Malaya Tribune, 4 January 1950

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    63 1 MALAYA Tribune BY Ilfß PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Tcfc triune* S'por* EIGHT PAGE'S LARGER SALES THAN ANY AFTERNOON PAPER IN MALAYA Phone 3811/3 Nine Una PRICE TEN CENTS fxkolittKmd simultaneously at Singapore, Ruata Lumpur, ipoh and Penang. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1950 THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE E. Maurice Olover,
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    U.S. ATTACHES TOLD: LOSS OF FORMOSA IS ANTICIPATED
    537 1 The China Muddle Grows U.P. TOKYO, Tuesday. THE Inited States State Department has notified its attaches tnat the loss of Formosa, island fortress of the Chinese Nationalists, to the Communists is to be anticipated. The D' >artment said that the public must
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    Red Radio Tells Of Secret U.S. Pact On Formosa
    244 1 U.P HONGKONG, Tuesday. THE Chinese Communist radio today charged that the United States and Chinese Nationalists reached a "secret agreement" fcr the defence of Formosa which, it said, the Unit?d Slates plans to turn into a "strategic bas* for iding the
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    DEMONSTRATION
    15 1 A.P. \MA3C(JfIP iues,-*p*e%ral -'.udem- deijfehstrat- Damascus today in favor ufmpkimg ,the republican tegiirte- A.P.
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    SIX KILLED
    21 1 A.l. VlENafe,. I u'(*s. extern :ny pjgwinctafl coij' this morflHi'g killed at six miners and injured 10 others.- A.P.
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    MILLION GUERILLAS FIGHT THE REDS
    153 1 U.P. TAIPEH. Tues.—Premier Yen Hsi-shan said today that 1,400,000 guerillas are fighting the Communists on the mainland of China and the Nationalist Government plans to aid them from the island of Formosa, "We Bust hold Formosa," Yen said in an interview, "and we must plan
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    SHIPS SINK
    57 1 U.P. TAIPEH, Tues.—Natiqrftf ust Air Force headquarters reported that 700 Coinmunlst trccps were killed arid i*o vessels sunk in five On the Luichow per\in*ira where the Heus are .u&hsmg for an attacK on the Nationalist stronghold of Haman islar.u. Ka;d:; also wer- made on Kunming province during the
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    Indonesian Traders Need Not Call At Tanjong Pinang
    205 1 Tribune Staff Reporter. THE Singapore Representative of the United States of Indonesia informed the Colony's chambers of Commerce yesterday that th? Netherlands Navy Liaison Officer in Singapore will issii" sailing licrnc"? lor the Indonesian ports Bagan Siapiapi. Pekan Baroe. B?ngkalis. Siak Sri
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    NATIONALISTS FORMALLY ASK FOR AID
    101 1 Reuter A.P. WASHINGTON. Tues.—The Chinese Nationalist Government has asked the United j States for assistance for Formosa, including military aid and military, political and economic a*rt«wrs. < the State Department announced today. In Taipeh, well-informed sources revealed here today that United States aid will come
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    TIN: MARKET QUIET
    64 1 U.P. LONDON. Tues. The tin market had a quiet afternoon with prices unchanged, spot at £600-3/4 and three months at £578-3 •---♦> the good .arnover of 85 tons. The cio.>.n t were spot $600-1/2 buyers. $601 sellers with business a' v *.601. Three months £f»7B-l 4 buyers
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    THE GOOD SAMARITAN
    60 1 A.F. BIRMINGHAM, Tue.—Albert Ernest Moxon. 50-year-old coal dellverman, won £30,351 today in a football ,joe competition. What will he do with the money? "We are going to adopt some children and give them the benefits we never had." Moxon and his wife, Clara, 49, have two children
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    HOLY CIGAR'S
    22 1 A.P. ROME. Tues.—Holy Year pilgrims will be able to smoke special brands of cigarettes and cigars while in Italy A.P.
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    U.K. Delegation To Colombo Leaves
    232 1 Reuter. LONDON, Tuesday.—Mr. Philm No ?1-Baker, Commonwealth Relations Minister and most of the British delegation to the Colombo conferenci which opens next Monday will leave London to- morrow morning by air. The party, numbering about 40 includes two senior Foreign Office officials. Sir Roger Makins.
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    SOCIALITE MURDERS WIFE?
    266 1 U.P. BAYONNE, Tues. Don John Carlos Da Silva Ramos, socialite son of an honorary Brazilian consul, Was charged today with the murder of his wife. Examining magistrate, A Puech. who ordered him to be gaoled, told reporters: "Contrary to rumours which have been circulated, the warrant issued
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    Egyptian Voting: 7 Killed
    85 1 U.P. CAIRO: Tues. -Seven person;? weie ki'led in e-ection clashes. Intimidation of voters had been reported from some areas. Some illiterate peasants auctioned their votes to the highest bidder. But most observers feel that de.tpite these incidents, electioneering had been well conducted for this country. Premier
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    RIOT SQUADS STEM PEASANT 'LAND GRAB'
    91 1 Reuter. ROME, Tues.—Armed police not squads were rushed to the Modena area in north Italy today when s» vrrai hundred landless peasants seized tracts of uncultivated land in a new flaieup of tne Italian "peasant revolt." The land invasion lollowea Mie familiar pattern of
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    SAILING AGAIN
    32 1 LONDON, Tues The 22.283 ton Strathnaver, last of the P and O liners to complete reconditioning after war dv ties, will sail for India, Ceylor and Australia on Thursday. Reuter.
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    BACK TO WORK
    24 1 A.P. LONDON. Tues. Three hnudied porters at London's biggest meat market went back to work today after a one-day walkout A.P.
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    MINISTER FLEES
    20 1 A.P. FRANKFURT, Tues. j Bohumil Lansmaim, Minister cf Industry -In Czeohos'.ova- j kia. has fied tn'o Wester-. Germany.—A.P.
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    X'mas Toy Saves Three Lives
    122 1 U.P. EVERE PT, Massachusetts, Mon.- A toy telephone to<lay saved a family oi three from possible death. Echlin Johnston. 4.1. was awakened hy the crac.ihng of riaines last nigat. He saw that the home of Or t in Woods, next to his, was ablaze. Neither
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    Britain's $ Reserve Up By 100 Million
    257 1 Britain's Reserve Up By 100 Million A.P. LAONDON, Tuesday. BRITAIN has stopped the drain on her precious reseivs fund of American dollars, and the vital gold reserve has jumped by something like US$lOO,OOO,OOO in the last three months. In the preceding quarter— iust before devaluation there wjs ciror of US$220,000.000.
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    'While Slaver'
    140 1 STOP PRESS U.P. ALLAHABAD, Tues.- Police announced tonight that they had arrested a Tibetan who allegedly trafficked in girls from the land of the 'lost horizon' and operated a ring which extended over half oi* Asia. Chinese girls, Tibetan maidens and beauties from the state of Nepal—the police
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    'GO' TO COLONY'S HEALTH CENTRE
    249 2 GOVT., CITY FORM JOINT BODY SINGAPORE is to push ahead with its plans for an Urban Health Centre. A joint Committee from Government and the Municipality will consider how best to amalgamate the Medical Department's School Clinic and a Municipal Infant Welfare Clinic. The two
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    FOUR BOYS SMILED IN COURT
    82 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues.— Four schoolboys appeared in the Magistrates' Court today I for traffic offences. Suleiman bin Osman. 14, was fined fifty cents for riding a bicycle without being in the saddle. Shuib bin Abdul Kader, 14, Abdul H a m i d bin Kamat,
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    The light British aircraft carrier H. M. Se <>. can arrived at Singapore Naval Base yesterday and left for Hongkong after disembarking 200 service personnel from the I nited Kingdom. The Ocean has been out East only once before. On her return, she will take service personnel who have completed their service in Hongkong, Singapore C olombo and Malta.
    59 2 The light British air craft carrier H. M. Se &lt;&gt;. can arrived at Singapore Naval Base yesterday and left for Hongkong after disembarking 200 service personnel from the I nited Kingdom. The Ocean has been out East only once before. On her return, she will take service personnel who have
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    It's Pay Or Prison, Debtor Is Told
    97 2 JJAMAN Govindan, clerk in the government service and a judgment debtor was summoned before the Civil District Judge yesterday for not paying his montniy instalments. Govindan had been ordered to pay money-lender, Bhagat Singh $20 every month. His last three payments were in
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    Nurse To Advise TB Contacts
    79 2 MUNICIPAL Commissioners have discovered that no one checks or advises contacts of T. B. cases notified to the Health Department by the St. Andrew's Hospital, Kwong Wei Sui Hospital, the SATA and private practitioners. So they Ifive agreed that a Health Nurse should be detailed
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    GOING TO U.K.
    32 2 IOIIORK BAHRU, Tues. Johore's Welfare Officer. Miss Enid Fcrnandes, yesterday left for the United Kingdom on leave. Che Hasnah binte Abdul Manap of Muar will be acting for her
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    Plan For $80.000 Shuttle Hall
    122 2 THE original plan of tne Indian Clubhouse at Balestier Plain has been modified to take in a $80.000-badmin-ton hall to seat a 1,000 people, said Mr. J. M. Dorai Raj, secretary of the Indian Association's Building Ftind. The clubhouse itself will cost .588.000 and is
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    DR. OETOYO'S NEW OFFICE
    47 2 The Office of the Representative of the Republic of the United States of Indonesia is now on the 3rd floor of the K. P. M. Building, Finlayson Green, Singapore. The telephone numbers ot the new office are: *****-5, with extensions to all departments.
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    Traffic 'Isle' For Collya Quay?
    89 2 MI NICIPAL Commissioners have decided that Collyer 1 Quay should have a traffic island, when the 'Recondo 1 repairs going on aj the moment aTe finished. The plan is td have a central seven-foot wide pedestrian refuge. An eight-foot traffic island will first be marked
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    We'll Encourage Foreign Capital
    149 2  -  Hatta INDONESIA will give foreign investments every encouragement. U.S.I. Premier Dr. Mohammed Hatta told the press here yesterday. He added that the question of Indonesian trade with Malaya will shorth. be considered. Dr. Hatta. who is return- ing With a party of eleven to Jakarta, stepped
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    'Juliana Was Nice'
    84 2 One of the e'cven was pretty Zoerida Rosihan-Anwar, who had a short audience with Queen Juliana, after the transfci of sovereignty in Amsterdam. $sU\ Zoerida: "It was the fust tinn- I spoke to the Queen. Sbc is a very kind woman.' V* &gt;rn,i,, added that Queen Juliana
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    INDIAN RAGAS
    36 2 Mr. P S. Raman will taik about the Ragus of Southern India, illustrated with recording of som. of India's best Raga singers and instrumentalists, from Radio Malaya, Singapore, tonieht at 10.00 o'clock lon, Snt
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    LOTUS MEETS
    20 2 The weekly meetings of the Lotus ClubNvill be held at the YWCA, Raffles Quay toda?. Wednesda y- starting
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    PARTY FOR ENVOY
    78 3 Philippines Minister to Thailand Senor Do- mm so Imperial and Senora Imperial, who represented the Philippines at the inauguration of the Indonesian Itepuhlie at Jakarta are in Singapore. They arc Hying to Bangkok tomorrow. Yesterday, they were quests of Tunkti Mahkota at the Johore Istana. Picture shows
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    'VULGAR BRAWL,' SAYS THE JUDGE
    202 3 VULGAR matrimonial brawl was how Second Dis- trict Judge, E. V. A. Peers described the quarrel between Ho Loo Thiam and his wife, Elizabeth Hong, when he gave his written judgment yesterday. "The story in this case is both sordid and tragic," said the judge.
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    Jerantut Airstrip Ready
    81 3 KUALA Lumpur. Tues.—The first Austcr landed today on the 300-yard light airplane atrip hurt by Royal Engineer s at JerantOt, Pahang for use of light Jit craft operated by the army. The pilot icported that it was ;i notmal suiface landing The strip will be termed 'cniei
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    4 Masked Men Rob Woman
    86 3 I)ENANG, Wed. Foui masked Chinese yesterday beat up a Chines* woman, tied her to a pillv outside her house 154, Jelubmg Road, and stoic in cash and v. Hlery worth aV&gt;."Ut $250. The woman had jus.l returned home With dues collated frcm her husband's dchh.
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    SUFFICIENT FOOD
    24 3 Reuter. HONGKONG. Tues*. -Communist authoiitics in Canton stated that there is sufficient food stored in Kwangtung for i the next six months.—Reuter.
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    Some of The Tribune men who welcomed the | ; New Year \vi*h a dinner I ai the Muslim Restaurant j in North Bridge Koad. j
    24 3 Some of The Tribune men who welcomed the New Year \vi*h a dinner I ai the Muslim Restaurant j in North Bridge Koad. j
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    23 YEARS OLD
    51 3 The 23rd anniversary of the founding of the Malay Society of Great Britain, was recently celebrated in London. A widely representative gathering, at which Mr. Creech Jones, Secretary of State for the Colonies, was the guest ot honour, met for dinner at one of the city's leading
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    'THE HAT' GOES TO K.L. BY AIR
    147 3 PAT HARDING (RIGHT) AND LAURA LEE MALAYAN Airways yesterday took "The flying straw Hat" to Kuala Lumpur. It leaves for India by BOAC Constellation this morning. "The Hat" is being handed to airlines with a bad luck threat to anyone who ignores its
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    APPOINTMENTS FOR THREE
    53 3 The Officer Administering the Government has appointed: Mr. Tan Ah Tah, C. L. S. as District Judge and First Magistrate, Singapore. Mr. H. I. Wetherell, Operations Officer, Department of Civil Aviation as Chief Operations Officer. Mr. C. E. Gascoigne. Senior Accountant Supernumerary as Deputy Financial Secretary (Reconstruction),
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    Workers Foil Bandit Ambush
    167 3 RUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Some labourers saw 30 bandits leave the main Bahau Romnin Road carrying what to be an 18 aeiial bomb. The labourers leportcl to tne Police at Bahau who went with a party from the 20th Fi&lt; Id Regiment. The security fbrCCS dl»--coveved a
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    POISONED RICE?
    47 3 KI'ALA LITMPL'R. Tues. A shopkeeper in the Batu Gajah area, bought 123 kattis of rice from I .'•'hop at Pai it. and sold it to people m his kampong at Pota. Peop'c who ate the lice suffered from l ice poisoning. The Police are investigating.
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    GET ON WITH IT, GOVT. TOLD
    334 3 Civilian Home Guard S KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday, fHE Malayan Association has asked Government to get on with the formation of the Malayan Home Guard against the bandits. The Association at its quarterly meeting today complained of the "time lag" between the announcement of the
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    695 JAP WAR CRIMINALS RETURN HOME
    64 3 Under close Dutch guard. Jap war criminals from Indonesia bound, for Japan on the Tjisadene, touched Singapore yesterday. Six hundred and eighty-nine of them are travelling deck, while six of them officers are going second clas«. All the men were taken from Indonesia a
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    DID NOT 'STOP, LOOK AND GO'
    55 3 JOHORE BAHRC. Tues.— Tay Seng Ngiap, 22, today fined $3 because he did not "Stop. Look and Go" and $2 for riding his motorcycle without a licence on December 31. Koo Sek Kee, 22. motormechanic, was lined $2 for not turning left at the
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    FATE OF FORMOSA
    556 4 THE name Formosa comes into the headlines. The rumours are going round that Chiang is on the point of persuading the Americans to take over the defence of his last-stand island. It is even suggested that, in return for American arms and soldiers, he is prepared to
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    THE MESSAGE READ: TITO HAS DISAPPEARED—GO AND FIND HIM
    3756 4 THE MESSAGE READ: TITO HAS DISAPPEARED —GO AND FIND HIM IT was to a nearby point low down on the face of the ridge and quite close to the railway that we returned that night after dark. A mile or two away to the south, the sky was lit up
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    Whale Of A Picture
    61 5 rhiS unusual anion shot of a full-grown humpback wha!e leaping out of the water and doing a flip in iniu-air was taken trom a launch off ape Brett, New Zealand The whale w&lt;-igh* &gt;0 tons, measures 50 feet in length, and is normally very sluggish in
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    Soldiers Learn Boxing And Lion Taming
    269 5 LONDON, Tuesday. JHE regular service soldier finishing his time today can take a 28-day course in any profession or vocation from ballet dancing to boxing or lion taming. Members of the Women's Royal Army Corps are also eligible for the courses. They are arranged
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    RADIO DISTURBANCE
    26 5 Reuter. LONDON, Tues,—A fairly large sunspot is reported today and it is thought likely this win affect radio conditions over the next few days.—Reuter.
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    THE B.B.C. WANTS A CONDUCTOR
    83 5 A.P. LONDON. Tues.—Sir Adrit has agreed to berne conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra when tires from the conductorof the 8.8.C. Symphony O'ohestra in June. London Philharmonic has been without a permanhief conductor since Sir Thomas Beecham completed itract in 1946. B B.C. had hoped
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    UNCLE SAM'S POSTWAR AID
    63 5 Reuter. a \SHINGTON, Tues.— i'nited States had spent 530.000.000.000 in postu r aid to foreign nations— nting about $200 foi in, woman and child country—the Commerce trtment announced tonight mid-1945 up to last mbei the Government ut up J2B 187.000.000 inng .&lt;3.355;000.000 subsd tc the World
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    INDIAN STATES BAN REDS
    55 5 Reuter. TRIVANDUM. Travancore. •s The Cochin Travanstate Union Governtoday declared nmunist organisations ilawiul throughout the Union. step followed the ler ut a police inspector and three constables Adoor. Central Tra:ore, on Saturday night, n according to reports lved here today, about villagers, believed to be Communist
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    U.K.'s NEW CONCRETE HOUSES
    119 5 Reuter. LONDON. Tues.—Britain has found the way to build a new type of concrete house, using less than half the man hours and the fuel it takes to build a normal brick house. A report on it is to be published soon by the Ministry of
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    BIDAILT WINS
    30 5 Reuter. PARIS, Mon.—M. Georges Bidault's two-month-old Government won the first of three budget debate votes of confidence tonight by a narrow margin of four votes in the Assembly.—Reuter.
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    U.S. WAR CLAIMS
    26 5 A.P. WASHINGTON, Mon. App'ication forms for war claims by Americans abroad have oeen sent to I.S. consulates in Singapore, Hongkong and other places.—A.P.
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    R.A.F. Catches Up With Bill After 24 Years
    252 5 A.P. WEST DRAYTON,*England, Tuesday. THE Royal Air Force has finally caught up with William A. Hayes who vanished 24 years pgo. Hayes, now 42, is back in RAF uniform awaiting a court martial on a desertion charge. They found him again when
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    HIDDEN DANCE SECRETS REVEALED
    161 5 A.P LONDON. Tues. What's wrong with the British these days? They do not enough ballroom dancing Such is the view of Douglas Kennedy. Director of the English Folk Dance and Song Society. Addressing a meeting of physical education teachers yesterday, Kennedy declared: "Dancing can rescue good
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    RED PREMIER CHANCES WIFE
    68 5 U.P. BERLIN. Tues. Otto Orotewhol. prime minis ter of the Communist-domiha-ted East German statohas divorced his elderly stout wife and married his pretty young secretary, it was disclosed today. The marriage took place last June but Grotewhol kept it a secret because he feared gossip would
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    WHISTDRIVE CRAZY
    50 5 Reuter. BRANCASTER VILLAGE Norfolk, Tues.—Three halls, miles apart, were booked for a whistdrive in this fishing village. So great is the craze for the game that a convoy of buses was hired to take the 500 players from one hall to another. Population of th«- village i.s I.ooo.—Reuter.
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    NEW DEAL
    67 5 Reuter. BANGALORE. MYSORE. Mon. A new deal for labour in Asia is expected to emerge when the Governing Body of the International Labour Organisation meets here tomorrow. Besides generally strengthening ILO activities in Asia, it will consider setting up an advisory committee on Asian affairs, which will advise
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    SIT DOWN STRIKE
    31 5 U.P. HONGKONG. Mon. Angry seamen aboard the Isbrandtsen freighter Flying Arrow today threatened a .-aidown strike if their Captain tries to force them into mined Shanghai harbour. U.P.
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    FILIPINO 'BANDITS' SURRE NDER TO GOVT.
    125 5 U.P. nDTri z, MANILA, Tuesday. JjhlG Gen. Alberto Ramos, chief of the Philippine Constabulary, is leaving today for Batangas, where rebel leader Francisco Medrano, who surrendered on Monday, is contacting his forces in the hill country some 50 miles south of Manila. Ramos was
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    NEVER SAY WHAT
    45 5 Reuter-AAP. MELBOURNE. Tues.—"My wife felt miserable when she found out I won." said Mr. Frederick Robins. 56. recently, after he had won £A3.333 in a lottery, his share of a €10.000 prize. He added. "There is no accounting for a woman's actions.—Reuter-AAP.
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    CRASH KILLS FOUR
    34 5 U.P. SALE LAKE CITY. TuesA challenger DC-3 airliner crashed into an automobile on a United States highway, 40 miles near the Municipal airport here tonighc. injuring iour occupants o! the car.—U.P.
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    CONSIDERATE JAPANESE THIEVES
    119 5 Reuter. TOKYO, Tues.—For the second time since the New Year, thieves were entertained by the householder or Lie premises tncy broke into. Two men and a woman on Jan. 2 broke into a dye shop and were entertained with rice cake and sake for four hours. As
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    JAP PAPERS CALL AMOK 'BIG MAN'
    105 5 Router— AAP. TOKYO, Tues.- General Douglas Mac Arthur's Public Information Office revealed today that the soldier who went berserk on Dec. 30 ki'ling two Japanese and himself was an 18-year-old private who had been in Japan only two months. He was William B. Moore
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    CYCLING CHAMP OUSTS FORMER DEFENCE CHIEF
    77 5 Reuter. MELBOURNE. Tues. Pedal-pushing Hubert Opperman, former international cyclist, is a member of the House of Repiesentives for the Victorian seat of Corio. He ousted the former Minister for Defence. Mr. J.J. Dedmun. He lifted laurels in many places. Among his successes he recalls:
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    RUBBER GETS FLYING START IN NEW YEAR
    442 6 I ONDON, Tuesday. Soaring to a new post-devaluation peak for *he second time in a" week, rubber was selling at one shilling and throe 1 16 pence (buyers) for spot as the London market closed at the year's end. This is four pence
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    81 6 s«ar A returns (44); Maxwell Brander (Sheers Wharf); Korea (42 43); Wakde (41); Oeajaaaaa; (42 43); Uenvorlk-h Hoegh Silverstream (3839); Troilus (35 36); Autolveus (33 34); Saidia (SI 32); Tablan (17/18); Tjisadane (19/20); Chas. MeLeod s.H.B. Craft (21 22); Tong Hai Ferderiek Clover (23 24); SunnvviUe (25 26);
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    Tin Price
    17 6 Tin price in Singapore yesterday was $284 7/8 per picul against $285/2 on Saturday last.
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    JAPSSELL MORE
    26 6 Reuter. TOKIO. Tues. Japan's total raw silk shipments to the Pnitled States during December n&gt;s«to 4.640 bales, according: to the Henri auency, Kyodo. Reuter.
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    Steady Feeling
    34 6 Singapore, Tin v Th? share market opened the year with a very steady feeling but the effect of the holidays was still apparent and business was passing on a small scale only.
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    Share Quotations
    859 6 SINGAPORE TUES. INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers. Atlas Ice 2.15 2.25 xd Alex. Biickt Pref. 2.40 2.50 Ord. 2.22.» 2.30 B. B. Petrol 34/3 35 3 B.M. Trustees 7.50 8.50 Con. Tin Smelt Pref, 21/3 22/3 Ord. 15/3 16/8 E. Utd Assur. 39 25 40.25xd Est. Trust Fed. Dispensary 6.50
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    U.S. Used Less Rubber In 1949
    170 6 WASHINGTON, Tues. American rubber consumption last year fell below the million-ton mark for the first time since the end ot the war. the U.S. Commerce Department reported yesterday it estimated that this country usorl 950.000 tons natural and synthetic rubier* in 1949, an eight
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    RUBBER MARKET
    65 6 The tubber commodity market was steady but quiet yesterday after the holidays. The market was awaiting advices fiom overseas. C'csing prices in cents per pound wete Buyers Sellers No 1 RSS f.o.b. Jan. 50;* 50 No 2 RSS f.o.b. Jan. 50 50 No 3 RSS fob. Jan 19'
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    PRODUCE
    82 6 There was some small buying interest in the copra market yesterday. Buyer* bid $35 1 2 with sellers at $36 per picul for f.o.b JanFeb. There was little business done. Coffee was quiet and steady with buyers of Rio No. 5 at $121 per picul and sellers at $123.
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    Johore Beat S'port 3-0
    118 7 School Rugger ASI'FJRIOR Johore Combined Schools Rugby XV defeated the SJngaponS&lt; lv Dls by three points &lt;« ity tryt to nil on t.V padang, yesterday. Johore had the .heavier and also had the tutige in weight. Singapos. i in two pen,ilties wn3?, Adcock was unlucky from
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    Victoria or NSW will win Shield
    146 7 Reuter. -VI».\KY. Tues.— Xew Somb red a narrow win by 1 ket &lt;&lt;\ Que ins land in Sheffield Shield majMi h. r» 10 lay. Viuet nsTand scored 231 and 227. Waji.- replying wi;i&gt; Cl and 20S for In Melbourne Victoria t.ea» A stralia by
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    JOLLILADS WIN
    62 7 Although playing with r u ur reserve, the Jollilads proved tu&lt;&gt; ;''»ud for K-'ow Nan XJ whom they beat by four coals to nil a 1 the Kaniponc Bahru Railway a; soccer on New Year's Day. The Jollilads led by two to nil at interval. The worer* "►re
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    MOK KAI KHOON —FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
    684 7 THE LITTLE MAN WITH THE BIG HEART' Review of Local Boxing in 1949 By THE SPECTATOU p looking back over Malayan boxing in 1U49 one can definitely say, without fear of contradiction. Miat considerable progress was made. We progressed from the doldrums of
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    U.K. Soccer
    93 7 xrr, LONDON. Tues. Following ara football results: SCOTTISH LKAGLE "A" DIVISION Aberdeen 0. Hibernian 3. &lt;"lyde 2, Falkirk 2. Hearts 5, St. Mirren 0. Motherwell 0, Dundee 2. Queen of the S. 0, E. Fii'a ft Raith R. 1, Celtic 1. Ranjrers 3, Third Lanark 1. Stirling A.
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    Leeds Cable for 2 S'pore Players
    137 7 J LEEDS Tues—Leeds &gt; 1 United, the English S Second Division League i team, will give a trial to two Singapore foot- bailer. Major Buckley. the Leeds manager. said today. The two boys are 21- i year-old Leong Hoi. one of Singapore's best 1
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    British Promoters demand 'no foul' rule
    398 7 A.P. LONDON, Tuesday. J)hMA\DS for a no-foui" rule are being raised again in British boxing circles. One foul punch- a blowthat lands below the belt ends an average cf one fight a week in this country. The rules leave it up to the referee
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    RUGBY RESULTS
    16 7 Reuter. LONDON. Tues.—Today's Rugby Union result was: Middlesex Hospital 16, Leeds Medicals 8. —Reuter.
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    JAVA FIGHTER ARRIVES
    51 7 TAN GWAT TEK (right), who arrived in Singapore by air yesterday for his fight with Nai Som See on Jan 13. Tan will train with Bobby Njoo (left) who will meet Australia's Alfic Sands in the main event. Bobby's trainer, John B. Oei, is in the centre.—Tribune
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    McCool Responsible For South Africa's Dismissal
    156 7 McCool Responsible For South Africa 's Dismissal Reuter CAPETOWN, Tuesday. gOl'TIl AFRICA, with six wickets in hand, still needed 1?8 runs to avoid an innings defeat wnen play closed on the third day of the second Test match against Australia. Scoring, 278 in reply to the 1 Australian first innings
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    MONAVEEN 16-1
    31 7 Reuter. LONDON. Tues.—Princess Elizabeth's steeplechaser Monaveen who won the Queen Elizabeth Handicap chase at Hurst Park last Saturday la now 16-1 favourite for this year's Grand National in March.—Reuter.
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    Scoreboard
    234 7 Reuter. AlsTRALlA iST. IXS&-Z&gt;6 FOR 7 DEfL. SOI TU AFRICA FIRST JNNS E. Rowan Ibw MeCool O. Wynne d Ian Johnson b Miller U J Nol Hi.. I,in Johnson .;,s A. I), \tiurs,- c h. Juhnstou I» Miller Oi W Hade a dagger* b Loxton I Cheethaiu M.( wt
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    INDIA WIN THIRD TEST BY 7 WKTS.
    66 7 CALCUTTA, Tuesday INDIA squared the unofficial test series with the Commonwealth touring cricket team today when they won the third test by seven wickets. The Commonwealth team won the first test and the second was drawn Scoreboard at the end of the match
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    Scoreboard
    186 7 Reuter. INDIA IST. INNS. 422. COMMONWEALTH IST. INNS.*I9O &lt; OMMONWEALTH 2ND. INNS Freer Irgbefore b Nayudu 4u old hold c I m rifc.tr b fhadkar L5B Livingston c Mantri b Thadkar 39 Worrell iegbeforn l&gt; Chowdhnry &gt;H I'pttiford retired Langdon legbefore b Nayudn 0 Holt b Nayudu 1 Alley
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    F.A. CUP THIRD ROUND TIES
    214 7 Reuter LONDON, Tues.— Followlm; are the football fixtures for Saturday, Jan. 7: F.A. CLI*—THIRD KOI ND Arsenal vs. Sheffield Wednesday. Aston Villa v. Middlesbrough. Bradford v. Bournemouth. Brentford v. Chelsea. Blackburn Rovers v. Liverpool. Blackpool v. Southend United. Bury v. Rotherham United. Cardiff City v.
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      616 7 ENGAGEMENT The engagement is announced between Miss Thamby Pillai, eldeit daughter of Dr. V. K. Thamrvy Piltai of Penang and Mr. S. Arunasalam of The Auditor General's Department, Ceylon, sop oJ the late Mr. V. Somosunderam, Senior Master. Victoria Cojflege, Jaffna and Mrs. Somasunderam. The marriage will take place in
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    GUINEA OF 2nd IMPORTANCE, SAYS DR. HATTA
    306 8 Gen. Sudirman Named U.S.I. Army Boss A.P. and U.P. JAKARTA, Tuesday. DREMIER IVfohammed Hatta said in Jakarta 1 today that "increasing prosperity and im\)v whig welfare and economy are more import* ant problems at present than the question of New Guinea." Hatta, who
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    Holy City Celebrates Freedom
    56 8 U.P. J CAIRO, Tues. In- donesian indepedence 3 has been celebrated by prayers and festivals in the holy Islamic city of I Mecca, the Arab News Agency reported today. A Mecca dispatch said that other resid- i 1 aula congratulated the I members of the In-
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    EXPECTED VISIT
    22 8 Reuter NEW DELHI, Tues. Several Commonwealth delegates to the Colombo conference next Monday are expected to pay visib; here afterwards.
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    Terrorists Attack U.S.I. Army Posts
    130 8 Reuter. JAKARTA, Tuesday. TV.' groups of Darul Islam terrorists, each a 1 thousand strong, attacked Indonesian Army DOSts 'md temporarily seized a government headquarters at Brebes, 25 miles from Cheribon, North Java, last night, usually reliable military sources ss»w nere ronay. This was tho first
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    WAR GAMES IN CARIBBEAN
    29 8 NORFOLK. VIRGINIA, Tues.- Eighty thousand American servicemen will employ new tactics evolved since the last war in gigantic land and air manoeuvres in the CanbOean.
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    Bound For Hongkong
    33 8 These kilted pipers lead the procession as the First Battalion of the famous Scottish Regiment of Cameronians embark* from Trlest. The&gt; sailed o nth** British troopship, tor duty in Hongkong.
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    What's In A Name?
    101 8 U.P. TOKYO. Tues. Fortune tellers warn the Diet's "Romance Couple" Miss Tenkoko Matsutani and Tadashi Sonoda with whom she eloped last month against her feudalists father's objection to change their names to avoid misfortune. Fortune tellers analysing the ideographs making up their names warned the couple
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    Sacked Tram Men Asked To Return
    230 8 Reuter. HONGKONG. Tuesday. THE Hongkong Tramways Company this evening informed the Workers Union that dismissed conductors, motormen and gatemeh may apply for re-employment provided they abide by the terms of service. Workers were also told that chev could draw their weekly as usual next
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    GANGSTERS ESCAPE WITH Rs. 50,000
    86 8 A.P. CALCUTTA. Tues.- Four gangsters, armed with a sub machinegun, i revolvi r and daggers, raided a posi office m a crowck 1 part oi Calcutta today and escap ed with over R5.50,000. The money, the employees' wages, had just, been deposited by an armed
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    PEPPER MARKET
    26 8 U.P. LONDON. Tues. -The pepper market reopend very quietly today with Singapore oftenng white pepper at 14s. 6d. and black at Bs. 6d. U.P.
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    Kenya For Hongkong
    112 8 HONGKONG, Tuesday. THE British Navy announced "today that the cruiser Kenya wiH corn* here after taki-* Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin to Ceylon in' increasing the Far East naval strength to three cruisers. i Th« Kenya. together with the Belfast and the Jamaica will give the Far East
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    Siam To Stay Under Armed Control Until Situation Eases
    363 8 Reuter-AAP BANGKOK. Tuesday. A senior Siam defence authority said in an n terview today that the armed services' state of mergency in Bangkok is "to be maintained until internal and external situations are clarified." The nightly stand-to of the army, air
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    MAO-STALIN SIGN TRADE TREATY
    126 8 Reuter HONGKONG, Tues THE Chinese Communist official news agency today disclosed the existence of a trade treaty between Soviet Russia and the Peking Government which observers Relieved was signed before the Soviet Union severed relations with the Nationalist Government. The agency, in a broadcast from Peking,
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    BACK AGAIN
    21 8 U.P. RANGOON, Tues. The Socialist Party re-entered the Burmese cabinet wnei: three party loaders were sworn in last nigit.—U.P.
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    'REDS LEAVING TRAIL OF TRAGIC RAVAGE'
    135 8 IATPEH, Tuesday. £HANGCHIA Hutukstu, the "Living Buddha" and Inner Mongolia spiritual leader of more than 20.000,000 followers charged tSiat the Chinese Communists were leaving trail n r "tragic ravage" in the great m6nasteries of Mongolia Kansu, Chinghai, and Sinkiang provinces. Changchia, refugee from the
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    MR. J. BRAZIER
    20 8 Mr. J. Brazier Trade Union Adviser Malaya, will broadcast on "Industrial Relations" on Friday at 8 p.m.
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    THE KING'S ADC
    38 8 A.P. LONDON. Tue. s .-The War Office announced today that the King has been pleased to approve the appointment of Brigadier Colin Bullard J- 8.E.. as aide-de-camp to tho King with effect from January 1950.—A.P.
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    U.S. Leaders To Discuss Japan
    163 8 U.P. Tokyo, Tues. n IPLOMATIC quarters beHeve that General r&gt;ouglas MaeArthur and the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff will discuss during their February talks here the necessity for a Japanese-American alliance to protect Japan from possible Communist aggression after the Occupation is over. The
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    MALAYA, H'KONG WANT 400,000 TONS SIAM RICE
    425 8 Reuter BANGKOK, Tuesday THREE British rice experts, one each from Hong= kong, Singapore and the Federation of Malaya, are coming io Bangkok within the next fortnight for th*» technical formulation of an agreement for tiie purchase of 400,000 tons of Siam rice this
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    RECORD SALES
    57 8 A.P BANGKOK. Tues. Thailand's rice exports brought m 1.600.000.000 baht d'SSSO 000.000) for the period be. tween Jan. 1 and Dec. hm9. The total was a rxoni i ur the 11-month period with at least 372.000.000 baht (USSUS,SOO.OO) profit going into the national treasury. The December sale?" are
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    MORE WHEAT
    26 8 A.P. KARACHI. Tues Pakistan, a surplus dominion m wheat, will produce Tl. B pei cent more this year, accoidinto final forecast of the croc
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    WHAT'S ON TODAY
    238 8 GENERAL r Com,,:, cia J Classes from 5 p.m YWCA* lB r Meetin r.w.c.A. R&ffiVs Quay at i,m WEEK OF PRAYER: Vajor Pnceon "Nations and P. SLHt p n at Wesley Church Fort Cannins. YMCA: Art Club at 6 p.m Education film show 8 p.m. Orchard Road.
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    LONDON SHARES
    134 8 Reuter. LONDON*. Tues.-The fcieicm hand section of u„&gt; London exchange was Arm and i today. A fresh wave of &lt; &gt; c ntjtirbuyin- v! Ji ,j 10 other issues tiie da\ p n pressed. Many European issues moved higher including Germans Greeks Brazilian. Chilian IVruviana also were warned.
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