Malaya Tribune, 16 December 1949

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    60 1 MALAYA Tribune MM Tet "TnbvneSport LARGER SALES THAN ANY AFTERNOON PAPER IN MALAYA Phone 5811/3 Nine Ln> Publw/ied simultaneously at Sin gapore, K>uOa Lumpur, Ipoh and Penana TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1949 PRICE TEN CENTS THE MALAYA TRIBUNE I.uXDO.X REPRESESTATIYE E lf««rioe Glover, Untn;:,! I'nhune <J}ti<e. 143 F/Vef
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    300 BANDITS SURRENDER
    238 1 M..C.P. is behind them, says Mr. Creech Jones Reuter. a onn LONDON, Thursday. A v 1 I Malayan bandits" have surrendered since the outbreak of banditry in Malaya Colonial Secretary Arthur Creech Jones told tiie House of Commons today. More than half of them had given themselves
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    ISLE HAS JANE'S BOSOM AND BETTY'S LEGS
    81 1 A.P. GETTYSBU RGH, SOUTH DAKOTA. Thurs. Use Derof Hamburg can choose from 50 prospective husbands in America's MidWest. The 28-year-old German born woman wrote a letter to Mayor Walter Sundergard of Gettysburgn, saying she is lonely and wants a "good American husband". She
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    AUSTRALIAN NUTS
    29 1 Reuter. CANBERRA, Thurs. The British Overseas Food Corporation is considering starting an Australian version of the Africa "groundnut" scheme if that project continued to lose money. Reuter.
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    SECRET TALKS AT K.L.
    104 1 XI "ALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Heads of Government Departments attended a meeting held at Kuala Lumpur yesterday in the Legislative Council Building. it is believed that security was one of the main matters discussed but no statement was issued. An officia' told newsmen nothing can be said
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    SONGKRAM NIPS PLOT: AiR CHIEF SACKED
    67 1 U.P. BANGKOK. Thurs.—Vice Marshal Luang Dhevarit was removed last night as Commander of the Thai Air Force. His deputy was appointed to succeed him. The removal coincided witn reports that the government of Premier Field Marshal Phibun Songkram has nipped a plot to overthrow
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    COMPENSATION
    30 1 Reuter. THE HAGUE. Thurs. £8n.947 was awarded Britain to day by the International Court of Justice fo rthe mm ing of two British destroyers m the Corfu Channel. —stouter.
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    U.S.V. PRESIDENT
    22 1 Reuter. JOG JAKARTA. Thursday. The first president of the United States of Indonesia will bo elected in Jogjakarta tomorrow. Rcutei.
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    ASMARA CALM
    8 1 Reuter. ASMARA. Thurs—Asmara was calm today.—Reuter.
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    MRS. OONS QUERIES ON POLICE PROBE
    119 1 Tribune Staff Reporter When the tive Council meets nex. Thursday, Mrs. Oon wil' ask the Government if the reco.ds of prosecutions under the Federal Penal Code, and of ti.< trials which were held n camera or otherwise against members of the police force will
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    BRITAIN READY TO STAND ON HER OWN
    135 1 Reuter. LONDON, Thurs. Britain will make her full contribution to the Atlantic defence programme with or without military aid, a British Foreign Office spokesman said hero tonight. The British Ambassador In Washington was reported to have outlined British objections to the United States
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    TIN 'LATEST PRICES'
    72 1 U.P. LONDON, Thurs The Tin markot had a dul' day with no features except a small downward drift in three months' tin. Spot closed unchanged at >609 while forward cased at 1578T5. The closing prices wore: spot £608 buyers and £610 sellers with no business. Three i
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    DEAR HUG
    27 1 Reuter. MANILA. Thursday. An attempt to "bear hug" a Manila maiden cost one A 1 redo Decena, also a Manilan, exactly $2,500 in bond. Reuter.
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    FIREMEN'S 'AT HOME'
    45 1 Firemen at Albion, 1.5.A.. hu' ttre :\t tk :r own tirr station. Ttvo other buildings were damaged and all tho Vtunivif>«iHt.\ h lire rtjrmMng equip neat was destroyed. The blare 1» believed to have, started fiom an overheated stove. Pb.:t.>. A.P. Photo.
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    S.E.A. Included In 2 Billion Development Plan
    210 1 U.P. WASHINGTON, Thursday. riVE European nations with overseas territories 1 nr dependencies plan to spend an equivalent of 52.50G.000.00C on colonial development through 1952, it was disclosed today. The countries xre Groat Britain, Franco, Belgium, the Netherlands ->nd Portugal. The United States will
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    BURNED TO DEATH
    29 1 Reuter. TEXAS, Thurs Eleven (11) temporary farm workers were burned to death when fire destroyed their small house at the edge of a cotton fie'd. -Router.
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    BAN LIFTED
    38 1 Reuter. LONDON. Thurs. The lifting of import restrictions on a wide range of goods (not named) was announced iin the House of Commons I today by Mr. Harold Wilson, j President of the Board of Trade.—Router.
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    H.K. TAX DEPT. RAIDED
    53 1 Reuter. HONGKONG. Thurs. Police today raided the offices of the Hongkong Government's Inland Revenue Department and 15 private addresses in the city to investigate alleged largescale taxation frauds. Thirty employees o; the Inland Revenue were taken to Police Headquarters for questioning. More ranis on private addresses
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    C.C.C. Wants Trade Controls To End
    216 1 C. C.C. Wants Trade Controls To End Tribune StafT Reporter. THE Chinese Chamber of Commerce last night called for a halt of import and export control as sooa as possible. For a start the Chamber's Committee suggested that the Import Export Control Bill now before the legislature, should have effect
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    NO E. GERMAN ARMY UNLESS....
    99 1 Reuter. BERLIN, Thurs. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vyshinsky was today reported to have told leading East German politic.ans that Russia would only take steps to form an East German army if an armed force was established in West Germany. Mr. Vyshinsky was reported to have
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    HONG'S MURDERERS TO DIE
    135 1 A.P. NEW YORK, Thurs. -Gannar Johnson and Sven Hailing, two Swedish seamen were sentenced to death today at the Bronx County Court, for first degree murder. Judge Samuel Joseph, sentenced them to die in the electric chair in January for the murder of Lee Hong, a
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    London Black-out Is Lighter—But Men Still Wrangle
    229 1 Reuter. LONDON, Thursday. UOPES of a full restoration of electric current tonight faded as Cabinet Ministers, chiefs of Britain's nationalised electricity industry, trade union ieaders and unofficial strikers were this evening caught up in a wranele over the terms on whirh the strike
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    FIRST AGREEMENT
    22 1 Reuter. BONN. Thurs. Westen Germany today signed its firs ntei national agreement a Marshall Aid bilateral pac with America. Router.
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    DEATH SENTENCE
    26 1 A.P. SAIGON, Thurs —A French military court nas to death two Indo-Chinese foi killing two Ame/iean women near Saigon a y ar r.go. A.P.
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    Reds Riot In Prison: 52 Hurt
    140 1 STOP PRESS U.P. CALCUTTA, Thurs. Fifty-tWO |(iTMtns were reported injured today when 250 Communist prisoners wielding broken turnitiiro fought police, firemen and wardens lor four hours in Calcutta's biggest jail. One wardeu said the rioters Were subdued by pistol shots and teer gas. DboAcmJ
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    3 TERRORISTS DIE
    29 1 Reuter. ASMARA, Thurs. An Italian farmer, last night beat off an attacK by armed PanEthiopian terrorists on his faim and shot three of them dead. Router.
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    Going to see father —Still Roaming— —Here to see her son
    180 2 I. Mr vI.A. «VU astiHo. i i i S, daughter of Mr. del ?»-tilio, chief of the Spa- v J aish Mission in Japan, v who H/ith her mother is j ;.oing from Buenos Aires S ILn Yokohama by
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    BROKE HIP, GETS $13,000 DAMAGES
    58 2 Mr. K. G. Burne. exmanager of the Transport and Storage Ltd.. who fell and fractured his hip while playing tennis on the cour r oi the Sea View Hotel Ltd.. on June 18. is to get $13,000. Mr. Burne sued the Hotel for damages but
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    Hawkers Seek Aid Of 'Party' Fathers
    105 2 JHE hawkers rf China Town have asked Laboui and Progressive Commissioners to fight their cause in the Municipal Commission. And if the Commissioners fail these hawkers—some of j whom have plied for more I Uian 20 years in the area within a one-and-a-half-mile radius
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    BRIND'S RETURN
    34 2 Admiral Sir Patrick Brind. C. in C. Far East Station. X.C.8.. C.8.X.. will return from Hong Kong to Singapore on Tuesday. He will be accompanied by Lady Brind and Lady Mury Twysden.
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    MISSION PLANS GIRLS' SCHOOLAT MOUNT SOPHIA
    282 2 THE Methodist Mission is to launch a campaign in 1950 to build a Methodist 1 Girls' School at Mount Sophia. Government has already promised $180,000 for the new school which will be for git is of the upper standards. Dr Marmaduke Dodsworth. Mission Superintendent,
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    NEW PARTY TO FIGHT SINGLE NATIONALITY
    70 2 The Peninsula Malays Union will not demand independence for Malaya, a spokesman told the Tribune yesterday. It will leave that question to the Sultans. But the Union will fight the concept of a single nationality and will uphold the sovereignty of the Malay Sultans.
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    They're off to Europe for their honeymoon
    76 2 Mr. and Mrs. 1). W .Burnet-Rae. who left Slngapore «>n vi\ months' leave to Europe yesterday, ph do- graphed after their wedd ng at Washington House, Pasir Panjang i I h»- bridegroom is Chief Operations Officer. Civil: 1 tvttfjea Department and a popular
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    BISHOPS MAY BE TAX FREE
    176 2 JflE heads of the Anglican and Roman Ci/.holic Churches in Singapore may be exempted from paying income tax. When the Legislative Council meets on Tuesday, the acting Financial Secretary will move an amendment to the Income Tax Ordinance to exempt the Bishop of Singapore and
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    Two Win Appeals
    64 2 Koh Beng Soon, under sentence of two months' I gaol for trying to outrage j the modesty of a woman of 24. was cleared in the High 1 Court yesterday on appeal. Another person, who had his conviction and sentence 1 of 4 months' imprisonment set aside
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    RED FLAG
    32 2 The secretary of the Mayfair Musical and Dramatic Association has asked the Government permission to fly the flag of Red China, ii and when Britain recognises the Mao Tse-Tung regime.
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    Boys' Clubs?—Rut The Urchins Won't Join'em
    205 2 JHE Colony's Social Welfare officers are puzzled ?s to why there is such a little response to their schemes to improve the six Boys' Clubs the deportment runs in Singapore. And the girls are so .si y that not even one girls' club has
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    Chosen Again
    28 2 Mr. Kwek Soan Loh Hho was elected Presii ('"lit of the Singapore Overseas Chinese Import- crs and Exporters Assoi elation for the fifth sueJ cessive y»'ar.
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      225 2 CHRISTMAS lust Liko Ihr One You Used To Know. BpßMi Th»- Christmas Wi!h All li OLD-FA Sf HONED CM AR M With the MARCH Family. r* V~ Jl m: xI -1 I ..K.vns, LITTLE WOMEN "scrt/ > TcruMirm OR 7 ROSS.ASO BRAZZI erU J siORV f i TODAY! 5 HAPPY
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      327 2 ON YOUR RADIO TODAY BLUE NETWORK 0,,5: UM N,Ms; lM iy—t wm sig. Tune; too Malay saw »••> in Mandarin; 12.48 Mandarin 1.00 p.m. Half hour of music ■ÜBii 11 j< Selections; 1.00 News in Mandaplaved in the South American IviLlf Pf &JL vVUIUk r,n Amoy A Cantoncfce; LIS I
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    Brisk Trade In Brazilian Coffee
    125 3 (JOOD export business in Brazilian coffee is now going on in the Singapore produce markets. Brazilian eof Tee can be freely reexported from Singapore to anywhere in the Sterling area. But re-export to the dollar are?, is not permitted because the coffee when bought from
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    GIVE— 'TIS XMAS FOR LEPERS TOO
    204 3 OLNGAPORE is now in the £rip of the annual Chri stmas fever, and the shops are full, and all the parties are planned. At the Leper Colony, however, there are 400 patients tor whom Christmas will mean but little pleasure: men mil women, boys
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    TB TOOK 1 IN 3
    22 3 Of the 187 who died in Singapore for the week ending c 10. 52 «licit "f tuberculosis.
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    BATTAT—KANG CASE FOR PRIVY COUNCIL?
    92 3 THE Eattat-Kang case might go up to the Privy Council. Yesterday E. H. Battat and Kang Woon Geok lost their appeal against conviction? under the Finance Regulations. An application for bail pending appeal to the Privy Council was adjourned by the Court of Appeal till
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    LAST MEETING
    26 3 The Malacca Settlement Council in the last meeting for 1949. yesterday approved $10,500 for the purchase of a new car for the Resident Commissioner.
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    "I SA W MAN WITH KNIFE APPROACH THE GOVERNOR
    477 3 Doctor Toils Sibu Inquiry nil. E. Wallace, Medical Officer of the Third Division, said in Sibu yesterday that he saw a man with a dagger in his hand make an attempt to stab the Governor of Sarawak, the late Mr. Duncan
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    PIPER PAID
    18 3 Shew Peng Hong of Jalan Besar was yesterday fined $10 for not renewing his radio licence.
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    No Change In Gas Ration
    64 3 There is no change in the petrol ration for the first quarter of 1950. The l value of a petrol unit will 1 remain at li gallons. Coupon for private car. motor cycle and taxi owners are now ready for issue. A further announcement will
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    PILGRIMS WELL AT ST. JOHN'S
    67 3 The pilgrims from the j Tyndareus, now quarantined on St, John's Island. because of a case of smallpax on board, were yester- j day visited by a party of officials and unofticials led j by Dr. Vickers. Director of Medical Supplies. The party reported that
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    TWO TO HANG
    41 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. —The appeals of two Chinese. Yong Ah Long and Cheuk Shang against the sentence of death passed on them for offences under the present emergency regulations, were dismissed today by the Federation Court of Appeal.
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    VERDICT HELD
    38 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. —The Federation Court of Appeal today reserved judgment in the appeal of a Chinese. Sum Fook. against the sentence of death passed on him recently on a charge of possession of a handgrenade.
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    181 ARRESTED
    39 3 There have been 181 armrests in the Federation fcr 'the week ending December 14, —84 in Johore, 10 in KedahV i Perlis, 34 in Perak, 10 in Selj angor, 28 in Pahang and 6 I in Malacca.
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    'KENDURI' FOR JELEBU DEAD
    174 3 J KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. ABOUT two hundred people attended the "Kendun" —a prayer meeting—in memory of the police- j men killed in the Seremban-Jelebu ambusi: on Dec. 12. The "Kenduri" was held at the Kuala Klh,wang j Mosque last night. The "Kenduri" was given by members
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    KUHN: I'M SORRY— FINED $300
    114 3 Edouard Kuhn. a Swiss businessman yesterday said. "I am sorry" before District Judge. Mr. E.V.A. Peers fined him S3OO for getting an A.P. form from the Import and Export Office on Aug 9. 1946. by false pretences. Kuhn, said the prosecution, went to the Import
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    NOW WHAT DO I DO NEXT?
    59 3 Christilot Hanson, aged 2. who will do a solo frog t J dance in "The Tin Soldier' —a dancv tale. This is one of the numbers of the First Annual Performance of the r i Fine Art of Movement Aead-my which will be given
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      154 3 CHRISTMAS QUIZ. IS TULSA A GIRL'S NAME O AN AMERICAN CITY r or A PLANT WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY I OR REAL BARGAINS ALSO AN IDEAL GIFTS FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. WELL HERE'S A CHANCE FOR HOTELS. RESTAURANTS, BOARDING HOI SLb PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS. GRAND X'MAS AUCTION SALE OF A large collection of
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    SUGAR ON THE PILL
    592 4 column has already expressed some views on the proposals for the Unified Malayan Health Service, soon to be debated by the Legislative Councils of Singapore and the Federation. We have never held that they meet the case of the local doctors. The so-called parallel seniority list
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    THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND I WAS HURTLING THROUGH SPACE
    3730 4  -  EASTERN APPROACHES—27 By BRIGADIER FITZROY MACLEAN M.P. PRINCE Alexander Kaiadjoidjevic. King Petei's second son. who had led the Serbian forces to ultimate victory in the wai. was proclaimed Regent of the new and his eldest son Prince George had be
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    WE GET THE RULERS
    1452 5  -  STRAIGHT FROM THE SHOULDER By MENCIUS POLITICAL murders are of three main kinds. Many of them are the work of mentally unbalanced idiots. Use the murder of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth, which perhaps heads r he whole class of inept assassinations. Throughout the long
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    AN EYE-OPENER FOR TUAN BESARS
    843 5 K. H. CHIA. Sir nensi fciulat' to M.'M-r.> A I Rajah end ''"t Johns***. It is most gratifying to note that at least two If not all of the Trustees of the SJT sre truly sympathetic towards the cause of the middle class. Nonetheless. I
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    JUSTICE
    138 5 PEDESTRIAN. Sir. We hoar a lot about there being one law for the rich ;uid another for the poor every time a poor man gets prison for doing something wrong, and some richer citizen gets away with a fine, or a caution. This is not the place to discuss
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    THE EMERGENCY AND THE TRADE UNIONS
    973 5 PEOPLE'S POSTBAG Sir. Of late we have been hearing complaints about employers who take advantage of the existence of the Emergency to put down any attempt of the labourers or their sympathisers to ventilate their legitimate grievances. We could have dismissed these complaints as
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    IDENTITY CARDS
    297 5 S. RAMACHANDRA. Sir. Some correspondence recently appeared regarding the congestion at the Identity Car a Registration Office. Beach Road, with resultant hardship and inconvenience to both t install and public. Incidentally. the Controller of Supplies has struck on a bright idea in sending mobile units to the rural
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    A SUGGESTION TO THE M.C.
    72 5 C. C. KONG. Sir, May I offer a suggestion to the Municipal Commissioners. Instead of preparing examinations for the staffs who have reached the Bar a three-year stay on the same salary should be imposed, and alter this period, the increment should go up automatically.
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    Malayan Writers Are Afraid To Speak Out
    390 5 LIBERTY. Sir. The answer to the question of MENCIUS "Where are the Writers of Malaya?" in the Tribune of December 9 may be found in a sentence in the same article. I refer to his statement There is a traditonal fear of Government
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    RELUCTANT DRIVERS
    200 5 POTENTIONAL DAMAGE CLAIMANT. Sir. The Singapore Traction Company has been very much in the news recently rind if the company does not teach its drivers and conductors the virtue of patience. the chances are that the S.T.C. may be th* means of providing headlines for some time to
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      36 5 The opinions expressed by .Mencius in this column are not necessarily thus." of this paper. If \ou agree or disagree with Mencius write and tell him so. Address your letters to: Mencius, c/o. Malaya Tribune, Singapore.
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      101 5 9.17 Qsrain LAMPS OSRAM on an electric lamp is more than a trade mark. It signifies the product of the best methods of electric lamp manufacture, is the Hall Mark of quality and the guarantee of a unique lamp service OSRAM. in a word, is the epitome of long experience
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    THAT LONELY WALK IN THE HILLS
    794 6  -  By HENRY GRIS THIS story is about a young lady of great beauty ana charm—a woman yoj know today as Yvonne De Carlo. She is firmly entrencned 'n Hollywood. She commands a big salary. There are Yvonne De Carlo fan clubs all over the
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    STARDITST
    461 6 IT IS SAID that then hi not much more to He<iy Lr.marr than moots the eye when she is encased in a bejewelled coustume fashioned after the Minoan styles o! 5000 years ago for Samson and Delilah. Delilah's best dress is a fal ukHIS peacock gown, orj amented with
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    A MERRY CHRISTMAS WITHE THE MOVIE STARS
    298 6 NO. NOTHING happened the next day, or the day after. Surely, they had resolve and not even this bleakest Christmas in their lives shook their faith, tneir belief in hope, but they were not rewarded at once. However, the very next Christmas mother
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      286 6 t AB*TAIX EASY Leslie Turnrr fv\R. GARDENER. MAY I HAVE V SURE.UISS S^BHSl4»\'V^l^f SaWI /^VG [busybody, jan...the gardener's/ you are.cathy! has supped away r-r? 015 SuchTJiSvlwth JAN'S HELP WHH CATHY, AND WITH UIS OWN FU3HT FOR I JU L OWE TO WE... SHE DESERVES TwE SHOULD T CAN'T SOU BE
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    There's Iron In Them Thar Hills
    558 7 DURNT CREEK. Quebec— 1* This settlement of several hundred people on the Quebec-Labrador border will have to move pretty soon. It's sitting directly on top of one of the richest deposits of iron ore in Canada. Today. Burnt Creek is the hub of activity,
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    WAR EXPERIENCES
    40 7 U.P. ATLANTIC CITY, -Expel iences gained during the recent war proved that surgery involving heait and lungs or food pipe may be undertaken as readily as an appendix operation, the in-ter-national College of Surgeons was told here.-- U.P.
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    GLUTAMIC ACID IMPROVES YOUR MORALS
    543 7 DOCTORS are fast becoming social reformers. They can extract the truth with scopolamine, sober drunks with antabuse. and improve morals with glutamic acid Latest advance is the treatment of mal n offenders with hormones. Dr. Hubert Young. Director of Medical Services to the Prison Commissioners,
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    CONTROL YOUR ANXIETY: BY SHARING IT
    263 7 CHICAGO. ANXIETY is high'y contagious. It spreads so subtly, two California psycmatrists say you can catch it merely by listening to voice recordings of persons in that state. Psychiatrists get it from then' patients. Babies catch it from their mothers. Animals contiact it from
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    WHAT'S NEW? This is Hot
    84 7 WARM AIR TOWEL which dries the hands in 15-25 seconds. After washing, the user simply- shakes off the drops, presses the foot switch and puts his hands into the warm hand bowl, rubbing them gently together. One bottle of the antiseptic for r. saturating the
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    For The Nursery
    48 7 CHILDREN'S FURNITURE with hardwood frames and laminated veneer arms, covered in a hard-wearing fabric which can be cleaned with a damp cloth. The furniture Ifl available in three different heights; is packed up in cartons ready to be assembled at home. Approximate retail price £3.
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    In A Jam
    67 7 JAM pot in stainless steel. The handle rs threaded through a slot on either side of the cover. io that when the handle is raised to lift the pot, the cover is automatically pulled over the pot. Complete with stainless steel spoon, 28s. sd. Also stainless ted
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    Nice And Soft
    27 7 PLASTIC TOILET ROLL HOLDER which completely encloses the roll, has a hinged lid for easy replacement. In black and ivory at 9s. lid. each
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    Not Many Can Afford Them
    547 7 ATOMIC-AGE TOYS A FLOOD of letters from British children, addressed to "Santa Claus, Greenland," descended on Greta Stauning. a pretty 28-year-old Danish Government official. On notepapcr headed with a green star, with the words "Father Christmas' In purple, Miss Stauning replied gently to requests for
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    20 7 Reuter. LONDON. Too many tonsils are being removed from childien, complained Mr. T.B. La v ton, ptominent London surgeon.—Reuter.
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      149 7 CHOICE CHINA WARE AT CIAS' SINGH'S SALE Down through the centuries, fine china has been the of a woman.; heart In these days, the craftsman p*tta aM lest 1 and artistry as never before, produc'ng lasting pieces of delicate ue*u*u/. could be a lovelier ;,ift than CHINA WAKE: Giant Dinner
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      241 7 JACK AIIMSTHOXG bj Bmb Srhocnkr XTf- ii r~ I 4/ TOr\o yW WHATS SHE TRYING TD °RiLLIANC~ AFTERA] W I .COMMIT SCOPE I 4 PHSE PE PECHO/ HOW THIS r3 THE MOMENT OF TRUTH' y# CLOSELY SHE BRINGS THE BULL TO PLACE THE SWORP SHE MUST S '~o<%v-"">' V M
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    A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A TRISHAW RIDER
    2288 8  -  By TAN SIONG HOON ALTHOUGH it was only 6 o'clock in the morning. Hassan was already up and about. He tidied his bed and after cleaning his trishaw with a piece of flannel, he hurried off to have a wash at
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    GERDA— SANTA'S SECRETARY
    94 8 GERDA SANTA'S SECRETARY SANTA CLAUS now has a secretary—to answer the scores of British children j who write to him in Green- i land, telling him what they want for Christmas. As there is no direct postal service to Greenland from Britain, Santa's mail winds up in Copenhagen on the
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    ALASKA — HUSBAND HUNTERS' PARADISE
    578 8  - ALASKA HUSBAND HUNTERS' PARADISE By HAL BOYLE A.P. NEW YORK. LOOKING for a good strong man to build your life around, sister" Well, il you're a robust, warm-blooded girl. don't overlook Alaska. The odds aie in your favour there. "It's a great place foi a gill to find a husband."
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    A Colonel Comes To The Rescue
    111 8 nURING a children', dan V ing display at St. Andrew's Hall. Croydon, a thief stole little girls' handbags and money from the cloakroom. Several children were robbed ol their bus fares home. Tears turned to smiles when an anonymous ben. factor refunded the money.
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      305 8 VM FLIXT by O'Mall y and llalpli Laae -~-c ITHINkVnO, ViR.I-LINI, 1 Pr.'.S- ACJIDS'T V,: < L OH, DEAR. LUCY, I'M THROUGH 'f A FR'END OP AAINE I DON'T RECALL THE HE MAD A SHORT, PEPPY AAIIGO NAMED MB I WITH THIS MAGAZINE. CAN I LEAVE <£/? USED TO STAY
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    OLD JOKES NEVER DIE
    906 9 SOME OF OURS WERE KNOWN TO THE GREEKS liitt HI N.F.L. THE expression 'a chestnut." to denote I stal" ioke or an tale, is said to have been first current about the year 188f> but some chestnuts which are still offered for consumption in this year
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    What's In A Name?
    448 9 TELL an onomatologist your name is FolUc, and he will inform you it comes from the diminutive L<> Foil, planename of three communes in Brittany, and that it dates back to about IGIG. Onomastics are in the news following a request by the International Committee of
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    N.Z. ELECTS A MAORI
    577 9 NEW ZEALAND'S General Election, which returned Sidney George Hollands Nationalists to power, also sent to the House of Representatives the first Maori woman M.P. She is Iriaka te Rio, widow of Matiu Ratana, grandson of Wirernu Tahupotiki Ratana, the Prophet. For N.Z.s 95,000 Maoris, old Wiremu
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      14 9 A IN upnwN BiiKck GRAIN i tKVnril:. WITH STRONG V r^* 1 RUBBER HOLES.
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      279 9 TUITION LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Spring 1950 Examination*. ENTRY forma for the above examinations are now available, intending randicates are to apply to the Director-of Studies. Mercantile Institution, 209. Queen Street. THE FUTURE OF \OUR BUSINESS! MADAME FLORENCE is at your disposal for consultation with regards to your Business Propositions.
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      127 9 LTL AKM by Al Cupp HAf-HAf* I ATufc *o 4 11 P HOw'D Jit TALKKD"- B Bui-?'-1 r*- 0 MAf MAST- Can uO uCOK tyj MAub c WiIMA; t IKE 50MEOME /VS STATUES L*> 1 t lAI X) AMVfMING i LlKfci, 'WiTHOOT HOkl "N sT'DO THIS f NOT RIAL. .iKt
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    PHILIPPINES BANS TRADING IN GOLD
    219 10 A.P. MANILA. Thursday. THE Philippines Government banned free domestic 1 trade in gold last night. All persons holding gold in any form except jewellery were ordered to turn in their supply to the Central Bank. At the same time. Central Bank said, restriction* on removal
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    Siam plans giant rubber factory
    82 10 A.P. BANGKOK. Thurs.—The Thai Government is planning to establish with a capital of 4,000,000 ticals (US$200,000) a gigantic rubber factory which will turn out automobile and cycle tyres. The plane oall for the importation of modern machinery and foreign technicians to train Thai workers. The
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    TINS FIRMER
    27 10 SINGAPORE, Thur. The tin share market opened firmer with London displaying more interest. Industrials were very steady and rubber shares came in for more interest.
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    Along The Godowns
    57 10 Ku.vs (42 43i; WsM* Si denak (40 41> Straat 9mmĔĔ (38 BY); Steel Ko\er (33 34); IVrndale (17 18) St. Thomas (19 s.H.B. raft (SI 22); Star Alcyone (23 24): Rentmg (25 2«' .\ord*tjernan (29 N); sirdhana (15 16); Ante leeftss (IS 14): Glen garry (8 9);
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    Share Quotations
    837 10 Singapore, rnurs. INDUSTRIALS Atlas Ice 2.15 2.25 Alex. Brlcki Pref. 2.40 2.50 Orel. 2.20 2.70 8.8. Petrol 34 35 6 B.M. Trustees 7.50 8.50 Con. Tin Smelt Pref 21/3 22/3 Ord. 15 3 16 6 E. Utd. Assur. 39.25 40.25 Est. Trust Fed. Dispensary 6.5« 7.00 Fraser Neave
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    Tin Down
    54 10 Tin metal wan *i»4 i I P*f picul in Singapore >e*terda> rea drop of *l 1 4 on the pirtil. LONDON DEC. 14. Spot KIM bti>er«.— I p T6. Three month- £5*34—1 P OU. Turn o\er: 111 toa*. Second Session: Spot t'Klfl bu>ert.—lp t-1 Three month* IT>B|—l p
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    South Africa Trade Better
    65 10 PRETORIA. Thur-;.—South Africanet deficit with tha rest of the world dropped from about £54.000.000 In EIM second quarter of this year to about £12.000.000 in th« third, chiefly as a result of new import control said Reserve Bank statistician TW. De Johgh today. Merchandise imports de
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    RUBBER STEADY
    107 10 There was not much change in the rubber commodity yesterday. Buying for Russian account continued and the market ruled steady. Closing prices in cents per pound were: Buyers Sailers No. 1 RSS f.o.b. Jan. 49 49».. No 2 RSS f.o.b. Jan. 48 5 8 48 7 > No.
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    PRODUCE MARKET
    127 10 Ooffee opened very steady in the Simrapoie produce mar;;«-ts vt-pterclv with small business iione al $HK>i per picul tor Rto No. 5 off the s.s. Rny. The ma» Let then firmed up and more huainess was done at $107, lliM at $1011. $106. $108 i. $109 and frnallv
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    India To Buy Cotton
    77 10 Reuter. NEW DELHI. Thurs —India has decided to allocate foreign exchange immediately for the import of 800.000 bales of cotton from various countries including hard currency areas to meet the cotton shortage. A press note announc.ig this said, of this quantity. 220,000 bales had already been
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    RFC TIN DROPS
    39 10 A.P. NEW YORK. Thurs —The Reconstruction Finance Cor poration on Wednesday reduced its selling price of grade A tin for spot delivery on quarter cent a pound to 78 3 4 cents iUS), New York. —A.P.
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    World Soya Output
    164 10 A.P. WASHINGTON. Thurs. The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates world soya bean production for 1949 at' 501,700.000 bushels. This will be a decline of 10' below last year's crop. The Department said Japan has not reported its expected 1949 crop, but the Department expects it to be
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      665 10 SHIPPING j FOR I .K./CONTINENT. Singapore: Pt. Swet.: Penang: "Benlawers for .London, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Hull .19. 27 Dec. 28 29 Dec.,:>o Dec./2 Jan. "Benarty" for Liverpool, Glasgow Dublin. Havre. Antwerp, Hull 28 Dec.-7 Jan. 8/9 Jan. 10-12 Jan. "Bencruachan for London, Antwerp. Rotterdam. Hull 6/11 Jan. 12/13 Jan. 14
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      152 10 Everett orient line evereti star fiNt For H'kong, Japan For Hongkong, Japan. •"NOREVERETT" 22/24 Dec "Nordstjernan" Gdn. 29/3( Calls Malacca. For Penang. Colombo, Cochin For Madras, Calcutta. Bombay, Karachi. Bahrein, r eneverett" 21/23 Dec. Kowcit, Basrah, K'sha. "Bradeverett" 5/7 Jan. "Star Alcyone" Gdn. 23/24 Calls Rangoon. "Star Arcturus" 27/29 Dec.
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    MAYFLOWER B.P. ANNEX PARTY CHAMPIONSHIP
    567 11  -  By SHUTTLE MAYFLOWER Badminton Party annexed the Inter-Club Championship with a grand four matches to one win over the Useful Badminton Party ii. an exciting final at the Clerical I nion Hall last night. After having reigned supreme before the war. this victory is Mayflower's
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    RASC, ACC BOXING
    30 11 The Royal At my Service Cora and Army Catering Corps will hold Annual Novices BoxChampionships at the Garrt,'nn Gvninasium Taaglin Bairm k.- "on Monday at 1 p.m.
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    ELECTRIC TIMER for RACING
    87 11 A.P. LONDON. Thur». The .Jockey r*iib said to- day, thai It is gptef to 3 i experiment with an elee- fr?.> timer for horse rae- i at Ne.\market next, i m aaoa. The timer includes v i S switch attached to the starting which con- J
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    SCCIALS A.P. TO CELEBRATE 21st YEAR
    79 11 The 21st Annual Genera) Meeting of the Social Athletic Party will be held at Xo. 1-C Teck Lim Poad off Neil Road on Sunday at 12.80 p.m. The celebration programme is: s\TI RIMY: 2.00 p.m. Mali Jon< Clime: 4.0n p.m. Tea: 7.P0 p.m. Modern
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    S'PORE ASIANS v. SELANGOR
    69 11 The Singapore Asian ragby Union tvam to m«vt Selangor Asians in the All Blues competition tomorrow on the Padant i?: "atriik Yee; N*L:on. K. Leembruggeo, A. Vijiaretnam. Toh Ghee; Hussein b. Osman. Fonjj Sze Fook; Khalid b. Jabil, A. Majid. All b. Abdullah. Culat, Ri.ketts. Tan
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    SAW PAK WILL GO TO THE GAMES
    55 11 THONG SAW PAX. the Singapore lightweight weightlifting champion will be included in Malaya's contingent to the Empire Games in New Zealand next February without having to undergo another trial. This was decided at a council meeting of the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council
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    BUY A FLAG AND HELP SPORE TO GET A HALL SOON
    333 11 TOMORROW'S CAMPAIGN, for B'MINTON HALL FUND Dl V a flag tomorrow and help Singapore get a suitable badminton hull quickly and at the same time help Malaya be on top of the badminton world. The Singapore Badminton Hall Committee
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    Dreyer's Cup Badminton Final
    99 11 The Municipal Engineer s Dept. Interaectional Badminton Final between Sewage Pumping Stations and Transport Centre for the "Dreyer".-! Cud will be played on Sunday at 10 a.m. at the Raffles Institution Hall. Mrs. O. Edinon. wife of the Municipal Engineer will aw.iv prizes. The tie* will
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    JOLLILADS TO HOLD MEETING TOMORROW
    97 11 The Jollilads Athletic Union will hod their 15th Annual General Meeting tomorrow I at 2 p.m. at the residence of I Mi. A. K. Isaac (No. 18 Chancery Lane). There will be a tea party 1 after the meeting. Tiansport will leave 24? T. Pagat
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    PENG SOON v. PAN YAP TOMORROW
    119 11 End of SBA C'ships SPECIALLY arranged to coincide with the appeal for funds for a hall, the Singapore B.A. is ringing down the curtain on the current local championships tomorrow afternoon with the playing o)T or the men's open singles between Wong Peng Soon
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    BRIGHT STAR S.C. OFFICIALS
    42 11 Following are the i fhcials Ol ;he Bright Star Spons i"lub for 1950: President: Daniel Dias; i'ecre>ary: Atisustine Treasurer: G. J. Lourdes Sport? Secretary: G. J. Lourdes. A.~si. Sports Secretary. P. Alfred. Commute. Krishan. T. S. Ma niam.
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    BRIGGS (21 GOALS) IS HIGHEST SCORER
    203 11 Reuter. London. Thursday. WITH nearly half of the Football League profT gramme completed, Tommy Briggs, of the Second Division club Grimsby Town, leads the league individual scoring table with 21 goals. Pressing Briggs hard for position of top scorer is Tommy Lawton. Notts County
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    Hockey Carnival Change In S'pore Team For Today
    113 11 THERE is a last-minute change in Singapore's side for today's Inter-State tournament Hockey match against Malacca at S. R. 0. ground. E. Doraisainv, hemg unavailable, will he replaced by John Marks, tin re is also a change in the schedule and the
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    STRONG MEN MEET
    27 11 The York Building Club will hold tlieir antmal general m«'>«iing at the Club's premises today at 6 p.m. All member* are requested to attend.
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    S.R.A. LISTS 10 NEW HORSES DELETES 11
    147 11 Following are the latest Straits Racing Association aaniendnients. i_ TRANSFERS: From Class 3 to 2- Baba: Brilliant Marc: Soltara El-Alainein; Class 1 to Class 3— Barham; Jobn Hani. N I CLASSIFICATIONS Claws 1- CONTRACT, in t PT. h\ Holywell Poker; WELL DONE (late
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    Tonight's Fight: All Set
    220 11 IP 11 F N Filipino Speed Cabanflla ducks between the roDi*s tonight at the Great World arena for his fight with Siamese Phol Pranadaeng. he will be one of the fittest boxers ever to step into a ring. Three weeks' of training has shaped the Filipino
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    100-MINUTE MATCH: LAYTON v. KING KONG
    148 11 THE main attraction At the i.; if at World Wrestling Arena on tomorrow nigbt will be a challenge contest under the unusual conditions of 100 minutes Ptraigfat wrestle. Th<- i ontest-.nts are Ty Layton of America and Kon«. who was badly beaten by Layton
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    ENGAGEMENT
    28 11 THE ENGAGEMENT is announced between my daughter Mi Lim Lai May and Mr. (Ich Gtek Koon of the S T S. Beuk. Singapore. Marriage will fellow soon.
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      374 11 NOTICE THE IMTED CHINESE BANK, LIMITED. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Seventh Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders of the above Company will be held at Bonham Building, No. 2, Chillis Street. Singapore, on dnesday, 21st December. 1949, at 11.30 a.in. NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY GIVEN that the Transfer
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      625 11 NOTICE NOTICE la hereby fives that LORE TAI POOI "of No. If Margoliouth Road. Singapore Mediral Practitioner is applyin: to the Governor for natur a 1 sa tion, and that any person who I knows any reason why naturalisation should not be grantee should send a written signet statement of
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      569 11 ACCOMMODATION Large Company wish to rent unfurn'ihed house 6 months from January, Ist. Apply Box 008. Singapore SITS. VACANT The Municipal Commissioners of the Town of Singapore invite applications for filling two vacant posts of Charge Engineer for shift duties at their Power Station. The present installed capacity is 37,000
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      62 11 illlLl KAYOE by Sam Lcfff O. c« ffilUS 2V ouOJGHTrcALL I F^ uw ihai l f m CT PoE wpkew: tjVanSs! happy:] n515 E r^lrs,^A WA L^5 N4 n l H OTHER A\\ curlv-Jtm going to prop in A space: tm CHICK BARNU MSPROMOTERS WE OUGHT f£ THAT'S JAT THE
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    FRENCH DENY NATIONALIST LINK-UP WITH BAO DAI TROOPS
    465 12 But Reports Still Pour In Reuter. HONGKONG, Thursday. A close associate of Acting President Li Tsung-ien said todxy tha- NaA tionalist troop; of Gen Pai Chung-hsi crossing into Fr-nch Indo China would be incorporated into the Vietnamese lorces under cx-lm-no»». Ran fldi
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    THIS FILM PASSED THE CENSOR TWICE
    166 12 Tribune Film Reporter. Passed by the Film censor twice without a Single cut, the Egyptian Mm 'Bintil Mualim' v/ill be shown' to Singapore audiences, but is taboo in the Federation. The Upcountry ban has been placed by the Federation Appeal Board. Bintn Mi'H"i' p*»N«~
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    SOEKARNO TELLS MINORITIESHAVE NO FEAR
    101 12 U.P. BATAVIA. Thurs. President Soekarno assured the Dutch. Eurasian and other minority groups that they would be protected under the new state and should fear no persecution. •'We never hated the Dutch people but hated their system of colonialism and imperialism." He asked minority groups
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    FORRESTERS XI v. S.H.B. POLICE
    59 12 Sherwood Forresters will play a triendly hotkey yame against Singapore Harbour Board Auxiliary Police at the Police Krouna, Thomsoli Road. today at 5 p.m. Forrester?' line-up will be: N. Boudew; n. B. Fraser. C. Elloy, T. J. Licence, C. Buckland tcaptain). L. Holloway. A. Larkins.
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    TABLE-TENNIS MEET
    34 12 The 11th Council Meeting of the P.T.T.A. will be held on December 19 at the Chinese V.M.C.A.. 107. Selepie Road, at 0.3(> p.m. AH delegates of affiliated clubs are requested to attend.
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    TOP SECRET TALKS ON SEA. AID
    149 12 A.P. 1 LONDON, Thurs. Britain j is pressing the United States and Canada for a giant new j aid programme for Southern Asia and the Middle East, a responsible British source reported today. He said the idea has come up "in the most general
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    STOLE FROM JAPS: G.l's ARE GAOLED
    66 12 Reuter-AAP. TOKYO, Thurs. Two young UjHted "States Army recuits will each serve 10 years in prison after being convicted by a court martial on holdup charges. Eighteen-year-old Bruce Barlor and 20-year-old John Underwood were found guilty of committing four holdups against Japanese on Aug.
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    PRESIDENT
    22 12 Reuter. BERNE, Thurs. Mi. Max Petitpierre. Foreign Ministei since 1944, was today elected President of the Swiss Confederation for 1950. Reutei.
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    RANGOON FIRE
    21 12 Reuter. RANGOON. TP"--. destroyed about 800 wooden and thatch**! Nats in Eutligw today rendering about 3.000 people homeless. Reutei.
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    QUIZZ TEAMS DO NOT KNOW MALAYA
    152 12 Miss Rhona Connery of Radio Malaya, who has been conducting a series quizzcompctitions on general knowledge and current affairs between senior students of socondary schools in Singapore and Johore Bahru said yesterday that it was in" maters relating to Asia and Malaya that the
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    HORROR STALKS PASSENGERS IN PILGRIM SHIP
    98 12 Reuter. COLOMBO. Thurs. More tnan 1,000 passengers of the Dilgrim ship Rizwani. in which 11 people have died f from smanpox and other j diseases, huddled together in horror-stricken groups as their ship lay in strict i quarantine under a blazing sun in harbour
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    SIX BLIND MEN MEET IN PARIS
    67 12 Reuter. PARIS. Thurs. Six bund men will meet here tomorrow to consider the practicability of a world braille for a'l languages, including Indian linguistic £:oups. unwritten tribal patois, Persi-Arabic and Spanish group. The meeting has a 15-item I agenda and will last six days.
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    SHAH FINED
    41 12 Reuter. LONDON. Thurs. Syed Fazal Shah, president of the (Free) Kashmir Society in Britain, was fined £4 today for obstructing the ponce and for insulting behaviour during the recent visit of the Indian Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. Reuter.
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    400,000 P.O.W.'S
    25 12 A.P. BON.\, (JICRMjU* t, iiiurh >v \v -L vieunan ciovcrnment official says Russia still ii v i v s -iOu.uoo xgvrauam p.O.W. —A.F.
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    LONDON SHARES
    170 12 Reuter. LONDON. Thurs. There are more noise than business in the London Stock Exchange today. Nevertheless prices generally were very firm and occasionally some useful pains were recorded. Investment interest v It small but there was a <erta.n j amount of speculative activity. Movements in foreign bonds were
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    SCOTSMAN CRITICISES SHINWELL
    178 12 Reuter. EDINBURGH. Thurs The Conservative Scotsman today criticised rep-lea given by War Uinistei Emmanuel S'unwell in the HOUM of Commons yesterday to question on medical services for British troops in Malaya It said Mi. Shinwcll s statement that it was difficult to provide surgical facilities in the
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    HEAVY GUARDS KEEP WATCH ON STRIKERS
    85 12 U.P. ROME. Thurs. Heavy guards were thiown around all public buildings today as more than 1.000.000 civil seivants went on strike for more pay. Police infu'.l war kit cruised around the capital in jeeps and weapons cariiers. Both Communist and non Communist unions supported
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    NAME CLEARED
    28 12 Reuter. NEW DELHI. Thurs. The foi met Indian ambassador to the U.S.. Asaf Ali, is no longei regarded as a suspicious" character" by Delhi police. Reuter.
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    Theta Waves Can Detect Criminals
    173 12 Reuter. LONDON, Thursday. THETA waves from the brains ol anti-social individuals may be used in the future for the detection of potential criminals. The waves are received by 1 a machine attached to the scalp, and automatically recorded on a chart. Dr. Fred Hayden. and
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    G.I. SLASHES DIPLOMAT WITH RAZOR
    335 12 U.P. TOKIO, Thurs. A Swiss diplomat and two Americans were injured when a razorwoilding Ol and his buddy, irked because they were "snootily" denied dances, broke up a diplomatic party. General Mac Arthur s diplomatic section disclosed ie>ceipt of protest letters trom two European mission
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    The G.O.M. Was There
    46 12 Vmone those seen last night at the annual bal' *i ihe French Association in Malaya, held at Raffles Hotel, were, hit to right I)r. Lim Boon Ken T Mrs. \an dor Laaa, Mr Roland Braddel and Mr. J. Van der Laan v
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    Malaya's Rice Purchases From Thailand
    152 12 A.P. WASHINGTON. Thursday. MALAYA bought 449,000.000 lbs of Thailand rice thi? ysar. the US. Dspartmsnt of Agriculture said today. The Department added Olivers of Thailand rice in addition to Malaya. were: China 173.000.000 lbs. Hong Kong 81.*****0 lbs.. India 590.000.000 lbs., and the Philipoines 91.000.000
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    BROWN BOMBER BOOED
    116 12 U.P. DETROIT. Thurs. Joe Louis was boood lustily by a disappointed crowd of 9,529 as he shuffled through two five-round exhibitions again: t a pair of equally uninsp "cd foes. The retired champion failed to deliver tLc same fistic blitz ith which be knocked out Pat Valentino
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    MRS. PEPPER GETS DECREE
    66 12 Reuter. MELBOURNE. Thurs. -Mrs. Maureen Constance Pepper. 27. was today granted a decree nin in the Sydney divorce court against the Australian sit-round ciickctei. Cecil Peppei. on the gtound of his adultery with an unknown woman in England. A piivate inquiry agent said in an affidavit
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    FISH TALE
    32 12 U.P. LONDON. Th irs. Russian whalers in the Antarctic will mciease tnen eaten oy 6U per cent in honour of Oeneralissimo Stalin's 70th birthday on December 21. Moscow Radip said.—U.P.
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    NOTE FOR RURAL LEADERS
    90 12 To stimulate rural-leader-ship training in other countries, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations has published a report on the Shantan Bailie School. Kansu Province. China. Titled Training Rural Leaders, it is a study of the establishment of the Shantan Bailie School against the
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    H'KONG GETS BACK RADIUM
    71 12 Reuter. TOKYO. Thurs. The Supreme Allied Command has icred Japan to give bacK almost milligrams or radium looted from a hospital at Hongkong by the Japanese during the war. it was announced today. The radium, contained In 15 needles, was taken in custody by the Command
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    FAR EAST TOUR
    29 12 Reuter. WASHINGTON. Thurs Dr. Philip C. Fessup, United Statos Ambassador-it-large, left today for a tv/o months survey of conditions in the Compensation totalling £81.V Far East.—Renter.
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    SCOTTISH E.A. CUP
    117 12 Reuter. LONDON. Thurs. Th- tree for me ulst round of the Sua tish Football eeeei iiimn itp made yesterday resulted v follows.— Ciachn/.uddin v. BteebouSei Kumarnock v. Stirling All Stranraer v. FalKiiK. Alia* A. v. Albion Rovers. Motherwell t. Dundee U. v. Ayr Lnited. Third Lanark v.
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    WHAT'S ON TODAY
    20 12 HOUSING EXHIBIT: Pi tun of nouses presented by U.S.J..at the ciniiese chamber oi Commerce fiorn 9 a.m.
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    GENERAL
    211 12 Y.M.C.A.: X'mas Party a.l prize-giving at Social Weltai« Centre. Havelock Road. tor from Inuustnai Dem XiKht School and Girls Club 4 p.m. LAY. The Apple Cart by Bernard Shaw at Little Thf-ure Armen.lin Street—8.3*» p.m. CHINESE Y.M.C.A.: Commerr cial Class 5- 9 p.m. V.M.I.A: Business and Professional Women Club's
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    CINEMA
    217 12 CATHAY: "Little Wor ar with June Allyson and ij Lawford at 11 a.m.. Mo. i w.i and 9.3" p.> <• k CAPITOL: "The <,al Who loo» West" with Yvonne Ho r r and Charle.s Cobtirn at 11. i*-'-4.oo. 6.3"i and 9.3« n m. BEX: "House Of Strang!* wmi r.dwara
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    SPORT
    40 12 hockey cakwi\ al u> pore v. Malacca. S.R. a rta BOXING: Cabanel a vM daen*. etc. at Great Wort* p.m.; R.A.F. boxing. Changi at Tengah. 8 pore Police Box Finals at Thomson Road 9 p.m. v. g5Kc. afoeE* Stad.u*.
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