Malaya Tribune, 5 December 1949

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    66 1 MALAYA Tribune f* v i PFOPL£ "O fTJK 77/E PEOPLE T«fc Tribunt* S'ptM LARGER SALES THAN ANY AJTFRNOON PAPER Z.V MALAYA Phone 3811/3 Nine Imm Published stmultanbuualy ai ainyuput c, Kuaia uumpur, Ipoh ana i'enana EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1949 PRICE TEN CENTS. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE
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    Sarawak's Governor
    38 1 i Above picture shows Sarawak's Governor and 1 Command-in-Chief. Mr. I D. G. Stewart, C.M.G. Ac- y eonipanied by Mr. T. St. 'J. Dilkes as they stepped ashore recently at the Pangkalan Batu, Ku- chlng. j
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    STOP PRESS Bandits Raid Estate
    75 1 VII Ml. To,:.iv.- A ■fMCtafcl C*a»taMe was I il'ed and s'. ra- C—t»Wf w. Ti WOmmC 1 hen a 'arge band of h-aviiy armed bandits ratife I < raegtalea ristate last nignt. ih. bandits ordered the laboß#eva out of th<ir quarters huh ll:e> then burnt
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    untitled IN TOKYO
    23 1 Reuter. TOKYO, Sun. united Under Secretary of t! u Army l'ricy Voorheer ari ivctl in Tokyo by air today. Iteut'-r.
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    Britain Urged To Quit United Nations
    340 1 LONDON PAPER SAYS: BRITISH LION SHOULD START ROARING A.P. LONDON, Sunday. J ORD Beaverbrook's Sunday Express accused v the United Nations today of 'making its first move t; pluck the British Empire tj pieces." The Express urged Britain lc withdraw f rom ne organisation.
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  • Obituary
    MRS. DEXTER DIES IN LONDON
    76 1 LONDON. Sun. Mrs. Fiances Dexter. 55-year-old Wife of Mr. James Derter wellknown in insurance circles in^ Singapore before the war. died in tragic circumstances in London this morning. She had just planned an invitation to the Sultan and Sultanna of Johore to attend the forthcoming
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    SHAH PILOTS PLANE
    32 1 Reuter. LOS ANGELES, Sun.- The Shah of Persia piloted a huge 180-passenger Navy transport Constitution aircraft most of the way from San Diego to Los Angeles last evening.- Reuter.
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    Lana Sends Gift For Movie Ball
    163 1 LANA TURNER, glamorous M-G-M star whom Singapore film-fans recently saw in "The Three Musketeers." has sent a personal gift to be added to the prizes being offered contestants at tomorrow night's Movie Ball for the best representation of an M-G-M star. In a cable
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    PILGRIMS PROGRESS
    29 1 Reuter. TEHERAN. Sun.-—Persian press reports said that about 20,000 Persian pilgrims to Holy places in Iraq were held up on both sides of the Iraqi frontier. —Keuter.
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    TYRE PRICES UP
    27 1 A.P. AKRON. Sun.—The Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co.. said yesterday it would boost tyre and rubber prices 3'l> per cent at midnight, December. 7.—A.P.
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    THREE—WEEK MANHU NT ENDS
    134 1 A.P. VIENNA. Sun. After a manhunt of almost three weeks. Austrian police today arrested four heavily armed Ukrainian "partisans" near Weyer. In the American zone of Austria. The four men, clad in khaki uniforms and armed with machine g'm? pistols and hand grenads. surrendered without i
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    STEWART PASSES CRISIS
    747 1 BUT CONDITION IS DANGEROUS, SAYS BULLETIN MR. D. G. Stewart, recently app*jint?d Governor of Sarawak, who is lying seriously ill in the Singapore General Hospital, following an attempt by a 16-year old Malay boy to assassinate Mm o.) Saturday was this morring stated to have passed the
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    Mrs. Stewart Rushes To Singapore
    61 1 Mis. Stewart. *ife of the Governor of Sarawak, left for Singapore at 6.30 a.m. today in an R.A.F. transport plane. She and her three children had planned to join Stewart in January. It is believed that during hei stay in Singapoie. Mrs. Stewart will be
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    VILLAGERS BITE THIEF
    123 1 An armed Indian had to be taken to hospital this morning suffering from severe bites after he was arrested by a crowd ot angry villagers who took a Webley pistol, fully loaded, and six bullets oil him during the fight at the sixth mile. Yio Chu Kang
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    MINE TOLL
    21 1 Reuter. TOKV.C. Sun.—The toll of dead m the coal mine cavt in at Tadakuma colliery rose to nine today.—Reuter.
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    Green Howards "Splice The Mainbrace"
    128 1 "TAC HQ 2 Guards Brigade evacuating before Naval Warfare is forced on them. There were no flies on Noah. Rule Brittania." This was the final signal to all troops in Pahansr sent by Brigadier R. C. O. Hedley, C.8.E., D.5.0.. 48th Gurkha Infantry Brigade Commander,
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    FIVE DIE IN ORPHANAGE FIRE
    56 1 Reuter. TOKYO, Sun. —Four children and vi._ woman wuiaci uieu in a lU% WUUA uumcj uovwi an omniart age jo me ivitguro diokitct <-i i'OKjo ueiwre dawn yco^cruay. 'iwenty-nve oi ~o uiUdren who vvcie inmates oi luc Mrcrc uxoiignt out ot tne twu-sioiy ouiiding safely
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    48 1 A.P. DUNDEE, Scotland. Sun.— Biitisn Minister ox rood, jonn Stracney. in a speecu today, stoutly dclcndeu the guv«.i anient s £2u,uut»,uuu ex|Mt»ttUeiiC in peauu'. culture. me money is not lost. It is invested in an aosoiutely indispensable Uisk of developing tne colonial empire." tne minister sa.d. A.P.
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    POLICE KILL FIVE
    62 1 U.P. cALAJUiTA, Sun. One woman and tour men were kU cd in a remote village in the Assam District when po.ice fned on a mob armed witn swords, axes and crossbows which atcacned thy Government agents wno were lemoving nee, according to the newspaper reports. Two otner
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    COUPLE EXPLODE
    28 1 U.P. TOKYO, Sun.-Coal minei Gosuke Matsuda, 28, went to bed With his wife and a stick of dynamite and ignited the latter. The explosion killed them—U.P
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    Profound Tragedy —Brooke
    123 1 From .JIMMY GLOVER uONDON, Sun.—Mi. Anthony Brooke who is in Lon- lot), awaiting tiie result of his appeal to the Privy Council said that he was shocked by the news ot the attack on Mr. Sty He added that he had no news of the attack other
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    FIGHT STILL ON
    25 1 A.P. CHENGTU, Sun.-—Genera-hss.mo Chiang Kai-shek sa*d today that the fight on UK Chinese mainland wiil continue at all costs and sacrifice?. -A.P.
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    PROGRESSIVES CANNOT RUM THE CITY ROOST
    425 2 Who Will Woo The Independents? One important change in the set-up of the Municipal Commission that will result from batur day's elections is that the Progressives will no longer be able to rule the roost as they have done during the last nine months.
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    AUSTRALIA HAS ROLE IN S.E.A.
    282 2 THE fact that Britain "is no longer the leader in 1 world affairs" has thrown heavier responsibilities on Australia in South East Asm, and any Australian foreign policy that ignores her obligations to discharge her responsibilities to these vast areas wir be barren and unpracticabl
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    FIRST X'MAS PARTY
    52 2 One of Singapore's first Christmas celebration* this year was attended by about 500 people, on Saturday when the Society of Licensed Aircraft Engineers and the Malayan Airways Sports Club held their 1949 Christmas Party at the Adelphi Roof Garden. High light of the evening was a Joget
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    WORKED OUT MINE AS SQUATTER AREA
    114 2 Sir Federa tion of Malaya, to th > Ulu wVIl 18 m( T ing P aid his «»t visi 1 uL> l am Bahru Resettlement area Tne lasted about an hour. On arrival, His Excellency was m P t f 1 fMd), and the
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    MALACCA COUNCIL
    33 2 The fourth Council Meetine t l ls y t e&r for the Settlement of Malacca will be held at the Resident Commissioners Office on Thursday. December 15. 1949. at 10.30 a.m
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    MALAY JOGET AT CHINESE DINNER
    45 2 The Chinese Sports Association celebrated its 20th anniversary last night at its clubhouse in Ann Siang Hill. The diners were entertained by a samba dance band. Four Malay girls danced the joget modern with the diners before and after dinner
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    McKerron has a chat
    33 2 The Officer Administering the Government, \ir. I*. A. IJ. MeKerron chats With Mr. Lee Seou Mong, •upervfcor of Electionsafter easting his vote on Saturday at the C'itv Council Elections.
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    Happy Couple
    51 2 j^fe,an*\ ,Mrs. Kwa Soon Ch nan afier wedding on Saturday alternoon. Tjbo gi-ooiu is the fourth son of Mr. and Mr*. Kua Si**v Tije, aad.tqs l>rid. was formerly \liss Ivy Lim, second daughter of >lr. and Mrs. Ljm Chong Pang. The reception was held at Mandalay Villa, Amber
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    NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS IN FEDERATION
    109 2 ...The High Commissioner, Sir Hcnrv C.urney, has been pleased to appoint the Hon'ble Enehe Mohamed Noor bin Hamzah, J.P. to he a temporary Cnofflcial Member of the Federal Legislative Council for a further period from November 22. 1949. in place of Tuan Syed Mnrtadha Aidid
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    Reds Bum Kongsi, 60 Homeless
    150 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Sixty families were diiven of the!r Kongsj on Sungej Kawang Estate in the Mentakab area late yesterday afternoon and rendered nomeless by armed bandits who sot ftre to the buildings. The men had just returned from work. The women were preparing the
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    New Stamp Ordinance For Fed.
    189 3 rE Enactments and Ordinances of the formei F.M.S.. U.M.S. and the Straits Settlements (so far as Penang and Malacca arc concerned) have now been unified. As from today a new Stamp Ordinance comes into force m the Federation and in some cases the rate of
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    ALLOWANCE FOR MIDWIVES IN KAMPONGS
    90 3 BBREMBAN, Sunday. Tiie Negri Semhilan Government would provide suffiCieot midwives to meet the need of the kampongs in the State. Dr. Bearb!ock. State Medical and Health Officer Old the Council. Dr. Boarblo~k said that in the new yeai's oudget. provision has been made for the
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    MAGISTRATE'S TRIAL: C.I.D. CHIEF TELLS HIS STORY
    1227 3 JOHORE BAHRU, Sunday. second phase of a combined Singapore, Johore Police trap which eventually led to the arrest cf a Johore magistrate and a Sikh money-lender was reated by Johore's C.I.D. Chief. Mr. C. S. K. Bovell. on the second day hearing at
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    On Parade
    198 3 HK. A. B. Hopkin, the Commissioner of the Singapore St. John's Ambulance Brigade yesterday inspected th< Singapore Chinese 2nd Chinese Corps of the Addressing the four platoons of first alders :md a platoon rt nurses, he said: "It is t lear that yon have not been wasting your
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    Malay Study Gifts Bill Opposed
    190 3 SEREMBAN, Sunday. CHINESE members In the Negri Sembilnn State Council yesterday opposed a bill seeking to set aside $45,000 for scholarships for Malays. Dr. Chong Ah Khoon who led the opposition sa d thar the '"bill "was sectarian" and was "bound to alienate the loyalty,
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    CALL FOR SEREMBAN AIRPORT
    92 3 The Negri Semhilan State Council asked tho Government tc make Seremban a poit of call for the Malaya Air Service "a** soon as possible." The icsolution was moved by Dr. Chong Ah Khoon. It was disc'osed that it would cost the Government $200,000 to make an
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    COLONIAL POWERS
    569 4 A VERY acrimonious debate has just end d in the United X;'ions General Assembly. And thio tme it was :iot the usual tussle betw-en the Communist and anti-Communist blocs. It was a f iht between the colonial and anti-colonial powers w .ieh resulted in the defeat of the
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    AND SO MY STAY IN RUSSIA COMES TO AN END
    3915 4  -  EASTERN By BRIGADIER FITZROY MACLEAN M.P. APPR OA CHES'l 6 FROM Lelhi I now o 'aghtHd »n an Imperial Airwave mail-carrying aerop an Beneath us he <-ountry unrolled itself, panorama fashion, the plains of India, the ho-- ang wUdermsa of
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    IT HAPPENED TO BE AN EARL
    237 5 Faces Drunken Driving Charge Police: Looked For An 'Erratie' Driver A.P. PERTH, SCOTLAND, Sunday. THE dapper little Bart Strathmore. 31-year-oid 1 nephew of Queen Elizabeth, was charged in court yesterday with driving a jeep while drunk. He pleaded innocent and tho case wu.s set
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    untitled "as ;i gift Ivmu Prini" Minister Nehru to Japan, to publicise a new mo*ion picture about India. Thousands ot lapanesc Jammed I -no Zoo to »\atch Takiko Mizunoc Nipponese movie star, mount Indira wit', the aid of the two retainers sent trout India wiih the elephant a few weeks ago.—A.P. Photo.
    54 5 untitled "as ;i gift Ivmu Prini" Minister Nehru to Japan, to publicise a new mo*ion picture about India. Thousands ot lapanesc Jammed I -no Zoo to »\atch Takiko Mizunoc Nipponese movie star, mount Indira wit', the aid of the two retainers sent trout India wiih the elephant a few weeks
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    U.S. VISIT WAS A SUCCESS
    144 5 A.P. Nehru NEW DELHI, Sunday. INDIAN Premier Pandit Nehru told his countrymen last night that hie United States tour resulted Lc tremendous benefits tor himself and i:idia." In a BQ llllniltr broadcast to the nation W Hindustani. Nehru taid the tour resulted the Increased goodwill
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    SANTA CLAUS GETS THE RASPBERRIES
    98 5 U.P. FITCH BURG. MASSACHUSETTS. Sun—Some 10.000 peeved children gave Santa Claus a strange welcome on Friday night—a barrage of snowballs. Santa's entrance into the city was delayed for a half an hour. When he finally arrived in the midst of a snowstorm for the merchants'
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    SHIRLEY SUES FOR DIVORCE
    102 5 U.P. HOLLYWOOD. Sun.—Shirley Temple, the golden-haired baby star of a few years ago, to the court tomorrow to tell how her husband John Agar was mentally cruel to her. forcing her to seek a divorce-. After two and a half years or trying "to make our
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    NEHRU DECLINES SOEKARNO'S INVITATION
    119 5 A.P. BATAVIA, Bun. President Soekarno of the Indonesian Republic who supposedly Hi to be Indonesia'! first president has invited the Indian pi oilier. Pandit Nehru, to attend the inauguration of the United States of Indonesia, Antara. the Indonesian Republican news agency, reports from Jogjakarta. Antara adds
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    'A Home Visit For The Well-Behaved Murderer'
    174 5 'A Home Visit For The Well-Be haved Murderer' A.P. LONDON. Sun. A British clergyman proposed on Friday that well-behaved murders serving life terms in prison, be allowed to visit their homes from time to time. Tiie Rev, Martin W. Pinker, director of the Central aftercare Association made the proposal at
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    When Reds Nearly Caught Chiang
    149 5 A.P. CHENGTU, Sun. The Chinese Communists almost caught Generallissimo Chiang Kai-shek. number one on their "war ciiminals" list at Chungking. Chiang had refused for several days to leav e Chungking despite the pleas of his staff. He insisted that panic would break out if he
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    ABOUT TO DIE
    52 5 U.P. LONDON. Sun. Lord Peterborough, the columnist of the independent Conservative Daily Telegraph said today that it was lumoured that Prime Minister Clement Attlee sent the fo lowing message to New Zealand's outgoing Socialist Premier Peter Eraser. "Mor;tori te salutamus" (We who an about to die salute
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    Johnson Seeks Inquiry Into 'Tunnel' Press Leak
    257 5 1 Mr. Pat John&on will ask for an investigation into the leanage of the Pontian Tunnel Committee's findings to a Singapore paper (net the Tribune) which published a summary of the Committee's findings. Said Mr. Johnson: "I want to know on whose authority
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    AN AUNT JOINS RITA
    78 5 A.P. LAUSANNE. Sun. Rita Hayworth. who La awaiting a baby in Lausanne, has been Joined by an aunt. Mrs. Prances Rosser of Los Angeles is staying at the luxurious Palace Hotel where lure niece and husband Prince Aly Khan have been residing :or the past month.
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    UNIVERSITY FUND
    18 5 Tne total amount collected in Malacca up to the end of November. 1949. for the Uni529,186.70.
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    Renong Tin Make £122,664
    103 6 COMPANY NEWS RENONO TTN I>REDGINC COMPANY LFVriTED. for year ended June 30, 1949. showed a profit of £122,664. or 67.9 percent '>n ordinary rapital after prorision for preference dfvidend. A dividend of 20.07 por- eit was naid for th? period. Net liquid assets £188,430 equal 18
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    Jelebu Tin Make $48,612
    108 6 JELEP.U TIN DREDGING LIMITED showed a proti: for ear ended August 31. 1949 of $48,812 (7 percent) from whicn pint—l was paid in o"'ob*r. Net liquid assets in balance sheet $.i. r i,681 are equivalent tr» 6 rents per share. In addition, $135,395 (19! cents p(
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    Lukut Tin Lose $4,021
    102 6 LtHtUT TIN DfcEOCIJUB LtIIfJTED incurred a loss §t >4.<>21 in the year to Aim us I 31. 1949. The whole of the cofnny'a properties were for $213,195. or whice. «64.604 was lecojved after end of financial year. Deducting current liabilities from current assets plus proceeds of
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    Atlas fee —10% Div.
    95 6 atlas ICE CO.. LTD. made a. net profit of $145,267 «25.-5 per- cast) for year '-nded Sept. 3*. I 1949 and a dividend of 10 per- i cent is recommended. j Net Ifcfd ass.<t.< $616,500 werf I equivalent to $12.12 per share. J It 15 proposed
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    SOUTH BRITISH INSUR. MAKE £665,173
    57 6 SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED showed a profit of £665.173 <6 sd.i per share for year ended August 31. 1949. from which, with customary conservatism, only 2/6 d. per ■hare was distributed. Investments and current assets less current liabilities gave a surplus of £4.406.835 (£2
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    PENGKALEN LTD. —£69,586
    77 6 PENOKALEN LIMITED, for the yeai ended Soot. 30. 3948. made £69.856. equal to 3Si pernn capita] alter allowance for the preferred dividend. Ordinary shares reeceived 20 peicent in respect of the year. Net liquid assets, taking investments at market value on balancing data, work out ut f159,749.
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    Tin Price
    88 6 The Singapore price of tin dropped en Saturday by ?2 7 8* do the picul to $292 7/8 per picul. The price had been dropping throughout the week. From Friday, November 2". to Friday. Dec ember 2 the priv c ir, Singapore fe'l by $4 7 8 on
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    WORLD BANK MISSION
    121 6 A.P. WASHINGTON, Sat.-Tho World Bank announced on Friday an economic mission it is pending to tho Philippines, 'Thailand, India and Pakistan will leave here by air on Monday. Pakistan is not a member of the 48-nation bank, but the announcement spoke of Ita admission to membership as
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    BUYERS OF TINS A WAIT SETTLED METAL MARKET
    585 6 (By A Market Correspondent! VOLUME of business was small md conditions dull on Malayan markets during the week. PNH forecasts ot substantial agreement on war claims between select Committees representing Singapore and the Federation was completely ignored by the maiket. Operators now
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    Strauss Has Sold 1,000 Tons Of Tin
    202 6 U.P. LONDON, Sunday. METAL circles estimate the Government Droker or. Ihe Metal Exchange has now sold about 1.000 tons of tin from stock of 31,000 tons held by the Ministry of Supply when tin dealings started on November 15. This is considered to
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    RUBBER MARKET
    102 6 The rubber oonunoditv mar- i ket opened very stead yon Saturday with evidence of a t;ood undertone. Closing prices, in cents per pound were:— Bayers Sellers No, l RSS f.o.b. Dec. 46 3 4 16 7 I No. 2 RSS f.o.b. Dec. 45 3 1 W> 7/8 No.
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    PRODUCE MARKET
    131 6 The Indonesian Copra Fund tendered 1,300 piculs of Indragiri copra in Singapore on Saturday. The copra was bought at $35.81 cents per picul ex-Sodown, Copra was a fimi market in Singapore on riaturd.iv with buyers for f.o.b. Dec-Jan. indicated at ISS2 per pi< ul and sellers at $37
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    W.G. SCOTT
    31 6 The Perak River HydroElectric Power Co., Ltd. announce that Mr. W. G. Scott, has been appointed general manager of the Company in Malaya, as fiom the November 24, 194«.).
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    Market in doldrums last week
    391 6 A.P. LONDON. Sun. Another I £20 was sliced off the j value of -pot tin on the London Metal Exchange last week. The market could not shake itself out Of the doldrums'. Future prices did not fare so badly although they shared the general easiness
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    LIVERPOOL IS STILL UNBEATEN
    489 7 A.P. LONDON, hundav. L four top teams in the First Division of the English Football League, drew their matches yefflteraay and that left Liverpool the League leaders, still unbeaten after playing 19 games. Liverpool drew 2-2 with Portsmouth, the current champions, after their usually good shooting
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    FORRESTERS ENTER QUARTER-FINAL
    339 7 HOCKEY TOURNAMENT V HER WOOD Forresters entered the quarter-final stage of the Singapore Hockey Association's knock-out tournament when they beat the R.E.M.E. by four goals to two at Gil I man barracks yesterdax. The game was surprisingly fast on a ground which was damp and boggy in
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    JADE PRINCESS WORKS WELL AT IPOH
    75 7 By ALBERT SPENCER The Man with 2.000 Winners) IPOH. Sun.—Due to heavy rain this morning training was eain done en the sand troche, while some of the horses also work ed l£ the small ring. t worker was- Jade riira ss (Wohah) woh rail
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    THOMPSON TO FIGHT in S'PORE
    210 7 May Meet Winner Of Cabanella v. Nai Phol B ,UY THOMPSON, Great Britain and European flyweight champion, will fight in Singapore in February or March next year, Mr. A. Razak, Singapore promoter, announced today. Mr. Razak told the Tribune that he had just received a
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    SWEDES BEAT EAST BENGAL
    60 7 A.P. CAUCUTTA. Sun. -Playing superior football, Sweden beat the All-India socee champions East Bengal by two goals- to nil today. Malte Martensson and Karl Franck scoted. The Swedes, who ,on Saturday wore gum shoes, played on Sunday in boot? which helped accounts lor tntn victory. This
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    EGYPT GOLF
    72 7 CAIRO Sun.—Hassan Hassanein, assistant to the Gezira golf club, today won the open golf championship with a 72 holes aggregate of 2S:. The field included a number of hading P.ritish international players as well a- prominent players from Fiance and Italy but the youns Egyptian had tounds of
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    Mayflower B.P. Scores Runaway Victory
    547 7  -  By SHUTTLE JHE Singapore doubles champions. Wong Peng Soon and Teoh Peng Hooi, were fully extended by the Johore doubles champions, Zainal Abideen anil Tungku lalil when they met in the Inter-Club match between Mayflower B.P. and the Useful B.P. "Blue" at the Clerical Union
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    BADMINTON AND BASKETBALL EXHIBITION TONIGHT
    163 7 TWO exhibition badminton games and a basketball match will be played at the Happy World stadium tonight, the gross proceeds of which will go to the Singapore Badminton Hall Fund. Singapore's two representatives on the Maiayan Thomas Cuo Team. .Wong Peng Soon and Ong Poh
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    FIGHTER BANNED FOR LIFE
    70 7 A.P. I PARIS, Mon.—French midd'ev eight boxer Ho- I beet Chan, ii today disqualified "for life" b, the Frei> -h Roving Fe- i deration. Chnrrun list Sunday r fust tl to fight Kouider y J Jury at DajaJ alter ihe spectators were seated. < harron, who
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    Empire XI's Second Win in Pakistan
    165 7 Reuter. KARACHI, Sun.—Tiie Commonwealth tour= ing cricketers easily beat Karachi-Sing by six wickets here today to register their second decisive nin in the Pakistan part of their tour. Scoring at more than one run a minute this morning they hit off the necessary runs
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    JINNAH TEAM WIN 4 GAMES
    62 7 Reuter. COLOMBO, Mon. The Pakistan soccer team Jinnah Gymknana won the, final match of thoir tour here today by beating the Colombo City League in a icturn fixture by five goals to 'one. The earlier fixture had resulted in a draw. Jinnah Gymkhana won four,
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    BAD WEATHER MARS RUGBY UNION TRIAL
    187 7 Reuter. LONDON Sun. CONDITIONS could hardly have been worse for the first England Rugby UnioO trial ot the season at Liverpool, hul in spite of continued i-aiuwuid deplorable ground conditions spc< tators saw a spl.mdid rame. The result, a .victory to Whites by one
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    S'pore Players Shine In Lien Hwa-Indians Game
    194 7 SEREMBAN, Siindays. yHE Lien Hwa soccer XI celebrated their second anniversary by holding the Indian Tourists to a three all draw in the game played here today, in aid oa the Negri Sembilan Chinese Recreation Club Building Fund. The Mentri Besar of Negri
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    SELANGOR BEAT MALACCA 1-0
    69 7 MALACCA. .Sun.—Selangor beat Malacca by a solitary goal scored light after the interval in a fast and thrill packed game cf hockey played here yesteiday. There was not much to choose between the two sides. Malacca tiled hard to iret tiie equaliser and made raid after
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    MOUNT EMILY POOL RUSH: POLICE CALLED
    96 7 The antra] of a police patrol cat prevented a pande- monium at the Mount Emily swimming pool yesterday ai- ternoon when mote 900 men and boys tried to force their Way into an already crowded pool. The pool has a capacity of j only
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    TENNIS RANKINGS
    24 7 A.P. ROME. Doc. 5. Gianni Cucelli and Annalisa Bossi head the list of tennis player? foi 1950. the Italian federation announced today.—A.P.
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      207 7 NOTICE Assurance CoiiwraWoh, Limited. NOTICE is hereby ,giveo that the Transfer Books of the above Corporation will l>e Closed from the 13th to 20th December, 1949 both days inclusive foi- the preparation cf Interim Dividend Warrants. v By Order of the Board, SIM YANG BIANC. Acting General Manager. SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY
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    MAO'S GOLD-STARRED FLAG UNFURLED IN U.K.
    282 8 London Conference Urges Recognition O/ Red China U.P. LONDON, Sunday. THE gold-starred Ked flag of Uie Chinee 1 first -ime in Briton today at the first session of Hie unofficial two dt> Britain-China Conference. reeime The speakers demanded Immediate recogn tion of the Communist
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    Communist Victory Will Bring Revolt To S.E.A. Says Li
    300 8 U.P. A.P. HONGKONG, Sunday. pHINA'S Acting President Li Tsung-jen said that a Communist victory in China would encourage uprisings in the whole of South-East Asia unless the United States plays a "paramount part" in the fight against the Reds. On the
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    PEKING MEETING PLANS ACTION
    179 8 Reuter. LONDON. Sun.—Members of the Executive Bureau of the World Federation of Trade Unions and delegations to the recent conference of Asiatic and Australian Trade Unions left Peking today according to a New China Agency message received here. Among those wno saw them off were a
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    LAVA FLOW EASES
    19 8 Reuter. CATANIA, Sicdy. Sun.— The flow of lava from Mount Etna, began to slow down today.—Router.
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    CHARLES—MAN OF THE YEAR
    73 8 U.P. NEW YORK, Sun.—Time magazine readers have started nominations in letters to tho editor for the magazine's "Man of the Year." The nominations published this week included Assembly President Carlos P. Romulo. Philosopher John Dewey. Singer Ezio Pinza. Author Thomas Mcrton, India's Prime Minister Pandit Nehru.
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    BOYCOTT CONTINUES
    30 8 MARSEILLES. Sur. Marseilles dockers belanspre to the Communist-led Trade I'tiion Confederation today voted to continue bo >* cott of ships loadtoj war material for Indo-chi»a until such shipments ctase.
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    JOE'S BIRTHDAY
    22 8 A.P. MOSCOW. Sur.-fThc Soviet Union is prcwOrnag; a huge celebration i Stalin s 70th birthday on L>cc XI A.X I
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    WEIGHTS FOR 11 IPOH RACES
    475 8 WEIGHTS for »11 eight race* for Wednesday, seroad da> •»f the lpoh rare*., and thrra races fur the but day on Saturday, are:— CLASS 4. DIV. I— C FIRS. CARAVAN 9 oo KU>\MMC g.H 4 AHEFHEK it.II RED PLANK X 10 sPEARMIRTH 8.09 LITTLE LADY
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    BANGKOK MEET SUPPORTS REDS, STATE DISSIDENTS
    362 8 A.P. BANGKOK. Sun. When the East Asian Christian Conference was formally opened yesterday a dissident missionary organization charged the conference leadership with supporting Communism. The conference is being held •mder the auspices of the International Missionary Council (IMC) and the World Council of Churches
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    Mystery Boat Captured
    51 8 ThK sp ,1 belt recently ciptured by the Dutch is one of the 'ta s,,,,lh Vsla nUlbv a C Wne". ir, f Sinn,, the boat has transport d hundreds of tons o, mv in-rIl-umlUJn in Indonesia. Republican official, ha protested if*** Us v„- ure.— VP- Photo. A.P.
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    Australian Election Moves Reach Final Week
    162 8 Reuter-AAP MELBOURNE, Sun.—Tfre coming week will j lyittfss* the final round In the Australian gen- r-ral election campaign. on Saturday 4,750.000 voters will elect a new House of Representatives enlarged from 75 to \2?. seats. There are 46 r > candidates imfudtng 40 Communists.
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    U.S. SHIP GETS READY TO EMBARK WARD
    95 8 A.P. SAN FRANCISCO. Sum The Pacific Far East Lines j said today it was piepanng a shio to bring U.S. Consul I General Angus Ward and party out of Communist j China within a week. A spokesman said the State i Depaitment had
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    Hopkins Gave Atom Secrets To Russia?
    162 8 U.P. WASHINGTON. Sunday, f HARGES that tho late Harry Hopkins helped L Russia get "trunkloads" of atomic secrets and materials today touched off a double-barrelled congressional inquiry. riiaii man BrJen McMahon. Democratic. Connecticut, of the Senate-House Committee on Atomic Encrpv. otdered an immediate staff
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    Halt Attack, Warns U.S.
    136 8 A.P. WASH ING T< N. Sun. United States has asked Chinos c Nationalist io wmment to stop any furtbei attacks on American n patsing through the blockaded area or the cmnu coast. The State Department made public the text cf a strong American protest against I
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    GEN. TO REPORT
    32 8 Reuter. PARIS. SUn. -Gen. Marcei Carpentier. Commanding tne French Forces in tho Far East, arrived here today tv report on the situation in Indo-China to the Preach Government. —Renter.
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    WHAT'S ON TODAY GENERAL
    118 8 TODAV \T"»v 11, 1 It R 1 NIGHTLY (II B: P. M "usan to on Ce;. at in a.m. 5. Raffl"" V i" Y.M.C.A.: German Main' Clashes j..'i0 p.m. I'»'tot Ion MWfinr at X p.m. SERVICES PVI PREP" ,v CIATION. Meeting at V.M A Orchard K?t.ui
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    CINEMA
    153 8 CATIIAT: "The Bril" ,vH Tayl«>r ami Am Gard'"' *1. 1.45. 4.15. tj a'"! n P-™* -ti. /tl'lTOL: "Black M*~i' vv <Jsrou Welles ami Nancy G>:' at 11 1.45. 4 G..*>'> and 9.30 P;" u H K.\: "A1H MATA MEM» A LilR DI CHITAROEM Niratini at 11. l.* J 6.30
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    SPORT
    22 8 HOCKEY: S.K.C. wF RE* -.ad,-,.!... Putcli *s. BODCA at BOD Gr °p.L< "«omen 2nd Xi s > v women 2nd XI. padan»;.
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