Malaya Tribune, 27 April 1949

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    63 1 Malaya Tribune BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Tel: "Tribune" Spore Larger Sales Than Any Afternoon Faper in Malaya Fhone: 6811/3 Nine Lines. Published simult<inr<Jiisl}i at Sbi </<f//<« Kuala iMWtpwr, tpoh, and Penang. TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1949 PRICE TEN CENTS. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE: E. Maurice
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    AIRLIFT BEATS THE BLOCKADE
    384 1 Soviet CI imbsDown Over Berlin U.P. WASHINGTON, Tuesday.—The United States State Department announced today that the way now seems open for lifting the 10 months' old Berlin blockade and a meeting of the Big Four Foreign Ministers— but there must first be further "exchanges of views'
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    Tan Siew Sin Answers The Mail
    267 1 Mr. Tan Siew Sin. the chairman of the Publicity SubCommittee of the Malayan Chinese Association, issued the following press statement yesterday "The Kuala Lumpur Malay Mai' in its issue of April 22 in s leading article entitled Malayan Citizenship has, inter alia, this to
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    U.S. Navy Secretary Resigns
    89 1 WASHINGTON. Tues. President Truman has accepted tho resignation of John Sullivan as secretary of the Navy in the climax of a dispute over the cancellation of the Navy's proposed 65.000 ton aircraft carrier. The resignation was brief and to the point, making no mention of inter-Service
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    "FOREIGNERS ARE SAFE" SAYS MAO
    266 1 A.P.-Reuter. THE Chinese Communists promised today to protect "the security and lives and property of all foreign nationals" in China. The statement came in a broadcast proclamation issued by Mao Tze-tung, the Chinese Communist leader and General Chu Teh, Coiiicandtr-in-Chief of the Communist armies. A
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    Still No Bao Dai
    90 1 There is still no sign of ex- j Emperor Bao Dais arrival in j Singapore, although his plane is expected hourly. French consular Officials said this morning: "He may arrive to-day." i Yesterday morning, a delegation led by General Nguyen Van Xuan, head of the provisional
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    HOSES ON CROWD
    69 1 When two ."hop houses in Chin Hin-atreet cuught rire la night, the Singapore Fire Bri gado had to turn their hoses ot the crowds who hampered ope lations by surging round tht engines. Police were sent for to cleai the area around the firemen. One young Chinese
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    G.I.'s TO DIE
    56 1 U.P. TOKYO, lues. J.wo u.o. troops. Private Virgil Alkecs, aged 21. of South Dakota, am; Corporal Harold Seevers, ais«» 21 of Wade, Ohio, were sentene cd to death by a General Court Martial at Sapporo. Hokkaido today for the murder of two Japanese and for injuring several
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    AMERICA REINFORCES CHINA FLEET
    67 1 A.P. PEARL HxVRBOUR, Tucs.— The American heavy cruiser St. Paul and the light cruiser Manchester sail from Pearl Harbour for China waters next Saturday, U.S. Pacific Fleet Headquarters announced. The cruisers will relieve the light cruisers Pasadena anc Springfield now at Western Pacific Station. Relief at
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    Retired Dictator
    24 1 Chiang Kai-shek, retired president of China, poses for his first picture as a civilian during a stroll near his village of Chikow.
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    FOUR MEN MISSING
    61 1 Reuter. LONDON, Tues. —After Mr Attlee had announced in Parliament today that 12 British sailors were missing in the Vangtse river incident, the Admiralty gave later informaticn to show that, as far as could be ascertained, only 'our men were now unaccounted for. There was no reason
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    MALAYA R.A.F. AWARDS
    170 1 Reuter. LONDON. Tues. Acting Group Captain John Mortimer Warfield. senior air staft officer at Advanced Air Headquarters. Malaya, heads the list of awards for service with the Royal Air Fcrce in Malaya from June 1 to Nov. 30. 3948 approved by the King and announced today. He
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    "USE FORGE AGAINST CHINA REDS" CHURCHILL
    536 1 Attlee "Reserves His Position" A.P-Reuter. London, Tuesday. Winston Churchill, leader of the Opposition, speaking in a voice charged with emotion, tonight accused the Labour Government of mishandling the Yangtze situation and demanded "effective power retaliation" to protect British nationals in China. In a stormy
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    PRICE CUT
    52 1 Reuter. LONDON. Tuc.s. Britain Austin Motor Company ai nounccd today a cut of £127 the home market price of it A-90 Atlantic Speed converter which last week set up 63 ne American stock car records i Indianapolis. This lollcws a cut of $1.00 m the American price of
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    16 Pages And Percival's Story
    105 1 NKXT Sunday's Tribune Hill have Sl.\--i r.i. n PACKS, and will contain the lirst instalment of LieutenantGeneral A.E. Percival'* book "War in Malaya", which tells why the Japanese won and why Singapore fe'l. Percival, who bore the brunt oi the blame for the disaster, replies
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    LINER SINKING
    29 1 Reuter. RIU DE JANEIRO, Tues. 'he Royal Mail liner Magrtana is reported to be sinking, ppaiently bioken in two, after eing stranded off Rio De aneirov- -Reuter.
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    TAN KAH KEE FOR RED CHINA
    146 1 ]UR. Tan Kah Kee, Singapore Chinese millionaire is leaving for China early next month, the Tribune learns. He is going on a short visit to Shanghai. But there is no political significance to the trio, circles close to »ir. Tan said last night. Mr.
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    Hongkong Holds Up Radar Plane
    121 2 A Singapore-hound 8.0.A.C. Hytho ftyingboat carrying radar cquimpmont for special tests in this area has been held up at Kongkong in readiness for J flight to Shanghai. The Tribune was informed yesterday. The Hythe may be used to evacuate British nationals from the city. It
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    Alumni To Hold Dinner
    53 2 The third annual dinner and' general meeting of the Singa-1 nore branch of the Hongkong! tlniversitv Alumni Association will be held on Friday at the City Club. 10c Cecil Stiect. Election of officers Cor the forthcoming year will take place at the meeting which will begin
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    Talk On Red Slave Camps
    100 2 Radio Malaya are putting on the air a feature programme about the 13.000.000 slaves of labour camps in the Soviet Union on May I,—Labour Day -at 8.30 p.m. Prepared by Tony Beamish, the programme will include excerpts from the speeches of famous statesmen who have
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    DRIVERS FINED
    44 2 Johore Bahru, Tues. Cheng Onn wa.-< severely reprimanded for speeding and lined $25 or in default one week r.i. in the Magistrate sCourt yesterday. Khoo Hook Leong of Kulai was fined $20 for carrying ten passengers without a public service vehicle permit.
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    Fletcher Says:— 'SINGAPORE SHOULD JOIN FEDERATION'
    386 2 M.R Claims Bypassed Trade May Drive Chinese To Mainland Reuter. MR. Walter Fletcher, Conservative M.P., who recently visited Singajwre yesterday called for the inclusion of Singapore in the Malayan Federation. In a letter in The Times Mr. Fletcher, who ha« returned to London, wrote:
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    Ratepayers Plan Improvements
    197 2 THE half-yearly report of the Singapore Ratepayers Association from July to December las». year reveals that the Association has endeavoured to influence improvement in the following matters concerning Singapore: Town Cleansing. Flooding in the Rural Aieas. Public Transport. Long Term Leases of Industrial Premises, street lighting, the
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    Indians Honour Minister
    43 2 Mr. A. A. Mohammed Abdu'iah, president of th*' Selang.tr Indian C hamber of Commerce, speaking at Ihe dinner given in honour of the Deputy Foreign Minister of India, Dr. Eft. Keskar (si-ftted on right) at the Uritiin Inn, Kuaia Lumpur.
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    HOSPITAL GETS U.S. $20,000
    111 2 The Board of Managers of the St. Andrew's Mission Hospital have received an amount of $21,052.63 as a donation from tho Church World Service Incorporated, of America. This donation represents UM $10,000 and is part of a donation of CS. $20,000 made to the Hospital. The
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    One Of Three S'pore Skyscrapers Nears Completion
    218 2 One of Singapore's new skyscrapers is rapidly i.earing completion. Another is still in the foundation cxacuation stage. July 2 has been decided as the date for the opening of the new Hong Kong Shanghai R&Hfc Building. Mr. C. L. Edwards, Singapore manager of
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    OF MUSIC
    36 2 tn the series "Talking of this "Mr. Tan" and "Mr. Gordon" will be talking of Chinese and Western Music. The riist part of this illustrated talk will be broadcast this evening at 10.00 p.m.
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    Gimson To Open New T.B. Clinic
    135 2 01R Franklin Gimson, the Governor of Singapore, will open the new $*****0 Californian styled Rotary Tuberculosis Clinic at the Tan Tock Hospital on j April 29. j Sir Franklin laid the foundation stone for this clinic on October 4. 1048. The new clinic will
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    CONCERT
    36 2 The Singapore Children's Orchestra and Choir conducted by Mr. dan Williams aie giving another concert next Monday., Radio Malaya arc broadcasting ;;omr of tho recordings made at Raster Sunday concert to schools at 10.40 am.
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    Singapore Women Support McNeice
    324 2 MR. T. P. F. McNeice's address to the Y.W.C A. lfl Fortnightly Club on the subject of "Sex and the Family Life" has drawn favourable comment from leading women of the city. Mr. McNeiee said there was argent necessity for wise family planning in Singapore. Mrs.
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    Leyte Battle 'Refought'
    249 2 NEW YORK, Tues. Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid disclosed today that a tactical error in the Battle of Leyte in Woild War IT seriously impeiilled United States naval stiiking forces at the liberation of the Pbdip pines and implied that Admiral William F. Halsey was tricked by the
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    Keskar Flies To Saigon
    107 2 HR. B. V. Keskar v* n. V FoHMgn M £l ernmetit of Inri,a who Gv in Singapore on first leg dChisSouto.SL 0 the tour, left this Malayan Ai.way, p: J**? gon from Kallang Ahpo t Sa Th e Minister returned to ft. gapore yesterday front a
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    Dravidians Want Tamil Professor
    120 2 KUALA LUMPUR Tv The Pan-Malayan Dravidiar. Federation has requested Government to appoint a pressor in the Tamil for the University of Malav t The Federation lesolvcd thi- at the third annual confeicnco held in Kuala Lumpm and appealed to the Tamils in Ma aya to give
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    PRESBYTERIAN JUMBLE SALE
    90 2 The Ladies' Work Party of the Presbyterian Church has organised another Jumble Sale. These sales arc held at Quarterly intervals and the proceed? go t"c some aspect of the Church rehabilitation programme. The Church suffered extensively during the Occupation when the Church and Hall were used as
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    TRANSFERRED
    33 2 Malacca. Toes. The Malacca Circuit Magistrate, Tuogku Hussain. has been transferred to Kuala Lumui where l" 1 w» be attached to the Federal Secretariat. He will leave W Kuala Lumpui next month.
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    Two Years Old
    40 3 >ir Or.g Kirn Seng, of Singapore, celebrates the second birthday of his son with a dinne. party* Here a group of friends are admiring the cause of the celebration, Ong Thin Hock. Tribune Photo. J; Tribune Photo.
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    Judge Rules On 'Importation'
    273 3 A Chinese, Lav Teck Woo, accused of being tn possession of 30 bars of gold, was acquitted of the charge yesterday by Mr. E. V- A. Peers, Second District Judge. Mr. Peers held that the phrase 'importing into the Colony" in the Prohibition of Imports Order,
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    SPORTS CLUB TO STAGE ENTERTAINMENT
    97 3 kluaxg, A dance «nd entertainment, organised by the Kluang Deputy Commandant Royal Engineers Sports Club will be held at the Kluang Government Sehoc'. Hall on April 28 Arrangement.; have been made to get more than twentyfive hostesses for the occasion. Tickets valuer! at $10 a.ca.
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    ISLAMIC BODY NAMES OFFICERS
    119 3 The ftist general meeting and Maulud Nabi of the Peisekutuan Khairatu! Islam was held at the Che H. M. M. Kassim's house at 30, Alsagoff Estate, Geylang. and the following were elected officers for the year: President: K. E. Kadir Sultan: Vice Presidents: Sulaiman Khar Surati
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    FOUR CHARGED WITH GANG ROBBERY
    229 3 Four Chinese were charged in the Singapore Assize Court yesterday before Mr. Justice Gordon-Smith and v. common jury with committing gang robbery at the house of a Chinese in Geylang Road on the afternoon of May 9 last. The four men are Lim Ah Tee,
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    POLICE SEEK P.C. MURDERER
    180 3 MUAR, Tuesday.—Police have organised a thatrict man-hunt for the bandits who murdered a Police Constable and stole his rifle and ammunition early this rooming. The murdeied Policeman left Blading Police Station to go to Tempang Bekok when he was trapped by bandits and killed. A patrol
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    FOOT-AND-MOUTH
    37 3 It is prohibited to export cattle, sheep, goats and swine from Singapore except with the written permission of the Chief Veterinary Officer., Singapore. There has been an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease among cattle in the Colony.
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    $59 MILLION NEW CAPITAL
    182 3 126 Firms Are Launched (Tribune Staff Reporter) A total of $59 million was invested by t£6 new local companies launched in Singapore last year. Another 38 foreign companies opened bus;r.:'ss f 's in the Colony during the year, bringing a larg»' capita! of v.fitch no official
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    Restriction Wanted
    58 3 Mr. Chong 'ihutt Pitt will move at the next meeting of tho Municipal Commissioners on Friday that no per son shall use any Moor of any building originally constructed loi a dwelling house for any other purpose without the sanction ot the Commissioners who may give their sanction
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    Trishaw Rider Gets $5,000
    188 3 A MALAY trishaw rider, who lost the use of his right eye as the result of nitric acid burns, was awurdctti $5,000 damages by the Chief Justice. Mr. MurrayAynsley, in the Singapore High Court yesterday. The claimant was Kadim bin Yunos. who brought tho action in
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    New Health Scheme For Rural Areas
    137 3 Kuala Lumpur, Tucs. A Comprehensive Health Scheme tor the rural areas of Selangor has been Sub- mitted to the State Govern- j ment and provision has been j entered in the 1950 estimates. Dr. R. S. Johnston, State Medical and Health Officer told the
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    Pahang To Raise Funds
    72 3 A Pahang State Appeal Committee of the University Endow ment Fund has been foimed with the Mentri Besar of Pahang as Chairman, to devise ways and means of raising funds for the University of Malaya. Because of the scattered natuie of centres of administrations and difficulties
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    IMPERIAL MAY GO TO BANGKOK
    107 3 Dr. Imperial, Charge D'Affaires for the Philippine Government in London, may be the 'first Philippine Minister to Bangkok, it was learned from reliable sources, yesterday. Dr. Imperial gave a lunicheon party at the Savoy Hotel lin the British capital yesterday !to the British Minister to
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    Flying Arrow Inquiry Continues
    154 3 U.P. David Bevnon. crew member 0! the freighter Flying Arrow, J testifying at a Coast Guard hear- ing in New York, yesterday said that all 23 sailors of the Flying rrow, accused of misconduct, had complied with the cr.ptain'-' order to he r. adv to sail
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    Tele Workers Hold Annual Conference
    134 3 r f The Singapore Union of Postal Telecommunications j Workers held its third Annual Conference at Union House re-1 cently when the following were I elected as officers for 1949: President, Mr. Yco Meng j Seah; Secretary. Mr. G. Kandasamy; Treasurer, Mr. Tai Chong Cheong;
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    RUBBER WORKERS DISCUSS TERMS
    54 3 j Repiesentatives of the Rubi bet Workers Union met B»e management of the Nan Choon i Rubber Factory in a two-and-a-halt-hcur discussion at the Labour Department yesterday. The Deputy Commissioner of Labour said afterward* that the talks was conducted amicably and considerable progress was made towatas
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    Shortages Held Up Rehabilitation
    215 3 SHORTAGE of labour and material held up the I Colony's 1948 reconstruction programme though the funds were available, says Engineer's Department Annual Report, j fins WAS THE WORK DONE EAST YEAR: The Department spent *i 0.645,697. Rehabilitation of buildings, piant and machinery was largely completed. One-fifth
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    Husband Abducted
    56 3 Johore. Kluang Area. Two armed Chinese held up a Chinese couple having their dinner on Sunday night, tied up the woman ransacked the house and abducted the man. The woman later freed nerself and looked for her nus band but in vain. Police too searched the area but
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    DINNER FOR OIL MEN
    66 3 A faicwcll diruei will be given by Mi. Lee Lek Poh t night to Mi. J.D. Davies and Mt. B.A. Hewitt, of the Standard Vacuum Oil Company. Mr. Davies Is going on transfer to Japan. and M Hewitt, is going home on leave, j The dinner
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    ARRESTS
    30 3 Kuala Lumpur, Tues.— There have been 42 arrests in the Federation in the last 24 hours 2f> in Selangor, four in Pahang, one in Malacca and 12 in Perak.
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    SHANGHAI-RICHEST PRIZE IN CHINA
    354 4 RED ARMIES APPROACH With Worthless Money Shanghailande s Fear FoodShortage More Than War SHANGHAI. greatest city of China and thj eighth city o*:" the world, has faced advancing armies so often before her people have become a little blase about war and revolution. In 1927 advancing
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    Attacks Worry Hongkong
    144 5 Reuter. MANILA, Tues. i Hongkong is said to be J very much agitated and J disturbed about the reJ cent attacks on British naval vessels on the a angtse River, according I In arrivals during the week-end from the Brl- tish Crown Colony. Mr. Q, K. Pryor,
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    Poor Consolation
    99 5 Reuter. WEST BRIDGEFORD, Nottinghamshire, Tuesday. Nottinghamshire Post Office has apologised to Mr. Lucian dc Pontino hero for a mistake which lost him over £26.000 ter ling. Mi. de Pontino had a cor-. Tect forecast in a football' pools competition. Nearly deInious with Joy he waited for the firm
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    MALICE TO NONE
    85 5 Reuter-AAP. BRISBANE. Tues.A former prisoner of War, Roman Catholic padre, vvhc has volunteered for mis.jior work in Japan, said before hit departure from Australia thai he could give some Japanese "a good kick in the pants", but he bore no rancbuv against the Japanese race. The padre
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    Gay Paris—Through Red Eyes
    238 5 Gay Paris —Through Red Eyes Reuter. PARIS, Tuesday.—Paris has been trying hard to live up to her prewar reputation of a gay carefree city but is waging an uphill fight against increasing American influence and "Marshallisation'', according to Yuri Zhukov, Paris correspondent of the Soviet Communist Party newspaper "Pravd i".
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    P.C.'s IMPRISONED
    51 5 A.P. BERLIN. Mon.—Two Rus- ■ten sector German policemen u, r, sentenced to a year in j on today for letting holdup i ln °n steal their pistols. A Soviet sector court, ieporte*l the Russian licensed news Jgency, ADN, found the pair "act surrendered their guns to lour armed
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    INDIA'S DRIVE TO BUILD UP SERVICES
    196 5 Reuter. BOMBAY. Tues. The Government of India has launched an all-out drive to recruit officers and men for India' 3 defence services. Pamphlets. posters and press appeals, urging Indian youths to join the armed sei vices, have appeared all over the country. Services selection
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    SURGEON USES RAZOR
    370 5 Consort Returns With Wounded U.P. HONGKONG. Tuesday JHE yomig British surgeon aboard the Consort performed major operations on wounded sailors with a straight r.tzor as the destroyer fought a running battle with Communist heavy artillery on the treacherous Yangtze river last week. Lieutenant Mark Benley said that
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    HE SHOULDN'T HAVE GONE
    90 5 Reuter-AAP. WHEN a young man fell at a dance at a country town in j New Scuth Wales and injured jan eye, friends took him to hos- pital. After treatment. the younr man was returning to the dance in a car which collided with another car.
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    CALENDAR OF SICKNESS
    152 5 Reuter. LONDON, Tues. Fifteen I per cent, more women than men get ill in a month and I 37 pet cent, more women than men complain of illness, a SOI cial survey by the British j Government's Central Office of Information has disc'-osed. I In a "calendar"
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    Still Time To Save China
    160 5 CHENNAUET Reuter. SAN FRANCISCO. Tues.— Major General Claire Chennault, former leader of the Flying Tigers" said lieu- last n ght that if the present ti end In China continued, world wai three would begin with the Pacific dominated by the CYmmunists. General Chennault, who arrived
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    Deaf Wins Degree
    128 5 Reuter AAP. Melbourne, Tues. THE first p rsoa com- 1 plelely deaf sine birth to obtain a degree in an AustmMan university was Mr. Pierre Gorman, of ta.i'fiehl, a *«u--hurb of Melbourne, Victoria. KecnUy at the Ini \ersity ot NrIWVM the degree of Rache'or -:f Agri'-u'tura! Science
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    HAPPY RETURNS
    64 5 Reuter-AAP. A sailor who leccived a letter from the Taxation Department asking why he had not furnished an income tax return claimed that not only had he furnished the tetuin but he had received a refund of more then A£2C. In reply to the letter he wrote: 'T
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    US A-Bomb Aircraft Group For Britain
    157 5 U.P. LONDON, Tuesday.—lt was disclosed today that the first American Superfortress ;>roup, with knowledge of atomic bombing will arrive in England next Saturday and put the United States in a position to drop an atom bomb anywhere in Europe on short notice. An air
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    4-YEAR-OLD HAS FALSE TEETH
    66 5 Durham. Tues. Four-y ii old Mary Marshall, of Grange —terrace. Pelton Fell. County Durham, is believed to be the youngest person in Britain to have been fitted with false teeth. She was fitted widi temporary denture at Newcastle on Tyne Dental Hospital after dci cayed "milk
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    CALL TO RECONVENE ASIAN CONFERENCE
    134 5 Reuter. BOMBAY, Tues. The Indonesian League of India has appealed to Prime Ministei Jawaharlal Nehru to reconvene the Asian Conference on Indonesia. The Working Committee of the Indonesia League, consisting of leading Indian politicians and public men, urged Pandit Nehru to "take further steps to
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    BAO SAYS NEVER DIE
    594 6 JHE French have, after much difficulty p-r--suaded plump, ex-Emperor Bao Dai to leave his idyllic surroundings in Nice and betake himself to the more turbulent atmosphere of Indo-Chinese politics. For three years the French have tempted Bao Dai with the crown that would have made him
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    CONSERVING THE WORLD'S FORESTS
    776 6  -  by A Reuter Correspondent Reuter. MYSORE THE International Fore-dry and Timl>er Utilisation Conference that h: s j::st •*oncluded here has appealed to World Governments to entourage bold schemes for protection of forests and reforestation of all available l»v us. In the opinion ot the conference, "efforts
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    STRAIGHT FROM THE SHOULDER
    1262 6  -  by Mencius i TpHE account of dying Nanking I 1 in last Sunday's Tribune has a brief sentence that explains a lot of China news in the past few years. Ir case you did not notice it. here it is: "Today is a field day for
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    New Ways Of Reporting Crime
    235 6 U.P. SWEDISH newspaper methods of dealing with rei Lain kinds of criminal cases such as rapes and. in particular, the publication of alleged delinquents' names weie the main subject of discussion in the Swedish press and radio recently. A subsequent meeting of the Swedish Pi
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    Seeing Ourselves As Others See Us
    609 6 A.P. WHEN the King and Queen of Egypt were divorced last autumn, the King wanted to know what the United States thought about the crash of the royal romance. So someone clo-e to him asked one of America's biggest clipping bureaus to scour newspapers
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    PLACE NAMES
    44 6 THE first list of Russian names of places in the Antartic Cirlce has completely the Cartographic committee of the USSR Geographic.il Society. Two Russians, desrr.beJ as navigators, were stated to have given Russian nasses to thirty islands, peninsular and other geographical features.
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    Riding In The Row
    57 7 Thest pretty girls and their handsomely bearded escort, dr (S scd in the fashions of the >">»>«»;■<»'«« when they joined the Parade in London's %hionabV Rotten mg m a smart car. The ««w of conr M was they were bachHnnßritain's export dme by putt in f
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    14-Stone Council Members Will Box In The Ring
    192 7 LONDON, Tuesday. A labour alderman will "try to forget differences m the council chamber" when he climbs into the ring for a three-round boxing match with an Independent councillor. Ea.-h weighs more than 14st. Alderman Wilson, 51, of Saffron Watdea (Essex) said
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    83 YEARS — RUNS 23 MILES
    103 7 83 YEARS RUNS 23 MILES A.P. LONDON, Tues. Eighty-three-year-old Charles ran 23 miles from Slough, Middlesex, tc Trafalgar Square, London, in five hours 38 minutes, Sunday. *'I will rest J bit," said Charles in a cocky mood. "Then go in lor something bigger." He challenged any man over 64 to
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    DAN DEFOE — SECRET AGENT
    246 7 DAN DEFOE SECRET AGENT NEW YORK. Tues—Discover v < sceret letters written by Daniel Defoe (author ot "Robinson Crusoe"), in the possession of one of his descendants, Mrs. Margaret De Foe Latham, of Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, has been announced by the Cornell University, New York State. Defoe Is now revealed
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    'SWEET DAY' FOR U.K.'s CHILDREN
    67 7 LONDON. Tues. After the orgy castor oil. That was the one unpleasant thought distressing the youngsters of Great Britain who went ou a lollypop spree on Sunday. Sweet rationing is ended. After seven years and the confectioners shops did terrific business. Not since 1942 have
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    Nuisance Caller Was Husband
    138 7 LONDON, Tues.—James A'fred Beard, of no permanent address, was summoned by hn wife at Highgate recently for j persistently ringing her up I without reasonable cau te. Beard who is separated from his wife, was said to have rung her up every night for three I
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    VANISHING BEDS FOR BRITONS
    157 7 LONDON, Tues. This year the average British housewife living in small rooms can expect a lot of fun from ncr furniture. At a preview of the newest designs in furniture which will be on show at the British Industries Fair these items were shown Upholstered settees
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    River Ran With Wine
    77 7 LONDON, Tues. Women and children with bottles and i jugs collected 'wine as it ran i fiom broken casks after a lorry i carrying 12 x 2 tons of sherry, white wine. and buigundv crashed through the side of a bridge into the River Ver, at
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    DOES ANYONE WANT 1,500 DAFFODILS?
    300 7 LONDON, Tuesday. Mrs. Helen Richardson and her husband Joseph cut 2,000 daffodils from their two acres of gardens at Waterford, Ireland, threw out 500 of them and brought the rest to the National Daffodil Show In London. They have just returned home wi»!i 10 l;rstclaas
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    MUTES ARRESTED
    33 7 TOKIO, Tues.—Police in the Takanawa district of Tokio yesterday arrested four mutes on a robbery charge. One mute is a member of a gang still at large, according to the police.
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    'THE KING OF LORD'S' DIES AT 83
    259 7 LONDON, Tues. While, I groundsmen today prepared for I another season at Lord's, news I came that Jimmy Cannon, head clerk «at the famous cricket I ground, witli 65 years' service, had died at the age of S3. "Kin:; of Lord's" they called
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    HONOUR SATISFIED
    41 7 MONTEVIEDEo, Uruguay. Tues. -Francisco Forteza, mm- j ister of National Defence, and/ \ntonio Amoros, Member of th? llererista Nationalist patty,; the chief opposition group, 1 fought a duel with pistol? over a political argument. Both miss- j cd. 1
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    SHOPGIRLS INTO MANNEQUINS
    355 7 LONDON, Tuesday. A south London store believes its sales girls are prettier than any loannequina, md is giving them the chance to prove it From scores of volunteers it has chosen a team of seven blondes and one bruenette as model*. Mrs. Judith Searle, attractive woma.i in
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      35 7 lIX ABiwni By Al €apl> 1 71 r; T MARRY NO HAWG/T~ )l I —/4/7 A//4S WHOMPED UP A HUS&IN-TRAP FQ' yO'.f-A GIANT SASSJPG&WMPP/N' ALLEY OOP By V. T. Hamlin EPCTw ASTINKEB?THAr* MAKE O NE^X
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    IT'S TALENTIME TONIGHT
    770 8 Seven Men And A Gir l Seek YOUR Vote IT'S "Talentime" tonight the final hi the Urst series sponsored by Radio Malaya to discover umateur entertainers in the Colony. Eight artistes, who have been selected by applause, will tonight perform before an i.udicnce of nearly 1,000 strong
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    "BITTER SPRINGS"
    79 8 When Tommy Tinnier h- i mshes his London pantomim s j season in the Spring he is going to Australia to star with Chips Raffei tv in Michael Balcon's j production "Bitter Springs." I The story has been wntten by Ralph Smart, who will direct the film. "Bitter
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    AMERICAN GESTURE
    61 8 In appreciation of Hamlet. Mr. Abrams and Mr. Pierce of the Standard Oil Companr. New York, have sent food parcels to those associated with the making of the film. Jean Simmons i Kseivcd hers at Denhahl th" .i*ncr day It was handed over by Mr Finer Olsen. Chief
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    Tengah Challenge
    34 8 Sgt. J. Shaw (St*nd*.ag left) and his harmonic t baad. Seated (left lo right) I.At Kennedy. AC Carter, «nd v Ptrdue. Standing (left to right) AC hiair, AC Re*\cs pad LAC Murphy.
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    'Marriage Leads To Success' — Stanwyck
    224 8 'Marriage Leads To Success' Stanwyck HOLLYWOOD, Tuesday. OOUNDS odd, coining from Hollywood, of all place. J but Barbara Stanwyck sees a direct connection between happy marriage and success on the screen. "Look at me," invited Miss Stanwyck, who married Robert Taylor ten years ago, "I have h id :our nominations
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      599 8 SHIPPING IKANSFIELD CO. LTD. (Incorporated In Singapore) BLUE FUNNEL LINE I 0 Carrier s option to proceed via other ports to load and discharge cargo. SAILINGS FROM U.K. U.S.A. Agapenor" due from UK/Cont. «£%2 'Melampus" due from U.S.A G.db/3' •Dolius" duo from U.K. May 4 •Aeneas" due from U.K May
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      349 8 OX VOIR RADIO TODAY BLUE NETWORK by Kembangan Truna Kron- Report In Amoy; 8.15 ManENGLISH PROGRAMMES ehong Party; 8.05 Relay from darln Selections; 9.45 "Fun 1.00 p.m. Dance Music; 1.30 BBC London; 8.15 News; A Mirth" in Teochew; 10.00 News; 1.45 waltz time; 2.00 8.30 Women's Hour 9.00 Close News
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    Rubber Market
    95 9 THE rubber commodity market remained quiet all day yes-1 terday with small business passing. Though little interest was 1 taken the market was steady at the close. Closing pi ices were: Buyers. Sellers. 1 No. 1 May RSS 35% 36% No. 2 May RSS 33 34 No. 3
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    LOCO PLAN
    122 9 A.P. NEW DELHI, Tues. The Government of India will spend Rs. 140.000.000 I U5552,000,000) t'> attain self-sufficiency in loco motives. A factory is being built in \\>st Bengal. The first completely Indian-built locomotive Is expected to roll out of the shops by th* end of 1951. Designed to
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    Tin Quota
    61 9 Reuter. LONDON, Tues. The British Supply Minis. I try announces the Com- 5 bined Tin Committee has 5 fina«!y allocated 61,475 S long tons of tin metal for the first half of 1949 f including Ceylon 17, Hongkong 150, India 936, Pakistan 500 nd Japan 5 *»»000. j
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    Produce Market
    107 9 POPRA continued to rally yesL» terday gaining a dollar. The markets were steady. Pepper gained $2 on all varieties and remained very steady. Yesterday's produce prices j ex-godown as quoted by the Chinese Produce Exchange: SAGO FLOUR: Lingga i 113%, Sarawak $10. Siak $11. SAGO SEED: $16. I
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    EXPERT ON 'HOW TO GET U.S. CAPITAL'
    558 9 U.P. YORK, Tuesday.—An expert on international «'conomics, advising underdeveloped countries, such a* the Philippines and India, which seek American capital to help an industrialization programme, says the appeals Hill produce only limited results unless there is considerable revision of thinking on both sides
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    Along the godowns
    65 9 Empire llamble (Sheers Wharf); Richmond Hill (40/41); Benledi (38/39); Melampus (36); Charon (38 34); Kistna (18); Pentakota (19 20); Islander (21 23); Rantau (23 24); Rajah Brooke (25); Tapah (26); Long view Victory 2 7 2 8 Ajax 29 3 0 Deblghshire (15 16); Bidor Relau (13/14);
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    MAILS
    95 9 Mai's schedule for Wednesday Air mails are expected to arrive from Holland, Australia New Zealand. Colony of North Borneo, Sarawak, Brunei. Indochina. Siam. Batavia, Medan. Palembang, Sourabaya and P9dang. Latest time of posting at the G.P.O. is. to. United Kingdom. Aden, Arabia. Canada, Europe. India. Iran. Iraq, Pakistan, Palestine,
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    Little Interest
    23 9 The 'oca' share markets showed little interest inspite St cheaper offerings in a'l sections. There is very little support from overseas.
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    Call For Action To Save Rubber
    480 9 MR. F. M. Edmonds, chairman of Jerara Kuantan Rubber Estate Ltd., at the shareholders annual general meeting on Monday forecast deepening setbucks to Malaya's rubber industry "unless the assurances of fumbling officialdom are reinforced with action by the years' end He said "With war
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    5 per cent Dividend
    89 9 Jeram Kuantan Kubbcr had a credit balance of $24,735.31 tor the year ending December 31, 1948. The total balance after 1 adding $10,471.56 carried forward from 1947 is $35,206.87. A dividend of 5 per cent for 1948 less income tax at 20 per cent was approved
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    RICE FORECAST
    89 9 U.P. WASHINGTON. Tues. The Agriculture Department today reported that stepped up Siamese rice exports' bear out predictions that a large surplus from the 1948 crop would be available for export this season. It reported that Siam export- ,Ed 900 million pounds of rice in the first quarter of
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    Malayan Share Quotations
    842 9 Singapore, Tuesday. THE local share market was dull and prices were inclined to be rather easier in most cases. Buyers. Sellers. Atlas lice 15.50 16.50 ilex Brian I Pref. 2.90 3.00 I Ords. 2.25 2.35 8.8. Petrol 40/6 41/0 B. M. Truaxee 7.50 8.50 Cons. Tia Ord.
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    MALACCA'S 2nd STATE TRIAL
    87 10 MALACCA. Mod. Malar, holds Its —cond State trial today between the following IWO selected teams: COLOURS: R. Ei Dunklev: S. Maniatt. Yam Fonk Pont; Phillip Lai. Wee Tiam Tv. Mssri bin Sukar: Haron bin Abdullah. Tarn Komr Chee. Tni. Chee Lim. Johar bin Rashtd Baehik bin
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    A.A.U. SHUTTLE FIXTURES
    155 10 The following players will represent the. Amateui Athletic Union at badminton against the following parties: VS JACQUES B. P.. Clerical Union Hall. Sunday at t o.m. Miss Molly Yeo. Wee Sin tion SfaWl bin Samadi. Wee Sian (Jinn. Koh Rer.?r Swee Poh Kirn Yam. Hamid bin Marzuki.
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    British Golfers Set To Avenge Defeats
    285 10 A.P. (By BILL MACKLIN) LONDON. TAN Britain, the cradle of gold, recover this year from its postwar golfing slump Determined professionals and optimistic amateurs pitch into the new season vowing to gain i revenge for the humiliating string of defeats since the war, by
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    NEGRI SHOULD RETAIN CUP
    730 10 Strong In Attack And Defence By HARRY FANG MEGRI SEMBILAN's chances to retain the Malaya ;1 Cup this year are bright. Those who watched her trounce Johore in the opening round of the Southern section of the competition at Muar last Saturday were impressed by the
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    Compact Team
    49 10 'the Negri Sembilan Malaya Cup team which beat Fohore by Six goals to two at Muar last Saturday. Lett to Right: (Back row): Ka- Sow, Mustapha, Kok Heng; (Middle row Kok Tong, Toon Chung, Whitehead; (Front Row); Thean Kwee, Kee Fah, Henderson, Soon Teck (Capt.), Poh Chiew.
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    Craven 'A' Cup Soccer
    129 10 Malacca. Tues. The Malacca Chinese beat the Eut.-sian Association two-Hil last Saturday and thereby «onsolidated their position as leaders of the Crrven "A" i up competition. Roth jroals were scored in the first half. The Eurasians los f BSSjnlj? dv" to a bad lapse in goal
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    'MR. EVERGREEN' CONTEST
    110 10 The Evergreen Weight Lift in,; Party will hold its first A-inual OpeS Championship* and "Mr Evergreen Contests, under the H.A.W.L.F. Rules, on Saturday, at H Waterloo Street, at CtdL p.m. 4 "Mr. Evergreen chaltenr. up is donated by the Winston n Sports Store; medal*? for the Best
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    LATEST F. A. LEAGUE TABLE
    1106 10 Reuter. LONDON, Tue». —Following are the English and Scottish football league tables, including matches tilayed on Easter Monday 18/4 in all cases, excepting Scottish League Division 'IV, in which there were no matches on Easter Monday. This "Division is up-to-date after Saturday's 16 4 games.
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    NO CHANGES IN 1956 OLYMPICS
    228 10 A.P. ROME, Tuesday. THE International Olympic Committee has decided against proposals made by Helsinki, next host to the Olympic games, to trim the events. The proposal had the backing of Avery Brundage, lOC Vice-President and American delegate. A new winter game has been added and
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    C.S.C. v. S.R.C.
    49 10 The following will represent Ceylon Sports at sotyer ajratnsl S.R.C. today at 5.15 p.m. .on the S.R.C. ground: S. Theoara.iah. S. Chelliah. X Thambyrayah. V. R. Sabapathy. S. Vs'tipullai, G. Ranatunca. A. Anadi rsiah. Capt. Halud<«n. A Vijiaratnam. Vivan Roberts. C Thurasinjrhenv. Reserves: S. Vogarajan, Sjindram.
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    TIGERS' WATER POLO
    50 10 The Tiger Swimmng Club'B 'A' team beat the Singapore DH:ri< i l (Army) Combined A' team by I eight goals to nil and their 'B' i team beat them by eight goals V to one at a water polo played :it the Nee Soon damson Swimming Pool.
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    India Wants Hockey To Remain
    109 11 A.P. CALCUTTA. Tues. T/ie Indian Hockey Federation has > nt a letter to the International. Hockey Federation uryiny that hockey not be i (bided in the ne.rt Olympic t/ames. The Indian Federation states that if HO place (a available in Htlsinki then milti the semiDuals
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    GAUCHO KEEPS UP GOOD FORM
    409 11  -  Slow work at Bukit Titnah By ALLAN LEWIS THE number two and three tracks were i n splendid condition this mortling when they were again opened for work, at Bukit Timah. Few horses were sent fast, the majority being confined to trotting and cantering exercises.
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    THIRD DAY WEIGHTS
    151 11 BELOW arc the weights m four races on Saturday May 7 the third day of the Singapore Turf Club's bummer Meeting: HORSES. L. 2, DIV 1, Fl RLONGSSMILING THROUGH M» BOW LEGS a" in TRUMPINGTON 1,1 MASCOTTE 5*2 TRICOLOUR ,7 CONGO 5-JJk H\PPY QUADRANT 2** MISS PAPILLON
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    BURTON WINS APRIL MEN'S MEDAL
    132 11 The April monthly Men':? Medal 'A' Division played at the Island Club on Saturday and Sunday last resulted in a win for Mr. R. C. Burton with a score of 82 less 13=69. Some of the other best scores were as follows H. Tooke 75
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    P. Brani Draw After Missing 2 Penalties
    277 11 KOTA RAJA 1 PULAU BRANI 1 FAILING to make use of two penalties awarded them, Pulau Brani United was held to a one-all draw by Kota Raja in their S.A.F.A. League match at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. The Raias were off form and
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    TONY ZALE QUITS
    158 11 U.P. CHICAGO, Tues.—Fnr- mer wortd middle-weight champion, Tony Za.»e, announced his retirement today, thus eliminating himself from a title fight I scheduled for this sum- mer against Marcel CerS dan. I In a statement, Zale I said: "After much argu--3 ment with myself, and I with managers,
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    MACAONS to PLAY for T.B. FUND
    187 11 DEFORE they leave the Colony, the Macao TaWe- Tennis team will play a charity match, probably in the first week of May, against a Singapore representative side, in aid of the Singapore Anti-Tuber-culosis Fund. Mr. Ho Kin Hin manager of the Macao team revealed
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    KLUANG TEAM
    43 11 In the first round o»' the Ahmad Abdullah Cup interdistrict Tournament. Kluang will meet Johore Bahtu at Kluang on Friday. The following will represent Kluang; -Mayhcw; Davidson; Grey; Loats; Peacock; Nordin; Ranji>. Gurung; Daniels; Fitzgerald; Mohd Noor; Chan Chee Chuan Capt.)
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    M.C.F.A. OFFICIALS
    94 11 MALACCA. Tues. -Ai the I annual general meeting of Un Malacca Chinese football Club hold on Sunday the following were elected oflfceebenrera for 1949: Picsldcnt. Mi. Chan Boon En*;; vice-pre-BMent, Mi. C H. Oh hon. secretary. Mi. Low S*fi Guar, (rc-clecttedr. hon treasurer. Mr. Chan Choo Tiong; committee.
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    ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOLSHUTTLE RESULTS
    220 11 The Anglo Chinese School held their first post war Badminton Championship yesterday. There were 52 entries. The quarter finals an<i the I semi finals were played at the I Clerical Union Hall. Rangoon Road, on Monday adn yesterday respectively QUABTEB FINALS BBSULTB Singles: Kwek Keng Kwang 1
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    BUKOM TAKE A 7-0 BEATING
    130 11 8.0.D. easily defeated Pulau Bukom by seven goals to nil in a Junior A Group 1 soccer fixture at the 8.0 D. ground yesterday. In the third minute Chyc Hcc sent a beautiful corner kick for left inner Ramlan to head it into the goal
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    Counties Ready For Another GoodSeason
    652 11  -  (By JIM CHAMBERS A.P. LONDON —County cricket clubs will be liaupv this vear that "star" players, even if nicked for all four Test Matches against New .Zealand will lose only twelve days of county championship cricket. When the Australians were here a year a&o teams
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      63 11 1 l H FOLKS CttRLV IK RrS HARD lb SAY JUST WHAT KIND OF RGHTTHSI*BUT DYNAMITE SMILES, INDICATING THAT No| |"NOW DYNAMITE 5H00T5 A THUNDER33L' r „„i, PVNAMITE DUNN FOR. WILL BE WTILTHERE ITIS Srw DAMAGE WAS DONE.' CURLY LASHES OUT RIGHT THAT ROCKS CURD*.'.' THE CM» tlirlj LANDS THE
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    'I Am A Political Nobody' —G.H.S.
    167 12 'I Am A Political Nobody' G.H.S. A.P. LONDON, Tuesday. < ieorgo Bernard Shaw compfcuacd today that Irelwl's %i*th« draws! from the British i v.mnaouwealth has made kiai a nobody." lie suggested that he h? made a "guest eit;Zi n. In a letter o t'.o Times the LiOTU playwright said ht
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    KING TO BE TOLD OF NEW INDIA PACT
    209 12 Details Remain A Secret U.P. and Reuter. LONDON, Tuesday. INFORMED sources here said toniKht that agreement on India's future relationship with the British Commonwealth was near and an announcement will probably be made tomorrow night. The formula worked out by the Commonwealth
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    THE KING!
    26 12 A.P. LONDON. Tues. KinGeorge VI and Queen Elizabeth observe their 26th wedding anniversary today with a small family luncheon paity at Buckingham Palace. -A.P.
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    Russia Won't Budge
    104 12 LONDON, Tues.—Western diplomats failed today in renewed efforts to soften Rus sian demunds for US$l5O.--000.000 cash reparations fiom Austi ia. The Foreign Ministers Deputies wearily cloned their lf»4th session in London's Lancastc House with no yielding by thr Russian.- recorded, or in sight. They are trying to
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    Italy Asks For A Hand In Colonies
    248 12 U.P. LAKE SUCCESS. Tuesday. ITALY today appealed to the United Nations for participation in the United Nations trusteeship ever its former African Empire. The Italian Ambassador, Alberto Tarchiani, told Ihe United Nations Political Committee that his Government had "elaborate plans to further the
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    Closing Dates For Exams
    86 12 The closing dates for entries for the following examinations in Singapore Cambridge School Certificate Examinations December, 1949: Entiies are to be submitted as early as possible before May 14, 1949. Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. London Entries are to be submitted as early
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    MINING SCHOOL
    54 12 At the training pit in Ashington, England, taees bays are being (aught to erect roof supports. The British government has launched a drive to educate teen-agers in methods of the coal industry. Bo\s showing ability and enthusiasm get opportunity to study for higher posts in the industry, which
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    London Stock Market
    161 12 Reuter. LONDON". TOM. Saarj bruken bonds soared on the > London Stock Exchange toI day. Rumours that payment on account arrears was imminent brought a tush of hliysjii I and the price gained four points at 98. I Trading in othei seetk>:iwas small and under the IttftaeOCC
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    Indies: Fed. Heads Ready For Talks
    125 12 U.P. BATAVIA, Tuesday. JHF Federal Leaders' conference here today Dominated eight representatives to take part in the present Dutch-Indonesian- talks on a solution of the Indonesia question being held under the auspice? of the United Nations Commission for Indonesia. The delegation will include the
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    YELLOW FEVER VACCINATION
    50 12 KUALA LUMPUR) Tues. Vaccination against yellow fever of persons travelling to South Africa, or through Chat country is required by law. Vaccination in the Federation of Malaya is dene at the Institute for Medical Research, Kua'.a Lumpur. Vaccination in Singapore is done at the College of Medicine.
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    40 Rebels Killed
    93 12 Burma Front Reater. RANGOON, Tues.—A Burmese (iovernment communique said tonight that 10 mem bars of the Insurgent White Band People s Volunteer Organisation were killed and ">0 injured by Gov. rninenf troops in a clash at W-Met, a railway tow n in the Shu tho district north
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    Chamber Chief Makes 3 Requests
    330 12 Mr. HardyaJ Singh, president or the Indian Chambei of Comm. ice yesterday urged the Indian Government to redress three grievances Indian merchants in Malaya had: I. He asked for the issue of general licences for the import of betelnuts from India. 2. He asked for
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    TO CALL ON SWISS
    31 12 BERNE. Tues. Pandit Nehru, Indian Prime Minister, •vi'l pay an official three-da\ visit to Switzerland from May 3 to May 5, the Swiss Government announced here today.—
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    P.M.'s 'No' To Colour Talk
    292 12 Reuter. LONDON. Tues. Prime Minister Clement Attlee rejected ii suggestion by Mr. Lmrvs Hughes, Labour, in the House of Commons today that he should discuss with the Dominion Prime Ministers during their visil to London the question of ruination against coloured people \Vh<-n asked if
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    Malaya's Rice Must Come through IEFC
    611 12 Tribune Staff Report )T Xl ALA LUMPI R in. i MR. A. Heywood Haddington, iTI of tho Federation told a press eonfL r todny that importation of rice through channels was an impractical nnmoLi moment- 1 08 t th. He said: "That would only
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    WHAT'S ON TODAY General
    51 12 -w- U I Y.W.C.A: Katon^ meet at 2.45 p n. at 5 Quay tor education! V i*tS the General Po.st ofiic-. Cook ing Classes in Chin, e dis 31. Gilstead Road aixm.m association King Edward VII Collet n Medicine. Clinico-Patholonca meeting. Dept. of Patholog General Hospital—s
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    Cinemas
    151 12 CATHAY: "Woman Hater with Stewart Granger and Edwige Feuillere—11 a.m.. l ;5 j 4.15, 6.45 and 9.30 p.m REX: "You Gotta Stay Happy; with Joan Fontaine and James Stewart—11 a .m 1.45 4, 6.30 and 9.30 p.m. CAPITOL: "Song Of India" with Sahu, Gail Ruvell and Turhan Bey—11 a
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    Sport
    60 12 LEAGUE SOCCER: Snr Div Royal Navy v. C.A.—Jalan Be sar Stadium; Royal Signals v R.E. S pore—Tanglin Barracks Junior "A'' Group 2, Indonesian XI v. H.M. Dockyard—Geylang Stadium; Junior B group 2, Banka Sports Club v Haikowyu C.Y.M.A. ground. St George's Road; Police v. Customs—Thomson Road. WATER-POLO: Garrison water-polo
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    RICE GONE?
    47 12 U.P. YOKOHAMA, Tues. Japanese Government officiate feared the majot portion of tSC first postwar rice shipment fn Siam may he lost, ss t!i< it was being carried in street i submerged rock and ripped hole in her hull svhen Yokohama inaei p"it tftis morning. U.P.
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