Malaya Tribune, 13 April 1949

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    Masthead
    63 1 Malaya Tribune B> THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE *Wi "Tribune. Spore. Larger Sales Than Any Afternoon Paper in Malaya Phone: 5811 3 Nine Lines Published simultaneously at Sinyupore, Kua'a Lumpur, Ipoh, and Penany, TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1949 PRICE 10 CENTS. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE: E. Maurice
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    M – Aid Extension Approved
    62 1 M Aid Extension Approved U.P. WASHINGTON. Tues.- The House of Representatives, by a big vote, today passed the Administration's Marshall Plan Extension Bill after beating down all efforts to curtail the programme. The differences between the H m Btll and that passed by the Senate last week have still to
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    The Dragon & The Moon
    84 1 The Dragon The Moon Singapore Chinese will beat empty vessels tonight to scare off a dragon and prevent it devouring the moon. TonigfTl is an eclipse of the moon and superstitious Chinese are standing by to do the old moon a good turn. Tho eclipse according to a R.A.F. Tengah
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    MOTHER, SON TRIED FOR MURDER
    106 1 U.P. SALONIKA, fues. A fcrrner Greek newspape rma? i an<i his aged mother weiu on thai today on a charge of mi r faring last May George Polk, a Columbia Broadcasting System correspondent. The trial opened in Salonika G*ut House in the watrnronc. two blocks
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    8 MEN REDRAW THE EMPIRE MAP
    262 1 inaian Republic Taking Shape Reuter. LONDON, Tuesday -Eiglit wollri nt) COO people, will seek here next wpp? I r representing 500,000,as a republic, «> maintain her w-wrStton «Sh e ab,e ,ndia Thev are the Prime MinistersofthrITSVoS J- C m m 11 w ea,th Zealand,
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    PROBE APPROVED
    32 1 Reute r. FLUSHING MEADOWS, Tues. The United Nations General Assembly tonight approved inclusion in its agenda of discussion of the trial of Hungarian Cardinal Mindszcnty and the 15 Bulgarian pastors.Reuter.
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    Israel Accepts Stanley
    70 1 U.P. TEL AVIV. Tues.—The Israeli Government has agreed to grant at least a temporary visa *o Sidney Stanley after twice refusing to permit him to enter Israel. A Government spokesman said the visa had been approved because Stanley, the central figure in last year's British Government corruption
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    BUDGET PASSED
    48 1 Reuter. LONDON. Tues. The House of Commons tonight agreed to Sir Stafford Cripps' "higher cost of living budget by 302 votes to three. Traditionally a vote is not taken at this stage, but the two Communist members, Mr. William Gallacher and Mr. Philip Pi rutin, insisted.-Reuter.
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    SIX POLICE SHOT IN 24 HOURS
    274 1 KU..LA LUMPUR, Tuesday. Two highranking European Police officers were killed by bandit action in the Federation in the past 24 hours. Four Police Constables were also killed an-J foui uthers wounded. The dead European officers are Mr. R. Fookes, 0.C.P.D., Jerantut and Mr. E.
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    BEST OUTSIDERS
    24 1 FROM AI-'AN LEWIS IPOH, Today. Radiant Rh>thm, Airmail and Rare Fan arc the besl outsiders for today. The going i* very good.
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    SUGARING THE PILL
    55 1 Sir Stafford Cripps hac* a cheerful smile for Cameramen a*, he Hour ished the despatch box containing his 1949 budget when 'caving Downing Street for the tlotlli of Commons. But in lh«--house he revealed the budget as one of th* bitterest pills the British taxpayer has had
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    Bomb Victims Do Well
    119 1 Mr. Chcong Chee, J.P.. one of the victims of the bomb outrage at the meeting of the Malayan Chinese Association at Ipoh on Sunday was removed to Batu Gajah Hospital yesterday, following an operation on Monday. His condition is reported to be satisfactory. Mr. Tan Cheng
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    PALESTINE'S FUTURE
    45 1 U.P. JERUSALEM. Tues It was announced here today that all the Arab states except Iraq have agreed to send delegates to Lausanne, Switzerland, this month for a further exchange of views on the future of Palestine. Jewish representatives will also be there. —U.P.
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    NEW STUDIOS FOR RADIO MALAYA
    106 1 The Director of Broadcasting, Mr. J. Dumeresque. in a broadcast over Radio Malaya lest night, expressed his satisfaction at the approval by the Legislative Council for a supplementary vote of $436,000 for building new studios and offices at Thomson Road. The new studios, he stated,
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    TROOPS MAY CLEAR LONDON DOCKS
    258 1 Reuter. LONDON, Tuesday.—Troops may be called out to unload 50 ships in the port of London, idle through a strike which today involved more than 13,000 dockers. Urgent moves to safeguard the nation's food sup= plies are expected to follow a Cabinet meeting tomorrow. Official
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    MORE NATIONALIS ATION
    309 1 Reuter. LONDON. Tues. Britain's Labour Party today proposed a second instalment of nationalisation, announcing plans for the state to take over insurance companies, the sugar manufacturing and refining industry, the cement industry, water supplies and "all suitable minerals." This new five-year programme, which has yet to be
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    I rom Mr. Tan
    103 1 STOP PRESS IPOH. Hfei-Mr. Tan Cheng Lock, President of the Malayan C hinese Association, gave this message today from the hosoital bed here where he is recovering from the bomb assassination attempt last Sunday. "1 hope all will realise the seriousness of the situation and act
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    STRIKERS TOLD TO RETURN
    75 1 Reuter. LIVERPOOL Tues. Twen-ty-eight of the crew of the Canadian freighter Seaboard Ranger, now docked here, were yesterday charged with unlawfully striking and given two days to return to work. The men have been on strike since April 1 in sympathy with the strike called by
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    MORE WIVES ON THE WAY
    101 1 Reuter. LONDON. Tues.- Since Juno 1. 1947. 963 families have joined their husbands serving in the British Army in Malaya and Singapore. War Minister Emanuel Shinwell said in a Parliamentary reply today. Fiftyeight Were at present in passage and 276 families had been called forward
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      63 1 |fl TONG GUAN II Wm COLEMAN STREH. S,N6APORE i :.71 j The Tribune wishes I all its Hindu I Readers A Happy I New Year. t I 4 I NEXTMOMIMS contains DISPERGON against tartar 1 Btifktenf mm teeth, to a dajylutq urfute* y taji Manufactured by:— N.V. COSMETISCHE FABRIEK "PRODENTA"
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    LAYCOCK CALLS FOR HOUSING TRUST
    200 2 Tribune Staff Reporter m John Layeock, member tor Mmimr.ai NorthEa*t asked Government yesterday to create ;t Housing Trust to <leaJ with tlie housing sitiiuiiou in Ihe Colony. He made this suggestion in the SiWgMiore Legislative Council when commenting on the Princes Elizabeth Fund Hill which
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    TELEGRAPHS BILL IS WITHDRAWN
    117 2 (Tribune Staff Repoita; f|tLlE Telegrapha «Amen.lI. menu BUI was withdrawn and discharged by the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday. 'Hie Bill which would have given Redifussion (Singapore) Limited power to lay cable. <Ayr private property was scheduled to go through its econd reading at yesterday's Council meeting.
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    UMNO YOUTH TOLD TO GO BACK TO LAND
    98 2 UMNO youth have been asked to go "back to the land and thus help solve kampong unemployment. Inche Daud of Lubok made this appeal at a recent meeting of UMNO Youth Organisation in Batu Pahat. Johore. Inche Daud said that Government would
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    FRENCH FILM AT VICTORIA
    104 2 THIS evening at nine o'clock, the newly-formed Singapore branch of the Alliance Franchise will present the French film. La Symphonic Pastorale at the Victoria Theatre. The Governor of Singapore Sir Franklin Gimson and Lady Gimson will attend the show, which Is being given in conjunction with
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    AND HITS AT WOMEN'S BONDAGE BILL
    226 2 MISS Margaret Gimson, daughter of the Governor of Singapore did not have the right of vote in the recent Municipal elections but she could have voted in tlie Legislative Council elections. Mr. John Laycock said this when his Bill to amend 1 the Municipal
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    MR. GEORGE THOMSON
    42 2 George Thomson, well-knowi: jto Radio listeners, has just I returned to the United Kingi dom. He has sent his Ant Inv I pressions to Radio Malaya and i his letter will be read after the news at 7.10 to-night.
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    JOIN NON – MALAYS, MALAYS TOLD
    87 2 JOIN NON MALAYS, MALAYS TOLD Inche Abdul Rahman MS Afcu Othman, trade union ofTicer. Malay Section, ♦old Malay estate and mine workers to join non-Malay trade unionists and so increase their bargaining power. I He was speaking at the i meeting of the Perak Malay I Traoe Union at UMNO
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    DISTRICT JUDGE
    23 2 Mi. Elwyn Victor Austin Peers. 08.E.. has been appointed to act temporarily as a District Judge for the Colony of Singapore.
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    Gimson Wishes Tan Speedy Recovery
    92 2 I Ttibmfi IMP// The Governor oi NLisyapore, Sir FrankMn <ion'.,t!. dtsii.r.i*d Hu gr»natlf i.Uuek «ul Mfi Tun i hens MrH as "a bridal „j tempt on one alio i 4* l,;-,bling lor the honoiiruftt* taak al totes-raeW bar many.' sir FrankUn referred to On- iii'-Mlenl
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    Volunteer Scheme Will Be Out Shortly
    174 2 Tribune Staff Reporter A detailed scheme for the re-establishmenc of the Singapore Volunteer Corps is expected to be an-T-ounced by the Singapore Government shortly This is indicated in a written reply to questions .sked by Che Sardon bin Haji Jubir at yesterday's meeting of
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    MEDICOS ORATE
    48 2 The Literary and Debating Society of the Medical College will he holding an elouctlon contest at p.m., tomorrow, at the Central Hall. College of Medicine. The judges will be Mr. A. \V. Frishv, Director of Education, Mis. Dorothy Morrcll Ol Hart'les College and Mr. John Eber.
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    MB. HARVEY SWORN-IN
    37 2 Tlie Acting Commissioner of Lands. Mr. J. A. Harvey was sworn-in as a member of the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday in place of Mr. C w. A. Sennett who has retired from public service.
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    Sixteen Fatal Road Crashes Last Month
    133 2 THERE wore 639 traffic accidents on the streets of 1 Singapore last month—93 more than those that rccured in February. Sixteen were fatal, while 63 people were seriously iniured and 17 received minor injuries. Mr. A. R. Anderson, Singapore's Traffic Police Chief, said that
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    GOING HOME ON LEAVE
    57 2 Mrs. C. E. Milne, headmistress of the Government English Preparatory School, Muar and associated with it since its foundation is going on furlough on April 24. The school celebrated its coming of age yesterday. The Government English School and the Temengg ffig Ibrahim Gills' School !>atu
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      332 2 BLUE NETWORK 7.00 PnglMM Summary; Report In Amt.j; 9.1« Manda 1 ENGLISH PROGRAMMES 7.05 Malay music by Jawah rin Selections; 9.45 "Fun A Tengah Orkest; 8.05 Relay Mirth" In Teoehew; 10.00 10.00 to 10.10 a.m. News troni 8.8.C. London; 8.15 N<*ws in Cantonese Amoy; I from K.L. News; 8.30 Talk;
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    Joint Finance Body Formed
    136 3 THE formation of a Joint O nsultatttfe Finance i.iittee for the Fed eraaml Singapore was announced by the Governor of ipore Sir Franklin Gimn the Legislative Council vcstcKtay. 'I"h« Committee has been for met! to reach agreement ~n items of expenditure n are shared by both
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    MR. WONG & MR. WOO
    52 3 MR. WONG MR. WOO Wong Tot Conn, general stanl was awarded $496.--77 with costs being his salary iluc from his chief. Woo Mon Kum. building contractor at the Civil District Court yesterday. Mr. John Eber of Ebei Tan appeared for Won- while Mr. R. Boswed of Mendis and Ahlip rcprosent-
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    WATCH REPAIRER ACQUITTED
    66 3 KLL'ANG, Tues. Hon Ton Gip. a Chinese watch repairer of No. 1. Jalan Mersing appealed before the Circuit Magistrate charged with having 15 watches on which duty was not proved to have been paid. Hoh in his defence said that he bought the watches from a Malacca
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    50-CENTS BRIBE
    35 3 Teo Teng Choong. aged 41. was fined $25 and jailed for one month, at the Third Police Court yesterday for hawking without a licence and for offering a 50-cents bribe to two policemen.
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    TRADE LOST FROM EXCHANGE CONTROL
    224 3 Govt. Reveak (Tribune Staff Reporter) $WGArORE and the federation Governments spent $219,332 in the last/ three years iv mainlining control of foreign exchange, and they plan to spend another $143,915 this year, Government jdmitted. however, yesterday, that Shiga jm» re was osmg trade because of
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    US Claims for Alien property
    217 3 rHE United States Attorney General. Mr. Tom C. G'a;v; lias issued a reminder that claims for tlie return of property vested during World War II must be tiled .with th" Office of Alien Property of T .he Department of .Justice not later than April 30.
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    STOLE RING
    43 3 Tay Poh Seok. a GO-year-old Chinese woman was bound over foi 6 months on a sum of $100 yesterday by Mr. M. H. MacDougal. Fourth Police Magistrate, for stealing a gold ring worth $25 belonging to Lucy Ng of Serangoon Road.
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    'Never Asked For Plans'
    457 3  -  Mr. Aw Boon Haw MR. AW Boon Haw, the Singapore million;! in\ said in the High Court yesterday that he did not instnict Mr. Wong Puck Sham, an architect, to prepare p nns for the errection of a hotel on the Keppel Fiona c ite. Mr.
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    HAD NO LIGHTS
    36 3 Kluang, Tues. Yong Yin md Tan Kah were each fined $Q with the option of one day's simple gaol for having no lights on their bicycles on the night of April 7 last.
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    MR. K. I. TAN
    26 3 Mr. K. I. Tan. partner of the firm of solicitors Eber Tan sailed by the M.V. "Gorgan" to Australia yesterday on leeTft
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      265 3 CHILDREN 'S DAY On Monday. 4th April. Children's Day 25.000 school* children were entertained to free cinema shows. 15.000 received free gifts and all children were admitted free to the three amusement parks. These were made possible by the assistance of the following:— CINEMAS: Alhambra. Pavilion. Cathay. Capitol. Rn Majestic.
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    $900,000 Homes On Singapore's Newest Estate
    1636 4 Till: Shell Company of Singapore has recently completed work on its J9OO. 000 residential estate off Gallop Road Singapore, which experts say is one of finest housing projects in South East Asia. Originally designed in 1*)39 by the Company's Chief Engineer. Mr. J. A.
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    LOCAL PLANTERS
    613 6 THE iatest issue of "The Planter", journal of the Incorporated Society of Planters, mourns the shortage of planters in the rubber industry. Thirty per cent of the really experienced planters (that is men with between 15 to 20 years of planting service) do not intend to return after
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    SELF – PORTRAIT OF YOUNG ROOSEVELT
    780 6  - SELF PORTRAIT OF YOUNG ROOSEVELT By MURIEL PENN FRANKLIN Delano Roosevelt, boy and undergraduate, "father" of the first man to be elected President of the United States for three successive terms, is vividly depicted in the letters wmch he wrote, mainly to his parents, from school and college. The letters,
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    CHEMURBY MEANS BETTER LIVING
    848 6  -  The car of tomorrow may be driven by corn instead of petrol by Douglas Larsen NEA. C'HEMURGY" is a won! that may become very popular in the next few years. Coined by scientists of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, it mcan.s the use of chemistry to
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    ROYAL POI
    162 6 Hawaii's poi, after wartime reverses, la staging a fine comeback. Charles E. K. Martin. 210 lbs., full blooded descendant of Hawaiian royalty is help'ng stage the poi comeback with publicity and ballybo. Pol. sticky concoction mashed out of a taio plant, makes a Polynesian's wot Id go round,
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    COUNCIL MUST PROBE DOCTOR SHORTAGE
    523 6 imm&mi Sir, The announcement recently by the Colony's Director of Medical Services. Dr. W. J. Vickers that there ate omy 40 doctors out of the 75 required to efficiently run the Medical services in Singapore is a rude shock to the public. The position in
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    BUDH SINGH
    174 6 Sir, There have appeared recently a number of articles directly or indirectly attacking Sardar Budh Singh, the MIC. the I.I.L. or the i n* a I am very sorry to note m most of these articles farts are distorted. It is reallv painful to observe disinte grating influences
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    HOME AT LAST
    64 7 I 'ran Burner, Mi of P »s--ing, Germany, enjoys the doubtful distinction of being th»« 100,000 th German orisoner of war to be returned from imprisonment in Russia. He arrived at Haf Monnhrn dnrf, Germany's 'argest transit camp. Photo shows: Franz Bauer (centre) is pictured frith P.O.W.
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    Wanted — A Home For A Four-Ton Elephant
    140 7 Wanted A Home For A Four-Ton Elephant U.P. DONOR A, Pennsylvania, Tuesday.—Mrs. Frieda Perry was today awaiting a windfall ,f $2:>,000 in prizes—and a four-ton circus elephant- -which she yon for identifying a "Stop The Music." radio programme mystery tune at "St. Paul's Cathedral." THC 44-year-old housewife and her husband
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    YOU STARTED IT MR. TRUMAN
    112 7 U.P. MANILA, Tues. An American businessman drew a stern warning from a judge in a Manila court *or President Truman's foursyllable invective against columnist Drew Pearson. Businessman Fred Harden got sore at a lawyer who crots examined htm and burled the epithet at him. Hie
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    SPLASH THOSE WORRIES AWAY
    110 7 A.P. MINNEOPOLIS. Tues. Do not take your trouble to hod with you take tltem into the r><Uhtub. Because bathtubs are much more than receptacles Just tr get clean in, says Dr. Maurice N. Walsh. "People with troubled minds and anxieties can get rid of their tension
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    HONOURABLE FACE SAVED
    61 7 U.P. Nanking, Tuea President Li Tsung-jen. in a typical Chinese face-saving move, today decreed that Navy Commander Kwei Yung-ching be "dlamiaeed but permitted to retain his post" in punishment for his responsibility in the desertion of the cruiser Chungking. The decree said the light punishment gives Kwei
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    15 Pigs-Worth Of Wife
    82 7 Reuter-AAP. SYDNEY, Tues. A pigmy wife en be purchased in the .New Hebrides for 15 pigs and £50 in cash, said passengers who arrived in Sydney from overseas recently Mr. I). A. Ferris, a missionary from the New 11« bridrs, saM a pr »speettve pigmy bridegroom
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    Caroline Has Them At Her Fingertips
    348 7 POLTERGEIST BATTLEFRONT A.P. VIENNA, Tuesday.—Things ar? really jumping in the little Austrian town of Brucks, according to press reports here. The townspeople blame it all on ten year old Caroline* Cnaiup-a euiC hei out of this world power. Ca;mine's father, a railway employ? 3,
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    These Stowaways Regretted Hiding
    206 7 A.P. AMSTERDAM. Tuesday.—Two Polish stowaways on board the 500-ton Dutch freighter "Fetot ia" at Zaandam. Holland, on Sunday nil or spending a week in a thro? by two space among the timber cargo. Tr.\} told the crew they had fled thencountry for political reasons. The two
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    TO SPITE HIS LADY'S FACE
    58 7 Reuter. LAHORE. Tues.—A 30-ycir-old man was sentenced here today to two years' rigorous imprisonment for cutting oft his wife's nose. It was said in court, that when his wife told him she r*d not v/ish to live with him he cut off her hair and
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    IMPERIAL FAWN
    68 7 A.P. NEW YORK. Tues.—A wh .tc spotted fawn, a nearly extinct species of deer which once roamed the Imperial Park near Peiping. has been bom at the Bronx Zoo. Most of the Imperial Park herd was slaughtered in 1900. but a few survivors were sent to England. The
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    Sharks Face revolution
    317 8 U.P. MOSS LANDING. Calif.. Tues. Industrial know-how Ii threatening to revolutionize tb< adventurous business of shark fishing. But until it does, the harpoonI er's ancient and brawny skill I makes him king of the little j boats that play California coastal waters in quest of valuable shark
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    Along the godowns
    50 8 Heelsum (44); Empire (44); Adrastus (42/43); Kotanica 40/41); Antenor (38 39); Halland (36 37); Katong (83/ 34); Bali (31 32); Benalbanaeh (17 18); Tydeus (23 24); Vilnus (25-26); MaeKuyiker (27 28); Meliskerk (IS 14); Straat Malakka (9/10), Rajah Brooke (8/9); Genvorlich (6 7); Union Banker Benwyvis (4/1).
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    Sinabang Leaves
    64 8 The new 2.000-ton K. P. M. I ship Sinabang has made her maiden voyage to Singapore j from Holland where she was built. She will trade mainly in the East Indies with occasional trips to Bangkok and Rangoon for rice shipments. Batavia-bound, the Sinabang which has accommodation for
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    The New York Floats Again
    60 8 Th* din inn linor New York, of the German shipping company lIA PAG, floats again in !\M-i llailM.ur iilltr lying on tlie bed of tin* harbour where it WU s.-nr by Allied bombs during the v\ar. The New orl was hiii't in 19>7. It will
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    Dutch Start Cuts In Freightage
    351 8 Reuter. GLASGOW, Tuesday .--The 7,000 ton Lemsterkerk. first of live Dutch ships "invading" Britain in an attempt to snatch might in the India rate-slashing war," arrived in the Clyd? yesterday. Shi was two days late owing to stress o( weather on the way from Oslo.
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    Air Mail Schedule
    92 8 Air Mails are expected to arrive today from: Africa, Holland, Australia, New Zealand, Labuan, Sarawak, Brunei, British North Borneo, Indo-China, Siam, Batavia, Mcdan, Palembang, Sourabaya and Padang. Latest time of posting at the G.P.O. is: to United Kingdom, Aden, Arabia, Canada, Europe, Pakistan, Palestine, U.S.A., Central and
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    HOLIDAYS
    57 8 The Shipping and Port Clearance Onace, the Seamen's Registration Bureau, the ottice of the Registrai of Ruaorts and Rxaotta an.i tin- laafMMfta .01.1 Rxnorts Com 1 id OAce (Permits Pi am hi will be cloned on Friday, an<l will be open on Saturday and Monday, for one hour only
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    SHARES DULL
    829 9 n-ITH quiet conditions in "fc markCt dU toia y only llJun- Buyers Seller Atlas Boa "*--o0 16.50 BritJ Pref. 2.90 3.00 OrdS. 2.20 2.30 Petrol 39/9 40/9 g. M. Trustee 7.50 ajsu I Tin Ord. 15 16 G do. (P)23/6 24/ ft E. Utd. Assur. 40.75 41.75 FMite
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    Super Liner
    61 9 A.P. WASHINGTON, Tues.- U.S. Lines Incorporated have contracted to finance construe ion of a 48.000 ton. 980 ft. Queen of the American merchant fleet The U. 5.570,000,000 .super I rer is destined to be the laiL st passenger ship ever built in Mia country. Work will begin immediate
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    STEEL RECORD
    66 9 Reuter. LONDON, Tues. Britain's steel output In the first quarter of this year was at the annual rate of 15,850,000 tons, the aighest quarterly figure ever ecorded. The British Iron and Bt*M Federation said that in March output reached a new recird figure equivalent to an annual rate
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    LESS JOBLESS
    55 9 A.P. LONDON, Tues. The number of unemployed persons in Britain dropped by almost 20,--000 between Feb. 14 and Mar. 14, the Ministry of Labour announced on Monday night. Comparitive figures are 360,--000 and 340.000. At the same time, the Ministry estimated that the t tal working population decreased
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    PRIVATE TRADE IN SUGAR TO WAIT
    227 9 QO VERNMENT would consider freeing the entire sugar trade in Singapore, if it was certain that sufficient stocks ecu Id be obtained cheaply according to a reply to questions by Mr. Balwant Singh, tabled at the Singapore Legislrtivc Councd, yesterday. The granting of import
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    NEW PRICES UNWELCOME
    76 9 Reuter. new Delhi, Tues, —Indian cotton growers and representa tives of cotton interests agreed here today to recommend to the gqvernment that new prices should come into force at the next crop year and not before. Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee, Indian Minister of Industry and Supply, said
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    TIN IMPORTS
    78 9 pOREIGN imports of tin ore into Malaya rose in March totalling 575 long tons. The estimated metal content of the tin was 398 tons. The cumulative import total for this quarter of the year is 1,345 tons of ore with a metal content of 959 tons. The import
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    Cut In Buying In Malaya
    46 9 U.P. WASHINGTON, Tues. —The Economic C o-oper- J atlon Administration an- J nouneed teday that it ii i decreased by $873,000 its j earlier allocation to Ko- ran tor tin- purchase of industrial materials and manulactured commodi- lbs in Malaya.—U.P. J
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    TRADE PACT
    28 9 A.P. FRANKFURT, Tues. Preliminary negotiations have been j completed here for an agreeI men! between Argentina and j Western Germany, for a US$7, 000.000 trade. A.P.
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    U.K. Exporters Bid For U.S. Markets
    174 9 A.P. ONDON, Tuesday.—The Labour Government told J British exporters on Monday to hit the American market hard in a bid to earn more dollars. It promised tiiem special help for an all-out effort. Harold Wilson, president of the Board of Trade fcaid in the
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    PALM OIL
    83 9 Malaya exported 3.961 tons of palm oil in Februa»y. Of tola the U.K. took 1.470 t< :is. Kerne s exported totalled 1.066 tons of which France took 395. The figures include experts fiom the Federation to Singapore. There was little Of nr, paim oil and Kernel imported during
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    COPRA EXPORTS
    32 9 The Federation exported 550 tons of copra and 2,982 tons of coconut oil in February, Imports for the month were 789 tons of copra and 4 tons of coconut oil.
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    Produce Market
    130 9 SAGO flour wxs a steady market yesterday, with Lingga quoted at 14% cr-godov.u. Pepper jumped again with Lampong gaining $2 and the vhite varieties about $5. New York reported that stocks of clack pepper nave sunk tc 490 bags —the lowest figure ever, .stocks at the end of
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    GOLD FIND
    77 9 CALICUT, Tues. Nilampur. in Malabar, will shortly cecorne a gold-mining centre. Investigations on the economic possibilities of prospecting in this area are being carried on by an Italian expert, Sig. Lsnoni. He has collected samples oi gold ore from this place and is taking them to Italy for
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    RUBBER MARKET
    91 9 THE rubber commodity market was dull yesterday. But sellers showed no keenness and the prices ruling were more or less unchanged throughout the day. Closing prices were: Buyers. Sellers. I No. 1 May RSS 36% 36% No. 2 May RSS 34% 34% j No. 3 May RSS 32%
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    Rubber Imports Up
    63 9 MALAYA'S foreign imports of rubber rose in March by 8,914 tons, —from 16,265 tons in February to 25,184 in March. Tlie total for the first quarter of the year is 61,124 tons. Foreign imports during the same period last year totalled 70.794 tons. Of the imports during
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    SILK QUEST
    52 9 A.P. TOKIO. Tues. President Aristc Potton of the International Silk Institute is scheduled to visit General MacArthur today. Potton plans to leave iater this week for other silk-grdwing Oriental countries in which he will talk with silk industry product more attractive to leaders on ways of making that
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    BURMA OWES INDIA
    83 9 A.P. NEW DELHI. Tues. Burma owes India 645,000,000 Rupees (U*****,500,000) as separation debt and share of pensionary liability. A government spokesman said the separation debt was repayable in 45 yearly instalments beginning 1937-'3B. This arose out of Burma's separa- tion from India on April 1, 1937. Burma's
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      138 9 FASTER HOLIDAYS In view of the record results of our Annual Sale and the pressure under which our Singapore staff have had to work continuously since the Sale commenced on March SOth, it has been decided that cur Singapore premises will he closed for r from 5 p.m. Thursday 14th
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      320 9 VEHS: FORSALiE NEW SUNBEAM TALBOT "80", mileage 2500. Offers to Box A 2259, Malaya Tribune, Singapore. I SO9 SELL or Exchange for big car 1938-12 H.P. Morris Saloon. Apply 61 Brooke Kd., Katong. f J.L«BI TRIUMPH M/C. 350 cc. 0.H.V., just overhauled, perfect condition, good appearance, $350/-, offers 9, Lor-
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      755 9 i MUSIC. PIANOFORTE TUCTION. M. I Lim, L.R.A.M. Beginners and advanced pupils theory and practical. 10, Gilstead Road, Phone 7555, between 9.30 a.m. —5 p.m. (F179) MESSAGE MASSAGIST DAS, L.P.V.E. (Lond.), CM. 25 years experience in Electric Oil Massage Treatments. Aurora Physio-Therapeutic Clinic, 424, Geylang Road. 'Tel. *****. (J. 202)
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      131 9 EXPERIENCED LADY Cashier in large store desires new situation as cashier or receptionist. Apply Box A 2243 M.T., Spore. (E 165) MISC. FOR YOUR PHOTOGRAPHIC requirements, D. .<i P. service, portrait oil colouring, enlarging at special prices. Write Art-Pix. Inc. P.O. Box 681, Singapore. l«J 203) PALMISTRY wdl repay you
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      339 9 MEDICAL THE SURLINGHAM NURSING HOME, 20 Mouat Elizabeth Opens end of Apr*! for Maternity and General pa'.ici ts (male and female;. Euroj i «aU qualified Sisters in clnrge I 'lease apply Matron or Phone--3156. 9 am.—l 2 noon. 1.T204) TRANSPORT FEW SEATS available in lcrge j private Saloon car, carefully
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    QUIETEST CALL-OVER
    121 10 Reuter LONDON. Tues. Only Abcinant and Star King were backed for the 2.000 Guineas when the card was called over at the Victoria Club here tonight. Layers offered 7-4 against Abcinant. 7-2 Star King and 10-1 Bar Two. Lord Derby's Swallow lad was made the favourite for the
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    C.H.S. SOCCER
    62 10 The following are asked t<> turn up for Commercial High School against Ceylon Sport* Club on Friday at the Telok Kuiau School ground at 5.10 pm A. Yong. M. Ibrahim, Hoon Leong, M. Singh. Teoh Kirn. Kirn Cheng. Ya Yah M. Ismail, Percy Peters. Joe PJ"ay. Beedin Bin
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    12-Yr-Old Wins ƒ12.500
    57 10 Reuter. MILAN. Tues.—A 12--year-old girl, Annuneiata Marehrsi. won 25.600.00U lir.- (abovl £12.500) in last week's Ita'ian football pools, it was an noUAOed. here (oda\. Annuneiata won »he pri/e for an outlay of 50 lire (about six pence). She is a member it a large family working a
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    P.W.D. ANNUAL SPORTS
    164 10 The following players will represent the Singapore Public Works Department in the PW.D. Annual Sports Meet at Kuala Lumpur during KcLstcr TENNIS: B. D. Rozario. Ooi Teng Lai. Teo Kirn Tec. Tham Tuck Yen. BADMINTON: M. K. Shahabuddin. R. I. Barker. Tan Kirn Hoe. Mohd. Jaffar bin
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    SILVER SPEAR-THE ODD WINNER
    635 10  - SILVER SPEAR THE ODD WINNER SATURDAY'S RACES UNDER REVIEW By ALLAN LEWIS 'i'HE main race on Saturday was reduced by scrat--1 chings to six runners. The course scratching ol Princess Guinevere robbed the race a lot of interest. Of the six starters, five of them were trained by M. A
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    Roned Out Eacly
    31 10 Stone Cottage spills, shedding Jockey M. Ho-' gan at the first of 'M) jumps in the four-mile 850-yard Grand National Steeplechase at Aintrce. Basssaa Mere won the race.
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    JOE LOUIS TO BOX IN MANILA
    111 10 U.P. MANILA, Tues. Joe Louis, the retired undefeated world heavyweight champion, is scheduled to arrive in Mumla by plane on April 13 to appear in an exhibition bout with thicc heavies. Louis is scheduled to appear on April 20th at the Rizal Stadium, to
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    WORLD SHUTTLE TOURNEY FOR 'STARS' ONLY
    79 10 A.P. COPENHAGEN. Tues. Dave Freeman of the United States. world badminton champion, heads the list of the 92 entries from seven nations for the badminton tournament in Copenhagen April 14-18. The foreign entries include Mr. and Mrs. Dave Freeman US., six British, eight Malayan,
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    Table-Tennis Players to get together
    227 10 THE format inn of a Malayan Table-Tennis Association will be discussed here next week when teams from the Federation travel down to play a series of matches with the Macao team scheduled to arrive in Singapore on Apr. 20. The President of the Singapore Table-Tennis
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    KLUANG SOCCER
    46 10 The following will represent the Kluang Indian tram at soccer against the Segamat Indian team at Segamat Town Padang on today: G. Samy (Captain), Samuel Victor, Kernail Singh, Selvadurai, S. Retnam, Thambiduiai. Gangasalam, Richard, Vecrasamy, Benny and Anthony; Reserves: Fernando and S. S Maniam.
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    Johore has a big task on April 23
    417 10  -  (By A Tribune Special Correspondent viTpvuucii; i JOHORE BAHRU, Tuesday JOHORE will face a stiff test on April >3 when site meets the holder of the Malaya Cup, Negri Sftn l.ilan, in her first fixture in the competition 1u 1* played at
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    EASTER HOME SOCCER FIXTURES
    390 10 LONDON. Tues. The. following are the football fixtures for Easter. FIRST DIVISION Blackpool v. Arsenal. Bolton W. v. Manchester U. Burnley v. Derby C. Charlton A. v. Everton. Liverpool v. Huddersfield T. Manchester C. v. Chelsea. Newcastle U. v. Middlesbrough. Portsmouth v. Birmingham C. Preston N.E.
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      1211 10 TUITION MERCANTILE INSTITUTION 209, Queen Street. Phone 2370. Get yourself equipped for a Cniversity Education or get into *a profitable profession. Learn: SHORTHAND TYPEWRITING. BOOK-KEEPING AND ACCOUNTANCY above all prepare for the Cambridge Examination. Intensive eouises for Beginners and Senior ;tudents. ACCOMMODATION WANTED TO «tEN L" by Eu~opean, seaside, iMingatow
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    Two Filipinos show S'pore How to play Golf
    434 11 I any mates and Celestino Tugot, Filipino go! slurs who arrived at Tengah from Sydney vrslrn! iv played an exhibition round at UiV Island i,<»ll (Job two hours after their arrival They were accompanied bj Jack HodgailMOO, the wellknown Island Club profession").
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    ROCHDALE, HONEY COMB BEST
    896 11  -  From ALLAN LEWIS IPOH. Tuesday. IJOItK&S. lass II will provide more than half the programme tomorrow, the second day <>• <he IVrak Turf Club's Easter Meeting. There will be two races run over JU furlongs straight, The remainder will be over .six. The fields will again
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    Tribune Selections
    52 11 Race j—JIMIfY Hay dee Saidan Rare 2—KOt III)ALE North well Happy Lass Kaiv :i—K ii VPTI A N (M KEN < on go iTiiicc Eugcm* Race I— HON FA OOMJt (•olden lirove Itallymiui 11 Outsider: Airmail. Kace s_ltA-|j Token King Arlliur Kaee (J—CRISPIAN Edmond Dantes Diamond Epic Kac«
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    R.A.F. SELETAR'S FIRST DEFEAT
    252 11 PULAU Brani United caused another upset at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday when they convincingly defeated R.A.F. Seletar, unbeaten so far this season, by four goals to two. This was the airmen's first defeat out of five outings. They 'were playing without the services of several
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    RACE CARD
    428 11 jJKLOW is the card for today races. Toe E-Ig Sweep will be drawn on Kaee Seven and the ILiccs Tiirce and Ifonr and Six :md Seven: RACE ONE PJt Herat*, ct t, d»v I .v. Furlong*, llaydee ft.oo Jane* (Badgers) Christmas Knight 8.11 Bagby ill Blcigh) Saidan Ml!
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    2 Pamadasa Cup Teams
    209 11 THE team to represent Singapore in the second quadrangular m»*et for the ramad&sa Memorial Cup have been selected last night ns follows: SINGLES: 1. Tan Chontj Tee, 2. S. A. Durai, 3. Chennß Hock I iik; Reserves: Low Seah Chuan and Quek Keng Chuan. IMH BLES:
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      63 11 SINHALESE NATIONAL CELEBRATION President and Committee Members of the Singapore Sinhalese Association will receive guests and well wishers at the MERCANTILE HOSTEL, 13, Queen Street, on the 14th April 1949 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Ceylonese Children will be entertained at the amusement parks. Tickets could be secured from
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    Dutch Troops Warned
    84 12 Reuter BATAVIA. Tues Lt. Gen S. H. Van Spoor. Dutch Mih tary Commander in Indonesia, has ordered his troops to treat prisoners "severely, but humanely and justly." The order, issued on Mar. 24 was published today in Wapenbioedcrs. weekly newspaper of the Dutch forces in Indonesia Lt.
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    WHAT'S ON TODAY
    94 12 Genera! VICTORIA THEATRE: "La Symphonie Pastorale," French film show by Alhance-Francaise and Singapore Film Society—9 p.m. M E D I C A L COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: Dinner (Mr. Tan Chin Tuan guest of (honour) Chinese Swimming Club, Amber Road— 8 p.m. Y.M.C.A., Orchard Road: Singapore Chess Club
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    Cinemas
    198 12 CAPITOL: "Spring In Park Lane, with Anna Neagle. Michael Wilding and Tom Walls 11 a.m., 1.45, 4, 6.30 and 9 30 p.m. CATHAY: "Smart Woman", with Brian Aherne, Constancc Bennett and Barry Sullivan— 11 a.m., 1.45, 4.15, 6.45 and 9.30 p.m. REX: "Noor Asmara" (in Malay) with Kasma Booty
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    Sport
    61 12 LEAGUE SOCCER: Sr.r. Div., Navy v. Rovers—J. Besar; Jnr. A. Grp. 2, Indonesia Lge. v. Hong Kong S'hai Bank— Goylang; Jnr. B. Grp. 2. S.H.A.IJ. v. C.Y.M.A. (P.M.) —St George's Rd; Police S.A. v. Haikowyu—Thomson Rd. FRIENDLY SOCCER: R.I. v. Hong Kong S hai Bank.—R.I. BADMINTON, TENNIS CRICKET PRACTICE:
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    RUBBER BOUNCING BACK
    604 12 -PLANTERS' CHIEF Reuter. LONDON, Tuesday.—Mr. Charles Mann, chairman, told the annual meeting of the Rubber Growers Association here today that "the strong action taken in Malaya and Indonesia" would probably lead to a "greatly improved situation." The present "bad patch" would then be seen as "a surgical
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    CELMBTINO Tugot {left) and Lurry Montes, Filipino yolf stars who arrived 'it T<wyuh yeeterdmy from Sydney. They yaw an exhxlntvm at the Island G<>l] Club yesterday. — Tribune Picture. [Story on page 11).
    32 12 CELMBTINO Tugot {left) and Lurry Montes, Filipino yolf stars who arrived 'it T&lt;wyuh yeeterdmy from Sydney. They yaw an exhxlntvm at the Island G&lt;&gt;l] Club yesterday. Tribune Picture. [Story on page 11).
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    Burma Seeks Help
    106 12 A.P. NEW DELHI. Tues. ISVl.nas Premier TbJUCffl Nu met India's Premier Pandit Java* harlal Nehru and other mamben of the Indian Cabincl here today. Although no communique was issued, :t &gt;-; :caliably learned that Th.-i.'iin N»J i ised '.he possibility of Mu'i.ia's pureh;ising arms from India »**d
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    Two More Bandits Hanged
    143 12 TWO more bandiLs were hanged yesterday at Taiping Gaol under the Emergency Regulations. They were Chong Yew Kin alias Cheong Yoong Kin and Chong Yoon a'ias Chong Ah Pai. When police raided a house in the Sayap area. Siputeh. in the early hours of December 28
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    300 GIRLS WILL BRIGHTEN EASTER
    117 12 A CHOIR of 300 girls drawn from schools in Singaponwill sing three hymns ai a conceit in the Victoria Memorial Hall this Sunday to give Singapore a rare Ea'stc: treat of classical music. The hymns will be "I waited for the Lord" from Hymn of
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    SERVICES FOR EASTER
    106 12 The following arc the Services during Holy Wce&lt; and Easter Day at St. Andrew's Cath&lt;d»al, Singapore Tomorrow (Maundy Thur.--day): Choral Eucharist 7.30 a.m.; Evensong 3.1 o p.m. April 15 (Good Friday): Matins, Litany and Ante-Commu-nion 7 a.m.; Children's Service 0.30 a.m.; Three Hours' Dc-votion--12 noon to 3
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    Constable Thought Treasury Was Under Fire
    354 12 Policeman Mat bin Kassim told the Singapore Coroner's Court yesterday that when he heard the sound of a gun shot at 8 p.m. on the night of March he thought that the Treasury was beint, attacked. He ran to the guard room to get
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    TOOK WRONG TURN
    40 12 X MjANG, ru&lt;s. r &lt;n Kirn Seng, aged .'57. was Sued *o with the option of one v'simple gaol for taking the wrong turn on the "on&lt; way tra'tic" road at the Jalan Merging Jalan Lambak junction.
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    LONDON STOCK MARKET
    161 12 Reuter. LONDON. Tues.- The strike of London dockworkers and the approach of Easter holidays have combined to bring business piactically to a standstill in the London Stock Exchange. Prices today drifted to slightly lower levels and some caution and hesistancy were uppermost. Cement shares were exceptional with
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    ARAB MUSLIMS KNOW LITTLE OF MALAYS
    94 12 INCHE Abdul Kadir who recently left Malaya to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo has discovered that the entire Arab world, but for Saudi Arabia, knows very little about Malaya and the Malays. At every port of call between Aden and Port Said
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    SWEETEST
    35 12 A.P. CHICAGO, Tups. Film star Shirley Temple was named j "America's sweetest mother" today by the Childcraft AdviSOry Service, which is a national I guidance plan for parents and teachers of young people. -A.P.
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