Malaya Tribune, 12 September 1949

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    63 1 MALAYA Tribune BY IHE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Tet 'Tribune" S'pom LARGER SALES THAN ANY AFTERNOON PAPER IN MALAYA Phone SSM/3 Nine Lin* Published simultaneously at Simjnport, Kuala Lumpur, /poh and Penang. EIGHT PAGES. SINGAPORE, I MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1949 PRICE TEN CENTS. I THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE E.
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    U.K. WANTS BAN ON $ WITHDRAWALS REMOVED
    262 1 U.K. WANTS BAN ON WITHDRAWALS REMOVED WASHINGTON, Sunday. QNE of the early decisions of the tripartite sterl-ing-dollar conference to support membership in the World Bank of sterling area countries not y«*t members is expected to be a major item on the agenda of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank
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    TOMMIES TO QUIT CEYLON
    82 1 U.P. COLOMBO. Sun. liritisl s will move out of mbo next montn and Will replaced by Ccylonese troops In U*C first stage of o lual changeover which T, ntually will make Ceylon responsible for the nee of the island, it was announced today. Biitish troops will
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    INDIA SIZES UP NEEDS
    61 1 Reuter. PARIS. Sun.—Mr. P. M. Kirpal. Deputy Secretary to the Indian Ministry o? Education, said here today that India had her needs in scientific and technical personnel for the next 10 years. He was opening the second day's session of the 29member committee of expert--on international
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    STOP PRESS OPIUM RUNNER MURDERED
    52 1 Muar today: Chinese opium runner was found murdered by another Chinese who reported the discovery to th»- Sungei Mati poUee yesterday. t he victim was badly beatea to death with a blunt instrument on the head and ■ack. The man who reported the murder has
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    How Mary Would Chortle
    110 1 U.P. WASHINGTON, Sun.— Claranee straight, active United States world fede- I rationist, contended today that a devaluation of the pound would ruin Britain's middle class and give the land a mighty shove toward Communism. In an article in his magazine, "Freedom and Journal of World Republica,"
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    WAR THREAT
    33 1 ATHENS. Sun.—The Greek Minister of War. Panayotis Canel'.opoulos issued a warning today that Greece will be justified in invading Albania if the Albanians again help the Greek guerillas to reenter Greece.
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    C.G. RETURNING
    45 1 A.P. TOKIO. Sun. Britain's High Commissioner for South East. Asia, Mr. Malco'm MacDonald, left for Singapore today following an eight-day visit to Japan where he had talks with General Dougla? Mac Arthur. Mac Donald will stop at Hongkong on his way to Siugapore.—A.P.
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    NINE RED ARMIES MARCH ON CANTON
    207 1 Reuter. CANTON Sunday, WINE Communist armies were today reported cdtt--11 centra ting in southeast Hunan province for their expected offlnsive on Canton, the Nationalist capital. Between tht Communists and the capital. Nationalist Gen. Pai Chung-hsi was strengthening his defences on the Hcngyang-Ichang section of
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    The Big Five
    52 1 These ere the major figures who are controlling the Anglo-American dollar talks in Washington, Left to right, are: Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Secretary of the Treasury -lohn Snyder, British Foreign Secret iry Ernest Bevin, British Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Stafford Cripps, and Canadian Finance Minister
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    TWENTY DIE IN KUALA KRAU BATTLE
    470 1 BANDITS STAGE BIGGEST RAID EVER tfUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. Three hundrvd heavily armed bandits staged the biggest Lei rorist attack since the Emergency in a two and a half hr*wp raid on Kuala Krau in Pahang early this morning. lt\v bandits also derailed and ambushed
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    M.C.A. ON BANDIT SURRENDER TERMS
    165 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The Malayan Chinese Association la to make recommendations to the Federation Government on the sunendei terms offered to the bandits. The decision was taken at the meeting of the Woiking Committee held at the Chinese Assembly Hall !:ere tooay The Committee i
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    Big Sweep
    50 1 The number of lhr Ist. Prize of the last day of the Singapore Turf Club Gold Cup Meeting should read *****5 and not *****5 and the third prize should read *****2 and not *****8. The numbers given for first and third prizes should come under the starters section.
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    PAKISTAN MOURNS
    27 1 Reuter. KARACHI, Sun.—Pakistan spent today in national mourning in memory of Its founder and hrst Governor General, Mohammed All Jinnah. who died a year ago.Reuter.
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    H.M.S. HART SAW LEONG BEE TAKEN
    85 1 Reuter. HONGKONG. Sun. The Nationalist official Central News Agenay today quoted Admiral Kwei Yung-ching, C-in-C of the Chinese Nationalist Navy, as stating that a Britisn warship. HMS Hart, had witnessed —without interfering- the naval interception of the Leong Bee. According to the acency, the
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    U.S. STEEL MEN POSTPONE STRIKE
    85 1 Reuter. WASHINGTON. Mon. The United States Steel Corporation today accepted President Truman's request for ait extension; at least until Sept 25. of the steel strike truce. Mi. Benjamin Fairies*, President, sent a message of acceptance to the White 1 House. Postponement of the strike, J
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    AND LABOUR REDS TOLD TO 'GET OUT'
    81 1 Reuter. SARATOGA SPRINGS. Sun. Leftwing elements of the United States Congress of Industrial Organisations were totey told they "might as well get out now." Director of organisation foi the CIO, Lana Hnvwood, issue 1 the stem warning here today in an address before
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    SHIPPING STRIKE IN ITALY
    52 1 Reuter. ROME, Sun. Thousands of pMSfßgera were Meld up i:» Italian ports today as the seamen's strike spread, involving an estimated total of 1.000 men in Genoa, Naples. Ti ieste and Venice. Negotiations between ship owners and ur.ion leader.-; have bioken down despite government attempts at
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    BERNADOTTE ECHO
    35 1 BRUSSELS, Sun. The Anti-Fascist Greek International Action Committee charged today that French Interior Minister Jules Moch and Greek Foreign Minister Constantin Tsaldaris "instigated" the assassination of former United Nations Mediator Count Folke Bernadottc.
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    Jealousy Caused Canton Murder
    164 1 A.P. CANTON. Sun. Police said today they were "80 per cent ready to arrest a suspect in the wedding anniversary shooting that' killed a British trader and wounded two Americans. Willard Freeman, in whose home the shooting occurreo. ures near death aad laeonarS Clark was. suffering
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    Lack of technical assistance holds up benefit plans
    397 1 -GIMSON Tribune Staff Reporter THE lack of technical assistance as well as a groat shortage of materials is retarding the development of schemes designed for the benefit of workers in Singapore. This was stated by Sir Franklin Gimson, Governor of Singapore, when
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    PROGRAMME FOR I.L.0. DELEGATES
    122 1 Delegates to the Inteinational Labour Organisation Conference wiM be enlcttained by the CommissionerGeneral, Mi. Malcolm MacDonald, on Thuisday. September. 15. The Governor. Sir Franklin Gimson. will also hold a reception in honour of the delegates on Friday September, 23. The delegates will attend a Trade Union
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    POPE WARNS LABOUR
    41 1 A.P. CAST EL GRANDOLFO. Sun Pope Pius XII warned Labour Unions today that tne misuse of power leads to siavety. The Pope also pledged wholehearted support to the "progressive spread of private owflership and medium and sma'l enterprise."—A.P.
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    The Changed The Guard
    61 2 rantain Fain Foohe the nt .iving a SupS*** sword on C orns from the Commandant, !.t.-( <-'. tl Wats >n-M>aii ata cer "n",nv h,UI at th* Bead. K»:.d Headquarter, on Saturday night. The Old Guard (right) hand ng over to the neu Guard ot the Singapore
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    Martins Will Chirp While Delegates Talk
    528 2 THE only unwelcome 'delegates' to the UNO con--1 ferences which start today in the Victoria l&L** rial Hall are the birds, which have come back m I ttU strength, after moving out while the hall was renovated. Already these martins are back twittering in
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    MALAYAN TERRORISTS FLEE TO SIAM, -SONGGRAM
    485 2 U.P. PREMIER Phibun Songgram of Siam said m Bang r kok yesterday that the British campaign against the Communist terrorists in Malaya was forcing many of them to flee northward by sea. The Premier told the United Press that within the past few months
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    ROYAL DANCE
    30 2 A.P. ABOYNE. SCOTLAND. Sun. Puncess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh danced the Scottish Reels and other Highland dances at the annur.l Abovne Ball on Friday night. —A.F.
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    INDULGENCES OBTAINABLE IN ROME ONLY
    111 2 VATICAN CITY, Sun. Pope Pius has decreed that Roman Catholic-, with certain exceptions, rire not ohtitled to Holy Yea- indulgences in 1950 unless they come to Rome daring the 1950 Holy £ca*. At the scin? time, the Pontifl suspended the pewjer bf confc.-sof to g;a/it
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    Hell Oppose The Speaker
    61 2 A.P. LONDON. Sun. Thomas Mac Donald, 48, was yesterday adopted prospective Labour candidate for the Hexham division to oppose the speakei ot the House of Commons at Ihe next general election. a It. will be the fourth time in HQ yea r s that a speaker
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    FED. HAS LESS SCRUB TYPHUS
    60 2 Eight cases of scrub typhus were reported in the federation for the week ending September 3. against 12 easthe previous week. Thero were no deaths from this disease. M In addition there were t wo cases of urban typhus and one case of poliomyelitis. No
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    BRITISH TENNIS PLAYERS MARRY
    51 2 A.P. ZURICH. SWITZERLAND. Sun. Tony Mottram and Miss Joy Gannon, two of Britain's leading tennis woie married here ycsteiday and continued playing in the Zurich international tennis tournament this afternoon. They told correspondent:that they would spend theii heneymoon at Bugano auei wou'd later settle in Birmingham.
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    MUSLIM CEREMONY
    40 2 Fifteen mem be is of the Muslim Social Service San gam of Singapore, who wcrelected recently, took, part ii the ceremony at the TelOK Aver Street JUmmah Mosque last night, in remembrance of the late Mohamed Ali Jinnan.
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    ATOMIC MEN TO MEET AT CHALK RIVER
    105 2 Reuter. LONDON. Sun. Canadian. Amet.c 'i md British scion tots will iioki a conference at Chalk llivci, Canada, fiom Sept. 2»; tt 28. to leview the working cl their combined arrangements for release of scientific and technical intoimaticn en atomic etiergy. tinMinistry of
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    U.S. Sailor Gets Four Months Jail
    86 2 A.P. WASHINGTON, Sun man Patrick p van claimed that ho m i« SP(I no the French Foreign Leri was given a four nonuS? 1 tence by a r.s. Navy court martial yesterday for thoriscd absence from dub Announcing this, the N avy said the
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    Singapore Bride
    88 2 M- and Mrs. Lan D. Peek after their wedding Ht St uilriw Cathedra' yesterday. The bride, formerly MistSatj Christine Baxter, v on- i gdwn of white taffeta, and wa. iriven BW.lt bj Mr. Robert CUfi.m. The Matron of Honour, *lrs Margaret Harwell rind th* bridesmaid, Mi«« 'tin.-Clifton, wore
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    2 Million Germans Still In Red Hands
    191 2 A.P. BERLIN. Sunday. I AST German refugees charged Russia yesterday L with having killed and deported more 'ban thnv million Germans from Polish occupied Germany. More than 8,000 East German refugees demonstrated in the British sector yesterday demanding the release of two million
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    RED SQUARES
    43 2 A.P. SHANGHAI. Sun. Plans for three latge squares patterned en the Red ttrja c in Moscow are arricng plahs foi re-designing taxing wn in the Communists have Darned as the capital of China, th? newspaper Ta Kung Pao reported here. A.P.
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    ASIAN WAR ON REDS VITAL-C-G
    425 3 Marxism must he fought with constructive measures U.P. TOKYO, Sunday. UALCOLM MacDONALD, British Commission&rGenera! 'in Southeast Asia declared today that the world's democracies must take constructs c measures" in the Far East based on the recognition that the challenge of Communism "is as import a
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    Woman's Evidence Heard In Camera
    218 3 From Our (hva C»rrc>spondent. MALACCA, Sunday.—The Circuit M>gistra<tea r'outf was cleared yesterday when an attractive woman. Hasnah binte Adam, stepped feto the witness-box to give evidence in a maintenance case. An application was made by Hasnah's counsel, Mr. Ec Yew Lin. to hear her evidence
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    U.S. AND U.K.. HAVE EYES ON FAR EAST
    57 3 A.P. WASHINGTON, Sun.-t 3. t, Departhietft and British n Office officials arc reFai East problems the two governments, official said yesterday is propaiatory to dlscus- <n these matters beI r.S. Secretary of State b>e:in Acheson and Biitish Secretary Ernest vui to be
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    BERAN'S DEFIANCE
    37 3 A.P. \Gl*h. Sun. n Josef Bonn ompnasiaW denunee of Czceho.«dov:»- -< nummist-'eri- Governnt on Saturday wtth n pud ie charge that a Govei n ft0«0 phic^! v .'.(".v in his omcs to fevt* ins duties. A.P.
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    Boxer Stabbed
    89 3 Reuter. NEW YORK. San. W Gavilan. 23-year-old Cuban weltcrwc-ght. was stabbed in tho neck today In a Haiicr. ■dtycat light w*th Negroes He was noL soiously run', thougii five stitches necessary. Gavilan in July unsucces fuily fought Sugar Ray Room son for the world vvoiteiweigat title. The police
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    Perlis State To Celebrate
    47 3 Perlis State will celebrate Victory Pay today with a parade by the Police, Bey Scouts. Girl Guides a n d Brownies at the Knngar Padang. The Raja of Perlis will speak. There will be sports for choc: children and members of the public.
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    SALTAN OPENS RELIGIOUS COUNCIL
    84 3 KI'ALA LUMPUR. Sun. The Sultan of Trengganu. arlivcd at the Istana Maziah this morning to open the inaugural meeting of the Ccunci! oi Religion and Malay Customs of Trengganu. About 100 persons were present at the ceremony. The Sultan in his speech said: "This Majlis with
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    LESS COPRA
    24 3 Copra from Indonesia is likely to be in short supply ior some time to come, because or heavy rains In East Indonesia.
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    War Damage Move Sends Shares Up
    92 3 THE Singapore share market in industrials reacted 1 favourably to the Legislative Council decision to accent the War Damage Scheme without the pro fits set-off. A number of industrial shares showed an upward trend during the week-end. Following the adoption of the Scheme shares
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    CLERGYMAN RETURNS
    32 3 A.P. LOS ANGELES. Dun. The Rev Robert Jardine the clergyman who married the ho, has decided to return Duke ancT Duchess of Windto England after a 12 years absence. -A.P.
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    TRIED TO CUT THROAT WITH SCISSORS
    92 3 MALACCA, Sun. His neck bandaged anil assisted into the COUUt by two men, an md. in hai her. T.M. Gopalsauiy. who attempted to commit suicide with a pair of jor«, assured the Circuit Magistrate, Mr. S. Bon Rerun d. that he would not make
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    Dealers Need New Licences
    70 3 RtOC and flour are the only commodities in the Federation which remain price-con-trolled under the Price QWh trol Ordinance. Rice is sold against lov ernmenf rationing documents Dealers who hold eurren* Fool Control Distributor's Wholesaler's, or Retailerl eenees must apply for r< newal of their Price
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    CABINET EXPANDED
    37 3 A.P. KARACHI. Sun. Th Pakistan Cabinet has been ex panded and the number of Minister:* raised from seven to 10. Three additions are 1).. Abdul Malik Chowdhiy Nasi- Ahmad and Sard a RrtrradMi Khan. A.P.
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    At the Stadium yesterday
    38 3 The Mentri Besar of Johore. Dato Onn bin Jaflar, speaking at veslerdav's UUWS raP\ of Muslims In Singapore to eomnnmorate ih lirsl anni\>-r»Hr> tir death M Quaid-.-Aznr.i Mohained All Jlnnah, the father ol Pakistan.
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    Gurkhas Kill Four Segamat Bandits
    136 3 CEGAMAT, Sunday, A patrol of Ist'2nd Gurkim Rifles killed four bandits in a short but fierce battle in the Jementah area early this morinnt;. Onr GOR was slightly wounded in the action. Th< dead bandits were identified by the Police ;1S members of the Communication
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    JOURNALIST LEAVES FOR U.K.
    48 3 Mr. Lee Khoon ChOy of the <aff of Sin Chew Jit Poh. who has Ween awarded a scholarship ior one year by tho Colonial Office to .study under a training course for ■journalists, left Singapore for United Kingdom by BOAC ni in aft today.
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    A DEADLY SNAKE SHARED HIS PILLOW
    127 3 When Lance Corpoial Nam: Slllgfe ot the Johore Bahru To!ice returned fiom duty to his room on the top flooi of the Police quarters he did not know he had a rendezvous with death. Everything appeared to be in order as he turned out
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    Dato Onn Is Malaya's Ali Jinnah-Gani
    316 3 TITE Mentri Besar of Johore, Dato Onn bin Jatfar, was cheered by 2,000 Pakistanis when a member of the Overseas Pakistan League, «Mr. M. Karim Gani described him as the Jinnah of Malaya, at Jalan Besar stadium, yesterday. Pakistanis in Singapore gathered at the
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    70% FIND WORK
    43 3 U.P. WASHINGTON, 3 rreli ambassador to United Spates Eli-ha :1 told an audience tint 70 pet cent i f *l.c 2 new immigrants who n the shores of Israel sine 15, 1948, have found g i :;i ploy ment. P.P.
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    Dutch seek pepper pact with U.S.
    114 3 MESSAGES from New York said that the Rotterdam Trading Co., a big Dutch organisation with a branch in Singapore, is now seeking to come to an agreement with the Indonesian Government to ship 400 tons of b ack pepper to the United States and
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    THIS GOLDEN AGE
    604 4 DRAY silence for Mr. J. P. Souter, President of r the Settlement of Penang Association According to this gentleman, what Malaya needs is more leadership on sound economic lines and less talk of political ideologies and seugOV~ueves that not a few of our troubles today are the
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    THE BASHFUL DICTATOR
    889 4  -  EI CAUDILLO: Franco's rouid'and chubby Calician face* does not peer at Spaniards from billboards. D uring public functions he is overshadowed by more colourful figures. But he is the undisputed ringmaster in the Spanish circus. By J.G. HARRISON MADRID GENERALISSIMO Francisco Franco, the man who overthrew the
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    Want A Handsome Young Man?
    528 4 A.P. BERLIN WANT a handsome young man to take care of a wall-flower at your birthday party? Or a girl for babysitting Or somebody to Jean your rugs? Just call the Brownies (Heinzclmacnnchcn) of West Berlin. They do anything you want —for 36 cents an
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    CLOUDS GATHER OVER EGYPT
    770 4  -  BY GILBERT SEDBON Reuter. CAIRO CLOUDS arc gathering over Egypt's six weeks oM four-party (Wafdist. Saadist, Liberal and Nationalist) Coalition Cabinet led by Premier Hussein Sirry Pasha. The great popular relief which greeted the formation on July 27. of the first allparty government since 1»36 and
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    PRISON CAMP NERVES
    150 4 Reuter. LONDON THOUSANDS of British exPrisoners of War are still suffering from "prison camp nerves'' and other ill-effects of their war-time confinement which makes it difficu't for them to settle down to their families and jobs. A report issued by the Returned Prisoners of War Association said:
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    How To Win And Let Down Friends
    602 4  -  IT'S Q.E.D FOR THE S.E.D by TOM REEDY A.P. BERLIN IN 1946, the Russians put all their political eggs in one basket in Germany. They backed the Socialist Unity Party (SED) as the single spokesman for Communism m the Soviet Zone. Today, signs
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    Mr. Dargi 'Dies' For The Third Time
    170 5 LONDON, Sunday. For the third time in his life Mr. John Dargi of Royal Road, Ramsgate, Kent, has officially "died". As he was leaving home for a dental appointment, the postman delivered a buff envelope containing a widow's pension form for his wife.
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    SGT.-MAJOK 'KINDHEART' GOES
    89 5 LONDON, Sun. Known to thousands of Army recruits as the sergeant-major with a kind heart, Garrison Sergeant Major S. A. Thompson, of Catterick Camp, Yorks, is leaving the Army shortly after 30 years' service. G. S. M. Thompson, whose home is in Chatham, is a member of
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    DELAYED WEDDING
    80 5 A.P. BRISTOL., Sun. A young Bristol electrician, badly burnt in a factory explosion, murmured M fix me up a good doctor because I must get married on Saturday" as he was carried to the hospital on a stretcher. That was six days ago. Today Bernard Griffith, 23, wearing
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    Unpaid Drink Bill
    105 5 CROSSED CHANNEL TWICE FOR: LONDON. Sun. Three waiters in a Boulogne cafe ran after three British customers who had forgotten to pay for their drinks. They caught up with them on board the Channel steamer Canterbury. The Britons willingly paid the bill and threw in an extra
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    ESKIMO YOUTH HELPED MOTHER COMMIT SUICIDE
    167 5 ISOLATED FROM TRIBE FOR ONE YEAR U.P. CAMBRIDGE BAY, Northwest Territory, Canada, Sunday. A 21-year-old Eskimo youth beg in one year's sentence of isolation from the rest of his tribe today as a punishment for following the ancient tribal custom of helping his ailing
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    WORLD HITCH-HIKER AT 19-CLAIM
    106 5 Reuter. DARWIN, Sun. Nineteen-year-old Frenchman, Claude Laloux, whose parents live at 4, Rue de Luxembourg, Rheims, France, laid claim to being an international hitchhiker when he arrived here. Claude said he reached Australia five months ago as a seaman in the Finnish windjammer Passat and had
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    CINEMA: JUST A LOT OF SHADOWS?
    115 5 Reuter. CARBROOK, Norfolk, 1 Sun. Britain's oldest working farmer, Dan i Bullen, faced a mammoth J "huffing, pulling and blowing" task here when f he celebrated his birth- I day. For in front of him at the tea party was a cake h 103
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    WILL NOT CUT DOWN PERSONAL SPENDING
    85 5 Reuter-AAP. BRISBANE. Sun— During the hearing of a maintenance claim in a Brisbane court, a woman said that her husband had packed his things and gone home to his mother, when she told him he would have to cut down on his pei.-<onal spending.
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    Petting The Calves
    39 5 Rajkiimari Amrit Kaur, the Indian Minister for Health, and Lady Nye. the wife of the British High Commissioner, I" tting newly-born calves at th c Pllani Farm near New Delhi. —G. 1.1.5. Photo. G. 1.1.5. Photo.
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    "OLD MASTERS" GO OVERSEAS
    197 5 LONDON, Sunday. One of the largest and most comprehensive collections of British 18th and 19th century paintings to be shown overseas has been assembled by the British Council for exhibition in Hamburg, Oslo, Stockholm, and Copenhagen between October 1949 and April, 1950. Many pictures, such as
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    STONE WEAPONS
    30 5 UCKFIELD SUSSEX, Sun. Workmen digging foundations for road near here unearthed two huge stone>» believed to have been used for a ballista, a weapon used by the Romans.
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    FOOTBALLER'S DIET: RAW HORSE-MEAT
    79 5 Reuter. SYDNEY, Sun. —A Sydney Rugby League footballer said recently he had dieted on raw horse-meat during the season as he believed it gave him more stamina than beef. He said Fiench boxer, Andre Famechon, who is at present in Australia, had told him the secret
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    IIth CENTURY CHURCH
    60 5 ASHINGDON, Essex, Sun. —The parish church of Saint Andrew built by King Canute here and mentioned In the 11th century Domesday Book, is in urgent need of repair. Cracks have appeared in the walls, the keystone of one of the windows is in danger of falling out
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    ZOOT SUIT FOR STALIN TO END COLD WAR?
    137 5 A.P. LONDON. Sat. The British Men's Wear Journal thought up a way to end the cold war yesterday with a Zoot Suit for Stalin, and a Brapeishape for Molotov. "The Russian sense of humour would be restored" said the magazine. Tailor and
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    Apple Time Is Trouble Time For This Vicar
    96 5 Reuter. MUSWELL HILL, Middlesex, Sunday. Apple time in tte vicarage orchard at Saint Peter-le-Poer Sri always means trouble for the Reverend Ci P. Coopeer and his wife. Children from neighbouring housing sites raid the orchard damaging the fences and trees. "Although the
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    Ahmar Singh Was A Prophet
    113 5 Reuter. MELBOURNE. Sun Ah mar Singh, a prophet, had made an accurate forecast of the date of his death, the Senior social officer of the Biothcrhood of St. Laurencesaid after Singh's death early In September. The officer added that Singh bad made the forecast before
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    RUSSIA CLAIMS ANOTHER FIRST
    75 5 U.P. LONDON, Sun. Russia today, triumphantly claimed the invention of the first military tank and, without the specific mention of the atom bomb, said her military equipment was superior to "all known types of our enemies' weapons." The claims came in the midst of the Soviet
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      151 5 irt ABXEH by Al Capp 7™.,. KiKi Vq'BEl SO CRUCUII IT DON'T MATTER HOW lAH IS SICK AN TIRED 1 I OH,GrVMv)NY. NO](-"/7A/-/A'4 TO A OLE &AX Ul frTJ3^ REPULSIVE HE. IS/T AM\J I "J. KNOWS AH'LL CG^-> DON TNO HARRY SOME >§ OBOE CK-JEST SO P\ O > NEYAH
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    MARKET REACTS TO COUNCIL VOTE ON WAR DAMAGE
    794 6 (By A Market Correspondent) ANLY a moderate volume of business was written during a week when many extraneous considerations held sway over tho markets Tins, which reflected pretty much London's day-to-day view on th Anglo-American finance conference/ opened hesitantly and, after, firming,
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    U.S.-KARACHI TRADE RECORD
    45 6 A.P. KARACHI. Sun. Pakistan's trade with the United States during the year ended March 1949 totalled Rs. 62,--700.000. it was officially stated in Karachi this weekend. Experts to the United States totalled R«. 57.000,000 and included Rs. 51.700.000 worth of ruv juV.~-A.P.
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    KAMUNTING TIN
    23 6 KaimtnMng Tin Dredging Limited will resume prodm tioa on August Ist by their seciind Siamese unit. No. 2 dredge at Pengnga.
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    New York To Lay Rubber-Asphalt Test Roads
    268 6 KEW YORK, Sun. Some of the busiest streets m New York are going to be testing grounds for new rubber-asphalt highways, according to Manhat tan Borough President Hugo Rogers. Rogers explained that he was vjerroitting *he experiment in the interest of scientific progress
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    AIR MAIL
    49 6 Latest time of posting at the G.P.O. to Ceylon, Batavia. Palembang, and Sourabaya is 6 p.m. and to Dabo Singkep is 4 p.m. Mails are expected from Brunei, North Borneo (including Labuan), Sarawak, Japan. Philippines, Hawaii, Wake Island. Thailand, French Indochina, Batavia, Dabo Singkep. Palembang and Sourabaya.
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    TRADE EXPERT FOR TOKIO
    94 6 A.P. FRANKFURT. Sun. William John Logan. Who boosted West Germany's exports from almost nothing to U551,400.--000.000 a year since the war, is going to Japan on a similar mission. Logan, head of the AngloAmerican Joint Export-Im-port Agency, is scheduled to leave Germany tomorrow and will stay
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    'Malaya must move for tin agreement'
    151 6 WASHINGTON, Sunday. U.S. government tin authorities said last night, they saw little prosi pect of the Tin Study Group reaching an intern-- tional tin agreement by Sept. 30, the deadline for ihe pact set by the group at its London meeting in June. "If
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    McALISTER— 20 PER CENT FINAL DIV.
    98 6 COMPANY NEWS M( A LISTER ft C ompany Limited, reporting for the year ended June 30, 1949, gave account ri another satisfactory year's trading and, despite the general deterioration in trading conditions, showed a result not greatly reduced from the exceptionally good figures of
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    RUBBER DOWN HALF CENT ON SATURDAY
    96 6 THE rubber commodity ma.ket opened with very little interest on Saturday. Dealers wrre disinclined to do any thing and the price cased by half a cent Closing prices were: nryera. Sellers. No. 1 Sept. RSS .It.'* 3«*fr No. 2 .Sept. RSS :J4' 4 341
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    PRODUCE MART
    114 6 THERE: was little change n the Singapoie produce markets on Saturday. Copra and coconut oil were quiet but steady markets. Little business was reported and prices were unchanged from Friday. Peppei prices were quoted by sellers at $393 per picul f.o.b. for black Lampong and 5495 per picul
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    KUALA KAMPAR TIN FIELDS
    51 6 Kuala Kampar Tin Fields limited announce commencement of production on August lf» by a thiid. their laigcst, unit No. 2). This 18-foot bucket dredge is capable of digging to 100 feat and is believed to be by tar the largest unit in pYoduction in Malaya to
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    POSTAL EXPORT RULES CLARIFIED
    195 6 THE Imports and Exports Control Department has issued a statement clai ifying the existing regulations foe goods exported by post. They are: An export permit issued by the Imports and Exports Control Department is required for any postal package, addressed to any destination, which contains diamonds
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    Economic Power Of West To Back Tito
    217 8 A.P. NEW YORK, Sunday. MARSHAL TITO will have the economic power of m the West behind him in his batJtle against Russian imperialism in Yugoslavia. It is the same power which saved the postwar governments of Italy and Greece, handcuffed the Communists in
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    REVOLUTION IN PARAGUAY
    42 8 ASUNCION. Sun —The exPresident of Paraguay, Dr. Felipe Molas Lopez, who resigned today, was tomght confined to hi« own residence. The former Foreign Minister. Dr. Frederico Chavez, named by Dr. Lopez as interim President, has formed a new cabinet.
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    3,000 DIE IN C'KING FIRE
    37 8 HONGKONG, Sun. —The fire which gutted large sections cf Chungking's downtown district on September 2, caused at least 3,000 deaths, according to a Chungking correspondent of the Englishlanguage newspaper, the .Hongkong Standard.
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    U.S. INVESTMENT TO BE ENCOURAGED IN THE £ AREA
    390 8 U.S. INVESTMENT TO BE ENCOURAGED IN THE AREA BRITAIN WILL REMOVE OBSTACLES WASHINGTON Sunday. The American-British-Canndian financial conference today adopted a programme to encourage investment of American to relieve Britain's crucial dollar shortage, the nine adopted unanimously the report of the "Overseas Investment Committee" which they appointed on Wednesday. The
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    AUSSIES WIN
    25 8 A.P. BRUSSfci-a, Sun. -Australian Davis Cup team won a twc days tennis match against Belgium in Brussels by four matches to two. A.P.
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    Empire Ex-soldiers Want Reciprocity
    196 8 Reuter. OTTAWA, Sunday. Fifty delegates representing more than 2,000.000 Commonwealth and Empire ex-servicemen of the two world wars will exchange greetings and compare notes on how they are treated when the British Empire Service League meets in conference here tomorrow. The delegates, about half of whom
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    AID FOR TIBET
    38 8 U.P. TOXIO, Sun. British authorities in the Far East are quietly passing word that they hope Tibet will seek aid from the western democracies in the event she finds herself threatened by Communist a£«res»ton. —U.P.
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    88 Take Part In Gymkhana
    177 8 Eighty-eight competitors took part in six events at the Singapore Polo Club Gymkhana at Thompson Road yesterday —and the musical posts event was the most keenly contested. Major F. L. Harding riding Nimble and his son G. Harding riding MGM were the winners of this
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    U.S. WIN WIGHTMAN CUP
    145 8 Reuter. HAVERFORD. Pennsylvania, SUB.—TIM United State- V day won the W ghtnjan Tennis Cup by a clear 7-0 vi« tor> The. United States has 1.0» triumphed on 17 occasions Since ihe competition started m W{ Britain, who last won the trophy in 1930. has scored four
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    It's Fun!
    34 8 TOP RIGHT: Major Harding poses for our cameraman during yesterday's Wheel Barrow race at the Second Gymkhana organised by the Singapore Polo Club this year. ABOVE: No horse, but this was fun!
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    PLAYER NO. 126 KNOCKED OUT
    450 8 S'PORE JUNIOR SHUTTLE C'SHIPS THE 126 th competitor in the men s junior singits championship was knocked out last night, when further ties were played off at the Clerical Union Hall over the weekend. The eight who sur.ived to qualify for the quar-ter-finals are Heng
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    HAY FEVER WORRIES
    34 8 A.P. CAMDEN. New Jersey. Sun.—The mother of Howard Unruh, who killed 13 persons and wounded three others after running amok with a gun, is worried because her son has hay fever.—^..P.
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    SRA OKAYS REPLACEMEN TSCHEME
    380 8 THE Straits Racing Association at a meeting yesterday decided to allow Malayan racehorse owners to delete any horse from any class and to alow them to fill in tne vacancy by a new importation for classes 1. 2 or 3. The following were the decision made
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    IT'S ANYBODY'S GAME NOW
    1054 8 S. C. A. TOURNAMENT Tribune Sports Reporter POLLOWING yesterday's matches in the si nRaDo r Cricket Association tournament the battle f c top honours has developed into "anybody's cam The Singapore Recreation Club went down the Indian Association at Balestier Plain on the rii* innings; the
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    ANOTHER SPORE SHIP SEIZED
    138 8 A.P. HONGKONG. Sun. The Singapore-rcgisteicu' Bnush merchant ship. Lung Mci, was captuied by a Chin**.Nationalist warship at the Yangtze mouth on the noon of September 8. the Central News Agency '(ported from Formosa today. The report said the ships crew consisted four Bntons, one Indian and
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    MONZA GRAND PRIX
    29 8 Reuter. MQNZA. Sun. lnc Italian crack drivet, Albert Ascan. at the wheel of a Ferrari, war the Monza Grand Prig Europe mother lace here today. -Reutei.
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    HANGERS WIN
    37 8 The Tiong Bah-u Raafetl defeated R.A.F. Sembawanr, in a friendly game of socce. at Sembawang yesterday by 2 goals to nil. The Raagen will meet the Chartered Bank Football e'even tomorrow evening at Farrer Patk.
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    SWEDEN COMES TOP
    35 8 A.P. STOCKHOLM Sun. 9mden standing alone defeated the jo.nt track and field team, of Finland. Norway, Deagtat* and Iceland toda) Swd winning scot against Iff fo: I* fo J! national Nordic Champion-shlps.-A.P.
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    WHAT'S ON TODAY General
    71 8 I MTEI) NATlONtional Labour (ti~ i:. fer» tr c at tl,. -r ■< r; Hall- 1'» a.m. intkiination.il \in Life Class. British Counnl Stamford Road.-« I 1 »J OMMKMOKAI lON < H*J TIONS: Broa'l. .i.- -9.30 a.m. Mm, ii open to pvMlc I" Commemoration Service l
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    Cinema
    129 8 V«ll ivi CATHAY: "Th«? Tf,rP kcteers" with Lana TuriK r y,.[im Kelly, June All>>»"• tBU and Angela J v. m L48. 4.1a. and S. CAPITOL: "A H-r-' .f J% man (Mandarin» ,d Kwong. 11.00 a.in.. !•*> 9.30 p.m. <ie* PAVILION: "The fl j Out" with Alexande- Ann Sot hern
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    Sport
    8 8 ua cn Europeans v? tu Besar Stadium.
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