Malaya Tribune, 9 September 1949

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    64 1 Malaya Tribune BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Tefc tribune" Spore LARGER SALES THAN ANY AFTERNOON PAPER IN MALAYA Phone 3811/3 Nine Una Published simultaneously at S 'tn<ja]»>i >, Kuala Lumpur, ipoh mul Ppuimg. TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1949 PRICE TEN CENTS. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE E.
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    U.S. TO GIVE CHINA $75 MILLION
    365 1 BUT NOT IF CHIANG CONTROLS THE COUNTRY WASHINGTON. Tbursd«v THE Uattod States Administration agreed today to e-rnvrk I Ss7\lM»o.ooo in new »id for non-CVmintiinist Chin**, provided President Truman gpts complete control of when or how it will be used. The decision was announced by
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    STRAUSS DIES
    33 1 Reuter. Garmisch Partcnkirchen. Thurs.- The 85-ycai-old Geiman composer, Richard Strauss, dicu here this afternoon. He had been gravely ill for tlie past 14 days from a heart and kidney disease— Reutcr.
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    CALL ON TRUMAN
    37 1 U.P. WASHINGTON, Thurs. British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin and Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Stafford Cripps will make a formal courtesy call on President Truman at Blair House at 5.30 p.m. today.—U P. at
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    WAR IN KOREA?
    29 1 A.P. LAKE SUCCESS. Thui The United Nations Commission said today that "barbarous civil war might explore ous civil war" might explode in Korea any day.— A.P.
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    NEW POST
    25 1 A.P. WAS' lINOTON, Thurs. Major General Alfred m. Gruenther has been appoint'-J Army Deputy Chief of Stall tot Plans and combat operations. -A.P.
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    B.O.A.C TO RESUME S'PORE HK SERVICE
    141 1 H.O.A.C. mnounc 'hat Uiey will resume their Singapore Hongkong service vvitf Dou- O.C. 4 Skyma-t' rs. Th< first BOAC >ai tared Skymastei from Qantas Km pi re Ah ways foi the Far Eastern toutes ''11 fly through Singapore morning for "position!'g" at K.t! achi.
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    AIRMEN GET 'EXPENSES'
    52 1 A.P. RANGOON, Thuis.—High civil aviation sources -aid today that Burmese I ools gave two members of an air-, i»w which foicc landcc in territory 200 Rnpcca "expenses money" to] pay fares back to Range airmen were Caf n Ken Beggs of Sydney, Iml smond Laskey, his AizloBurmese
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    KOREANS MOVE
    34 1 Reuter. TOKIO. Thurs. TheJieaof Koreans in Japan w*.h tNW members, this afit: noon 1 acuated their hei: qua in downtown Toko ::i compliance with the J%' Government's direct| vtoday ordering its dissoluti©Reuter.
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    THE BIG THREE
    29 1 P.P. SHINGTON, Thurs. ►rmed sources said Unite officials will insist on command composed o United States. BritaJ Fiance for the North intic Pact defence setup. -P.P.
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    RUSSIA'S 31st 'NO'
    26 1 P.P. LAKE SUCCESS. Wed. Russia cast its 31st veto in the Security Council today, blocking Nepal's application for admission to the United Nations.—U.P.
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    POLIO HITS BERLIN
    17 1 A.P. BERLIN, Wed. Berlin is being hit by a wave of inpai alysis.— A.P.
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    Toothache Cost Kevin 6 Dollars
    98 1 U.P. WASHINGTON. lnurs. British Foreign Secretary Etnest Bcvin had a tooth extracted today undei a local anaesthetic. Dr. Clement Alpert said: "Within 48 houis. Mr. Bcvin will have an American poieclain tooth in his mouth. 1 took out a lower right cuspid which was infected.
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    HIRE APPLYING FOR RELEASE
    96 1 Reuter-AAP. BATAVIA. Thurs Carlton Arthur Hire, 39-year-old Briton, sentenced last Januaiy to seven years' imprisonment tor complicity in gun running operations in indonesiar-is-af*-plying for a 'clemency release.' He said this in Bata via gaol today. A "clemency release aval granted to the three American airmen convicted
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    'A TWO-WAY BRIDGE' – CRIPPS
    107 1 'A TWO-WAY BRIDGE' CRIPPS Reuter. WASHINGTON, Thurs. Sir Stafford Cripps, Chancellor of the Exechequer, told American and Canadian negotiators today at the opening of the sterling-dollar talks: "The bridge to cover the gap must be built from both sides at the same time." Giving a grim outline of Britain's p°
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    BRAZIER AT TUC MEET
    37 1 Among those who tending the Trades Union Congress at Bridlington this week is John Brazier the Trade Union Advisor o the Malayan Government and to the country's one hundred and sixty Trade Unions.
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    INDIA SAYS 'NO'
    25 1 U.P. NEW DEUiI. Tnuis. xndia i»?ported today it had rejected a Tiuman-Attlce proposa' that submit her Kashmi' dispute with Pakistan to aroitia-tion.-U.P.
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    Britain Asks U.S. To Buy More Rubber
    197 1 U.P. WASHINGTON, Thursday, DRITaIn is to ask the United States todiy at the D trip*tite dollar conference how much «>f rubber, tin. juUJand other sterling area produce, she is prepareito buy for stockpiling. This is the secoiut oi nve points that Britain is
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    BRITON KILLED IN CANTON
    181 1 A.P. CANTON. Thurs. A British Citizen born in Shanghai Was ki'led and two Americans were wounded ciitically in a mysterious shooting at their residence here today. Tho Briton, Harold Harris, was the Manager of the International Supplies Corporation. The wounded were Leonard Clark, un explorer, of
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    Dunlop At A.C.S.U. Dinner
    58 1 They celebrated ACSI."s Third Anniversary as* night at the Old S.V.C. Drill Hall, Beach Uoad. Left to Kight: Mr. Phillip H ralim, Patron of ACSP; Mrs. Sankaran; Major-General Dunlop, G.O.C. nmglipnrr District; Mr. S. Sankaran, ACSI'N Acting President; and Mrs. ManJWm. On Mr. iiMiilim s right
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    GIRL SPY PICKED C.I.D. CHIEF'S POCKET
    251 1 Tribune Staff Reporter. GIRL spy carried kicking from a train took her revenge on a Malayan Police Officer by picking his pockets. The officer was Mr. B. M. B. O'Connell. ex-Federal Deputy Commissioner of Police (CLP who left on the Corfu this morning on
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    TWO CLAUSES SENT BACK
    66 1 Reuter. STRASBOURG. Thurs. The European Consultative Assembly tonight sent back to the Committee two clauses In its charter of rights dealing with property ownership and control of children's education. The Assembly vote. 43 to 40. climated both the clauses for .several months at least. The Committee
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    CANTON SWEPT
    42 1 Reuter. CANTON. Thurs. —Eighty.- mile-an-hour gales lashed Canton from dawn today, flattening houses, smashing j windows and tearing down trees. No casualties were re- ported. Seventy aircraft from Hongkong took refuge from the typhoon on Canton airfie'ds I overnight. Reuter.
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    CASUALTIES
    25 1 Reuter. BATAVIA. Thurs. The Netherlands Indonesian Array suffered seven casualties throughout Indonesia between Aug. 21 and 27, reports Ancta. the Dutch news agency. Reuter.
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    'KEEP AN EYE' ON COLONIES
    107 1 Reuter. LAKE SUCCESS. Thurs.A resolution backed by four countries India, China, Egypt and Venezuele—calling for a permanent committee to "keep an eye'" on colonies was coming before the United Nations Committee on Non-Self-Gov-erning Territories here today. The resolution would have the General Assembly establish a
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    GUARDED REPLIES
    21 1 A.P. SAIGON. Thurs.—lnquiries about the possibility of recognition for Emperor Bao Dai's Vietnam Government have brought guarded replies. A.P.
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    MALAYAN TIN ON SALE IN NEW YORK
    238 1 Tribune Market Correspondent. CTRAITS tin which was banned for export to the United States on August 30 is again to be sold to New York traders. News was received in Singapore yesterday that the British Ministry of Supply, the sole buyers of Straits
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    T.B. CONFERENCE
    26 1 A.P. COPENHAGEN, Thurs. —A four day International Tuberculosis Congress sponsored by the United Nations International Children's Emerg enay Fund opened here U day —A.P
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    SEVEN TOWKAYS HELD AGAIN
    127 1 Tribune Staff Importer Seven towkays and twelve Chinese labourer:; accused of falling to report the presence of bandits were rr/.rrestod U they left the .lohore High O-jjt on Sunday after tne charges against them had it&gtt wilhuitiwn. Mr. L. F Knight. Chief Police Officer, .lohore. said
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    R.A.F. END SPITFIRE SEARCH
    101 1 After four days of frntU pi search, during which a Dakota also crashed, the Royal Air Force in Malaya yesterday abandoned the hunt for the wreckage of a Spitfire fighter which vanished on Monday morning. The Spitfire was on a routine firght from Singapore to Butterworth
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    STATE CONTROL OF RUBBER: 'NO'
    44 1 Reuter. BIRDLINGTON. YORKSHIRE Thurs. —The Annual Trade Union Congress rejected a suggestion today that the British rubber manufacturing Industry should be nationalised. The suggestion was made by Mr. H. Eastwood, of Manchester, leader of the Rubber Workers Pnion. Reutcr.
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    FORGIVEN
    32 1 U.P. BATAVIA. muni. Thr otiicial Indonesian Radio said tonight that the Republic has granted amnesty to all social, economic and political bodies" which participated In last years aboitivo Communist ievolt. U.P.
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    DOLLAR LEAKS IN PEPPER
    200 2 Singapore Aierl, U.K. Stops Exports OINGAPORE Import, Export authorities are watchS' N iȣ the export figures of pepperfor evidence any leakage of <loUars from Singapore or fhroorn to be exporting toVT United States for dollars by shippmg cargoes first to Aden or Tangier, and then defied-m-them
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    FINE REDUCED
    42 2 Malacca, Thurs. —A Malay :vmool-teachcr. Mat Zin bin Lambak. who was fined for assaulting a local S trails!>orn Chinese, Tay Kirn Vong. had his fine reduced to $50 by Mr. Justice E. O. Prethcroo in the Malacca Apne«l ~ourt yesttefday
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    American Zoologist In S'pore
    97 2 USIS. ■vn American zoologist is on a rcund-the-woild tap making a study of Malayan and Thai mammals and bats. Ho is the W-vear-o d Chicagoan, Colin Campbell banhorn, curator of mammals m the Chicago Natura Museum (formerly the Ftet Museum of Natural Histoi st. He arrived
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    Typhoon Delays Amethyst
    61 2 HM.S. Amethyst wfil "°i rmivcin time for the weU;ome arranged in Singapore tor ttu ship and her crew on Wednc.--da According to a shipping circular issued from the Sin--anore Muster Attendant Cfßce th* sloop's depnvture from' Hongkong has been delayed by a typhoon. Shippers, however, wii be
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    MORE TROOPS FOR HONGKONG
    51 2 Troops consisting of R.A.S.C.. RA.NC. Royal sjimalp and Postal unit? pasod through Singapore on their wav to Hongkong in the trooper Empire Ken. yesteri lav llneadicr E.E.G.L. SeaWiglit A.Q.. FARELF. dellvccl an adires* of welcome from the quay after the ship had drawn alongside tne what
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    APPEAL LOST
    55 2 MALACCA, Thurs. The appeal cf Kit Meng Sang, against conviction and sentence of a fine of $1.005. or 4 months gaol on a charge of possession of a number of tins of saccharine on which duty was not paid, was dismissed yesterday by Mr. Justice E. O. Pretheroe
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    Gurkha pleads in vain for kukri
    145 2 A GURKHA watchman. Mani Singh, under senterv c A of six months' gaol on two charges of possession of a kukri without a licence and criminal intimidation left the High Court dock yesterday a free mfctt His sentence was cut down to six weeks.
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    ENGLISH FILMS AT DIAMOND THEATRE
    61 2 Fti the convenict re of paticns the Diamond Theatre ii lulu the beginning <t this month, too screen English pictuies on Sundays at 11 am. The films fhown arc pecial M-G-M -action- and "stUdt" pictures. v flat iate ol $1 pci adult nd :>0 cents
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    Mr and Mrs,. Albert Xavier Itor their wedding at St. lose!>h..
    13 2 Mr and Mrs,. Albert Xavier Itor their wedding at St. lose!>h Raffleu Photo.
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    Court told Kah Hock might have struck rocks
    193 2 AT the continued enquiry into the sinking of the A 6 00-ton motor vessel Kah Hock which ujj*mp held before Mr. Justice Brown and three assessors in theH°gh Court, Mr. J. S. Allison, chief officer oz he vessel told the court yesterday
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    6,000 ATTEND RURAL SHOW
    95 2 KUA. L A TRENGGANU, Thurs. Over d.OOO people yesterday attended the KuaU; Trengganu District AgriHorticultural Show which was opened today, at the premises of the Sultan Sulaiman English School, by His Highness the Shltan of Trengganu. The show will conclude today. This year's show was a
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    RELIGIOUS CEREMONY
    38 2 The Muslim Social Seivico S&ngam Smgapoie. will hold a rcUglous ceremony lv num- j oty of Mohatncd Ah Jinnah •Fathei -t Pakistan/ .-it Telok Ayei Street Jutnmah Mosque on Sunday ttOtto 8.:0 p.m. to 10.30 p.m.
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    Along The Godowns
    62 2 Kustbri» Gttrgou i sheer* Wharf); (Uenarliirv i4!'4;t»; Kmpiru -I.un.i,i ,i (40); \»phalion <:{B/39i; Pyrrhti» C<fi/j;); Steel Traveler i 33/84); Miad«r«» <81/«>; President Grant < 17/18); KepM2 (19/20); KesanK-MaVMell Brand.r IZI t» Nahodka I T.iM I Motion c>.-,/2«>; Keßdorait (27/28); >lyr midon (29/30); Somali il.Vlf.) Himau (H); Trevelvan
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    SEA MAIL
    34 2 Latest time of post in? at theG.P.O. to Sarawak (except i*lirij is noon. Surface mails are expected from (It. Britain, N. Ireland, Eire, Europe, tf. and \V. Africa, West Indies and Ceylon.
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    AIR MAIL
    63 2 Latest time of potting at the G.P.O to Australia, iti" Pacific Islands, NVw Guinea Mandated Territory, New Z> aland, Philippines, Batavia. M- dan and Padang is 6 p.m. Mails ar.' expected frutn Aden, Afghanistan, Alaska. Europ' Africa. South America, west Indies. Canada. Egypt, Eire. AbvFsinia. Palestine, Pakistan. Syria,
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    KUCHAI TIN
    25 2 Angto-OrtemAl (Malaya) Limited, announce that the Auaru«l output of Kuehai Tin Limited, totalled 55 pleuls (Amantr-Predare, closed down for rond deviation and repairs).
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    'Religion and Democracy'
    62 2 public uniting on 'Rch- ■ion and Democracy" will be held at the Raffles Institution Hall today at :>.OO p.m. The «io\crnor Sir Franklin Gimson will preside. The sneakers will oe M. Karim (iani. (Editor. MalayNsnran). Professor Ehgene Ton I ot the Department of Foreien Languages Nanking) and
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    6 'HELLO GIRLS' MISS A LESSON
    208 2 OINGAPORE'S six United Nations Hello Girls' hfred by the Government as official greetera during the forthcoming UNO conference ir; Vi Memorial Hall yesterday, missed a mass lessor, j n "Do's and Don'ts" of greeting when a BOAC failed to turn up at Tengah. The
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    Building rate up 70%
    71 2 The late of bmiMlrg in Singapore Municipal area year rose" by 70 cent ovo; the previous year. Cttfi toawsaaa is attiibut.d to tne iaigei number ol domestic prop- ti« i that were completed. During the yeai 2:is demotic premises weie completed as eomnaie<i with 39 in
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    Tangkak Bandit Killed
    197 2 Mi: All. Thurs. a wounds bandit who dived into a blukar arid ilefi< i captui shet dead *>y a patrol of Special Constables under a European sergeant in the Kundang area of Tangkak during a raid on a kongsi morning. A .303 rifle rim) M rounds of
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    JOHNSON TO ASK FOR A NEW DEAL
    276 3 Good News For Temporaries (Tribune Staff Reporter) MUNICIPAL Commissioner, Mr. Pat Johnson (Lab. North) will ask Commissioners to announce a dear ctrt policy on the treatment of temporary clerks in Municipal service. Mr. Johnson said yesterday he was perturbed :-y rumours that temporary
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    HAD DOPE
    29 3 Lung Hing, 47, was yesterday sentenced to mx weekimprisonment for the possession of half a pound of opium on August 15. by District Judge Tpt\ Ah Tan.
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    TINS FAIL TO REACT TO LONDON BIDS
    210 3 Singapore, Thur. ALTHOUGH improved bids for tin shares were received from London this morning, the local share market failed to react correspondingly. Industrials were again very steady. The following are the price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association today. 8.8. Petrol 38/8
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    RUBBER DOWN ONE CENT
    102 3 THE rubber commodity market ye sterday dropped one v.cnt from Wednesday with lurthcr liquidation ;md wiin dealers' and estates selling, ihe market However, was ot< ndy at the-decline, t. losing prices were: Buying Selling No. 1 Sept. BSS o5 6 36* No. 2 Sept. KSS 31
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    PRODUCE MART
    98 3 The copra ana coconut oil market* were quiet yesterday at $3u per picul for Sept. f.o.b. for copra sellers and $53 lor Sept. coconut oil f.o.b. (sellers) in m-w drama. Little business was recorded. Pepper prices were slightly easier with offerings at $394 per picul f.o.b. for bidrk
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    CHARTERED BANK
    39 3 The Chartered Bank hi Singapore has been Informed by cable from London that the directors have declared an interim dividend of 6 per cent, less income tax for this year. file dividend la P*J»Mc on October 1.
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    Welcoming The Quests
    72 3 The Singapore Institute of Commerce i»e4d its annual sports and its second attftirver sary celebrations at the Raffles Institution recently. Pictnre shows Mm. E. V» Davies we4- -< ointag the guests. Mrs. Oetoye, wife of the Riepre»f»»t*trve of lhe Republic of Indonesia gave away the prtwes. From
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    Chamber men query increased rent call
    109 3 A COMMITTEE decision of the Btogapere Chamber A of Commerce to recommend to Government that house rents be increased up to 25 per cent was challenged by several members of the Chamber. Led by Mi. Soh How Sian. sixteen members have demanded that the
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    NEW POLICE CHIEF IN K.L.
    61 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Mr. H. G. Beverley, Chief Police Officer, Selangor, has left Malaya for the United Kingdom on vacation leave on medical grounds. He will be succeeded as Chief Polirc Officer, Selangor, by Mr. W. A. C. Haines, Assistant Commissioner of Police, who has
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    EXPERTS MEET TO SEEK BETTER NATURAL RUBBER
    88 3 Rubber industry chiefs, research workers md experts from the United Kingdom. Holland. Indonesia. Ceylon. Indo-Chin;i and Malaya wi'.J meet in a three day research conference at Kuala Lumpu r starting on September 12. Their objective is how to improve the quality of natural
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    WELFARE FUND
    20 3 The Central Welfare Fund has received $673,198.93 as donations towards the Malayan Welfare Fund up till September 7.
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    O'CONNELL: WHO WILL TELL US WHY?
    511 4 CO O'Connell is on his way to England. Despite the many expressions of dismay at the loss of this experienced Malayan police officer, (the Deputy Commissioner (C.1.D.) for the Federation,) Sir Henry Gurney has apparently been unable to persuade him to stay. Is there
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    IF THE COLONEL LED HIS REGIMENT IN SHIRT-TAILS
    1767 4  -  STRAIGHT FROM THE SHOULDER j Most dignity is quite unreal. It j j derives from custom, not from sound j sense. Anyway too much dignity in j a man is like too much starch in Va shirt: it makes him rigid and
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    MERGE WITH U.M.N.O.
    168 4 Sir, I am neither a politic an nor a lawyer to analyse the the statement recently made by Mr. Tan Cheng Lock, president of the M.C.A. I am only an ordinary man endowed with a bit of common-sense. Whim Dato Onns proposition to admit non-Malays t<> full
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    STAMPS
    51 4 Sir. I am a very keen stamp collector and would like to contact collectors in Singapore and adjacent territoric. with the view to exchanging good used Australian stamp;* for/ those of Singapore etc. Including high values and commemoration issues. D. H. W. COIXrNK, Box 1120 C, GPO 4 Adelaide,
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    The People's Postbag WHAT IS SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE. ..
    402 4 The People's Postbag WHAT IS SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE. Sir. It appears that when trie salary scale for the Teacher.) was in the making an clement called 'policy had played a great part. In governmental language the word 'policy' covers a multitude ot things. Here I take it to mean
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    229 4 Sir, I read with interest the news that loans to buy or build their own houses, at five per cent. Interest, are available on application to locally domiciled employees of the Singapore Municipality. It is further stated that this action has been taken particularly
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    TRUE EQUALITY
    193 4 Sir, Mr. Pat Johnson is to be congratulated for trying to erpM the class distinction between the different employee- of the Municipality by demanding that senior officers should be deprived of the medical attention provided by a panel of doctors and that they should be attended to by
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    180 4 Sir. Deportation from Australian territory of Asians who sought sanctuary there dunng the war is creating bitter resentment. Australia's tieatment of these Asians is abominable. The real idea behind this is that Asians arc inferior physically and intellectually to tho White Australians. Australia in enforcing the White Australia
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    EXTRA "SERVICE"
    147 4 Sir, Will the authorities concerned tell us why the tenants of the Singapore Improvement Trusts new artisan quarters. Whampoa Estate, have to pay $23.50 rent per month? The rent for the old block is $20. We were told that this extra charge of $3.50 was for "service". We
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    120 4 Sir. I feel that you did not gtw enough prominence to 1 In reasons put forward by me at the last ordinary meeting of the Municipal Commissioners for reference back of a committee decision prohibit!! horn sounding in some parts of Singapore. I do not agree with Mr.
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    84 4 Sir. It is evident that the Public Garden in Kuala Lumpur is becoming increasingly popular. All communities gather there of an evening with their wives and children particularly on Saturday and Sunday evenings. Next year, a canteen may be built which would greatly add to its popularity. Moanwhile, the
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    86 4 Sir, regular rril»w« reader*. we Ix'g i« n, r you this suggestion that you hold more essay competitions like the ono held reeentl> "\V hat's» Wrong With Radio Malaya?" "The Greatest Need 01 Malaya Today" would an interesting sulijert. G. K. It K X G; s LoONG; W. <
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    1416 5  -  If Ilu fair*, horn is a girl, no* oiilv the parents hiii also the aineestors off the family lose face* To ward against the repcti.io&i off sneh a ralamity. the gods are eonsnlted amd ••bribed"" with gifts. If the immortals
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    THE ABBE SERVES 2 MASTERS
    468 5  -  by LEON DENNEN rriHE Kremlin's .offensive I against the Vatican is cx_ p t d to grow stronger desthe havee wroug» c Moscow's Western European followers by M* pcs decree ex-commum-tiv< commemists. an leaders have laid ful plans to force v i Roman Catholicism the
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    WHAT'S IN A NAME
    175 5 Sir, .0 Mr. Tan Siong Hoon's article entitled "Chinese Names With English Subtitles" Is certainly very interesting. In his own words "The Chinese, today being more national-minded than they were before, it's about time they called themselves and their offspring by names that their ancestors would
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    59 5 Sir. I must congratulate you on the publication of Mr. Tan's article headed "Chinese Names with English Subtitles." This was the best article by a Malayan writer 1 have read thus far in your paper. Hope you will continue having more of s,uch extremely interesting; witty
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    THE ENGLISH!
    166 5 A.P. WHAT is wrong with the coffee in Europe? For decades coffee-loving U.S. tourists have wondered this. So did Joseph Bulasky, who operates coffee bars, where many of Hollywood's film and radio personalities take their coffee. Ho has returned from a tour of Europe, where he studied contlnen'.a!
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    THE SCANDAL THAT SHOOK EUROPE
    1452 5  -  Almost 25 years :go, the police in the i ague, detained three allegedly bank note forgers. But the forgers were not out to make money. Their purpose was to caus. panic in the international money market and alter the political map of Europe. by E.
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    TALKING FILMS... Rank's Hit-parade for S'pore fans
    804 6  -  by DAVE DOUGLAS "fTHE GOLDEN SALAMANDER" heads the list of 12 new 1 releases which a.c scheduled to con* from the J. Arthui Rank Organisation studios for screening in Singapore during the 1949 and 1950 period. The film, a modern love story set
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    'NOW, LISTEN, CHILDREN!'
    46 6 ENTERTAINING I'NCLK Burl Ives keep* his nephew. Bobby Driscoll, and Bobby's little playmate, I.nana Patton. amused in this scene from Walt i>isne>'s latest full-length feature. "So Dear To .My H*art," which is the delightful of a small boy ana his pet black sheep.
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    "HEAVY'' ROLE PAYS OFF
    79 6 FOREST TUCKER has been seen as a villain almost as many times as the landlord in "Uncle Tom's Cabin." and his current role in Columbia's "Lawless," with Randolph Scott, is no exception. "1 guess I'm one of the most hated villains on the screen today." the
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    MA HAD IDEAS FOR CROUCHO
    60 6 GROUCHO Marx, who costars with Jane Russell and Frank Sinatra in "It's Only Money." inherited his talent as an entertainer from his mother's side of the family. The daughter of a Kanover, Germany. magician and his harpist wife, Groucho's mother started training him and his
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    Guts—That's What All Champs Have
    301 6 ALL great champs have it. Without that extra mi .< thing call it guts, raw courage, or what you will, you can't reach the top. Fight fans have seen it happen, time and time again, when a fighter, beaten to a pulp, has got up
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    PREMIERE SUPREME
    182 6 THE most spectacular movie premiere in film history took place at Houston. Texas. Glenn McCarthy. Houston oil man and industrialist, held the premiere of his initial motion picture, "The Green Promise," which he produced. Headed by the stars of the picture. Marguerite Chapman, Robert Paige, Walter Brennan and
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    WORLD RELEASE FOR INDIAN FILM
    101 6 WIR. EZRA MIR, India's well- known film director, recently 1 visited the United States and talked American film executices into accepting a for thcoming production for work release. The film he contemplates making on his return ».o India will be "a simple folklore tale with
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    Israel's Lead
    64 6 ISRAEL is to have a film centre of its Tho foundation stone of the iirjt studio was Ltfd the ether day in Herzila, near Tel Aviv. When completed it will stand on ,a 20-acre plot. The entire project wil! cost approximately U.8.$600.000. So that the new studio can
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    Olivier Wanted
    80 6 SULEIMAN NEGUIl; BEY, Director of the Cairo Opera House, has offered Sir Laurence Olivier (u Ham.et" fame) "any conditions he wants" to make a trn Egvpt for persona! appearances in the theatres there. To consolidate ♦IiB" gesture. Abboud Pasha. millionaire shipping magnate, has promised the actor accommodation on
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    Dancing Star
    132 6 AZURIE, the pint-sized Indian fthn star /loir visit ni<i Hritmv, Mrift not b( >< turning to India just yt-t. Skt is teaching Oriental dancing in conjunction with a party of friends, and is due to make an appearance in a display of Indian dances at a West End
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    27 6 TfLASH from Ceylon: r Colombo Board 1 censor., has ban drinking scents to be screened in tfn s 1 Reasons: 3 ftr w Ml CC r'JI-'
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      352 6 r-y Tl I A Li/v\:r AT WE I f r HAVEN'T GOT A (SUN. I S^rny IjIjjMHPJpJMpaBSHH /77u«T CAA\E INTO TOWN. OtvE f «UOOTIK-S IRV J f CAN'T TAKE A CHANCE OH 'a ni C llff| OF Xn PIOcEP ME UP /J ™E I GOING SACK TO "WE PEN FOR
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    THE THREE MUSKETEERS
    2473 7 CONTINUING ALEXANDRE DUMAS XHF STORY SO FAR /n year Rich. v-» t0 provoke xcar unth I Lovely Quern Anne him. Richtlicu knmcs i the Dnke of \qham, tiies to discredit itea mg two diamond the Duke, presents from the Queen. Into il a of intrigue comes from
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      131 7 JACK AKMSTKOXG \T Vm&>- they come to the sheer walls of th, canyon -5 Gif E I 'if \t mmirC T«,rs YZ™ I V TCP *VET MIGHT BE OUT CF REACH OF JJL L <JI CANT CLIMB OUT BILLY o ™£?™a?S? X. THE SMOKE ANP FLAMES/ AS HIGH WE LL
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    Meet your neighbors
    817 8 12 SWEDEN MR. SVENSON ENJOYS 'SMORGASBORD' WITH A GLASS OF COLD MILK TIME to get up. children, it is already 7 o'clock, at eight you must be at school Thus Mrs. Svenson calls her two children, Rolf aged .15, end Ingrid, 10 years old. i he children
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    ECONOMY IN GAS-TURBINE LOCOMOTIVE
    1057 8  -  DIESEL RIVAL-GOES 70 WORK BY BERBERT B. NICHIS A railroad engine that at a casual glance resemble:; a Diesel locomotive but actually is entirely different, except for Its shell, with potentialities perhaps even greater, ha just been introduced to the industry. It is powered by gn.:-tur-bine
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    FORM GUIDE FOR TOMORROW
    5428 11 Last Day Of Spore Races THE COLD CUP Class I, Div. I, Abt. i; Miles ECLIPTIC 9.00 THIRD 2-7-4», Spore 8.10 7 r (Woods) l»iv. 1. Won by s II 1 mm. 28 1/5 1. g doing Good. SEVENTH 97 49 S pore 8.12. 4bl 1
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      63 11 lvi ALL HIS WT AND STRENGTH, CURLY HAULED HIMSELF BACK INToI I FOR THE FIRST TIME TONIGHT CURLY HAS| !GRIMLY DETERMINED MOH' CyStY '-TACK?! I^^'M^/J.T*! 5 CCUNT OP 7TT THERE'S A NEW LOOK ON CURLVS H FORGOTTEN ABOUT TIM HORN -HE l£ j j WITH TORNADO- I'.XS FUR:/:: t i
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    Peg- Wages Policy Is Okayed
    225 12 Reuter. BRIDLINGTON. Yorkshire, Thurs. The British Trades Union Congress today carried a resolution endorsing its General Councils wage-freeze policy by a majority of 5.447,000 "votes. The voting 'was 6.485,000 against 1.038.000 votes. Earlier. Tiade Union critics of the British Labour Government's economic policies staged a
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    TITO GETS LOAN
    27 12 WASHINGTON. »«rs. The U.S. Government: Export Import Bank wai W ported today to have approved Yugoslavia's request for a loan of U.S.S2O million. A.l'
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    Gen. Ritchie Leaves
    182 12 Tribune Staff Reporter. fENERAL Sir Neil M. Ritchie, former C-in-C rar U East Land Forces, discarded his crutches and hopped on board the Corfu, on a specia gangway yesterday evening. Sir Neil's left leg was in plaster. With General Ritcnie wcu Lodv Ritchie and their two children.
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    NATIONALIST WARSHIPS SINK RED SHIPS AND JUNKS
    352 12 Reuter and U.P. HONGKONG, Thursday. NATIONALIST warships shelled and sank four many junks oil the Fukien coast, north >f Amoy, the Cental News Agent> \™&>- d that settlement of the Yunnan cristas reached at a conference in Chungking yesterday l>etween Gen. Lv Han,
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    50 SHOTS; 1 DIES
    29 12 A.P. BOGOTA. Thurs.—One member of Parliament was killed and thiee wounded when 50 shots were filed during a session cf Colombia's Chamber of Deputies.- A.P.
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    Federation Of All Army Workers May Be Formed Soon
    448 12 Tribune Reporter. MR. S. Sankaran, Acting President of the Smgapore Army Civil Service Union, last night forecast the possible formation of a federation of all Army workers in Malaya. Mr. Sankaran was speaking at a dinner celebrating ACSU's Third Anniversary- at
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    TYPHOON SMASHES HONGKONG
    156 12 U.P. HONGKONG. Thurs. A typhoon smashed this British Crown Colon y today and the city started digging itself out of "the debris as the storm roared off to the south. Fifteen-thousand British troops, who left their tents and moved into barracks. HiaatiiHl and cookhouses, started setting up
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    N.Z. PLANS $ TALKS
    29 12 N.Z. PLANS TALKS Reuter. WELLINGTON, Thins. Mi. Walter Nash, New Zealand Finance Minister, said tonight New Zealand was planning dollar talks With the United States and United Kingdom. -Reutei.
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    S'PORE SHIP SEIZED BY NATIONALISTS
    254 12 A.P. HONGKONG, Thursday. THE master of the Leong Bee,, a Singapore regis--1 tered British ship, cabled its Chinese agent here this morning that the vessel was intercepted by a Chinese destroyer near Chusan island off the Chekiang coast. The Leong Her was returning to Hongkong
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    WHAT'S ON TODAY General
    91 12 SINGAFOBE BIFLL ASSOCIATION: Small bore shooting practice at the Singapore Volunteer Force'a open Range, Bene* ROM T.WXA: Malay Cuisa for beginner 9.15 a.m. and 515 i> m. For advanced BUpiu mM a.m. at 5 Raffles Quay. YMCA.: Commercial tIJ- -5,30 p.m. French Classes 5.30 p.m. Inur-Religious
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    162 12 ATHAY: "Th<* Thrci Mui keteers" with Lana Turner, Gem Kellv, June Allyson. Van Hefliu and Angela Lanebury—11 a.m.. 1.45. 4.15. 6.45 and 9.30 p.m. CAPITOL: "That Wonderful Ur«e" with Tyrone Powor, Gene Tierncy. Reginald Gardner and Arleen Whelan 9.30 p.m. PAVILION: "A Worn in'» Secret" with Mair: n oHcra.
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    22 12 lnter-C'o nimunity League Soccer: Europeans? vs. Ceylone3e at the Jalan Besar Stadium 5.15 p.m. HOCKEY: Y.M.C.A. v fe Colts —5.15 p.m.
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      712 12 NOTICE Notice is hereby given that hiang Heck In of <4-D Tlonß oli Road. Singapore is applying the Governor for naturalisa;>n, ard that any pcison who »i jv=. any reasons why naturilisation should not be granted c.ild send a written and g ied sta:ement o; l**c vi...> tne Colonial Secretary.
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