Malaya Tribune, 25 August 1949

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    64 1 MALAYA Tribune *y 77/5 PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Td: Tribune" Spot* LARGER SALES THAN ANY AFTERNOON PAPER IN MALAYA Phone 38M/3 "'Nine Lm Published vimultaneGusly at Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh and Penang. TWELVE PAGEB. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1949 PRICE TEN CENTS. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE: E. Maurice Glover,
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    FRE TRADE WITH INDONESIA STRATS
    282 1 Spore HK compete for business worth 20,000,000 guilders Lawrence G. Mani SINGAPORE mid Hongkong are being allowed J0,000.000 guilders worth, of trade with Indonesia free of all Dutch foreign exchange regulations. This trading must be completed by the end of thin year. How much of
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    THE DOCTOR'S ON HIS WAY
    61 1 The tanker Pecos pho- tographed in the China I Sea trom an R. A. F. Suaderland flying boat which flew 250 miles iron: Seletar carrying a j surgeon and nurse Tor a dangerously iUV **>.-.- 1 man. Picture show a boat rowing towards the craft
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    THE TIGER' IS APPEASED
    178 1 A.P. HONGKONG. Wednesday —Mr. Aw Boon Haw today expressed pleasure at the lifting of the ban on his entrance to the Federation of Malaya. "I am pleased the Malayan authorities have finally realised I am not politically affiliated with any parties in China or abroad, and
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    DON'T BLAME U.S.
    42 1 U.P. LONDON, Wed, Former Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden said today that the Conservative Party would back the Labour Government at the coming Washington financial conference. He warned the Socialists to cease blaming the Americans for Britain's economic troubles.- U.P.
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    FIRST TO BURMA
    30 1 A.P. RANGOON. Wed. Beepal Susana De Fonseka, Ceylon's first diplomatic representative to Burma, with the status of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, arrived in Rangoon today. A.P.
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    United Front At Hague
    153 1 Reuter. THE HAGUE, Wed.—Republican and Federalist deletions to the round-table •rence here are presenting a united front on all major political and economic blems in the establishment 'he independent sovereign T 'nited Republic of Indonesia. The agreement reached betw< on the representatives of the two groups
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    SIX ARRESTED
    31 1 KOTA TINGGI, Today.--In a seven-hour screening operation in Jemaluang village yesterday, a combined party of Gurkhas and Police detained 19 suspects. Six of the suspects are now in custody.
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    K.M.T. LEADER SHOT
    28 1 SEGAMAT, Today.—Four armed bandits entered the house of a koumintang leader at the first mile, Labis Yong Peng Road and shot him dead yeslerday evening.
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    THE GIRL WHO WHISPERED 'YES'
    83 1 A.P. SYDNEY, Wed.—When she received a proposal of marriage by phone from London today, a Vienesse soprano in Sydney had just enough voice to whisper "yes". She has a severe throat in- fection. "I wanted to shout but I could do no more than whisper
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    CHINESE ATTACK 'LAND BILL'
    100 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) The Chinese Chamber of Commerce decided last night to send a memorandum to the Attorney General, Singapore attacking the adoption of the Minority Report on the Pc«. ings in Land Bill. The memorandum v/ill c ay that:— The validation of land transactions during
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    ARMED FORCES IN U.K. DROP
    58 1 A.P. LONDON, Wed. —Britain's armed lorces dropped to 769,--900 men and women on July 1, from 785.000 on April 1. the Ministry of Defence announced. The loss was not explained. The July strength including women's services was 144,000 for the Navy, 406,000 for the Army
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    WORKERS PAID-UP
    29 1 A.P. VALETTA. Wed.—The Ad- i miralty has finally decided to proceed with the discharge of i workers in the Dockyard I here who are under notice. A.P.
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    S'PORE SHIP FAILS TO RUM BLOCKADE
    91 1 A.P. HONGKONG. Wed -A Bii j lish merchantman prevented b. I the Nationalists from running j the blockade of Shanghai has I been identified as the 800-ton I freighter Sin Soon Lee legist- ercd at Singapore. The mast of the Sin Soon Lee is
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    P.C. WOUNDED
    41 1 BATt: PAHAT. Today.—ln a bandit ambush, north of Batu Pahat yesterday, a police constable was wounded thi times in the arm. He was a member of a police i patrol which was trailing four uniformed bandits in the arei.
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    AGREEMENT
    28 1 A.P. ROME. Wed. An It?.lo- I Gieek Reparations Agieci cnl i Mill be signed early next week j in Italian Foreign Ministry spokesman announced toda>. j A.I.
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    SNYDER OFFERS HOPES
    84 1 A.P. WASHINGTON, Wed. John Snyder, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury told reporters today that U.S. ofßcjals "are definitely hopeful" of good results from the coming Washington conference on British financial problems. He declared that the proper forum for discussing revaluation of currencies is the 48 nation monetary
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    STUDENTS HELD UP
    32 1 Reuter. PRAGUE. Wed. —Twenty Indian students on their way to the International Students' Festival in Budapest have been held up in Prague because Hungary had refused to issue visas.—Reuter.
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    CHURCH ATTACK
    29 1 A.P. PKAoiJt;, Wed. Slovak Communists launched new attacks on Czech Roman Catholic Bishops today which church authorities believe may herald a full offensive on the church. A.I
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    Red Leaders Told Stop Dreaming
    170 1 A.P. MIAMI, Florida, Wednesday. PHILLIP C. Jessup, American Ambassador at large, called on Russia's leaders today to give up their "dream of world domination." History records that tine ambition has led "such blind dreamers" to destruction, he said. The United States »J prepared to offer
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    OFFICIAL SACKED
    38 1 A.P. WASHINGTON, Wed—Cedric Worth was suspended today as assistant to the Under Secretary of the Navy, soon after he said that he wrote the anonymous document that began invcstiga!tions into the development of the B-36 bomber.—A.P.
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    U.K. WATCHES U.S. AFFAIRS
    71 1 A.P. CANTON. Wed.—The Bii- I iisn Consulate-General in Can- ton today took over rcpiesenta- < lion of American interests ir j Lhe provisional capital area. The action followed officia. closure of the American Con- >ulate General here—the oldes. American consular office in L'hina. The last batch
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    Minor Boom In 'nut Oil
    130 1 Tribune Stsff Reporter The Indonesian Copra Fund sold another 2.000 tons of copra to Singapore yesterday, making a total of 10.600 tons sold to the Colony since they started active contacts with the Colony in June. The total value of these sales is mot c
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    Sir Oliver Asks U.S. For A Fair Deal
    142 1 BOMBAY, Wednesday.—Sir Oliver Goonetilleke, Cc;, ion's High Commissioner to Bntam, to d Reuter here today that serious consequences would follow "if natural rubber does not receive a tair deal at the fc l.hcoming Anglo-American financial talks in Washington.' Sir Oliver. Who is
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    PROMOTION
    33 1 A.P. I WASHINGTON. Wed. -Gen- eral Mark W. Clark will sue- ceed General Jacob Devcrs as i Chief or U.S. Army Field j Forces, the U.S. Army SecretI ary announced today.- -A.P.
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    HURRICANE RACE
    22 1 A.P. Miami, Florida. w«d. j Two tropical hurricanes, more .nan 1,000 miles apart raged I n the Atlantic today.- A.P.
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    FRENCH CRUSH JUNK FLEET
    78 1 Reuter. PARIS. Wed. French army and navy forces sank 320 junks and 'sampans and captured a large quantity of explosives in a combined operation against Vietminh forces near the Bessac mouth of the Mekong river on Sun day. Vietminh forces lost 70 killed or captured and
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    SICK SEAMAN SAFE IN S'PORE HOSPITAL
    359 2 R.A.F. Surgeon Operates Aboard Tanker nOUGLAS SEMPLE, 25-year-old Third Engineer V of the 10,296-ton American Naval tanker. Pecos, who was operated on at sea 250 miles from* Singapore by R.A.F. surgeon Flying Officer Pratt on Tuesday night, is now in the R.A.F. Hospital, Changi.
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    2 MEN SWEPT INTO RIVER
    47 2 Two Javanese P.W.D. labourers were painting Coleman Bridge yesterday when a motor tongkang swept them f?om their scaffolding into the Singapore River. One of the labourers was fished out by fellow workmen but the second. Taimin. aged 34. could not be found.
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    FINED $5OO
    29 2 Tay Ah Hin, 48. was fined U3OO or eight weeks' simple imprisonment, in the Fourth Police Court yesterday, for assisting in the management of a chap-ji-kee lottery.
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    Sub-Tenant Opposes Eviction
    130 2 Mrs. Tan Ah Choot, owner of shophouse No. 38, Joo Chiat Road, figured in the High Court yesterday as defendant in a suit brought by Tan Keng Lav. sub-tenant of *he premises, for an injunction to restrain her from a Civil District C njrt eiectment ordir. Mrs.
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    WOMAN DENIES SUICIDE TRY
    52 2 Soh Wai Foon. 26-year--.'l woman, charged in the Fourtn PcUce Court yesterday with attempted .-uicidr by jumping over Anderson Bridge on August 21, denied she wanted to take her own life. "I was feeling giddy and fell into the river." she 1 claimed. t The case
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    NEW J.P.
    21 2 Mr. R. S. demons has been appointed to be a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of Singapore.
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    Same Job Same Desk
    46 2 Sir WiUlam Hildred, Direct r-(,rnora» oi the \«r Transport Association, wh eh celebrates its SOth sary™T>. Sir William is sittmg at the sa»u > *2 the Britain's first Director-General of Chfl Awation and founder of 1.A.T.A., the late Sir Seiton Brancker, .n 1919.
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    'Airlines Talk Same Language'
    137 2 In a state merit Issued Singapore tr.tl:iy S" VVi'liam Hikhrd, Directoi -General of the International Air Transpr:i Association, spoke about the thirty-year achievement ot the Association in worlu aviation. "As a result of 30 years of co-operation through 1.A.T.A., airlines all speak the same language, use
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    Mrs. Mary Richardson, who gave a untitled recital at the Kail instil Ut.on Hall on Tu-sday TJus was Richardson's second public appearand in Smgapon .
    25 2 Mrs. Mary Richardson, who gave a untitled recital at the Kail instil U t.on Hall on Tu-sday TJus was Richardson's second public appearand in Smgapon
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    The Governor of Singapore, Sir Fraaklin Gimson, and Lady Gtamm. and the t olonial Secretary. • r. . and Mrs «eK-rron WW among the 'arge aa<r nee umcn heard Mrs. Richardson's reeita».
    30 2 The Governor of Singapore, Sir Fraaklin Gimson, and Lady Gtamm. and the t olonial Secretary. r. and Mrs «eK-rron WW among the 'arge aa&lt;r nee umcn heard Mrs. Richardson's reeita».
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    46 CLERKS TO TAKE EXAMS.
    101 2 PORTY-SIX temporary clerks will sit for an r examination for the permanent Municipal establishment in Sept l and 2. The examination;- will be fixed at the Junior Cambi idge standard. Papers will be set in English and Arithmetic and candidates will bo given a test
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    SINGAPORE APPOINTMENTS
    62 2 Mr. A. H. Robson M C.S. has been appointed Assistant Financial Secretary. Mi. M. C. Compton M.C.S. has been named P. incioal Assista;Financial Assistant. Mi. Harry M. Danker. Council Clerk and acting Assistant to Principal Assistant Secretin, Colonial secretary's Office, has been appointed to pcifonn the duties of
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    KAJANG GANG MAULED
    287 3 Suffolk Kill Three, Capture One KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. JN their first offensive against the notorious Kajang Gang, a patrol of the Ist. Suffolk Regiment shot dead three bandits, wounded another three and captured yet another badly wounded bandit at Kampong Sungei Long in the Kajang area today.
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    Mr. and Mrs. Osman untitled who were married ins Singapore p r gently. The bride was formerly Miss Ku'som ' binte M m rbarrk. The bridegroom Is the well-known Singapore goalkeeper.
    30 3 Mr. and Mrs. Osman untitled who were married ins Singapore p r gently. The bride was formerly Miss Ku'som binte M m rbarrk. The bridegroom Is the well-known Singapore goalkeeper.
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    Electoral Rolls Up For Public Scrutiny
    230 3 X Sl »gapore public will be able to view the electoral rolls from tomorrow till September 8 During this period, a person, who has applied for registration and does not find his name in the register, can make a claim by signing a form
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    CONGRESS MEETING
    28 3 JOH(.nE BAHRU, Wed.— A public meeting of the In»mrn of Johore Bahru Id on Aug. 26 at at the Local Indian premises N©,47, ihim, Johore Bahru.
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    THEY LEAD YOUTH
    114 3 hundred and forty-two s from Methodist U. F-.»!o V v»bJp chapters at Kla,, X- K,,al Lumpur, am! I!' N,r,,ui 1 »&gt;' Malacca Sell V U Gid#* *nt M}ll »eea. Singapore largest delegation. Faculty members of the Southern District M.Y.F. Institute were (seated, from the left) Mr. Feter
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    MALAYALEES TO FETE 'ONAM'
    43 3 Singapore Malayalees will celebrate their annual festival 'Onam', on September 4. under the auspices of the Kerala Samajam at the New World Stadium. The programme will include I sports for women and child- ren, poetry contests and I speeches*.
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    NO TELEGRAMS
    13 3 It was announced yesterday that telegrams to Foochow are not acceptable.
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    Barter Trade Inducement Cut
    154 3 JriES 40 per cent inducement of foreign exchange given to merchants in the barter trade with five Sumatra ports will be cut to 30 per cent from September 1, the Singapore Government was informed yesterday. A Dutch official .spokesman said yesterday that this is being done
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    NEI COPRA EXPORTS IN JULY
    79 3 pppRA exports from Indole nesia in July amounted to 29,754, tops, bringing total exports since the beginning of this year to 197,908 tons. In June copra exports to Singapore were 2,134 tons and in July 4,906. tons. The rapid increase of copra exports since the
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    HE EXTORTED MONEY FROM SCHOOLBOY
    223 3 Kemeradin bin Rieb, s 19--year-old trishaw rider, was sentenced by the Fourth Police Magistrate to one month's hard labour for extorting $15 from a 14-year-old schoolboy, Song Kiat Leng, Song testified that, on hi&gt; way to school, Kemeradin stopped him. "He told me that if
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    Returning to the States
    44 3 Mr Charle. A.. Uvengood, L.s. Cn—l Qtmual tm Batavia (!ett photographed in Singapore yesterday with Mr John Hamlin, U.S.&gt;Consul in Singapore. Mr. and Mrs. Lrvengood are on their wav back to Washing ton after spending two years in Java. vvasning-
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    Senor On Global Tour Calls At S'pore
    156 3 §ENQ£ Araando de Aguiar;, one of PortugalV- leadme journalists arrived in Singapore yesterday by a X.L.M. plane from Batavia on the last lap of his round-the-world trip to collect material fo&gt;* a book. Thi s tho twenty-seconc month of hfj frtve! and he
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    FARRER PARK TALENTIME SHOW
    84 3 The Tamil Bt other hood Association will sponsor a Talentirne of their own at the Farrer Park pavilion on Saturday at 6.15 p.m. The show, which is open to the public, will feature such guest artists as Larry Fcaton and his Tin-Can "Toledo:--, Cyril Doraisamy and
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    Quest For Truth Will Build New Malaya-MacDonald
    296 3 (JOMMISSIONER-GENERAL, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald yesterday told Malayan teachers that their spirit of inquiry after truth would help to build a great nation in Malaya. Mr. Mac Donald was speaking at a tea-pari &gt;, given by the Singapore Teachers' Union at RajfUs College, which
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    S'PORE YOUTH LEARNED FLYING IN AMERICA
    118 3 A Chinese student, of Singapore, who has just return* d from studies in the United States is the holder of an American commercial pilot's single-engine licence with 170 flying hours to his cieriit. He is 22-year-old Donald Tan Yongyeow, son of the late Mr.
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    He'll Study Engineering
    60 3 Mr. Tan Eng Soon, of 95 Marine Parade, Singapore, the 21-year-old son of the well-known Singapore businessman Mr. Tan LarK Syo, will leave here shortly for further studies in the United States. He will study civil engineering in Union College, Schenectady, New York for 5 yean. Mr.
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    ELECTION CANDIDATES
    557 4 THE day is fast disappearing when politics was the pastime of wealthy gentlemen with leisure on their hands. In the bad old days, when the "representatives" of the people were chosen by the Government, the Council halls exuded the atmosphere of a bank vault. They were "solid" men
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    MALAYAN REDS FIND REFUGE IN SIAMESE JUNGLES
    1596 4  -  This is the second and last of two articles reviewing the prospects and strength of Communism in Siam. hv w JIM TAYLOR Reuter-AAP. BANGKOK. TO tr%ce the threads of Communist organisation in Thailand and assess* its strength, the researcher must probe underground mainly
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    SEPARATION IS UNNATURAL AND UNWISE
    351 4  -  By G. SARANGAPANY (Editor, TAMIL MURASU) EVER since the separation of Singapore from the Mainland, rivalry and jealousy, hatred and animosity have been arising between the two territories, and these evils are bound to increase if tho separation continues, ultimately destroying the prosperity of both
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    BAO DAI WORRIED BY "WAIT AND SEE" LEADERS
    468 4  -  By FELIX BOLO Reuter. SAIGON. EX-EMPEROR Bao Dai's six-week old Vietnam cabinet, mandated to rule over war stricken Indo-China is already facing a crisis. Various difficulties threaten the government, set up after Ffance had agreed that IndoChina should be an independent State
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    Prohibition Has Failed In Syria
    161 4 Reuter. DAMASCUS, The Syrian Director-General of Police has urged legalisation of prostitution in Damascus, abolished in 1947 after a campaign by religious bodies supported by most of the press. Two years experience of the prohibition has convinced the Government Department concerned that it has had
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    ARTHUR AIRES
    619 5 Allan Lewis Introduces— SINGAPORE racegoers have not yet had the pleasure of seeing Arthur Ayres riding in public. Arthur who arrived in Malaya about a fortnight ago had his first ride on the last day of fee Kuala Lumpur meeting just concluded. He made a good impression in
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    A VISIT TO A MODERN RACING STABLE WITH ALLAN LEWIS
    853 5 f RANTED a trainer's license in 1947, Jack Spencer has made rapid strides in his profession, today he is in the forefront of Malayan timers. His success has been no surprise as his bearing and attitude to the training game
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    Lunch Time At B. Timah
    23 5 Syces at Bukit Timah mixing fodder for their charge*. The fodder is measured under Trainer Spencer's persona! supervision.
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    FORM GUIDE FOR SATURDAY'S RACES
    4948 6 First Day Of Spore Meet Class I Div. 1-6 F. and 5 yd. KINDER GOLD 9.5 SECOND 14 549 tTpore 9JA Abt. 6 Furs. (Jonr«) Div. i. Summer Cup Won I'• Primes* Guinevere 1-17 3/5. Going Very Heavy. I'OtRTH 27-7-49 Penanu' I». I h Fur?.
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    PROSPECTS FOR BUKIT TIMAH FIRST DAY
    2103 7 Allan Lewis 9 Comments On The Runners Class I. Div. I, abt. 6F KINDER OOLD 9.5 Penang form puts tnia fellow in this tight up to his nock He is well handicapped and will be the hardest to b&lt; Ut BRIGHT EYES 9.4 Unplaced
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    A YANK AT BUKT TIMAG
    519 8  -  Golden Rod-ga Hoped with Black Tarquin By ALLAN LEWIS UENTITCKY —to' racegoers throughout the world, this word immediately brings visions of luscious blue grass and the cream of America's three-years-old thoroughbreds racing for one of the worlds richest classics—The Kentucky Derby. Such is the fame
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    JOCKEYS' DERBY FOR CHARITY, ON SEPT. 5
    473 8 The Malayan Jockeys' Association sponsoring a dance for C h;,rit v nt Raffles Hotel on Sept. 5. Proceeds will be shared by the Little sist, rs «ff the Poor and The Bedemptonst Fathers. This dance promises to be full of surprises. The jockeys
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    Woman Fights Bulls
    59 9 A.P. vr v YORK W«* t Mrs. Edith a „l to fight he prefers Portuguese style- horns padded to dty andwltll the j' wui»&lt;in« how alive. [.aurie-Baun aral ird the S. Shark, she said she g hull lighting m lsidoro Marin. JJJng bulls with three-inch no bit
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    Winnie Advises Merle
    107 9 A.P. j A n rO, FRANCS, Wed. Hi Winston Churchill, whe ling a long weektmi ;lr c :l P Dail estate 01 »k. will leave toda&gt; turn to Strasbourg to take part m the session of the Council of Europe. M Churchill has been some of his
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    BUT JOE'S IN THE PICTURE AS WELL
    76 9 A.P. MOSCOW, Wed. Genetalisi Stalin's work "Anarchism j Socialism has been pub|sho&lt;l in a separate edition. Commenting on it the newspapei Piavda said: j The book belongs to the Bcotogical repository of out Party .1- an outstanding con|tributio:i to Maixist-L.cn7i.lst theotv. It 19
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    BIG HEARTED RACE HORSE OWNER
    94 9 Reuter-AAP. I MELBOURNE. Wed. An xamination of his heart had shown that It was [bigger than that of the former. Australian champion Iracbehorse, Phar Lap. a MclI bourne company director, Mr. Frederick C March, claimed i recently. Mr M rch. who is aged 70, art
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    AMERICAN WARSHIPS FOR SPAIN
    69 9 A.P. I MADRID, Tues. U.S. warP i r&gt; will visit Spain next pnon tii fot the hist time since limo Francisco Fianco took row. a decade ago. hi Washington a State DeI official told a lepoitei P he is the Navy's idea •ami not lepresent any
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    ECHOES OF MANILA BAY
    39 9 A.P. f MAINE. Wed. Xadley. 85. X 5w aimed h fired the first d the Battle of 1898, was buried r; '"v. on Saturday at the 'at ion Hos- Ie was aboard jr hip, Olympia.
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    FACTORY SABOTAGED
    14 9 Reuter. L**2US, Wod.-A blaze in Mathukkaii province caused ttcd at £75.000. uspoctsabo-
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    Fat Men Get A Pal On The Stark
    174 9 A.P. FAT men make the best husbands, -md school teachers the best wives. This conies straight from the Director of the L.S. National Institutue for Human Relations. Dr. James F Bender of New York eltv declared at the closing summer s**ssi&lt;»n convocation
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    The Colonel Who Visits His Grave
    146 9 A.P. ETCHING!!AM. SUSSEX. Wed. Colonel L.H.E. Burlton said today that he has one leg in the grave. It is cremated and has its own tombstone. The matter camp up at a meeting of the Tlcehurst Parish Council. Colonel Burlton, a Council members, says this
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    ANOTHER FOOTPRINT IS FOUND
    78 9 A.P. BANGKOK. Wed.-Another sacred footprint nt Buddha similar, to the one now at Saraburi, has been reported found at the base of Mount Parnkram in Amphur Nanpong. Phra Kru Saratharm Munk, chief priest for Khonkhaen, sent the message to Nai Frava Chanpim. MP Mr the province,
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    LUCKY POLE
    30 9 Reuter and AAP. MELBOURNE, Wed. —Aj Polish tailor who came to Australia eighteen months ago shared first prize of £AlO.OOO in a recent Tasmanian lottery. Reuter and AAP.
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    St. Peter's Bones To Be Proclaimed
    84 9 U.P. VATICAN CITY, WpA Pope Pius will announce that the bones found beneath the Church of St. Peters in Rome arc those of St. Peter himself, a high Vatican source predicted yesterday. The highly placed informant emphasized that he was expressing only his. personal
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    STEEL BOLSTER FOR TIMBER
    65 9 Reuter AAP. TOKYO, Wed. The fivestoreyed'pagoda of the Horyuji Temple, in Nara. Central Japan, claimed by the Japanese to be the oldest wooden building in the world, will be bolstered by steel frames. Temnle officials have decided to use' 6 by 9M» inch girders tc strengthen
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    SAMBO FINDS MANY FRIENDS
    131 9 Reuter and AAP. SYDNEY, Wed. To get the only home he has ever known, 18-year-old onelegged Sambo Kosa, Portuguese East African native, stowed away aboard a freighter at Lourenco Marques. When the freighter arrived in Melbourne crew members said "He is no one. has no one.
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    U.S. 'FIVE PERCENTERS' UNDER FIRE
    313 9 A.P. WASHINGTON, Wednesday. 4 message to Quartermaster Headquarters of the U.S. Army's Far Eastern Command in Japan, signed "QMG" or Quartei master General, was read to a U.S. Senate Sub-committe? vesterdaav. The Sub-committee is investigating activities of "five percenters," men who try to get Government
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    HURRICANE
    59 9 Reuter. MIAMI, Florida, Wed.— The first Atlantic hurricane of the season moved northward about 500 kilometres off the Florida coast today as a new "area of suspicion" was reported east of Puerto Rico. Meanwhile "Harry's Hurricane", as the storm was called because it coincided with President Harry Tinman's visit
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    SO ALBERT DECIDES TO WALK
    82 9 Reuter-AAP. MELBOURNE. Wed. Six-year-old Albert had beon given threepence and was going ull speed on his scooter to a sweet shop to convert it into an Ice-cream. Albert had a spill. He returned home and said the threepence had gone into 0 his nose. His
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    303 British Bulls Offer Good Service
    142 9 AP. I ONDuN VV^d.—Artificial insemination of British cows increased steeply in the 1948-49 period the Milk Marketing Board reported. A total of 25(5,054 cows, belonging to 33.249 fai mors were inseminated during the 12 months ended Match 31. When the Board started its artificial
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    RED SOLUTION
    34 9 A.P. ROME, Wed. When a workman was unable to remove a granite cross from atop a Korean Catholic school building, in Seoul, Korea, Communists covered the cross with a metal drum. -AT.
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    LAST BOHEMIAN
    26 9 A.P. SYDNEY, Wed. Roderlc Joseph Quinn, 80, known as ne last of Sydney's Bohemian poets, is dead. The State government arranged his funeral. A.P.
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    OFFERING WAS NOT ACCEPTED
    71 9 A.P. BANGKOK, Wed.—Six men went to the Abbot of Wat Samplun Monastery to make an offering to a spirit for protection of the Gods during their planned robbery. The site of the intended robbery was to be the monastery itself. Something apparently had gone wrong with
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    DOCK STRIKE
    23 9 A.P. HONOLULU. Wed. —A Federal attempt to Set peace talks going again today in Hawaii's 115-day dock strike has been postponed.—A.P.
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    And Now: Talking Posters
    73 9 A.P. lit AGUE, Wed. Czec'.tostovoltia claims to have sol thJ ig that will revolut Itdcei advertising I pea ci v.itii a sound track. The i mcia) prcaa oureau Mmouncod thai the machine would U&gt; slenvn ai Plague's Bfth tru;ic iuir September. It is described aa slowing
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    ATTENTION GIRLS!
    20 9 A.P. LONDON. Wed. Ad v ClSCmcnt m an English prm i iciai -papci "Girl wanted for canning", a.p.
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    Angeles Is Blood Be— spattered
    478 9 A.P. ANG&LB3, ljzon, Wednesday. AMERICA'S biggest military Installs^ion in the Philippines has .1 b!ood-spati"red door. Fv'ucis among law enforcing agencies, disarming an/J beatlnM of American military police personnel, rjfids by Communist-led Hukbalahaps, lootings by bandits make a Hollywood version of old wild west film seem
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    Japan's Tax Men Succumb
    165 9 A.P. TOkYo, Wed.—Uemptation.s beset the poor tax collector in Japan —not to mention any other country —and in Japan at least sometimes he is weak and succumbs. The National Taxation Board has issued figures on just what temptations prove irresistible to how many tax officials. During
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    SHARK LIVER PROBE?
    99 9 Reuter. CAM Hill DC JB, BWi I A ND. Wed. Pi of c—or E Crm Coke of Santiago de Chile, told the first International Congress of Biochemistry here today that he was experimenting with cod liver oil and the liver oils of other fish for what may
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    LIES, LIES, LIES!
    30 9 U.P. WASHINGTON, Wed. Secretary of Defence Louis Johnon testified wrathfully today lhaf the ugly rumours of political influence in the B-36 bomber purchases weie 'm:\licicuiH lies"- U.P.
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    DEATH'S HOLIDAY
    25 9 A.P. TOKYO, Wed. Japan's death rate last year was tho lowest in the country's recorded history, SCAP public health and welfare officials said.—A.P.
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      163 9 LI L VltM II by Al €app j NE.F.DS YOU YvASSUH, MISTAH ROTTEN JOE. RAT TIG AN, SUM.'/I I PALS.'/'- MEET UP WIT' T'RE-E. NEW y C-PSSTr."-A7 I ?£3L C £J& ou X HE 'S ALONGSIDE O' ME, A-CHUCKLIN' WIF &lt;J I PALS/T-TH* HAYSEED AN' HIS DOLL f*ROTTEMUOE A HlM*'
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    WORLD TIN OUTPUT IN JUNE-ADVANCE FIGURES
    141 10 A.P. uirnF Wednesday. Advance figures Tin SM& Group at The H»f c show me, tor.d export* Highest figures for tin n concentrates hi June are Belgian Congo 1,780 long tons. Bolivia 4.001. Malaya 4.802 Indonesia 2.523. Highest production figures for tin metal in June
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    RUBBER EASIER
    80 10 THE rubber commodity market opened quiet yesterday and with profit taking in evidence eased a quarter cent towards the close. Closing prices were: Buyers Sellers No 1 Sept. RSS 35% 35 No-2 Sept. RSS 33% 34 No 3 Sept. RSS 30% 31 On registered tender: Oct-Dec aa Jaiu-Mar.
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    RICE CROPS HIT
    22 10 SEOUL. Wed.-—A regional drought settled I". Seoul area has blasted Korear. hopes for a bumper rice ctop this year.
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    Produce
    65 10 i FAIR amount of business A in copra was reported from Penang on Monday and Tuesday at the level of $32 f.o.b. Sept Yesterday's Singapore price was $324 f.o.b. Sept. Though the market was very firm trading was quiet. Coconut oil continues to be a firm market. Yesterdays f.o.b.
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    INDIA TIGHTENS BELT
    150 10 NEW DELHI, Wed.—lndia is tightening her belt further to ensure minimum waste of foodstuffs. The Government of India has directed the provincial and state governments to introduce more austere measures and to ensure more economy. These are some of thorn: Meals in hotels, restaurants and other similar
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    Malayan Share Quotations
    800 10 Buyers. Sellers, 4 tlas Ice 15.50 16.50 \lex. Brick Pref. 2.45 2.55 Ords. 2.15 2.22^ 8.8, Petrol 37/6 38/ 6 BM. Trustee 7.50 8.50 Cons. Tin Ord. 14/6 15/6 do. (P) 21/- 22/E. Utd. Assur. 40.75 41.75 Estate Trust 7.00 8.00 Federal Dispensary 6.70 7.00 F. N.
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    TINS UP
    31 10 Singapore, Wed. London again bid better prices for selected tin shares and prices •ocaJly were raised in conlormity with London's bid*. There was little activity on the local market.
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    Along The Godowns
    61 10 Titan (44); Empire Hamble (Sheers Wharf); Glen*yle (42/43); Bidor (41); Irhyonr-Sitaen (40); Manchuria (38/30.); Benma4«dhui (36/37); Kajnla-Luxmi (33/34); Froderirk Lykea (31-32); Tai |&gt;mr YanK (17/18); Burnside, (19/30); Hollandia (21/22); Elinbbeth Bakke (23/24); Nordstjernan &lt;25/36); Aiikold (27/28); Star Arrhrnru* (29/30); Denbighshire (15/16); Elpenor Ml 3/14); Asphalion (11); Mccl
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    SKA MAIL
    47 10 Latest time of posting at the G.P O. to Australia is 8 a.m and to Gt. Britain. N. Ireland. Eire, Europe, Egypt, North and West Africa, and the West Indies is noon. Surface mails are expected fiom Java, Thailand, North Borneo. Labuan. Brunei and Miri.
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    AIR MAIL
    63 10 Latest time of posting at the G.PO. to Aden. North and South America, Europe, West Indies. Africa. Eire. Egypt, Gt. Britain. lian, liaq. U.S.S.R.. Java and the Federation of Malaya is 6 p.m. Air mails are expected from Aden. Nortn and South America, Europe, West Indies. Afiica, Eire.
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    INDIES MAKES GOOD PROGRESS
    254 10 A.P. WASHINGTON, Wednesday. The U.S. Department of Commerce in its annual economic review for Indonesia says that although impeded by continued political conflict and the attendant lack of security substantial progress was made in rehabilitiating economy of the islands during 194 S Increases both in domestic
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    TEA EXPORTS
    54 10 Highest figure for tea exports from Indonesia was reached in June with 3.401 tons, valued at Glds 8,100,000. Total tea exports for the first six months of 1949 amounted to 10,601 tons, worth Glds 21,900,000 against 2.595 tons, worth Glds. 6.800,000 in 1948. Singapore received 19 tons of
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    CUP HORSES DO FAST GALLOPS
    749 11 By ALLAN LEWIS TALLOPING conditions at Bukit Thnah wer*» ideal this morning, when Saturday's runners had their final gallops. The going on the number two grass was very good. Fast times were recorded by horses sent against the watch. LOXGCHAMPS 11, ridden by E. Donnelly,
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    TOURISTS HIT 358 v. KENT
    157 11 CANTERBURY, Wed. A Ui wicket stand of 140 I i fl irtin Donnelly (68» and Verdun Scott (74) helped the n Zca'anders put on 358 in i their first innings against j Kent if re tod xy. At the close of play Kent v. r.
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    Non-Benders Reunite In Singapore
    213 11 Tw Non-Benders' Cricket Club o! Malnya will hold their Annual k&lt; n Singapore on Saturday and Sunday a rut thiough the i oi the Singapore Cri&lt;ket Club, they h a v c been permitted the use of the Ctub and Padang for the occa?.on. The S.ngaporc
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    WEMBLEY B.P.
    50 11 will represent Junior B.P. badminton agatnst WeinB P. on Aug. 29 at 7.30 p.m. Hanpj World Stadium: loon L:m Mm. Low Jj... Cheng, Lim Kirn Lee. Tan Kirn Hwee, Tan Thoo Mong. Khiui Chai, Tan Hung Cho. Meng. Chan Bak Wee Bak Hoe and Kwa ■a k Ch\ian.
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    4 TITLES AT STAKE
    34 11 LONDON, Wed. Rinty Belfast, will defend l tit lea (world, tritisl Empire and Eu- Terry Alien, London, at the King s Hall here on Sept. JO. it was d today.—Reuter.
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    MEDICAL SPORTS
    27 11 The heals of the second annual the MeJical Department, under the auspices I&lt;l at the Outran* .il Services Union md Tomorrow and lurdaj 1.30 p.m.
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    Down 3-0, SCC force 'Rajas' to a draw
    188 11 THE Singapore Cricket Club held Kota Raja to a Hiree-aH draw in an S.A.F.A. Senior League sorter m .t c h at M»n Besr»r Stadium, yesterday. went off to a d after more than ime had been play--1 «ut the Kmopeans rallied
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    Schoolboy Conquers Channel
    97 11 U.P. DOVER, Wed. PUW Mirkman, plucky 18-&gt;car-old British s?hoo!hi&gt;y swi.iimcr, conquered the English Channe» today despite wind, rain and other advers- cond.li "&gt;ns written, mrde Mai awrip an aattauted ;&lt;&gt; extra mi!-s. Mickman, who p!ung;&gt;tl in at Oaf &lt;iris St-z on the 1Y mh Bl* at 4.4«
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    CORTINAS GIVES UP
    33 11 A.P. CALAIS. \VcL Jose Cortina.--. Cuban svurniur, had 10 give up today his aoooad aitompt to BWUn the Engllah Channel alter being* tn the ua'er lor 9 hour. 20 minutes.—A.P.
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    Local schools win by a wicket and 37 runs
    311 11 SINGAPORE Combined Schools 2nd XI beat the 3 English School Boys by a wicket and 87 runs yesterday on the SRC Padeng. English' School-boys bathed •first and totalled 95 runs. N. Strichland played a grand innings of 27 runs and was
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    Donald Compbell and Bluebird II
    9 11 DONALD CAMPBELL -J* JtrMTSA
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    Malacca XI v. Singapore
    87 11 MALACCA. Wed. Malaccas last cricket match of the KMM i» the inter-state match against Singapore on th;- S.R.t gioiind at Singapore this Saturday and Suudav. Tarn Wcnf Hon and P. K. Lewis arc unable to make the trip. The following win play tor Malacca, the twelfth
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    Bailey takes 10 wkts for 90 runs v Lanes
    284 11 Reuter. IjONPON, Wednesday, i TREVOR England fast bowler, todo.y took 1 aU the 10 wickets for Essex against Lancashire. He is the fourth bowler to perform this feat since the war, and the first English amateur to do so since i9:&gt;2.
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    Play Your Own Game And Let Him Play His
    476 11 #HOW TO PLAY GOLF THESE are tournament Antra for goiters all over the i.md. The blue i hips are d&lt; «n In affairs ranging from mixed f&lt; ursoines to club tliampioactnpa. And. nr. it,.liter how the affair may he. Ike strain
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    INDIAN CASUALS SOCCER
    63 11 The Indian Casual? Junnus will play two games of soccer on Aug 26 und 29 against Cable and Wireless and Blue White Youn* siers respectively at Farrer Park. The Casuals team will be elected from the following: &gt;&gt;. S.thambaram. K. Arumugam. Philiph. Dinah. A. Moh.deen. Kassmi. S.
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    Entries for Malacca Athletic Meeting
    360 11 MALACCA, Wed. The Malacca Amateur Athletic Association will hold tr«Hr first championship meet on Friday and Saturday. The following: are the entries: 10« Yards: R. Dickson (M.1.A.). Utherman Das (M.1.A.». Lam Kok Hon (M.C.R.C.). T*tn Kong (M.C.R.C.). Johnny Ho (M.C.R.C.). E Theseira (E.A. &gt;. John
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    HOTSPURS TO MEET SHELL
    117 11 Hotspurs will meet Shell Co.. X! In a return game of mootr at vlang Stadium tKridav 26. August 1949) commencing at 5.30 j p.m. L j The team to represent Hot- ■para xi will be chosen rrem the t following: Francis Goh. Wilfred Sumner. Ho Ec
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    Football, Rugby Results
    193 11 LONDON Wed. Following are todaV* football &lt;rssuits: ENGLISH LRAGtVE first division Birmingham 2, W&gt;3t Brom. ft. Charlton 2, Woiv«rh*nipton 3. Chelsea 1. Ar.«en*l ft. Overton a. \ev&lt;-tatl* I. Huddersfirtd 2. I utham 2. Manchester U. 3. Bolton 0. Port. «month 1. C. 1. SECOND Harnsley 2. Southampton
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    ATHLETICS AT NAVAL "BASE ON SATURDAY
    65 11 The Singapore Representative Atbl-n. Team Oh tak. place ::t .he Royal Maval Hurra.*-., H. M. Naval Base, on Saturday at 3 p.m. Tin- follow,ng will compete: Royal Navy, Army. Royal An Kmc.', gmgapore PolU c. Singapore A.A.A B&nds fiom H.M.S. -Belfast ,-md 11■«- Singapore
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    S.C.R.C. RUGGED
    35 11 At the rugger meeting held on Tuesday at Hong Lim Green clubhouse, the S.C.R.C. decided not to field a rugger side this season until the new playing ground at Tanjong Rhu is ready.
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    HAULAGE PERMIT
    96 11 t, Yew Ticng of 3rd Mile Jalan Genuang, Scgimat, Jo hore being holder of Haulag&lt; Permit No 5173 hereby givr lOtice of intention to apply foi a variation of the above to replace vehicle. Ko. J. 1367 witr vehicle load capac t; frc-m 59 cwts 56 lbs to
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    U.S. PLANS NEW POLOCY FOR FAR EAST
    281 12 Acheson Defends White Paper U.P. WASHINGTON. Wednesd'V. SECRETARY of State De-n Acheson said today S that the United States, in its efforts to work out a new Far Eastern policy, hoped to achieve a bpartisan approach which would be untinged with the charges
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    untitled Jordan's King Abdullah arrives with his untitled •JLttrM* b Southampton. Picture show* King Ab- the guard of1 honour after his arrival at Southampton on August 18.
    27 12 untitled Jordan's King Abdullah arrives with his untitled •JLttrM* b Southampton. Picture show* King Abthe guard of 1 honour after his arrival at Southampton on August 18.
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    French Fear Ho May Link Arms With Mao
    220 12 Reuter, and A.P. SAIGON, Wednesday. DRENCH officials here today predicted a general stiffening of Vietminh (Nationalist) pohcy and taetTesasthe Chme.se Communist forces draw nearer to the Tongkmg area frontier. Formation of a Vietnam Communist P^rt rto nationalist-controlled Indochina might be one out
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    Chinese Seamen A rrested
    130 12 Reuter-AAP. TOKYO. Wed.—Three officers end two crew members of a Chinese vessel, which arrived in Japan 11 days ago from Hongkong, have been arrested on charges of smuggling and more than $200.000 worth of contraband seized. General Douglas MacArthur's Headquarters announced today. The five men are
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    Towkay In Court
    73 12 MALACCA. Wed. A ra;d by Customs men on a Chine: c ciub in Blacksmith Street had a sequel in the Sessions Coui t this morn-ng when a wellknown Cnincse towkay, Tan Tiong Lin. was cnaiged with possession ci cpium and some chandu. Tan Claimed trial. In a
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    'Wartime Cowards' —Says Calwell
    166 12 A.P. CANBERRA, Wednesday. IMMIGRATION Minister Arthur Calwell yesterday accused many Chinese who are now resisting deportation of wartime cowardice. He said, "Many Chinese who now form the hard core of resistance or our immigration I laws are not lawbreakers. 1 They reached Australia as ship's deserters
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    RAO IN NEW YORK
    28 12 U.P. NEW YORK, Wed. Shiva Rao, member of the Indian delegation to the United Nations General Assembly arrived at the international airport today. U.P,
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    LORRY DRIVER LOSES HIS APPEAL
    130 12 A motor lorry driver, Da'ip Singh, under sentence of eight months' imprisonment tor killing a Chinese, Quek Juan Wee, through negligent driving at Beach Road on May 29 last. wiH serve his sentence. Hi 3 appeal ngs'nst r~m,»ction was dismissed yesterday by the Chief Justice,
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    Bombs Blast Karen Supply Depot
    110 12 A.P. RANGOON. Wed. The Burma Air Force today bombed and machine-gunned a Karen stronghold and supply depot near the southern Shan State capital on Taungyi at present occupied *by rebet Karens. the Burma Army Radio announced fast night. It added that Government fences after severe
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    NATIONALISTS TO EXTEND BLOCKADE
    104 12 Reutet. CANTON. Wed. -&gt;c Chinese Foreign Office had told the British Embassy here that from Saturday next the Nationalist coastal blockade will be extended. The Em bass v was asked to notify British shipping that the blockade will then cover the 130-mile coastline between Foochow at
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    Coal Strikers Decide To Go Back To Work
    126 12 Reuter and A.P. SHEFFIELD, Wednesday. I ANCASHIRE coal pit liftmen on strike for higher L pay decided tonight to return to work on prestrike conditions. Their Yorkshire colleagues yesterday ?uso decided to go back and to submit their pay claim to arbitration.
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    BUYING IS RESTRICTED
    91 12 A.P. LONDON, Wed. The Bn- I tish Trcasurv announced yesterday that residents in the Sterling Area outside tho 1 United Kingdom cannot buy as from today in a British stock exchange, any securities nayable in Belgian. Belgian Congo or Luxembourg franc:-. Non residents in the Sterling Area
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    L—5 CRASHES
    26 12 A.P. FRANKFURT. Wed. An American Army L-5 observation plane crashed on a takeoff on Tuesday at Odenburg. near Nuremberg. The pi'ot was killed. —A.P.
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    GBS's CURE FOR CRIME
    158 12 GBS' s CURE FOR CRIME A.P. LONDON, Wed. George Bernard Shaw proposed a sweeping cure for crime today abolish prisons and put their inmates to death. The 93-year-old playwright set forth his views in a printed postcard mailed to editors from his home at Avot, St. Lawrence. "Tf we find
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    On Guard In Syria
    56 12 A Syrian Tank and its crew mounts irurrd at a crossroad in central I&gt;a- nuWWMk Syria. This ac- tion followed the BbIH- tary conp d'etat under Coioacl Sami Hinnawl on I August 14, when Marshal j Iltisni Zaim, President, and M onsen Ueraii, Prime Minister, vter:
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    'DRAW UP YOUR OWN SCHEME'
    112 12 STRASBOURG, Wed. Western European nations were today urged to write then own programme for Joint colonial development. Addressing the Euiopean Consultative Assembly the French Finance expeit Felix Gaillard who has been working with th" French section of the Marshal. Plan, referred to Truman's inaugural address
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    BORDEAUX MOANS FIRE VICTIMS
    154 12 A.P. BORDEAUX. Wed. Flags flew at half mast in the sad- deoed city of Bo deaux today v -for tile 82 men who died in the still smouldering forests fires which have ravaged the region. Although the fires in the vast pine forest south of Bordeaux
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    TALKS START
    30 12 A.P. LONDON. Wed. Preliminary Anglo American pounddollar talks began here today when Foreign Secretary Bevin gave a big luncheon for the ECA chiefs Paul Hoffman and Avcrill Harriman.--A.P.
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    Chinese Landlords Ask For Higher Rents, More Rights
    539 12 Tribune St-* ft" Reporter THE Chinese Chamber of Commerce, following a three-hour committee meeting tot night called for &gt;» rse in house rents and more rights for the landlord over his house. The Chamber will write to the chairman of the Rent
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    CHIANG IN C'KING
    12 12 U.P. CANTON, Wed.—Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek flew to Chungking today.—U.P.
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    RUBBER OUTPUT RISES
    87 12 Rubber production in the Federation ro~e in July by 4.284 tons. The total in June was 51.604 tons and in July 55 888 tons. At the same time dealers and port stocks at the end of July rose by a small mar gin of 169 tons Stocks
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    NEW SITE WANTED
    24 12 A.P. HONGKONG, Wed. The I'hina National Aviation Cor&gt;oration (CNAC) is seeking site near Kai Tak airport foi a lew engine workshop.—A.P.
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    Murray Murder: Film Actress Disappears
    192 12 A.P. MANILA. Wednesday. f\ROL Varga, voting screen actress who dis L appeared 12 days ago at the time the AneW man-about-town George Murray was murdered missing again. She asked for police protection. Put after several hours questioning W National Bureau of Investigation she asain in
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    Sentence Reduced
    89 12 Too Hco Huat, an alleged opium smoker under sentence of nine months imprisonment for possession of chandu, had his sentence reduced to two months, on appeal in the High Court yesterday. A fine of $100 or one month's imprisonment on a second charge of having utensils for the
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    IRAN PROTESTS
    37 12 A.P. TEHERAN. Wed. Iran pio j eated to Russia today against i the kidnapping of an Iraniar farmei and the beating of two, women who tried to save him in the latest border incident. A.P
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    Russia May Say 'No' To Tito
    137 12 A.P. BELGRADE. Wed Tito* offei to "all (fiaputexi question; tween Yugoslavia and b* has put the possibility f '•Ml tension in the ,yL Balkan y ;V»»; Soviet DUflB. H 10 But. among observer, a» :hete .seemed little uw-J* Russia will accept th Slav bid
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    LONDON SHORES
    167 12 Reuter. IXWDON. Wed. of a fresn ai.oum in stock exrhant'. •:-..&gt; ■bout any impruveaMat n ,„7 InC conditions aivl or ?T mained the keynote pendin° outcome of the u'ks a aw n.e-ton on the dollar eri#i British Qavanuaeat mm went ahead atowr* m .V lead of war-ioa ed
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    General WHAT'S ON TODAY
    31 12 SINGAPOBK Tournament shoot at r 1 Rukit Timah H ST. LOI IS CHIK H. by the Rev. Fr. D:ni. Twa Loh Koh P™J ,rC p TTclMD Road
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    Cinema
    125 12 TftTO? CATHAV: -n. 1-n &lt; with Robert u "&gt; 1 1^; r gi &LSSS?» b tory with JoeJ jg, t Virginia Mayo 1» g.3&lt;&gt; snd 4- -M PAVILION: T! with Lor*"» T*ug u Corr? Cummins «nd v 2. 4.15, «■»•"**wrth*C REX: "The H» fi. Crain. Madeleine Cr Sanders and
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    Sport
    13 12 -V ,H Royal Air I a w Singapore DiM' p.m. Besar Stadium
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