Malaya Tribune, 18 April 1949

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    63 1 MALAYA Tribune lil IliE PEOPLE for the PEOPLE Tall 'Tribune, S'lKire. Larger Sales Than Any Afternoon Taper in Malaya Phone: 5811 3 Nine Lines. Published simultaneously at Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, and Penang. EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1949 PRICE TEN CENTS. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE: E. Maurice
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    DURBAN FEARS 'REVENGE' RIOT
    514 1 Commission Says 'Whites Incited Africans 9 Reuter. CAPETOWN, Sunday. ■HE Soutn African Government Commission which Investigated last January* I African-Indian rioting warned today that Africans might make another attack on the Indians "to square their account." In the two-day rioting 142 were killed and 1.087 injured.
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    THE ADMIRAL GOES
    131 1 Jap j neat Vice-Admiral Fukudome (serving a four-year sentence foi war crimes) pictured by the Tribune cameraman as, escorted by British military ponce, he was driven to Kallang lirport to board the aircraft that took him yesterday to Hongkong to give evidence before an American court in
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    Guns Back Words In New Red Drive
    163 1 Reuter. NANKING, Sun. Chinese Government forces yielded two North Yangtse bridgehead* today to a new offensive launched by the Communists to coincide with their three-day ultimatum" for acceptance of a 'peace programme" drafted at Peiping. according to the Nationalist Military News Agency. The
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    Peng Soon would have won if....
    104 1 AMERICA'S Dave Fr n man A. defeated Malaya* Wtm% l'eng Soon 18-15 and 17-14 In what a Dansii badmlßtea oflieial termed as "the bent badminton niaCeli ever seen In Ibnmar'i and in the world, I think." After *he match a tired Hai smiling Wong
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    Dimitrov Replaced — Official
    80 1 Dimitrov Replaced Official U.P. SOFIA. Sunday. Fore'gn Minister Vassil Kolarov will eplace Georgi Dimitrov as Bulgarian premier during the latter's "leave of absence due to sickness", an official gov-, nment communique announced tonight. It was announced last Thursday that Dimitrov was taku:.*? sick leave in the Soviet Union Tonight's communique
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    LONE PILGRIM
    57 1 Reuter. NAZARETH. Sun.—One Soli- tary Easter pilgrim —an Ameri- j can woman—in contrast to the j thousands who flocked to Nazareth before the Palestine war I was the only foreign visitor to the traditional site of Joseph's I carpenter shop in Nazareth today. Local residents flocked to the
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    GOOD BYE MR. CHIFLEY
    141 1 The Quantas Empire Airways Constellation carrying Mr. Joseph Chifley and Mr Peter Fraser, Premiers of Australia and New Zealand, took off at 7 a.m. today from Tengah airfield for Calcutta. The two prime ministers are on their wav to the Commonwealth Prime Ministers" Conference in London.
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    MERCY FLIGHT SEAMAN 'A LITTLE BETTER'
    313 1 Dakota Dodged Monsoon Storms Malayan Airways Win "Life Or Death" Race 4 seventeen hundred mile mercy flight by a Malayan R Airways Dakota ended successfully when a MM* ly injured seaman from a ship at Labuan was rushed bv ambulance yesterday from Kallang Airport
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    DR. J. V. FITZPATRICK
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    RICE PRODUCTION
    31 1 A.P. MANILA, Sun. Aiming :>A lucre Mcd rice production, President Quirino l cabinet has released 10.000.000 pesos (US $5.000.000) to start work di once on 14 irrigation projects AT.
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    PIRATES SHOOT BRITISH WOMAN
    122 1 A.P. HONGKONG. Sun. River oirates today machine-gunned the motor vessel Kwong Fook Cheong on the West River. 2S miles North-East of Macao, -■eriously wounding tne ife of in English businessman and billing one Chinese. The wounded lady la the wife *>f Mr. Walter Morris, a Hong
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    EIRE LEAVES C'WEALTH TODAY
    58 1 DUBLIN, Sun.—At one minute past midnight tonight Ireland, by virtue or the Republic Act passed on December Ist, will cut its ties from the British Commonwealth, and become tne Free and Independent Republic of Eire. Celebrations will spread across 26 counties of Southern Eire after the
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    3 OUTSIDERS
    26 1 STOP PRESS From A Hun Lewis IPOH* Today.—Good ou* sid»*rs for t<»«11\ ar:' I'ollaiiu, C abaret and Sister CUII. Th Xoing is very good.
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    SULTANA INSTALLED
    144 2 Colourful Ceremony At Royal Town KUALA KANGSAR, Sunday.—Traditional pomp and colour marked the installation of Her Highness the Raja Perempuan of Perak in the throne room of the isian* Iskanderiah here this morning. The ceremony was short but impressive. Their Highnesses entered the throne room at 10 a.m.
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    Rotarians Meet At Penang
    174 2 PENANG. Sun. Delegates from Rotary Clubs in Malaya. Singapore and Bangkok met at the E. O Hotel yesterday for the Rotary District Conference, opened by the Resident Commissioner, the Hon. Mr. A. V. Aston. District Governor Mr. R. E. Ho.lttum of Singapore, presiding, thanked the Restdent
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    ASIA NEEDS M-PLAN
    284 2 Reuter. -^Wyatt LONDON. Sun. Mr Woodrow Wyatt. a Labour Member of Parliament who has just returned from a twomonth tour of South East Asia, today urged Britain and the United States to grant loans to India as pait of a po'icy for South East East Asia. Mr.
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    Death Rail POWs To Ask Government For Their Share
    251 2 (Tribune Staff Reporter) fME Fellowship of Ex-Prisoners of War Far F.ast. a British organisation, is endeavouring to file claims against the home Government for about S1,700 for each POW who worked on the death railway. The organisers claim that the Government
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    MASS WEDDING
    25 2 Singapore's eighth Mass Wedding will be held at the Victoria Memorial Hall on May 15. The Ai Hua Association has airanged the ceremony.
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    MIC ASKS FOR SELF-GOVT. PLAN
    256 2 LUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. The Malayan Indian Congress today asked the British Government to announce a political, economic and educational plan to help Malaya achieve self-government "in a reasonably short period". The request was made in a resolution adopted by the working Committee yesterday and approved
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    —Decries Demolition Of Huts
    60 2 Decries Demolition Of Huts KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The Malayan Indian Congress today protested against the demolition of unauthorised buildings and huts in the urban areas as "unjust and inhuman." The Congress asKed the Government to settle Indian labour on thr land near the place °f employment. Thr Congress -dso demanded
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    —Gives $1000 For University
    62 2 Gives $1000 For University KUALA LUHFUK, Sun The Malayan Indian Congress today donated $1..<>00 to the University of Ma'aya Endowment Fund ami called upon all Indians to "do thei»utmost to help the University financially." Congress sum ces said circulars will go out to every Local Indian Cong ress in Malaya
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    4 Bandit Camps Destroyed
    179 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Sim. A patrol of the 1/2 Gurkhn Rifles which returned to itr base today destroyed four bandit camps. The Gurkhas were flush inr. a thick jungle area when they fcund barge bandit camp with accommodation for more than 200 persons. A second camp was
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    $2000 For St. Andrew's
    80 2 The 300 girls of the Combined Schools Choir and the 1 Singapore Junior Symphony Orchestra gave Singapore a rare Easter treat of classial musical at the Victoria Memorial Hal' last night- and raised more than $2,000 for St. Andrew's Mission Hospital. The four numbers sung by
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    QUIRINO BEGINS SECOND YEAR
    55 2 U.P. MANILA. Sun. —President Elpidio Quirino began his second year in office today with pledges to press the programme for total economic mobilization of the Philippines. The President said he would particularly stress greater rice production and creation of mere agricultural and vocation schools to turn
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      414 2 9.45 Evening Star; 1000 Short Talk in Hakka; 5.40 BLUE NETWORK LUrnt Music-Ren.. S»nard; Cantonese or Hakha selec--10.30 Rhythm Melody-lid] Hons; G.OO Close Down. ENGLISH PROGRAMME Moore A Lucille Norman; 9.00 p.m. Sig. Tune 9.00 a.m. Programme Sum- 11.00 Close Down. Opening Annct. :).0l .\>\vs in mary; 9.02 Calling All
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    MALAYAN TRADERS FOR B.I.F.
    549 3 'Wallets Will h loaded—But We he Going Sim' (Tribune Stuff Reporter) MALAYAN businessmen win visit the British ludnstries Fair at London jmhJ Birmingham with bulging uilh money—hut "ft all depends if n t uill loosen our purse strings." Many are visiting the BTF to establish business
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    PLAGUE IN CALCUTTA
    83 3 CALCUTTA, Sim. cutta health authorities have imposed emergency measure to prevent the spread of pneu monic plague, a disease even S deadly than bubonic members of one family and two persons who ntSK ?hem were Wiped out by pneumonic plague in a suburb of Calcutta. The cases
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    Malays Form New Body
    202 3 A it 100 Federation Maresidcnt in Singapoie. met yesterday afternoon at Peaaag Benevolent Association 'a premises. Geylang. iecided to form a "Malaya Malays Wclfaie Associat.on'. ihi.s new non-political body iwers the need of more than 10.000 Federation Main the Colony, said lnchc Othman Kalam. elected Prudent
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    —S'pore Lees Get Together
    157 3 THE Lee clan is getting ther. At the annual meeting of the SingaLee Clan Association, Mr. Choon Eng hoped that all L, < oi would rally 'ouna the association. Tt does not matter whether nia n is a Hokkien Lee or a Lee. We are all
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    PAVILION
    31 3 The Pavilion Tucatre is to. y e a "new look." Redecor-1 lion work will begin on Mon.l 25. The cinema will J closed for a brief period °rn that date.
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    Troops Here For 10 Years
    123 3 Reuter. LONDON, Sun.—A Singapore message in today's Conservative Sunday Times said that British troops may be protecting Malaya and Singapoie for another 10 years. •Tn the light of the present setious position in Malaya and strong Communist pressure in northern Slam and Indo-China. the B.ijsh
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    'TEACHERS MUST PULL TOGETHER'
    437 3  -  Says Uniga (Tribune Staff Reporter) MALAYAN teachers should stop being individualists and start thinking and acting collectively, the Malayan Educator, official organ of the Malayan Teachers Union, suggests in an editorial. Advising teachers against pleading their individual cases the Malayan Educator urges: "We must r.ow act
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      345 3 BUSINESS OPPTY. WEST ~COAST Export Firm invites inquires from local importers. Textiles, electric and auto supplies, battery charp-s. cosmetics, electro surgical Hi Freg Equipt: International Traders. 851. South Labrca Aye. Los Angeles, California, UAA. VEHS: FORSALE ITAT~MARvSIE' 1 T«3 IfBB 1'" Sale $900. 5 new tyTea, clectn cal system and
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      988 3 ELECTRICAL ENGrNEERING Every Mm Has His OPI*ORTUNITIES. IMi **> t f Enquiries and requests arc pouring in »c Electrical Engineering. If sufficient number s 0 rs Course will be started in May with specm. wnphajla on Automobiles (City Guilds Exam. English EngmoM lasses after 7pm NEW SESSIONS. Starting May: (Latimj
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    DOCTOR SHORTAGE — 2
    647 4 DOCTOR SHORTAGE 2 A LTHOUGH the Colonial Office and the Malayan Governments have accepted the principle of a unified Medical Service, with, to quote Mr. Creech Jones, "equal status of all officers of the service irrespective of race or domicile", there is considerable hesitancy on the part of the authorities
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    UNEASY SOUTH-EAST-ASIA
    503 4 Burma Ripe For Reds BURMA 1* growing ripe for the Communist picking. This newly-independent, ••:<- British colony is plagued w tv civil disorders, incited by several groups rebelling against the government. Taking advantage of tne chaos, Burmese Communis' stooges of the Kremlin, art working toward seizing the "overnment.
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    INDOOR OCEAN
    263 4 THE 11. 8. Navy luu accomplished the cquival< id of "bringing the ocean into the laboratory." At its huge plant here, the Navy has installed a great steel tank which. when filled with water and sealed, la used to simulate eonddions prevailing at ocean depths down to 2.300
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    NO BAR
    90 4 U.P. AUSTRALIA is taking more dfsplaced persons than any other country, the Immigration Department claims. Of 12,500 European migrants moved in February Australia took 5,500 and U.S*. 3,600. Australia will probably take 35.000 DP's in the first half of; this year. Former army and air force camps are
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    TROUBLED MALAYA AND SIAM
    614 4 TROUBLED M ALAYA AND SIAM THIS peaceful tropical kingdom, rich in lire, rubber, tin and teak, has escaped the tornado of Communist violence sweeping across Southeast Asia. But it could be caught soon. Afraid that Russia may have marked Siam as a future victim, Blsmess leaders are throwing up a
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    FRANCE'S SHAKY BALCONY IN THE PACIFIC
    531 4 IS the veteran revolutionary Ho Chi-minh leading the peoples of French Indo-China along the path of Communism That is one of the most important questions lieing asked today in Asia. It is a major mystery. Its deep significance lies in the fact that Ho
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      135 4 Getting Up Nights Makes Men Old Getting ut» Bight*, lrutnta#eenaatl>.n M organy, wl.iu.sli <iis< l.ar, null ac-he M*feasa <>r spine, groin mid leg pun-, net*vouenesa. weakness and loss of manly vlggur are r*»tned t,y a uij.-. as.- of the trostatu Qlandj (a bnm Important gland In To overcome th»-sfc troubirs
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    Pope Pius Televised
    93 5 Reuter. PARIS. Sun.—Pope Pius XII was televised today for first time, when a film s ent from the Vatican was nutted by the French T< v vision Service. We expect the most farreaching consequences from television by the ever more dazzling revelation of truth to fair minds"
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    A Bandit's Challenge
    87 5 U.P. PALERMO, Sicily. Sun.— Italy's most notorious bandit, Salvatore Giuliano, made an i nothing bid for power when he challenged tveinment leaders to a series Is to the death. In ;t letter to Sicilian news- ts the self-styled "Robin I of Italy" boasted that ri, was ready
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    The Lowly Folk Wore Unworthy — Of Pork Chops
    132 5 The Lowly Folk Wore Unworthy Of Pork Chops A.P. BERLIN, Sunday.—There were pork chops for tanner yesterday in the Soviet sector of Benin—but nly for the "recognised intelligentsia." The more lowly folk—lorry drivers, gardeners and others whom the Russians consider to be unworthy of the honour—had to wait. The Sovfteta
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    HUSBANDS DID NOT WORRY HER
    45 5 A.P. BRISTOL, England. Sun.— The death of Miss Ada Rainsbotham, 104, was announced yesterday. A few weeks ago she told rters she lived so long iuse I have never maimd so have not had a md lo worry me." A.P.
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    A MODERN MIRACLE IN THE OFFING?
    355 5 A.P. SYRACUSE, New York, Sunday.—Shirley Anne Marl in is "glad that she has broken St. Anne Mere". "1 don't want it to cry. You wouldn't want a human being to cry, would you?," the 11-year-old Itoman Catholic girl commented on Friday night after kissing
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    PARATROOPER BALES OUT—INTO THE GOLDEN GATE
    371 5 SAN FRANCISCO, Sun. Ruber Niles, 22-year-o. ..-•.r.c" uruty paratrooper, parachuted from the Golden Gate Bridge, 230 feet into San Francisco Bay. N''es escaped unharoed end became tne second person to survive a leap from th< famed "suicide span," whh h h; s claimed 112
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    HE THOUGHT THEY WERE PEANUTS
    78 5 U.P. SCI? ANTON, Pmn*:/:vfinin, Sun- A man, a<l>mtt> J fe fas stats hospital kt n n/tt r i tiling tt I aspiris tobietm, which hi thought teen "satti ,1 />• Dints" tlit tl last night. The poMc< s(//(/ thai John Motnnr, t s. had been
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    GIRL SHERIFF
    36 5 PADUCAH, Kentucky, Sun. The people of IfcCraeken Coun-; ty in the heart of Kentucky, a tate famed for its gunplay, have chosen for their sheriff a pretty, 13-year-old brunette wrhn docs not like puns.
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    'Protect Us From The Rowdies'
    163 5 U.P. TOKYO, Sunday.—Japanese women who will participate in the "Black Night Festival' at Okuni Tama shrine today asked for American arid Japanese protection against molestation from Japanese lowdies. On the night of May Q all women in tho darkened temple grounds at Fuchu, neaj here,
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    Paper For Rice
    71 5 A.P. BHANQHAt, Bum. in-) Jlation hits finally chased t newspapers in BoOChow into barter business. Price of S6oe ho v i pap er s effective from < April 16 MHM no lont/er in gold yuan it was 0.0115 i fticnls of rice. Newsboys had to <h .>
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    UP IN THE AIR —FOR ONE MONTH
    66 5 U.P. FULLERTON, California. Sun. Two record-breaking endurance fliers today looked forward to a comfortable day as they added hour by hour to their continuous flight record. Fliers Bill Barris and Dick Ricdel passed the previous 700 hour reOOrd and pan to keep going
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    AUSTIN SPEEDS ON
    75 5 U.P. INDIANAPOLIS. Sun. -A British Austin motor car which is seeking world stock car endurance records continued into its fifth day today after averaging 71.9 miles pci hour for the first 06 mi'es. The car had travelled 6.002 mi'es around the brick Indianapolis speedway. The Austin has
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    Broke But Ambitious
    67 5 A.P. EDMONTON. Albeita. Sun. -Mrs. Richard Morrow-Tatt. the English woman who is attempting to By round the world, is back in Alberta nearly broke but sti'l ambitious to complete her flight. The aviatrix expects to retrace her stops to Alaska where she cr: Handed her lirs.t plane
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    Off His Chest
    62 5 A.P. heading, England, Bun. Municipal tibmrian j Stanley Horrocks finally '/or if off his chest. In an article called Enemies of Books" pub- Ksfted in the 'Municipal Journ-i,'' he disclosed his two pet peeves. I A book borrower who (hasps his place with a rasher of bacon
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    Now he has to walk in to the Sheriff
    235 5 He tried to walk out on wife A.P. MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA, Sunday.— U S Army Sergeant Blair Robinett was put on his Lood behaviour for two years by the circuit court yesterday for trying to sneak out of a wartime marriage
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    HE GAMBLED HIS LIFE AWAY
    47 5 U.P. MANILA. Sun. Benigno Aquino, a villager in Pampanga province, sold his horse and cart for $300 and lost it all b ting on a cock fight the sum" day. Then he threw himself in front of a train which killed him.—U.P.
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      20 5 J WITH OK WITHOUT LOCKS I STURDILY BUILT V FOR LASTING SERVICE I Jerries sauiPKENTx I 140 CMUUA SI MMM
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      84 5 UK AIIXLII AI -i I/ 1 111 v hit j i i>> j j iii- r said th' same thing fT- Hamlin ALLEY OOP r— =T 1 f ...BUT V "THW I HELPEP fOU. W CiNCH. SABE„._ *£MEDONT» THE I AWRWHT. F 'j/ (IBBE EVENTUALLY AN ENEMY OF J\ HJU
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    MAIN BUSINESS IN INDUSTRIALS
    775 6 SHARES LAST WEEK From A Market Correspondent THERE was a fair measure of activity on Malayan market* right up to Easter. Business was concentrated mainly in the Industrial section where sizeable parcels changed hands on investment buying and. in genera, quotations showed t slight improvement over
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    Brighter Outlook In U.S. Business
    197 6 A.P. IN *ORK, Sun. Optimism is showing up her* and there in the American business world It may be a vague, tentative gesture. But it is a v a c i C T e C A*^ e f f° m ys when busi ™s* outJook
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    Cut in tinplate Quota
    93 6 A.P. WASHINGTON, Sjn. —The |78 Commerce Department announced during the week-end an export que a oi IOO.Mm net lons of tinplate lor the third quarter of trijrt —l&Oflft lons be lon that for the second quarter. Officials wahl «he rut represents the depart. me»C* policy of
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    Indies February Exports
    70 6 TOTAL Indonesian exports in j February amounted to 173.995 tons valuing (.Ids. 10.3tG00.000. The main exported items vere in tons in Olds. Oil 349.200 27.300.000 Copra 39.580 24.250.000 Tin ore 3.900 1t.370.000 Native ruhbei 14,300 11.400.000 Estate rubber 9.580 11.230,000 lilack pepper' 1.000 3.230.000 I Palmoil 3.200
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    RUBBER CROPS
    62 6 T.uquand. Youngs. McAuliftV A Co. announce the following nibbei ciop figures for March: I lbs. Alor Gajah Rubber Estate Limited 19 900 Ayer Panas Rubber Estate Limited 100.000 Cienealy Plantations Limitc.i 57.000 Kluang Rubber Company Limited 66.000 j Pajam Limited 206.500 I Tambalak Rubber Estates Limited 27,180 Teluk
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    RUBBER PRICES LAST WEEK
    84 6 14, llTa*:- 1 P CCS durin the wee April; Spot Loose R.M.A.I. RS.S F:O.B: Mav' RM.A. 2 R.SS F:0:B: May R M.A.3 R.S S. F:0:B: May "CT Blanket FO B. April/Mav R M.A.I Pale Crepe April/May S.Q.R.S S. ON TENDER May/June July/September October/December Highest Lowest Closing
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    JAPAN'S TRADE FAVOURABLE
    132 6 Reuter. AAP. fOKIO Sun. The Finance Ministry has announced that Japan s foreign trade in February showed a favourable balance. xen leaving a balance of 1,226,000,000 Compared to February last year exports were six times m value and If) times in volume while imports were 2r. times
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    Along the godowns
    42 6 Empire Hamblc (Shoersi; China Mail (42/3); Antcnor (38/9), Benelcuch (36); Clytoncus (33/4); Bali (31/2 C Day beam (17/8); (19/20» Vilnus (25/6); MactsuyckerRavnaas (29/30); Slamat (15/6), Glengytc (13/4); Mantin (10); Katong (H)Straat Malakka (8/9); Bcnvorlich (6/7); Union Banker Bcnwyvis (4/5).
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    Air Mail Schedule
    121 6 Air mails are expected to arrive today from US A Central and South America Holland. Siam. China. Hongkong. Macao. Japan. Philippine. Batavia. Dabo. Singkep. Medan. Sourabaya and Padang. Latest time of posting at the G.P.O. to Batavia. Bam to Dabo Singkep 4 p.m.; to Medan and Padang
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    Exchange rules for Red China
    260 6 A.P. SAN FRANCISCO. Sun Communist China yesterday took a step toward trade with tho outside world by setting up temporary regulations governing foreign exchange. The annouiu ement was made by the Communist radio at Peiping. There has been some barter since the Rods seized control
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    RUBBER PRICE
    34 6 It is officially announced that the average selling price of rubber (No. I.R S.S.) at the) Singapore auctions during the quarter ended 31st March I 19 *9 was 36.83 cents per pound
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    Chinese Dollar Beats 'Greenback'
    185 6 OHANGHAI. Sun Chinese U silver dollars--which contain noly 50 cents (US) worth of silver— wc»e worth more than one US dollar last week. The dollars were fetching an equivalent of USsl.?* The freak financial turn was the result of scarcity of silver dollars poor man's gold
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    WONG TAKES FREEMAN TO DEUCE IN 2 SETS
    1036 7 Final Score: 15-18, 14-17 COPENHAGEN, Sunday. Peng Soon, one of Malaya's leading players wps hen ten in straight games by Dr. Day c Freeman, the crack American, in the semifinal of the men s singles in the international badminton championships here today.
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    Portsmouth Owe Win To Fine Teamwork
    525 7 LONDON, Sunday. CPLENDID teamwork which has been the feature of Portsmouth's success this season yesterday carried them a step nearer towards winning th* League championship. They trounced F.A. Cup finalists, Wolverhampton Wanderers by five goals to nothing before a i apa- itv home crowd.
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    S'PORE RETAINS PAMADASA CUP
    541 7 By JOHN EDE [EXCITEMENT rose to fever pi*ch at the efucfari point of the fin*! round of *he Pamadasr Cup tournament which ended in a victory for Singapore over Johore by I Batches to 2. The local side won the first Uvo singles pleyed, only for
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    Results At A Glance
    144 7 SINGAPORE v. JOHORE < Singapore players mentioned first): Tan Chong Tee lost to Ismail bin Marjan 13-18. 11- 15. S. A. Durai beat Choy Kok Wan 15-11. 15-9. Cheong Hock Leng beat Lambak 15-2. 15-6 Yap Chin Tee and George Chen lost to Ismail bin Marjan
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    IF EVERY PLAYER GIVES $1...
    216 7 IF only EVERY badminton player in Malaya will contribute one dollar, the support will be quite sufficient to start building the badminton hall. which Malaya urgently needs. This was pointed out by Mr. Lim Yew Hock. Singapore Legislative Council member, at a dinner given by
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    MEET MR. JUNIOR SINGAPORE
    172 7 BOEY Yuen Siew won the title of Mr. Junior Singapore from 38 other competitors with a total of 82 points at the Open Junior Singapore Amateur Weight Lifting Championships and Body Beautiful Contest at the New World Arena last night. Full results: Mr. Junior Singapore: Boey
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    KINDER GOLD SHOULD WIN SPRINTERS' CUP
    1275 8 Silver Spear Best For Easter Trophy From ALI AN LEWIS IPOH, Sunday. THE large holiday croud expected to attend tomorrow's races, the last day of the Perak Turf Club Easter Meeting will be treated to a most interesting day's racing. Fields will be larger
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    SELANGOR HITS 54 FOR 5
    122 8 Selangor had scored 54 runs for the loss of five wickets against Singapore when ruio stopped play in the interstate match on the Padang yesterday. Due to the heavy rain only oae hour's pLay was possible. Play will be resumed r.*. 10.30 a.m. today. SELANOOK—Ist
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    Jackson Meets Gibb Today
    122 8 KITALA LUMPtLI, Bun.— ft, Jackson Qualified ->or the final of the All-Malaynn Golf Championships played new today. Tomorrow Jackson will meet Gibb, former champion, who fir si eliminated buird seven and six and then SI., ne two and one. Highlight of today's piay was the defeat
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    SINGAPORE PAIR WINS DOUBLES
    87 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun.— M. Parasarathy and Packir of Singapore became th men s doubles champions in the All-Malayan Indo-Cey-lonese tennis tonrnament played on the T.P.C.A courts today. They beat C. Madhavan and S. V. Ramaiya in the final G —t and 6—l. The veteran? singles UtD
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    TIONG BAHRU RANGERS
    39 8 St. Andrew's School's first and second soccer teams will play Tiong Bahru Rangers's first and second teams at Woodsvilie today. The first team will kick off at 4 p.m. and the second team at 5 p.m.
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    Tribune Selections
    52 8 Hiuv I—NORTIIWEM. Slipstream Eureka Race S—PAM GREEN Everbrlght Christ in ii h Knight Rare I—AKTIVEL Sunbeam II Eastern IMetur»* Kuov ft—CONSTANCE Tfftaaftnv Row legs Race A—SILVER SPEAK Happy Traveller Mac Scott Race (I —KINDER GOLD Princess Guinevere Gold Medallist Outsider: Cabaret < Race 7—H.iVDEE I Jimmy Happy I..is*,
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    AWTHAR SINGH WINS K.L. RACE
    90 8 KUALA LUMP'JR. Sun.- Awthar Singn won the state 25 miles r-jad cycling race held at the I*ake Garde?) course this morning. He was one mile ahead of the second man and be returned Uie time of 1 hour 9 nuns. 20 sees. He also broke
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    RACE CARD
    483 8 BELOW is th© card for today's races. The Big I Sweep will be drawn on Race Seven and the double totes on Races Three and Four an dSix and Seven. RACE ONE 2.30 P.M. HORSES CLASS 2 DIV. 1. C FURS, siins'tieam B.l* Wah at j (Manning* North
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    Ee Yong's 83 Gives Perak Strong Lead
    324 8 IPOH, Sunday. DERAK is hi a strong position at the close of play here today in her cricket match against Penang. Hatting first the home team totalled 173 runs, then dismissed Penang for 51 runs. Following on the visitors scored 51 runs for
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    S'PORE ARMY BEATEN 3-0
    121 8 HONG KONG. Sun —In a thrill-packed game the Sin gaporc Army soccer team was finally defeated by n Combined Chinese team today, after having: won two games in Hong Kong. Hong Kong won by three clear goal.;. The Chinese team, which was composed of players who
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    Water-Polo Team Saves Singapore
    680 8 SINGAPORE Chinese Swimmiiig Club watered 0 team were again the heroes at the >ast <iJ the 1949 Easter Swimming Meet held at tl.e S.C.S f yesterday. With three opponents, Penang, leading by i points to 32, it was up to the water-polo tea t! save, as
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    PENANG RECS BEATEN
    36 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Selangor Eurasian Association defeated the Penang Recreation Club one-nil at hockey played here today. The first half was scoreless. Ten minutes before the end of the game Webber scored
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    WHAT'S ON TODAY
    227 8 Cinemas CATHAY: "Easter Par. J# (in technicolour» vvith j u j v Garland, Fred Astaire. poK r Lawford and Ann Mille- ;i а.m., 1.45. 4.15. 6.45 and ji p.m. CAPITOL: "A Son- Is IW (in technicolouri with Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Hu-i, Herbert and Benny 11 a.m., 1.45,
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    Sport
    89 8 CRICKET: Singapore v. s laugor, 3rd day. Padanc;, 11 a.: BADMINTON: Mangold 9 Yoong Yoong Club of Selangoi Clerical I'nion, 10 a.m. SWIMMING: Singapore Ba ming Club v. Chin«\s<. Swimm v UlUtM or Singapoir and Pea S.S.C.. 10.45 a.m. LEAGUE SOCCER: .In: A Grp. 2, S.H.B. Aux. Police v
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    JOLLILADS WIN
    63 8 The Far East r* I Secretariate had it coming to them when they lost 10 the Jolli'ads AthM c rmon soccer team by two go**" one in a Boccer match pjty eil at Railway gioui\<\ terday. 0 H Scorers were Tokins ana Salahudin foi th -I and McCuley
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