Malaya Tribune, 4 August 1949

Microfilm: NL3768
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    64 1 MALAYA Tribune By THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Tefc Tribune" Spore LAAGER SALES THAN ANY AFTERNOON PAPER IN MALAYA 1 Phone 3811/3 hone Una PnbUatttHt simultaneously at Hmyapore, &.uaia Lumpur, Ipoh an d Ptnang. EIGHT PAGES. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1949 PRICE TEN CENTS THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE: E.
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    BRITAIN TO RECOGNISE MAO?
    252 1 Canton And Then Trouble For Hongkong U.P. LONDON, Wednesday. Official sources said today that it is possible the British government will recognize the Communist regime in China before the end of this year. It is pointed out that there can be no formal diplomatic relations until
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    RAFFLES PLACE OUT OF BOUNDS TO TRISHAWS?
    83 1 A MUNICIPAL Committee yesterday decided to recommend to the Commissioners that trishas should be banned from certain congested areas in the City. The Committee suggests that the area around Raffles Place, including Finlayson Green, Chulia Street, Market Street and Battery Road, should be
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    SHANGHAI RAIDED
    27 1 A.P. SHANGHAI. Wed. from nix to 10 heavy medium bomters of the Nationalist Government raided Shanghai at noon toda>. A few bomb? were dropped. A.P.
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    NAVAL UNITS ON WAY
    96 1 Reuter. MALTA Wed. H.M.iS. Triumph, the 13.350 ton Mediterranean fleet aircraft ■Capt. J. Hutton commanding t will leave Malta tomorrow morning for the Fa;- East. She will be accompanied by the 1.710 ton destroyer Charity i Lt Commander P. R. G. Vvorth commanding). Two Mediterranean fleet
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    Mail Train Stoned
    48 1 STOP PRESS JOHORE BAHRU, Today. The southbound Singapore mail baft* was attacked by a number of unknown persons four mik-s north of Sedenak yesterday. The attackers threw itkM* and rocks. N» casualties were reported, but five windows of a third-class coach v t re broken.
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    The Queen Is 49 Today
    131 1 A.P. LONDON, Ved. Queen Elizabeth will mark her 49th birthclay without ceremony at Buckingham Palare to-morrow. However, ships of the Royal Navy will "dress over-all* in British porls and the King's troop of the Royal Horse Guards will fire a 41--gun salute in Hyde Park.
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    $250,000 CENTRE FOR ASIAN SEAMEN
    204 1 (Malaya Tribune Stuff Reporter) THE Singapore Government has authorised the 1 formation of a Statutory Committee to study the possibility of establishing an Asian Seafarers' Welfare Centre. The Committee will consist of representatives 1 of Singapore seamen's unions and the shipowners. The initial cost of
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    APPOINTMENT
    36 1 A.P. LONDON, Wed. The Defence Ministry Hm.ouno i today the appointment vt Vice Admiral Sir Charles H. Daniel to be commandant I the Imperial Defence Ontleg Sir Charles succeeds r Chief Marshal Sir John Sle.;sor.—A.P.
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    Anchises Towed Into Kobe For Repairs
    139 1 Reuter. KOBE, Wednesday. The 8,289 ton British liner Anchises, badly damaged in June in two Nationalist air raids on Shr|ighai, was towed into Kobe for repairs today. Passengers said the Nationalist blockade of Shanghai was "100 per cent effective" and that consequently life was
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    SURRENDERED
    36 1 A.P. MORELIA. MEXICO. Wed. Almost all of the 72 prisoners who escaped from the city jail here last night surrendered today, after police had besieged them all night on a small hill outside Morciia. -A.r.
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    CHIANG LEAVES FCR KOREA
    43 1 Reuter. TAIPEH. FORMOSA, Wed. j —Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek left here today by an for Korea in a Skymastci air* I craft. He will discuss the proposed Pacific Pact witn Dr. Syngman P.hee. President of the American-occupied South Korea. Rcutc;.
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    PILGRIMAGE
    40 1 Reuter. MANILA. fftjd. BdtfM 1,000 Moros. non-Chrislian < f Mindanao, will shortly mak*' pilßn mape to Mecca in Baud! Ar»bj:i aboard the lihlp Anandvilcrn which is Kbeduied 1° i«w* I for? 1 Zamboanna. n whs reliably rt ported today. Router.
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    PACIFIC TYPHOON
    38 1 Reuter. j MANILA. Wed.-A .lew Pac; flc typhoon lias been located by I the local weather, bureau •bout I ?J>o miles northeast of Vine Atbav. the bureati said. Th" Imorm remained stationary in that area. Reuter.
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    SOLD BROTHER FOR £100-SEQUEL
    143 1 A.P. JOHANNESBURG, Wed. HEAVILY armed police guarded the Maseru gaol in Basutoland today when seven Basutos. including the second and fourth leading chfefs in order of seniority in the whole tribe, were executed for ritual murder. The special guards were placed as a result of an
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    "ENEMIES ARE OUR FRIENDS"
    140 1 -SAYS HAWKINS SINGAPORE may soon have a Volunteer Air Force, said Mr. Geratd Hawkins, De- I fence Secretary, yesterday. He was speaking at a meeting held at the YMCA in the series of "Machinery of Government" talks. If Malaya is to be defended, it must be
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    COLONIES CHIEF FOUND DEAD
    69 1 Reuter. LONDON. Wed. Sir Frank Stockdah\ Deputy Chairman of the Govcrnment-sponso-i-d Cc'.otiial Development Corporation, wa:; "ounri dead in bed at his London 1..«t today. He was 6u Sir Frank, who Joined the Colonial Service 40 years ago and served in every British colony except the Falkland,
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    SURPRISE CALL OFF
    44 1 MANILA. Wed.—The Philippine?! Government in Burprii* move has called off its plan lo establish a direct air service between Manila and Sydney, the Manila Chronicle said iodav quoting informed sourw. The report added that detailed infoi mat ion was not available.—
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    GETTING ON WELL
    37 1 A.P. LONDON, Wed. —A Mlllli—lWll for Prime Minister Attlee said today tint he is "netting alonjr nicely" al his country house. Tbe Prime Minister has been confined to his home oy a seveie eqld.-A.P.
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    Kerans Was Urged 'Admit Your Guilt'
    271 1 U.P. HONGKONG, Wednesday. The Chinese Communists stood firm on three demands in their negotiations with Ueut.-Commander John Kerans, Captain of the Amethyst: admission of invasion, infringement of Chinese sovereignty, and British apologies arid compensation. Kerans, who gave a conference in his battlescarred cabin to-day
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    Indonesian Cabinet Reshuffle?
    98 1 U.P., A.P. BATAVIA, Wed.—The official Dutch News agency. Aneta, today reported a general Indonesian Cabinet reshuffle. Aneta said Mohammed Hatta retained his premiership and the Cabinet consisted of four Moslems, two Nationalists, one Christian, one Catholic, one representative of the Greater Indonesian Party and five ministers without
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    OPERATION FLY
    32 1 Reuter. MANILA. Wed. Opera'ion Ply, a public health sponsored drive on flies and in Manila is on in earnest. The drive is expected to be continued all this week. Reuter.
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    They Aim To Please
    45 2 Harry Fenton and his Tin <*n Toledoes entertain in* dancers at the Post* md Telegraph sports club social. Below. Mr. Yeo Meng Seah, |s re*ident of the 1 osts and Telegraph Workers' Union, and *t%een watch the Millll do their turn.
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    Young Thief Gets Eighteen Months
    141 2 JOHORE, BAHRU. Wednesday. MR. Justice J. Russell sentenced a 15-year-old Malay m boy, Kassim bin Katijo, in the High Court today to 18 months rigorous imprisonment and ten strokes of the light cane after the boy pleaded guilty to a charge of night housebreaking and
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    BOY SIGNS OWN BOND
    112 2 MALACCA, Wed. After his adopted father refused to execute a bond for his good behavior, a 10-year-oki lnaian Muslim boy was ordeued by Justice E. O. Pretheroc in the Malacca High Court yesterday to sign a personal bond on a nominal sum of $1 conditional upon
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    Varsity Fund
    41 2 Contributions to the University of Malaya Endowment Fund totalled' $150.270.09 up to July 23, it was officially announced yesterday. In addition to this cash amount, several hundred thousand dollars have been promised the Fund by various individuals and firms.
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    CITY IN GOOD HEALTH
    141 2 THE Municipal Health Officer, Dr. N. A. Canton, in 1 his annual report for last year, remarks on the noticeable absence of infectious diseases m Singapore. This statement does not take into consideration the Poliomilytis epidemic during the year. Ret erring to the Polio outbreak as
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    CHILDREN LEAST AFFECTED
    71 2 City residents mostly affected by Tuberculosis last year were between the ages ci 20 and 45. Person? least effected by the disease weie those between 10 and 15 years old. Th«'se faetr. aie revealed in the Municipal Health Officer's Annual Report for 1948. Last year the number
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    Broke Trust, Gets Jail
    79 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. Syed Ali bin Othman, a Government ledger clerk attached to the Electrical Department, was sentenced to 18 months' rigoious imprisonment for simple breach of trust by Mr. Justice J. Russell in the High Court todey. Syd Ali was charged with criminal breach of
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    CUBAN NIGHT
    24 2 The Revellers will hold a I I Cuban oight dance on Saturday at the Adelphi Hotel. The I Samhodian Band will play.
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    Sardon Probes Riot
    104 2 (Triuum- Stan Reporter) Singapore Legislative Councillor 101 Rural East, Inche Sarrlon bin Haji Jubir yesterdi\ MSitcd the Malay L.E.P. <UBp at Nee Soon. Che Sardon, it is understood, went there to 'investigate' fcr himself the cause of Ihe recent riot by L.E.Ps in the vicinity ol Nee
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    ROTARIANS HEAR VISITOR FROM CHINA
    147 2 The Rotary Club of Singapore yesterday heard a 35--minute talk at the Adelphi Hotel Roof Gaiden. by visiting Rotarian Eugene H. Yen, Past President of the Chengtu Club. Mr. T. P. F. McNeice. VicePresident of the Singapore Rotary Club, introduced Mi. Yeh as the head
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    M-G-M MAN HERE
    269 2 \TEXT month is Metro-Gold-1* wyn-Mayer's Silver Anniversary and the studios ate making a big effort to make the year a landmark in the annals of cinema history. Singapore will set the ball rolling with the presentation of "The Three Musketeers" on September 1. at the Cathay, and
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      126 2 Special Morning Shows at 9 a.m. SATURDAY: "RED RIVER" in Technicolor SUNDAY: "GARDEN of ALLAH" in Technicolor Reduced Prices: Upstairs $1.00/- Downstairs .50 cts. ALL AAALAYA PREMIERE Grand Opening Today Simultaneously QUEENS THEATRE SHIRIN Gevlang New World Daily 3 Shows 8.10, 6.15 6.45 9.30 p.m. 9.30 p.m. THE LATEST POST
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      26 2 SPECIAL CONCERT AT RAFFLES HOTEL SUNDAY 7 AUGUST at 9.30 p.m. RAFFLES CONCERT ORCHESTRA (39 m SICIANB) IN A SPECIAL KBivECTEP PKOGRA3LHK BOOK YOUR TABLE EARLY
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      466 2 On Your Radio Today BLUE NETWORK Announcement and Pmi ENGLISH PROGRAMMES ™<„ S??»at urr 10 *.m. Wfn from KHala U-V Sri Valuj; Bair.m' Lumpur; 1* 0» (approx.) Close khan; «.30 News; J» 40 Record Hn d music; 12.43 Closing n 10.» pm tor lhe Schools: nouncement with signature MoriM 1.
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    CALL TO DEVELOP FED. PORTS
    1025 3 'Singapore Is Too Expensive A Middleman KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. rl *nd import tradtof Singipore will be gradually reduced flfl n 1 directive r*> f nP Frr'er-.ition Government approved by the Federal CoHua «liis morning. rolled Ola Government to t?ke immediate steps f o im- <h\
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    APPOINTMENT
    33 3 Mr. E. C. Burrows, chief clerk of the Shipping Office, has been appointed Deputy Shipping Master of Singapore in succession to Mr. J. Fernandez who has gone on leave prior to retirement.
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    RUBBER FUND MOTION DROPPED
    86 3 ,t: >n socking the the Federal Council, for the joining with the Gov rnmcnt of Singapore, in joint guarantee to v..n Rubber Fund ggj will drawn by Mr. W. A. Mr Goode «aid that the Government wes •lion with the iraent of Singapore, and 1 been
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    Gurney warns on breach of privilege
    244 3 CIR Henry Gumey, Federation High Commissioner, drew the attention of the Legislative Council to the practice that no action done in any committee should be divulged before the same is reported to the house. Speaking on adjournment, Sir Henry said, "the publication of the
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    ELECTRICITY BOARD APPROVED
    153 3 The necessary legislation for setting up a Central Electricity Board to piovide the I'Ydoration with Batter and ■tease* electricity has been '."'loved by the Federal Legislative Counci'. Speaking on the report on the hill by a Select Committee, which was accepted by the Council. Mr. W. A.
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    S'PORE PEOPLE CAN NOW BUY VITAMIN RICE
    152 3 Vitaminiscd rice, which has been successfully used by Singapore's nutiition expert. Dr. C j. Ohviero, on chnuren surfering frorp vitamin defieivncy, is now on sale in the Colony. A pound of this special y treated tice, yellow in colour, costs $2 and will
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    NO DUTY FREE BEER
    52 3 The Federation Government has turned down Mr. Tan Siew Sin's suggestion for duty free cigai etUe auq alcohol supplies to the Canaos. Government's icasou for lata decision i that tiie llnancial position of the Federation does nor. permit a removal of the duties or. these two
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    Malaya must have her say
    282 3 PALMER KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. THE Federal Legislative Council has asked the Federation Government to request Britain, to take atl steps necessary to ensure that the Federation is represented by its own delegation, at all future meetings of the Rubber Study Group. The motion was moveo
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    FOR THE VARSITY
    44 3 The Eastern United Assurance Corporation. Ltd., Singapone will contribute $10,000- to the Malayan University Fund. Mr att, Yang Bi-ns:. th'acting manager, told the Malaga TPlbunc yesterday that tfiia gift wa s approved "at the last meeting of the Board of Directors.
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    Referred to Benham committee
    239 3 Sa laries Report The Federal Council has referred the reports of the Court Of Reference and the Joint Salaries Commission Officer to a special committee for consideration. The committee consists of Dr. F. C. Benham, chairman, the Mentri Besar, Johore, Mr. M. V. Del Tufo, Mr.
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      232 3 j nti \t** ®j p IRADI 3 WANTED WANTED to buy. Lands, houses, iwild animals, jungle producl Mao book Malay Maaio" by W. W. Skeat. P.O. Box G7J. Spore. (K.laS). WANTED Harbour Launches or Moior Tnnkanga 7-10 tons 20 ?o H.P. Good condition offers to Bo\ No. A2bTjl M.T. Spore.
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    THE 'HOPPER DOES NOT BELIEVE IN FAMILY PLANNING
    608 4  -  THE SUN DARKENS. THERE IS THE ROAR OF A WATERFAIL THE ENEMY IS ON THE MOVE... THE PLAGUE THAT HOPS by Douglas Larsen US. Department of Agricul- ture experts saw this summer's grasshopper outbreak coming three years ago. but grasshoppers are just
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    RADIO CONFUSION
    572 4 THE Federal Committee who have been probing the affairs of Radio Malaya have lost sight of a principle in their search for the missing dollars. The principle is that it is bad to place any medium of information in the exclusive control of any group of people, either
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    AMERICAN NEWS LETTER
    561 4 USIS. THE news spotlight has centered again on international affairs as President Truman signed the Atlantic Treaty and submitted to Congress his proposals for U.S. military assistance to other countries. The President's message, explaining the arms aid proposals, 'yon wide commendation for its blunt recognition that Soviet
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    EXPERTS WORK ON LONDON'S RUINS
    663 4 Reuter. LONDON WHEN the Germans flattened large areas of London by bombing during the war, they provided the Roman and Mediaeval London Excavation Council with opportunities to explore devastated land which had been covered for centuries by the city's huddled buildings. The Council's archaeologists, supported
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    THE SWORD OF THE CHURCH
    639 4 Excommunication: Reuter. ONE of the most sweeping pronouncements of excommunication in the Church's 2.000 years of history has set millions of Cathollcs'throughout the world examining their consciences. Catholics today are face to face with the full realisation that no compromise is any longer possible with
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      43 4 FOR THE ACTIVE MALE T. SHIRTS 77/£ Shirt for all Play Occasions In 100% Pure Cotton Colours of Camel and White. Sizes: Small, Medium, Large and X Large. PRICES:- j 3,50 3.95 j j I THE MANS SHOP I ROBINSONS RAFFLES PLACE S'POKK
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    HE GOT HIS $24,000 BACK
    103 5 Yesterday's Appeals 124,000 imlUor Kang WOOO Geok, P oF ot chop Thian Poh, letter in gold, es under the r. gulaUOM Frocla--11 t„n No. 36. are to n; .i to htm the result ful appeal in the v rh Court \<vtcrday. I boon fined this
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    HIS SENTENCE WAS ALTERED
    47 5 (Chinese business man, Geok, wfy of Watt, under a DisWatt. under a Dis♦rict Com. -sentence of three months' gaol, without the fine, for importing rice without a permit, had ntence altered o v 9r.< rj 000 on appeal m the High Court yesterday.
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    HE WAS FREED
    42 5 \v me Hock Long, under a pistrict Court sentence of pine months' imprisonment I salon of opium, left the High Court yesterday a free man. Xke Chief Justice. Mr. Murray Aynsley the conviction and c and allowed the appeal.
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    Royal Tanks Move On
    78 5 Over 12.000 tioops of the Third Regiment, Royal Tanks Regiment Singapoie for g this morning after an o vt night stay, in the 14,--000-ton troopship Orduna. This regiment served in Germany and returned to England last year. Whea the Oiduna entered the tut- boil! yesterday evenin-
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    16 INDIANS ARRESTED
    115 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.—A screening operation in the Cameron Highlands Area yesterday, resulted in the arrest of 16 Indians, said to be agents, food suppliers and collectM for the bandits. A suspected Chinese Communist has been arrested in Kamoar. In the Mentakab area, a police jungle squad met
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    GOVERNMENT TO DECIDE MONDAY
    290 5 FLOUR FOR PRIVATE TRADE? The Singapore Government will decide at a special 1 conference on Monday whether or not wheat flour can be taken off Government trading and allowed for private trade, The Malayan Governments approached the Australian and United Kingdom authorities in this connection. Australia
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    LOCAL SEAMEN OFFER SUPPORT
    85 5 Panama Boycott The 2 300-stron< S.ngapc r e Malay Seamen's I'nion will consider "what can be done." in Singapore, over the boycott of some 800 Panamanian ships, called for recently by the International Transportworkers Federation. The M. S. U. is not a member of the L
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    EGYPTIAN FILM
    44 5 The Egyptian Al-Enram Studios have just released a new film, "El-shater Hasan." based on the famous Arabian story of Hassan the Wise. The picture is having its all-Malayan Premiere at the Queen's Theatre, Geylang, and Shirin Theatre. New World, simultaneously tomo. row.
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    Fed. Societies Must Register
    118 5 THE Federal Legislative Council has enacted an 1 Ordinance by which all societies in the Federation should either register or apply for exemption before October 1. Any society that does not secure registration or exemption by that date will cease to be a legal society. The
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    50 PEOPLE LIVE IN ONE HOUSE
    488 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. THE acute housing shortage In the Federation was disclosed by Mr. M. V. Del Tufo. Principal Deputy Chief Secretary in the Federal Legislative Council. He said in the larger towns as much as 50 people lived in one house and of
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    Veteran Broker Dies
    182 5 Mr. licniamin Etlin of B. Et'.in and Co.. a veteran member of the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association died on Tuesday afternoon after being suddenly taken ill. He became il! while he was in his office, and tued shortly after reaching hospital. The Singapore share market was officially closed
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      106 5 LIT ABXER by Al Capp Guu>rr-\f we "\still,ke's i sere., we gotta-/-amd THEN v sA>2ifi:9l TEARS IT DOWN, THE BOSS. BUT HE DIDN'T WE'LL BE S Sm3 I B iHBnSBHekBu we're outa we've y say how fast/tv ELIGIBLE R3R j CCdt- JOBS-AN'VCU f GOTTA HMM— DOlN' << OUD-AGE za KNOWS
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    PRICES VERY HIGH, STOCKS NEGLIGIBLE
    302 6 U.S. REPORT ON PEPPER MARKET A.P. WASHINGTON, Wed.—Black pepper supplies in the Unit** States are low nnd bringing unusmllv high prices, the Department of Commerce reported in survey of the world spice trade for the JanuaryApril period of T949. Imports amounted to only 7,722,000 pounds,
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    A long the godowns
    200 6 Landbris—Bulnh (44); Empire Humble (Sheers Wharf); New Erhota (42 43); Fukien (40 4>); Amsteldijk (38 39); E'penor (36 37); Sirdhana (38/34); Kapana (31 32); Deucalion (17 18); Tjibodas (19 20); Empire Cairns (21 22); Mandeville (23/24); BusiftliilHi (25 26); Hoegh Si!verrrest (27 28); DougainvHto Island Mail
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    INDIAN MANGANESE FOR GERMANY
    41 6 A.P. NEW DELHI, Wed. The Commerce Ministry announced here India has agreed to supply Western Germany 18,000 tons of manganese ore Cor 12 months, beginning July I 1, and Australia 10.000 tons I during the current year.—-A.P.
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    Steady, Idle
    78 6 Singapore, Wed. t I Although i.Minlnn gave I hid* for certain tin shares j S 'it slightly lower It Is, i local investors refused to I part with scrip. The market was steady but i idle. j The market was closed i today at 3.30 p.m. as a
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    DOLLARS FOR PLANE
    56 6 Dollars will be provided by the Federal Australian Government for Qantas Empire Airways to buy another Constellation tor the SydneyLondon route. The purchase will involve the expenditure of about one million dollars. Qantas, which the Government took over in July, 1947, operates the Sydney-London service by arrangement
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    RUBBER MARKET
    170 6 There was little doing: in the iubher market yesterday but prices ruled steady <1n short covering. Closing prices were: Buyers Se'lers No. i Au*r. RSS 33 1/8 33 3/8 No. 2. Aus. RSS 51 8 31 7/8 No. 3 AUK. RSS 28 R 2« 5 8 On registered
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    PILCHARDS
    49 6 Australian fishermen are negotiating with leading canneries to process pilchards and anchovies, which are plentiful in Australian waters. Surveys in waters off Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria have indicated that supplies are big enough to support an industry, and improved fishing methods have been tested with success.
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    Less U.S. Profits But No Deficits
    252 6 WASHINGTON. Wed. Although corporate ptofits declined during the first half of 1949 from the record levels of 1948. corporations paid out an estimated r>2 pcicent of their earnings in dividends in the second quarter of this year ah against 48 percent in the first
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    Malayan Share Quotations
    816 6 Singapore, Wed. buyers. Sellers Atlas Ice 15.50 16.00 AJex. Brick Pref. 2.45 2.55 Ords. 2.07 1 2.15 8.8. Petrol 36 9 37 9 B.M. Trustee 7.00 8.50 Cons. Tin Ord. 13/- 14/--do. (P) 21/- 22/E. Utd. Assur. 40.75 41.75 Estate Trust 7.00 8.00 Federal Dispensary 7.00 7.25
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    HOW TO PLAY GOLF
    497 7  -  The wind can help you to win No. 9 by Hogari DON'T get discouraged if you OTlTrts to control the in rough weather. This rural as most P**yI iking up the game for th, fun of it. learn to play i favourable conditions. Even the most
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    BROWN HITS DOUBLE CENTURY
    316 7 M'sex Out To Atone defeat LONDON, Wednesday. AIiI)I)LLSE\, out to atone for their first defeat yesterdv, in the county championship, gave a splendid batting display against Kent today. The leaders ran up a total of 362 and then declared at Canterbury where Kent did so well
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    NJOO IS FIGHTING FIT
    138 7 On the eve of his fight with Jimmy Newell, the Navy middleweight champion. Bobby Njoo, welterweight champion of Java, is looking as fit as can be. At his training camp at Katong yesterday, Bobby went through his training conscientiously. "Whatever the outcome of the issue may
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    Malacca v. Muar In Cup Soccer
    97 7 MALACCA. Tucs. Seven earns are com net ire; this year in the Victory Cup football competition the first game in which will be played on F.'dav Great interest is <mtred in the match in the first .-ound between the Muar Chi-icse. holders, and the
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    S.A.P. SOCCER
    58 7 The team of the Social Athletic Party to meet Singapore R»-< rf-ation Club at friendly soccer on their ground tomorrow at 5.15 p.m. will be chosen from the following:—Anthony Yong. Teo Kirn. Cheng Ann, Kirn Cheng. Siew Tong. Boon Leng. Chiang Meng, Ah" Bee, Chong Mun, Men Chong,
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    SIX FROM EGYPT
    33 7 CAIRO. Wed. six Egyptian swimmers will try to swim the English Channel late this month. Colonel Mohammed Sabri, who will be in charge of tlie party, told the A.P. today.
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    Krishna Murthy (17) Wins Four Events
    635 7 SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD Krishna Murthy won the individual championship at the St. Andrew's School Sports at WoodsviUe, yesterday. He won four events, 100 Yards, 220 Yards, the 440 Yards and the Long Jump. He nlso clipped 4/sth sec. off his own 440 Yards record by running
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    EURASIAN'S DRAW WITH AIRMEN
    212 7 DESPITE several openings ottered them, the Eurasians failed to turn the oneall ,uto a victory over the R.A.F. Combined in yesterday's Iniei ommunity League match at Jalan Beani Stadium. The Euiasians were surprisingly in good form, but erratic shooting cost them a win. The Airmen were
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    TELECOMS SWEEP
    43 7 Following are the lesults ol the Singapore Postal and Telecommunications Workers Union iiuilding Fund Sweep drawn on Jul >' :il Ist Prize No. 6163: 2nd Priz»No. 1815: 3rd Prize No. 2214. Starters: 4582. 5750. 2566. 4420. 5420, 5236, 5524, 5751. 1496, 617<J.
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      91 7 I HM For Everybody's Book of Letters Tom Thumb Essays College Essays and all other School Books. Go to PETER CHONO'S 82-2. Brae Baaah Road, Smga pore and at Malacca, Seremban Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Penang. MJttUICJAjLi THIS *AMO I S HARMLESS GRAVEL HERB—TEA D. T. LIM S Gravel Herb-Tea gives
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      434 7 NOTICE. THE HARBOUR mAJtitk Applications are invited from -uitahlv qualified persons for the following appointment on I the staff of the Board's Dockyard Department. Candidatei should be Under 30 years of age and, preferably, •mmarried. FOREMAN Kl. \< kxYlU'l Should have sound experience in heavy forging, and ship anc' engine
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      490 7 TUITION MibftC AVILLE INSTITUTION 209, Queen Street, Piione 2870. HIGH SPEED ASPIRANTS: Fresh speed classes win commence from August for hif,'h speeds. For Theoi y (Pitman Gregg> BooW-KeepinK, Mathematics, Practical English ami Commercial Correspondence Classes ■rIU receive new students. Singapore Improvement Trust j Amendment No. 2 of 1949 tc he
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      479 7 SIT: VACANT Applications are invited for appointments as- Probation arv Teachers, Engßsh Schools, Department of Education, Singapore. The salary is $100, (Men) and $90/- (Women) per month plus C.Q.L. and other allowances. The minimum quaincations are a Cambridge School Certificate with Cnedits n English Language and at 1 least 2
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      90 7 I f THE tfiSTKICT I MEAN... WE A FgEE, COILY- I KNpwTl'O GIVE ANY-1 FTHAT ELEVATOR MAN, CHARLEY j f NO-I'M AFRAIDTVEAH. 6UESS PATS 1 ATTORNEY SAYS /GOT SOME REAL STIFF YOU DIDN'T BEAT -hTHING TO KNOW, UPPEM, MAS BEEN VERY NOT, HAPPY.., 4SO! WELL-LET'S TM FREE BORA \TRAINING T'DO
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    S'pore—A Flowering Paradise
    375 8 GIMSON SIR Franklin Gimson, Govcrno. of Singapore, said yesterday that from the little h< had seen, he was convinced tnr.t there were many students cf art already in Singapore. The Governor yesterday opened the Eighth Annual tnterSchool Art Exhibition at the British Council Hall at Stamford Road.
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    Opium-Crazed Gunman Kills Three, Wounds One
    319 8 Opium Crazed Gunman Kills Three, Wounds One SEQUEL TO £50,000 GOLD ROBBERY Reuter. BANGKOK, Wednesday. AFTER more than 14 months' quiescence in the trial, the Thailand police ton day took into custody for "self protection" two leading suspects of Bangkok's £50,000 gold robbery of May 12, 1948. The police protectively
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    SAME OLD TUNE
    97 8 Reuter. LONDON. Wed. Moscow radio tonight broadcast a new Cominform attack on Yugoslavia, quoting an article headed: "Tito's colonization policy in Albania is failing." The article declared "With the help of his agents, headed by Djodja (former Albanian Minister of Industry executed in June on charges of
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    JOBLESS INCREASE
    47 8 Reuter. WASHINGTON. Wed. j Unemployment in the united States has risen above 4,000,- 000 for the first time since January. 1012. the Census j Bureau reported today. But the number employed also increased (to 59.720.0001 in July, giving the highest figure for 1919. R Dei
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    Begum Offers Five Million Fr. Reward For Stolen Jewels
    130 8 NICE, Wednesday. JJOADBLOCKS manned by armed police and mobile squads were set up in the district surround'ng the A ga Khan's villa near here tonight in an effort, to catch four bandits who ambushed the Aga Khan and the Begum in
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    SHORTAGE OF PROFESSIONAL OFFICERS
    106 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— The Malayan Establishment Officer here said in an interview that since the war it has been difficult to recruit professional Officers. The shortage of doctors and civil engineers in particular, nc saio, was acute. "The policy is to appoint locally domiciled candidates if
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    BUNCHE'S DENIAL
    37 8 U.P. LAKE SUCCESS, Weti.— Dr. Ralph Bunche, architect of the Palestine armistice, denied today that he had recommended the lifting of the ban on the import of arms and military personnel into the Near East.—U.P.
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    Slashed Tyres
    127 8 Reuter. They slashed th*- cat 's tvrcs, seized the Begum's jewel boxrs and made off in their own car towards Cannes. They did not touch any of the jewels the Begum was wearing, including a brace'et and a clip, but they took her crocodile skin handbags. The Aga
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    GOOD PROGRESS' in SECRET TALKS
    286 8 Reuter. LONDON. Wed. THE United States joint chiefs of staff "made good progress in a very cordia atmosphere" at a secret meeting today with their British opposite numbers on Atlantic pact defence organisation. The "good progress" was reported by Admiral Louis Denfeld, American Navy Chief
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    THE WAR ENDS IN INDONESIA
    253 8 Soekarno Says, 'This Is A Test' Reuter A.P. BATAVIA, Wednesday. HK. Soekarno, President of the Indonesian Republic, in a broadcast today, called on the Republican army to cease hostilities against the Dutch, but declared that the Indonesian people would not be satisfied until they gained
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    PRESIDENT SOEKARNO
    41 8 "RcpuDlican territory is smaller now, but the Republican spirit ha.s been stimulated everywhere. The cease-fire is a test foi us- for the Republic and the whole Indonesian people. The eyes and eais of the world are fried on us."
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    'How Would You Like A Juicy Steak?'
    255 8 Tokyo Rose Told Rationed Gl's U.P. SAN FRANCISCO, Wednesday. FORMER army lieutenant added a new series to the propaganda commentaries the Government charges Tokyo Rose had broadcast during the war in an effort to destroy Allied troops' morale. Julies Sutter Jnr., of Burbank,
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    WHAT'S ON TODAY
    64 8 MKOArORK oi ft u Tt»urruio»*n« >ho..i a < ih f Kane*-* p.oi. icw.maJ Women» nub Corn- AT* 5 •"Tf ,,n P—* P.m. »i 5 Riffle Quay, IAST WIM 'MM'I fc TY Mr aM, i 4r W,U n btwiorw «i.d of the S 0 'V 1 0 r
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    Cinema
    185 8 u' Wake of the Red Witch w ,th John Wa ne and Oail Russell 11 a.m., J.45, 4.15, 6.45 and 9.30 p.m. APTTOL: "Koad House" with Ida Lupino, Cornel Wilde Celeste Holm and Ri. hard Wiamark.—11 a.m.. 1.4», 4. 6 30 arid 9.30 p.m. 1*.\\> iLIOi* "The Passionate Friends
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    N.ZEALAND HIT 302 FOR 9
    174 8 Reuter. BIRMINGHAM. Wed—A brilliant not out century Dy Martin Donnelly enabled the New Zealanders to score 302 for nine wickets by the close of play here today on the first day of their match against Warwickshire. Donnelly, who is usuaiiy an aggrjsslve batsman, played a
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    EIGHTEEN KILLED
    41 8 Reuter. CASABLANCA. Wad.-Blgt><*e n killed" «'.Vrt" oi"* n s we ainea a:id 25. mdudim- two t,uro^t U ii.s. uijurco when a haw lell into a 400 foot ravine tm descends, ,„e rSI N Te,' ftjf near Mariakesh. Moroc oZ-E£
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    ANNUAL RALLY
    29 8 The Progressive Party will [»o!d their Second Annual Rally on Sunday, August 21. at the house of Mr. Aw Boon Haw No. 179 Pasir Panjang Road. Singapore.
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    Dutch Want To Be Sure
    182 8 A.P. THE HAWK. V liefore opening th, j nesian round ta»,le v forence in IV Ha< the Dutch intrtaq.! wants to be mm tha k cease-fire orders hat, been carried (ll t M(H I clently. a Tpiln aim f I the Ministry of <hr, s
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    LONDON SHARES
    166 8 LONDON. w.-d. r. sellers of British Governi storks took a en today. The gilt< d. the London Stoi k V. though fractionally easiethroughout the list was .<i\e for the rreater j.ai; Most other markets. .c >r a quiet day but few .H were sufficient to ueate »n easier
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