Malaya Tribune, 23 May 1950

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    61 1 MALAYA Tirune BY the PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Spore. LARGER SALES THAN ANY AFTERNOON PAPER IN MALAYA Phone 5811/3 Nine Una Published simultaneously at Singapore. Kuala Lumpur, ipoh ana Penang. EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1950 TEN CENTS THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE E. Maurice Olover, Malaya Tribune Office,
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    AMINAH INVITED TO HOLLAND
    667 1 Muslim Leaders, One European Back Her <it.»*r Reporter IN the Uttle Dutch town of Bergen-Op-Zoom, former Dutch E*st Indies Army I sergeant, J. riertogh, yesterday threw open the doors of his home to Che Aminah, the Malay woman who had looked after his daughter, Maria Huberdina
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    Ridiculed The Queen —Sacked
    144 1 U.P. BEBINGTON, England, Mon .__Garbage truck driver Svdnev Cooper said today that he mu<t have lost his head when he drove h.s bright orange vehicle behind Queen E.izabcths piocession. nodding and v.av»ng to the crowd. For this ridicu'e of Royalty. Coope; 4 3, was fired trom
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    NOT BINDING
    32 1 Reuter. LONDON. Mon.—Britain's Supply Minister. Mr. George Strauss said today that the British Government was not committed to the draft aareemem recently drawn P.ir:.s by the Tin Study Group —Reuter
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    Palar Wants Red China In U.N.
    65 1 A.P. NEW YORK. Mon.-Lair-bertus N. Paiar, chief Indonesian delegation to the United Nations, said here on Monday "the people of Indonesia and Southeast Asia feel that the United Nations rhould recogmse Communist China" to overcome dissention between the U.N. and Russia over the Ch'nese
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    MAO MAKES PROMISE TO MR. PANIKKAR
    123 1 Reuter. NEW DELHI, Monday. THE Chinese Communist leader, Hao Tse-tiwg, told India's Ambassador to Peking, Sardar X M Panikka-, that China had no aggressive intentions against anybody, least of all against India according to authoritative reports reaching here. Mao was reported to have made
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    SWEDEN WARNS RUSSIA
    52 1 Reuter. STOCKHOLM. MotJ.—Sw» den has warned Russia not Co "capture or molest" Swedish fishing vessels in inter national waters, and ion* claimed compensation for losses incurred by her fisher men througn Soviet navaJ action. In reply to the Swedish protest Moscow has to investigate and reply fully
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    S'PORE GIRLS DO THE YANKO
    252 1 And No body Seems To Care 9 Tribune Rt**T Report DOR the past two nights, schoolchildren y from the Ydck Eni? Chinese Middle School hrwe been oerforming Communist danc?s and iioboHv has taken any action to step them Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of their school,
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    INDIAN TROOPS
    100 1 NEW DELHI, Mon.—Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was asked at his Press Conference today whether Britain could call upon India as a Commonwealth country to provide soldiers to tight in Malaya and whether India wou'd agree to do so. "This is a very extraordinary question," Mr. Nehru replied, "and
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    'GO AHEAD AND SNOOP'-NAVY
    188 1 U.P. LONDON, Mon. The British Navy said today that the 31 Russian mystery ships now loafing in British waters could go right ahead and snoop on the Western Union naval exercises if they wanted to but it discreetly moved a secret aircraft carrier out of sight.
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    17 1 Students of the Yock Eng Chinese School doing the Yanko at the Happy World Stadium last night.
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    Gimson Refuses Request For Turko
    127 1 Tribune Staff Reporter The Indonesian Government's request for the extradition of Captain Turko Westerling has been turned down by the Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson, and Turko will shortly be deported to Holland, the Tribune understands. It is believed that, in the opinion of
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    STATE DINNER FOR NEHRU
    109 1 Tribune Staff Reporter Oa-mjjiT Jawanarlai Nenru. i Prime Minister of India, will be given a state dinner during his two day visit to Singapore next month June 1.-19. The Governor. Sir Franklin Gimson, it is understood will see* formal approval for 'his from rh Legislative Council
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    STOP PRESS
    32 1 A.P. TAIPEI. Formosa/Mon. Central Headquarters, members of the Kuominlang, taoa a soiemn oath today to die with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, if need be. in the war agains.. the Communists. —A.P.
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    LIEUTENANT LOST BIS HEAD, GAVE DUD CHEQUES
    1213 2 TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD Lieutenant B. C. Ben--1 nett of the Ist Singapore Regiment, Royal Artillery, described by his defending officer as a "stupidly extravagant man who had lost his head," was sentenced to be dismissed from the Army and gaoled for one year after a
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    FOUR SUSPECTS HELD
    23 2 Singapore Police yesterday arrested four Chinese suspected to be involved in the Paya Lebar robbery during a wedding on Sunday.
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    MAN DROWNED
    26 2 A 23-year-old dock labourer, was yesterday reported to have been drowned after falling into the sea at Keppel Harbour while nt work collecting scraps.
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    NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS
    71 2 Mr. F. V. Duckwortn, Federation Acting Commissioner for Labour, has been appointed an official member of the Federal Legislative Council for three years from May 8. in place of Mr. R. G. D Houghton, who has resigned. Mr. D. C. Wathcrston, Federation Secretary for Defence, has been
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    First Co-op Fair Opens At Parit Raja
    207 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Monday. THE first Co-operative Fair Society in the State was opened this morning at Parit Raja in the Batu Pahat District, by Che Saleha, wife of the District Officer, Batu Pahat. Among those present were Mr. Jones. Cooperative Marketing Officer. Che
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    AMMO CHARGE
    42 2 Charged with possessing 14 rounds of ammunition, Seah Kirn Boh yesterday was remanded into custody until May 30 before the Relief Court Magistrate. He was alleged to have been found with the ammunition on May 15 at Lorong Tai Seng:
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    White Alsatians Out Of The Running
    90 2 WHITE Alsatians were definitely at a disadvantage at the Dog Show recently held by the Singapore Alsatian Club at the Hapoy World. This was revealed in a report by the judge. Mr. F. E. Byron, who says that white is the only colour that
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    FUN FAIR TO SWELL CHURCH FUND
    69 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— The St. Joseph Building Fund Appeal Committee, under the chairmanship of Rev. Father T. Chin, will hold a Fun Fair in the Tadang behind the Catholic Church at Jalan Grcja, on June 1 and 2. There will be an open air
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    New Germ Fighter
    232 2 ANEW machine which has proved its efficacy in many paris of the world in killing dis-ease-spreading vermin was demonstrated yesterday at the Municipal Incinerator. Instead of Harmless smoke, the machine produces thick clouds of DDT mixture which penetrates into every corner and crevice of the building teing
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    PAK ENVOY TO ADDRESS MEETING HERE
    120 2 Pcldstan's amba.ssadoi glslgnate to Indonesia Or Omar Hayat Malik will .0«; pass through Singapore on his way to Jakarta. The Overseas PakiJ-tani League i gapore has received inform;, tion that Dr. Malik w. Karachi at the end of thimontr.. Another distinguished kistan personality m",
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    IRO Chief Passes Through
    120 2 S~IR Arthur Rucker. the Deputy Director of the International Refugee Organisation, arrived in Singapore by Qantas BOAC yesterday morning. He is on his way to Australia to arrange for accommodation for the thousands of refugees he still has on his hands. "All in all." he said,
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    RUBBER TALK
    36 2 Mr. J. A. E. Morley, bcputy Economic Secretary, who was a member of the Malayan delegation to the recent Internationa! Rubber Study Group, will talk about the meeting over Radio Malaya at 7.12 tonight.
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    Have Tolerance, Gowrie Tells Youth
    251 2 I ORD Gowrie, President of the Empire Day MoveU ment, told the young people of the Empire in a message "that those who differ from you are not always wrong and to show the kindness and courtesy which you also like to receive." He said:
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    FIRST AID CLASSES
    34 2 A "FirsL Aid Cass" will be held at the St. John Ambulance Association Headquarters. Stamford Road, at 5 p.m. on Mondays. Those wishing to attend may enroll at the Association's lleadquarttrt,
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    MR. ALEC BEFRIENDED THE POOR
    102 2 The entire staff of Borneo Motors Ltd.. got a holida> on Friday. Their office was closed as a mark of respect to Mr. H. C. Alec, otherwise known as Andrew Heng Choo Leek, their Assistant Sales Manager. This was the first time the Borneo Motors
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      63 2 PttOHc 10 MSTO HYIWC»^ Last Day: 3.00. 6 30 9.15 P-jJ Radin Sukarnc-Nilam Pjuw» in "CHTTRA" (In Mala) Opening Tomorrow Republic's "ON THE SPANISH 1 (In Trucolor) Coming Soon M r. M's "THE THREE Mr (In Gforioos Tcchiucolon ovvAwwrW: ,N ATLANTIC GreatJ Today A Tomorrow: > "UNDERCOVER MAW LIDO Neu
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      477 2 RADIO MALAYA Ann #f I'ro*ramm e Sumw»w fivn vivnrAnr m,kr >' wlth sl Tune; 12.02 Film BLUE NETWORK Songs; 1215 Hindustani Rajans; ENGLISH PROGRAMMKs 12.3» News: 12 40 Recorded MoVtM a.m. News liom Haalj 1J* 3 I losing Annrt. with lumpur; 10.05 Close Down. !>, T,,ne; 2 4 c,Wh ,K»wn--10.5«
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    Tin Price
    20 3 Tin price in Singapore yesterday was $301 3/8 pleul ex-smeiter, a* compared wHh $300 3/4 on last Saturday.
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    Shanghai Ready To Trade Again
    152 3 U.P. HONGKONG, Monday. 'pHE Communist radio reported that traders in Shanghai are preparing to resume import and export business, as a result of the smashing of the Nationalist blockade. The radio report also claimed that the currency inflation is being brought within bounds, and increased
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    PRODUCE MART
    42 3 Copra was indicated at $39 ouycrs and $39 1/2 sellers per plcul t.o.b. Mav-Jnm-Coconut oil was unchanged. Pal em hang 15 per cent coffee was quoted by sellers at $yV per picu! ready. Zanzibar cloves chan?cu hands at $106 1/2.
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    Undertone Steady
    29 3 SINGAPORE, May 22. Thu share market opened the week quietly but with a steady undertone. The higher prices for the ••ommodhies have failed 'o attract n»\v buyers.
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    Share Quotations
    857 3 Singapore. I>;ay 22. _NL>L»BTKiALia Ri|—»»■» H*M»»ri Atlas 11 90 12.25 Alex. Brick* Pref. 2.25 2.35 Old. 2/17 5 2 2.25 8.8. Petrol 34/ 6 35/6 cd B.M. Trustees 7.00 7.50 Con. Tlx Smelt Pref. 20/3 21/6 xd Ord. 15/6 16/3 E. Utd. As*jr. 38.7.* 39.75 Fed Dispensary 6.35
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    Along The Godowns
    66 3 Inland :r (44); MM Ann (46); Borneo (42-43); HavsbrJs (40) (iewang (41); Koia (An (41); Ma-lsnvcker (88-89); La Co«orad (36); Spondi Ins (33-34); IVrsrus (31-32); City of Chester (17--18); Ruhystonc (19-20); sin «4kup (23-24); Ferniand— President Tyler (25-26); Ohif MtaMrs* (27-28); Star BeteJgouse (29-301; Brooklyn Height (15-16);
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    U.S. RUBBER FIRMS WILL MAKE MORE THIS YEAR
    242 3 USIS. THE "Big Five" in the American rubber industry are looking to a better 1950 profits picture than 1949, investment analysts here declare. The outlook for the rubber industry has improved through important changes in raw material sources which have added greater
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    PROFIT TAKING IN RUBBER
    75 3 f|\HE rubber commodity marI ket opened steady with business done at 82 cents per pound, but later cased slightly on pure profit taking. Yesterday's closing prices in cents per pound were Buyers Sellers No. 1 RSS f.o.b. June 81% 81» No. 2 RSS f.o.b. June 77%
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    BAUXITE FIND IN INDIA
    76 3 A.P. NEW DELHI. Mon.—Bauxite deposits estimated at 300,000 tons have been located by the Geological Survey of India near the Hirakud Dam project in Orissa state. Survey officials say an aluminium industry may be started in the area to take advantage of the bauxite and cheap
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      525 3 MARRIAGE YEO-WEE. The marriage took P ,acc at the Rc istrar of vfarriairo Supreme Court, Sin,a ,orr on 20th May 1950. beYeo Kian Hwee (Robert), ♦he «th son of Mr. and Mrs. Yeo Phee Jin and Wee Choo Neo ,Tinv> the youngest daughter! 0 f the late Mr. Wee Swee
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      285 3 NOTICES HACKNEY CARRIAGE PERMITS. I. Lim Mong Soh, of No. 148. Queen Street, Singapore, hereby give notice of intention to apply for a Hackney Carriage permit for one vehicle to operate from Singapore to Johore Bahru. This application will be published in the Government Gazette and any objection thereto (stating
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      507 3 M SITS": VACANT REQUIRED for immediate antpo ntment general o;flce clerk. Knowledge of inward end outward bi Is an advantage. Only experienced persons need apply. Full parti-1 i ulars of education and te.stiminials to P.O Box 352. Singapore. (J.SBB). WANTED—Junior Clerks, male or fema c with some ki owl edge
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      460 3 WANTED BUILDING land warned. Six to .wen thousand dollars availab c larger plot preferred Box A.3642. Tribune. Spore. (K..VJO) WANTED site for small bunga, low locality approximately 3000 to 5000 square feet. E» as>on- able price. Apply P.O. Box 516. Spore. (H. 589). SIT.~VV ANTED RELIABLE worker welcomes temporary (2-3
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    CITIZENSHIP
    509 4 f\ATO ONN deserves praise for the courageous stand he has taken against the ultra-nationalist Malays who sought to shelve the Communities Liaison Committee's plan for citizenship. The Dato was assailed with harsh words, and accused of being "out to Mac Michael. albeit unwittingly, his own people." The authors of
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    HIROHITO DINED ALONE
    1160 4  -  Medieval Ritual Marks Mikado's Tour by GORDON WALKER Kotohira, Sh'iioku Island. PAGES of Japan's modern history disappeared like leaves in en autumn gale when Emperor Hirohito surrounded by all the feudal splendour of Japan's ancient Tennos —graced this medieval Shinto temple town. Outer vestments of democracy and
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    POLICE ACTION IN HYDERABAD
    923 4 Reuter-PTI. HYDERABAD. rE Indian Communist Party's plan of "struggle against the Nehru Government" by "destructive methods and war" is detailed in an official booklet issued by the Hyderabad State Government on Communist activities in the state. Communists in their "stronghold" of the Telegana districts of the
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    ANGEL STOLEN
    87 4 A.P. SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, The Roman Catholic Church appealed by radio for the return of the stolen Virgin of the Angels, venerated as Costa Rica's patroness. The thieves were told to keep the gold and jewels, worth an estimated US$l,OOO,OOO, ornamenting the black rock statue. The 300-year-old
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    MR. WARD WEPT HIS THANKS
    1077 4 American Newsletter..... J. Kerigan NEW YORK. rR the first time in 150 years since the founding of this Library of Congress in Washington, the Library was the scene or an address by a President of the United States. The occasion was the presentation to President
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      31 4 DIAMINTS CONFECTIONERY CLEAR DIGESTIVE MINTS BARLEY SUGAR FR'JIT DROPS CHOCOLATE CUSHIONS GLUCO FRUITS In small and large family Jars also sold loose. ENQUIRIES INVITED FROM THE TRADE ROBINSONS SINGAPORE K. LUMPUR.
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    Owner Sues Tenants For Possession
    253 5 VG Keng Soon, a Chinese business man, who pur--1 chased a house in Telok Ayer Street in January 1947. for $82,500, allegedly for his own use, yesterday i laimed possession of its tenancy from the present occupants, Chop Heap Chin Hin. It was alleged that
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    Reward Of $500 For Gun Thief
    124 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— The Perak Police have offered a reward of $500 for information which will lead to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for breaxine into the R.E.M.E. Armoury at Old Kamunting id, Taiping, on the night of April 1112, and stealing
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    IT'S THE HAWKERS WHO BRIBE POLICE
    809 5  -  Says Anti-Graft Chief MR. B. Lewis, chief of the Singapore Anti-Corrup-tion Branch yesterday told the Hawkers Inquiry Commission that it was the hawkers who used 'touts' to collect money for the police. It was said Mr. Lewis, as a woman hawker had told the
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    LITTLE GIRLS STEAL SHOW
    171 5 T.G. THE little girls from the lower grades of Raffles Girls' School stole the show last night with their "Let's Have a Party" at the opening of the Youth Drama and Music Festival sponsored by the Singapore Teachers' Union held at the Victoria Theatre. The girls
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    Girl Saw Mother In Flames
    111 5 Court Told Singamar. a young Indian girl, told Coroner Choor Singh yesterday, that she woke up one night on hearing her mother scream and found her in tiames when the ooor was opened. The girl said that when she heard the scream she woke up
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    MEW STAMPS FOR KEDAH
    36 5 The new postage stamps for the Kedah State wiW be on sale from June 1, the Post-master-General announced. The present BMA postage siamps will be withdrawn from sale from the same date.
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    'Pocket Princess' Here En Route To Ceylon
    168 5 r[E Siamese "pocket princess", Poon Diakul, who weighs only 75 lbs. and is a little over four feet in height, arrived in Singapore yesterday. The princess, an aunt of the present King, is on her way to the World Buddhist Congress in Ceylon.
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    EVADED DUTY ON WATCHES, TWO FINED
    83 5 JOHORE, BAHRU, Mon. Ng Ah Sah. a 34-year-old business man from Klang. was fined $300 in the Magistrates' Court today for evading customs duty on 15 wristwatches. He was caught in the second class* compartment of a train at the local railway station. Another
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    Bandits Derail Armoured Train
    288 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. gANDITS dynamited the railway line and derailed an armoured train in the Tnang area of Pahang this morning resulting in two casualties—a Police Constable and a soldier who were both wounded. Chinese bandits entered a coffee-shop at Chung Ming Mine in the Bentong
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    CASUALTY NAMED
    39 5 The British soldier wounded in an ambush on the Kuala Lumpur/Bengtong Road ou Saturday is Private D. .1. Wareham of the Ist. Devons. H.Q. Malaya District announced. He was severety wouncen in tne throat and right arm.
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    MAN FACES MURDER CHARGE
    55 5 Ho Lee Kwee, a 23-year-oid Chinese had a charge of murder explained to him before the Relief Court yesterday. He was alleged to have killed a compatriot Lee Kirn Wah on Feb. 16, 1948. The magistrate remanded him in custody untii May 30 wnen he will
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    ROAD FLOODED
    33 5 The Ipoh/Kuala Kangsar Road at milestone 6.20 to 6.24 is Hooded to a deDth of 1 ft. 3 inches The water im rising but the road is still passable to traffic.
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    CLOSE FINISHES SHOULD BE SEEN TOMORROW
    1782 6  -  TARA STREET, THE BOSUN AND BALAM BEST BETS By ALBERT SPENCER The Man with 2,000 Winners. THRILLING racing will greet the second day of the Singapore Summer (Governor's Cup) Meeting tomorrow, when some very close finishes will again hold punters on the edge of
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    Turf Record Equalled
    67 6 Reuter. CHICAGO, Mon. Mais Boy, riuden by Dean Jessop, equalled the world record of biU seconds for five furlongs on Saturday when easily winning a race at Washington Park. The American record of 57.4 seconds set by the two-year-old Miss Star at Aqueduct 28 years ago was
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    BODCA Draw With Indians
    359 6 Osman Angullia, British Ordinance Depot Civilian Association's goalkeeper, stole the show with a brilliant performance in yesterday's Senior League game against the Indian Recreation Club which ended in a one-all draw at the Jalan Besar Stadium. Time and again, he stopped the nippy Indian forwards and
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    AWI ALI DOES THE HAT TRICK FOR SAJARAH
    82 6 Katong Sujarah bout Town Hangers by four goals to c«c, in a Junior B2 league soccer match at Geylang Stadium yesterday. The winners were superior in attack and defence. Dominating play light from the start they opened the scoring in the fifth
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    INDONESIANS BEAT RASC 3-1
    92 6 More at home on a wet and slippery ground than their opponents, the Indones an 'B' team had litt c difficulty in beating the 4 HQ. S.R.D.. R.A.S.C. XI when they met in a Junior B-2 league match on the 8.0.D.C.A. grrund yesterday. The Indonesians won
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    TWO GAMES AT FARRER PARK
    79 6 The Fatil Kai- b S.C yesterday defeated the Tiger Sports Cub by one-nil in a friendly game at Farrer Park. Ahmad the outside right scored the goal in the second half. Playing nuie-p, side, Malayan Airways yesterday drew with Tiong' Bahru Rangers three, all In
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    Bing Banged Oul Of Golf
    233 6 A.P. ST. ANDREWS. Scotland. Men.- Ding Crosby went out ol the amateur golf championship in ihe first iound today losing to J. K. Wilson, three and two on the 16th green. Crosby started out with a brace of birdie threes to win the first two
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    SANTO TOMAS BASKETBALLERS COMING TODAY
    87 6 Tin- University of Santu Tunas basketball team, orfrina ly acheduled to arrive in Singapore tomoirow. will arrive this evening by C. P. A. at Kalians 1 t rport, due to a change of plans. Below are the fixture* they wil. play at the Hanpv World
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    SNEAD WINS TITLE A SECOND TIME
    64 6 U.P. LAJS ANGELES. Mon. After tossing awav a threestroke lead Sammy Sncad, who tels you in -.ae Sunday Tribune how to play better golf, rallied to win the Western Open Golf Cham >ionship yesterday hy single stroke with a four round fota, of 282.
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    WATER POLO LEAGUE TO BE FORMED
    81 6 At the annua! genera] aaeaiinc "t the Singapore Amateur Btrim ming Club held at the \M< A yesterdaj. it vu d« <U- «j t Q i oni a wator-pido League. TJi<- following irere elected office bcarera for tir.s ,i.r- on Pwidcnl, MY. T. H.
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    SUPERFLIGHT BEAT FOCIAL BP
    130 6 The Superfliuht Badniim >■ Party defeated the Social Had ininton Party by Aye ransea lo two in a return friendly encounter during the wi ekeod at the letter's court. Results:—(Superflight player tlrst) SINGLES: Chan Soo Guan losi to Clnta Pob Koon 11— l. r >, 7
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    FORM GUIDE FOR TOMORROW
    8270 7 Seco nd Day Of Spore Races Class 1 Div. 1-6 Furs. 5 Yards. BRIGHT EYES 907 IIK SK M HATCHING: S 2 t». 1 01 X Div v 1. WOn by mm. 17 sees. Going H Mill IS-2-50 K.L. 9.13 5> Hi Div. 1- Won by
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    Exeter In Smart Gallop
    186 8 After yesterday's showers, the tracK was "dead" when training was held at Bukit Timah this morning. Few horses were sent out against the watch, and slow work was earned out on the outside of the course proper. Probable non-acceptors tomorrow are: Permita Dormer, Well Done, rairieu,
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    MAO'S WARSHIPS MAKE COSTLY DEBUT
    238 8 NATIONALISTS SINK TWO, DAAAACE TWO Reuter and U.P. HONGKONC, Monday. THINESE Communists have for the first time thrown warships into the battle for small strategic islands still held by the Nationalists primarily for blockade purposes, according to Chinese reports reaching the Colony. In their first
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    Was His Face Red...
    38 8 Reuter -AAP. TOKYO, Mon. Tokyo factory manufacturing fi r e-p roo. bricks was burned down by Are today. According to the redlaced management lumber stocked near a kiln was overneated and started the fire.—Reuier
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    11 8 TURKEY'S untitled ANKARA, Mon.—Pernor--63-year-old banker, was today elected President of Tuic;ev.
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    'Hot War In Malaya Is Only Beginning
    407 8 LONDON Monday. QIR George Maxwell, a former British high 5 otdclai in Malaya, wrote in a letter Daily Telegraph today that the ho war in Malaya was only beginning and that the guerillas thara were '"the advance guard Ot a possible campaign ot
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    MAO MUST WAIT
    41 8 Reuter. WASHINGTON. Mon. Responsible officials said here today that the Big Three i o.c.gn Ministers had e'ecided ings not to move at present at their recent London meetjfor the admission of Communist China to the United Nations. —Reuter.
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    Band it Is Too Pretty A Word -Strachey
    334 8 LONDON, Monday. WAR Minister John Strachey and Colonial Minister James Griffiths left by air for Singapore today for an on-the-spot study of Communist-troubled Malaya. Strachey made it clear before they left that "bandit" was too pretty a term for the Malayan terrorists.
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    TEAMS FOR CLARKE CUP MATCH
    135 8 The first "big" cricket match to be played in Singapore this season will get underway on Saturday when the annual meeting between the Europeans and The Rest, for the Clarke Cup. will be spread nver three-days. The respective selection committees picked nut the following teams
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    AIRMEN IN H.K.
    39 8 HONGKONG. Mon.—Malayan airmen of No. 91 (Malaya) Squadron. Royal Air Force Regiment, have been accorded the honour of mounting guard for the Governor at Government House and for the General Officer Commanding at his official residence.
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    BRIND IN SAIGON
    51 8 SAIGON, Mon.—Admiral Sir Patrick Brind, Commander -in Chief of the British Far Eastern Fleet, arrived here today by air irom Singapore. Official circles said he would discuss combined Anglo-French naval plans. His visit, expected to last four days, it being made at the invitation of French .lumnai
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    'HOW DO YOU DO,' SAID SIR FRANKLIN
    443 8 GOVERNOR OPENS 'PHONE LINK WITH U.K. Tribune Stan? Retiorter SIR Franklin Gimson, the Governor of Singapore, yesterday opened the direct radio-telephone service between Singapore and London via Nairobi, when he spoke to Mr. John Dugdale. the TSmister of State for Colonies. Sir Franklin
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    M.C.C. LEAD BY 225 RUNS
    103 8 LONDON, Mon. Unless the weather intevenes an exciting finish is in prospect to the West Indies match against M.C.C. at Lord's here tomorrow. M.C.C ruii.ih in,' bc.o.id day 225 runs ahead with three pecond mniiu:* v.i.kets to tab but on a p.teh kiv n«f spin
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    QUAKE KILLS 100
    37 8 Reuter. WASHINGTON, Mon. Ov»r 100 people were killed anu 200 injured in the earthquake that shook the Peruvian city of Cuzco last night, according to a report received by the American State Department today.—Reuter.
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    Russian Walk Out No. 28
    73 8 Reuter. LAKE SUCCESS, Mon Russia today staged its 28th walkout from an United Nations bocy in protest against the continued presence of the Chinese Nationalist delegate. Mr. Pavel M Chernyshev, of tne Soviet Union, withdrew from the 12-Nation Population Commission, a technical body of the
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    £8,000,000 Aid To S-EA Is Inadequate'
    221 8 Reuter. COLOMBO, Monday. THE influential Ceylon Daily News declared today that the £8,000,000 aid to South-East Asia proposed at the Sydney Commonwealth conference was inadequate. "The sum can scarcely be described as adequate considering the vast field to be covered and the wide scope
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    THE ANSWER
    25 8 Reuter. LONDON. Mon.—The answer to Communism in Malaya and elsewhere in the colonies is colonial development, according to Lord Beaverbrook's Imperialist Daily Express.—Reu-
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    RICE FOR UNICEF
    30 8 A.P. LAKE SUCCESS. Mon.— The UNICEF announced today that Siam aas donated over 1,000.000 pounds of rice to be used in feeding refugees of Arab-Jewish warfare A.P.
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    WHAT'S ON TODAY
    328 8 GENERAL VICTORIA TULA'I i.ti; Youth Drama and music Festival at 5'*> p.» PREBYSTERIAN HI K( If: Women's Party monthly i:.k1 ion v e, Prebyaietian Church 9.30 a.m. LEGISLATIVE COINCIL: Victoria Memor al Hall 10 a.m. SINGAPORE STAMP (MB: Social, Cathay Restaurant 5 p.m. PAYA LERAK MYK A.
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