Malaya Tribune, 16 March 1950

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    62 1 MALAYA Tribune BY THE, PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Td: 'Tribune" Spore LARGER SALES THAN ANY AFTERNOON PAPER IN MALAYA Phone 5811/3 Nine Lines Published simultaneously vi Singapore, Kuala Ipoh and Penang. EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1950 TEN CENTS. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENT ATIVB B. Maurice Glover, Malaya
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    MALAYAN CHINESE FEAR MAO'S ENVOYS
    800 1 House Told 1,115 Bandits Wiped Out A.P., Reuter. LONDON, Wednesday. U 11)5 SPREAD misgivings among the Chinese community that the nee of Chinese Communist diplomats might lead to a further 4 ierioraUon ot law and order in Malaya was mentioned in the House of CtfBBM
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    Lincolns Arrive Saturday
    50 1 STOP PRESS Reuter. LINCOLNSHIRE, Wed. jaaadron. No. 57. of Lineata bombers, left here toitalaya to fight th? trrrorbts. Pr/ing in stages of about Biles i day. the planes m expected to arrive this weekend. Their ground crews are bctaf Bow" out separately in >rk ~iui Hastings aircraft.—Keuler.
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    BOMBAY DEAD NOW TEN
    41 1 A.P. COMB AY. Wed. When the curfew was lifted today the total ca in disturbed mounted to 10 and 21 wounded since started on Suniia\. attended matriculation examinations in school? today andei a heavy police guairi. A.P.
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    MALAYAN RUBBER FOR RUSSIA
    99 1 A.P. PENANG. Wed. Moie than 15.000 tons of Malayan rubber is expected to be exported to Soviet Russia this month, it is learned. The Russian vessel. Taras Schevchenko, presently in Penang. will be loading 1,100 cons of rubber. The ship had taken on 7.000 tons in
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    BENHAM FINDINGS WILL BE OUT SOON
    121 1 Tribune Staff Reporter THE Benham Committee's first interim recommendations on salary increases for government servants is expected to be announced early in May. It is be'ieved the final re- poi t will follow a month later. Dr. F. C. Benham, was appointed chairman of
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    MAIL TO CHINA
    21 1 A.P. LONDON. Wed.—Britain announced today „he resumption of mail service to all provinces of China, including Manchuria. —A.P.
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    "We Want To Help
    156 1 This is how Dean Acheson summarised J America's atiuuae to Asia at the opening of Ins speech:— "We know that we are interested in the peoples of Asia as i people. We want to i nelp them as people. We do not want to take anything
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    Trade With U.S.I At A Standstill
    261 1 Tribune Market Reporter OIiNGAPORE'S trade with Indonesia is now at L> a standstill with the old nnarice regulu tivns of Indonesia defunct and the new ones tioi yet in working oraer. Exchange certificates, the key to the working of the new system have not
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    HOPE FOR CANCER VICTIMS
    79 1 Reuter. WASHINGTON, Wed. The atomic plant at Oak Ridge. Tennessee, intends to open the first of »ts cancel research centres on about April L •«A special effot will Bf made to treat leukaemia I» children, which is one of fie worst types of cancer of the
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    PREMIER SEES LEOPOLD
    64 1 U.P. GENEVA. Wed.—The Pr* mier of Belgium and tne Presidents of its two Houses of Parliament conferred behind an iron-fencea suburban estate today witn King Leopold on the critical question of the exiled monarch's return to his throne. They are discussing tne risks involved in such a
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    RUSSIAN ENVOY
    28 1 Reuter. PESHAWAR, Wed. M. Alexander G. Stetsenko, first Russian Ambassador to Pakistan, arrived in Peshawar tonight accompanied by his wife and 17 members of hi* staff.—Reuter.
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    2,000 TRAPPED IN TOUNGOO
    137 1 A.P. RANGOON, Wed. —A radio message from 2,000 British American and other civilians trapped inside the rebel Karen city of Toungoo expressing anxiety for their safety as the battle for Toungoo draws closer was picked up in Rangoon today. Toungoo lies 180 miles north of Rangoon.
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    CHINA, RUSSIA WAR NED:LA YOFF REST OF ASIA
    745 1 SAN FRANCISCO, Thursday. •SECRETARY of State Dean Acheson warned Communist China and Russia today to keep their hands off the rest of Asia. In his long-awaited statement on United States policy Acheson said: "The Chinese can only bring grave trouble on their
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    HO, BAO DAI TALKS DENIED
    71 1 Reuter. PARIS, Wed. Reports that negotiations might soon be opened between Bao Dai, head of Vietnam state, and Ho Chi-minh. leader of the Vietminh (insurgent nationalist movement in Vietnam), were denied by the Vietminh Radio today, according to an Agence France Press report from Saigon.
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    BIRDS CAUSE PLANE CRASH
    59 1 Reuter. NEW YORK. Wed. A United States army helicopter's collision with a flock of birds and an air force fighter plane's crash into a restaurant killed two people and injured 17 today. In Kllleen, Texas, two men died when the helicopter crashed and burned while in
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    REDS DRIVEN OFF
    27 1 A.P. HAMBURG, Wed.—Communists attempted to storm a British official building today but were driven off in a clash with British guards and German police.—A.P.
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    SERETSE BAN IS LIFTED
    127 1 U.P. LONDON. Wed.—The Labour Government was reported to have backed down today and lifted at least temporarily its banishment of tribal chieftain Seretse Khama and his white wife from their African domain. At least 40 Labour members of the Commons had joined Winston Churchill's Conservatives and
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    TWO MORE ALLIES
    17 1 A.P. SAIGON, Wed. Bolivia and Costa Rica have recognised Vietnam. Cambodia and Laos. —A.P.
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    POLAND WITHDRAWS
    12 1 A.P. WASHINGTON. Wed. Poland withdrew from the World Bank today.—A.P.
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    TREATY SIGNED
    16 1 A.P. TEHERAN, Wed—A treaty of friendship was signed today between Iran and India —A.P.
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    MALAYA LOSING WORLD LEAD IN TIN INDUSTRY?
    374 2 A.P. WASHINGXON. Wednesday. Malaya is declining as a foremast tin supplier. the U.S. Department of Commerce says. The decline, is chiefly the result 1 "the appearance of the United States as a major postwar of tin metal," the Department adds. During rhe wax
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    Chartered Bank—12% Div. For 1949
    92 2 At '.he .MockJioM rs r Hitting of the Chartered Bank of India. Australia and China, to b<- Jield in London on April 1. the diro tors will icLomm-md a tir.al dividend at the iMc of t> 4er (.em per anirmi subj t to income tax
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    Jakarta Pleased
    88 2 Reuter AAP. lAKARTA, Wednesday. Brokers in Jakarta showed satisfaction with the reaction in foreign markets on the new foreign exchange regulations >n Indonesia, reports Aneta news agency. They said these teactions were moic favourable than cculd be deduced from tirst reports. New York's rubber quotations h-ecm hardly to
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    RUBBER STEADY
    112 2 Tbe rubber «ommodsty market opened -teady yewuday and bu'ine?.- was bri:ni on purely speculator buying. The r>arket closed 1/1 of a ''en' higher than on TunKuay. Closing pi cej in cents pei pound were Bus ci Sell< ra Nr. 1 RSS f.0.0. Api.l 5 8 ~2 i No.
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    Tin Prices
    65 2 SINOAPQRf. Harcb 15. Tin price was $2.95 per picid ex nmSinr. Up S4 on the pmtd. LONDON, Mrr. 14: Spol toi»H Inchanged Thre:- months £593. Up £f». Settlement price £697 1. Down CI 4. Turno\er 175 ions.. Second session i Spo; £599. Up 11. Iwes months £594 Up
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    SHIPS IN PORT
    69 2 Kmpire T< -our> (s!he«*rs> Keissevain (42/»3); (irwuni f«s); Havbris (49/41); siisen '40); Kajnh Hrookc Huokli Trader tSttfSßr, Silvana to WL I»a\is (S8 UT; Xa K «ra; Pundua il«/18>; Ki*taa <l!< .'0); vr.» "I «uj«iv <;«./ir.) p»< i 'iv ii); Ksane (£5/S#T; star Arcturio* (24J/27); (■>*.•: I ir>
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    The Produce Market
    154 2 Theio was little interest in the coffee market yesterday with buyers and sellers a>h f;'.:apart and no bujriiie!>s done. Bid« were $127 1 2 a.id kite: $128 per picul for Rio 1'» -reasked were $1 ahQye these, 't.i .s. Copra was a:.ain lep'ierday with sellers offer in*
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    EASTERN BANK
    41 2 The ducctoi.s of r> urn T-niiK Ltd, have a final •l:\ldend at the T9.it of 8 'fid per share le*r income lax. ltar,:frr to Premises recommended i-> fSO.OOO. and to tftr.OOO. A sum 01" if Io le carried forward.
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    MERCANTILE BANK
    34 2 The directors of ihe Mercantile Bank of India Limited bare re«omnicnded a final dt\idend of »i per ceni income u.x r.'ak injc 12 per cent r the tar. ending: December :'l. 3H4!\
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    EXPORTS FROM RHIO MUST HAVE PERMITS
    86 2 The Indonesian Government has decided that as from March 15 ali exports from territories outside the Indonesian customs ar.a <Bine Archipelago t must be i covered by an export oermit issued by the Indonesian. Export Coutrol Autho- ■Hi Ttitse permits will only be obtainable
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    Tins Have More Inquiry
    35 2 SINGAPORE, Mar. 15. Industrial were a "mi mark;-: and lin?v 'lew; 1 rather mor,' injiiirv after the anncunri'menl c. thr noon lcr :he metal— $295 [:t*r piciU, a rh ■of S4.
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    Share Quotations
    908 2 Singaoore, Wed, Buyer* ac- a. LNT)U BTRX A L S \tias Ice 11.90 12 25 xb.. xd Vlex. Brio*. Praf. 7.40 bo Ord. 2.17 5 2.25 3.8. Petioi 33 9 34 9 B.M. Trustee* 7.60 8.50 :on. Tin Smelt Pref. 21/8 22/8 Ord. 15/3 16/6 E. Utd. Assur.
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    TEN BUSMEN'S GAOL TERMS OUASHED
    477 3 'NO EVIDENCE MONEY WAS NOT PAID TO STC' JEN Singapore Traction Company conductor*, sent enced to varying terms of imprisonment, yesterday walked ont of the High Court free m«*ii. The men had appealed against their eonMetkm for criminal breach ©f trust in respect of selling
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    P.E.A. TO HOLD SIX LECTURES
    151 3 THE Peop'e s Education Association. Singapore will hold a series of six extension lectures beginning Mai eh 22 at the British Council Hall. Stamford Road. The March 22 lecture wiii be given by Mi. A. vV. Frisby. Singapore'a Dnector cf Education, on Community Development The
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    Indian Ship Arrives Here Today
    132 3 ONE of the main ships oi the Indian Navy. LN.fi "Jumna", is coming to Singapoie today jon a joutine visit. The ship is in command of Capt. B. S. Soman, of thy senior most officers of tn Indian Navy, who was among the first three
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    APPEAL FOR MORE MEMBERS
    47 3 MALACCA. Wed. In an appeal for more members lor the Malacca Library Mr P. G. M. G. Mahindasa. -J P.. the hon. secretary and treasurer, said that It is the cheapest lending library in the country today, the subscription being only 50 cents
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    $500,000 Donations For Varsity Fund
    311 3 YESTERDAY afternoon's meeting of 'he staid Senate of the University of Malaya was broken by a long round of applause when Vice-Lhaucellor Dr. G. V. Allen announced that the University was richer by $500,000 as the result of gifts by four Chinese business men. The
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    SOCIETY OFFICIALS
    81 3 The lollowin* «jnjm el. officials ol the Singapore Chris ■iin Funeral Society for the urrent year at its annual Mtaeral meeting held re<enllv President. Mr. Andrew Pn.to Vice President Mr. L. A. Joseph: Hon. Se. retarv: Ml Lim Tin Soon: Hon. Treasurer' Mr Chan Boon Hock; Committee Members:
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    CHAMBER CHIEF
    39 3 Mr. Yong IM Lin, retiring President of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce (Left) hands over the seal of office to Ihe new President, Mr. Tan Lark Sye, centre, while the secretary, Mr. Tang Peng Van, looks on.
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    Charged With Being In Company Of Armed Man
    140 3 MALACCA. Wed. —A Chinese who ran on seeing a I dice paity in the Maehan aiea and /ailed tc stop when challenged was shot dead by the pc'ice In the dead man* pocket police found a small serviceable Mauser pistol. This was
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    WAR DAMAGE MEN LEAVE
    49 3 Mi. H. Martin Doyle lelin- quished duty as Chief Super intending Assessor, War Dam- mage Claims Commission. with effect fiom December 30. M< J F. Arthur has ceased jto be Superintending Assesj sor. War Damage Claims I Commission, with effect from j the same date.
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      477 3 PHILATELY STAMPS: Send f>oo or more aeaarted M.daya or British Ceionie? and receive equal exchange Australia and New Zealand. damaged dtrty or heavy putt marked stamps not wanted. H. L. Letter 92. Hothani Pt. Ea-t St.. Kilda ri. 2. Melbourne, Victoria Australia. <Y.998>. rx)& sale a collection of Malayan stamps
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    STILL NOT ENOUGH
    589 4 GURKHA brigade from Hongkong and a squadron of Lincoln heavy bombers from the United Kingdom will be useful new striking power against the bandits. But the people should not expect miracles; nor should they allow their own efforts to slacken. We have a long, long way to
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    TIBET COMES INTO THE WORLD-PICTURE
    1037 4  -  by FRANK ROBERTSON HONG KONG. BEHIND the recent announcement of the inauguration of the 10th Panchen Lama in northwest China lies the story of China's long struggle to regain a position of influence in Tibet. Although Tibetans venerate their Panchen Lama, they have not ollowed
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    GERMANS IN SEARCH OF A NEW HITLER
    840 4  -  By Ri chard O'Regan A.P. NUERLIN, EARLY 4,000,000 Germans with Nazi-tainted ideas may be laying the groundwork today for a future German fuehrer. These are West Germany's nationalists—despising, hating and undermining the new-born democracy of the West German federal republic. They represent about
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    RED CROSS GUIDE TO THE ART OF BEING ILL
    317 4 rtOUGH they would not protect a Forces malingerer from the legendary acumen of a medical board, tips in the British Red Cross Society's newly published Casualty Faking would at least ensure a film extra a job in a Technicolor battle scene.
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    MOSLEM BROTHERHOOD BEING REVIVED
    943 4  -  b y HAIG NICHOLSON CAIRO EGYPTIANS are watching closely what appear to be efforts to revive the* Moslem Brotherhood, a fanatical political organisation which was banned in December, 1948, shortly before the assassination of the then Prime Minister, Nokrashy Pasha. Started some fifteen years ago with
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    REGISTRATION OF REDS
    53 4 WASHINGTON. The United States Senate Judiciary committee has approved a bill to make registration of American communists and officers of Communist organisations compulsory. The bill would bar Ommunists from appointment to Federal positions and criminal action wouid be taken against any Government official supplying classified information to
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    S'PORE STAMPS WILL BE BRIGHTER
    206 5 iifGAPI IRE may soon have prettier postal stamps emendations of the Stamp Committee J^ nl vernment early last year nre acceptThe C< lony may have stamps which will publiher graphical position on the main air and id her position as the great trading ft l-,.
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    CAR BROKE FOOD BAN LAW
    25 5 A >.,. S day.— wmn reAuxiliary area for three-quar-ts of rice, fcgai md tinned food. (is -topped in i tor irregu-
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    JOB REVOKED
    18 5 Administering has revoked I of Mr. Chan mm Sun a member of the idminist ration Boanl.
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    Tan Calls For Bigger Council
    134 5 MR. C. C. TAN (Prog. ITI Municipality Southwest) will move at next w T eek's meeting of the Legislative Council that the number of unofflcials in that body be raised to sixteen. At present there are 12 unofficials. Mr. Tan will also move that the
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    Captain (76) Joins War On Terrorists
    83 5 RUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Seventy-six-year-o'd Captain Anderson, of Keiantan has volunteered for the AntiBandit Month. Commissioner of Police in 1935. Captain Anderson is now in charge of coast watching posts. Volunteers in Negri Sembilan have improved many miles of bridle paths and slashed blukar. Security
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    Back from the Stales
    20 5 Syed Adam Edward HoganShaidali on his arrival by Pan American Airways from the United States yesterday.
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    If Edwa rd Ever Returns— The Mayor And The Corpora Hon Will Be There
    215 5 THEY will roll out the red carpet to the Town Hall and a civic body, headed by the Mayor, will be there ccmplete with brass band to greet nineteen-year-old Syed Adam Edward Hogan-Shai-dali if ever he
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    Study Gift Winners
    97 5 fVO awards of scholarships were made yesterday by the Singapore Co-operators from their Scholarship Fund for the current year. The winners are nan Chin Sun of the Anglo-Chinese Secondary School and Miss Pearl Williams of the Re ffles Girl's School. The value of the scholarship is $100
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    PETROL CLERKS GET NOTICES
    50 5 The Acting Petrol Rationing Officer, Mr. Erijc Dunsford, and his staff of nine clerks have received notices terminating their services following the announcement that petrol rationing will be off on March 31. Mr. Dunstcrd received a month's notice but his clerks were only given 14 days.
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    BECKER LEAVES FOR MANILA
    45 5 Mr. L. E. Becrter, Chief Accountant of the Far Eastern Division of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, is leaving Singapore to-day for Manila, to taKe up a new appointment as Secretary Treasurer to the Seventh Day Adventist's Philippine Islands Union Mission.
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    Fortnum Co. Show $941,398 Deficit
    236 5 AN estimated deficiency of $941,398 was revealed yesterday at the examination of Mr. Foo Hong Toon, the managing director of Fortnum Co., Ltd., in relation to the company's business affaire. The examination was held before Mr Justice Evans in the Singapore High Court. The company
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    NO CAT FOR THIEF
    73 5 THE Chief Justice. Mr. Murray Aynsley. yesterday deleted the "whipping part of a sentence passed on a Chinese, Choo Chak Ng, for stealing $22 from one Tan Kia Kit. Choo had been found guilty of stealing the money from Tan on Jan. 15 last and sentenced
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    IN QUEST OF RARE BIRDS
    71 5 The quest for rare birds has often led Mr. Salim Ali, an Indian ornithologist, to far flung corners of this universe. He has followed the Bar-headed Goose to its native lakes in the bleak Tibetan Highlands. Mr. Ali. who spoke over Radio Malaya last night,
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    Thief Was Caught Red-handed
    108 5 THIRTY-TWO-year-old Ngor Ah Kow, a fisherman of No. 59 Cross Street, was caught on Feb. 1 in the act of tipping into his ko'ek a gunny containing 75 katties of scrap rubber, the cargo of the motor vessel. Sin Hon Ho which was lying at anchor
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    $30,000 LOSS AT ESTATE, MILL
    235 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. DOLICE investigating a mysterious shooting report in the Segamat area yesterday found that a gang of bandits had raided an estate and a sawmill. The bandits destroyed property estimated at $30, 000. They also stole about 200 identity cards from residents living
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    S'PORE LEOPARD KILLED
    87 5 A.P. AUCKLAND. New Zealand, Wed. An Army captain killed an escaped leopard with a burst cf fire :r >m a sten sub-machine gun today after the animal had enjoyed one night of freedom. The leopaid. a hall grown female newly arrived from Singapore, got out of its
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    GRAND DAY CLOCKS THE BEST TIME
    227 6  -  BY ALBERT SPENCER The itlan With 2,000 Winners aWING to rain yesterday the No. 2 Track al Bukit limah .was slightly heavy for thi. morning's gallops in which Grand Day (Ridinr> Boy) returned the best time taking 39 15 secnods to cover the three.
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    S.A.P. SOCCER
    77 6 The teato of the Social All telle Party will b( (ho en lr -m the following to meet State Pi'ro> S.C. today at the Farrer ***** trround and on Tuesday next against Y.M.CA. si X "MCA ground off Balestier Koad. Wah Chee. Yew t k 'i;ee. Charlie Kan;;,
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    Mala vans To Defend In Paris
    53 6 Reuter. Paris, w m. F. I I Choong (nienS singles) and F. S. and Y. S. Lav (m>?n's doubles) artengaged to defend then titles in the French in- ternational baihninton championships at the Racing Club De Frame I courts here on Mar. 31, April
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    Chinese Athletes Get Two Goals To Win
    311 6 Clinging to their two-nil lead established early in the second half of the game, the Chines■? Athletes defeated the Indians in their Senior League soccer encounter at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. The first half was scoreless only because the Athletes' forwards, mainly Tay
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    ELEVEN GOALS IN JUNIOR B. LEAGUE MATCH
    275 6 Ismail. MM fathul Kario:, inside left, distinguished himself, by scoring four ot ms team's goals yesterday when they defeated the Haikowyu S.C. at CYMA ground by nine goals to two, in the Junior B of the S.A.F.A. l^eague Attacking from the start. Keng
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    AFTER TITLE
    34 6 NKW YOIIK, Tues. European middleweight champion Tibet io of Italy, who arrived by air today, declared that his goal is a bout with world middleweight champion Jack Lamotta after tune up fights
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    LAICOS B.P. WIN
    117 6 Playing at home ii*.e Lai cos B.F. "B" defend the ti.E.C. Spoils Club in a fn- Mii. match by fire sanies to •.**<•. Kesmts (Laicos firsti: SINC.I.ES: Lim Teck Chwee beat Abdul Rahman v.o. i; Lee Siomr Oim t>eat SJivud 1";— 4. 10-15. 15—12; Lim V;% Choon
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    HOSPITAL CUP RUGBY
    24 6 St. Thomas Hospital beat Middlesex Hospital by 13 points to 11 in the Rugby Union L<;]ital Cup semi-final replay todty. Reuter.
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    ALL SET FOR THE BIG FIGHT
    272 6 CLASH OF THE YEAR THE memorable fight between Gunboat Jack and Young Frisco in 1936 at the former Olympic Stadium is expected to bt surpassed in brilliance oy the Boy Brooks—Alfie Sands middleweight title bout at the Happy World Stadium tomorrow night. The Boxing
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    INTER-SEA VICE BOXING
    35 6 The Inter-Services Boxinc Championship will be held on H.M-S. "Terror Naval Base, at 8.30 p.m. tomorrow. The prizes will be presented by Mt. Malcolm Mac Donald, Commissioner General for S. E. Asia.
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    Y.M.C.A. TENNIS
    26 6 Yesterday's opening ties of the YMCA tennis tour nament were cu-.icelled due to bad weather. These ties will be played on Monnav, March 20.
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    World Title Fight In S. Africa
    163 6 Reuter. Johannesburg, Wed. Manuel Ortiz has signe i •to defend his worli I bantamweight championsMp against Vie TttWfjd South Aixican and Uri--1 tish Empire champios?. 1 i here on May 18- i In a telephone cab from Hollywood toibv,, i Max Kanter, represcuDi- i
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    WATER-LOGGED GROUND BEATS THE CUSTOMS
    95 6 The Customs S.C. owed their one-nil defeat yesterday in the Junior soccer league against the dhinese Sports Association, to a heavy ball caused by a water—logged field at the Geylang Stadium yesterday. This was brought .-.bout when the Chinese's forward shn.n.ed in a hard grounder
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    FIGHT REHEARSAL
    34 6 A.P. NEW YORK, Tues.—Ray Famechon and Wille Pep fought a formal bout tonight ptior to their meeting in the ring on Friday for the world featherweight title in Madison Square Gardens. A.P.
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    FORM GUIDE FOR SATURDAY
    6160 7 First Day Of S'pore Races Class 2 Div. I-I Mile. 6 Yards. KIM! I lAM VARC »m p kH ,Mi 3 1-50 Penane 8.05 0 M Div. 1 Won hy 14 2/5 aeca. Go '"tiiikl» i 2-50 S pore 8.10 7 17 Yde. (Jones) Div. i
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    RACE CARD
    1025 7 The foilowin-r la Ihe <;.rd for Saturday's ra<ea. Ibc drat c.-?y* of the Singapore Turf Cub March meeting: horses i.xss div. 1 milk c yardv HUH If M MARC Mf ■••ron.dalr Slabi. Rodger* EL-XI XMFIN KIS M. srs. R. B. Sherida A •vi tk; I OKI) R. 13
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    CHIANGS BOMBERS STRIKE AT SHANGHAI
    265 8 LUNGHWA AIRFIELD HEAVILY POUNDED A.P., Reuter U.P. TAIPEH, Wednesday. {HIAESE Nationalist bombers today raided Shanghai, scoring direct hi is t on airfield's runways, the control tower and other installa- lions. Winging over the airfkid in five batches the Mitchell bombers unloaded their destructive taitioes. The
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    BAO DAI TO GET $100,000,000 U.S. MILITARY AID
    96 8 Reuter. SAIGON. Wed. Immediate American aid to Vietnam, aecordin* to Vietnamese political circles. *ill probably amount to $100--000,000 sufficient to equip a Vietnamese army cf 100.000 men and re-equip French forces. The military aid. consisting of material and equipment, will be distributed
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    'TWO WIVES' VISIT HUSBAND IN HOSPITAL
    95 8 A.P. HONGKONG. Wed Kwok Chan. 41. and Lai Mui-iong, 29, came to visit their "husband simultaneously at Queen Mary hospital. Lai Mui-fong socked Kwok Chan and broke her glasses. Kwok Ohan countered with a penknife inflicting a cut on Lai Muifone's forehead. In a
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    'I Saw Earth, Metal Flying Around Me'
    258 8 CRASH SURVIVOR TELLS STORY A.P. ST. ATHAN, WALES, Wednesday. THE dramatic story of history's worst air disaster was told in simple words today by two of the three survivors. One is still on the danger list. Tne two who were abie to walk
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    SO THEY HAD TO BE REMOVED
    88 8 Reuter. LONDON. Wed. Fortyseven Communists and near Communists and one Fascist have been removed from their posts in the British civil service since March 15. 1948. Mr. Douglas Jay. Financial Secretary to the Treasury, told Parliament that 22 had been removed because they were
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    U.S. TANKS FOR CHIANG
    55 8 U.P. SAN PEDRO, California, Wed. —-The Canadian freighter Argoyan departs for Formosa tomorrow with a load of 75 former American army tanks for Nationalist China. The 75 mm howitzer tanits had been here early December when they were taken off the Greek freighter Aristocratis which went
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    SIAM KING LIKES SWING
    61 8 A.P. COLOMBO. Wed. King Phumiphon of Thailand who disembarked in Colombo today immediately asked his secretary to contact Radio Ceylon so that lac could listen to swing records. The King, who is on his way home for his coronation with his iiancee, is an ardent jazz
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    FREDDIE MILLS
    27 8 Reuter LONDON, Wed.—Freddie Mills, former world. British. European and Empire lightheavyweight champion, has been granted a manager's licence by the British Boxing: Board of Control.—Rputrr
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    Reds ship plane parts from HK Secretly
    214 8 U.P. Reuter. HONGivONG, Wednesday. JT was disclosed today thoi plane equipment valued at $3.000,000 left here for Red Chia* yesterday night aboard a British ship. The shipment of 1,000 ions of spare parts, ermines, workshop machinery and other equipment left secretly at nigirt
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    CHEN TAKES OVER
    26 8 U.P. TAIPEI, Wed. General Chen Cheng today took ov<-r the seal of office fron. outgoing Yen Hsi-shan, who re signed on March j.—U.P.
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    LONDON SHARES
    181 8 LONDON. Wed. -Start of the new account brought r.o revival of interest in the London stock exchange today. The votum* of business remains around 5,000 deals per day or little naare ti-an one per member and nvuiy brokers are finding it d IBcutt in covei in<4 expense?. Price
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    COUNTESS IN H.K
    23 8 Reuter. HONGKONG, Wee..—Countess Mountbatten arrived here this afternoon on a short visit of inspection cf the St. John's Ambulance Brigade.—Reuter.
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    ALSAGOFF FOR KARACHI TALKS
    39 8 Mr S. pore's, well-known v," leader, leaves foi v sha Pakistan, today to taiJ'**Muslim leaders f° pL** on Islamic affaii t 148 will go to Caii n he is expected h c wee.;.. n Sll
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    WHAT'S ON TODAY GENAER
    127 8 ART Council Hall. jh to 5.3j it at i *t. A..»..;,Civics ciub I bin Abdui Hat A "ity of Maiava <1 lWrin Ma aya." ik-h 0l)1 1 y tf.W.C.A.: 5. }'n broidery class. study class fin I-ibic CHINESE Y.M t ffie Road. ch«v« students baskeweightliftinjr. 5.30
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    CINEMA
    103 8 CATHA1: "i'lie British Et.it Games- 1950" at 11 u 6.15 and 9.30 p.m. CAPITOL: "Beyond i, Forev at 11. Ltf. 4. 6.JO i nd 3 ftUMMNM ther Island" at 1.45. n and 9.30 p.m. REX: "El Paso" at ;i 1 4. 6.30 and MO p.m. PAVILION: "Train of E\
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    STORT
    40 8 SOCCER: Snr. Lgc: 1 (vers v R.E.M.E. at Jalan Besar; J,n a. 2: BODCA v. S.H.B. Aux. 1'« e at BOD ground; Business hi .ces hap: Bukom S.C. v. 1 Standard at Gevlans Stadium. TENNIS: Y.M.C.A. < lannuon<hipr (singles ties).
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    TIDE
    10 8 H.W.: 9.26 a.m. (8ft. n.i 10.59 p.m. (8ft. I
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