Malaya Tribune, 31 March 1950

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    67 1 MALAYA Tribune BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Tek 'Tribune" Spore r- -il LARGER SALES THAN ANY AFTERNOON PAPER IN MALAYA Phone 5811/3 Nine Line* rubUnnva timtutaneouatp ui atNjnpore, /lutuu i> H mp—. ,mm a>m TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1950 TEN CENTS. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE E.
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    First Man In
    27 1 I Dr Subandrk». Indonesian Ambassador to Britain .s vie first postwar envoy to travel I in a State Coach to Buckingham Palace.—A.P. Photo. -A.P.
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    PROPOSAL ON UN FLAG REJECTED
    78 1 GENEVA. Thurs. The Trusteeship Council this tft t< jected a proposal tei ing authorities kyblue United N' alongside their wn ist ten itorie«. This was the first time in Nations history that the Council has rejected a commended to it by the General Assembly.— CONSULATE
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    WIFE NAILED TO BEDROOM FREED
    54 1 U.P. LOS ANGELES. Thurs.— Mrs Mozelle Dudney. 44. won a divorce fiom salesman Roy Dudnev. 44. on a testimony that he nailed her in hei bedroom after they quarreled. She «aid. "He nails the door so I can't get out. Once I was nailed in
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    SAMBASIVAM FREED BY PRIVY COUNCIL
    388 1 Reuter. LONDON, Thursday. CAJvIBASIVAM, a 27-year-old South Indian trade 3 unionist under sentence of death in Malaya for carrying a revoivei, was today set free by the British Privy Council sitting in London, <,uuo miles away The Judges retired and discussed the case for an
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    SUSPECTS HELD
    16 1 Two Chinese suspected of being members of the MaIvan Communist Party were arrested yesterday.
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    POLICE SEIZE RED COMICS
    274 1  -  Special Branch Use Emergency Powers By OSCAR FERNANDEZ Branch officers of the Singapore Folicc Force yesterday started seizing; Red comics lioiv being sold in the Colony in large numbers. The special branch men are acting on orders issued by the Commissioner of Policc, Mr. R. E.
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    SAMPAN 'SNUB' PLANNED FOR NEW GOVERNOR
    104 1 RUCHING. Sarawak. Thurs. The General Secretary of the Malay National Union here has asked permission from the authorities to he'd a water-lx>rne "anti-cession" demonstration on the Kuching River next week, as tho steamship Rajah Brooke, with tho new Governor of Sarawak. Sir Anthony Abell.
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    LEON BLL'M DIES
    14 1 PARIS, Thurs. -Leon Blum, France's former Premier, died today aged 78.—Reuter.
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    153 1 Reuter -LORD MBVERTON LONDON, Thursday. I ORD Milverton, who recently left the Labour Party, charged in the House of Lords today that British recognition of Communist China had the direct result of stimulating 'Communist Guerillas" in Malaya. He blasted the Colombo Commonwealth Conference because nothing practical had resulted from it.
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    ARMED TROOPS GUARD LUCKNOW
    83 1 U.P. NEW DELHI. Thurs. Communal rioting spread into Central India today where the government clamped dewn a curfew on a section of Lucknow and the town of Meerut near New Delhi. Armed troops patrolled Lucknow's streets and curfew was imposed on an area where the discovery
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    SERETSE IS DISAPPOINTED
    63 1 LIVINGSTON, Northern Rhodesia, Thurs. Seretse Khama, banished African chief designate, arrived here by 8.0.A.C. flying boac this afternoon on his way to Lobatsi, Bechuanaland. He was met by the District Commissioner, F. Phillips, with whom he will stay Defore going on vi Lobatsi today. He said he
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    ACTORS' PARDRE' IS DEAD
    58 1 Reuter. BLACKPOOL, Lancashire, Thurs.—Canon Frank Freshwater, the "actors' padre" is dead. He was 71. He was the friend of actors and actresses all over the world. At his wedding in 1929 a circus clown was groomsman, eight dancing girls were maids of honour and the Wedding
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    PYINMANA RETAKEN
    21 1 A.P. KAixuOOiM, Tnurs.— The Central Burma Communist citadel of Pyinamana was reoccupied last night by the Burmese army. A.P.
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    Protect Mine, Estate Men, M.P. Urges
    94 1 Reuter. uONDON. Thurs.—Mr. Walter j Fletcher, Conservative, today j uiged better protection! against Communist guerillas for managers in Malaya responsible for ten and rubbet production. He told the House of Commons that these managers were pr actically it replaceable and that new recruitment was
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    ACHESON WARNS AGAINST CUTS IN POINT-4 AID
    90 1 WASHINGTON. Thurs.--The J U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Acheson, told Congress today 1 I that any cut in the US$45,000,000 asked for in President Tj uman's "point four" programme would have unfortunate results on efforts to check. Communism in Asia. "It wou'd undoubtedly
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    NEXT PRESIDENT
    21 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Thurs.— Mohmoud Fauzi Boy of Egypt, will be next month's President of the U.N. Seculity Council. —Reutei.
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    TEACHERS TO FORM PAN-MALAYAN BODY
    178 1 Tribune Staff Reporter THE formation of a Pan-_vlalayan Teachers 1 Union, in place of the already banned Malayan Teachers' Union, is expected sometime in April this year. Tills was decided at a delegates' conference of Teachers Unions in the Federation and Singapore at Kuala Lumpur
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    TIN AND RUBBER LATEST PRICES
    42 1 A.P. LONDON, Thurs.—Rubber was steady in the London Stock Exchange today. Late afternoon prices or Tln were otT 52 shillings and 6 pence with cash tin at £5894. Ninetyday rutures we.c £5931, off 32 shillings 6 pence.—A.P.
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    THESEUS COMING TO FAR EAST
    89 1 LONDON. Thurs The Admiralty announced today that the aircraft carrier Theseus, now with the Home Fleet! will sail for the Far East early in September. The carrier Triumph, on the other hand, will return from the Far East to the United Kingdom in October. Another
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    W. Europe Invites Saar, Germany
    127 1 U.P. STRASBOURG, Inurouay. WESTERN Emopaan Pdrelgn Ministers voted unanimously today to invite Germany and the Saar to join the Council of EuropS as associate members. French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman, announcing the decision after a fhrPr-hour Aneetlng of 13 ministers, said the invitations probably would
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    Ptttire Kill 3 In i a Urn it a?:
    71 1 STOP PRESS Reuter A LIT 'I lA. Thit r s. Three people were killed mien potoee opened fire on j rioters in Calcutta s northern suburbs early loday. Ihe West Bengal Government announced that trains leaving Calcutta would I carry armed
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    RUBBER REMAINS STEADY
    104 2 The rubber commodity Bfxeft opened steady yesterwith small business done, j t cased off *4 cent on the day tOvvards the close. Closing prices in cents per round were: Buyers Sellers 1 RSS f.o.b. April 55 7 8 56 No. 2 RSS f.o.b. April H i 2
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    COMMERCE BUREAU
    32 2 Reuter-AAP. TOKYO. Thurs. —A Ministry of T nternational Trade and Industry will establish a foreign commerce bureau which henceforth will handle aid goods and imports on government to government basis.—Reutc»-AAP.
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    INDIA ATTRACTS BRITISH MONEY
    100 2 A.P. NEW DELHI, Thursday.—Foreign capital investment in India is more likely to come from the United Kingdom than from the United States, according to Finance Minister John Matthai. ;11 capita l nc to:u r via nt. was no: likely to r.ac In except under "extremely attractive
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    TIN CONTINUES TO DROP
    38 2 Little vet seems to have ccme out "of the Tin Study Group meeting in Paris. Meanwhile the local share market has continued its downward trend in both tin and industrials. Rubbers re- amed steady.
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    Malayan Share Quotations
    873 2 Singapore, Mar. 30. f.uycr»' .Kut/^ LNDUsrniiAi s Atlas Ice 11 K> .2 25 Kb xd Airx. Bricks Pref *2 Ord 2.20 227', 8.8. Petrol 34 35/B.M. Trustees 150 8.00 Jon. Tin Smelt Pref 21/3 22/3 cd Ord.' 15/9 16/9 E. Utd. Assur. 38.75 39.75 Fed Dispensary 6.25
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    GOODYEAR MAINTAINS 35-YEAR-OLD LEAD
    297 2 U.P. NEW YORK, Thursday. THE 51st annual report of The Goodyear Tire Rubber Company, currently 1 being mailed to shareholders, shows that m 1949, for the 35th consecutiv year, Goodyear led the world in sales and production of automotive vr In September, 1949 Goodyear's world-wide accumulated
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    PRODUCE MART
    58 2 Coffee was again quiet today with no quotation for Rio No. 5. Copra was rather more active with buyers quoting 38$ and sellers 38| for April shipment. Coconut-oil was slightly easier with sellers for April shipment quoting 62\ in second hand drums. Cloves were easier with buyers at
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      208 2 11 a.m.; 1.45; 4.15; 6.45 9.30 p.m. HOWL SL.SCHE AM&i GIRLS SWOON! MEN SWEAR! EVERYBODY HOWLS AT THIS LOVER! it's the FUNNIEST THING since EVE THREW ALL THAT APPLESAUCE AT ADAM! I Man at Kn >>«•+! ult ■r«.r. »tr jf *IfJU/S?? ftcimo yaw Roiftno cuivtß •mm iyon Bfwy GfM q^^^J
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      128 2 DAILY «As 11 am, ~45 5 shows 4 -JO »J Johnny Allegro GEORGE RAFT, NINA FOCH _GF,ORGE MACREADY ALSO A "3 STOOGES" COMEDY TOMORROW M'NITE Malay Filrr Productions proudly presents. A FOUR STAR MALAY MUSICAL A f.*" DRAMA! 1 JjfT Ljk Released by Shay lSios. Ltd Kasma w Roomai w
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      486 2 RED NETWORK 600 clo DowBRADIO MAL-AVA P m s, k- Tun Off>■« UAUIU iHAI/AIA INDIAN I'LO. .L\>«MKS Aiwrt. In M«nd>rin: 9.01 Nrw» ing Annrt. k Prop. sum. w.th in Mandarin ft Market Re.jort in RL.TTE NETWORK L' l ro m m w,tn 9.15 Mandarin Selections; LM-I L. S.ir .une; M.W
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    RENT COLLECTOR GAOLED FOR GRAFT
    163 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. MUNICIPAL rent collector. Yuen Fook Kee, wa*> yesterday gaoled by the First Magistrate, Mr. A. P. Jack, on two charges of taking money as rewards for showing favour in the allocation of houses. Yuen, who was defended by Mr. Bostock-Hill. was alleged
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    S'pore Sends 24 To Study Abroad
    132 3 Dp RING 11-49, twenty-tour men and women were sent abroad from Singapore for further study and training. Apart from iwo press re porters, they were all Government servant;'. Five of them were engagea in medical studies, five wer* teachers, two were social welfare officers.
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    PLAN TO RATION WATER?
    135 3 MUNICIPAL Commissioners when they meet this afternoon will be asked to approve a water rationing scheme unanimously recommended by two standing committees. The object is to restrict the consumption of water by charging enhanced rates for quantities in excess of a basic ration for each con-
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    Record Entry At Flower Show
    143 3 THERE will be a record number of entries from amateur horticulturists when the second postwar Flower Show, sponsored by the Garden Society, is declared open by Sir Patrick McKerron, the OAG, tonight at the Happy World Stadium at G p.m The 2000 pots from 400
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    NEW JOB FOR G/CAPT. LUCAS
    88 3 Group Captain A. H. S. Lucas has been appointed personal representative of the A.O.C. Malaya at advanced Air Headquarters, Malaya, vice Wing Com mander A. G. Dudgeon, D. F C who is returning to trie U.K. on termination oi his overseas tour of duty. Group
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    Mr. Watson—New City Architect
    36 3 r> T Watson 42-year-old senior as, *tant in M R t M u „SArchitect and Building Surveyors year The selection is expected to l.y the full board of Commissioners assuming tho top
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    900 BOOKS FOR UNIVERSITY
    67 3 The Rotary Cluus of the I United Kingdom have j agreed to donate 900 books to the Library of the UniI versity of Malaya. Each Rotary Club has been asked to select from a list J of books to bf prepared by I the University uf
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      322 3 fAB EAST PREMIERE T O-D AY! rtJffffOPl Dai| y 3 Shows:3.15 -6.30 -9.15 p.m. H O-T and she s »o anyone withm an arm's length! and she is OAMELIA\ (Egypt's highest-paid star) "AL RCH WAL GASSAD" tr "Body and Soil" with tull Engltsn Subtitles' unelia baa recently gone to England
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      542 3 SITS: VACANT WANTED immediately experienc ed sundries salesman, by well established Chinese concern. Reply With full particulars to Bex A.3448, Tribune. S pore. (P. 149). SALESMAN Chinese not ever 25 t«,i- canvassing well c: :.it»li.slied brand of toothpaste. Writs full deLa Is of career and niary required to Box A.3441.
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    RUSSIA DECIDES...
    564 4 MALAYA has so occupied the front pages these past few days thv.t a story of the greatest importance to South East Asia has not received the prominence or comment that it deserved. Mr. Hugh Chevins, Industrial Correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph," a newspaper noted for the accuracy
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    HOW INVASION OF NORMANDY WAS PLANNED
    1259 4  -  by DONALD WRIGHT LONDON. UP to only a few months before the appointment of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces which were to invade German occupied France in 1944, the AngloAmerican staffs planning the operation were convinced that he would be General George
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    ENQUIRY ENDS IN DOUBLE-TALK
    1314 4 SlR,—Six important officers of the U.K. Govt, spent four months (from July. '49 to October. '49) and a large sum of the tax-pavers' money "to review the arrangements for dealing with conditions of service of the civil employees of the Service Departments in Singapore and to
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    ACTOR AND THE CRITIC
    385 4 The People's Postbag #########Sir. When an actor takes what must be the m&lt; coivett* ed step a unman ever takes. -&gt;nto a stage telore an audience, re lo&lt;&gt;x it in the belief that he has something to oflTer the ,»s»»fHe 'out front.' What does he think
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    CRIME OF W.M.B.
    339 4 Sir, As an ardent theatre-goer both here and in London I am disgusted with tho theatre notices of you r "critic" W.M.B. and I feel I must write and air my strong disapproval. He writes in a manner which is intended to impress but how undiscerning he
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    INSULT INC THE PUBLIC
    382 4 S\T. After long and tedious debates. the Municipal Commissioners nave chosen Wicks as Deputy Water Engineer. Personally I don't care very much whether a black, brown, white, yellow or red man is engineer so long as I know that he is suited for the ;ob and
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    STREET BETS: SHO ULD THE V BE LEGALISED?
    1632 5 Dm you have a bet on the Wi'l you have the Grand National or die Dei by? th tough changing AUI aabits and the allwrvadmg influence of the pools, gambling has become espectable. Housewives fill in their capons, chuiches run lotoffice has
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    REMAINS OF COLUMBUS
    566 5 MADRID, A NEWSPAPER report from the Island of Santo Domingo in the Caribbean Sea has touched off a new controversy between Spanish and Latin American newspapers over tne wnereaoouts oi the remains of Christopher Columbus. For today, more than 400 years after his death, the remains of
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    AGAINST THE LOltlf OI LAIM Ii
    1404 5 At the head of it all «s God. Lord of Heaven, Then comes the Pi, nee Torlonia, Lord of Eatth, Then comes the armed &lt;iuu,d of the Pt'ncc Torlonia. Then come the hounds of the armed yuzrd of the Pi nee Torlonia. Then nobody
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    THREE SNEERS FOR "THIRD MAN"
    912 6 The World Acclaimed It A Masterpiece, But The Viennese Press Raised A.P. VIENNA, Thurs. OIR Alexander Korda's film, "The Third Man," has been given a nixed reception litre, in its birthplace. While there was a general chorus ot praise of this film which has been
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    Airmail Star Due
    73 6 BRYAN K. N F.ELY R.A.F. Sergeant from Singapore who wen I out to Fiji two years ago to appear in "The Blue -Lagoon" with Jean Simmons. "doubling" for the chief star Donald Houston and taking on, among other assignments, a fight with an octoous. is due in
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    'GIVE US THIS DAY'
    838 6 Eagle Lion presents: U British film aboui lian bricklayers in B Kl -•vhich is shortly 1% release at the Cathay aapore-mi«sht well h S" story of ordinary 2 anywhere. this picture to tag? $g real life, its backhaul? 8 the girders, masorir* *Z bricks and "the
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    They Call Me 'Oscar'
    662 6 A.P. HOLLYWOOD, Thurs. YOU know me Osca&gt;. 1 am the most famous piece of gold-plated bronze in the world. What would you like to know about mc?. My full name is 'Award of the Academy of Motion Pictur&lt; Arts and Sciences." With a handle, like that,
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      58 6 REDUCTIONS IN PRICE IN SINGAPORE I FROM APRIL Ist Cold Storaf*C Bakorv have p'easurc :n announcing that as from Ist April, 1050 the pfkse o f .broad -md soif-raising Hour will oo reduced The new prie"s are as follows: BREAD 20c alb j SELF R \ISI\4. I LOI II IS
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    THE CASE FOR ANESTHETICS IN CHILDBIRTH
    336 7 A.P. CHICAGO. THE belief that primitive m-civilised women had babies with greater and less pain do n women is a myth. Scorning to two Boston ohrsiciana Is "absolutely no basis &gt;r this notion." they' the journal of the •an Medical Association. I art was
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    IS BRITAIN GETTING WARMER?
    904 7 NOW THAT THE WEATHER OF THE WHOLE WORLD IS CHANGING- TOR the laymen who 1 knows almost nothing abcut comparative cllma tology or the intricacies of atmosnheric circulation, the fact, that British winters are less severe than they were is as indisputable as a row of
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    DO YOU KNOW THAT...
    279 7 The 15 Japanese astronomers who watched the planet Mars for three days from the Tagami Observatory, reported that an unusually "freak early summer" has staiu«l on Mars. t&gt; The Goodrich Rubber Company's research centre is using uranium to cast shadows in its laboratory. The ranatic Moslem,
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    Sneezing Round The Calendar
    558 7 NEWLY recovered from latewinter colds, a Hertsfordshire family went out on a fine Sunday afternoo* to gather catkins. Two days later, father, mother and daughter .were again sneezing their heads Off. The father knew that to contract some ailments confers immunity against further attack, and that
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    Hour You Believe It
    128 7 THE crime reporter said a patch of skin had been removed from the murdered man's lace so (hat experts could determine from the hairs how long the victim had been dead. The reporter was romancing. Hair does not grow after death, nor docs any other part
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      129 7 .11« li ARMSTRONG Bt Bob Srlnn iiko r~W~~ m i MEANWHILE, IN THE REAR OF THE I I THAT NOISE A PICK J J MEANWHILE, ELENA FACES HER FIRST BULL OF ~T IZZ I I f.r 7 Mm\\\ I CARAMBA/ IT rS STEEL MORGAN i. TWE LUCK J J JBH
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    EVERY TIME THE CAT COMES BACK SHE BRINGS MORE KITTENS
    1815 8  -  By E DGAR BEE "I AST item, one crate of "mummified hands "And three stretcher cases to come. Is there room?" "Yes. Who said the old Cat isn't a lifesaver for the people on the outstations? Two months ago we
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    How To Whisde
    44 8 Mrs. Bertha Stockwell, whis le teach r 1 van Aageftn, d-.nontrat.-.". the proper ..ay to whistle. Two lingers are plueed on the lips, pt— stmg the tlfj down. Ah passes through small opening aetweea Ihe Up*, ♦hen continues along the fingers.
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    THE CITY OF THE FIREFLIES
    905 8 WE had no intention of driving into the Mexican tropics that night. All day we had been loitering through the semi-tropics— a place of fragrant orange, lemon and lime trees, of small houses hidden under climbing roses, of gardens planted with heliotrope and lilies. The
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    HELICOPTER -BUS
    194 8 THE day when a London business man may catch a helicopter-bus in the suburbs and land on a rooftop airport in the City a Tew minutes later may not be very far off. Already B.E.A. have an- lounced a regular twice-a- lay helicopter passenger i service between Liverpool
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    AFTER EFFECT
    27 8 U.P. DICKINSON. Thurs.—Peter Reiner, 39, a farmer, wa.i treated for a dislocated knee suffered he kicked a cow todjigu—u .r.. satrmr.im -2» »i» «jr ti »••&gt;
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    WHAT BRIGGS WILL DO IN WAR ON REDS
    772 9 ir\\K duties of Lt.-General Sir Harold Rawdon 1 Rriggs, Director of Operations, were defined to toe press here today by the Acting Chiet Secretary of the Federation, Mr. M. V. del Tufo. General Briggs will, with the agreement of the iander-in-Chief, Far
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    NONE SENT DOWN
    323 9 Walk-out College MR. M. V. del Tufo said that no students have been sent down since the Sultan Idris Training College reopened on March 16. But ten students who had shown insufficient signs of promise to justify furthertraining could not be retained at the College after the
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    NEW JOB: ADVISE R ON ABORIGINES
    149 9 M V d"l Tufo said Federation Gotas provided for Adviser on AboJ&nes Meanwhile said Mr. •■deps are being the State and Government to ni the several regions of the Com- appointed to invesworidni of the ire Depattment. to will be reflected inual Estimates for
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    NO MARTIAL LAW FOR FED.
    311 9 MP M. V. del Tufo said that Government bad no ITI intention of introducing martial law in any part of the Federation. He then explained what the declaration of martial law would mean to the country. "The effect of proclaimed martial law is to hand
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    POLICE PROBE: REPORT OUT NEXT WEEK
    381 9 The full report of the U.K. Police Commission is now in the hands of the Federation Government and will be out next weeK. It will include a few recommendations made by the Commission before it left Malaya. Mi. del Tufo said this when asked
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    TWO OF EACH
    26 9 MALACCA. Thurs. A pig gave birth here to a still-born pigling which had four ears, eight legs, two tails but only one head.
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    KING VIJAYA
    23 9 The Ceyloo Theatre. Singapore, will stage its first play, King Vijaya' at the Victoria Hall on April 17, at 8 p.m.
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    Denial Van
    55 9 A view of the inside of Kedah's Mobile Dental Clinic, which will start operating soon, shows many ingenious devices. The dental van is fitted with a thirty-gallon water tank to provide running water for the patient and a stainless folding wash basin for use by the Dental Surgeon,
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    Smithy Jr. In S'pore
    40 9 Young Rolo Kingsford Smith, nephew of the worldrenowned aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, passed through Singapore yesterday on his way to Australia. He is the sales representative for the de Havilland Aircraft Company in Aut» alia.
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    KALLANG OPEN TO CIVIL LINES
    34 9 All commercial civil airline companies will use Kalians airport from April 3. Meanwhile officers of the Pudiic worKs Department continue their tests of the safe-bearing capacity of the air-strip.
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    EASTER DANCE
    25 9 MALACCA. Thurs. The Malacca Eurasian Association will be holding their Easter dance at tne St. Francis Institution hall on Easter Sunday. April 9.
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    TERRORISTS FORCED TO SWITCH TACTICS
    406 9 THE pressure of the Security Forces in the Federation is such that very often bandits have had to disperse, regroup and change their tactics. This is why that bandit activities cf late have taken on a different pattern, said Police Commissioner. Mr. W. N. Gray.
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    BANDITS KILL TWO SPECIALS
    356 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. Two Special Con- stables were killed and one wounded when bandits attacked a Puchong Estate lorry returning to the factory one mile east of the 12th mile, Puchon fo Road, in the Sungei Pesi area of Selangor. today. The Specials were going as
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    Bonus For PlanterS On Enemy Estates?
    146 9 Mr. M. V del Tufo. said that a bonu« scheme for planters employed by 'Enemy Estates in Malaya Organisation' has been introduced. He said that no preparations were being made for the sale of these estates to private companies or individuals. The disposal of
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    MORE MUTTON
    29 9 Nearly 2.500 sheep arrived in Singapore from Australia yesterday in the Royal Interocean Lines' Maetsuycker. The ship also brought a general cargo ot lood ot 1.300 tons.
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      80 9 UK AltM It by Al Capp YmrirM*rL) M thought yoUD \not to blameJ -is ro told an* I 7 -OVJE DAT -TH'JUDGE THAT ZBEIN' HERE 1 w, r TH AT TOUGH CROWD SHE U— 1 Aviv ooi* M,nlin &gt;~ 1 lip fa, ,t HgBSS AN SEEMS T A.UTHORIIIEf«^T_\ /*IT VcS
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    THE DANGER FROM DENMARK
    446 10 MALAYA'S WORLD CHAMPION RETURNS Wong Peng Soon Warns Of Tribune Staff Reporter THE Danes will make their greatest bid for the 1 Thomas Cup in 1952 and Malaya must be prepared*to defend it against a team of fully accomplished players perhaps quite as good as the
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    SALSU TO PLAY BODCA AT TABLE-TENNIS
    91 10 Following have been selected to represent S.A.L.S.U. at table tennis against 8.0.D. Civilian Association to be played tomorrow at 2.3 C p.m. at the S.A.L.S.U.'s Club House, No. 1 Farrar Park. Cho Sai Kow, Er Wee Kuang, Khoon Poh Seng, Fan Fook Van, Chan
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    TRICKY PLAYER
    47 10 GEOFF BROWN. Australian Davis Cup player, seen in action in an exhibition on the S.C.C. court on Wednesday. Brown was too good for our local players but he was full of praise for Ong Chew Bee whose service Brown described as "exceptionally good." —Tribune Picture.
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    PAKISTAN DAVIS CUP TEAM
    62 10 Reuter. KARACHI. Thurs.—Pakistan's Davis Cup team left tonight by air for Manila where they will meet Philippines in the first round of the Eastern zone "f the Davis Cup tournamnt on April 8. The team consists of Iftikhar Ahmad. Mahmud Alam and Anwarul Islam. A. H.
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    I.R.C. INTER-TEAM SOCCER
    61 10 Tin- I.R.C. will run an IttlvrTVfiin soccer competition on the League .system at Fairer Park on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The lirst game will be plav«»d on Saturday, April 1 at Z.lo p.m. sharp. The following teams vill com peta: President's XI. Viceci -.-sident's xi. Secretary* xi, Treasurer's
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    MALAY BADMINTON' RESULTS, FIXTURES
    560 10 »&gt; Following aro tiie results of the Singapore Malay Badminton Association's junior ebumpionships played last SAT I RD AY JUNIOR SINGLES: Sulaiman Jaafar beat Mokhtar Zam Zani 15—« J. 15 11; Mohd. Noor Baba beat Abdullah TtUOff 15—6. 15— 6; Mohamed Ahmad Hassan Ali 15—17, 15—11.
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    S'pore Schoolboys Win First 3 Games In Perth
    192 10 PERTH, Thursday. THE Singapore Combined Schoolboys cricket team won their first three games here with plenty to spare in each match. Mr. C. R. Eber. manager and coach of the Singapore schoolboys, said yesterday that the team is overwhelmed by the "grand
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    INDIAN ASSC, CRICKET TEAMS
    199 10 ifpjajtf S.C.C. "A" at 2.15 p.m. tomorrow on the Palang; Chooi Singh (Captain». M. Rafjl, M. U. Patel, L. S. Thivy S. M. Ally. K. R. Irani, Z. Fhati i. Gurdial Singh. N. Narryahah, M. S. Cill and Joe. X. Catvatio. Reserves, Verity Gill and Kndh
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    Scoreboard
    376 10 &lt;;i ILDFORD GH.-t A MAS SCHOOL T. lampiou Boss b Sandoshaiu .1. (.runt b D'Aimeida l"» j s. l'adbury lbw b Saudosham il B. Eccleston c Yuen Fim»U b D'Aimeida I M. 1 b I)'Almeida 0 B. Fisher b Keyt 10 O. Mu.h.-11 b Keyt I K. lobnsoti nut
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    BACK HORSES WHICH CAN HANDLE HEAVY GOING
    1445 11  -  By ALBERT SPENCER The Man With 2,000 Winners. tred on Perak iShv meetin will be cenrace ovei thp 5' ot? 0 P f S rf nga^e(1 m sprint indication nf tn traj^Alt Form here will be an miles Monday ChanCeS in the year-olds^ctefa
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    Monaghan Hands Over His Crown
    150 11 LONDON Thurs.—World champion Rinty officially retired :r m ring yesterday. i the British ard of Control r ill-health was giving up the title he had held for over two y-'ar&gt;. I SoloaMMM immrcd for the bat n.d (hat he iicd matt hed f Fivnce and
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    GEORGE SANDS WILL BE HARD TO FLOOR
    125 11 the deep scars d during his ear nstic career, rids, who arrived sfprday. gave :&gt;n that he is an be knocked nown brother. Airie. a '"ugh and rugged He is here to meet Njoo sometime in D-d of n. Xt month. a beetle
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    Perak T.C. Emergency Meeting
    121 11 IPOH, Fri.—l understand that the committee of the Perak Turf Club is meeting this morning to decide whether they should make the Perak Vase races one event, owing to the number of scratchings. Only 14 horses are now left in the two races eight in Race
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    ONLY PERSIAN LORD COVERS THE THREE
    166 11 IPOH, Today: Nothing was set against the clock this morning and new horses were sprinted down the straight. Persian Lord (Ayres) was the only one to cover three furlongs at a fast pace and he had a lot in hand to run tnree furlongs
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    NAVY WIN BY SECOND HALF PENALTY GOAL
    42 11 A penalty goal scored midway in the second half enabled the Royal Navy Keppel Barracks to defeat the Post Telegraph XI by two goals to one in the Junior A-2 league at Geylang Stadium yesterday.
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    FORT SOCCER
    23 11 In a soccer match ot Can ning yesterday. S. S. Telemakuf defeated HQ. Fort Canning onenil. Mi' "ii netted for Tuieraakuf.
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    Gabos Wears His Shooting Boots
    178 11 Gabos, the dimunitive Pulau Brani UnitecJ inside-left, notched four of the five goals against the R.E.M.E.fin a Singapore Amateur F.A. Senior League match at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. At the final whistle, the score was 5-1. Pulau Brai.t combined well and had Ahe Sappers constantly
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    RACE CARD
    794 11 p i i», t Th e f 0ll0W card for tomorrow's racc.s A J? JP° st day of the Per k Turf Club Easter tj Derby meeting: M{ r 4 ««oiSK 13 J'J5-1r&f'Mf-Ya!- '""KTI-NKS FAVOI KITK ,.M Lauw'k l,elc PEKOSTAN p "Bnliin Vta'i Yonc 3LONWHAMPS 11 r.iz Mr.
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    VANSITTART CALLS FOR PURGE IN BBC
    70 12 U.P. LONDON, Thurs. Lord Vansittert. former Foreign Office chief, asserted today that the British Civil Service and the British Broadcasting Corporation were riddled by a "whole host" of Communists. He demanded a purge. He told the House cf Lords that British national attitude toward
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    73 INDIANS KILLED SINCE THE EMERGENCY
    57 12 A.P. NEW DELHI, Thurs. Seventy-three Indians, including policemen have lost their lives in Malaya since proclamation of the emergency in June 1948. Tne Deputy Foreign Minister Dr. ti. V. KeSitar told parliament one Indian was executed and 270 arc detained. Fifty-six were deported and
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    LONDON SHAKES
    184 12 Reuter. LONDON. Thurs. —Government defeat in the debate on the power and fuel nation brought little reaction to the London stock exchange leday. Domestic stocks we c mainly ■teady to occasionally firmer on routine buvin orders and it was considered that the defeat was merely a te&lt;bmcalitv rot
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    The ashes of Siam's track 1> »y king. Ananda ManMol. were placed in hallowed shrines yesterday King Anacda's body was cremated on Wednesday night. His brother. King Phumiphon. applied a torch to the funeral nrye which in pictured above.
    39 12 The ashes of Siam's track 1&gt; »y king. Ananda ManMol. were placed in hallowed shrines yesterday King Anacda's body was cremated on Wednesday night. His brother. King Phumiphon. applied a torch to the funeral nrye which in pictured above.
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    U.S. ARMS AID ARRIVING SOON
    109 12 U.P. WASHINGTON. Thurs'iay. 1TNITED States officials said today that shipment of American arms aid to Southeast Asia wi 11 beffin shortiv. They said a "tentative and flexible aoportionment" of USS75.000.000 provided for Southeast Asia under the global arms aid programme has been reached. ■&gt; &gt;
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    EDITH MOLLER SUNK WITH ALL HANDS LOST?
    97 12 Reute r. TAIPEI, Thurs. Naval circles opjned today that the British owned steamer, Edith Moller, missing since it sailed from Hongkong more than month ago, may have hit a mine and sunk with all hands lost. However the opinion was pure speculation. Officially
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    Note For Employers
    55 12 Employers of Labour in have be-m notified to submit returns of labourers in their employ by March 31. They must be sent in to the Commissioner tor Labour. Havelock Road. (P.O. Box 178) by April 14. -i r v ■&gt; ha** not received forms for such returns
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    RESIGN CALL
    25 12 U.P. LONDON, Thurs. The DMly ExDress today called on Ernest Bevin to resign because "his tremendous task is beyond his physical powers." —U.P.
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    NUISANCE FLEETS BOTHER HAINAN DEFENDERS
    253 12 INVADERS SUFFER HEAVY LOSSES TAIPEH, Thursday. ALTHOUGH Nationalist planes, warships and beach defenders on Hainan island continue to sink Chinese Communist invasion junks, the Reds are daily sending across nuisance fleets. A communique .said five large junks sailing southward were caught off Woochuan island. Another
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    CLAPS, CHEERS FCR CHIANG
    43 12 HONGKONG, Thurs. A prolonged applause greeted the appearance of Chiang Kai-shek on a ncwsreel screen yesterday. The newshots were from the Taipei area. The icsponse was in contrast to the indifference shown by Chinese audiences toward Chiang former'y. A.P.
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    RED PAPER DENIES FAMINE
    61 12 HONGKONG. Thurs. Peiping Radio announced tonight that all state-own-ed grain was being brought under unified control to alleviate famine which is reported rampant in 12 provinces. At the same time, the Peiping Communist controlled press claimed that "there is really no food supply problem this year,"
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    SHOPS SEALED FOR NOT BUYING VICTORY BONDS
    97 12 A.P. Reuter. HONGKONG. Thurs.—The Canton authorities have sealed 25 shops for failure to I contribute to Victory Bonds. At the same time, hundreds of others have been warned that unless the assigned quotas were fulfilled by tomorrow, they will be taken ovei. I
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    Chiang Holds 5 Foreign Vessels
    134 12 TAIPEI. Thurs. —At *east five ships flying foreign flags are being detained by the Chinese Nationalists. The latest to be seized, according to information received here, is the steamer Tai Chung Shang. owned by the old established Taipeing Steam Navigation Company of Hongkong. The steamer,
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    17-GUN SALUTE FOR GIMSON
    41 12 A «?al» ,fQ of P «nins will be fired from Blakang Mati as thy? Carinage approaches Singapore, next Tuesday to welcome the return of the Governor Sir Franklin Gimson. who has been home on six month's leave.
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    Mrs LEE CHOON GUAN MAKES MAIDEN SPEECH
    294 12 Tribune Staff Reporter MRS. Lee Choon Guan. 73-yaar-old patron of iTI the Chinese Ladies' Association mad hey maiden speech yesterday at a luncheon given by the Association in the Capitol Blue Room. She praised the President, Mrs. S. K. Von£. for tn° jrnod
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    CALL TO FORM SINGAPORE TUC
    163 12 Tribune Staff Reporter MR. V. K. Nair, President of the Singapore Army Civil Service Union yesterday called upon all Singapore trade unionists to form a "democratic" Sineanore Trades Union Council. Mr. Nair said there was no reason why Singapore should not follow the example of
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    DISAPPEARED
    17 12 A.P. BAGHDAD. Thurs. An Egyptian civil plane has been missing since yesterday with crew and passengers.—A.P.
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    Crakes For A Change
    74 12 When the Municipal Commissioners have their mid-meeting tea this afternoon, they will have cakes instead of the usual creamcentred biscuits. This change is not due to any extravagance, but it is a birth day gift from a Labour Commissioner, Mr. S. M A IL Chishty. Mr.
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    PLEADS GUILTS
    33 12 A.P. NORFOLK. Virginia, Thurs. --Captain W.D. Brown pleaded guilty before a court martia' here today to three charges of negligence and neglect of duty in grounding the U.S. battleship Missouri. —A.F.
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    BROOKE SARAWAK APPEAL FAILS
    142 12 LONDON, Thurs. THE Privy Council, highest judicial tribunal on the British Commonwealth, tothe legal proceedings which day dismissed an appeal in challenge on May 21, 1946. Appeal to the judicial committee of the Privy Council was made against the Brunei (North Borneo) court decision of July
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    BORNEO TO PAY FOR HILL'S SERVICES
    105 12 MUM ICTPAL Commissioners Hi art- to ask the Government of Brunei for a fee of $3,800 for the services of Mr. F. G. Hill, the Municipal Water Engineer in connection with water schemes there. Mr. Hill will be allowed toretain 52.400 of this fee.
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    MURDER CASE FOR ASSIZES
    62 12 A session of the Colony Assize Court will open in the High Court on Monday. April 3, with Mr. Justi Thorogood presiding. There are eight cases for trial. There is one case of murder; two cases of armed robbery, one of unlawful possession of arms and
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    ROBBED WATCHMAN
    42 12 Middle-aged Tan Bock Seng, admitted being caught by two defective while he was stealing a pillow and a blanket irom a watchman. He was sentenced to two months gaol by Mr. S. E. Teh in the Fourth Police Court yesterday.
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    MORE PAY FOR TAPPERS AND ESTATE MEN
    238 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursaav FOLLOWING negotiations between the Rubber 1 Estat3 Workers' Unions and the MalayaPlanting Industries Fmployers' Association an ?grsement was reached that wages for ail classes of daily-paid workers on rubber estates including contract tappers be increased from' April 1 The earnings
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    21 GUNS BOOM AS NAIROBI BECOMES A CITY
    110 12 NAIROBI. Thurs. Poineers who can remember elephant herds thundering across the swampy site 50--odds years ago. today watched the Duke of Gloucester raise Nairobi to the status of a city by Royal Charter. A Royal salute of 21 guns thundered through the
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    NOT SURPRISING
    46 12 Reuter. TOKYO. Thurs —Approximately five per cent or one out of 20 Japanese is mentally deranged, according to a survey recent y conducted by the Public Heait-i Bureau of the Welfare Mm». c try, reports a leading Tcftyo newspaper, the Yomuiri Shimbun today.— Reuter.
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    QUTRINO ILL
    24 12 Reuter. MA...1.A, incus. President Elpidio Quirino of the Philippines, bi), had a Stroke last night, according to usually reliable sources here. —Reuter.
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    EMPIRE TALKS?
    20 12 Reuter. LONDON. Thurs. Three Conservative M.P/s have infer mcd Attlee that they will piopose an Empire conference Reutei.
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    Bombay Has It's Last Legal Drink
    196 12 A.P. Bombay, Thursday. DOMBAY with 3,000,000 inhabitants became the world's biggest "dry city today. In bars throughout the city men and womsn enjoying their last legal drink rais?d glasses for a final toast, "death to prohibition". By midnight all bars were compulsorily closed On
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    WHAT'S ON TODAY GENERAL
    150 12 RAFFL*-.&lt; iLidiitt ..OX: A:nuai concert at h p.in. hINuAPOKE UAkDKMM, Ml CIfc.il: 1? t ower tno* hi o ji.i Y.M.C.A.: Singapore L, tJ Guam Corp:» meei.ng 5.15 p.n,. Common ial ami F r enui au\ui«V Lta»st-J5 at 5.30 n.in.; Piiur&lt;i« "Lignuung roiirinai'-nt (j jfi I p
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    CINEMA
    150 12 CATHAY: "The Cvat Lover" with Bob Hope and n! mda I tiling at 11. 1.45, 4.l. r i, £.15 rn&lt;. 9.30 p.m. KEX: "Juhnrr- Ain;ro' w George Raft end Nina IYeli 11. 1.45. 4. 6.30 end J .30 p.in. CAPITOL: Stroitib'.li with Ingr.d Ber rman a. 11. 1.45. 4.
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    SPORT
    33 12 SOCCER: R.A.F. ClU.n?i S.C.C. at Jalan iVsar: J:ir. Al Police v. RNAS Sembawang a Geylang; Fdiendly: Kiwi Leajn* v. Stanvac at Cwt K BODOA v. SCFA at St. TENNIS: Y.M.C.A. I «hips.
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