Malaya Tribune, 28 July 1949

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    67 1 MALAYA Tribune BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Tet Tribune" Spore [ARCER SALES THAN ANY AFTERNOON PAPER IN MALAYA Phone 56T1/3 Nine Lines cuoUnnma mmuisan*uua*y ut mnyupore, Kuunt L,um P ur, Ipoh and Penang. .EIGHT PAGES." 1 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1949 PRICE TEN CENTS THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE:
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    Spitfire Pilot Killed
    73 1 A Singapore-based Spitreturning from an attack on isolated bandit camps in the Sungei Rompin district in Pahang crashed near Sembawang airfield. The pilot was killed instantaneously. The next of kin have been informed and a Court of Inquiry is being held. Spitfire and Sunderland aircraft attacked the
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    LABOUR M.P. EXPELLED
    87 1 Reuter. LONDON. Wed.—Mr. Lester I Hutchinson, left wing Labour Member of Parliament, has been expelled from the Labour F'aity, it was learned from a usually reliable source here this afternoon. He has been a severe critic of the Labour Government's foreign policy. Three other left wing Labour
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    'BROOKE'S MAIL IS NOT CENSORED'-REES-WILLIAMS
    219 1 Reuter. LONDON, Wednesday. Mr. David Rees-Wil-liams. Under-Secretary for the Colonies, told a questioner in Parliament today: "As far as I am aware Mr. Anthony Brooke's correspondence is not censored either here or in the Far East." Mr. Thomas Skeffington Lodge, Labour, had complained of censorship
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    WORLD'S FASTEST AIRLINER — Its British
    129 1 WORLD'S FASTEST AIRLINER Its British A.P. HATFIELD. Wed.—Britain's j newest airliner, the 500 mile an hour jet engined De Havil land Comet, flew for the lirst time today. Test pilot John Cunning ham lifted the plane a few feet off the ground and sped j 500 yards as a test
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    Govt Stock Slumps Again
    126 1 Reuter. LONDON. Wed. British Government Securities, slumping sharply today, showed an estimated aggregate paper loss of fully £150.000,000 The total loss so far thtJ week was estimated at £300,000.000, additional to the very big losses earlier thio year. One Government stock (Funding 3 per cent) slumped
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    C.C. LEAVES FOR HONGKONG
    45 1 Commissioner-General Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald left Singapore this morning by the 8.0.A.C. flying boat on a visit I to Hongkong. Tnis is one of his periodic informal visits to 1 the Colony. He will return to j Singapore on Aug. 2.
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    Coal Strike May End Next Week
    141 1 SYDNEY. Wed. Industrial observers in Sydney believe that the five week old coal strike may end next week. Their hopes are based on the outcome of a conference today between representatives of the Australian Council of Trade Unions and the Combined Mining Unions Council.
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    PROFITS SET-OFF ON WAR CLAIMS
    668 1 TIN AND R UBBER ARE EXEMPT "Unfair To Pay For Losses Already Made Up" Committees Accept Britain's "Final Offer" Without Cut Britain's "final offer" on War Damage Compensation las been accepte! by the Select Committ ees of Singapore md the Federation, but they suggest that
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    PLEA FOR MORE M-AID SHAKES EUROPE
    214 1 British Dollar Crisis A.P. PARIS, Wednesday.—Britain's critical dollar shortage has exploded into an economic crisis for all the Marshall Plan countries. The unexpected British request for U*****,000,--000 additional American aid broke like a bombshell among the other countries. This was especially true since the
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    N.Z. DOCKERS STRIKE
    27 1 A.P. WELLINGTON. NEW ZEA•AND, Wed.—Dockers number>g 1.800 struck work at Vellington today in protest at ■overnment's suspension of normal working conditions on the waterfront.—A.P.
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    Tram Lover
    47 1 A.P. i LONDON, Wed. j Claude Lane likes street- j j cars ho well he has had i ne built for himself. He kept it in his gar- j den in suburban Barnet along with a power plant I and arils of track. I S
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    IS MALAYAN AIRWAYS A MONOPOLY?
    341 1 pKDERAL Councillor Mr. fan Siew Sin will ask at Wednesday's meeting of the Council whether Malayan Airway* h"s been granted a monopoly of *ir transport in the Federation, and if so, for how 'ong. Mr. Tan has prepared the following list of questions for answer:
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    1000 Police In Screening
    82 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— One thousand police from the Police Depot, Tanjong Rambutan cordoned off an area from the 8 1 mile Timor Road to the 15 M mile Sungei Siput Road-an area of about 24 square miles yesterday. The police scieened 2046 per- sons. A police
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    Happy Hari Raya
    52 2 S An old Hari Raya i Puasa custom. Rig and small children oi th«- household and neighbour- hood gather to pay their J respects to ('he Fatlmah 1 1 HKC Haji Haroun, J. P. yesterday. These Malay 1 i children are dressed In J J brightly-coloured keba-
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    FED. HAULAGE RULES FLAYED
    81 2 Singapore- Chinese traders are dissatisfied with the existing haulage regulations in the Federation. Whde motor lorries from the Federation have every freedom of movement in the Colony. Singapore lorries going to the Federation are under many restrictions, a spokesman of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce
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    Youth Adviser
    145 2 The Laurence .Skinner. Associated World Secretary of the Seventh Day Adventist Youth Movement, the Mll sionaiy Volunteers, has been in Singapore since Saturday. He has toured the Orient, including Korea. Japan, the Philippines. Indonesia and Siam during the last three months, on behalf of the movement whose headqua:tera
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    MUSLIMS PRAY & GO GAY
    360 2 MUSLIMS PRAY GO GAY (Tribune Staff Reporter) SINGAPORE had the touch of a new look yesterday when Muslims went gay in celebration of the greatest day in the Islamic calendar the Han Raya Puasa or Idil-Fitri. Dressed in their colourful national costumes, they sauntered or rode along the streets making
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    AIRCRAFT DELAYED
    27 2 The Qantas 8.0.A.C. Constellation from CX. delayed 24 hours at Karachi yesterday iHcause of a minor engine defect I* expected to arrive here this afternoon.
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    Along The Godowns
    65 2 Kustbris <44): Hai Hsia (A.D.E.); Empire Hamblei Ovcrysel (Sheers Wharf i; I Noieverett »40, 41); TUtle Lykes (38/39»; Malays Botireoch (33,34); f Steel Admiral (31/32): Manoevan < 17, 18); Gorgon (19 20>; Frederick Clover (21/22); Pacific Stronghold (23/24); Atreus (25/26); Belorussia 127 '28); Benlawors (29/30); Purnea (15/16);
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      181 2 NEW ADVISER The Singapore Chinese i Chamber of Commerce ha i i appointed Mr. Tan Siak Kew as its representative on th.Singapore Trade Advisory j Committee. »n place of Mr. j Yap Twee who has resigned. Today 4 show at i .00—3.S0—«.:;o—b.s§ p.m. HEHANA. V. H. DF.SAI Ml MTAZ ALI
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      444 2 ON THE AIR HI Itß VTTWnRK CHA7.AL I'AKTY, RATI PvHAT. I"» I■« ArLiWtmiV g|s N>ws< H. o Relit...u«. I'mgramme, 9.00 Close 1)»« ENGLISH l'KO(ilt\>lMK 10.00 a.m. News from Kuala RED NETWORK LUUWJ 10.0.» (a|ipru\.) Close INDIAN PKOC.KAMMK Down. 12.00 Time Signal, Opening 10.56 a.m. For the School*: Annet. and Programme
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    PROFITS TEST IS BASED ON POST WAR BOOM
    1433 3 WHY RUBBER AND TIN ARE LEFT OUT War Damage Report ERE is the report ol the Select Committees formed to study the British Government's "final offer'' for Maiayan War Damage Compensation, which recommends acceptance of the plan in full: Two Joint Meetings
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    "No Interest" On B.M.A. Debts
    300 3 THE Select Committees of Singapoie and the Federation have jointly recommended that no interest shall be paid on debts or bills of exchange affected during tie period ot the British Military Administration. Theii icport, on the Moutorium Proclamation 'Repeal) Bill tabled this morning, suggests that
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    "A Premium On Sloth" – LAYCOCK
    590 3 "A Premium On Sloth" LAYCOCK lyifi. John Laycock, in an obI HI nervation published with I the report, declares: In ail the War Damage Compensation Schemes great I emphasis has been laid upon restoration of businesses which were carried on at the time when the War Damage was v suffered
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    Protection For Agents
    349 3 WIDER protection for trustees and agents against 11 ansactions conducted on behalf of principals during the Japanese Occupation is recommended by the Joint ••Wet Committees of the Federation and Singapoie under the Principals and Agents Right* and Liabilities (Occupation Period! Ordinanre. The Committees' recommendations will be placed
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    THE PAY-OFF
    567 4 cp the Select Committees have decided to accept fl Britain's final offer on War Damage Compensation. It is only a matter of time now before the enormous sum of $460,400,000 is pumped into the country to set the wheels turning and free the rubber and tin industries from
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    WHERE'S THE GASMASK?
    109 4 Reuter. LONDON. A warning to the public tftftt the: Should keep their wur-timc gas-masks at hand and in good condition has caused consternation throughout Brititn. Most people discarded their gas-masKs years ago. Many were burnt on armistice bonfires in 1945. Some have been taken apatt and used
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    THE REPUBLIC WITHOUT THE DUTCH
    482 4  -  BLUNDER IN THE FAR EAST-3 Tin's is ihc third of four on-the-spot articles, An independent Indonesia may veil be [he prelude to a civil war says the author of these articles. by Hurl on Heath THE Republic, proclaimed out of Japanese headquarters by two wartime
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    THE TRANSPARENT MAN
    1638 4  -  The Cleveland Health Mv cum is cne of the most unusual and liveliest museum The public learns the basic truth of health in a setting somewhat resembling that of a carnival. by A Correspondent U.S.I.S. THE Cleveland Health Museum is helping people of the United States and
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      24 4 Good Taste In Sweets! DIAM i nt s BRI T AI N S finest J^iT^r^ik ENQUIRIES .^^^S ARE INVITED I ROBINSONS RAFFLES PLACE SINGAPORE
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    French War Veteran’s Protest
    68 5 French War Veteran ’s Protest Disabled French war veterans, led by a brigade of wheel eJaair eases, gather before the National Opera in Paris, V before parading to protest their government's handling r of pensions. The veterans claim that promised increases 1 La pensions have not been made. The government
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    Rats Cost Britain £25,000,000 A Year,
    172 5 Reuter. LONDON. Tuesday. A "Pied Piper of Hamelin" would make his fortune in Britain today. Britain's 40,000.000 rats are costing the country 125,000,000 sterling in damage a year and their annual food bill is 2,000,000 tons. A single rat is estimated to eat 50
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    A HARD NUT
    60 5 Reuter. NORM ANTON, Yorkshire. Wed. —A. pied wagtail laid five eggs in the jib of a seven-ton mechanical excavator here. The bird sat on the eggs for two weeks while the excavator banged against quairy wal s. Blasting went on a few yards away. In spite of
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    THERE WILL BE MUSIC AGAIN
    124 5 Reuter. NDON, Wed.—The City •uion will resound with t lu.-ic again shortly. The B Exchange bells, silent since ITJ39. are to be replaced ii v» electric carillon. Before the war. the bells payed 21 English, Irish and Scottish airs. Now. the list is to be
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    BATS IN THE
    31 5 EXETER. Wed.—Bats <n Ifrey of the 14th. CenSt Margaret's Church. 1• .pleton. Devon, are damaging stonework by picking :;ortar; chips have fallen on the heads of the congregation.
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    Flying Missionaries Will Take Bible To Wild Men
    190 5 A.P. gYDNEY, Wednesday. Wild men of North Borneo soon will have religion ministered to them by flying Australian missionaries- Taking the first two-seater light plane to Lawas, 30 miles from Labuan, for the Borneo Evangelical Mission, are two Australian ex-Servicemen Bruce Morton,
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    CHIRPING THERMOMETER
    81 5 U.P. NEW YORK, Wed.—The discovery of a new type of cricket that can be used as an insect thermometer and will give the temperature to a split degree was disclosed recently. To tell the temperature you count how maa* chirps this cricket emits in*?! period of fourteen seconds
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    DOC MOTHERS 3 RABBITS
    88 5 Reuter-AAP. ADELAIDE. Wed.—A fox terrier called "Spot", who had just lost a htter of pups, recently decided to adopt and wet-nurse three baby rabbits. The rabbits were found by the dog's owner when he was digging out a burrow. "Spot's" owner said thin was the dog's
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    MORE SQUEALS
    40 5 A.P. BANGKOK. Wed.—Pigs are being slaughtered at a 20 per cent, higher rate in 1949 than last year. City officials, who get 5 baht t US$O.25) for every slaughtered pig. reported the increase in slaughterhouse pis,' production. —A.P.
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    ODD JOBS FOR PILOTS
    94 5 ReuterAAP. MELBOURNE, Wed.—Australian civil pilots did odd jobs ranging from searching for lost drovers and truck drivers to spraying lakes with hormones to kill water hyacinths, according to a recent survey conducted by the Department of Civil Aviation. Other jobs that were "all in a day's
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    Your Eyes Will Taste It First
    215 5 A.P. SAN FRANCISCO, Wednesday.—A method of diagramming flavours so that they can be recognised by sight as well as by taste was described to the Institute of Food Technologists. The idea is to standardize descriptions of taste and smell- Aroma and flavour now mean
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    Channel Swimmer Caves Up
    57 5 Reuter. OOVER, KENT, Wed.- Mrs. Willi van Wijsel. 30-year-old Dutch woman, gave up her attempt to swim the English Channel last night only one and a half miles off Dover, after being in the water 14 hours and 16 minutes. She was defeated by the cold,
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    KING BETTER
    24 5 LONDON, Wed.—King George remained standing throughout the 40-minutc investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace yesterday, indicating considerable improvement in his ading right leg.
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    All Over A Tusker
    131 5 Reuter. DOVER. KENT, Wed —Mrs year-old tasker here has caused a minor "inter-dominion" problem between India and Pakistan. The tusker, property of the Bengal Government prior to partition, was assigned to East Pakistan In the division jof assets. But its mahout a government servant, who I
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    Former GI Faces Bigamy Charge
    163 5 U.P. SEATTLE, Wednesday.—A bigamy charge has j been lodged against a former GI charging that he married an English girl during the war and then married again on return to the United States. Wood row Wilson Delawder, 36, airplane factory worker. was a caused of
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    CHARMING MAN WAS CHARMED
    69 5 Reuter. TOKYO. Wed.— Osaka j police were mystified when they caught a prosperously dressed, obviously well-edu-cated Japanese red-handed in the act of shoplifting in an Osaka department store. They were more puzzled when they discovered the thief was F. Fujimoto, 28, well-to-do teacher from Nara. Fujimoto
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      80 5 Il l AHM R hI^L, rjTftwTr^AßAW^F^"i J .A THE WINDOW W/a_. -EARS ON A POLICE HORSE g»l A^SS^^SSSSI ■IN THE SHAPE I'M IN Ws 1 I fcMB//"-THAT'S <tL THE :T ME ASIDE FOR THERE I f if J ALL TMESE PLASTIC LEGS CARRIED HER OFT/r^^ A SMILE ON MV LIPS,
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    RODGERS SADDLES HALF OF PENANG WINNERS
    1953 6  -  ...and Jones rode 'em all From ALLAN LEWIS PENANG, Wednesday. TRAINER "Doc" Rodgers and jockey Jones carried away half the events at today's races, the second day of the Penang Turf Club's Autumn (Gold Cup) Meeting, when the former saddled four winners and the
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    N. Zealand Struggle For Runs v. Yorks
    311 6 Reuter. SHEFFIELD, Wednesday. THE New Zealand cricket tourists had to struggle 1 for runs against Yorkshire here today but a hne innings by Bert Suteliffe, their opening lefthander, who failed by nine runs to reach his sec ond hundred si -cession, enabled them
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    3 Swim Records Smashed
    113 7 1 Swimming Assoeia- jr tion records were set up J yesterday at ihe Singa- poee Swimming Club y speed tests. The new records and the holders are: Boys (under 14 years) 200 metres free style 2 team: Hans van Hen Berg Allen Hosking, Je- remv Baker
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    FIGHT MAY BE POSTPONED
    57 7 As latest news from Java states that Bobby Njoo and i'an Gwa Teh are having difficulties with aii accommodation, tomonow's tight piograinmc scheduled to take place at the Happy World may be postponed. Meanwhile, at Bangkok, the departure of Phol Ptapadueng and Sitphon is still undennite.
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    4 SECONDS OFF
    40 7 VANCOUVEN, British Columbia, Wed. A Canadian swimming record of five minutes 3.4 seconds in the 400--yard womons freestyle was set up last night by 18-year-old Kay McNamee of Vancouver." She clipped four seconds off the old mark.—
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    55 7 Messrs, -k^.1onin. Keng Tye, Dr. Kcng Hoe, Keng Boon and members of their tamdies keenly appreciate the expressions and token of sympathy and condolence from relatives and lriends in theii recent bereavement, and hereby tender their sincere and heartfelt thanks and gratitude tc one and all for their attendance.-:,
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    JAGIR OFFERED $15,000 TO FIGHT MARINO
    391 7 Sumatra and Java tennis stars arrive lAGIK Singh, one of Malaya** tnpnotih lighters, was J offered $15,000 (Straits) to tight Dado M:»rino off Hawaii, leading contender for the world flyweight title, at Manila. Jagir told this to the Tribune, yesterday, when he and Mok
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    MARINO WINS
    57 7 A.P. HONOLULU, Wed. Carl Bobo Olson, 162, Honolulu, won a unanimous decision on last night over Mi o Savage. 155, Los Angeles, in a ten round boxing bout. There were no knockdowns. Dado Marino, 119, Honolu lv. «cnocked out George Sancnen. 122, Havana, Cuba, in the third round
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    DOCUSEN AGAIN
    26 7 SACP.AMKNTO, California, Wed. —Maxie Docusen. 137. Filipino of New Orleans, easily won by a decision over Felix Ramirez, 132 pounds, of San Jose, California,
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    Blank Spec Returns Fastest Time
    291 7  -  From ALLAN LEWIS PENANG, Today. DUNNING three furlongs in 37-3/ 5 sees., Blank Spec (Turner) returned the best time this morning. when the tracks were opened for training. Another to do well wu;Clynci. who beat Double Arie3 and Little Ned when they worked twice iound
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    Indonesian Chinese Taste First Defeat
    538 7 By PHIIJP (iOH IN a match crammed with thrills and suspense, the Army-Navy combination deservedly scored a brilliant win over the visiting Indonesian Chinese soccer team at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. The tourists lost by three goals to two —their first defeat. All the goals
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    Easiest Way Is Not Always The Best
    495 7 WIS or lose, Sam Snead has a way of stirring up controversy. After he failed by on* stroke to tie Cary Middlecoff for the Open title he was blamed by several critics because he had used a putter from off the edge of
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      149 7 MEDICAL After Confinement take D. J Lim's Herbtonic and Obatprtok The excellent aids to perfeoi health are widely known. D. T Lim Company, 24, Prlnsft Street, Singapore. wr To keep clothes really white always use a 1 I little Reckitt's Bag 1 Bl Blue in the last rinse. j I'm
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      277 7 NOTICE I Singapore Improvement Trust Amendment No. 1 of 1949 to the (•eneral Impr«>\ement I'lan under Section 62 si the Singapore Improvement Ordinance. I'lan of proposed amended lay- out of Tank Koad, C'lemenceau Avenue and Kiver Valley Road Junction. Notice to owners or reputed I owners of property affected ty
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      578 7 TUITION MERCANTILE INSTITUTION 209, Queen Street, Rhone 2370. 3IGH SPEED ASPIRANTS: Fresh ipeed classes' will commence from Ifttgrust for speeds. For Theory (Pitman GrejjtO Book-Keepinc. Mathematics, Practical English un>i Commercial Correspondence Classes will re< eive new students. THE BANKRUPTCY ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 45) In the High Court of the Colony of
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      318 7 WANTED Wanted New or secondhand Chain Blocks, capacity— 4. 5, 7 4 10 tons. Offers to Box No". A 2649. Malaya Tribune, Singapore. NOTICE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS 3% DEBENTURE BONDS ISSUED 1936 REDEEMABLE 15TH APRIL 1962 72 AND STRAITS SETTLEMENTS 3% WAR LOAN DEBENTURE BONDS ISSUED 1940 REDEEMABLE IST I OCTOBER
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      62 7 SE l E f FF,CER 1 JUS L7 SAV£ THAT: *f OVER HERE, DOC-] I WHAT 5 T WE'VE GOT TO R^H 1 TvOK v CU -TTt7TTglou7 CAME RE AMBULANCE DOC! FT HURRY ff X THE -< HIM TO THE HOSPITAL! IN AND BOOK YOU FOR r-~*\ s V T
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    PROBLEMS HOLD UP CEASEFIRE ORDERS
    299 8 Reuter. JOGJAKARTA, Wednesday. HI RING the first discussions on the cease-fire problem yesterday Dutch and Republicans in principle agreed upon a cease-fire order but the matter of implementation still causes difficulties, Chairman of the Republican delegation Mohammed Roera told Aueta, the Dutch news agency, in
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    EXHIBITION
    44 8 MALACCA, Wfld The well-known Penang artist. Yong Mun Sen, will hold an exm.ation of 60 water-colour paintings at the Meng Seng Charitable Associetion from August 1 to 4. Twenty percent of the gross proceeds will be given to the Malacca AntiT. B. Fund
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    On The Carthage
    95 8 t Eight >-nine ichonl I children from Pearl'a Hill S Pebool vial ted the RMS i Carthage at the Singa- pore Harbour Board wharves yeaterday afterj noon Accompanied by their teacher* the cbildren j v\ere shown round the veaael by deck ate wards and ehUdren nuraea of
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    ANNUAL SHOW
    42 8 MALACCA, Wed. Tru entire proceeds of the Jasin district annual show to be held on August 27 will go to the Welfare Fund. The District Officer has agreed to the inclusion of side-shows dart-throwing, hoopla, a match-stick competition and necking-the-duck.
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    JUNK CAPSIZES
    34 8 A.P. SHANGHAI, Wed.—Harbour police reported today a junk capsized in the lower Whangpoo in Monday's typhoon with the loss of seven uves, boosting the known dead in the storm here to 37—A.P.
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    T. B. Claims A Life Every Seven Seconds
    162 8 Reuter. COPENHAGEN. Wednesday. TOP ranking tuberculosis experts from eight countries are meeting here this week to devise a long term programme to combat the disease, which kills 4,000.000 people every year. Doctors here have learned of mass vaccination programmes organised by the
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    GAMMANS ON RUBBER AGAIN
    102 8 Reuter. LONDON. Wed. The political effect in the Far East I of the low price of rubber was again referred to in the House of Commons today. Conservative member LeonI ard Gammans asked what official discussions Britain had had with the American Government on this matter.
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    RANK'S MEN BUSY AT ISLAND CLUB
    130 8 FILM shots of golf shots were on yesterday's shooting schedule" for the J. Arthur Rank documentary film unit at the Island Club. Singapore. Seeking a.l facets of Singapore life, the unit, which today will take shots of the Singapore Legislative Council, and tomorrow make
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    Jessup Asked To Probe F.E. Situation
    114 8 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. MR. Dean Acheson, United States Secretary of m State, said today he had asked Dr. Philip Jessup, roving Ambassador for international negotiations, to head a three-man advisory group to review the entire situation in the Far East. He told his press confnence
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    S.Korean Guns Bark Back At Reds
    195 8 U.P. SEOUL, Wednesday. UOREAN National Defence headquarters today reported that intermittent artilVry and mortar fire was beintr exchanged across the 38th parallel at the border city of Kaesong between North Korean Communist forces and South Korean troops. The National Defence Department said the exchanges,
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    THEY SPOKE ABOUT AIR TRAVEL
    80 8 SEVENTEEN delegates and observers from 10 airlines operating in the Far East and Australis&la attend the first International Air Transport Association meeting he!d in Singapore yesterday. It was the Agency hubCommittee meeting held at the X.L.M. office to discuss airline ugentf throughout the area in
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    FIVE-YEAR PLAN WILL FILL GAPS
    380 8 OOCIAL Welfare planning over the next five years 0 will attempt to fill the gaps in the progress of the Education, Medical and Labour schemes introduced by Government. For this purpose all welfare projects will be closely integrated with the operations of the Colony's Medical
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    'I'M NO PRIMA DONNA' GROWLS CHURCHILL
    104 8 U.P. DI OARDA. ITALY. Wed. vVmston Churchill today denied .hrough his Secretary that: 1. He broke a diving board yesterday, 2. He had to be helped out of the water. 3. He was staying in thr same hotel where Benito Mussolini once lived. Churchill,
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    $15 MILLION FOR SOCIAL PROJECTS
    293 8 (Tribune Staff Reporter) SINGAPORE Legislative Councillors were this morning presented with a $15,652,546 plan for social development in the Colony. The scheme will be spread over a five-year period commencing this year. Among the projects for 1949 are seven items the capital cost of which,
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    LORD SEMPILL CHANCES MIND
    92 8 Reuter. I ONBON, Wed.-Lot ii pill withdrew a mc had put down in the Hous,. 0 f Lords KJay calling att to the "urgent need for mo>v closely integrated political and economic policy for tho irhoV of Southeast Asia.' He postponed It unt her 25 on
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    WHAT'S ON TODAY
    219 8 General r.*vr iu.d 501 n fl trtm lruni-%.3n ion n Count11 H-i). ri.r ilir Tru-'i art Atu»»lt Or»-. iMtiri Mr. L i v, W fr-in pi T.W.C.A Ori -in a,r. P.I.TAlt SO* ATttl.KTK «-Mil It. no* 7 P.m. «I 52a Ni KOTAKT IMr H\ i mis u
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    Cinema
    131 8 *THAf TJ.. KMSfrC du' with Frank Msa:ra *■—sap Orasaon. Rl-«r.1u M.-n.».i..i Ann MUtrr I 11 a.n... 1 46. MS CAftTOL Juiw 1 JohllDV V ll 1.JL I ML K "«> I I'MILIOH i ■u.ih K'-ii KatntMrti Hart i «hi. and H«a- i Vefk»naka. 3 p.m. ALHAMRRA -r.ii Tr*anur«?" vi*h
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    Sport
    13 8 LKAGFE SOCTfcK Brani vs Singapore Cri" at Jalan Posar Stadium i-' p.m.
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    LONDON SHARES
    181 8 LONDON. Woo again interest In »11 iof todays London's stoc» j markets was practic sily f; ed by the conduct of the gi Ij edited market. The amount* -!»'Hi- onrouo'er:' i by section was on i bif and r*s efivet was blc in view of the present hypersensitive
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