of youi week's dr. Ll ing on the scales. If the needle fails to drop the maximum two pounds which you hoped for, don't fed discouraged. Or yield to j any temptation to g»vc up i your
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    WHERE THE EAST WINS
    98 7 Reuter. i j Colombo, Than. Three hundred residents ot Colom--Ibo have sent a petition to the Mayor, urging special facilities to treat make nites The petition c'aims that Western science cannot cure snake bites, but says: "It if no secret that there ia an Eastern science
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    Britain Puts The Backroom Boys On Empire Research
    186 8 TO SAVE PRECIOUS DOLLARS A.P. LONDON, Fri.—Britain is steering its colonies toward planting more crops which find profitable markets. Backroom research by colonial agricu tiuV and industrial experts is constantly producing tips oh each cash crop and ways of increasing production, a
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    Flat-top Takes A Holiday
    75 8 j TiHE Uailed States air- I etafl carrier Taraua, 1 which speed Christmas ;in Singapore whoa r&lt; turning home fr« r: s. r in the hina s« a. paaaea ■aiet Braeadyn bridge against a backdrop ot the New VorU akyiußc on the way to be laid
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    SOVIET DEMANDS BLOCK SINKIANG TALKS
    456 8 As China's Government Tetters Under Red Blows Reuter. SHANGHAI, Thursday. Sino-Soviet negotiations ior a "local" commercial agreement giving Russia economic and mining privileges in China's northwestern province of Sinkiapg have reached a deadlock as the result of Soviet insistence on complete suspension ol Chinese custo
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    TELEVISION GOES TO SEA
    84 8 A.P. NEW YORK, Thurs. Television cannot resist tho lure of the sea, says the New York Journal of Commerce. Major steamship firms will soon instal television on luxury liners. This would include both sending and receiving appalatus. Passengers in their staterooms looking at their television screens
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    102 MILLION SUNDAY DINNERS
    49 8 SY jjney, Thur.—A count Ot j Australia's sheep on March 31, 1948 Rave a total of 102.55:*.--000. This was 6.836.800 more tium tire number recorded 12 months earlier. This big gair. was largely due to gOOO rainfalls over- most of the sheep areas of Australia.
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    CELEBES HERE
    181 8 THE t',405 ton paaariljjl f freighter Celebes which is I fast becoming well known in I Malayan ports, came into Singapore yesterday with a general cargo lrom America, 1,300 tons of rice and a quantity of onions potatoes and oranges which was loaded at Port Said. Tins Xederland
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    MODERN DANES PLAN TO FOLLOW THE VIKINGS' PATH
    375 8 Reuter. COPENHAGEN, Thirsdsy. piVr: young Danes are planning a trip to America in 9 22-ton Bailing boat along a legendary, 1,000 year "t.l Viking .seaway across the Atlantic. Their boat has been built in Greenland to withstand the* worst that the waters
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    The Swedes Improve Their Fruit Ships
    232 8 THE new Swedish motor vessel Citos of the Australia West Pacific Line arrived at Hongkong this month on her maiden voyage. The ship made calls at Haiphon and Manila also, but will not come to Singapore The Citos haa an over-all length of 406
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    RUBBER MARKET
    124 9 THE rubber commodity market opened steady yesterday. But inaptt c of the announcement erd «y morning of favourable rubber production figures tor February, and a drop in Malayan .stocks, there. wa a a waye of se'ltng from upcounfrv and the market eased half a cert during the day.
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    143 9 Reuter. I ONDON. Tnuis.--Hopes are L r -r entertained for increas-1 ing production of cocoa in Malaya, Sir Gerald Bellhouse, Assistant Under Secretary to the British Colonial Office, said here last night. He was speaking at a press conference on the second report of the Colonia;
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    80 9 A.P. NEW DELHI, Thurs. The Government has done its utmost to prevent the smuggling of jute manufactures to south Africa. Commerce Minister X C Ncogy told parliament. He added that despite restrictions the Government had not- succeeded in stopping the smuggling. Ncogy reported trade agents were asked
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    RUBBER OUTPUT, STOCKS, DOWN IN FEB.
    296 9 THE Federation's rubber production in February ffJI by 11,000 tons as compared with January, according to figures announced yesterday. Stocks ;?t the end of February were less than stocks on January SI by 13.904 tons- February's production totalled 44,638 tons white January's was 58,637
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    29 9 I neertain conditions prevailed in the share V market with very little J business passing. Quota- S J lions where changed were y slightly lower on average.
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    73 9 NEW DELHI. Wed. India's food production during 1947-48 mci eased by nearly 600,000 tons as compared to 1946-47. I the Ministry of Agriculture announces. An increase of about 1,900,000 I tons occured in Berar and Ceni tral Provinces, Bombay ProI cincc. Bombay Province and I United Provinces. Because
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    132 9 COFRA and coconut oil were easier markets yesterday though much business was not done. Pepper was again a very steady market and a fair amount of business was done. The New York pepper market jumped yesterday by about $25 in the ton. New York sellers were repoited to
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    PERMIT EXTENDED
    34 9 A.P. LONDON. Wed. Greece and Turkey have been added to the list of nations where British tourists will be permitI ted to spend £50 during the year beginning next May L ;AP.
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    LUNAS PAY 25%
    238 9 LUNAS Rubber Estates Ltd.. made a net profit of $103,406 before providing foi income tax for the year ending October 31. 1948. The annua' general meeting of the company will take place at N T S. Bui'ding. Singapore at 12 noon on March 31. The directors recommend
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    864 9 SINGAPORE. Thuts. Buyers Sellers Atlas lice 15.50 16.50 tian. t*n«-« Pref. 2.772.85 Ords. 1.97 2.02 V;. 8.8. Petrol 38 3 bb 3 d. M. Trustee 7.50 8.50 Cons. Tin Ord. 10/« 18/--do. (P) 23/(1 24/6 E. Utd. Assur. 40.75 41.75 Kstate A Trust 7.00 8.00 Federal Dispcnsarv
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    ROME
    44 10 Round the world in Sport Malaya America Britain Canada Italy PIERO TARLFFI de- L monst rated the lightness of liis strange "twin-tor- pedo" ear after breaking two world records for ears of the 500 c.c. class J at Terracina, south of Rone, Italy.
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    ENGLISH LEAGUE VICTORIOUS
    52 10 GLASGOW. Thurs. English League beat Scottish League by three goals to nil in thj inter-league match at Ibrox Stadium today. This was very nearly dress rehearsal for the coming England versus Scotland international although the English League included, no players who will be engaged in next Saturday's
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    CANADA TAKES ICE—HOCKEY VERY SERIOUSLY
    259 10 MONTREAL MONTE AL, Thursday. CANADIAN amateur ice hockey officials, dissatis-. fed because Canada did not better than second place in the 1949 world tournament, already have btgen planning for a stronger team in the 1950 meet. It is a mallei of pride with the Canad-rns,
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    AN AMERICAN LOOKS AT MALAYAN SPORTS
    339 10 SAN FRANCISCO Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO. OPORTS are forming bridge of understanding and mutual respect a wi on g Malaya's racial groups, sa.f* Norman Cleveland, American engine* rof Kuala Lumpur. Hero on leave from hi- post v/ith the only American tin company operating in
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    Holm Beats Felsby
    98 10 COPENHAGEN Reuter. COPENHAGEN. Thurs. Tonny Ahm. the Danish woman badminton champion, was the only holder to retain her title in the Danish championships which ended tonight. She beat Aaso Svendsen 10-12. 11-2 11-7 in the final. Other results were men's single?. Poul Holm beat Mogens Felsby 15-8.
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    Sidelight on Freeman
    161 10 THE int* rvtetO uith Cleaveland coincided icith the English bad- 5 minton championships in London because the SW- 1 tire Malayan. American. Danish and English m Thomas Cup inicrnatinn- Z al teams participated. Malaya's interest too* g Hi decided contrast to j that in th, Unit* d
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    TITLE FIGHT BETWEEN 2 NEGROES
    139 10 CHICAGO Reuter. CHICAGO, Thurs Two Negroes Ezzard Charles and Jersey Joe Walcott are to meet here piobably in June for the world heavyweight championship as recognised by the National Boxing Association. The sponsoring body is cne newly formed International Boxing Club with which Joe Louts,
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    'KONG' FIGHTS 'SON'
    165 10 SINGAPORE Kuala Lumpur Chinese wrestling star. Son of Kong, makes welcome return to the Great World on Saturday when he tops the bill in a contest against the giant Hungarian. King "Kong. Life in the Federation has restricted Son of Kong's opportunities to meet many of the
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    Cycle Meet On Sunday
    160 10 THE Cosmopolitan Cycling Team, organisers of the all cycle races held in the Colony last year, will be holding a 25 mile massed-start road iace at 7.30 a.m. on Sunday. The venue will be the 7 5 *0 mile stretch of Lim Chu Kang Road. Mr.
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    PLAYERS DEMAND SECURITY
    449 10 LONDON U.P. LONDON, Thurs. The growing threat of strike action by England's 3.000 professional football players to obtain better financial returns for their efforts, has resulted in the intervention I of the Ministry of Labour. After five abortive con ferences with the governing bodies of football, players
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    Citation, Assault Back in Harness
    143 10 NEW YORK A.P. NEW YORK Ihnnd »j THE four greatest money-winning racehrs ,&lt;•, j j time—Stymie, Citation, Armed and Asssict-. m on the comeback trail. First to score was Armed-, who beat a poor field in March at Gulfetieam Park. But it showed was some
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    3 COLLAR BONES BROKEN
    175 10 AINTREE Reuter. AINTREE. ENGLAND. Thurs. Lord Mildmay. i owner and rider of the favourite in next Saturday s Grand National Steeplechase. escaped injury yesterday in a racing mishap which killed one of his mounts. He will be able to ride his gelding, Cromwell, who held firm
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    JACK'S T-TENNIS
    53 10 The following will represent Jack" Sports Club in a game of tabic tennis against Municipal Services Club at the latter; piemises on Satuiclav at 2.50 p.m: Lim Swee Turn. Goh Tlaa Chye. Ho Siew Huat. Teo Sin Kong. Chew Seng Hong, O A. Hamced. Lim Choo Ann Reserve
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    FEAST OF SPORT IN U.K. TOMORROW
    379 11 Reuter. (From VERNON MORGAN) LONDON, Thursday. CATUiDAY Mar. 26 will long be rememl&gt;ered by 3 jhousimds of British sports enthusiasts, for on that fry a feast of sport to suit nearly every foremost of the many outstanding events is ♦he Grand National, the glamorous
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    WARDERS WIN
    27 11 Cliangi Prison beat the Banka-Cilhton Sports Club by three goals to nil in a scrappy S.AI.A. Junior B Group 2 game at Geylang Stadium yesterday.
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    HOW THE BOAT CREWS SHAPE
    129 11 Reuter. LONDON. Thurs. The Thamcsside crowd watching Cambridge University boat race crew practising starts today saw E. Birchcr. their president, break the blade of his oar on the stake boat. After a bent rigger on the boat had been repaired the crew paddled two miles
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    'National' Bookies In Skaky Position —
    205 11 'National' Bookies In Skaky Position LIVERPOOL, Thursday.—While racing: enthusiasts are eagerly looking forward to the Grand National for this famous tourjnd a half nile steeplechase to be run at Aintree near here on Satuiday, bookmakers are anticipating the result with considerable trepidation. j If the favourite Cromweu or one of
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    — ONE OF THESE WILL DECIDE THEIR FATE
    211 11 ONE OF THESE WILL DECIDE THEIR FATE Reuter. LONDON. Thurs. Probable runners and jockeys for thr Grand National, runtime; 1500 GMT at Liverpool on Saturday, arc ns fOttoW Roimond. A- aba Happy Home, B. Marshall, "oncarrig. K. OUacnan; HWcvon Hours, no jockey; Cromwell. Lord Mildmay. Brighter Sandy P. J- Murphy;
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    CHAMPIONS EXHIBIT
    14 11 A.P. v/tttnNA Thurs. Eva Pawl*™&gt; pean skating champion will nounced today. A.f.
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    Baba clocks fastest time
    198 11  -  From ALLAN LEWIS KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. RABA, ridden by Bagby, clocked the fastest time •V viie the course was opened for fast work this morning, running three furlangsm ,t.&gt;* seconds. The tracks were heavy alter consistent rain of the past few days Prince Avon, who was
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    More Gate Money For Senior Clubs
    269 11 The Singapore Amateur Football Association decided at a Council Meeting last night to increase the allocation of gate proceeds to Senior teams participating in the League. In future Senior teams playing at Jalan Besar Stadium will each receive 30 per cent of the gate
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    Selangor Malays' Tennis
    72 11 A three-day Selangor Malay Tennis Tournament, sponsored by the Sultan Sulaiman Xu T t £5» wu, include Thlndicap); over-40 doubles and under-20 singles. The following are the Organising Committee: Chairman Dito Yahya; Secretary, Se Mohd. bin Taih; Treasurer inche Sunan bm Haj! Hashim M.C.S.. ana v include
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    57 11 The following will rcprc sent S. C. R. C. against P. W\ D. at 2.15 p.m. on Saturday, a* Hong Lim Green Lav Hock Chye, Cheong Thiam Sicw. Wee Chong Jin. Gan Kee Tian. Chia Kirn Swee. Richard Tay. Yong Sicw Khow. Lian Fook Choon. Francis Lee,
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    Rowan Captures 2 Titles
    155 11 Reuter. LIVERPOOL, rhurs. -S.an Rowan, of Liverpool, tonight won tho British and British Umpire bantamweight t-tics when he beat the holder. Jackie Paterson, ot (llaSfcOW. points over 15 route's l ore Paterson. one time- hoWef ot &lt;ix titles, thus lost his last Fo.' long consiucr«a a
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    S.R.C. Beaten 4-1 By Seletar Airmen
    330 11 THE Singapore Recreation Club took a sound beat--1 ing at the hands of R.A.F Seletar in anS.A.F.A. Senior League match at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. The Rees lost by four goals to one. Their forwards finished weakly and th» defence was undependable. Gammel in
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    S.C.C. HOME XI's
    109 11 Tho following have been selected to play in an S\ G. L. Home and Home fixtuie on the Padang on Saturday, at 2.00 p.m. Do. Mr A Baker XI.: A Ba kerb Milton. R. J™t*tagton X I G. Stewart. S/LdG C Wi'nton. D. I Price. D. A
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    Nurses Day Sunday
    182 12 THERE will be a Special Set vice at the Alexandra Garrison Church on Sunday 27 at 11 a.m. to commemorate the 17th anniversary of the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service. Match 27 is henceforth to bo "Q.A. Day in the official Army Calendar. It is to
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    MiSS PALMER DUE HERE TODAY
    154 12 MISS Elizabeth Palmer, Wjrld's Y.W.C.A. Secretary tor South and East Asia is expr cted to arrive in Singapore today. Miss Painr r has been touring Malaya aad her call here marks the last stage of her visit to this area. She will be staying in
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    'MELAYU' WAS THE SNAC
    112 12 MISUNDERSTANDING over mm the meaning at "Hidup Melayu" (Long Live tae Ma- lays) has been responsible for present lack ot support of j UMNO from Malays of Indo- 1 nesian origin, Tuan Syed lsa bin Alwi, Chairman of the Batu Pahat District UMNO, told a meeting
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    NANKING TO CHANGE PRO-U.S. POLICY?
    258 12 U.P. NANKING, Thursday.—A group of members of j the standing committee of the Central Execurive Committee reported drafting a statement urging reconsideration of tht government's' hitherto j pro-American foreign policy These members said they felt the changed silua-| tion called for a change in the
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    Dispute over Shophouse Tenancy
    173 12 JUDGMENT was reserved by Mr. Justice i'ayior m tne Singapore High Court yesterday in a suit brought by hr&gt;n Chi Ya lOt pos.&lt;'S3ioo 01 a shophouse at Joo Chiat Road at present occupied by the Union Hair Dressing Saloon. Ch a ("ii Ya brought the fietto
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    SENATE REGRETS
    40 12 Reuter. BRUSSELS, Thurs. The Belgian Senate tonight passed oy a show of hands a Cctholk j motion "regretting" the Belgian Communist statement that they woukl welcome the Red Army if it entered Belgium pursuing a defeated aggressor.- Reuter.
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    DUTCH ENGAGED IN CLEARING ACTIONS
    201 12 A.P. BATAVIA, Thursday. Throughout Java and Sumatra Dutch Army patroh have continued intensive Hearing actions during the past week against roaming guerilla gangs, army headquarters announced today. The weekly military summary said th- guerillas had suffered heavy losses as «i result of the successful Dutch
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    WHAT TO DO ABOUT STANLEY?
    110 12 A.P. LONDON, Thurs.— a member of the House of Commons asked the British Government today what it proposed to do about 1 deporting Sidney Stanley, cen- j tra! figure in a recent sensational corruption case against government officials. Will Nally, a Labour member, asked the
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    Sago Men To Confer With M.P.
    176 12 I EADING Singapore manufachirers of aago pearl aad •sago flour will meet Mr. Walter Fletcher, visiting Conservative I -M P., next Tuesday and ask him to take up their Issue* ia the j House 01 Commons. The merchants and tt uiufacturers will till Mr.
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    ENVOY TO U.S.
    22 12 A.P. NEW DELHI. Thttra Mrs Vijayalakshmi, Pandit Nehru's sister has been appointed Indian Ambassador to the United States. A.P.
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    Soviets Wary Over Finnish Wolf Hunt
    195 12 A.P. MOSCOW, Thursday. The Soviet press rocked a wary eye today at a Finnish wolf hunt, hinting posSSn u *f nor moUve The hunt was reported to have taken place m Lapland, which borders on Russian Piavda said the total of four J wolves
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    To Have 600 Candidates
    49 12 Reuter. HASTINGS. Thurs. -British Liberals aim to put GOO candlflates in the field at the next general election, bat it the gonral election came tomorrow they coulrt put Up 300 candidates, the new President, Sir Andrew McFadyeau, told the party's annual assembly hurt today .---Reuter.
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    DIAMONDS UP
    21 12 A.P. DAR ESSALAM, Thurs Foi tho fust time in history, runganyikan diamond exports n 1948 exceeded £1,000,000 sterin;,. A.P.
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    PACT PLANNERS MEET
    80 12 Xl linimUnin of eight nations, which drafted the North Aiiaiitie security pact, Hit a. the eoafereaee table In Washington. Left to righl round the table are Ungues LegaUai*, Minister ol I.uvndoiirg; Ambassador L.N. van X liens oi the Netherlands; Baroa Sil\erertivs. Anihatjaatlnr &lt;&gt;i kWdgiaua; Wilhebn Muntbe &s
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    Govt. Troops March On Mandalay
    182 12 A.P. RANGOON, Thursday.—The Burmese Government today announced a big offensive aimed at recapturing Mandalay from Karen rebels and C&mmunista. A the same time, North Burma Ann/ He.dquartere said Government troops had net) k&lt; n Meiktila, 90 miles south of Mandalay. A Govertiniom Sj»o!:e&lt;«ioiM yaf#l the
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    Eden Visits Khyber Pass
    57 12 Reuter. PESHAWAR. Thurs. Mr.; Anthony Eden, former British Foreign Secretary, today visited the historic Khybcr ttim on Pakistan's northwest frontier. Mr, Eden, who arrived here today, will leave for the west Punjab capital, Lahore tomorrow and will arrive in Karachi on Saturday next. He will ily
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    CHURCHILL TO MEET TRUMAN
    54 12 U.P. new YORK, Thurs.—Win*ton Churchill left here today bj train for Washington for hi: first nucting with Truman ii. three years. The 74 year old statesman was in excellent humour and peered playfully from behind a pillar at news photographers. Churchill is accompanied by nis wife,
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    BACK TO WORK
    37 12 A.P. PITTSBURG. Pennsylvania. Thurs. John L. Lewis, President of the United Mlneworkers of America, today ordered the •163,000 miners in his organisaHon to return to woik on Monday after a fortnight's holiday A.P. I
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    TIES ESTABLISHED
    20 12 A.P. PARIS. Thur.s. Diplomatic relations have been established for the first time between Spiin and the Lebanon. A.l.
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    SIAM'S 4th CONSTITUTION
    325 12 A.P. BANGKOK, Thurs. SiamY State Council, acting in tin name oi the king, today announced ratification of a new eon it'tution. Promulgation is expected or April 6. The Constitution provide;that 90 days thereafter the government shall resign fo'lowed by dissolution of Parliament and general elections. The constitution,
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    Pact Might Cause War Says Dulles
    93 12 A.P. I'HILADEi'HI X. Thurs. John boater Dulles, U.S. defecate to the r.X., BSid hen- last ru'lit that th&lt; North Atlantic ".v; ej-; hat VPSO* u&gt;r» »ci it cus y the Iranaediute csusc oi a UurJ world eousUot. Dulles told the Phllsaclpli'a r-Mctin Forum that
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    DANES APPROVE PACT
    64 12 A.P. COPENHAGEN. Thurs. The Danish Foikcthag &lt; Lower Hous&lt; today noted to authorise the Government to line up behind Jic nations of the Atlantic Pact and to ratify the Atlantic pad without further approval of the Parliament, aft.j it has been kgned. Members of the bouse voted
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    ITALIAN ASSETS HERE FREED
    34 12 U.P. ROME. Thuis. A Foreign Office .spokesman said that Britain ha.-, cxtorided the agreement of Apiil 17. 1947, on th( unfreezing of Italian assets to Hongkong. Malaya and Tanganyika. —U.P.
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    Four Bandit Camps Fired Near Segamat
    235 12 SEGAMAT, Thursday.—Security forces blitzed four camps, killed on* 4 bandit wounded another and recovered a large quantity of rice foodstuffs and important documents while operating in the Segamat area yesterday. A jungle squad of the North Borneo Armed* Constabulary took honours of the day.
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    LONDON STOCK MARKET
    185 12 Reuter. i LONDON, Thurs.—Holders of German potash bonds arc to re Ico ye some payment, the first. tUnee 1840. An agreement ha? 1 teen reached for the release of some £2.500,000 at pit sent held! in Dutch guilders and U.S.; dollars. Market reaction was mark prices considerably
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    Seeks Check On Voters.
    113 12 Rochore ward elections, urged voters be r4q u ired? S N their identity presiding officers *J booths before that in tho Legisiativ, elections, many believed to have r/? vpeople impersonate tf: who wer,- no n,„r colony, it wa that T?* were actually dead y hJ they
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    56 12 General Y.M.C.A. Orcha. J Rd„ games, 7 p.m., meeting of Tenrtis players, Bras Basah Rd d.30 p.m. V.W.C.A.: Ma'; «la 0 i Quay 9.15 a.m., 5.1 &gt; p.--, LITT1.K THEATRIC: a der has been Air.jng.'i Airman Street, S.35 p &gt;.i. W B8LE Mi.;HOIsist VOl.TIi FELLOWSHIP and quiz
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    156 12 CAPITOL: •Bonnie Charlie" Starring I a via Nh and Margaret Lcightoe 1.4-1. 4.00, 6.30 and 8.30 p v CATHAY: "Sleej Trieste" Starring Jeaa X and Albert Lieven -11 1.4?, 4.15, 0.15 and L9Q p.; REX: "Atlantis, Tin L Continent" starring Maria II baa, Jean Pierre Aianeat an.) Dennis O'Keefe—ll
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    48 12 Sen. League Fixture CA v. G.H.Q. Signals- J. B Ml mr A. Fixtures Gap. 2.. POaee Sports Assn. v. LEPTC [BJL —Police Jepot Jnr, B. Fixtarei Grp.: Spore Air-port v. JoHilads A.l.S.C.—Geyianj Jnr. U Fixtures Grp. 2: Ri r v. Indonesia League 'B C.V.M.A. St. George's Ru
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