Malaya Tribune, 11 January 1950

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  • 64 1 MALAYA Tribune HY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE f LARGER SALES THAN ANY AFTERNOON PAPER IN MALAYA Ter. "InW* f Phone 3811/3 Nbt Ihm Published simultaneously at Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh md Penang LIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1950 PRICE TEN CENTS THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LOtfDON REPRESENTATIVE E Maurice
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  • 230 1 I piCTCRES above form part of full-page 1 advertisements tak n In newspapers throushout America by the Ibrandsten Shipping Line In a campaign accusing Secretary of State Deiin Acheson and Navy Secretary Francis P Matthews of failing to protect American ships running
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  • 169 1 HYING ARROW A.P. ABOARD THE FLYING ARROW. Tues.—The United States destroyers, the Bausell and Stickell. arrived this afternoon to aid in patching up the shell-bat-tered American freighifr flying Arrow, anchored off the mouth of the Yangtse River. Lieutenant G. C. L. Stuart of the Stickell
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  • 31 1 A.P. WIG AN, Tues. Albert Shepherd, a 23-year-old waiter, received the Royal Humane Society's Bronze Medal to day for rescuing two children from drowning in a canal lock. —A.P.
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  • 419 1 Be Friendly With Red China —Nehru COLOMBO TALKS-SECOND DAY Reuter. COLOMBO. Tuesday. INDIAN Prims Minister Jawaharlal Nefiru told the Commonwealth Foreign Ministers today that countries recognizing Communist China must ?lso extend cautious friendliness to the R°d regime. Representatives of the eight Commonwealth countries divided on the issue of recognizing Mao
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  • 91 1 RACIALISM NOT COMMUNISM THE DANGER Reuter. DURBAN, Tues. The greatest danger to Commonwealth relations, peace and progress comes "not from communism but from preaching and practising racial discrimination," the South Alrican Indian Congress declared in a cable today to heads of all delegations at the Colombo Commonwealth conference. A convention
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  • 22 1 A.P. LOS ANGELES. Tues. Ann Sheridan may get US$l5O,OOO for a Aim in wh eh .she did not appear. A.P.
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  • 22 1 Reuter. LOVDON, Tues. A British Parliamentary delegation of rive, mv.ted to visit Burma, left for Rangoon by air today —Reuter.
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  • 76 1 Reuter. LONDON, Tu?*.—Britain's General E'ection wi'l be held on Thursday, February 28, it xvas ofiiHa!ly announced here tonight. The announcement, which ends months of poMtica' uncertainty said the King had agreed to dissolve Parliament on Friday, February 3. The last general
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  • 38 1 A.P. LONDON, Tues. One of Britain's biggest bookmakers made the Labour Party a 4-6 favourite today to win the 1950 General Election. Douglas Stuart < Duggie Never Owes) offered 5-4 against Winston Churchill's Conservatives.—A.P.
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  • 35 1 U.P. MANILA, Tues. Indonesian Consul Genera- Charles Tambu will leave here for Jakarta via Singapore at 12.60 a.m. Wednesday, presumably to receive instructions from the new United States of Indonesia Government.—U.P.
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  • 121 1 A.P. KARACHI, Tues. Dr Peston Sorabji Dubash. a local parsi scientist, revealed here recently that his discovery of "invisible rays" lasr year was based on "decomposing or rather disintegr-'it ing pyrrhetite," and also from "crushed pyrites ir weak acid." He said that he could produce "invisible rays"
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  • 645 1  -  Indonesians Plan Rival For Spore's Entreport Trade By LAWRENCE G. MANI THE Indonesian Government is now considering a proposal to turn Jakarta (Batavia) into a free port to compete with Singapore, well informed sources said in Singapore yesterday. Leading Singapore businessmen who were told of
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  • 66 1 A.P. PENANG, Tues. The first action here against violation of the National Emblems Control of Display Law was taken by police when three Chinese, including two women, were arresiea o.i Saturday night for displaying two foreign flags both Red China emblems. The flags
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  • 60 1 SEGAMAT. Today. Security forces on board the Singapore Kuala Lumpur night mail were alerted when the train broke down between Labis and Tenang at 12.15 a.m. this morning. There was no damage. No one was hurt. A Police spokesman said that the breakdown was
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  • 97 1 U.P. BERLIN. Tues. The Soviet sector police said today th.it a 37-ycar-o!d suigica' nur.se, known as the "Crab Woman", confessed that she murdcied a man and a woman and scattoted theii dismembered bodies through the ruins of Berlin. Autnorities said they were seeking further evidence
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  • 26 1 A.P. RANGOON, Tues. Some 25.000 oil workers protested today against the "unfair and unjustified" decision of the British Burmah Oil Company to restrict operation.—A.P.
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  • 22 1 SEGAMAT: A party of and military caught 21 bandit against at Sam Toh Kongsi in the Tenang area yesterday.
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  • 130 1 U.P. HONG KONG, Tues. Radio Peiping said today that the Chinese Communst government has accepted the offers of recognition by Britain and Ceylon but at the same time questioned Britain's sincerity and expressed doubts that Britain would live up to the agi cement. The broadcast said the
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  • 98 1 STOP PRESS U.P. HONGKONG. Tues. The Chinese Communist radio reported tomfiiu that increased fighting was taking [nun' on Hainan Island. It claimed that tne Communists took a Nationalist stronghold near (he island's capital. Hoinow on December 4. and took two o'her 'strategic points" recently.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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    • 26 1 SWtongguan j| BH 23-10. COLEMAN STRHt BLUE tGSSS^Mfe an //> rem nc s me TIPPED in packet reason is the rich golden ffl|^^^^ s an extra refinement.
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  • 263 2 VOLUNTEERS MAY ENROL AS AUXILIARY POLICE Tribune Staff Reporter. KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. MALAYANS answering the call for volunteers for 1 the "Malayan People's Anti-Bandit Month" —a special campaign against the terrorists—may be enrolled as Auxiliary Police. All volunteers enrolling as Auxiliary Police will qualify for compensation
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  • 104 2 IBRAHIM A LI, a seaman, alleged in the Sixth Magistrate's Court yesterday that Capt. F. W. Jennings, Deputy Registrar of the Seamen Registration Bureau, "did not ordinarily take on union members" for jobs on ships. He was giving evidence in a case in which a
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  • 78 2 An Indian amateuf talentlme to be held in the last week of January, is being planned by the Singapore Tamil Brotherhood Association. Entries, which are open to Ceylon Tamils also, should be sent to the Literary Secretary of the Association at 4, Farrer Park, to reach him
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  • 78 2 Seven Johore Malay School students have been selected for admission to the Malay College. Kuala Kangsar. They are: Ahmad b Shariri. Mahmud b H. Ahmad, Sheikh Abu Bakar b Ali, Abu Talib b Ahmad. Mohamed b Hassan, Abdu! Malek b Jisat and Md. Ahmad b
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  • 66 2 For the first time In the history of the Malayan Naval Force. Harbour Defence Motor Launch P. 3509 has .joined units of the Royal Navy in the Malayan coastal patrol. The Launch is manned by the Malayan Naval Force and is commanded by Lt. Pete Wilson.
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  • 164 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. scheme to provide gratuities to retiring workers as defined in the new Labour Code is now under consideration by the Federation Government The draft of the scheme is nearly completed and will be circulated to interested parties in a few days. The
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  • 61 2 Three Municipal clerks did not turn up for the time-scale bar examinations held in the Municipal Board Room on Monday and yesterday. One hundred and sixteen clerks should have sat for the examination. The written part of the examination is over but the clerks will have
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  • 28 2 Loh Yong Fatt was fined $75 by the Second District Judge yesterday after he pleaded guilty to entering the Singapore Harbour Board without a permit.
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  • 107 2 Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Johnson after their wedding at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday morning. The bridegroom is a Departmental manager of the Singapore Cold Storage. The. bride, formerly Miss Beryl Packard who was give* away by her father, Capt. F. Packard < R.E.. wore a traditional
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  • 258 2 Tribune Staff Reporter. DHOTOGRAPHS by the Commissioner General Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald will be among the exhibits to be seen at the first Open Photographic Exhibition sponsored by the Singapore Art Society. The eight-day exhibition, which will be held in the British
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  • 76 2 A. number of fountain pens, believed to have 1 bean stolen, are now in j the hands of the police. J Peo:>le who hn»t their i fountain pens—to pick- v Dockets—are asked to s call at Bearh Road Police Station and ask for In- Ryeetor
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  • 294 2 Jap Occupation Land Deal npfAwimi JOHORE BAHRU, Tuesday. jjELAMAT bin Haji All, 25, was sentenced to one year's rigorous imprisonment by Justice LVJ Laville in the High Court today for forging a document of transfer by impersonating the owner of a piece of
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  • 41 2 MALACCA, Tues.--Mr. Wong Koon Yoon, the local amateur magician, will givo a talk on the history of magic to members of the Malacca Psychology Club at the Methodist Girls' School hall Tranqucrali Road, at 7.30 n m tomorrow.
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  • 256 2 From Manning Blackwood SIBU, Tuesday. A condemned murderer—Morshidi bin Sidek, who A heM the camera on Dec. 3, while his friend Rosli stabbed Governor Stewart—appeared m Court here today to give evidence in the case against t< of his colleagues. The ten men are
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  • 143 2 IPOH. Tues. ONG CHIN LOON, a young Chinese businessman, wasentenced tc six months' imprisonment by Mr. B.G. Smith in the Sessions Court yest day. when he pleaded guilty to a charge of cheating. According to Mr. W. Poundall, prosecuting officer. Ong bought from a hardware
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 353 2 I; On Your Radio Today V XFTWORK ™*ry; UJS Folk Songs; 12.45 nal NVw S 640 Film *Mm «NOMSH PROGRAMMES »*> Clo«e Dow>. Closing Annct Si? T I(MH> a.m. News from Ku.-la 70# J>- m Programme Sun. VOO Cloi.© Down Lumpur; 10.05 Close Down: 12.»e. n,sr > Interlude) 7.15 Pop«I'ronnmmn
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  • 330 3 Tribune Staff Reporter. JUL mass protest meeting tomorrow, by ten Government Officers' Unions at the Victorial Memorial Hall, against the continued delay in finalising the Beiiham Report on Salaries Revision, is a test cast* that might well point the sv .v to future
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  • 155 3 ISMAIL BIN HAMID, a clerk employed by the General Post Office, faced thr< o charges of breach of trust in the Seventh Police Court yesterday. Tt was alleged that on two occasions on May 26 and Sept. 21—Ismail misapnroiuojj 96*S$ jo itj;o} b po}tJud three
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  • 55 3 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues.— Fok Yew Wong, 20, a Singapore Chinese school student, was fined $4 in the Magistrates' Court today for not displaying the "L" sign at the front and rear of his motor-cycle. Yew Wong was arrested hy the Traffic Police yesterday afternoon. He
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  • 329 3 Tribune Staff Reporter. KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday PEVEN Police Constables and two Special Constables were wounded when bandits ambushed and attacked a Police jungle squad near Kok Foh Estate in the Bahau area of Negri Sembilan yesterday. The attack started with a large explosion which
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  • 45 3 V'• f- ys ty. t r The Siew Sin Sia will cele-t.-ieir twenty third an- •>• :sary over the week-end at 172. Pasir Panjang next to Malay School). A dinner wi'l he held on 7 "0 p.m. followed hy Joget Modern."
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  • 420 3 r UERE are some of the 11 questions put to Sl"0-a-month MuniciJ pal clerks taking the Time-Scale Bar Examit nation which means .1 sio raise if they pass. j We offer no prize— > just the pleasure of testing your wit* and I general knowledge. 'i
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  • 94 3 MALACCA. Tues. -An Indian, Arurnugam, who is being tried in the Malacca High irt for the murder of a inidd'e-aged Tamil woman, Unamalai, said yesterday that he was suffering fiom Tuberc ulosii;. The alleged murder occurred at tne Malacca General Hospital's attendants'
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  • 21 3 Mr. ll.l). Christie (left) and Mr. A.B W Georpe oliirials of the Canterbury International Air Rare Council Inc.
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  • 193 3 Tribune Staff Reporter their first sitting for the current year, the Rent Conciliation Board yesterday allowed an application by a Chinese landlord for an increase in monthly rental on three houses in Verdun Road. The landlord, Kwek Hong Lye, made the application on the
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  • 39 3 Lt./Comor. Rusner will.give talk over Radio Malaya at 10 p.m. today on the trip from Singapoie to England, which four rtoyal Naval men are making in "The Bolek"--a sailing vessel designed and built in Me'aya.
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  • 65 3 Poi beijig in possession of two bottles cf dutiable liquor. 23-year-old Tan Soo Hong w i fined £200 in the Second District Couit yesterday. Tan wua arrested by a revenue officer on Dec. 24 at North Boat Quay. He was °een carrying the Mquor
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  • 43 3 K'uen Tncng Cniang, 55. admitted in the Second Police Court yesterday that he stele 10 pairs of adies' stockings worth $75 from a shoo at High Street on the afterneon of Jan. 9. Sentence was deferred to Jan. 17.
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  • 248 3 Tribune Reporter THE Qantas/S.O.A.C will not sacrifice safety for speed, says Captain L. R. Ambrose. Singapore Manager o: the company. He explains, "Although we are very much interested in speed, the greatest consideration in running a civil airlim must be given to safety." Commenting on
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  • 39 3 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues.— Tan Ah Hock, a Singapore taxi driver, was fined $5 >r> the Police Court today for cairying two passengers into Johore Bahru without a Public Service Vehicle permit issued by the Federation Government.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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    • 1110 3 ARIEL Gets You Tbere Without A Hitch mith 'urint frmmc Supreme for Quality aud Reliability Distributors:— George Lee Motors, Singapore. Segamat Store Agency, K. Lumpur. 1 Hock Hoe Co., Ipoh. Segamat Store Agency, Penang. Heng Seng Co., Kota Bharu. Factory Representatives: T. V. MITCHELL CO., LTD. SINGAPORE K. LUMPUR PENANG
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  • 551 4 |T is not surprising that Mr. Bevin has rejected a Pacific Pact, but we cannot agree that it is not necessary. Mr. Bevin's refusal of the idea springs from his pre-occupation with the military responsib: litics which such an arrangement would entail In his view a pact without
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  • 1160 4  -  By Montague Taylor Reuter. LONDON BRITAIN, as the New Year begins, is geared to intensify the efforts of the past year on behalf of her Colonial Empire. By increasing the present flow of goods and other commodities by enlarging already extensive research facilities
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  • 717 4  -  by JOHN HAMPSON SIX months of Communism ha* made marked changes in Shanghai, tho great city of the East that vas built by the Wfst. Old China hands say that Shanfcnai never was the same after loreign controls and ex-tra-teiritoriality were abolished witn the Japanese
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  • 588 4  -  by HAL BOVLE. THIS has been called the century of the common man. It could be termed with more truth the century of the common woman, except that you'd better be smiling with all 32 teeth, partner, when you say that. For no lady, no
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  • 973 4 AMERICAN NEWSLETTER.....JOHN KERIGAN USIS. NEW YOKK THE 81st Congress was the spotlight of national interest. Senators and Representatives met in Capitol chambers refurnished with new lighting and acoustic* the first such major re- novation of the nation's Capitol in 100 years. Following tradition,
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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  • 39 5 King A nan da, the murdered monarch of Thai- 1 land, will be cremated in i March in the pavilion pic- > lured above, that in being 1 erected in Bangkok's j temple grounds. A.P. Photo. A-P. Photo.
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  • 179 5 Reuter. LONDON, Tuesday. MAX who holds *he secrets of more than 200 cocktails and who has tasted all the world's best liqueurs and wines is beginning a new life now—drinking water. Mr. William Grisdale. 65--year-old chief bartend t in the Cunard White Star liner Queen
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  • 111 5 Reuter. LONDON. Tues.—Eleven-year-old Angelika. deaf. Cumb and blind Greek girl, was flown into London airport last night for operations that may restore her signt. i Angelika no one knows her full name—was found abandoned on the steps of an Athens police station five years
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  • 191 5 LONDON. Tues.—The BriBroadcasting Corporation tonight demonstrated s new robot monitor, claimed to be a revolutionInvention which only Britain possesses. and *hich cheeks interference distortion in broadcasttnore sensitively than any human being. I' will, it is claimed, free engineers tied down in dreary routine listening for mon
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  • 27 5 Reuter. HONGKONG, Tues. The imuoist authorities in inton last night announced inauguration of daily through train services ben Canton and Shanghai from January 12. —ReuterAAP.
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  • 119 5 Reuter. LONDON. Tues.—Violette Schmidt, 22-year-old Parisian dancer, collaosed during her turn in a British television snow. Viewers saw her fall and then saw a studio manager run to pick her ur». The camera for a tew moments gave viewers a close-up of her on
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  • 53 5 Reuter-AAP. OSAKA. Tues.—Examination of a person's teeth can reveal whether the person is left or ri<*ht handed claimed a Japanese medical professor. His claim is reported to beunder investigation bv Government forensic medicine authorities. The professor made the claim after examination of 15.000 persons,
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  • 108 5 Reuter. LONDON, Tues. Britain is suffering from a flea shortage. Miss Betty Jackson, leading British flea trainer, says that unless prompt action is taken she may have to close her flea circus for lack of talent. In particular she requires fleas suitable for high wire
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  • 71 5 Reuter AAP. BRISBANE. Tues. Six lifesavers were thrown from their boat on top of a grey nurse shark here recently. But the shark did not attack them as they scrambled onto the keel of their upturned boat. The men were trying to harpoon the
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  • 55 5 A.P. BANGKOK. Tues. Pickpockets hounded by Bangkok police for sometime, decided to migrate north and south by trains. Someone lipped the police. When the pickpockets started to work they were dismayed to learn their 'victims' were detectives. The trains were stopped ana the suspects returned in
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  • 159 5 Reuter. LONDON. Tues. Miners in Scotland. Yorkshire and Lancashire today rejected a proposal by their leaders that they should shelve claiming wage increases for a year to aid British economic recovery. These first results of a na-tion-wide poll of miners suggested the possibility that
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  • 353 5 Donald Duck, Muffin Mule Will Help To Save Lives Reuter. THE Royal Society for the prevention of Accidents baa I,.«inched its Britainwide» Children** Safety CamualKn for 1950 with the slogan "On Guard Children." The Society's 17 accident prevention federations, to which are linked thousands of
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  • 28 5 A.P. MANILA. Tues. —Madame Chiang Kai Shek is expected here on or about Jan. 11 in a chartered plane to join her husband in Formosa. —A.P.
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  • 169 5 Reuter. MANILA. Tues—The Philippine Republic has received "a rare lcgac' from Spain". It consists of two orieinal etchings, both executed in Spain in 1885 by tne Philippines foremost national hemes—Dr. Jose Rizal. father of the Philippines independence movement, and his immortal colleague. Painter Juan Luna. The
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  • 64 5 Reuter. GENEVA, Tues. Italy claimed the right to have defence forces and installations In Somallland when a Lmfted Nations Trusteeship Council Committee today began tne task of drawing a treaty for her to take over her old Colony as "caretaker" for ten years. The Committee will
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  • 119 5 Reuter. NEW DELHI. Tuesday. SOME eminent British lawyers have applied fcr enrolment with tho Supreme Court of lnd<a, tvrrch will be the final dispenser of justice in India from January 26 The Supreme Court of Appeal for India had till October last year been the
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 24 5 LIFETIME GIFTS IN SILVER OR E.P.N.S. S. V. 11. de SiKa 45, High Street. Singapore. 6, The Embankment, K. Lumpur. 43, Station Road, Ipoh
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    • 296 5 REDUCE SAFELY If you have large abdomen, thick ankles, double chin, fat i neck, shoulders, hip, ctc., use ALGA LI A which reduces the ntfrts on which ;t is applied. $2.50. We 1 have also THYGLOID Reducing' Cream and THYGLOID Tablets to reduce stout men or women. $2.00 $4.00. CHARI
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 146 5 LIL AB2VEB by Al €u(M> I BRANNY SCPAQ.Q. W HMPH.r W\ V r H IS tfftm I I .V I X > U I I AH BRANG A J| HOWS M AN' HE COMES I 2tM £2sL£ V \7AH O f \AM DONT CARE k MARRY.N' HIS ff FUMAWOND.Ru.]> £*GMT
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  • 241 6 A.P. TOKIO, Tuesday. JAPAN made an apparent hid today for increased trade with Communist China. Geitaro Inagaki, Minister of International Trade and Industry, emphasized to Japanese newspapermen the need for normalizing trade with Communist areas. By this he said, he meant restoring the maximum amount
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  • 26 6 Tin price fell yesterday in Singapore by $J to 5287-B*i cents per picul. LONDON Jan. 9 Spot CbOO Three months £583 Three month (Afternoon)
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  • 84 6 ReuterAAP. TOKIO. Tues.—Gen. MacArthur's trade chief, Mr. Frank Pickelle. today expressed hopes for an expanded trade between Japan and Sweden. Swedish, occupation and Japanese officials will meet bn Jan. 10 to plan a new agreement for 1950. Japan and Sweden each contracted to trade
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  • 37 6 Singapore, Tues. The share market was inclined to* be quieter and slightly easier. The likelihood of an early general election in the United Kingdom is having some effect locally. There was moderate business passing yesterday.
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  • 59 6 Hai Meng—Mui Ann (44); M. Brander (Sheen); Tegelberg (42 8); KeeJo (40); Seroei (40/1); Bencruachan (38/9); Langlescott (35 6); Steel Traveller (33 4); Mandeville (17/18); Pres. Harding—Ozarria (19 tU); Katong (23 4); Me.ion (25/0); Tantalus (27 8): Myrmido (29 30); Relau (15' Iff); Glengvle (13 14); Mangolia
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  • 827 6 Singapore. Tues. INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers. Atlas Ie? 2.15 2.25 Alex. Bricks Pref. 2.40 2.50 Ord. 2.22 2.30 E. B. Petrol 24/6 25/6 B.M. Trustees 7.50 8.50 Con. Tin Smelt Pref. 21/3 22/3 Ord. 15/3 16/6 E. Utd. Assur. 39 25 40.25 Est. Trust Fed. Dispensary 6.50 7.00 Fraser
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  • 212 6 U.P. COLOMBO, Mon.—Local Robber <in leu anticipate to* pfica o; rubber Sheet No. 1 t<» ii<e to as much as 90 cents (Ceylon) a pouud this year, if India iMport:; the entire 25.000 tons allocation of Ceylon rubber fixed by the Indo-Ceylon Trade agreement. A represenlativA
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  • 87 6 There was fairly good business in the rubber commodity market yesterday with a lot ot profit takers .a evidence. The market was uncertain. Closing prices in cents per pound wereBuyers Sellers No 1 RSS f.o.b. Feb. 50% 50 No. 2 RSS f o.b. Feb. 50 50 1 No.
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  • 84 6 The coffee marKet was steady again in Singapore yesterday but trading was fairly quiet. Rio No. 3 changed hands at $122 with further buyers and no setters. Rio No. 5 rose to $124 with fair business passing. There were further buyers and sellers asking $125. Sellers of Rio No.
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  • 96 6 A.P. CBLOMBO. CEYLON. Tues. Ceylon was told <»n Monday si.'" '•oil Id sell twice a l many r©Cauta to Canada and ether ifofor ana's if «he would bring her pin c down to the h v-1 of the Philippines market. P. M. Heauorc, Canada celeEat* to
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  • 39 6 A.P. NEW YORK. Tues.—The Reconstruction Finance Cornoration (RFC), which sells tin from IT. S. Government stock on Monday reduced the piice half a cent (US) to 77 cents (US) a pound in New Yetk. -A.P.
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    • 692 6 SHIPPING a; FOR U.K. CONTINENT. Singapore: Pt. Swet.a Penang: "Benarty" for Liverpool, Uasgow, Dublin, Havre, Antwerp, Hull Roads 13/14 Jan. 15/16 Jan. "Bencruachan" for london, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hull Gdn. 38/39 15/16 Jan. 17/18 Jan "Benlomond" for .'»ndon, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Hull 24/27 Jan. 28/29 Jan. 30 Jan/1 Feb. "Benvorlich" for Liverpool,
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  • 510 7 SPENCER OFFERS HIS VIEWS FROM YEARS OF RIDING EXPERENCE fHERE has been a lot of controversy after the Penang meeting as to the respective merits of the Australian race horse over the English horse in Malaya. Before any comparison can be m?.de
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  • 53 7 The following have been selected to represent the Venus against the Bushey Park Badminton Party, at the Fire Demon Hall, Tanjong Pagar, on Sunday at 11 a.m. George Tan, Hoo Chun Kah, Andrew Lim, Hamid, Ong Eng Hoe, Tan Eng Hong, Gopal Krishna, Jesudian Shadrak, Lee Gee
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  • 156 7 i fori ler Malayan cricketer, amateur rider and Mr. P. J. Vasey, returned to Singapore oi the Carthage yesterday with his wife 34 y came to Singa- pore in 1!'19 for Fraser and ai played club cricket before going to Si! tngOT where he represented Stati
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  • 121 7 LONDON, Tues. The British Boxing Board of Control asked for three more European title fights for British hoxers„ They were Danny O'Sullivan to meet Luis Romero- of Spt&Ja *or the bantamweight title. Eddie Thomas to meet Livio Minelli cf Italy for the welterweierht title,
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  • 54 7 The fcllov.inir are the Office hearers ol the Golden Hind Padminton Party for 195U: President. Chan Wah Swee; vice n.-e--s;den> Ariflfin hin Ttahudln; hon. secretary. Chan. ion. treasurer. Othmar* bin Ali: hon. auditor. Willie Tan: hon. ,-unrt«» rnotain. Harry Goh: committee. Ali bin Haii Sahil. Herbert Lim
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  • 451 7 Reuter. pRANCE'S National XV, which has never yet won the International tournament though it has been runner-up three times since the War, travels to Murrayfield on Saturday to open the new championship season. The spirited Frenchmen, frequently oriliiant, often erratic, always unpredictable, are still
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  • 78 7 Th.* following nave l.' -en chosen to represent Singapore against Malacca on Saturday and against Negri Sembilan on Sunday at Malacca. V. N. Pilfav: R. H. Karth (Captain), P. t'ouMer; P. Pennefather. A. Doraisainy, S. Yellupillai; W. (VtUstan, A. Vijiaratnam, A. Clarke, B Coutts, Captain Line.
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  • 112 7 MALACCA, Tues.—Yesterday's trial game in preparation for the triangular hockey meet at Malacca this Saturday and Sunday when Singapore, Negri and Malacca will be the participants, resulted in the following being selected for Malacca for the games against the visiting teams: Lim Eow Hua; P.S.M.
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  • 170 7 SUSPENDED YET THE BUSIEST U.P. PHILADELPHIA. Lightweight champion Ike Williams hopes to be the ring's busiest titleholder during 1950. Although now under suspension throughout National Boxing Association territory for having withdrawn from a Los Angeles bout Williams and manager Frank (Blinky) Palermo have mapped out the "biggedt-mcney" campaign of the
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  • 542 7 Reuter. rrn LONDON, Tuesday. £R the cup battles last Saturday and replays during this week for 18 clubs. English soccer teams return to the quest of league points ntxi Saturday. i-lome winners look predominant but there are ateo many tricky encounters One of the.. is
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  • 96 7 Reuter. BOMBAY, Tues. Vijay Merchant, India's captain, will not be available for the fourth Test match against the Commonwealth, starting at Cawnporc on Jan. 13. Merchant, it was learned reported to the president of the Cricket Control Board of India that the
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  • 81 7 Reuter-AAP. BRISBANE, Tues. —Queensland defeated South Australia by nine wickets in their Sheffield match here. South Australia, 191 behind in the first innings, lost their remaining three second inning wickets today for the addition of 60 runs and were all out for 274. N. V. Raymer
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  • 111 7 Reuter. LONDON, Tues. The Football Associations of Portugal, France. Belgium and Argentina are being asked to send their national teams to play against England in connection with the Festival of Britain in 19*1. A programme is also being arranged by the Football Association for
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  • 56 7 Reuter. LONDON, Tuea.— Heavyweight boning champion of Pntain lhek Smith, died at hi? DartforU noma dnrlag ihe weekend. At »hf- beight of his career ho won police < !|un,>ionshiits and many service UtHM when Mi vin:r with the arm** in India. His haaliij uaraar ended v) en he
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    • 373 7 NOTICES HOLLAND EAST ASIA LINE M.V. "RIDDERRERK" Due Singapore on or about 22nd January 1900 Loading cargo alongside S.H.B. Wharves for: Colombo. Aden, Suez, Port Said, Alexandria, Genoa. Marseilles, Antwerp, Rotterdam. Amsterdam, Hambure. Loading Port Sw itenham on or about 20th Januery 1950. Loading Penang on or about 27th January
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    47 8 Another record crowd„ oi more than 1,000 people were present ot the second .Ylaytair and Dramatic and Musical Association concert held last night lo celebrate r.ritain's recognition of the Peking Government, lhe. audience 1» seen cheering the new Chinese Government with the clenched list salute.
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  • 124 8 DR. Alfred Crofts, wellknown American radio news analyst, is exp'c>;d to arrive in Singapore towards the middle of l?)ts month, to make recordings of the views of some prominent Malayans. Dr. Crofts' trip is being made on a fellowship granted by the University cf Denver
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  • 78 8 Won- Pang Soon, a rag and none man. wno claimed that »ie was an opium addict for 10 years, was bound over for one year in the sum of n the Second District Court yesterday, wong pleaded guilty to beini: m rospcaaion of Jan. 2 a
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  • 28 8 The Negri Sembilan Child--en's Home. Scicmban. will be ofacially declared open by His Highness the Yang-di-Pettuan Besai. Negri Scmbi•an. at a ceremony today at 4 p.m.
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  • 41 8 Miss Marguerite Allen, precis writer f "CAFE will give a talk on her first impression of M daya and her neighbours at the Ea-t West Society. British Consul Hall at 8.30 p.m. tomorrow night. The public is invited.
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  • 214 8 JUNGLE HERO SPEAKS OUT A.P. LONDON, Tuesday.- -A British hero just back from 18 months of Malaya's jungle war broke in during an address by Dr. Hugh Dalton, at Eggleston, and said that British troops in Malaya are b?ing ambushed on
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  • 50 8 Mr. F. M. Gross, a senior member of the Supreme Court Hegistry stan. bas been appointed Registrar ot Marriages, in addition to his duties. The Registry of Marriages, formerly at tullerton Building, is now housed on tne ground lloor of the Supreme i_ourt building.
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  • 180 8 TBF newly-formed Singapore Junior Chamber 1 of Commerce has been invited to take part in the Junior Chamber International's annual World Congress and Tratfe exhibition, to be held at Manila from March 1 to 9. Singapore? proposes to send a two-men delegation to the
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  • 17 8 A.P. NICOSIA, CYPRUS, Tues.— Some 450 British soldiers arrived from Greece today to strengthen the garrison.
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  • 181 8 Reuter. LONDON. Tries. With Britain's political parties ui-uter-ircr their fnnes for tho roaaing election flght. interest in the London Stock Exchange is small. Market men were today Awaiting an ■niwiim annul of the polling date and with It the start of the battle for political control. Stock and
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  • 72 8 Seven blocks of houses built hy the Admiralty in the Singapore Naval Base for their workers was opened yesterday morning by Admiral C. Cation, C.B.E. The Admiral was met by a Naval Base Police Guard of Honour. The seven blocks provide housing for 104 bachelors and
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  • 82 8 U.P. BANGKOK, Tues. For- eign Minister Phot told a press conference today that Siam was not reauy to recognise Communist China and had not replied to Foreign Minister Chou En-Lai's request of recognition. He said the matter was not urgent and it will
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  • 190 8 A.P., Reuter and AAP. PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday. NINETY goods wagons containing tanks and armoured cars consigned to the Chinese Nationalist government at Formosa were loaded aboard a Turkish freighter at Philadelphia today. Officials of the Reading Company disclosed that the tanks and cars were taken
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  • 175 8 Kuala LfUmpur. Tues. British, Gurkha and Malayan troops operating in the jungles are now receiving regular meat rations by air. Gurkhas have had special j religious despsations to have meat supplied by air. as jit involves a departure from strictest religious beliefs. "The idea
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  • 64 8 MALACCA, Tues. A song contest for lady amateur singers will be held at tne Capitol Dance Hall. The preliminary round being on Saturday (Jan. 21). and the finals on Saturday (Jan. 28». Entries accompanied by the names of two uongs must be sent to the r ap itol
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  • 361 8 Threaten To Shoot Armed Consulate Guards A.P., U.P. and Reuter-AAP. TAIPEH, Formosa, Tuesday. AIUH T ten Chinese Ndti3nalist sollier», fired by L itisii reccgni \i A the Ciiincsf! tc d regime, tried to break dawn Hie Sag po*r ir v Iftsll Consulate
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  • 21 8 A Chinese fell from the staircase of a house in Sago Lane, yesterday and was admitted to hoapits".
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    39 8 Captain W. L. ML Brown, 0.8. E., I) s.( .of the Royal Na\y arrived in Singapore on the Carthage yesterday to take command of tne frigate H vi s. Cardigan Bay, now in service, in the Par East.
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  • 44 8 The first session of the Singapore Assize Court for the current year will open next Monday. The opening ill be marked by a Church Service at which the High Court judges members of the Bar and officials of the Registiy will participate.
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  • 266 8 U.P. ROME, Tue*day. THREE million workers in Italy's biggest Industrial cities downed tools today in a nationwide series of protest strlk a<*am v tiie snootini? of six workers in Modenn Po'ice and carabinieri in battle helmets patrolled the tense streets of Modena, Bologna, Turin
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  • 234 8 U.P. PHOENIX. Arizona. Tues. —Three tonnage youths, one of them her brother. MonCay night attempted to rape a 12-year-old girl, found dead in a filthy stoskyards shack inhabited by 11 persons. The county Sheriff said a postmortem examination was conducted on the girl. Dorothy
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  • 108 8 Australia Reuter—AAP. CANBERRA. Tues. NonEuro>ean.s who went to Australia during the wai years wi'l not be deported unless exceptional ci: camstances Wuiruni it Australia's new Immigration Minister. Mr. HE. Hoi I. announced today. He quoted as "exceptional circumstances" case in which then were bad records
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  • 122 8 Reuter—AAP. HONGKONG. Tues. V first British ship to try to run the Chinese Nationalist blockade since B-itish recognised Communist China is due at the mouth of the 'i'an; tse tomorrow—wheie :nu-c Nationalist warships arc believed to be on watcl The British frigate Black Swan is also
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  • 64 8 Mr. J. A. Thivy, th. po eminent of India Repreentative in Malaya, has receved a letter from Rajkumari Unrit Kaur, India s Health Miilstcr expressing her thanks o the Indian community here or a sumptuous reception.'' The Rajkumari >assed through Singapore 01 her way back to India fron
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  • 295 8 GENERAL V.M.C.A.: First ncor.| 1 Mi. ic-Cmu-Drama r.», at V.M.C.A. Hail. O.clierd I. 8 p.m. s.A.T.A Conference Ho kong ami Shanghai Bus. H a.m. If.TV.C.A. Kalong Pionopr? meeting for oia» ajannina;. St. RiMaVCih iL Ceyion R.».id. 4 p.m. V I SLI > fiUU I», i n s<
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