Malaya Tribune, 25 January 1950

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  • 62 1 MALAYA Tribune 7H5 PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE T«fc Tribunes' fxw» LARGER SALES IHAN ANY AFTERNOON PAPER IN* MALAYA Phone s*ll/3 Hkm Lm Published simultaneously at Bm gapor; Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh m nd Penang TWELVE PAGES. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1950 PRICE TEN CENTS THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE E MaUxya
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  • 446 1 Surprise End To Title Bout Reuter and A.P. LONDON, Tuesday. AMERICAN Joey Maxim became World Light-heavyweight Champion tonight when he unexpectedly knocked out Britain's Freddie Mills, the holder of the title, in the tenth of a scheduled 15 round contest at Earl's Court stadium.
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  • 63 1 Reuter-AAP. MELBOURNE. Tues.— A Malayan scout, Mah How Yew. 31, of Kuala Lumpur, who came to Australia in 1948 to attend the Pan-Pacific jamboree and decided to "stay and have a look around," was sentenced to three months' imprisonment today for being a prohibited immigrant.
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  • 68 1 Last night between Sedanak and Layang Layang at 9.45 p.m., bandits for the second time this month ambushed the night mail train from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur. Shots fired at the crowded coaches seriously wounded two men and a woman (all Chinese). One of the
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  • 73 1 RANGOON Tues.—Thailand's delegate to the international rice conference t immencing In Rangoon on Feb. 6 arrived today from Bangko*. Drs. Burgess and Byrnes of Kuala Lumpur. Malaya, are expected tomorrow. One hundred delegates from 19 countries will participate in the conference which is being held to explore
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  • 23 1 A.P. BRIDGEPORT, Tues.—Carol Ann Paight, 21-year-old blonde went on trial today, accused of the "mercy killing" of her policeman father. —A.P
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  • 135 1 rE lioei action brought by Mr. Loke Wan Tho against Mr. Lachie McDonald. Associated Newspapers Ltd. and the London Daily Mail, was withdrawn this morning in the Singapore High Court. Mr. F. G. Livingstone stated that the Daily Mail withdrew any statement and reflection on
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  • 35 1 A.P. ALMORA, INDIA. Tues. The United provinces government has been asked to send an expedition against a tiger which is reported to have eaten four men and five women in recent weeks.—A.P.
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  • 27 1 IPOH, Today.—The going today will be perfect and the weather very good. Best bets tor the day* are Caravan, Booklaw and vanguard. SELECTION—PG. 11
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  • 66 1 U.P. IX)NDON. Tues.—The tin market improved in activity today but there was no piessure on prices at the Tuesday afternoon session. Soot closed unchanged at £599% and three months improved to £582%. The closing pi ices were: Spot £599 buyers. £600 sellers, with business at £600. Forward
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  • 31 1 Cvx-iJTOWN, Tues—t'ield Marshel Jan Smuts, leader of the Parliamentary Opposition in South Africa, moved a vote of no confidence today against Prime Minister Daniel Malan's National Party Government.
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  • 98 1 A.P. RANGOON, Tuesday. The Burma Democratic Party is urging the Commonwealth nations against giving aid to the country unless the Burmese government agrees to mediation to end the fighting with the Karens. The BDP, whose president is the former Cabinet minister Thakin Ba Sein,
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  • 175 1 U.P. TULSA, Oklahoma, Tues.— Red-faced police who used a life-term prisoner to bait a trap for a murder suspect admitted today that both the cheese and the rat were gone. Police chief J. W. Holinsworth said he doesn't know what's come of William Auburn Hunt,
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  • 1055 1 U.S.L lose 60 troops in brief fighting Reuter, U.P. A.P. BANDUNG, Tuesday. MOTOKISED infantry and air-borne commandos of the Indonesian army poured into Bandung, biggest city in West Java, today without opposition a few hours after "Turko" West3rling's "Army of the Heavenly Host" had withdrawn.
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  • 61 1 Reuter. I WASHINGTON, Tues. —The United States State Department is "greatly disturbed" by the guerilla attack on banuung in Indonesia. MMMaupi iMfte saia louay. Reports or the attack were received with surprise, they said. Tne re- ports were "greatly disturbing," but officials believed mat the
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  • 20 1 Reuter. BERLIN, Tues. Colonel William T. Babcock, American Deputy Commandant of Berlin, died from a heart attack today.—Reuter.
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  • 130 1  -  HATTA U.P. JAKARTA. Tues.—lndonesian Premier Mohammed Hatta tonight branded renegade Dutch Captain "Turko" Westerling as an "enemy" and said the Government would spare no effort to track him down. Hatta said that a five-hour meeting of the Indonesian Cabinet had decided to issue orders for the
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  • 473 1 TORY ELECTION MANIFESTO Reuter. LONDON, Tuesday. JHE British Conservative (Opposition) Party today made its supreme bid to recapture control of Britain's destinies with an election manifesto naming full employment as "Number One Priority" if the Party wins a five years' term of power. The
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  • 266 1 STOP PRESS Reuter. THE HAGUE, Tues. —The withdrawal of *he rebel fort-en of Captain "Turko" Westerling from Bandung after they had occupied the town yesterday was due "entirely to the personal intervention of the Dufch Commandant," a communique issued tonight by the Netherlands Ministry or I'nion
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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  • 69 2 S yed's In Dallas Now Syed Adam Hogan-Shai-dali. the Ipoh schoolboy who is one of the 25 students from southern Asia now visiting the U.S. for the New York Herald-Tribune forum, is now in Dallas, Texas. Dallas is on the eastern edge of the American range country, and the visiting
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  • 345 2 VSAMINATHAN, a former flour mill worker, who faces a murder charge in the Assize Court told Mr Justice Evans yesterday, that he stabbed the woman following a quarrel over money matters. Sivagami, 24. is alleged to have been f murdered at Lavender Street on
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  • 64 2 The Teaching of English m I Malay Schools has already I started in Johore at the folI lowing 6 Malay Schools in the Muar District:— Bandar. I Dumpar Tinggi. Dumpar I iGirls), Parit Kathi (Mixed), Parit Setongkat (Boys) and Parit Setongkat (Girls). The Instructors are Second Year Probationer
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  • 276 2 'KEEP US OK THE STREETS FOR 6 MONTHS MORE' Tribune Staff Reporter SINGAPORE'S China Town's street hawkers sa> d that they are being forced by Municipal Commissioners to commit hara-kiri (Japanese method of committing, suicide). They say this Municipahty are forcing them off the streets
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  • 100 2 LIU Kirn Eng was fined $500 in the Second District Couit yesterday for having had 2408 1 1- pounds of smuggled tobacco. X was stated by the prosecution that Customs officials, acting on information, lay m hiding at Sungei Simpang off Lorong 30. Geylang on the
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  • 153 2 Tribune Staff Reporter HEAVY water consumers are to be asked to instal water-storage tanks on their premises. They have been requested to do this as a safeguard against a breakdown in the Colony's water supply or in case of water being rationed. »Un
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  • 91 2 The following are the office bearers of the Boys' Brigade, Singapore Battalion, for 1950:— President: Mr. J.M. Fraser, Vice-Presidents: Rev. T. C. Gibson, Mr. J.R. Richardson and Mr. Gan Hock Chuan, Secretary: Mr. A.M. Cherian, Asst. Secretary: Mr. Lee Thiam Swee, Treasurer: Mr. L. F. Strange. Equipment Secretary:
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  • 184 2 Because two who had sworn affidavits and obtained leave to defend a suit, failed to appear in court, the Chief Justice yesterday referred the matter to the Deputy Public Prosecutor for action. The two defendants are two Ceylon Tamils. V. A. Kulanthaivelu and S. Shanrnugam. They
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  • 33 2 JOHOItE BAHRU, Tues.— Three Singapore drivers paid fines totalling $35 for failing to pay the tax for their vehicles for the first half of 1950 in the Magistrates' Court today.
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  • 119 2 The Singapore Family Benefit Society, a benevolent organisation, will hold its annual general meeting at the Victoria Memorial Hall on January 31. at 5.15 p.m. A membership campaign hy the Society for the past fifteen months has brought in 58 new members. The object of the
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  • 57 2 HEY, WHEPE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING? WIjUp eelebr*tiue i«U birthday rrceody. UttJr Peter Martin. son of Mr. and *lr% J Martin )«*t ejiiid m«t resist the red train. "Sure wjybi I'll lie and rogltie driver when I srow up" p rt'-*r «eems to lie -ajtnc Mr. Martin is on
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  • 258 2 SPORTSMAN TELLS COURT Tribune Correspondent. JOHORE BAHRU, Tuesday. IN the Session's Court today a well-known basketball player accused the "girl who loved him" of stealing his shoes and clothes, valued at $161.08. The basket-ball player is Pang Kap Teck and the girl is
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  • 26 2 Sardar Jogmura Singh, the Trade Commissioner of the Government of India, will broadcast on trade relations between India and Malaya today at 7.12 p.m.
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  • 97 2 JOHORE BAHRU. A lies Chiu Soon, 51. today admitted in the Magistrate's Court he was in possession of 51 bottles of samsu totalling S l 2 gallons—on which duty amounting to $136.94 had not been paid and an illicit sarns. l still
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  • 107 2 Members of the Ahmadiyya Community in Singapore have decided to issue a fortnightly handbill in Malay. The object is the propagation of Islam in Singapore and Malaya and the spiritual and cultural uplift of the community. This decision was reached at a general meeting of
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  • 92 2 JOH ORE BAHRU, Tues. Mr. Arthur Ernest Billington. M. A., a graduate of King's College. Cambridge, has been appointed Canning Officer, Federation of Malaya. He succeeds Mr. F. C. Cooke who has retired. This was announced by Mr. J.L. Greig, Johore's Agricultural Officer, today. A
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  • 243 2 Segamat, Tuesday. DOURTEEN bandit camps were desired by Security forces operating in the Fede ration. Six of them were burned down by men belonging to the Ist 2nd Gurkha Rifles 'hiring a four day patrol in Johore. They destroyed two large bandit camp headquarters, one with
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  • 66 2 A solemn High Masi will be sung at 6.30 a.m. at the St. Lourdes Church. Oplur Road. Singapore, tomorrow The Service will be a thanksgiving offering on the occasion of the Inau guration of the Republic of India. ot The Roman Catnolic Bishop Mgr. Olcomandy will preside and
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  • 274 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday DANDITS sabotaged the railway line between v Padang Besar and Bukit Ketri in Kedah Perlis yesterday. They blew up a section of the line tw miles south of Padang Besar. There was no train operating on the railw line at the time.
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  • 47 2 Parking Lights Municipal Commissioners are of the opinion that vehicles parked on well-lit streets need not use park-ing-lights. This was suggested at a meeting of unofficial members of the Legislative Council. Their views have been forwarded to Commissioners for their comment and recommendations.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 435 2 ON YOUR RADIO TODAY BLUE NETWORK Jgg *g Folk p.m. mm —nx ENGLISH PROGRAMME* 7.00 p.m. I'roirunme Sum- CHINESE I'KOf.KAMMKS 10 00 a.m. News from Kuala mary; 7.05 Interlude; 7.15 Popular 10.45 a.m. to 12.0 ft mmn Krhools Lumpur; 10.05 Close Down; tan by Kembang Murni Km Broadcaat; 12.45 p.m.
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  • 190 3  -  OR BE SENT INTO THE JUNGLES Mr. GIBSON Tribune Staff Reporter irriii iluiijk.u..- PENANG, Tuesday. yOLLNTELRS will not be pat into jangle green uniforms and sent into the jungles of Paiiang tp fight the terrorists. This was said by Mr. R. wibso®, Settlement Organiser
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  • 46 3 MALACCA, Tues.—All areas overgrown with lailang wiii be burned. This will be done to prevent bandits from taking cover in such ureas. Malacca's Settlement organiser lor the AotiFiaffdit Month had this plan approved by Mr. T. i Hamilton, Officer rncharge. C.I.D. yesterday.
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  • 230 3 Tribune Staif Reporter •fl IERE is no cause for anyone in the Colony or the Federation with "reasonably good qualifications" to foar that he cannot get higher education, said ilon. Mr. A. W. Frisby. Director of Education, in a Talk over Radio Malaya last
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  • 122 3 IPOH will go temporarily without bread and cakes beginning next week unless the local bakers are allocated wheat flour by the Food Control Department. At the moment, the bakers have enough stocks to tide them over the week-end. For some months now the
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  • 170 3 TWO shop-keepers were fined 575 each by the Second District Judge yesvrday after They were convicted on charges relating to the scale of sugar. They were Narayanasamy of Nelson Road and Lee Chan Sin of Kirn Keat Road. Narayanasamy admitted "hat he failed to
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  • 84 3 SCOUTS in the Federation are going to be enlisted to help in the Anti-Bandit Month campaign, said Mr. E.F.M. Payne. Chief Commissioner of Scouts in the Federation, during an interview over Radio Malaya last night. •We feel that this is an opportunity for scouts of the
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  • 315 3 Tribune Staff Reporter LWTERGENCY regulations will be set aside toC morrow to allow Indians in Singapore to fly their tricolour flag in celebration of the inauguration of the Indian Republic. Indians will observe the day with a big programme of festivities tnd exchange greeting*
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  • 269 3 THE Chief Recruiting Officer for Malaya and Singapore, Major J. Frost, R.A., left Singapore for Kelantan to recruit for the Army. Major Frost is seeking recruits for the Singapore Regiment, Royal Artillery, the Royal Army Service Corps and tht General Service Corps. For the Royal
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  • 115 3 MRS. TJI. Silcock, wife of Prof, rilockof tJie University of Mdlaya. who .(turned from a ts-nxonth holiday to Singapore if esterdun was yreeted by boys from St. Andrew's School on board the Willem Ruys. Prof. Silcock, was at the wharves to greet his wife and three-year-old son Howard.
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  • 36 3 "Free Choice or Arranged Marriages will be the subject of the discussion at the rCast West Society's weekly meeting at the British Council Hall tomorrow at 5.30 p!Yn. The public is invited to attend.
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  • 81 3 Thrrc were in all mree hundred business failures in B ngapore last year and many lnil'ions of dollars were lost. Most of the firms were enaged in the China trade or in the trade with Indonesia or in the retail trade in pood:; from these
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  • 173 3 the sixteen Dutch Catholic missionaries. who arrived in Singapore yesterday hy the Williem Ruys, is Brother Bernulflus, who will train Dyak teachers. He will join the Training school for Dyak teachers in West Borneo. The missionaries, who include four sisters, are on their way
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  • 54 3 The Postmaster-Generai. Malaya, announces that the mail bus in which mails were conveyed between Mersing and Kluang on Thursday. January la. was intercepted by bandits and two mail bags containing registered articles, parceis aou ordinary man pooled at Mersing before 1.45 p.m. on that day were burnt, all
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  • 279 3 Tribune Staff Reporter WHEN the postman knocks at film star Jean Simmons' door on Jan. 31, she will find a letter measuring nearly two yards long from some of her admirers in Singapore. The letter will contain birthday greetings for Jean, who
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  • 63 3 THE Blood Transfusion Set vice on Monday said 'No' to ten blood donors trainees from the Police Training School at Thomson Road. The reason was that these trainees had already contributed to the blood bank on Doc. 29. lapse of three months it> necessary before
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  • 165 3 Tribune Staff Reporter PRODUCERS of towgay (bean sprout) in ihe r Rochore Ward have protested to the Acting Municipal President and two of their Commissioner* against the Health Department's move to close fresh-water wells. The filling up of the wells has been ordered on
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  • 121 3 Tribune Crime Reporter THREE Chinese, posing as businessmen visited a house in Wolskel Road, off Upper Seraugoon Road yesterday afternoon. The young housewife, whose husband happened to be out at the time entertained them to coffee. She was taken aback however, when p
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  • 60 3 During Uvc birthduy cele- bratiens of His Highness the Sultan ot y-ste da\. t'ao Sjltan was met by'a Guard cf Honour mount cd by the Trengganu police contingent. Aircratt d 110 squadron RAF flew over and dipped In salute. a message of congratuli:ticn was received by walkie talkie
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  • 124 3 JOHOKK NAURU. Tucv>. When Customs officers raided a house at the hth mile Seudai Village on January 18, they found 12 bottles of samsu (2 gals.) and v aanuai :.t.il with a capacity tot lrt rf»Uo»! They ci tested the ownei < i
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  • 351 4 IT EXPANDS 14 INCHES IN LENGTH, SEVEN IN HEIGHT eneaeed in Hsntlne rust and corrosion oft T H Vd n n e,-s Un Harto„"" themselves as -bnAce biassed. The, say will stay with it until ,h 'Y the world's biscest— New Y„rl\ The great a .oot
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  • 106 5 ABOVE: The bow of the Hying Arrow, the American merchant ship that tried to run the Nationalist blockade of Shanghai. She was riddled by between 30 to 40 shell's from the Nationalist gunboat Wuling off the mouth ot the Yangtse. While she reeled under the impact
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  • 170 5 U.P. YYANHIMiJON, Tucsda;, pKKSIDENT Qnferiao will receive a simple but novrl ami significant gift today—the first bar of soap produced by the new Camay >oap factory in the Philippines, established with -United States capital. Carlo* Hogedorn, chief executive of the Philippines Airlines' Washington
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  • 70 5 U.P. BUENOS AIRES. Tues.— resident Peron today sign,(J a Bill abolishing all measures which made it impossible for Japanese and wrman nationals to become Argentine citizens. The Bill provides that all and Japanese residents otherwise qualified apply for r^aturalizaThe measure states that aI J restrictive
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  • 22 5 Reuter-AAP. ALAND. New ZeaFiro today dethird of th 2 pas'u accommodation in 13,400-ton Shaw Savill AAP Wairan ßi- Reuter-
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  • 94 5 U.P. t s NEW YORK. Tues.—The Office of the United Nations General Assembly President Carlos P. Romulo announced yesterday that all the Filipino stateman's speaking engagements for this week have been cancelled. He said the action was necessitated by a decision of Romulo's doctors at Washington's Walter
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  • 20 5 BERLIN, Jan. 23—Retire 1 Col. William T. Babcock. R2. deputy United States Commander in Berlin, died today.
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  • 80 5 Reuter.-AAP. Tues.—The South ""an port authorities are 8 a tormer American J.ioerty ship, owned by the wnese Nationalists, at the port of Pusan at American Government's request. The American Government is attempting to recover the 42 ships sold to the Chinese Nationalists, on which they still
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  • 241 5 YOSHIDA'S POLICY SPEECH IS TOO OPTIMISTIC —JAPS Reuter—AAP. TOKYO, Tuesday. JAPANESE newspaper editorials this morning agreed that Premier Yoshida's policy speech before the Diet yesterday was marred by "unj warranted optimism." Actuai conditions do not warrant such "self-created optimism" both in the domestic and international situations, the Mainichi Shimbun said.
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  • 70 5 U.P. WASHINGTON. Tues. OFFICIAL and diplomatic circles hailed the election of Dr. Rajendra Prasad to b2 India's first president as a well-deserved recognition for his long service to the cause of Indian independence. Americans expressed some concern over reports that Prasad's health has not been
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  • 201 5 U.P. PORTLAND, Oregon, Tuesday. JJRS. Eleanor Roosevelt said today that she approved the United States foreign nolirv in China ;n l thtt United States "interference with China's internal affairs would damage our integrity in the j Paclnc .M She was sneaking at 0 round
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  • 57 5 Reuter. VANCOUVER. British Columbia. Tues.—Blizzards, floods and gales sweeping British Columbia in its worst winter in decides have killed scores of people. Yesterday, for the fourth consecutive day no railway trains entered or left Vancouver as men cleared snowsiides. An airlift continued to -ly stranded passengers
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  • 112 5 WASHINGTON. Tues.— The U.S. State Department has asked Britain to use its good offices with the Chinese Communists to try to obtain the release of two Americans who had flown commercial planes for the Nationalists. Diplomatic authorities who reported the step today,
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  • 73 5 Reuter.-AAP. HONGKONG. Tuts. Major General Claire Chennault's Civil Air Transport yesterday suspended all flights. A spokesman of CAT said that the suspension is due to the change of registration from Chinese into American. There are two CAT pianes in Kaitak airport, and these have* changed
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  • 244 5 U.P. NEW YORK, Tuesday. MRS Osa Johnson. 56 year ojd explorer; filed a KU|t against the Morrc Films Incorporated today, charging the company had fraudulently advertised her jungle explorations in a "lustful phonographic and sexual manner." Mrs. Johnson complained that the company
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  • 364 6 TAPTAIN "Turko" Westerling and his private *> army throw down the gauntlet 10 the infant government of Indonesia. Eight hundred strong they march into Bandung, second largest city m the United States of Indonesia, drive out the weedy ganglhig youths in their teens," who were y defender's,
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  • 181 6 THERE has been a shaking of sad heads in the 1 Siamese Ministry of the Interior recently In the clash between national prejudice and national interest, the Ministry has discovered that national prejudice has won hands down. It all began some time ago when the Government issued
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  • 1195 6  -  by ROY MACARTNEY Reuter-AAP. TOKYO. DEMOCRATISED" Japanese traders have reacted sharply to British and American suggestions that they might resume their prewar "dumping" and sharp trading tricks. Those days have gone for ever they declare. Never again will they manufacture "genuine Scotish Whisky Beware of
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  • 316 6 BANGKOK. NOW it's cat fighting for the improvement of the breed, of course. A retired Thai police officer is seeking government permission to promote cat fighting as a sport m Bankok. There already are fish fighting, cock-fighting and the strange sport known as Siamese boxing. The
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  • 829 6  -  by WILLIAM PARROT Reuter-AAP. HONGKONG, AS the Chinese Communists prepare to invade Nationalist held islands along the coast of China observers here are appraising the means of defence at Chiang Kai-shek's disposal other than his chief weapon, the sea. Chiang Kai-shek's vast empire of the immediate
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  • 710 6  -  By George MeCadden SYDNEY. CONCERN is mounting in Australia and New Zealan ov-t son mw aim push of Asiatic communism !tau ouier rar Eastern political developments. Conservative governments of these countries, "down under." swept into power by the recent ousting of entrenched socialist
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  • 934 7  -  by Vera Ardmore SATURDAY night is a wise choice for the Singapore Repertory Company first nights. The women in their .7 dresses help to give a gala opening night atmosphere, more reminiscent i i London than of a hard working repertory company putting on a show for
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  • 275 7 A.P. WASHINGTON, Tues. Airplane passengers of the future may sit in reverse to positions they now do ior protection against crash injuries. The U.S. Air Force disclosed that volunteers "duplicating" plane crashes in a rocket-propelled sled nave withstood tremendous forces by facing to the
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  • 95 7 Reuter. DORKING. Surrey, Tues. —Giant animal bones which may be 125.000.000 years old have been found at Ockley. near here, according to experts. Almost a ton of fossils, probably the remains of four or five prehistoric animals, have already been unearthed by
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  • 445 7 Fashions In The Good Year 2,000 U.P. NEW YORK, Tuesday. riLMY, weightless coats and dresses, shoes and stockings for people who won't need to walk, and furs from the animals of Mars were envisioned by crystal ball-gazer fashlonists today for the women of
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  • 93 7 A.P. LONDON. Tues. Old French stamps brought high prices at a Bond Street scamp auction yesterday. A block of six unused 40 cent French stamps, issued in 1849. were sold for £460. A block of 25 stamns of same period, went for £220.
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  • 255 7 HAMBURG. Germany. Tues.—Do you eat ice-cream or do you drink it? You might think the answer is you eat it, unless it has melted and you are scoppin? up the last few drops from the bottom of the dish. But it is not so easy
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    • 35 7 SEVER WARf MANUFACTURED BY THE FAMOUS FIRMS OF A die Bros. Ltd. and /5. CHATTERLEYLTD. OF BIRMINGHAM. S. P. H. de SiKa 45, HIGH STREET, SINGAPORE. 6, THE EMBANKMENT, KUALA LUMPUR. 43, STATION ROAD, IPOH.
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    • 148 7 depressed or stiff er.n* any form of >ff Jll Tfrl physical incapacity your fi n 11] I U| |j m THE OVERSEAS ASSURANCE CORPORATION LIMITED, g/jj^jg China Building. Chulia Street, Singapore. FIXE, MARINE MOTOR VEHICLE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION INSURANCE etc. Branches Agents at Hongkong, Java, Bangkok all towns in Malaya. 15
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 66 7 ALLEY OOP by v T HamKn SHERIFF OF COUNTY? J TH,NTS NETS C" vSUBL B H v- I W 1 i v WHAT BRINGS YOU HERE 7BUSINESS RUBE JUST *Z I 2% r-' J Th H£CK i CANT.' UiW-*;/ YOJ'RE OUT OF YObK. r-< HELP ME OUT OFf£®Rk*d T 2ar?l&kk
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  • Article, Illustration
    95 8 PERM AN doctor Wilu helm Witzel says that after ten years of experiments he has solved the age old riddle of how to tell whether an unborn infant will be a boy or a girl. The United States Army is blowing Dr. WUhelm to examine the '\ves
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  • 317 8 US HIGH COMMISSIONER'S WARNINGS ON GERMANY U.P. WASHINGTON, Tuesday. UNITED States High Commissioner John J. McCloy said the danger of a possible Western German alliance with Russia is "more fearful' than the other danger that Nationalistic elements there will reassert themselves. In an address
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  • 63 8 U.P. PARIS Tues.—Joan Berloy asked for a divorce today after ten years of marriage on the grounds that his wife refused to do any cooking or housework. His wife made the coun-ter-charge that Berloy in the past decade had 30 mistresses. The court ruled
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  • 137 8 Reuter. LONDON Tues Lcru Napier, a regular officer of the Royal Engineers, toid the Royal Commission on awards to inventors in London today that the idea of "Pluto" the pipe line which i' 3 d oil across the Channel to Allied for
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  • 287 8 A.P. NEW YORK, Tuesday. BERNARD M. Baruch writes in the February issue of the Readers Digest that five days before Pearl Harbour, the Japanese ambassador to the U.S., Saburo Kurusu, asked Baruch to urge President Roosevelt to try to avert war with an appeal
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  • 77 8 A.P. SAARBRUECKEN (Saar Territory) Tues. —The city of Saarbruecken. which found itself almost in the front line at the outbreak of war in 1939, and was later heavily bombed in allied raids, starts 1950 with about 30.000 of its 36--500 houses reconstructed and in use again.
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  • 145 8 A.P. SOUTHAMPTON. Tues.—The world's biggest ship is getting a high pressure spring clean. Fifteen hundred workmen are swarming over the 83.673-ton Queen Elizabeth, getting her shipshape in a hurry for 1950 s busy trans-Atlantic tourist trade. Time lost in returning her to service—she is due
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  • 152 8 Reuter. MANILA. Tues.—Felixberto M. Serrano, opposition congressman from the southern Luzon province of Batangas. seat of the country's minor political revolt, has formally launched his "civil disobedience" movement, which he terms "a passive and negative form of non-cooperation through social and economic sanctions against the administration."
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  • 304 8 ROMMEL IS A GREAT SOLDIER WAVELL Reuter. LONDON. Tues.—Field Marshal Earl Wavell. British Middle East Commander during the last war and former Viceroy of India, on Sunday praised his onetime German opponent in the Western Desert, Erwin Rommel, as a "fine character and great soldier.' Field Marshal Wavell. who was
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 674 8 SHIPPIIW CO. LTD., (Incorporated in Singapore) BLUE FUNNEL LINE Carriers' option to proceed via other ports to load and discharge cargo. Sailings for LIVERPOOL, GLASGOW CONTINENTAL PORTS "Meneatheus".. sails for Colombo, Liverpool, Dublin and Glasgow ,mD "Aatyanax" sails for Colombo, Genoa, Maraeilles, Liverpool Glasgow JJ"- "Deucalion" _.._jsails for Holland London
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    • 587 8 SHIPPING ROYAL ROTTERDAM LLOYD I Aden Port Said, Rotterdam Amsterdam. Aden, run s rc p s ham uiVTAM 26 Jan. 27 Jan KAMERLINGH ONNBS 6/8 Feb. Feb 10 Feb. 14/16 ROTTERDAM TRADING CO. «Wg JAVaS* YORK SAILINGS HATTFAX BOSTON. NEW YORK. PHILADELPHIA, BALTi. HALIFAX, RE MOBILE. NEW ORLEANS. Spore P-
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  • 46 9 Singapore, Jan. 24: Tin prir«« $287 per pieul ex-smel-ter. by 50 cents. LONOOM .lan. 23 spot LWJ 1/2 buyers. Ua- < hanged. Three- months £682 1/2 buyera. t p »/4 Turnover 35 tons. Second session: spot trm I Three months £582 1/2 Uu £12 H
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  • 162 9 T HE importance of grade tin concentrates for processing at th» i t 5 smelt** plant at Texa, City Is ttedt an article in the current issue of the U.S. Commerce 1 Apartment's Foreign Commerce Weekly Thn article, written hy Mr Leo S Peak of
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  • 78 9 A.P. LONDON. Tues. The News Chronicle has a note on reports that cheap shirts from Hongkong have caused concern among Manchester traders. It comments: 'The answer to the Hongkong shirt is to improve the Britisn shirt and bring down its price. The British cotton
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  • 115 9 With better advices from London and New York, the rabbet e'mmoditv market r 1 moved 1/4 cent from MonBut there was not much interest taken by dea'ers although the undertone still ieinnimd good. Closing nrices in cents per mil were Buyers Sellers No 1 KSS f o
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  • 133 9 Rubber production in the Federation in December 1949 remained steady with only a small use of 559 tons shown in the rubber statistical summary for the month released yesterday. Stocks however rose Dy i r »O4 torn; at the end of Dcci mix-! n< compared with
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  • 53 9 U.P. KARACHI Tues.- A local news agency report said wday thai Spam is negol«»r the purchaser of Pakistan wheat surplus. It reported that Spanish onsul General for Karachi Emilio Numea. stated pal If negotiations with the Pakistan government materialize, Spain may pur--500,000 tons of wheat
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  • 55 9 Reuter-AAP. < >KYO. Tues.—Japanese mical companies have been invited to make tenors oi 3.500 tons of caus"c and other indus'rlal chemicals being °ught by the United States of Indonesia, it was learned today. Japanese companies are expected to offer copper s 'ilphate. glacial acetic acid
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  • 261 9 A.P. WASHINGTON, Tues.—lndonesia is heading back to second place among world tin producers. The United States Department of Commerce says: "The high postwar price for tin has favoured rapier rehabilitation of the tin industry in Indonesia. It is too early to determine
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  • 47 9 Reuter. TAIPEH. Formosa. Tues.— The Britisn Ministry ot Food has contracted to buy 50,000 tons ot sugar from Formosa during 1950. A British firm nere negotiated the deal, on benalf of the Ministry, with the laiwan outjar corporation run by the Chinese Nationalist Government. Reuter.
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  • 198 9 A.P. LONDON, Tues.—The British Board of Trade reports on Monday that United Kingdom and Dutch representatives have made considerable progress towards agreement on a 1950 trade pact. "The two will now report to their respective governments and it is hoped to resume that discussions in
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  • 99 9 A.P. WASHINGTON. Tues United States gold production in 1949 totalled 1.949.--000 lino ounces, three per cent less than in 1948. the U.S. Bureau of Mines reported. "The chief deterrent in 1949 was the continued increase in production costs, combined with an inflexible gold price."
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  • 322 9 Reuter. LONDON, Tues. The Lonli don Financial Times corpondent at Dundee reportyesterday that the jute controller there estimated lhat there would be a shortage of 50 per cent in the supr,i of hessians in this country between March and June this year, if no cloth was
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  • 75 9 Gujarat (44), Yale County (42 3), Kecio (41), Sit Hen (40), Menestheus-BenvorUch (38 9), Glenorchy (35 6), Van. Buren and Elpenor (33/--i), T. Akar (81 2), Rajula (17/18), Benlomond (19 20), S.H.B. Cralt— Maxwell Bravder (21 2), Nordkvn (23 4), Nordvest (25 6), Mar on (27 8),
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  • 33 9 It is officiary announced that the average selling price of rubber (No. 1 R.S.S.) at the Singapore auctions for the last quarter ending December. 31, 1949. was 46.46 cents per lb.
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  • 103 9 WASHINGTON. Tues. THE National Federation of American Shipping on Sunday estimated th c United States privatelyowned merchant fleet to be 14.300.000 deadweight tons, and comprised of 1.206 ships. This is an increase bf about, 300.000 deadweight tons over the Jan. 1. 1949 level, the Federation said.
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  • 235 9 A.P. JjONGKONG, Tuesday.—Shanghai's textile industry produced 71,156 bales of yarn in November according to reports from that city. This was de-' scribed as an 89 per cent improvement over July and W{ J« credited lar &ely to government assistance 0.0 v Production, private
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  • 124 9 About 250 tons of Brazilian coffee are expected in Singapore by the s.s. Tjlpondon on January 28. The coffee market was quiet in Singapore yesterday with moderate buying interest In evidence. Sellers of Rio. No. 5 ready asked $130 per picul and some business was done at $129
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  • 61 9 Mails are expected from Federation. Hongkong. China, and Western Australia today. Mai':s for Great Britain. North Ireland, Eire. Europe. Egypt. North and West Africa. West Indies. and Ceylon will close at 3 2nd mails for North Borneo. Labuan. Brunei. Miri. USA and Canada will close at noon and
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  • 30 9 The local share mar- i ket continued to be lifeless. But the popular tin counters had small i inquiry and industrials continued to provide most of the interest.
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  • 802 9 Singapote, Tues. INDUSTKIAUS I Atlas EC9 2.15 2.25 Alex. Bricks Pref. 2.40 2.50 Ord. 2.20 2.25 B. B. Petrol 33/9 ot B.M. Trustees 7.50 8.50 Con. Tin Smelt Pref. 21/3 22/8 Ord. 15/3 16/6 ft. Utd Assur. 39 25 40.25 Est. Trust Fed. Dispensary 6.60 7.00 Fraser
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 570 9 BOUSTEAD Co7lTD* SINGAPORE Lloyds Agents In Singapore. Ticket Agents For Malayan Railways GLEN LINE "j ACCEPTING FOB ADEN, LONDON, ANTWERP, ROTTER" t DAM, HAMBURG Due Sail* DENBIGHSHIRE In Port Jan. 30 GLENORY (Calls Alexandria) Feb. 7 Feb. 11 FROM U.K. FOR BTRAITB, HONQKONQ, SHANGHAI, AND JAPAN. GLENORCHY In Port Jan.
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  • 721 10 A.P. BUENOS AIRES, Today. ARGENTINA boasts the biggest sport industry in A Latin America. Millions of fans pay more Bullions of pesos to keep the industry going while the federal |overnment contributes millions for national and international competitions. Argentina's two major sports are soccer football
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  • 87 10 Reuter-AAP. TOKYO. Today. J j Caught ap in Japan's postwar baseball erase, S 300 Japanese women J recently applied to V 1 form the "Tokyo Red 7 I Socks." l It will be Japan s second women's profes- J sional baseball team i Examiners
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  • 184 10 Reuter. NAGPUR. Tues. The tHeedavs match between the < on>monwealth cricket wunits and the Central PrV-lnce Governor s are ended here in a drirw. The home side lost their re mainine six first innings wicke s today for 75 runs to equal the Ccmmonw«alth
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  • 66 10 A.P. S scored a tec*^ mockout over J°« n^ J*™" 0 of Chicago, in the eighth of a scheduled ten-round non-title grabbed his jaw as though it was broken, signalled to the referee and then deliberately walked to his corner He suffered a broken jaw two
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  • 276 10 Office bearers of the Flight Badminton Party for the t*** 1950 are: President. Mr. E» Her.tr Ser- vice-President. Mr. H |n ß Hock Siew; hon. Mr Tang Kirn Kwong; assistant' Mr Urn Mong Kiong: hon. ueaaJrer Mr .Tan Buck W. antain Mr. Lim Chin leca. Mr. Tan Kay
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  • 442 10 U.P. DETROIT, Today. 10E Louis said recently he prized being the retired J undefeated heavyweight champion too much to risk a comeback which might eventually prove his downfall. "Em not scared of Ezzard Charles, but I know that even if I did win the
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  • 103 10 U.P. CAMDEN, Tups. Jersey Joe Walcott's bout with German heavyweight champion. Heinen Hoof, will come off as scheduled next May despite promoter Heinz Schuldes's suspension from the German National Boxing Union, Felix BoChicchio. Wallcott's manager said. Bochicchio said he had been assured in a
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  • 853 10 R EIX)W is the card for today's Big Sweep will be drawn on Race 8 and the Double Totes on Races 3 and 4 and 6 and 7. Duke San (Flannery) 10.07 air. T Bowden j?k »niff II Don.) 10.02 Mr. R. S. M pr ukelen Kft <
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  • 308 10 A.P. HONC KONG. Twes. Combined Malaya Eleven were defeated by the Hong- kong team 6-3 today, io-r I their second of three games. I But todays game mm i faster and moiv exciting i than the other two games. The same fault which plagu-
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  • 229 10 Reuter. LONDON. Tues. who saw the thrilling f last year when Can bridft came with that magnift finish to win. are already looking forward to an< exciting boatraev on tne Thames this year It is early yet to weign up chances for both Oxford and Cambridge
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 286 10 AUTOMATIC RECORD CHANGER Model RC7OA/AC WITH NEW TYPE IMPROVED 3 PIN PTCK-UP WILL AUTOMATICALLY PLAY ANY NUMBER OF RECORDS UP TO TEN OF 12" or 10" NOT MIXED. 590.00 Less 10- r for cash. Also available with specially constructed teak wood cabinets with record compartments, at extra. FROM ALL RADIO
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  • 288 11 NEIL HARVEY'S BRILLIANCE TURNS DEFEAT INTO "RUBBER WIN Reuter. D T eBday A brUliant eff °rt by 21-year-tim? tZIl 11 l H T7> l he Vict °ri«n lefthander/at a a™iH A^ t I,a u ha i their backs t0 wall to Hmi in g B 6 South Afrf ca for
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  • 33 11 BRUSSELS, Tues. With three more left to check In at the Brussels control point, most of the competi tors in the Monte Carlo rally were through and heading for the Rheims.
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  • 91 11 Reuter-AAP. I SYDNEY, 'lues —The j rial ay an Empire Gtnuci I lean had a frood work- <>at !i- re today and I intend to have another j Uiiuvrfw. Lloyd Vainer*:, speakon behalf of nnnagcr Ted Strickland, told Reuter that all members of the team were
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  • 17 11 In a football match played v Katcng yesterday. H.M.S. Unicorn defeated the Cheerful Lads 4-1»
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  • 344 11 Reuter. LONDON, Tuesday. pFTEEN premier division clubs, ten Second Division League sides and seven from the Third Division will vie for places among the last 16 when Fourth Pwound of the English F.A. Cup is played -'turday. probably just as well 'of some teams that League
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  • 301 11 Alne Sands, the hard-hitting Australian, will figure in the main event of another Razak promotion at the Happy World stadium on Feb. 3, subject to the approval of the Singapore Boxing Board of Contrc'. His opponent will be Nai Sompong, the Siamese -who still holds the
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  • 107 11 A second and last goal scored by Chong Mum, one of Ranger's forwards during the second half, enabled the Tiong Bahru Raugers to defeat the H.M.S. Triumph, by tv/o goals to one, in a friendly game of soccer at Farrer Park yesteiday. Four
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  • 109 11 The only hockey match played on the Padang yesterday S.C.C. versus the Khalsa Association ended in a one-all draw. The Khalsas' fielding ten men had the edge of the game. almost throughout, but good defence work put up by Tresllng and Brand held
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  • 167 11 A.P. MADRAS, Tues. —Gertrude ("Gorgeous Gussie") Moran. the American tennis star, and winner of the All Indian Hardcourt Tennis Women's Championship on Tuesday, cabled to her mother in America informing her the cancellation of her agreement with Anthony Davenport of Berkshire It was learned that she
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  • 56 11  -  By Spencer RACE ONE LAURIE Eastern Gold Duke San. RACE TWO JADE PRINCESS Naehtegaal John Bull. KACE THREE MAMUSE Francelene Windsor Laddie KACE FOI R CARAVAN Chastity Craigmount KACE FIAE ST. QUENTIN Lady Halang Mayfair. RACE SIX VANGL4RD Sir Fresco Northwell. KACE SEVEN LOCH CLYDE Grecian Prince Lena Dear.
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  • 202 11 ALL INDIA HARD COURT' LAWN TENNIS Reuter. MADRAS. Tues—Philippe Washer and Vladimir Cer nik, today won the men's doubles title in the AllIndia hard court lawn tennis championships here de feating the British pair. Geoff Paish and Gerald Oakley. 6—4. 10—8, 9—7 in the final. Pat Todd and Miss Gertrud"
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  • 223 11  -  By ALBERT SPENCER The Mail with 2,000 Winners. JPOH, Today.—The going is perfect and the weather very good for today's races here—second day of the Perak Turf Club January meeting. The best bets for the day are Caravan, Booklaw and Vanguard. Most of today's runners,
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  • 119 11 Reuter. EDINBURGH. Tues. —The Scottish team to meet Wales in the Rugby Lnion International match at Swansea on Feb. 4. was announced today as follows: G. Burrell. I). W. C. Smith. K. Mac Donald, D. A. Sloan, C. W. Urummond, L. Bruce Lockhart, A. W. Black.
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  • 153 11 There was no brass band to greet Jimmy Welch when he landed at Kallang airport this morning although promoter Razak told the Tribune that was what he would do. Neither was Razak or any of Jimmy's friends there to congratulate him on his recent
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 209 11 NOTICES. j HACKNEY CARRIAGE PERMIT I, Koh Ker Hong of No. 65, Weld Road, Singapore hereby notice of intention to apply for a hackney carnage I permit for my Singapore registered hackney No. SC. 3172 to continue its journey into the Mainland at Johore Bahru towh only. This application will
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    • 618 11 NOTICES AUCTION SALE OF A large collection of E.P.S..S. cutlery seta, tea coffee seta, cocktail shakers, fish eater Sc server, pastry forks 4 spoons, tea. coffee St scup spoons, sruce boats, trays, toast racks* cigar Sc cigarette boxes, butter St sweet dishes, vases, fruit bowls, honey jars, Tyrex dishes, cut
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    • 673 11 SITS. VACANT WANTED: An experienced 1 iady telephone operator. Knowledge of Indonesian and English languages essential. Apply with full particulars to advertiser. Box A 3262, Malaya Tribune, Singapore. Applications are invited fcr appointment as a Mechanical Engineer in the Drainage and Irrigation Department. The appointment will bo in the scale
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 90 11 —FSEE HERE BUT, MV DEAR T MR. M C 6REEDV IS THERE YOU ARE MYYES, SIR LOOK AOH! I'LL NEVErI JUST "CAUSE YOU ARE SIR- YOU'LL f RIGHT! K/MW; GOOD MAN- W I'LL PUT A J CURLV'S KNOW HOW I LET rTTTI|F«f PAYIN' EXPENSES IT A ONLY 6E HERE JUET'S
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  • 340 12 ACHESON AGREES TO EXTEND EXPIRATION DATE TO JUNE 30 U.P. Reuter. WASHINGTON, Tuesday. OECRETARY of State De>n Acheson told the mittee today that the Economic extend the expiration date of aid to the Chinese• NationaUsts on I onn Chairman Tom Connally of the
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  • 366 12 THE shops listed below have put up signs pledging themselves to sell sugar and cigarettes at correct prices. Sin?e it Is no I possible for the Tribune to cover all shops in Singapore, those wishing to join the campaign are requested to write or telephone
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  • 97 12 HONGKONG. Tues—Two boys were reported drowned when the vessel "Edith Moller" collided with a fishingjunk as she was entering the harbour early yesterday morning. The junk had aboard a whole family, including four boys and three girls at the time of the accident.
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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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  • 214 12 U.P. TAIPEH, Tuesday. THE mainland city of Ningpo was heavily bombed 1 by a fleet of Nationalist warplanes today. The targets included six drydocks, one nourmill and one cotton mill. A big fire broke out after highly explosive bombs were dropped. Great destruction was believed
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  • 55 12 Reuter-AAP. HONGKONG, lues. A court ot inquiry announced today that saboteurs blew up the 1.931-ton Britisn steamer Chaksang in Hongkong harbour during a typnoon last September kilmg 13 Cnines: 1 sailors. The court said ihat if the weather nad not delayed her sa-'ins the Chaxsang would have
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  • 114 12 A.P. TAIPEH. "2ucs. Unrest spread today among MUw Formosan cnsMcripts being trained to lgM for their l ome island against the CM* se Communists. Letters from the firit batch of conscripts tc the Provincial Peoples Council compia ned Ji bad quarters, poor clotning and food and
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  • 45 12 Reuter-AAP. HONGKONG. Tues.—Two thousand Kowloon bus drivers and conductors last night resumed normal service after seven hour's demonstration go-slow tactics. The tramway system remained idle for tht 26th day as the workers, like the busmen, demand $3 a day more pay.—Reuter-AAP.
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  • 227 12 Tribune Staff Reporter THE ghost that has been haunting the house ol 1 Inche Om»r bin Haji Ismail in Geylang Serai must have read the newspapers. Or perhaps he is taking I*»*- Lasc nf h t. i trie spend a night in Inche Omar's
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  • 43 12 Chinese Nationalists troops line up to be sprayed with DDT powder in the Mong Duong camp where the disarmed troops are interned by French authorities. The soldiers fled into Indo China ahead of advancing Communist armies. A.P. Photo. A.P. Photo.
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  • 221 12 U.P. NEW DELHI, Tuesday. WITH Chinese Communist forces only 75 W miles from the Indian frontier, informed quarters said today that the Indfaft up a chain checkpoints along northern borders to screen all India-bound Himalay j»n travellers. The Red Chinese Peiping radio announced
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  • 154 12 U.P. A.P. The Isbrandtsen Company's flying independent, carrying a cargo from New York and 150 tons of Malayan timber for Red-held Shanghai, may or may not make the run for that port. Two hours before the ship sailed iVom the Singapore outer roads
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  • 56 12 MANILA, Tues.—Attempts by Chinese Nationalist supporters to organise an "antiBritish boycott week" here starting yesterday had exactly the opposite effect to that intended. Duiing the past few days Chinese businessmen all over the Philippines have been ostentatiously shaking hands with Britons in public places, assuring them of
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  • 141 12 A quarrel between two young Malay women was described in the Second Magistrate's Court yesterday during a summons case in which Salmah binti Mustan alleged that she had been abused and hurt b> Beda binti Hussain. Salmah said she was a waitress in the
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  • 94 12 Tomorrow is Australia Singapoie'.s Australian munity have arranged a ception at the Taaglin club in the morning and the local Austialia and N land Association m barbecue at Changi at night In Kuala Lumpur. U ly foimed Malayan Austra Association will hold its first function at the
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  • 269 12 GENERAL V.M.C.A.: Magapon 5 p.m.; German Fr«n!i beginners' class and O tional class 5.30 p.m.: Am C life model drawing (c ibject, Malay policeman) 6 p.m. Y.W.C.A.: Katong Gu< at 4 p.m. at St. Hilda'i E tor locking and painting oi lampshades. CINEMA CATHAY: "Haunted El <Mandarin)
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  • 107 12 Reuter. LONDON. Tues.-T ot Govern, was a feature of W Ftork Exchan* recent advan. i m with persist-nt buyins a market shor> of prices were itichl h best but showed gmmfl s'Bths per cent. toc k Other section? o; market were gui I were few. Leadingreflected an advance
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  • 198 12 MR Percy Spender Australian Foreign Minister, who is leaving here tomorrow for Australia, is to have secrets talks during an over»ight stay m Singapore. Mr. spender saia neie today he expected Commonwealth Governments would send their Foreign and Economic Ministers to the Canberra conference
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