Malaya Tribune, 17 December 1949

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    56 1 MALAYA TRIBUNE r 1 LARGER SALES THAN ANY AFTERNOON PAPER IN MALAYA 1 Phone 3811/3 Nine Lino Published simultaneously at dmyapore, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh and Penang TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1949 PRICE TEN CENTS THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE E. Maurice Glover Uttoya Tribune Office, 143 Fleet Street,
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    ANOTHER BURMESE CABINET BY XMAS
    134 1 A.P. Reuter. RANGOON. Fri. A reorganised Burmese Cabinet i< expected before Christmas, in which the highly influential Burma Socialist Party will stage a come back to power. The Socialists have agreed to accept three seats in the new Cabinet. According to informed sources two of
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    1950 OFFERS BRITAIN 'BIG CHANCE'
    130 1 Reuter. NEW YORK. Fii. British exports to the United States have increased since devaluation but showed a 10 per cent dec tease for 1949 compared with 1948. Mr. Neville Blond, trade adviser to the British Government, told a press cornerence here. Mr. Blond, who is
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    Even The Tows Do It In Prague
    94 1 A.P. PRAGUE, ill Even i Czechoslovakia s cows I are oldigeu to pay tribut S to Soviet Premier J.isef Stalin's 70th birthday on December 21, the official J Prague radio disclosed to- S da> I l The radio said workers J Jon state-own.'d
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    LAST NIGHT'S CONCERT
    62 1 Otto and Regin Foorman gave a concert of piano and accordion music last night in aid of the Children's Aid Society Building at Tomlinson Road. The music, mostly classical pieces, included "Black Eyes" a popular melody arranged hy Otto Foorman himself. The concert, under the patronage of
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    RUSSIAN ASSAULT
    33 1 U.P. CINCINNATI, OHIO, Fri.— Philip Mosely, head of the Russian Institute at Co'umbia University declared here today that there is a chance that Russia will invade Yugoslavia within six weeks. U.P.
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    RUBBER HIT PEAK PRICES THIS WEEK
    69 1 A.P. LONDON, Fri. Prices on the London rubber exchange hit new post-devalu-ation peaks on two consecutive days this week and spot rubber was sold at one shilling and three a pound yesterday for the first time since July 1948. A wide variety of factors
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    The King Praises Bandit Fighters
    265 1 A.P. Reuter. LONDON. Friday. THE King told Parliament today that British troops continue to bear heavy responsibilities for preserving peace and order in Malaya and Hoivgkong where they are discharging their duties with their "accustomed efficiency and devotion." r He declared in a speech which
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    CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
    32 1 A.P. TOKYO, Fri. Japanese minor war criminals have been granted several weeks reductions of their sentences to permit them to spend Christmas with their families, the army announced today. A.P.
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    Mao, Bao Dai May Be Recognised Together
    175 1 Reuter. LONDON. Friday. DRITAIN'S de facto recognition Oi the governu merit of Da« r/f Vietnam wil 1 depend on the date of the British recognition of the Chinese Communist Government, it was learned tonight from a usually reliable source Hitherto it had been
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    BURMA DECIDES TO RECOGNISE RED CHINA
    97 1 Reuter. CALCUTTA. Fri. Burma has decided to recognise Communist China, Burmese Foreign Minister, U. S. Maung said here today, and an official announcement was expected from Rangoon tomorrow. Maung said he believed the ♦Chinese Communist Government would now try "to put their house in
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    WARNING ON SOUTH AFRICA
    71 1 Reuter. LONDON, Fri. The Rev. Michael Scott, the South African missionary >vho created United Nations nistory by giving evidence before the Trusteeship Committee on bohalf of tribesmen of Southwest Africa, said in London tonight that somehow a peaceful solution tyid got to oe found for South
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    MAO GOES TO MOSCOW
    256 1 Joe, Bands Greet Him With Music Reuter. LONDON, Friday. THE Chinese Communist leader Mao Tse-tung was received tonight by Marshal Stalin soon after arriving in Moscow, Moscow Radio reported. Foreign Minister Andrei Vyshinsky was present at the interview. Others present we> Mr. Georgi Malenkov, Deputy Premier
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    SOUTH AFRICAN VICTORY VOW
    94 1 Reuter. PRETORIA, Fri. Nearly a quarter of a million people, the greatest assembly in South African history, gathered outside Pretoria today for the unveiling of a monument to the White man's defeat of the Zulu 100 years ago. They solemnly repeated the I vow of those
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    TIN 'LATEST PRICES'
    68 1 U.P. LONDON. Fri.- The afternoon session of the tin market was thinly attended and quite featureless. Spot improved five shillings to £604% and three months eased 10 shillings to £572 »4. The closing prices were: spot—£6o4l*. buyers; £605 sellers with business at £605 and £604%. Three months—
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    MISSING AIRCRAFT
    30 1 U.P. MEXICO CITY, Fri. A DC-3 airliner with 17 persons aboard had been missing since noon GMT today on a short flight from Mexico City to Vera Cruz.—U.P.
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    POWER STRIKE ENDS
    113 1 Reuter. LONDON, Fri.—The fourday electricity strike, which had affected industry and transport and blacKed-out parts of the metropolitan area, was "quite definitely settled" this afternoon. As they left the British electricity authority building the trade union leaders and the electricity chiefs expressed confidence that there would be
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    The Winner
    45 1 SPEED C4B AN ELLA'S ha id being raised by referee E. Dunsford after he had been awarded a potato decision ov-r Phol Prapadaeng at the end of their 10-roimd main event at the Great World arena las; night. (Full report on page 11.)
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    U.S. Generals Hold F.E. Defence Talks
    113 1 SAIGON. Friday. TWO American generals arrived hers today to dis-ups with French Hish Commissioner Leon Pisnon and service chiefs •he consequences of France's forthcoming recognition of the Chinr,<sP Oovernrr"^ 1 They are Lt. Gen. George Strafemeyer. United States Air Force Commander-in-Chief in the Far
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    Kostov Is Executed
    43 1 STOP PRESS A.P. ROME, Fri. The Bulgarian ladio announced last night that Traicho Rostov, ex-Bulgarian Deputy Premier, has i>ecn executed. The announcement said Rostov's iipp. al against his coaviotion in Sotia on a charge of treason was rejected early today.—A.P.
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    TURKS WILL FIGHT
    23 1 U.P. JERSEY CITY, Fri.-Cap-tain Joseph Huske said today that Turkey was "strongly anti-Communist" and would resist "any threat from Russia."—U.P.
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    LIE TO QUIT U.N.
    43 1 A.P. LAKE SUCCESS, Fri. The Secretary-General of tho United Nations. Trygve Lie, said today that he would not be a candidate for ie-appoint-ment as Executive head of tho United Nations after his term expiies in January. 1951. a r*
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      78 1 ON TIME ALL the TIME! All our watches or clocks have to undergo a minute precision test to ensure absolute accuracy before offered for sale. YICK WOH HING 429, North Kridge Road. Singapore Phone 7922. (Sifts J) I for (fihildrrn which have never been surpassed. Just watch the enraptured expres-
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    Off To Bangkok
    53 2 i Lttjucoiui tutt »#•<..a>».». j Commissioner General S tor South-East Asia, is i leaving Singapore for 1 Bangkok on Monday. V io is i t the Hn- f i lish Viuhas.ador .o Siani. J Sir <;i'oiTre\ Thompson. S l The nature of his visit y is described
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    BOTANISTS SURVEY MALESIANA
    92 2 SINGAPORE Government botanists are working with Dutch botanists in Indonesia surveying the flora of Malesiana 'a botanical region covering South East Asia). The results of the survey will be published in a series of 30 volumes of which tour have already been prepared, according to the Singapore
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    WISDOM ON THE TERROR
    59 2 Mr. G.E.C. Wisdom. Resident Commissioner. Malacca told the press yesterday that the people in the Settlement were co-operat-ing more in the war against the bandits. He added: "But still more can be done. He stressed that with the aid of the people the terror could be
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    NEW LAWYER
    28 2 Mr T.H.A. Potts, was admitted to the Singapore Bar yesterday to practise as an advocate and solicitor. The application was made by Mi. F. G. Vaux.
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    Santa in his cave
    62 2 Father Christinas has arrived in Singapore and is to bt* seen in fcfel rave at the Cold Storage. He was given a hearty welcome by several hundred children yesterday. From two large satchels he draws out gifts which please his little visitors. Santa Claus will he
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    I Was Not Treated Like Other Children
    392 2 Adopted girl (1-1) tells court- A 14-YEAR-OLD Chinese girl, yesterday sobbed A to the Sixth Police Magistrate the story of her life with her "adopted mother" who "did not treat her like the other children in the house." The girl, Goh Ah Hiok,
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    Call for Advance To Pensioners
    174 2 ENCHE Mohamea Noor will ask Government, at the meeting of the Federal Legislative Council on Dec. 22. why it has taken such a long time to give its decision in the matter of increases of pension and the cost of living allowance to Government pensioners.
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    OLD BOYS DINE
    20 2 MALACCA. Fri.—The rtlgn School Old Boys' Association, luld their Brat post-war dinner at the High School hall.
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    BOY (19) ADMITS SLAYING OF MR. STEWART
    291 2 SIBU, Friday DOSLI bin Dobie, 19. today pleaded guilty to the murder of Duncan George Stewart late Governor of Sarawak. Morshidi bin Sedik. 25, pleaded not guilty. B .th were commuted for trial and told that they could have iesral assistance. Mr F
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    SWIRE CHIEF
    35 2 Sir John Masson. Director of John Swire and Sons Ltd. _niv i in Singapore by an _2_Bl -fom Hongkong en rrute W *>etavia. He leaves Singapore tcday for a short visit to Indonesia.
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    Cashier Lost $200, Took Caustic Soda
    259 2 THE loss of $200 made a 16-year-old girl cashier of John UtU* Co., Ltd.. commit suicide by taking cr.ustic soda. This was stated in the Singapore Coroner s Court yesterday at the inquest of Tan Kirn Eng of Jalan Kapala. Mr. Loke Wek San,
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    Free Gifts For X'mas
    47 2 MALACCA. Fri —Hundreds of mothers with their babies, went to the Malacca Child Welfare Clinic at Church Street yesterday to receive Christmas gifts, which included towels and warm clothing sewn by the Clinic staff. Eleven clinics in the settlement are distributing similar gifts.
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    Farewell-With Song And Dance
    81 2 The Kong Yong i hi- nese School »n Payar Le- > bar recently held its an- nual concert at the Bright Theatre to wish 1 t'.w hoys and girls of the Sivth Form goodb>e. N These pictures of the i I concert show the pupils r
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    BATTAT, KANG GO TO GAOL
    144 2 V H. BATTAT and Kang Woon Geok. under sentence of six months' and three months' i;ao! on a series of offences ?gainst the Finance Regulations, will serve their terms. Their application for bail, pending appeal to the Privy Council, was refused by the Court of
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    BOAC Chief due here
    31 2 i Sir Miles Thomas. > Chairman of M.O.A.C. is j S BKpeetei hrrc on .lan. 27 I next yrar. H«> will leave J lor Hongkong on Feb. 1.
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    BOOK TALK
    22 2 MALACCA. Fri.—Mr. G.S. Walker. Malacca Settlement Secretary, yesterday gave an interesting talk to Malacca Rotarians on the romance of book-collecting.
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    RECONDO ON COLLYER QUAY COSTS $80,000
    85 2 THE reconstruction of ColIyer Quay road with a two-inch thick Recondo non-skid surface will cost the Municipality about SBO.OOO. A central pedestrian seven feet wide refuge is W*° to be constructed at an estimated cost of $7,000. Kerbs will be laid on the existing
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    RENEWALS FOR 55
    37 2 MALACCA. Fn. The fourth quarterly session ot the Malacca (Central Licensing Board < Excise > yesterday approved 55 applications for renewal oi licences and granted two new applications. Tnret new application* for retail licences were refused.
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    He Fled Europe To Plan India
    196 3 FORMER European refugee a town, planner who has undertaken to work for India—his ■oantry of adoption— fwased through Sihga- j pore on his to Australia, l ie was Mr. O. M. j Uirsch. General Secro j tary of tho Indian Insti- j U' for
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    FORCES RAID BANDIT DEN
    420 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. POLICE and Military carried but a surprise raid on a bandit hideout in Batu Caves at dawn today. Early this year, Grenadier Guards discovered I J. this hideout but the bandits managed to escape through a then unknown tunnel. Today, however, all exits
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    Five Thousand Children Get Christmas Treat
    176 3 tftfM thousand Singapore schorl children \\eiv the S r happy guests of the Singapore Kotar.v Club at the y New World Amusement Park yeaterflay. i It was the annual Christn..is fcf**! ol the Rotannns. The children were served with refreshments and S th?n moved
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    More Brazilian Coffee For S'pore
    128 3 THE 8.8. Ruys now in Singapore is unloading a cargo of about 2,000 tons of Brazilian coffee worth about $3,600,000. Malaya has imported about 12.000 tons of Brazilian coffee in recent months, after East African coffee became unavailable to her. There Is good demand in
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    INDIA ASKS FOR SCHOOL IN EAST AFRICA
    69 3 Reuter. BOMBAY, Fri—The Government of India has entered into negotiations with the Kenya and Uganda Governments for the establishment of an educational institution In Eat Africa. Tho institution, to be named after Mahatma Gandhi, will eater to the needs of all communities, including
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    University Fund Nears $2 Million
    68 3 The University of Malaya Endowment Fund is now nearing $2,000,000. On Dec. 18, a stood at $1.P0f..52a.3l Largest and latest donor.-, were: Tho E.stute of Thru Siong Phuan alias Tang. Han —$5,000; tl.'e Central tioaro of Pineapple Par Ma'ayj< —$5,000; the Selangor Chinese (Chenwu) Athhtie
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    CEYLONESE MEET
    45 3 The second conference of delegates trom Ceyloncse Associations in Johore was held yesterday at the Bandar High School. Hut J Pahat under tiie chairmanship oi .vlr. S. C. Maelrii.viv. Tiie meeting considered tindraft rules ot the Central Council of Ceylonese Associations ol Johore.
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    NEW PAY PLAN FOR PRIVATE SCHOOL MASTERS
    388 3 REVEREND E. 3. Lav. Assistant Ed ial Secretary for Methodist Mission Private Schools in Maiflva. yesterday annotmo nc.\ and i*etter" salary scheme for the Mission s private school to- ehers for 19.-V; In his report lo the .'»oth session of'the Malaya Annual Conference,
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    ROBBERY OF EAST COAST MAIL BAGS
    78 3 Between Kuala Lumpur and Kuantan bandits pillaged the truck carrying mails from Kuala Lumpur to East Coast destinations. Among the mails affected were those posted at Singapore between December 6 and 7. Eleven C.O.D. parcels and one insured parcel are missing and a considerable
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    Mr. and Mrs. Samuel H. Kovilpillai after their wedding at the Methodist (Tamil) Church. Short Street, yes- 1 \ f.rda\. S . Ihi bride, formerly Miss Ruth Jeyam David «as t > given away b\ her father, >*r. V. S. David. \ The bridegroom is a HChooPeaeher in the English \ . College, Johore Itahm, and is the son ol the late Rev. . J. J. Kovilpillai. |
    60 3 Mr. and Mrs. Samuel H. Kovilpillai after their wedding at the Methodist (Tamil) Church. Short Street, yes- 1 f.rda\. S Ihi bride, formerly Miss Ruth Jeyam David «as t > given away b\ her father, >*r. V. S. David. The bridegroom is a HChooPeaeher in the English College, Johore Itahm,
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    It might mean more water for 4,000 people
    190 3 Mr. Hill plays Santa Claus- SINGAPORE'S Municipal Water Engineer, Mr. F. fl G. Hill will play Santa Claus to about 4.000 people in Kuala Belait. a small town in the State of Brunei. British North Borneo. Mr. Hill will spend his Christmas
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    CALL FOR 'ISLAMIC' LABOUR POLICY
    125 3 A.P. KARACHI. Fri.—Recommendations of the Labour Committee have been released by the International Islamic Conference which met at Karachi recently. Main recommendations of the Labour Commit te.are: Fixing of labour standards and labour policy in accordance with the teachings of Islam. Stress labour legislation whereby
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    NOCTURNE
    19 3 In Nocturne, at 10 a.m. tomorrow over Radio Malaya. Singapore. Ruth Langdon will speak about Ameri can verse.
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      32 3 ON THE AIR Mr. B. J. Surridge, 0.8.E the Colonial Office Adviser on Co-operation at present visiting South East Asia will broadcast from Radio Malaya on Monday, December 19 at 7.12 p.m.
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    HERE'S HOPE FOR INDIA'S FARMERS
    186 4 Bo warm: Land Of Promise Nl \R Benana, i village miles «»n i side Delhi, a ratal experiment of "great promise" is taking place in ten surrounding villages. The Indian Council of Agricultural Kesearch. and the Delhi Administration have groaned the little villages together In
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    SATURDAY SHOW ROUND-UP
    1570 5  -  &y OSWALD HENRY RATING. Tair; Goed: Very Good; Excellent CATHAY RATING FILM: "LITTLE WOMEN" STARS: June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Margarc* O'Brien, Elizabeth Ta>lor, Janet Leigh, Rossano Brazzi, Mary Astor and Sir C. Aubrey Smith. ANOTHER excellent Silver Anniversary offering from the studios of Metro-Gold-wyn-Mayer that deserves all
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    WOMEN DEMAND RETURN OF JAP P.O.Ws
    305 5 A.P. TOKYO, Friday. WOMEN and Children of dependents of Japanese war prisoners still held by the Russians in Siberia, laid siege to the Soviet Embassy here for several hours yesterday. They demanded the continuation of repatriation during the winter, the names of those who
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    STUDENT SITTERS-IN
    36 5 For ss. a night Nottingham parents can hire the services of local university students as sitters-in. The .students will mix the milk or *ing a lullaby while mother and father have a night out.
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    India's Claim On Pakistan
    131 5 A.P. NEW DELHI. Fri. The Indian Government announced today that Pakistan will have to pay India Rs. 10.000,000.000 (about £714,285,714) as the difference in the value of immovable property left behind by the refugees fleeing from either dominion during the communal riots of 1947. A Ministry
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    SOUR GREETINGS
    30 5 Seven thousand men, due for dismissal when the Long Beach naval yards close next June, have each sent an empty stocking to President Truman a<* a Christmas oreeting.
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    Need Not Quit U.S. Until...
    136 5 A.P. WASHINGTON. Fri. A 21-year-old Filipinu vi teran, hospitalized in Wisconsin with tuberculosis, need not worry about deportation so long as he is ill. Thomas G. Finucane. chairman ol the Board of Immigration Appeals, said Jaime Reil is subject to deportation within 90 days of
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      516 5 SIT: VACANT APPLICATIONS are lawited foi the post of Teachers (male Of female). Apply Box A.Vli.: M.T.. Spore. «X APPLICATION'S invited for pout of Organising Secretary People's Education Association. Duties, ata! Ling clashes. estsbrtshlna i" classes, branches. arranging lee tures. Good knowledge English essential. Other paid employment permitted during 3-month
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      435 5 WE pay good price and cash for Post-War Cars. Tel. 7772 Mr. Let-. (V.289). WANTED small car late model 8. lOh.p. Phone 4778 after 10 a.m. No dealers. (V.285>. WANTED: 10 to 14 H.P. car. Condition Immaterial provided running order. I.nw uric* 1 efcsential. Box A.3139, M.T.. Spore. »W.i7K). WANTED
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    CHRISTMAS BOX
    582 6 THE scene is a hospital corridor. An anxious mother waits for the doctor s verdict on hpr child A door opens and the doctor appears His voice does not lose its professional calm but his eyes betray that he is worried The child's condition is grave .A blood
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    BY THE LIGHT OF A FLICKERING LAMP A MAN WAS STUDYING A MAP
    3572 6 WITH a jerk my parachute opend and I found myself dangling, as it were at the end of a string, high above a silent mountain valley, greenish-grey and misty in the light of the moon. It looked.
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      8 6 H.M iv u 6 acui((e Singapore and Penang.
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    WORLD RENOWN FOR PINANG KETCHIL
    690 5  -  Bx R.K. Ramanath A.P. PENANG. THE little known fish farming industry of the FarEast traditional home of fish farming will soon achieve international repute when the British Government's U. S. $2,500,000 scheme for developing the fishing industry now under execution, is completed. The project aims
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    THE MAN WHO BELIEVED HE WAS A DOG
    132 5 WHEN Britain's Medical Officers of Health met for their cheerful annual dinner at the Piccadilly Hotel, Dr. H. C. Maurice Williams told the story of the man who believed he was a dog, and went around the place barking- "One day a
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    Our Shopping Guide
    992 5 Tribune Shopping Reporter. CHRISTMAS DAY. as usual, will be no holiday for the staff of Cold Storage Creameries Ltd. Ice-cream orders will have to be delivered on that day. and it is expected that the Creameries fleet will be on the road from early morning to night
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    Sweef And Low
    42 8 Colin X'howill, age 3, does his darndest to keep in step musieaily with his dad, left, and his brother, both bandsmen at thr Holsuorthy antr al in England. The puff of Colin's cheeks shows his determination to be heard.
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    Police halt bid to sabotage Chennault
    153 8 Reuter. HONGKONG. Friday. AVER 100 armed police today rushed Koit?k Airport when Chinese employees of Gen. Claire Chennault's Civil Air Transport Company attempted to prevent remaining aircraft belonging to the company taking off for Taiwan. Gen. Chennauit personally called the police when the employees
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    JOAN THE BABOON HAS A DAY OUT
    141 8 PROWDS were .surprised to see a stranger in their midst at Cumberland-ter-rac< Regent's Park The stranger, Joan a baboon, had been missing from her London Zoo cage. Then one day. Miss Diana Knight, of the Ministry ol National Insurance offices in Cumberlandplace, telephoned
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    BURNT TO DEATH
    25 8 Reuter. ROTAN, Thurs. Tweive people were burnoj to death today in a four-room house on a farm eight mile-; northeast of here.—Reuter.
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    B.B.C. Warns Children: Don't Look
    116 8 TELEVISED PLAY Reuter. LONDON, Fri.— The British Broadcasting Corporation warned children not to watch a television horror play— John Webster's "The Duchess of Malfi'. The announcer said at the end of the Sunday Children's Hour: "Do not see it. The play uses language which, in
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    WOMEN DO NOT GOSSIP, SAYS MR. HUTCHINSON
    107 8 A.P. GLASGOW, Fri. Don t try to tell J. R. N. Hutchison that women are always late and never can keep a secret. Hutchison, a Conservative member of Parliament, found all the good qualities of women when he was a Colonel dealing with
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    FREIGHTER SINKS SIX RESCUED
    35 8 A.P. TOKIO, Fri.—The 271-ton freighter Toyama Maru sank in the Inland Sea after colliding with the 626-ton freighter Kirishima Maru. Six of the Toyama Maru's crew of nine were rescued.— A.P.
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    THE ARMY HAS NO BAD SOLDIERS
    164 8 'THERE ARE ONLY BAD OFFICERS/ SAYS SLIM SANDHURST, Friday. FIELD Marshal Sir William Slim, Chief of the Imr oerial General Staff, told cadets of the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, yesterday that then; ire no good or bad battalions in the British Army. -There are
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    SUPERFORT CRASHES: FIVE DIE
    134 8 U.P. ROSWELL. New Mexico. Fri _a B-29 air force bomber crashed and burned near the Walker Air Force base here tonight killing five men instantly. Nine other members of tin crew "miraculously" escaped death I thouKh three were in a critical cddition and one was seriousiy
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    THE CASE OF THE PAIL OF BLOOD
    93 8 A.P. HANOVER GERMANY. Fri. Discovery of a huge pool of blood in a bombedout hcuse here caused excitement in the city. Neighbours reported hearing screams in the night. Police examination revealed nothing. A laboratory, however, classified the find as animal blood. The person
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    'SUPER FLIES'
    61 8 Reuter-AAP. CANBERRA. Fri —A race of "Super Flies" immune to DDT has developed in Australia, according to Dr. A.J. Nicholson. Chief Entomologist of the Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Or> ganisation. They 9eem to thrive on DDT and "You can't shoot them down with it unless you hit them
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    21st. DOLLY WAS CHOSEN FOR SIZE, BEAUTY
    66 8 Reuter. SYDNEY Fri. Twenty-one stone Mrs. Dolly Can Sydney actress, recently appeared in a new role modelling outside frocks at a city salon. Mrs. Carr was selected from more than 20 Sydney women for her size, beauty, deportment and personality. Owners of the
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    'LOAN' WANTED
    29 8 Reuter HONGKONG. Fri. The I Hongkong and Shanghai Bank in Canton has been asked to "loan" the equivalent of Hongkong $50,000 to the Canton municipal Government. Reuter.
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    HASTIE-FIRST NEGRO JUDGE
    160 8 A.P. PHILADELPHIA, Fri. William H. Hastie. former Governor of the Virgin Islands, was sworn in as the first Negro judge of a U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals next to the Supreme Court, the highest judicial body in the nation, today. iia ti<, who wm: given mi iiiifum
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    STRANGE BIRDS OF PASSAGE
    111 8 Reuter. LONDON. Fri. Strange birds sometimes fly over the smoke of London unknown to the millions of people below, the London Natural History Society disclosed. But' a few keen eyes spot them. Members of the Society saw. for instance, a buzzard flying over Big Ben. the
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    SCIENTISTS EXCHANGE INFORMATION
    76 8 Reuter. NIGERIA. Fri. -A conference of 35 scientist,, anthropologists and geologists from French. Spanish. Portuguese and British West African territories ended here today They have been exchanging information on physical biological and scientific problems. Tomorrow they will begin a tour of Nigeria, visiting the Oyo Poultry Faim
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    BRIDGES WAS A RED, SAYS NEW WITNESS
    207 8 U.P. SAN FRANCISCO, Friday. A FORMER Communist now working for the Miami A Daily News testified today that Harry Bruges was elected to the Communist Party's national committee in 1936 and 1938 amid loud applause fr mi the floor of both New York
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    POSTMAN'S QUOTA
    25 8 A.P. HAMBURG. Fri.—Local papers report that Eastern German postmen have received a certain "quota" of Communist paper" to distribute every day —A 1*
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    Reaches New High
    232 9 WEEK'S RUBBER THE market reacaeu* a new high this week when tt» 1. 2 cents wa? paid for January shipment. Trading J though ner. »us has been fairly largo with outside interests beginning to take more interest, say? the mbbcr mar- k'-J. report for this week i-s--bujm)
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    WEEK'S PRICES
    103 9 an»J ImM vrtpaf auripf tho week ending Deccaibei M -Ji c tor l M A I R.t.c>. V.u.Vt. January rt.M.A. 2. R.S S. t\o li A.M.A 3. R.S.S. X.0.8. X M.A. 1. l»a!«i Cram F. 0.8. C" B!«nk'"w KO H, Janaar\ ON Tr.NDKB. i •ecemher January Man h
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    BIG RISE IN INDIAN TRADE WITH MALAYA
    163 9 C NEW DELHI, Friday. INDIA'S trade with Malaya showed a substantial 1 balance of nearly $4,000,000 (Strain) in favour of India for the first time in October this year. According to the Indian Government Trade Commissioner in Malaya, Sardar Jogindra Singh, the continued
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    Along The Godowns
    51 9 iltiyn (4? AID Slraat Sot-nda fM IB); Steel Rover (33.34): Mentor (17,18); St. Thomas (in Ml; SH.lt. Craft (81 83) j Star AJcyoo* (23.24); 1 Nordsljernon (27 28); AntiJorliu* (I.M 4) j Kajang (10); i UHngarry (8 0); Tyndareu» (6 7): Tantalus (4 5: Seu- I d&i
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    SEA MAIL
    34 9 Mails are expected irom i Mcdau and the Federation I today. I Malls. for Thailand, i Medan. South Africa and 1 the Federation will close today at G p.m. at the OP.O
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    FLASHLIGHT BOOM
    22 9 WASHINGTON. Fri.— Hongkong export ed 211,000 dozen flashlights during the fir*t half of this year, tin Foreign Commerce Weekly reports.
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    Tin Down Again
    64 9 Tin price was again down In Singapore yesterday I* $?«><» per picul—a drop of SI 3 X on thr pl«-ul. I,»ndon I**c. M Spot ItiOH l>u\.-rs Down 12 1 2. Three- months 13.50 huvers —LNiwn £3 I 2. Turnover 15 tons. Second Session: Spot £f»08— Down 12.
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    MORE GOODS ALLOWED INTO REPUBLICAN SUMATRA
    154 9 According to a directive 1 received from the commander in chief of the Royal Netherlands Navy in the East the import of the goods mentkssnd below into Republican territory la Sumatra inclusive the adjacent islands, is permitted as from Dec 14 The relevant barter
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    TRADE PACTS
    47 9 Reuter. yT(X?KHOLJir Fri.— Sweden *nd France last night ilgoed a -ar trade No SV ngitC Ogure for tho value Of "Ti'lc gifen, bat prellminar estimates put it at about 800,000.--t** >o crawna, Sweden ..ester day concluded a £100,009,000 trade pact with Britain in London —Reuter.
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    COAL FOR JAPAN
    36 9 A.P. WASHINGTON, Fri.—The Foreign Commerce Weekly reports that during the first seven months of this year. Japan Imported 1.352,--?65 metric tons of coal most of it from the United s* a tea. —A.P.
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    HAYTOR RUBBBR MAKE $9,326
    264 9 Mr. W. 9. C. Leech, chair- f man says in his statement circulated to shar-.-holders: I should perhaps warn j shareholders that in view of the. urgent necessity of re> pacing at the earnest pos- I siblc date our. old rubber With modern high yielding Stocks
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    TEXTILE FIRM FOR MANILA
    60 9 Reuter. MANILA Fri. —Respond m:: to preaidt-tl Qufrinos tail for for»";;n InvestmeMs in tins country, an American corporation ii a' •present being formed in Manila. Capitalized at M.500,000. it Will t>-» gatirfrn tht pi.PippmeAmerican Textile Corporation, v.th otti.e m downtown Mania. 1» proj>oBes to manufacture tt*xtllsfl
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    TIN MOVED
    43 9 A total of 5.020 tons of tin ore was moved from the Federation to Singapore and Penang during November. Of this tonnage 3.22« tons came from Perak. 1.290 tons from Selangor 100 tons from Negri Sembilan and 180 tons from Pahang.
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    COTTON SALES
    60 9 A.P. viiW DlUn, IYt Cotton shipments from Bombay during three meoths ending November men 41,313 bales, of which the United Stale's received 24.236 d.j>s »T3d the United Kingdom :.U3O bales. An official source said that China and Japan which during die same period last year rem poci'vtly roc«ivcd
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    U.S. Faces Big Deficit
    411 9 USIS TAXES and Federal spending loom with the major, business -and hottest poliUeal issue confronting C «ingress in 1950. Stories on taxes and Federal spending already are appearing on the front pages of newspapers as various groups and individuals make public their analyses and recommendations. President
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    Brunei Estates Short Of Manpower
    52 9 RUBBLR estates in Brunei suffered from labour shorrinrine: the last twelve months. Keen compeutlon^tSS?*oUlnterUTentato and other employers pushed un waee rates and estates found It very difficult This is revealed in annual statement circulated to shareholders of Brunei United[Plantations Ltd.. by the chairman Mr. Lee
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    BRUNEI UNITED
    105 9 Brunei United Plantations Ltd.. had a profit of $36,--407 for the year ending June 30. 1949 after eharsing expenditure on rehabilitation amounting to $8,885. After allowing for Income tax lor 1949 and 1950 the balanre to be disposed of is $101,033. The directors recommend that $9,651 should be
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    Demand For Rubbers
    48 9 SINGAPORE. Vri. i The tin share market vta.* < uie« torinv owing *o tb« drop in thr price of i ihe metal SSjJ share I prices showed only minor J change* Inuu-.trials were i in fa\onr and eeSBS rub- hen mstlniml to he in j H
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    ASIAN EXPORTS TO U.S.
    80 9 A.P. WASHINGTON Ftt j Asian nation* Shipped P551J2.50L264 worth of mrr rhandise to the United Statein October, compared with 1******.54 2.S»7fi worth in October. IS4S Tho U.S. Department of Opmmerco said India was th* heaviest shipper last October with r55;>0.407.008. The Phi lippine.- Mraa second with
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    PHILIPPINES SEEKS BIG JAPAN TRADE
    207 9 A.P. MANILA, Fnciay. PHILIPPINES Foreign Office sources, in an apparent effort to feel out reaction both aQMHIg Filipinos and Americana, hinted last iiight that revival of large-scale trade with Japan was a possibility in the near future. The sources continued that if a barter agreement
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    SIAM MINES MORE TIN
    56 9 A.P. WASHINGTON. W —Thailand's tin ore production' In the first eight month* thin year exceeded the total output for last year, tho I S. Commerce Department reports. The eight mouths total wtis fi.621 long tons. Shipments to the United States in the first nine months thrs
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    THE PRODUCE MART
    133 9 Collee was very firm yesterday with buyers owning at $109 per picul for Rio No i < x-Ruys and Must of the business done at $110. The market closed with further buyers at the price and no sellers A small lot changed hands at $111 per picul.
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    Malayan Share Quotations
    856 9 SINGAI'ORE. Fri. INDUSTRIALS At la? tee 2 15 2.25 Alex. Bricks Pref. 2.40 2.60 Ord 2.30 B B. Petrol 35 36 B.M. Trustees 7.50 8.50 Con. Tin Smelt Pref. 81/9 83/9 Ord. 15 3 16 6 E. Utd As-eur. 39 23 40.25 bat. Trust Fed. Uh»psnsary 6.50
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    India Plans New Sports Stadium
    134 10 Reuter. NEW DELHI. Fri —India's capital, scheduled :.o be the I venue of the forthcoming Asian Olympics, plans to have a bread new tporta stadium ready for the purpose before the meet Lfl held in November 1950. i The stadium is to named after India's
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    PULAU BRANI B.P. DINNER
    44 10 Pulau Brani Badminton Party will hold their ninth anniversary dinner tonight at 7.0" p.m. at Pulau Rrani. A Joget Modern will be in attendance. A Launch will be at Jardine Steps at ti 30 p.m. to transport members and friends.
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    GOOD RACING EXPECTED AT PENANG MEETING
    199 10  -  LADIES TO TAKE PARJ IN AMATEUR RIDING By ALBERT SPENCER The Man with 2.000 Winners PENANG, Friday. IF past Christmas meetings are ;tny criterion 1 lacing fans can look forward to some&ood racing during the Penang Turf f lubs Christmas and New Year Mseting
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    Richards Feels He Is Past His Peak
    594 10  -  By BEN PHLEGAR A.P. LONDON, Fri. rE day early next sping a modest little guy tvith square shoulders and coal black hair will ride his 4.000th winning race horse. Nobody has even won so many races. Yet Gordon Richards expects to, just as
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    POLO TEAM
    27 10 U.P. Buenos. Aires. Fri. —An Argentine polo team, kn/ywn as La Concepcion. has accepted an invitation from the Maharajah of Jaipur to play in India.—U.P.
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    AMPON IN SEARCH OF ASIAN HONOURS
    124 10 U.P. MANILA. Fri— P lie;.-:.mo Ampon, PWlipeane tennis king, and two other top llight net stars will leave by plane tomorrow for New Delhi to compete iB the Asian International Ter.ms Cham pionships scheduled for Dec. 22 to Jan. 1. Amoon will be accompanied
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    2 GAMES FOR FATHUL KARIBS
    80 10 The Fathul Karib Ist XI play soccer against Puiau Brass United, on, Saturday. Transport will lease clubhouse at 4.15 p.m. Fathul Karib IsL XI will also play Bevel Army Pay Corp* .m Monday at Farrer Park, at 5.1.» p.m Players Will be SSSBOtea trom the
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    IRC 'A' TO PLAY TONG MONG XI
    66 10 Indian Rev real,on Club Soecei A' team to play Tong Mong Old Beys today at Farrer Park will be selected from the foUowin_ G. Paul. Dorai. K. Arumugani, CL P. Philip. B. J. Layman. A. K. Kamppnth. A. Nooidm. ML [snail, O S.
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    Father And Daughter To Cross Atlantic
    99 10 German ehemieal worker, Paul Midler (63) and his daughter, Aga, (18) put out from Falmouth, Devon, early this month in a bid to cross the Atlantic in their 16-foot converted rowboat, Berlin. They hope to reach South America, there to begin a new life
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    S.I.T. Sports Club Elect Officials
    135 10 The Smeapore 1 rnpi ovenient Trust Sports Club appointed lbs following; members on tbe Management Committee for 1950:— MANAGEMENT CI 'MMITTEE. Patron: The Hon. Mr. W. L. Blytbc M.C.S.: President: Mr. J M." Fraser; Vice Presidents: Mr. \V. H. Smart Mr. A. B. Be* Wt-U;
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    Swedes Impressed By Arsenal's Display
    419 10  -  By ARCHIE QUICK THERE is a rumpus between the Football Lea--1 gues of England and Scotland. It has been caused by the decision of the English League to hold rhe annual Inter-League match at Middlesbrough on March 22. Listen to Mt. Geotge Lriaham. Scottish Secretaiy
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    CEYLON TO SEND 7MAN TEAM TO EMPIRE GAMES
    174 10 Reuter. COLOMBO, Fri.—The Ceylon Athletic Association have selected a team of seven to represent the Island at the British Empire Games at Auckland, New Zealand, next year Two more athletes may he jent. if funds permit. Tlu> team includes two of Cevl
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    SYDNEY HAS 2 CHAMPS NOW
    401 10 PROMINENT Sydney trainer-manager Era McQuillan now has two Australian chamAboriginal Jack Hassan, star of the Mr Ouillan o-vmnasium, won the National Ugh weight Title in September; "Taffy* 1 Hancock was declared the winner after the 13th round ol nis Australian-Flyweight championship bout with title-holder Queenslander
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    MALACCA HOCKEY
    29 10 MALACCA. Fri.—Briliiant form was shown by Lim Eow Hua. the Chinese goalkeeper, when the Chinese beat the Malacca Club 4-1 in a hockey league fixture on Wednesday.
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    Border-Line Between A Pro And An Amateur
    123 10 A.P. COPENHAGEN. Fri.—ll* question whether an athlete loses his amateur statusoon as he signs a contract to be professional or not estil has actually rec-eivo A money, has been discussed ty Danish sports authori*. s Ir. 1946, the Danisn Box ing Association decide
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    SEET KIM CHENG B.P. TEAM
    63 10 A return match of banminton sets will be pt*y*d twecn the Scot Kirn Cheag BP. and the Merry Union B.P. tomorrow at 3 p.m. w Lorong K. Telok KmFollowing bmve I ci to represent th< S *v< 8.P.": George Tan. Wil»« Tan. Kirn Kee Tim,
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      187 10 STARTLING PREDICTIONS IN YOUR HOROSCOPE Your Real Life Teas' r»* Would you like" W the stars indicate for you.whj* you will be Miccesstful and what is indicated tot business, love, marrj::-' f iiassslta lucky ,in! 1 kv 1 what aitf«ll« to avoid, what opportunities Here "is* your chance to ol>
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    CROWD DISAPPOINTED AGAIN
    657 11  -  PLUCKY DISPLAY 3Y MOK KHAI KHOON By OSCAR FERNANDEZ SINGAPORE light fans who braved the thrcatcuing weather to attend last night's boxing card ai the Great World op: n-air arena went home alter the fights sadly disillusioned. They went to see a programme which hilled some boxers
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    SOUTH AFRICA HIT 176 RUNS FOR 4
    222 11 Reuter. DURBAN, Friday. QWEN Wynne virtually played himself into v South Africa s side for the first Test against Australia with an undefeated century today for n South African Eleven on the owning day of their game with the touring side. Wynne, who
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    DAVE SANDS
    36 11 SYDNEY. Fri. Dave Sands. Empire middleweight champion, is not a middleweight a t the momentOn returning to the gymnasium of his manager. Tom Maguire. after a holiday, he tipped Ihe scales ol IM. Nb.
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    MATA HARI IN GOOD SHAPE AT IPOH
    161 11  -  By ALBERT SPENCER The Man with 000 Winners MATA HARI I Jones I was the best worker this morning, running three furlongs in 36 seconds. Others to impress were Haydee »Jones* who did two in 25. Miss Nathan I Jones) and Bright Eyes
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    Thompson Has Finger Trouble
    118 11 Reuter. DONCABTBB, Fri. The British lightweight boxing champion, Billy Thompson, of '»o»"*H«<;er, who is due to fly to Singapore on February 17 lor a t ai fcrfist lour, has heen having serious trouble with the' index linger ol his left hand. It is now healing after
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    WOMEN SET UP 7 OUT OF 8 NEW AUSSIE RECORDS
    92 11 A.P. SYDNEY. Thurs. Bight Australian records have oeen hroken at the Australian I Swimming Championships now being held n Sydney. I Seven went to women competitors. In what officially was Inscribed a<; the fastest exhibition they had seen, cf ortho
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    WOODCOCK & MILLS TO BEGIN TRAINING
    84 11 WOODCOCK MILLS TO BEGIN TRAINING A.P. LONDON. Fri. Freduie Mills and Bruce Woodcock, two of Britain's leading boxers, are setting up training facilities to prepare fcr their forthcoming fighLs with American boxers. Mills will dofend his world's light heavyweight title against Joey Maxim on Jan. 24 at Earls Court. London.
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    Malacca No Match For Colony Team
    346 11 S!.\f,\POKi: 3 MALACCA 0 IN the opening game of the Singapore Hockey (Vanival meet played on the S.R.C. pad&ltg yesterday, Singapore easily beat Malacca by three goals to nil. Singapore dominated play practically throughout the whole game and on the few occasions the Malacca
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    WOL YES MAKE TWO DRASTIC CHANGES
    595 11  -  By JIM CHAMBERS A.P. LONDON, Friday. pAST-.VrEPPING Wolverhampton Wanderers, who have not won a name for more than two months, make a couple of drastk- changes for tomorrow home same against Fulham in the Firs! Division of the English Football League. Two internationals, Denis
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    JONES INVITES BOBBY LOCKE
    61 11 Reuter. JOHANNESBERG, Fri. Bobby Locke. South Africa's holder of the British open championship, has been invited to compete in the American Masters event to be held at Augusta (Georgia) from April 4 to April 7. The invitation came trcm Bobby Jones, former British and American open
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    A.A.A. TO PLAY BILLIARDS
    54 11 Foi loving will represent the Amicable A.A. in a game of Billiards tomorrow at tbe Club's premises at 1.00 p.m. against the C.S.A. BMOLISH C.A.MX: Yeo Ko>m Yam (Captain). Lee Yonv. Hoe. Koh Chenn Moh. Reserve: Tan Yong Poh. \MKRIC.\N GAMS: Thomas Chan. Wee Em: Chye.
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    BRITAIN'S TEAM LEAVES FOR N. ZEALAND
    170 11 Reuter. SC'UTHAMPTON. Fri. The Advance party of Britatn'l tain s Empire Games team left Southampton in the liner Tamaroa today wh rt n they received a great off as had been the case before leaving London on the ooat train to Southampton. Earl Beatty,
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    EMPIRE XI HITS 245 FOR 7
    144 11 Reuter. Bombay, Fri. Oldiield hit 110 for the Commonwealth team in their test match against India which began at the Brabourne Stadium today. Some hrst class bowling by Fhadkar brought about a partial collapse of the Common wealth XT who was lost seven lor
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    Barracking At Sheffield Shield Game
    101 11 Reuter-AAP. MELBOURNE. Fri. Victoria had scored 281 for live fcr In their first innings by close of play on the first day of their Sheffield Shield match with Queenslan I. The crowd barracked Victoria's dreary betting in ideal weather. Queensland's bowlers were on top early
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    EXILED PLAYERS AWAIT VISAS
    68 11 Reuter. I LONDON. En. Two self- exiled lawn tenni.s players, j Cze.slav Spychala and VladiI mir Cernik, are awaiting I visas to enter India to play in I the Asian championships, to which they were i tvited by I the All-India Tennis Association. Their air passages
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    ENGAGEMENT
    30 11 LIM-CHEW The EntfJigement is announced Eng Kwan (Herbert), eldest son of Mr Mrs. Lam Chong Pang, and Miss Seok Pel (Mavis», fourth daughter of Mr. Mrs. Chew Hock Leor-g.
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    MARRIAGE
    62 11 The marriage will oe solemnized at Methodist Church. Colpetty, on 22nd. December at 4 p.m. cf K. Nathan Vanniasingham, son of late K. S. Vanniasingham and of ?4rs. Vanniasingham of I'enang, and Mabel Gnanaratnam, daughter of Dr. Mrs. J. i 3 Subramaniam of Chundikili. Friends and relatives are cordially
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    DEATH
    46 11 MRS. KHOO POH AN** dree Wee Geok Poon) in 1&J.2.49 at No. 37, Stevens Read, Singapore. leaving surviving her, her husband, 2 sons, Boon Seng and Boon Inn and 2 daughters Boon Keow and Hong Keow. Funeral on Sunday 18th inst. at 3 p m.
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    Lords' Veto Power Cut By One Year
    265 12 THE KING GIVES ROYAL ASSENT U.P. LONDON, Friday. TOE Labour Government completed one of its m?1or objectives today when it clipped tne histori: veto power of the House o' Lords from two years to one. King George took the final step by giving
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    INDONESIAN WARNS TROUBLE SHOOTERS
    135 12 Reuter. BATAVIA, Fri.-A Federalist leadei Notosutarso. has warned against irresponsible actions after Indonesia has emergoa" as an independent and sovereign nation, in a nationwide broadcast last toflutarso said restoration ot law and eider would be a p»iine task cf the new lndoneBkan fiovi innu-nt. The Govern,
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    FRANCE HAS BIG SERVICE BUDGET
    58 12 U.P. PARIS. Fri. Defense Minister Rene Pleven told the National Assembly today that h ranee expects to eet an aircraft carrier from the United States unaer me Atlantic Pact for the defense of western Europe. Pleven asked the Assembly for a 1.200.000.000-dollar military budget for
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    Sino-Filipino Alliance Denied
    81 12 MhNILA, Fri. A Malacanan palace spokesman today tlatly denied that the Philippines was entering into a military alliance with the Chinese Nationalists as indicated in a Formosa dispatch. The spokesman acknowledged that Chinese Ambassador Chen Chiping conferred with President Elipido Quirino recently but said they did not
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    COLOUR BAR WILL BE MORE HUMANE
    81 12 A.P. SYDNEY, Fri. The foreign policy of the new coalition government of Australia will aim at a humane administration of the White Australia policy, sources close to Mr. R. H. Menkes said. The new government will base its policy on the principle that families
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    AFRICAN TROOPS SENT TO GAOL
    50 12 Reuter. MOMBASA. Fri. Ninetythree Atncan soldiers liivoived in disturbances at a Royal Army Service Corps camp here last Sunday were sentenced to 42 days' imprisonment today and dismii ed the service. Four others got lesser sentences and three were acquitted. Two are still at large.—Reuter.
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    200 QUIT GERMAN BUNDESTAG
    162 12 U.P. BONN. Fri. Moie than 200 deputies stalked but of a meeting of the West Uennan Bundestag (Lower House) today when Communist cmef Max Reimann. blasting Chancellor Koniad Adenauer's •'remilitarization" programme, called the Adenauer regime a "government cf Marionettes." Just before that, the longhaired Communist drew
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    PLANE DETAINED
    31 12 A.P. MANILA, Fri. A Chinese Nationalist air force C--46 which landed at Clark Field two days ago is being detained there unt.l the Philippine government decide*, its attitude —A.P
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    THREE DAY VISIT
    28 12 Reuter. TOKIO. Fri. Two Canadian Cabinet Ministers are scheduled to arrive in Tokic on Jan. 25 with *her nighranking officials for a threeday visit. —Reuter.
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    COMMUNISTS OCCUPY TUNG HING
    299 12 Sikarip Govcvtiot LJcjccts U.P. HANOI, Friday. CENEKAL Alessandrai, Commanding S that a eastern area of Indo-China t borie ns h m0 ved into Tung company of Chinese Communist regular troop, had Hing, opposite the Indo-l .linese town of Monca>. rung Hing was captured by Communist suerHlas
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    HAND GRENADES
    33 12 A.P. SRINAGAR. Kashmi!. Fii. Three boxes containing 132 handgrenades weie unearthed hy the police recently hidden in a thick foi est neai Poonch on the Indian side of Western Kashmir.- A.P.
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    BURMA FIRE TOLL
    24 12 RANGOON. Fri. Fire destroyed 800 homes yesterday leaving 3.000 persons homeless. Three are mtestQg and six were injured in the blaze.
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    PROSECUTOR COMMITS SUICIDE
    104 12 U.P. BELGRADE. Fit. A Bulgalian souice here «3id iOQAj that the Chief Public Prosecutor of Bulgaria committed suicide rather than carry out the Communist governments de ra to convict Traicho Rostov, former Deputy Premier. Rostov was found guilty and sentenced to death. The sudden death of the
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    WARD FAVOURS WAIT AND SEE U.S. POLICY
    91 12 U.P. PI'SAN. Fri. Angus Ward, released United States Consul-General in Mukden, indicated today that he favoured the United Stat, a state Department B policy of letting the dust settle in China before making a definite policy stand. Asked whether he thought the delay
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    FLOWN BACK
    34 12 Reuter. KARACHI. Fri Bodies of three delegates to the Islamic Economic Conference, killed in the Pak Air Dakota crash near Karachi will be licwn to Cairo by the Pakistan Air Force tonight.—Reuter.
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    FLIGHT RESUMED
    31 12 Reuter. PARIS. Fri An Indian Dakota which ciash-landed because of engine trouble and bad weather at Oly an port. Paiis. on Wednesday resumed its flight to India today. Reutei.
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    WEEK-END DIARY
    1061 12 GENFRAL T'.n'AY MKTHOOIST CHURCH, Annual Ooafefeaee at WfcaUy Church. SI KE t BTRADFAST (LIB: Re-Union Dinner and Dance Bl 77. Prinaefi Street. E.O.S. SPOKT> fl I B: Xiiips Dance at Sex ia*l Welfare Department at 9 p.m. SINGXPOKE DISTRICT HYFj X'mas Fancy Dress Social at 7.30 it m.
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    Yesterday's Wedding
    53 12 Mr and Mrs. Jimmy Son Giow Siong who were married yesterday The reception was .teid at the Wing Choon uen iiesiaurant, Great World. Mr. Sob is the son v >. Mrs Boh Yew Guan and Mrs. Soh formerly Miss < hai Mok C h>e the daughter of Mr.
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    Alumni Assn. Hasn't Been Subservient
    229 12 MALCOLM MacDCNALD Tribune Staff Reportci. THE Special Commissioner tor South East Asia, 1 Mr Malcolm Mac Donald. said last night that the rUumnl Association of the Kins Edward VII College oi Medicine was an excellent example of what an Association outfit to be In a
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    SOEKARNO ELECTED PRESIDENT
    65 12 A.P. BATAVIA. Fri. Dr. Soekaro was elected President of the United States of Indonesia today by representates of 16 Indonesian states and areas. He will be sworn in tomorrow. The council of 16 eiecto: met 17 hours and unanimously voted for Soekarno. The election was originally planned
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    CLAIM, COUNTER CLAIM BY U.S. AND RUSSIA
    107 12 U.P. A.P BERLIN. Fri. The official Soviet new? bureau announced today that Russia had invented a new atom smasher better than those used in the United States. But American experimenters disclosed yesterday that they have been testing i i type of missile which
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    PEPPER MARKET IS EXPLOSIVE
    92 12 A.P. NEW YORK. Fn price of black peppei ha- toned up 47 times in the United States. The detail price has Jumped also, but less anectacu'ariy. The American housewife at her. grocery now pays about 60 (U.S.) oettia rot what the prewar dime bought. In 1939
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    LONDON SHARES
    146 12 Reuter. LONDON. Fri. The CUStomary idle week-end conditions prevailed in the !.ond< stork markets today. Trariir eat very small with pri< c m<' m n,s irregti'ar. British Government a* developed an easie" iend*)i< > Wkwlm offerings of the longdated issues. Anion" oil shares Apek Trinidad was a firm
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