Malaya Tribune, 29 December 1949

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    59 1 MALAYA TribunE Wp THE Tee Tnbune" S'poxe LARGER SALES THAN ANY AFTERNOON PAPER IN MALAYA Phone s*ll/3 Hum U— fubttahtta *imuitant>ousip at Singapore, Kuaia Lumpur, ipoh and Penang EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1949 PRICE TEN CEIMTa THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE E. Maurice Glover, Malaya Tribune Office, 143
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    TIBE'T IS NERVOUS ABOUT HER POSITION
    152 1 Reuter. LONDON. Wed The regency oi Tibet has enquired about th»- F.iitish Government's attitude to tiie possible LnfUtration at Lhasa by the Chinese Communist authorities, it was hained from a usually rc'iable source today. The enquiry is understood to have been passed to London
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    CHINA WILL HEAD THREE U N BODIES
    75 1 Reuter. LAKE SUCCESS, Wed. China will take over leadership c. threj important United Nations bodies in January. Dr. F. T Tsiang will recome President of the Security Council and chairman of the Commission for Conventional Armaments, while Lt. Gen. Mow Pong-'su cf the
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    Attach On Frontier Will Be Resisted, Warns Leon Pignon
    135 1 Reuter. PARIS, Wednesday. I EON Pignon, French High Commissioner in Indo China warmed the Chinese Communist that Fiance would defend the Indo-Chinese frontier if the Chinese Communists attacked it. M. Pignon also said that France would immediately appeal to the United
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    BURMA TOLD: BREAK OFF WITH CHIANG
    121 1 Reuter. RANGOON, Wed. The Chinese Communist Government will enter into diplomatic relations with the GJfverTfinwn* <ff Curma when Burma severs relations with the Chinese Nationalists, the Peking Government said in a note to he Burmese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Loday. Replying to the Government's
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    BEVIN IN ROME
    22 1 A.P. ROME, Wed. British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin, tired and pale arrived in Rome tonight enroute to Colombo. —A.P.
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    'HAND GRENADE SIZZLED AT GRAVE-SIDE'
    352 1 Mourner Tells Of Ipoh Outrage Tribune Staff Rf!forter. IPOH, Wednesday. eye-witness' account of yesterday's funeral bomb outrage was given by Vlr. Lav Pak Khuan, shortly after he was operated on this morning to remove a splinter from his arm. Mr. Lav said: I was standing,
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    JAP MERCHANT FLEET IS DANGEROUS.
    64 1 Reuter. WASHINGTON, Wed. The President of the National Association g Snipping, Mr. Frazer A Bailey saiu today it wouid uc "dangerous" to allow Japan to rebuild her merchant fleet to compete for the commerce of other nations. He made his statement m a comment on
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    TRAIN DERAILED
    23 1 U.P. SAINT DIE, France.—Wed Four people were Killed and 15 injured, when a commuter train was derailed here this morning.— u.r.
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    First Clip Since 1948
    47 1 Augus Ward, former I S. ,nsul at Mukden, China, snuij* a* he gets hi* first haircut since 1948. The barber U Philip Cru*, a member of tne dec i for c of the Hsel Lakeland Victory which took Ward ahoarJ at Taku liar.
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    Olympic Runner Run Over In New York Tube
    264 1 A.P. NEW rORK, Wed. JACK LOVELOCK. 39. famous New Zealand runner, was killed by an underground train in Brooklyn today. Mr. Lovelock, a doctor of medicine, was the Olympic runner who once held the world's record for the mile. Police said the
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    ENGINE WOULD NOT START WITH X'MAS GIN
    106 1 A.P. LONDON. Wed.—The crew of a 272-ton British ship adrift in the Indian Ocean used their last bottle of Christmas gin in a vain attempt to get their engines going, the British Admiralty said today. The former Landing Snip. Robaba, convened in Sweden,
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    STARTLING FIND
    45 1 A.P. NEW YORK, Wed. One of the most starting discoveries of the century, that of fungi growing in cancers, was reported today to the American Association for the Advancement of Science by Dr. Corey Diller of the Institutes for Cancer Research in Philadelphia.—A.P.
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    FAROUK DID MOT BREAK UP ROMANCE
    96 1 A.P. NEW YORK, Thurs—Reports carried by the A.P. that King Farouk of Egypt may soon marry the 16-year-old daughter of an Egyptian civil servant lead to a statement today by the Egyptian Ambassador in Washington who said they conveyed "a false impression". The Ambassador
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    TIN: MARKET IS WEAK
    65 1 U.P. LONDON, Wed. The tin market turned weaker this afternoon with spot down £3-14 to £599-3/4 and forward down £3-1 2 to £577-3/4. The closing prices were: spot £599-1 2 buyers; £600 sellers, with business at £599 and £599-1/2. Three months £577 1/2 buyers, £578 sellers
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    M.P's VISIT TITO
    21 1 U.P. LONDON, Wed.—Thirteen British Socialist M.P.'s left today by air on a Yugoslavsponsored mission to meet Marshal Tito.—U.P.
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    HOPE ABANDONED
    26 1 U.P. ALBANY, Wed. Thomas Dewey, New Yorki Governor, has abandoned all presidential hopes but wants to continue as a voice in Republican politics.- U.P.
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    STALIN TOLD: 'YOU ARE A WAR RISK'
    173 1 A.P. PARIS, Wed. A pretty 26-year-old American girl cabled five prominent personalities today and asked them to get together and make the world safe so she can have babies. Rcystress Papella is married to Jacques Papella, a French classical dancer who she met
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    60 Ships Intercepted Off Shanghai
    135 1 Reuter. HONGKONG, WedV More than 60 foreign steamers have been intercepted and prevented from entering the Yangtse for Shanghai since the Chinese Nationalist Government's "blockade" of Communistoccupied ports, according to the Nationalist Central News Agency, quoting Nationalist naval authorities today. Foreign ships, if not carrying
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    Truman Recognises U.S.I., Names Envoy
    168 1 Reuter, A.P. WASHINGTON, Wednesday. PRESIDENT Truman formally recognized the r United States of Indonesia and named Mr. Merle Cochran to be the first United States Ambassador to the new nation. The White House said Cochran presented Ml credentials to Indonesian officials today. Since July, 1948,
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    CINEMA FIRE
    21 1 U.P. MANILA. Wed.- One man was kil'ed when fire destroyed the Bataan Theatre, in downtown Manila, early today. U.P.
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    WHERE'S THE TIGER?
    22 1 A.P. TOKYO. Thurs. Japan begin? the year of the tiger on Jan. I, 1950—without a ....£> iigti v t-iie A.P.
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    Ukinese Murdered In I'ark
    86 1 STOP PRESS A young Chinese carpenter, Uni ivek Seng, was murdered mm night at Farrer I'ark. His body, with throat wounds was round in a drain, after hit* fiancee, had run tor help, saying that they had been threatened b£* two Indians wno demanded their identity
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    Bandits Burn Smoke Shed
    63 1 Kltiang, Today.?— A party of armed bandits raided an belonging/ io a Singapore fhinew anrl set fire to the Smoke-housie. They also robbed nine labourers of their Identity (fcrdfe Kainpong (guards who were on patrol nearby saw the lire and proceeded to the They contacted the
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    JAPAN ADOPTS NEW TRADE TARGET
    449 2 A P., U.P., Reuter. Etiquette TOKIO, Wednesday THE Japanese Cabinet yesterday adopted the 1 foreign exchange budget covering January ta Marc Export are estimated at $171,000,000 including $67,000,000 to .be transferred to Uie Japanesl Government by General Arthur's headquarters. Expenditure under the budeet total $148,000,000.
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    Rubber Gains 3/4 Cent
    105 2 The rubber commodity I market opened with a good tone yesterday after the holidays. The price improved 3 1 cf a cent from the prĕ-holiday level. There was very good demand for the lower grades. Closing prices in cents per pound were: i v lUiyers Sellers
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    Quiet
    34 2 S SINGAPORE Wed. N i The share market opened extremely quiet- > >ly after the holiday t and there was little in- clination to deal until a lead is Riven from y V London.
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    Share Quotations
    813 2 Singapore, Wed. INDUSTRIALS Alia.; Ice 2.15 2.25 xd Alex. Bricks p rcf 2.40 2.50 Ord 2.22', 2JM Bp. Petrol 35 36,B.M. trustees 7.50 8.50 Con. Tin Smelt p rcf 21/3 22/3 Ord. 15/3 16/6 la I'Ul. Assur. 31)25 40.25xd Sat Trust Fed Dispensary 6.5« Mm Fra» r Neave
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    US. PLANS TRADE FAIR
    177 2 The first U.S. International Trade Fair to be held in Chicago, Illinois from August 7 to 19, 1950. will be the only such fair in U.S.A. next year, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce. Exhibitors from other parts of the world, including Malaya, as well
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    Along The Godowns
    78 2 Rajula (44); M. Brander (ShehTl); Tjibodas Korea (41 t) Amnuputty (41); KuHlbris (40 4J Benvorlich (38 9); Peter Maersk—£utolycti* (3'jti); Steel Vendor (33 4); Saroena (31 2); Tabinn (17 18); Charon (19' 20); SHB raft (21/2); Tong Hai (23 4); Pre*ioVnt Buchanan (25 6); Asphalion (27 8):
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    MALAKA PINDA MAKE $11,570
    356 2 THE Malaka Pinda Rubber Estates Ltd. had a net 1 profit of $11,570 for the year ended August 33, 1949 after providing for directors' fees, depreciation of buildings etc. Adding a balance trom last account of $41,205 the total available for disposa, is $52,775. Three per
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    U.S. Tally
    31 2 A.P. WASHINGTON. Wed. The position of the United States treasury on December 22 compared with the corresponding date a year ago: Total debt U*****,882,961.--075.73—U*****,311.260,225.8D Gold assets £24.427.074,--477.52. —U5521,234,003,218.71 —A.P.
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    BRITISH SHOES EARN DOLLARS
    286 2 A.P. NEW YORK, Wednesday. DRITISH and Czechoslovak shoes, being sold in V the United S'l-tes at prices competitive with domestic products, are becoming a problem to Af rican manufacturers. British men's shoes are being sold in various parts of the country through chain stores at ITSJSQ.&S
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    Tin Price
    24 2 The price of tin in Singapore yesterday was StJHT-'J.") ~e nt s down 87". cents on the picul from the pre-holula\ 'eve!.
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    POSER ON BIG JOBS FOR LOCAL MEN
    418 3 CITY VOTES TOMORROW MUNICIPAL Commissioners when they meet tomorrow are expected to have one of their stormiest sessions, since the Pontian Tunnel debate in July. Facing them will be the report of the Pontian Tunnel Inquiry Committee, a motion by Mr. E. V.
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    MEW BEN LINE SHIP DUE HERE
    76 3 The Bemudcr. 7,877 gross ton? 'the latest addition to the Ben Line Far Eastern st service, will begin her ntanicn voyage from London en January 7 and is due in Singapore in February L She can load a cargo of 70 tons of edible
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    HONGKONG STRONG IN DEFENCE
    122 3 The military position in Hongkong is very strong, the morale of the people high and law and order very good, according to Mr. J. P. Nicoll. the Colonial Secretary of the Colony, who is on his way home on leave. Mr. Nicoll and his six-ir-old son.
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    LANDLORD GETS BACK HOUSE WITH COSTS
    111 3 An application by Tan Kiem Tie Ltd.. for possession of house No. 11. Sturdee Road, let to Seng Cheok Kew. was granted by Mr E H. D'N"tto. the acting Civil District Judge, v ester day. Tan Kiem Tie Ltd.. said that neither Seng nor
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    SMALL-POX
    31 3 Information has been received that small-po>: exists in Swatow. It is officially announced that Swatow is an infected place for the purposes ci the Quarantine and Prevention of Disease Ordinance.
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    RE-REGISTRATION OF FED. VEHICLES
    132 3 RE-REGIST RATION OF FED. VEHICLES FEDERATION veh.des mayno^ be re-registered Singag£" against .mposi committee amved at for Road tion from the eaeT f."' n Y hf t- 0 ii C c and th; Transport, on the advice of the ronce Registrar of Vehicles. Tni- de£isi<*n will mean thai apS i"
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    WOMEN ALLEGE CHEATING
    54 3 Lee Chuan Teck, 31, of Neil Road, appeared in the Second Police Court yesterday on three allegations of dishonestly inducing two women to hand him a total of $133 on Dec. 22, 23 and 25. Lee claimed trial and was granted bail on $500. The case w.|
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    Miss S'pore II Speaks
    48 3 Miss Madeline Ng. runnerup in the Miss Sinßapore contest, speaking on benalf of the guests at the annual I dinner of the Young Chinese Amateur Weight Lifting Federation, is on the righi and Mr. Lt—l Kwon:; I Nans. President YC'AWLI' I in the centre.
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    BUSINESS WOMAN IN COURT
    152 3 MISS LUCY LEE, 20-year-old managing proprletoross of the Seal Construction Company. Jalan Pjea*r. was charged in the Second District Court yesterday with dishonestly retaining four stolen scraper tyres valued al 52.000. the property of the plant operation troop. Miss Lee. defended by Mr. A. J. Craga,
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    38 Lake Certificates Of Residence
    214 3 fWCE the liberation only 38 Certificates oi Re*»- fence have been granted of which 36 have bee.i made to Chinese and two to Swiss. An important Government announcement about Certificates <x Residence and Certificates of Naturalisation will be made "within the next two days," a
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    LEGAL EXPERTS STUDYING JAP CURRENCY CASE
    87 3 The Tribune believes that tiie Ural experts of the Govc inments of Singapore an-l Federation of Malay;', are studying the claim made by holders of Japanese CIU rency notes, exclusively an DCUnced in the Sunday Tribune of Nov. 27. It is understood that re-
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    CHUNG HWA
    36 3 At the 15th annual general meeting of the Chung Hwa Athletic Union held recently. Mr. Lim Yew Leng was elected President. Secretaries were Mr. Chng Kirn Siong (Chinese) and Mr. Chia Poh Thik< English
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    QUEUE'S EYE-VIEW
    611 4 CVERY year it happens in every Government office where December 31 means the renewal of licences, the filling in of forms and the payment of taxes, the queues get bigger and bigger and the system creaks and groans under the strain. Now, in all fairness to the men
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    THE RUSSIAN MILITARY MISSION ARRIVES —ON GLIDERS
    3583 4 EASTERN BY KlUGADIER I ITZltOY M VI LKAX M.P. —APPR OA CHESS 9— WITH the approach of spring and the improvement in weather conditions, air supply and air support became easier, and we in Jugoslavia now began to feel in the country the
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    PALACE' RIVALS MAY PLAY INTO RED HANDS
    447 5 A.P. By Milton Marmor BANGKOK, Wednesday. lISTEN to the experts and it becomes evident to anyone arriving in Bangkok that some sort of revolutionary disturbance is brewing in Thailand. The big difficulty is that an expert in Banekok could be anybody—from a samlor
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    Penang Sets Up Election Body
    185 5 PENANG. Wed.- A committee was set-up by the Resident Commissioner, Mr. A.V. Aston, at the meeting of the Penang Settlement Council yesterday to submit recommendations to the Government on the intioduction of the elective principle to the Municipal Commission under the chairmanship of Dr. Lee
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    NON-ENEMY PROPERTY WITH THE SERVICES
    81 5 Following questions asked in the Legislative Council recently by Mr. N. A. Mallal concerning movable nonenemy property. a Press Release gives the progress made since Sept 20. The Naval authorities have stated that all custo- urniture has been returned and have invited istodian to inspect
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    MONKEY ISLAND RE-NAMED
    78 5 PEVANG. Wed. Pulau Kra, "Monkey Island", was renamed "Pulau Aman" al Uie meeting of the Set-tl-ment Council of Penang yesterday. It was suggested at the last meeting that the Pcnghulu of the island should obtain the views of the inhabitants whether they wanted the island renamed and
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    DEFENCE WAS NOT CALLED
    58 5 A stabbing incident at th" labourers' quarters of the Alexandra Brick Works on eve when one K. Kulandaivelu was attacked with a parang, was recalled at the Fourth Criminal District Court yesterday. The alleged assailant, K. Palani. who faced a charge of causing grievous hurt was
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    Unionists Plan Get- Together
    74 5 Unionists Plan GetTogether The Interim Committee of the Singapore Trades Union Congress yesterday postponed, indefinitely, the inaugural conference which was to take place on Jan. 8. at the Victoria Memorial Hall. The Committee said that they were joining the organisers of the Singapore Workers' Trades Union Congress to form a
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    U.K. AIRLINE BUYS PLANE IN AUSTRALIA
    66 5 An Anson Aircraft which is being flown 12,000 milts from Sydney to London for a British Air'ine, alnded at Kallang Airport last night. The pilot, Mr. G.A. Michaelolv, said these types of aircraft were much more expensive in the United Kingdom than in Australia.
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    105 Boys, 20 Girls Confer On Estate
    116 5 ONE hundred and five boys and twenty girls from eight Chinese Schools in Singapore and two in the Federation, met for their three-day Students' Winter Conference at,the Teo Kirn Estate yesterday. They are from the Chinese High School. Chung Cheng I High School,
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    FAREWELL PARTY
    57 5 The Royal Singapore Flying Club last night gave a farewell party to its Chief Flying Instructor, Mr. Clive A. Le Mesurier, who has resigned from his appointment. The farewell took the form of an informal party. Many wieiaoers of the club, their friends, and the local press were
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    5th CONVICTION
    38 5 Ong Ah Hock, aged 42, was Sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment by the Second District Judge yesterday for being in possession of 16 gallons of fermented rice and a still. Ong had four previous convictions.
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    X'MAS PARTY
    75 5 S These people iuul S fun lit ihi- t hristinus party r»*tently given by Htr. lleng Boon Gnan 1 \at his residence. High- j light of the celebration r was a "hula hula" dance 3 given by seven- i year- v 1 Miss Heng Boon t Neo, youngest
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    POLICE BAG 'BANDIT-DOCTOR'
    252 5 KOTA TINGGI, Wednesday. CMART work by the Police have led to the capture of a banrjit-dresiser at Kampong Makam yesterday. The prisoner is a 51-year-old Chinese who has been identified as "a regular bandit field doctor and medical supplier." A party of armed bandits raided Bukit Sereniban
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    62 FAILED MALAY TEST
    64 5 PENANG. Wea.—Or. N. K. Menon was told in the Settlement Council today thai 62 Chinese, who had applied for Federal Citizenship, had failed the spoken Malay tests. He was also told that those who do not become Federal citizens and who are not British subjects will
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    This GIFT had the spirit of X'mas
    163 5 A CHRISTMAS gift that may have saved a human life was given by an American eompanv in SingaDore during the Christmas holidays. Officials cf the Midd'eton Hospital contacted the Firestone Tyre company in Singano»e a* the beginning of the holldav. and asked if
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    CAFE BOMBED
    46 5 Reuter. SAIGON. Wed.—The Vietnamese owner of tne Cafe de Paris, near Saigon, was seriously injured last night when two hand grenades .".aid to be of British make, were thrown into his restaurant. I~v>'o Vietnamese waitresses and c European guest were slight t ly injured.—Reuter.
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    Christmas Party At Johore Welfare Home
    192 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Wednesday. THERE was fun and gaiety when about 300 children, men and women of the State Welfare Home held a Christmas -party at the Home this afternoon. Everyone got a gift, some ice-cream, a bottle of aerated water, sweets and biscuits. The
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    4 HURT IN BUS ACCIDENT
    57 5 Four Chinese were hurt when a bus ran into a drain at the 6* milestone. Bukit Timah yesterday. A Chinese cyclist was knocked down by a motor car at the junction of Victoria Street and Bra*s Brasah Road. A Chinese woman in Bugis Street drank
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    Boy Envoy Says: 'I Am Worried'
    172 5 Malaya's schoolboy ambassador to America. Syed Adam Edward Hogan-Shaidali. of Anderson School. Ipoh. told the Tribune yesterday that he was excited and worried. He was excited over the prospect of going to New York as a representative of the Federation at the New York
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      47 5 LIX AlfXEIt by AI Ca Pl >JONn' MYSTERY STOPV— IT THE WfOOO THIS T.ME/T-1-1- IWOW I OVE« AOAiN- AMD, DO IT FDXV HOOtfcAN.7 IT* UNAMER.CAN Of ME TO 6HOUUD HAVE MAD—THE END INKS YOU THOUGHT J BUSTER BROWN, AMD THE CFrV-BoTI J ALLEY OOP »y V^\Ha^ B>
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    MANDALA YIN ANOTHER GOOD TRIAL
    247 6 By ALBERT SPENCEki The Man with 2,000 Winners PENANG, Thursday. RUNNING three furlongs in 38 1 Mandalay, lidden by Jones, did the fastest gallop this morning, when the No. 2 grass track was opened for fast work. Another good effort was by Baba (Bagby) who
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    C.A. TO PLAY H.M.S UNICORN
    106 6 CA. will play soccer today at Fairer Park against H.M.S. Cmcorn at 5.15 p.m. Tho team to lepresent C.A. will be selected from the following: Sect Yew Chang and Fong \N%i Mun: Boon Soon San. Tim Peng Gee. Chin Yoon Fook, Tan Cluu I> c
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    JOLLILADS' NEW YEAR SOCCER FIXTURES
    98 6 rE Jollilads played four soccer matches during the Christmas week: Dec. 20: beat Kampong Plaang XI 2—l at Keppel Harbour ground; Dec. 22: Lost to H.M.S Unicorn o—4 at Geylang Stadium: Dec. 25: Drew with Tantong Eiro 2. 2 at Seletar: and Dec. 26: Jollilads
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    THE REST LOSE TO CHAMPIONS
    65 6 The new Malayan basketball champions. Singapore Men and Perak 'a Women, were too for the combined teams of the remaining states in a charity match in aid of the University of Malaya Fund at the Happy World Stadium last night Singapore beat a combined men's
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    HOCKEY CANCELLED
    21 6 The hockey matcn scheduled to have been played on th* padang between the SRC add Indians yesterday, was cancelled.
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    Hogan May Make A Comeback
    100 6 A.P. FORT WORTH, I TEXAS, Wed. S J U. S. gollcr, Ben Hogah, who was feetiouslj Injured in :i ear accident last February maj make a'■ comeback in champion- > ship golt. S Hogah ielt today tor i the west coast ot tb«- 3 United
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    SOCCER RESULTS
    24 6 LONDON. Wed. Today s football result are.— IRISH LKAUt E: Clifl ville 0. Glentoran 6. This uxturc was postponed on Dec. U».
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    14 S.C.C A' Men Beat Sappers
    126 6 PLAYING with only fourteen th< SCC "A defeated the SiOgapo; 1 one penalty, one goal. and i) to six (two tricsT in a ruggv: garpc on t.ie' Padang v.sterday. Five aft-r the y ond half SCC player C. S. Taylor was slightly injured ,n
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    AUSSIES WIN BY INNINGS Tricky Wicket Sped S. Africa's Collapse
    128 6 JOHANNESBURG, Wednesday. TAI GHT on a tricky wicket at Ellis Park today L South Africa were skittled out for second time and lost the first Test to Australia by an inninzs and 83 runs. Following on yesterday 276 runs behind
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    Scoreboard
    124 6 AI STKALIA Ut. Inns. lIS, SOI TH AFKKA-lst. Inns. WL •sOI TH AFKU Jad Inns. K. Kow.ni Ibw Kel'uol 32 0. Wynne c Sagger* b. It Johnston .1. Nel b It. Johnston 14 N..iirs,- b I. Johnson J*» W. Wade b It JohnsUm B 1. heeftoan c Hassett b
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    Victoria in top place, NSW Beaten
    138 6 Sheffield Shield Reuter. MELBOURNE. Wed. Victoria took the lead in the Sheffield Shield cricket competition when they beat New South Wales by Ave wickets here today. New South Wales. who scored 360 in their first innings, added only one run to the overnight score
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    RESULTS OF PENANG AMATEUR RACES
    536 6 By ALBERT SPENCER PENANG. Wednesday. FINE weather and a large crowd gave the Penang Polo Club amateur race meeting at the Penang racecourse today a pleasant picaic atmosphere. This is the first meeting for amateur riders and ponies to be held in Penang for many
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    SEVEN COLONY TEAMS FOR ARCHERY C'SHIPS
    112 6 Singapore will i>e represented by »ev\n teams' at the firsi Duel war Malayan Archery <)|M!i Championships to be held at the Royal Johore International Club. Johore Bahru, on Sunday. Jan. '2d. Two of the teams are from Radio Malaya, flur from the Singapore Archery
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    ENGLISH FOOTBALL FIXTURES
    245 6 LONDON. Wed.- Following are football fixtures lor Saturday ENGLISH LEAGIE FIRST UIVISION Aston Villa v. Newrastle. Hurnley v. Birmingham. Charlton v. Fuiham. Chelsea v. West Bromwich A. Huddersliold v. Evcrton. Liverpool v. Arsenal. Manchester C. v. Manchester U. Portsmouth v. Middlesbrough. Stoke v. Derby. Sunderland v. Bolton.
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    FORM GUIDE FOR SATURDAY
    5829 7 Third Day Of Penang Races Horses Class 5 Div. 2 -5 Furs. Str. MAINTAIN 9.00 FOI KTH 13 8-4* K.L. 8.06. 6 Furs. (Healey) Div. 1 Won by i te-2/8 Going Good. FOI RTH 20-8 19 X L, 9M 51 Fur-- iJ. Donnelly) Div. 2 Won
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    804 7 HORSES CLASS 5. DIV. 2 5 FURS. SIR. MUNTUN !,0 MX. H. S. Kirwan owner PEGGY'S CHOICE Mr. Kong Ko,,! J lit I IiTEE N EtS M B. S. D. Scott *r miSTW H C |vet Martm OIHLOYE (late BU- Gloria Stable" Rodger.* an* "W. R. B. Kongsi
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    AMPON, CARMONA IN DOUBLES SEMI-FINALS
    164 8 Reuter. CALCUTTA. Wed. R. iVSyrv, of the Philippines, was eliminated from the men's singles iv the Asian lawn tennis championships which Were continued here today. In the quarter finals Deyro lost to the Indian Davis Cup player, Dulip Dose, by 6-4, 16, 4 6. 3-6.
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    CAPTAIN DEFIES GOVT. WARNING
    132 8 A.P. HONGKONG, Wed. The captain of tW American Isbrandtsen ship. Flying Arrow, prepared here today oui oiui dms siM Communist port ot Shanghai in defiance of a U. S. State Department warning that he may lose his masters license for running the Nationalist blockade. Captain David
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    SILVER COINS ARE FERRIED TO FORMOSA
    95 8 U.P. MANILA. Wed.—-Hundreds of boxes of Chinese Nationalist silver coins were being loaded aboard transport planes of Major Gencial Claire Chennault'.s Civil Air Tranport today for transfer to Taipeh, Formosa. It is believed that there is a total of about 5,000 boxes of coins
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    UK. FACES GENERAL STRIKE THREAT
    306 8 Third Commando Brigade Starts Security Exercises IIU.1.1 HO /1 V Reuter. HONGKONG, Wednesday. I OKRY loads of arm-d troops belonging to tn« 1 L gad; moved into Police Headquarter, tnls morning In wUat vvas rm ej a "routine security ex rcise," as the threat of
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    Germ War Trial Is A Red Smokescreen
    183 8 U.P. A.P. MR. SEBALD TOKYO, Wednesday. WILLIAM J. Sebald, United States representa- Live on the Allied Control Council today blurtlv charged that Soviet reports on the germ warfare trial of 12 Japanese were a propaganda I "smokescreen Sebald said in an interview that
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    X'MAS TREAT AT LEPER SETTLEMENT
    144 8 Boy Scouts and Girl Guides I of v.c Mfcpcf s>ecißi.ient, xeu Ctui Kant; Koad, yes v eruay j aiteinooii Uanecu, sai.ig anu i acua u\ sKctcnes ut viii auai V/iaiAu.tu& neat. iviro. r. a. ivicKerton anu mis. j. L>. ivi. HUUUa \.ne picseiueu v.itn i»ua4aeLb
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    REDS SEIZE HONGKONG POLICEMAN
    80 8 Reuter. HONGKONG, Wed. The Chinese Commnnist police in Shatukok, on the mainland, forcibly held a European inspector of the Hongkong po'ice. in the Chinese territory, last Sunday. Later two Hongkong Chinese police constables crossed the Chinese border and rescued the inspector. It was understood that the
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    THE KING GREETS SOEKARNO
    95 8 JAKARTA, Wed. At a reception at President Soekurno's Jakarta Palace tonight Mr. Malco'm MacDonald. British High Commissioner in South-East Asia, said that the British Government welcomed and gave full recognition to Indonesia. The piesent acting ConsulGeneral to Indonesia. Mr. Andrew Charles Stewart, would be appointed Charge
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    NEW JAP STAMPS
    18 8 Reuter. TOKIO. Wed Five Japanese overseas airmail postage stamps will he issued next April. —Keuter.
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    In Action
    29 8 The Perak Women's Team last night beat the Combined Team at the Happy World in aid of the Varsity Fund. Picture shows an incident during the game.
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    Mosquitoes Smash 1,000 Communist Junks
    176 8 U.P. HONGKONG, Wednesday. rOMMUNIST main forces are reported to have bypassed Chengtu and sped northward today in an attempt to crush the bulk of the Nationalist troops retreating under cover of a rearguard action. I r— In South China, the Nationalists claimed that heavy air-raids
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    COMMUNISTS HOLD H.K. SHIP
    46 8 Reuter. HONGKONG. Wed. Shells from a Chinese Communist gunboat stopped a smaH Chinese-ownod steamer neai the Portuguese colony of Macao, accoiding to uncon- firmed Chinese lepotts reaching here tonight. The steamer, registered in Hongkong, was intercepted in Chinese territorial waters and detained.—Reuter.
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    SECRET RADIO STATION SEIZED IN BANGKOK
    72 8 A.P. I BANGKOK. Wed. A i secret radio transmitter which was maintained to communicate with "agents" in Singapore was discovered when police raided a house in Taladno Police arrested Nai Hui Sac Chong. who was operating the set at the time. They a'so seised
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    FILIPINO POLICE CHIEF MURDERED
    99 8 U.P. MANILA. Wed. The chief of police of Tanauan, Batangas, hometown of unsuccessful Nationalist candidate Jose P. Laurel, was killed by unknown persons last night. Chief Marcelino Medina was the third police head of Tanauan to die violently since the liberation. He was mowed down by
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    Soekarno Arrives In Jakarta After 4 Troubled Years
    170 8 Reuter. JAKARTA, Wednesday.—Dr. Scekarno, President of the day-old United States of Indonesia, was wildly cheered today when he made a ceremonial entry into Jakarta —formerly Rata- Though the Indonesian I flag has been flying over j the former palace of the Dutch
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    Rita Has Another Daughter
    66 8 U.P. LAUSANNE. Switzerland, Wed. A tlaughtei namftd Jasmine was born today to movie actress Rda Hayworth (above) six hours and 15 minutes after she waj rushed to the boepttal by her husband, Prince Aly Khan. The baby weighed m pounds and eight ounces. Rita entered the
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    WHAT'S ON TODAY GENERAL
    259 8 CHINESE Y.M.C.A.: Conuntrclai English classed d p.m. Art of Self Defence at 8 p.m. STUDENTS COXFEEKNCI: Winter Comerence at Teo Kim Er.g Estate. ANSON ATHLETIC ASSOCIA* TIOA i"wa Lx>h Kofi practice at 52A Nelson Koad at 7.30 p.m. PLAY: Nativity play at St, Andrew's Cathedral at
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    LONDON SHARES
    177 8 LONDON. Wed. Spe™ l buying of German and Japan"** bonds provided some of tne feature in the London -"i o exchange today. Gains of up to oiU- and a points were shown. l*n other sections there little inclination to d>-al I reonenine of the exchange n' j kmtal
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    DEATH
    37 8 Mr. Hu Hwa~Chu. man**** Messrc Sincere Dispensary Age 69. nassed away cT 28-12-49 at 15 Da S»IJ l*ne (off Simon Rd>. I rT| Serangoon. The cortege *J l»»ive his residence it J> P 30-12-49 for Bidadan
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      30 8 Blood bank Group A 15 Bottles Group B 2 Bottles Group AB 6 Bottles Group O 16 Bottles Twelve officers and men from the Police Training *>ch»K>l gave donations yesterday.
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