Malaya Tribune, 13 January 1950

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  • 64 1 MALAYA Tribune BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Ttfc TribuntS'pof» r- -i LARGER SALES THAN ANY AFTERNOON PAPER IN MALAYA Phone 3*ll/3 Nb» Ikm Publish?* simultaneously nt Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh nrf Penana TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE E. Maurice
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  • 120 1 'We are keeping the last bullet for you' Mr. Shepherd is told demonstrations in Nationalist-hel > Umk a new turn today when t ir-atprincr onnn laiw< n (Foimosa) livered to the British K^oK^A nation Cilice in iaipea, the capita" d tf> the Briti h
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  • 179 1 LAKF SUCCESS, Thursday. JT was learned tonight that Chinese Delegate L*r T. I\ T>iang hid to step down fn >v the nres dencv of the Security Council •v Jaeoo Malik, the Soviet d< jjnte, who walked out on the Security Council meeting or Tuesday demanding
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  • 63 1 Reuter. ATHENS. Thurs. Police squads guarded the British ai-d United States embassies in Athens today and with «■''Jbs dispersed students who. ing their ban. demonstratexdtedly fcr union of the iUsh Mediterranean island ot Cyprus with Greece. Another 1.500 mot in the tyard of Athens Univcrto approve
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  • 247 1  -  SAYS MR. ACHESON Reuter. WASHINGTON, Thursday. The United States Secretary of State Mr i an Acheson said today that halting the spread Communism in China and the Far East as not the real interest of the United States Mr. Acheson said that the United
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  • 43 1 A Joint British-U S. naval exercises in the Far East this years are being discussed but no detailed arrangement have yet been made, according to an official release last night. Similar joint exercises have been carried out previously.
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  • 47 1 WASHINGTON. Thurs. While a United States destroyer was escorting the Flying Arrow, shelled and set on fire by Chinese Nationalist warships, to the north China port of Tsingtao. thr British freighter Elsie Moller successfully ran thr blockade in Shanghai this morning, it is reported.
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  • 206 1 Tribune Staff Reporter. THE Garoufalia, a Panamanian ship has been 1 chartered by the Russians to take this year's first shipment of Malayan rubber for Russia. The Garoufalia originally expected i n Singapore this morning has been delayed and is expected here
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  • 67 1 The Minister of Saudi Arabia to Karachi, His Excellency El Syed Abdul Hamid Alkhatib (riKht) and the Director General of the Pilgrim Department of Mecca. Mr. Shaikh Mohd. Salfeh Ali Garcaa (left), arrived in Singapore yesterday. A reception in taeir honour will be heir* at the
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  • 372 1 British Sub. Sunk 55 Trapped Reuter. THE HAGUE, Thurs. AT least 15 British sailors were entomoed below the waters on the Thames estuary tonight after their submarine Truculent had been rammed in the torpedo room. Five survivors, said to have been in the conning tower, have been picked up. There
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  • 138 1 A.P. HAMMOND. Indiana. Thurs.—Six persons died in a fire in Hammond today and the Police said that they found blood in the bedroom where the bodies were. There were also several butchers knives and discharged .22 calibre rifie cartridges. Two adults identified were Richard Norman. 23.
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  • 582 1 COLOMBO MEETING Reuter. COLOMBO, Thursday. THE Foreign Ministers conference appointed a COtomlttee of experts at this afternoon's session to study two plans for economic reconstruction of Southeast Asia submitted by Australia and Ceylon, it was learned tonight. me committee was expected
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  • 152 1 Mr. Heywood-Waddington. Federation Secretary for Economic Affairs, and Mr. A. W. Nichols. Controller of Supplies will represent Malaya at the rice talks whicn are to begin in ban-.-kox any time after Sunday. The British territories of South East Asia will negotiate at tn? talks
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  • 20 1 A.P. COLOMBO. Tmiiri. —inmost Bcvin, who is attending the Commonwealth Conference, will 'cave Colombo by sea next Tuesday.—A.P.
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  • 854 2 UNIONS THREATEN 'DRASTIC ACTION' Tribune Staff Reporter. MORE than 3,000 Singapore Government employees —at the biggest postwar mass Trade Union meeting—at the Victoria Memorial Hall, yesterday, condemned the Benham Committee on Salaries Revision for their seven-month delay in finalising their report. They
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  • 525 2 nR F. C. Benham, Chairman of the Special Committee on Salaries, saying that this was the first time he had ever been accused of "chlay", denied that it had been deliberate. He promised to do "our utmost to speed-up" the report. Dr. Benham said that
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  • 146 2 MALAYA exported a total of 8,202 tons of tin metal in December—setting a monthly record for the year. The figure indicated the greatly increased trade in tin following: the re-opening of a free market. December's export figure compared with November's 2,604 tons the lowest monthly
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  • 90 2 Ex-Johore Magistra te Appeals On Feb. 4 Tribune Correspondent rigorous imprisonment bribe has been fixed for FebrearyT The appeal of Teja Singh 48, against a similar sentence or abetment of the offence has also been fixed for the same day. Mohd. Nassir and Teja Singh were both convicted at a
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  • 69 2 The following have been appointed members of the SHk* 1 Board Singapore, WW--! fr m Ja The Commissioner bf I Lands, Singapore (ChairSS!S]' „T he Director of Works. Singapore, The Chief Health Officer Singapore, the Chief Surreyar, Singapore, Mr E Oalistan, M.S.H., J.P Mr' Syed Mohamed Alkaff
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    • 298 2 On Your Radio Today BLUE NETWORK mary; 12.05 Kronchong Selec- An act. with Sig. Tone- 700 ENGLISH PKOGBAMMKS tions; 12.45 Now*. 1.00 Close Clnun Down. 10.00 a.m. News foni Kua a »i»n. HINKSK PROGRAMMES i"> l n!! r; 10 05 I***1 "own. P- m Programme Sum- l*-45 p.m. Sig. Turn-,
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  • 403 3 Tribune Staff Reporter. KLALA LUMPUR, Thursday. TWO bandit leaders were killed and four others wounded by a patrol of 1 Ist 10th Gurkha RiMes in the Kuala Krau area of Pahang yesterday. One of the dead bandits wearing spectacles has been identified as Chong
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  • 135 3 D.O.R. Burrows, 40-year-old Eurasian cashier, was. sentenced to six months rigorous imprisonment in the Third Magistrate's Court yesterday when he pleaded guilty to criminal breach of trust of $4,613 while in the employment of Progress Motors. It was alleged that during the period of December last
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  • 366 3 Govt, Must Take The Lead Dr. Francisco Tribune Staff Reporter. SINGAPORE Government p'.iould "educate and convince their medical services and orivate medical practioners that the use of B.C.G. vaccine is vital in the war against Tubercolosis—the disease that kills more than four million people a year This is the opinion
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  • 69 3 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.Wee Meng Wee ancL Tow Woo Liang, were fined $20 each or in default 20 days rigorous imprisonment in the Magistrates' Court today for attempted theft of rubber. They were also fined $15 each for breach of curfew at BBC. Company Estate. Plentong. All
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  • 76 3 English speaking Lum Poh Sang, alias Luen Mo Yip, was committed to stand trial at the Singapore Assizes yesterday on a charge of armed robbery, at the end of a preliminary inquiry in the Third Magistrate's Court. It was alleged ihat Lum and two
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  • 106 3 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— In the Sessions Court today. Lee Siew and Lee Cheok. pleaded guilty to possession of chandu. Sentence was postponed to January IT and bail of $200 each was granted. Lee Siew was caught in possession of 10 hoons of chandu dross at Tiram
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  • 81 3 At a iecent General MeetItUi of the Tamil Methodist Youth Fellowship, the following weie elected office-bearers for 1950 President David Tambyah; Vice-President: John Supramaniam; Secretary: Victor Dana; Treasurer Thevathasan Pakianathan; Asst. Treasurer: Miss Lalitha Ramalingam. Chairmen: Worship and Evangelism Walter Williams, Miss Ranita Ramalingam; Wci'd
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  • 139 3 THE Strathnaver. 22,283 tons gross, the last of the p. o. liners to be re-conditioned after war duties now returns to normal service and sails for India. Ceylon and Australiaon January 5. Built by Vickers-Arm--rongLtd. in 1931. Strathnaver and her sistership strathafrd are the larges
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  • 40 3 Convicted of a charge of stealing *20 from Augustin Tco, 22-year-old Long Siak Chuan was .sentence d by the First Judge yesterday to 18 months' hard labour. Long's sentence,, be, t oWovyeo ,fty, two years' police supervision.
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    44 3 The Cross of St. Ueorge ttyLng on Major-General Sir Charles Boucher's car, when Admiral Sir E. J. Patrick Brind, C-in-C Far East visited Malaya District. Holding the flay is Cpl. Hashim bin Abdul Rahman of 69 Transport Coy. who drove the Admiral.
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  • 299 3 MUAR, Thursday. AN ex-Palestine Police officer, Sergeant B. E. Byrnes. 23, of Belemang Division, Tangkak Estate. Muar, was yesterday, sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment for accepting a $40 bribe from a Chinese towkay in the Sessions Court. Sgt. Byrnes was attested following a
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  • 180 3 By Manning Blackwood SIBU, Thursday. |N the longest post-war enquiry ever held here, ten Malays accused of conspiracy to murder the Governor of Sarawak and other officials were committed for trial early in February. While the magistrate retired in chambers to consider the evidence, 11
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  • 65 3 N. Rama Linggam was charged in the First District Court yesterday with causing the death of Long Yoke Jooi j and Foo Toon Jee by neg'igent J driving. Linggam claimed trial. The offence was said to have I occur led at Scmbawang Road twe days ago.
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  • 599 4 JjOW much does it cost to kill a bandit The report by the Federation Police Comm:ssioner, Mr. W. N. Gray, on last year's progress in the terrorist campaign, gives rise to thu? sombre question—and some equally sombre arithmetic. We know that one bullet is enough to
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  • 1452 4  -  STRAIGHT FROM THE SHOULDER By MENCIUS THE promised defeat of the Communist revolt here will only be the end of Chapter one. It will not end the desire to change the economic and social system that established itself here under the Colonial
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  • 307 4 Sir. I was present in the visitors' gallery at the last Municipal Commissioners' meeting and I was frankly interested in the debate on examinations. I went there to listen to the views of our elected representatives and I was shocked to hear what a Progressive
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  • 139 4 Sir. Singapore is lucky in that it la to have birth control clinics and we in the Federation envy the people of the Colony. Is it not about time that the Federation followed the pood example. A great many people in Ipoh. for example, will welcome the
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  • 527 4 The People's Posibag j FISHY BUSINESS. Sir, We have often heard complaints from many quarters about the high cost of living, and we sometimes wonder why more than four years after liberation we are still living under conditions which still leave much to be
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  • 207 4 B.M. JOHNS. Sir. I heartily endorse the views expressed in your paper by Tourist Mrs W.H. Fergusson on the cleanliness of Singapore's streets. Our Municipality does a magnificent job under very difficult circumstances. But I cannot approve of her views on Housing Schemes. It is guile apparent
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  • 253 4 Sir. The Police Regulations call for three lights two white in front and one red at the rear. Admittedly it is not possible I to allow individual dis- cretion as to whether any particular street is sufficiently well lighted to ma:<e compliance with the Regulations unnecssary; but a
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  • 290 4 Sir, The word "Federal citizenship" is on everyone's lips. People are rushing blindly to Registration Offices armed with the appropriate forms. In Ipoh, Kuala Kangsar Road is a busy street with every Mr. Wong and Mr. Ramasamy going to and from the Perak Secretariat. Recently, I
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  • 88 4 Sir. On behalf of Group Captain Cheshire V.C.. D.S O. D.F.C., may I, through the courtesy of your columns, thank all those who so kindly and .generously helped the recent appeal for the "Le Court Nursing Home" in Hampshire by buying flags, sending donations and giving their services. As
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  • 175 4 Sir. The analogy of the British Home Guards with the new bodies to be created in the Federation for combating banditry, must stop with the mention that the latter are for internal use. and enrolment is to be on a voluntary basis. But the spirit and enthusiasm which
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    • 42 4 The opinions expressby Mem his in this co- i lunin are not necessarily those of this paper. If you agree or disagree with Mencius write and •tell him so. Address your t letters to: Meticius, "c/o. J Malaya Tribune, Singa- 1 pore.
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  • 2202 5  -  TRIBUNE MAGAZINE by RONALD STEAD THIS is the long-awaited opportunity to tell about my collapsible bat-tle-axe. For it was acquired fioni a tribesman <m holla's historic North veal Frontier. Such tribesmen arc, Ixj the pews today on account of an international dispul
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  • 1122 5 RANGOON is a tale of two cities—a city of fabulously rich men with luxury cars and plenty of food, and a city of beggars, disease and hunger." This description of Burma's capital, touches one of the sorest spots in a country which has celebrta-t-d the
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  • 89 5 ENGINEERS building the Santeo River Dam in Scuth Carolina uncovered rich deposits of fossilized botanical specimens beneath the spillway section of their project. Studied by E. Willard Bor ry, geo-botanist at Duke University, his report to the Geological Society of America in its monthly Bulletin indicates 30 genera
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  • 597 7 THESE TOADS FE ED ON MINCED LIVER IN four, metal-lined tanks J n the Family Planning Nation's basement laboratories in SJoane Street London. 1.000 greyish wn female Xenopus ioevis toads from South *r fe< pi In thermosLcally heated water. They do an important job ction with childbirth. When a woman
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  • 193 7 X ownership of stars could be divided equally among every human being now alive, each of us would own more than 100.000.000 stars Tho u. s government •spends over half a billion dollars yearly on research, but only a few thousand dollars on child health research.
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  • 1257 7  -  Industry And Natural Science Combine To Pierce Earth's Gaseous Envelope By Herbert B. Nichols IVTOBODY knows how long JJ It will be before mankind burs's the bonds winch teem to limit flight to a small port lop of earth's gaseous envelope, but preparations are shoutin*, all
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  • 88 7 THE manners, morals and 1 mathematics of an ancient people are being brought to light by an expedition in Iraq, according to Thorkild Jacobsen, Director of the Oriental Institute. Chicago, who recently returned from Iraq. The expedition sponsored jointly by the universities of Chicago and Pennsylvania has
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  • 53 7 A member of the Royal Society, of Entomology has been sent to jail according to j a Reuters report, for theft of 160 beetle? The inseet.s weie part of the London Natural History Museums collection of 15,000,000. Those removed from the museum were
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    • 219 7 .JACK \lt>iSTItO\4. by i:„|, Schoenke £»^1 1 WR Wu" |i2^L^ NP MUST HAVE 2 r T»vr<rM. l»i* bT *?Jt I r* I r c >,' I 1 WISH XXI WOULPN'T NOT LITTLE isn SHE A< i cm* r k»pmj I u —7 1 (GO WEAR THAT 6EA5T. CH ICO. HE
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  • 988 8 SCOTS were "girning" (grou9iag) about remote control from Whitehall long before Jenny Geddes, inspired by the first Covenant of 1638, flung her stool at the preacher in Edinburgh's St. Giles Cathedral with the nowfamous cry of "Daur ye say Mass at my lug." Led by the
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  • 437 8 A.P. WHEN a child turns into a budding burglar, whose fault is it? "The parents'," decided Eugene's City councilmen. And they bucked up their decision by passing an ordinance that parents —not the child- should be punished. It's fairly seveie punishment, too:
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  • 553 8  -  by CAROL BIBA rjOING back to school this month? Are you armed with a lot of good ideas about how this year is going to be different? It definitely is if you are starting in as a brand-new freshman, and just as
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  • 49 8 U.P. LONDON, Thars. British W f ives are searching tB taV s ePPer 10 PUt on snniings an ounce if you know where." said one woman who before the war dropped into her grocer's shop and bought an ounce for a few pence.—U.P.
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  • 26 8 Reuter. TOKIO.—That six per cent of the Japanese people still believe in ghosts was the finding of the Education Mm.- latry made jjyblic recently,— Reuter.
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  • 617 8  -  By W. Gordon Graham BOMBAY. I HAVE just been looking at a fastener. There Is outwardly nothing remarkable about it. It zips, last like any other zipper. In only one respect it (differs from its millions of predecessors. It was made in India. In India a
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  • 309 8  -  By A.P. JAQUES A.P. PARIS.—If you should happen to be in touch with any of the planets, other than Mars, you can drop around to the French Academy of Sciences and collect 100.000 francs. That's the value of the Prix Pierre Guzman'' established 60
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    • 182 8 VIC FLIXT by Mirhael O'Mall y and Halpb Lane /OUR LAST MOKMN6 ON THE RAFT, 1 pAND WE'LL MAK&\/Or>'. TACKY, YOU'RE "N/ 1 1 CAN'T TELLN HF COME ON, LET'S lUCY. WE LEAVE FOR TOWN RIGHT TODAY THE BEST TIME I COULD ONLY CRYING. WHATS YOU.I PROMISED H PADDLE IN
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  • 647 9 Aboard a weather beaten wooden-vessel 11 Frenchmen venture through the Roaring Forties. Their destination is lonely unexplored Adele Land. Reuter-AAP. HOBART TASMANIA, Thursday. BRIEF radio flash, :*nt from the Antarctic waste will announce the success' or failure—of the second French "Commandant Charcot"
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  • 218 9 Reuter-AAP. MELBOURNE. Thurs. 1949 produced its crop of freak accidents in Austialia as elsewhere. Among them were tnese: William Sharpe. aged 10. of Portland. New South Wales. shot an arrow into the air. looked up to follow its flight, and was struck in the eye by' the
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  • 115 9 A.P. CHICAGO, Thursday. THE journal of the American Medical Association said Soviet medicine does not appear to be as good as Soviet propaganda." Few factual data may be found published concernim; tht quality of Soviet medicine," the Journa' said editorially. Most evaluations outside the U.SS.R.
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  • 166 9 A.P. MANILA, Thursday. JHE United States ccnsul at Cebu has demanded an officials investigation of the slaying last Sunday of an 18-year-old American boy by Philippines Constabularymen in Doilo province, Panay Island. Aceor-ding to a report to the embassy here. Patrick Murphy, a telephone line
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  • 44 9 DENVER.. Thurs. The way to keep out of trouble in an oldtime Colorado mining camp was to 'cave your gun at home, Frank Stewart says. Stewart avoided "lead poisoning" so nimbly that next year he will celebrate his 92nd. birthday.
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  • 136 9 Reuter. j LONDON. Thurs. j i Two young men will set out from London to- morrow to hitchhike i more than 6,000 miles 1 to the Sychelles. Bri- 1 S tish-owned group of 92 1 islands in the Indian > ocean 1.000 miles
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  • 110 9 Reuter. LONDON. Thurs. Small gas turbines will be installed in lorries within a year or two. according to British and French engineers with experience in making jets for aircraft. They will almost certainly be used in road transport vehicles within the next
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  • 54 9 Reuter. BOLTON, Thurts. Billy, a now on show at a fair hete as the biggest pig in the world, has been sold to an American farming syndicate for £1,050. Ho will be sent to the United States by air. Billy weighs half a ton and
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  • 139 9 Reuter. LONDON, Thurs.—A fire brigade and two London County Council attendants were called to recover a London girl's pay packet. Miss Muriel Turner was crossing a road junction in London's West End when she dropped her' pay packet through the grating on the road island. Many
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  • 23 9 Reuter. TOKYO. Thurs. Japanese fishery experts will soon go to Pakistan, Ceylon and* Fiji, according to a Japanese press report.—Reuter.
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    • 90 9 ALLEY OOP by V.T. Hamlin KOW DOC y C' J KE |N THIS K!D Pi 1' f ..BUT I'LL DO MY VffT < NO. IT'5 PAST OF A TIME- NAPING AFFAIR TOO PEEP ATOMD VOUP. BEST TO SHOW WHATS MACHINE.. I THINK I k TQ TSy MY PATIENCE ITH TH>5/PATIENCE
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  • 207 10 U.P. V/ ASHINGTON, Thursday. A BRITISH official said today that Britain, Ausn tralia and New Zealand are expected to orm a solid bloc in opposing any sudden increase m the size of the Jap merchant marine or the speed or its ships. This
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  • 93 10 Coffee continued firm in the Singapore 1 produce markets yesterday. Rio No. 3 changed hands at $130 per picul while Rio No. 5 was done at $128. Rio No. 7 was bid for at $124 per picul with no sellers to bo found. Copra was also a firm
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  • 58 10 Tin price eased by 25 cents in Singapore yesterday to $288 7 8 per picul ex-smelter. LONDON JAN. 11 Spot £600 Down £11 Threemonths £583 1 4 Up £2. Settlement price £601 Up £12. Turnover: 55 tons. Second session: Spot £600 Unchanged. Three months £582»/2 £1 2. Settlement
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    50 10 M. Brander (Sheers); Tegel-berg-Duyong (42/3); Wakde (40); Bencruachan (38/9); Langleescot (35 6); Bentong (34); Mandeville (17/8); Ozarda (19 20); S.H.B. craft (21 2); Sirusa (23); Resang (24); Medon (25 6); Tantalus (27 8); Glengyk? (13/4); Tamerlane (11); Taksang (9); Angby (8); Bendoran (6/7); El Nil (4/5); Clytoneus (1/2).
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  • 26 10 Chan Sze Onn Co. announce the following crop figures for December 1949: Malaka Pinda R. Estates Ltd, 103.730 lbs. New Scudai, Ltd, 56.500 lbs.
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  • 63 10 b Singapore, Thur. I In 'he absence of any r 1 particular ne.vs to en- J t courage speculators in J the local tin share mar- ket, this section was in- .Mined to drift downwards j slightly. Indnst rials came I \in fora little more in-
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  • 834 10 INDUSTRIALS Singapore. Thurs. Atlas Ics 2.15 2.25 Alex. Bricks Pref. 2.40 2.50 Ord. 2.22 2.30 88. Petrol 33 6 34 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. A Trust Fed. Dispensary 6.5« 7.00 Fraser
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  • 172 10 MALAYA'S rubber stocks in the ports and with the dealers rose by 872 tons at the end of December 1949 as compared with the end of November. Foreign imports in December at tne same time rose by 1 826 tons as compared with November. Dealers' stocks
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  • 99 10 THE rubber commodity market was steady yesterday and prices improved by 3/8 of a cent from Wednesdays liquidation market. Closing prices in cents per pound were: 1 Buyers Sellers No 1 RSS f.o.b. Feb. 50 Vi 50 2 No 2 RSS f.o.b. Feb 50 No! 3
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  • 34 10 MELBOURNE. Thurs.- The Australian pulp paper and paper board industry said today that paper produced from the Australian eucalyptus gum tree would soon meet most of Australia's paper requirements other than newsprint.
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  • 128 10 A.P. MANCHESTER. Thur.—The engineering section of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce urged on Wednesday a return to multilateral trade to redress Britain's unfavourable foreign balance. The body in its annual report said the present system of bilateral trade may be the right temporary expedient,
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    • 185 10 ISTHMIAN S. S. CO. To HALIFAX, BOSTON, NEW YORK, BALTIMORE via SUEZ direct. Also accepting cargo for Gulf porta. Spore P. S ham Penang "Steel Traveler" In Port 13 Jan. 15/16 Jan. "Queens Victory" In Port 21 Jan. 22/23 Jan. 25/26 Jan. "Steel Age" 30 Jan./4 Feb. 5/6 Feb. 8/9
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  • 279 11 Ush sportsmen anri f™£ 8 the c cam of Briwhen 40 oUh e i\a,Sf th 6re pan in the Empire rZ?« 5h "V 1 1 8 takin S air on Wednesday ?an Is amVe 8t Tengah accompanying e t S f th f*ree
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  • 133 11 Reuter-AAP. Wellington were beaten 34 runs by Aueici- n<? y day Wellfn o gton rIi won n ne FnS'XiS by Six poi^s G rX* n< L Auckland otago (eign? ted h ln n a Ch which resulted in Otago gaining first sSSiff P l nts Ber
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  • 286 11 In preparation tor their annual match against a team drawn from the Singapore schools, the Australian .schoolboys, yesterplayed a practice match against St. Andrew's School. Taking first knock the istralians declared when nine wickets had fallen for too-scoring 10. and then dismissed St Andrew's School for
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  • 83 11 U.P. NEW DELHI. Thurs.—Felicussimo Am oon led the as-top-ranking foreign Players mowed down their Indian opponent, in the preliminary round of the North Indian lawn tennis championsnips here, rhe tiny Filipino beat India's Sayeec Hayec, 6—l. o 1, while his compatriot. C. Laimona conquered India's
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  • 120 11 Reuter. CARDIFF. Thurs.-The Welsh team to meet England in the Rugby L n I on <nternatinnal match at Twickenham on Saturday Jan 21 was chosen as follows: Lewis Jones (Devon 5 port Services); Ken I Jones (Newport), Jack Matthews (Cardiff). Blrddwya William s (Cardiff). Malcolm I
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  • 76 11 The following will play for the Combined Singapore Schools team against the Australian schoolboys in the second annual cricket match for the Willow Shield on the S.R.C. padang tomorrow: Ong Beng Bee, (Capt.) B. Ross, D. Keyt all St. Andrew s; P. Scully, J. Martens. A.
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  • 92 11 At the annual general meeting of the Marine Dept. Badminton Party held recently, the following were elected for tSCO Patrons, Comdr. L. P. Lane 0.8.E.. R.N., (Retd.) and w! H. Walmsley;. President, E. Neubronner; Vice-President*?, R. Sinnasamy and Tan Eng Chiang; hon. Secretary. Ahmad bin Abdullah; hon.
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  • 68 11 A.P. > BELFAST, Thurs. J i Rinty Monaghan will i I ne*d about thide months J before defending his world's flyweight title, his manager said today. Monaghan has been i ordered by the European f i Honore Prates! of France. I The Irishman has M
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  • 24 11 Briver Madden (799 Coy) and Private Fernander (RASC School) are seen before their It.A.S.C jnd A.C.C. held Ibrlr AnnuJ PlUClt F "T^V be """!y>He''SSftS
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  • 323 11 Reuter. P Th R J 4 EL J Z^ BErT,H —The Australian cricks Lers beat Eastern Zone" be--I°™ _f* by an innings and 39 runs dismissing the home side in their second innings for 242. 9ci W^ h flrst inn >nss arrears of »4 toFW?
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  • 41 11 The soccer team of the Norwegian ship,, 's.s. Mandavill playing at Fort Canning yesterday, defeated a team from the s.s Tamerlane by two clear goals scored by Olsen. ™J? m rr l w the toandavill at Kranj'i. Kranji
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  • 176 11 „J? reat World wrestling patrons will have their first the Chinese American wrestler in act i on tomorrow night when he has his first fight in Singapore against "The Phantom. Buck Lee, who comes to Singapore on the recommendation of his famous uncle, Wong
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  • 146 11 LONDON, Thursday —Portsmouth and Hull Fnn y t^f; a A QUall^ ed for the fourth rounc? of the Football Association Cup with victories over Norwich and Somhport respective!y m replaced I third round ties. A record crowd for the Norwich ground of 42 G24
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  • 58 11 U.P. DETROIT; Thurs. rjnTony Janeiro. (Idl-1/2 Jbs) blasted hard punching Charlie Fusari (148), today in a bid for a shot at Ray Robinson's welterweight title by pounding out a .spilt decision. An Olympic Stadium crowd of 12,283 saw Janeiro evade the usually lugged blows o' his younger
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  • 28 11 The annual general a»te;;ttg of the Cc'onials Cricket Club will be held at the Colonials Chummery, 939 Serangoon Road, at 6 p.m. on Saturday January 21.
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  • 133 11 Tne first thing that drew a comment from Alfie Sands on Sis arrival at Ten«:ah Airport yesterday was the oppressive Singapore weather. If the two Australians dispensed with their worsted suits before their arrival here they would have found the weather more agreeable.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 194 11 AUCTION SALE OF Valuable Freehold Leasehold Properties fo be held at our saleroom No. 14 Robinson Road, On THURSDAY, 19tn January 1950 at 2.30 p.m. •Sanation Area sq. ft. Title Rent 1 -chore Ruad. 757 999 years. $63.00 •W la p lok A y er Street. 1,509 S.L.G. 32.00 «4«
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    • 915 11 SITS. VACANT European Assistant Accountant required fcr Singapore. Age not exceeding 36 years and single. Knowledge of transport would be an advantage. Salary according to qualifications. Good prospects for the right man. Successful candidate may be offered agreement. Applications with particulars of education, training, examinations, experience and references to Box
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous

  • 69 12 An explosion in the back garden ol the mosque in South Bridge Road yesterday afternoon, injured Mohamed bin Maideen the 64--year-old mosque keeper. Mohamed said that he was sweeping the garden when something exploded under him. He fell bleeding from wounds in the leg and hand.
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  • 61 12 The Singapore Municipal ambulance attended to cighl accidents yesterday. Among the mure serious cases was a Chinese girl knocked down by a lorry alOi.g Prinsep Street ami a Chinese boy who fell from a tree at Conege Hoau. A Eurasian woman was picked up at Easi
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  • 76 12 U.P. HONGKONG, Thurs.— The Communist. radio said today that "Kuomintang banditti and secret agents are carrying out all kinds of sabotage" on the Chinese mainland. The Kadio, previously heard, reported the suppression of minor disturbances, but today's broadcast was the first indication that anU-Coin-mtinlst activities were
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  • 165 12 KOWLOON FIRE Reuter-AAP. HONGKONG, Thursday. I OOTI.RS pi Mending they were rushing to and fro oreyed en th? women and chile rjn victims of the fire which swept Kowloon's willed city yesterday. However they were suroressed when police were rushed to the scene and the
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  • 32 12 Reuter. Davenport. lowa, Thursday. A muidcr charge was filed today against a woman patient wno reportedly admitedly setting fire to a hospital wener 41 women were killed last Saturday.—Reuter.
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  • 29 12 The Malaya Tribune has a Town Office at Winston's, No. 4, The Arcade, where letters and small advertisements, both casual and classified, may be handed in.
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  • 300 12 NATIONALISTS DENY REPORTS OF RED ARMY CROSSING U.P. TAIPEH, Thursday. A Nationalist spokesman said today that there was heavy guerilla fightin«r on Hainan Island but he denied that Chinese Communist regular troops had landed there. "There hay? been no landings whstscever," he raid, 'but there
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  • 161 12 U.P. WASHINGTON, Tnursday. A showdown on China betw3en President Trun man and hi* military high command was in the making today. j Neither the President nor his military advisors wanted it. But the solid Republican bloc, led by Repub'ican Senators Arthur Vandenberg
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  • 110 12 U.P. TOKYO. Thurs. Japanese Premier Shigcru Yoshida told the United Press today iv an exclusive interview that Japan "will coolers cc heartily in the effort of the United States and othei free nations to combat Communism." Yoshida woe'd not commit on the possibility that Japan s
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  • 148 12 U.P. LONDON. Ihursday. fONSERVAUVE leader Winston Churchill cut shoit his Madeira vacation today and is back in r ngiand to direct the Tory campaign as Britain's political parties rushed last-minute preparations for the February 23 election. rm.. m Tne Conservative leader is
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  • 140 12 LONDON. Thurs. The t>.ni%m stnck exchange is in the grip of election uncertainty and promises to continue t-o until the result is known. Business in domestic issue* was again small and movements today were generally to lower levels. Some observer* are cva revival of interest In oversea.-; issues
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  • 241 12 GENERAL I.W.C.A.: Town Pioneers Meet for a talk on En-rluh and Chinese Table Manner*: fi. Fori Canning ai 4 p.m. W.M.Y.F.: "The Aims and Scope of the M.Y.F. OruaiUM»tion" by Rev. Waldo 8. ReJnoeht: 4 Fort Canning Road ut 7.45 p.m. I IAN LI BENEYT>LEJ*T ASSN. Monthly
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  • 15 12 Reuter. BOMBAY. Thurs. The first Indo-Afghanistan wirdcss teleeraph link was established here today.—Reuter.
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  • 99 12 Mr. Bailie John McAslar a leading Municipal Councillor of the City oi Glasgow, will have informal talks with Singapore Mn&icipal Commissioners and members of the Municipal staff on January 23. The discussions which will be on various aspects of Municipal administration of common interest
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  • 72 12 From the start of the Emergency up to December GI. 1949 the Army sustained 363 casualties. British Officers: 17 killed, 15 wounded. 2 nussing (tnis includes one killed with the Malay Regiment); Gurkha Officers 5 killed, 3 wounded. British Other Ranks: f 9 kil'ed, 84 wounded; Other
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  • 215 12 ANTI-BANDIT MONTH J(£DAH and Perlis have decided to anticipate General Enrolment day, January 30, for the Malayan People s Anti-Bandit Month, and have Pheadv opened Ontres at eisht towns—Kanear Alor Stnr. Jitra. Kuala N-rang. Sungei Patani Kulim, Bandar Bahru and Baling The decision to
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  • 49 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. -The Coroner has accented the findings of the Civil Aviation Department inquiry into the air accident in which a pilot and his passenger were killed, and recorded a verdict of "accidental death." The plane, an Auster aircraft, crashed near Kuala Lumpur last November
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  • 61 12 Thirty-soren women dird in a blaze which uevauaed (hp mental ward of a three-storey mercy hospital in Da veuport. Iowa. Above picture vhows a genera view of the burning hospital as tongues of lire jet from tue win dowt. RIGHT: A patient wrapped in a blanket being carried
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  • 166 12 A.P. HONGKONG, Thursday.' A crime wave swept over Nanking during c emfcer "due to the wors.nins carnomi'.• v tian," i d:layed report from R?d China s .inkin? police disclos?d that during 1 six months 2,500 persons had been arrested as a rosult, of 1.300
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  • 90 12 KUALA LUMP! —The Fedora' ion P smashed an nndfr:r"tf» movement when :h '> Padang Renga. md u*i.4iOuj, au in Nori .T I and arrested 1 Col. Orav. Con Police, revealed ys 1 '-.g It is believed i' r those arrested 10 w < leaders,
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    • 151 12 Blood bank Group A 25 Bott'es Group B NIL Group AB S Bott>e*» Group O 32 Bottles Introducing a re-designed Cycle Lighting Set —screw type bulbs powerful light at low speeds and re-introducing the double Dome revolving bell. This most popafer cycle set (including ihe double-dome bdi) is obtainable now
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