Malaya Tribune, 26 January 1951

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    49 1 MALAYA TRIBUNE f PEOPLE 1 I FOR THE j upboplbJ 'LARGCRSftIES THAN ANY AFTERNOON PAPER IN J Tel: "Tribune* B'pore. Published simultaneously at Singapore,.Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh and Penang. 'hone: ***** nine lines. SIX PAGES. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1951 PRICE TEN CENTS. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE FRIDAY, JAN. 26, 1951.
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    INDICTED
    70 1 n persons, In- i nii'i, tur of loyal family, an general and an ha\ I '..< <n inln Cairo on eknrgcf of taud, sqnandf ung goiment money and pi ring to supply tian army uith jreapens and iMiriiien during the >tine war. auto shows: Lews 'nr General) IbraSaad el
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    BRITA IN TO ARM MILLION MEN
    104 1 LONDON, Thursday. EE B itish Cabinet worked tonight on a new deprogramme aimed at putting a million tder arms and equipping .them by the sum- 195° i new expanded programme is to defence spending of £4.soo,uGu,uuu to iOO.OOO in the next two years. rime
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    Malan Urges West To Quit Asia
    148 1 Reuter. CAPETOWN, Thursday. THE South African Prime Minister, Dr. Daniel Malan, told the assembly today that the international situation was 1 grave but he was convinced it would not lead to world war. Dr. Malan was moving an amendment to a motion of censure
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    SPAIN INVITED TO U.N.E.S.C.O.
    49 1 Paris, Thurs. QPAiN was tcday invited to d attend the sixth general conference of the United Nations Educational. Scientific, and Cultural Organisation UNESCO I. to be held here from June 13 to July 10. Spain will be among the non-member nations to attend the meeting.
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    RAU URGES TALKS DURING KOREA LULL
    287 1 PRIORITY SO UGHT FOR DEBATE ON PEACE PARLEY A.P. LAKE SUCCESS, Thursday. INDIA'S Sir Senegal N. Ran told the United Nations today it should take advantage of the present military lull in Korea to begin direct talks with the Chinese Communists on a Far
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    U.S. Rushing Work On Overseas Bases
    115 1 A.P. WASHINGTON. Thurs THE U.S. Air Force and Na\y are reported be speeding up the construction of projects costing mere ihan U551.000.000.000. including some new overseas bases. This report :ame from a closed 90-minute meeting of the Senate Armed Service Committee. There was immediate
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    EX-KING CHARGED WITH TREASON
    104 1 BELGRADE. Thursday. A military court here charged exiled King Peter and Yugoslav emigrants today with making a determined effort to overthrow Marshal Titos Communist government and return to power Two former Cabinet Ministers a general who commanded Yugoslavia's pre-war police force and 14 others went on
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    Peking Gets Seat In Postal Conference
    77 1 A.P. CAIRO, Tliurs. COMMUNIST China's delegate was voted a seat in the Universal Postal Union's conference today. Nationalist China was rejected Five nations voted for Communist China and three tor the Nationalists. There were three abstentions and one spoiled ballot. There was no announcement
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    RESETTLED
    27 1 PUSAN. Thurs. The South Korean Government announced today that more than '-'.000.000 refugees from the Communist conquered areas nl Korea had been resettled in South Korea.
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    Washing Mast Still Be Done
    48 1 bvea in the midst of war wo men must try and carry on (heir normal household duties. These Korean women here do their laundry in a South Korean stream, under th>* shadow of a knocked out Russian made T-34 tank. A.P. Photo. A.P.-Photo.
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    NEW PEKING MOVE PLEASES BRITAIN
    373 1 Reuter. LONDON, Thursday. PRIME MINISTER Mr. Clement Attlee has received from the Indian Prime Minister Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru, full details of the fresh communication from the Chinese Government on Korea, an official spokesman said today. The despatch was handed to Mr. Attlee byMr. V. K.
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    THEY WERE DIVIDED ON WOMEN
    126 1 THE East-West Brain Trust were divided last night as to who doefl the most talking —the men or the women. The Trust consisting of Mr. v v Davie*. Mrs. H. B. Amstut*. Sir Han Hoe Urn and Frof. B. Holttum, had this to say: Mrs.
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    CEYLON SPEAKER DEAD
    31 1 CEYLON, Thursday. Sir Francis Molamure, Speaker of the Ceylon House of Rrepresentatives, died here tonight aged 6"). He collapsed in the House on Tuesday with a paralytic stroke.
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    BIG FORD CONTRACTS
    29 1 A.P. DETROIT, Thurs. The Ford Motor Company today an. nounced it has received now army contracts for more than U5531,000.000 worth of Ford trucks and buses.—A.P.
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    They Need $ Billion To Fly To Moon
    104 1 They Need Billion To Fly To Moon A.P. STUTTGART. Thurs. STUGGART. Thurs. If they had U551,000,000,000. German scientists beiieve they could fly to the moon. The German Society for Interplantary Research was told at its annual meeting that new discoveries have made such a flight possible. In fact, plans have
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    TRUMAN BACKS MOVE TO BRAND PEKING
    208 1 Reuter. WASHINGTON. Thursday. PRESIDENT Truman told a press conference tor day: "I believe in calling an aggressor an aggressor." The President made this comment at a news conference in connection with the problem of the Chinese Communist action in Korea which is being discussed
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    POLIO MAY BE CURBED
    48 1 Reuter. NEW YORK Thurs. CONTROL of infantile paralyses "is not too far off." Mr. Basil O'Connor, president of the Carnegie Foundation for Infantile paralysis said today. He said that reseerch supported by the foundation ha I brought that day "definitely nearer than ever before."—Reuter.
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    U.S. Warships Shell Seoul's Port
    237 1 A.P. UNITED States warships shelled Seoul's port of Inchon on the west coast of Korea today, as Allied ground patrols roamed freely through a deepening no man's land, for an enemy that, seemed to have vanished. General Mac Arthur, the U.N. Commander, said in a
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    DANGEROUS YEAR: TITO
    51 1 A.P. BFI HRADF. Thurs. Premier Marshal Tito, in an interview here today, said: This will be a dangerous year" for the peace of Europe and the world. The Marshal's warning was reported by U.S. Represen l aUve John F. Kennedy. Democrat. Massachusets. who conducted a press conference.
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    U.S. May Punish India
    129 1 U.P. WASHINGTON. Thurs. STUNG by India's criticism on the United States stand against Communist China, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee refused to take early action today on India's request for 2.000.000 tons of American wheat. Instead. Chairman Tom Connally told reporters, the subcommittee has been instructed
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    TRANSPORT NATIONALISED
    39 1 A.P. j KARACHI. Thurs.—Pakis- tan's Communicaticns Ministry announced today that the Government has decided to j nationalise motor transport in three provinces—the Punjab i Sind and the North-West j Frontier out of the nation's 1 five provinces.—A.P.
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    GO SLOW
    757 2 ALL Asians throughout Malaya will welcome the decision of the Federal Legislative Council this week approving the principle of a ministerial form of Government for Malaya. But let not joy at such a forward and progressive step towards self-government cloud our view of the dangers which can accompany
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    INDIA: A YEAR OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS
    925 2 A.P. NEW DELHI. INDIA, with many of its growinl; pains behind it. stands on firmer ground as it enters its second year as a republic today. Much has been done by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's government since the constitution of the Republic of India was
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    THE WEEK IN WESTMINSTER
    786 2  -  By^ E. ATKINSON LONDON. Thursday. OVER the next three months. J the new pattern of Bri- tish national activity will be set. kl The revised and vastly in- j creased rearmament pro- i gramme will have been relat- ed to the capacities of the economy at
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    Rubber Springs For Cars
    111 2 ANEW system of motor vehicle suspension which uses rubber to replace the normal leaf springs is now under experiment in the Midland Omnibus Company's manufacturers works. The working of the new system is described at some length in the current edition of "Rubber Developments" issued by
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    LABOUR IN INDIA
    1343 2  -  -BY- JAGJIVAN RAM Minister of Labour. India. I THE welfare of the common J man nas been tin objec- j i tive «I the Constiiu'ion or j the Republic ot India. Fvery I eltireii has hit assurance oi j social and economic justices i j under its
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    Through Chinese Eyes
    320 2 What thr Chinese Press ts saying today. IFHAT are the chances of a peace treaty with Japan. queries the Nanyang Siang Pau. Commenting on John Foster Dulles' trip to Tokio, th t daily points out that most of the stipulations advocated by the United States in the
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      38 2 Strange As It Seems SMRDAW/ /ntstfr /nstrintr W aid at'zen of Bng/arra, I emisH recap?tated Wl THE WAR BETWEEN ENGLAND T^Jf FiNAUY MEB3IN6 WflHlHt W*R J&dtf \jS] OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION WHICH V WT INVOLVED OTHER EUROPEAN PMCES/
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    WOMAN TOOK POISON
    54 3 ,SE her husband was "loved and there was take care of her F (jhinese woman decidsuicide, by drink- Solution of lysol. *was stated in the Se''toiice Court yesterday 'vje woman 22-year-old h King pleaded guilty ted suicide, at Java ion J» n 24 LTwas bound over in
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    JAP SHIP TO BRING CEMENT
    63 3 #-Rev A.P. TOKIO. Thursday. I 5448-ton Kansal Mara Kansal IClsen ComI 'is scheduled to leave rt. Kyushu, next Ljay for Singapore with J tons of cement, local rcies said. J ship on her way bat* ictll at Bangkok to take 'tSCO tons of Siamese rice
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    Woman Caught In Shoes -Gem Game
    201 3 A.P. NEW YORK. Thursday. V international syndicate smuggling fabulous 1 cuantitiea of diamonds frcm Europe to the hi! d States came to light after the arrest of iree persons bringing gems into this country riled in shoes. Officials said that diamonds confiscated at Nefc
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    ATTORNEY-GENERAL HEADS TOKIO SPECIAL POLICE
    74 3 AAP. TOKIO, Thurs. RIME Minister Shigeru Yoahida today formally fee i Attorney General ikeo Ohashi as Minister in arge of National Police berve. tinn il Police Reserve i force of 75,000 which Rwral Mac Arthur authorised ist year just after -»ak of the Korean Th?
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    CHARGED 18c. MORE FOR SUGAR
    98 3 TOR selling a katly of sugar T eighteen rents above the controlled price. 30-year-old Tan Slong Poh was sentence in the First District Coilft yesterday to one month s imprisonment. It was stated that on Jan. 24 a Food Control Inspector went to a sundry
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    ARGENTINE RAIL STRIKE
    41 3 BUENOS AIRES. Thurs. government operated railways were crippled yesterday when most of the country's 160.000 railwayworkers went on strike. The Ministry 6f called the strike illegal and asked Federal police to protect rail* waymen who wanted to worK.—•
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    Children Thank Nehru
    139 3 AP. MIW DELHI. Thurs. A GROUP of Istanbul children has wtfttSll "Uncte N lru" a letter thanking him "in thp name of all the Turkish children" for the rftbyelephant. Mohini. recently presented by the Indian Prime Minister as a gift from the children of India. The letter
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    SALT – CLOTH TRADE ARRESTS
    40 3 SALT CLOTH TRADE ARRESTS AP. SINAGAR. (Kashmir), Thursday. UOME 40 persons have been •3 arrested by state polics in Indian-held Northern Kashmir on charges of carrying on illicit trade in Indian cloth and Pakistani rock salt across the ceasefire line.—AP.
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    LAMA PRAYS
    40 3 NEW DELHI, Thurs. THE Dalai Lama, who has completed seven days of fasting, meditation and prayers in a monastery near Kalimpong, is still engrossed in concentration of his country s next step, it was reported from Kalimpong yesterday.
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    PEIPING HAS OPENED DOOR OF PEACE
    270 3 A.P. —JNehru NEW DELHI, Thursday. INDIAN Prime Minister, Pandit Nehru, levelled a 1 broadside ot criticism at th 3 United States policies in Asia and said the African prop:s*l for The U.N. to declare Red China an aigrewor can fcrlng only increased conflict. He
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    ONE MONTH'S JAIL ON CARD CHARGE
    68 3 SIXTY-year-old Ten Ken Swee who pleaded guilty In the First District Court yesterday to failing to register lor an identity card was sent to Jail for one month. Tĕo told the court that he had lost his card, and had forgotten the number. He
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    U.S. AID TO NEPAL: PACT SIGNED
    61 3 AP. NEW DELHI, Thurf. AN agreement making Point Four assistance available to Nepal was signed here on Tuesday by American Ambassador Loy Henderson and Nepaiese Ambassador Shingha Shumshero. An initial project will be a preliminary survey of mineral resources by Robert Sanford of the
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    U.N. HAS FAILED, SAYS DEMOCRAT
    65 3 Reuter. WASHINGTON, Thurs. J A resolution to withdraw Jl United States membersnip from the United Nations has been introduced in the United States House of Representatives by Mr. J. E. Rankin. Democrat of Mississippi. Mr. Rankin told the House yesterday that the United Nations has
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    NO APP EASEMENT: TAIPEI
    133 3 TAIPEI, Thurs. THE Nationalists sounded today fresh warnings to the I'nited Nations against Red China's cease-fire formula for Korea. The Central Daily News, mouthpiece of the Kuomintang Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist Party, said the Communist proposal was another trick aimed it divldir-j; the free world "B; firm.
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    BLOW AT ARMS CONTRACT PROFITS
    39 3 A.P. WASHINGTON, Thurs. THE House of Representatives passed by a roll call V6J4 of 3(7-0 on Tuesday a bill to recover any c:;crfcsivc profits on defence contrictf The legislation goes to tne Senate. —A.P.
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    SOAP UP IN PRICE
    104 3 LOCALLY -MADE soap has shot up 30 per cent in price. Manufacturers maintain that the industry is facing a crisis, because of a shortage or oil and soda. The buik of the oils produced locally is exported, thus putting the local market in snort supply. Soda,
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    Malaya Steps Up Exports To USA
    176 3 U.P. WASHINGTON. Thursday. EFFORTS of Asian countries to achieve a WJJJV able trade balance with the United States thereby boosting their dollar reserves, weakened somewhat during November, the U.S. Department of Commerce reported today. Th» Department said Asian shinments to the United States in
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    25,000 SOVIET TROOPS IN WEST CHINA
    77 3 A.P. SRINAOAR. Thursday. MOHAMAD Amin Bdgra, for* mer Nationalist Deputy Governor of Sinkiang Province, claimed today that nearly 25.000 Soviet troops Are now occupying that V\est China province. Bogra. who Is now a refugee here, said in in Interview that reliable information from Sinkiang
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    ZAFRULLAH HOPEFUL
    27 3 LONDON, Thur?. SIM Mohamed Zafrullah Khan. Pakistan's Foreign Minister, said that China's present position on a ceasefire in Korea "holds out a glimmer of hope".
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    Mellersh Waited —For His Syce
    287 3 fHE R.A.F. regiment guard of honour drawn up at 1 the shin's side had been inspected by Sir Frank Mellersh, ex-AOC, Malaya, and stcod at ease, he had shaken hands with his successor, Air Vic?-Marshal Blucke, and other top Air Force officers and their wives,
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    MALAYANS SEEK TO JOIN R.A.F.
    457 4 THE recent announcement of proposals for tho Direction of Manpower in Malaya had led to a wave of increased interest in \oluntary recruitmuii in the Royal Air Force (Malaya), *ar East Air Force Headquarters said last night. Applicants have written from all parts of the
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    Cloth Should Cost More, Say Traders
    111 4 -Reuter. BOMBAY. Thursday. rE Bombay Millowners Association declared here today that a "serious crisis looms in India's textile industry because of the Government's textile policy. It termed "inadequate the recent increase in cloth and yarn prices allowed by the Government. "Because of the Government's
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    Along The Godowns
    80 4 In Portt-Mentakab (451, Flying Cloud (44), Larul (ESADE), Landbris (Sheers), Rnvs (42 3), Benveg (40/41), Giaucus (38 9), Eurickbank (86), Steel Vendor (33 4), British Prince (31 2), Islander (17 18), Gorgon (19/50), S.H. B Craft (81 22 >, Star Betelgeus (23 4), Orerte* (25 6), Benlyoal
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    Freight Rates Up
    45 4 HONGKONG. Thursday. SHIPPERS announced a widescale 15 per cent freight increase covering Far Eastern and Middle Eastern shipments from Hongkong today. The increased rates affect all members of the Far East, Gulf. Aden and Red Sea Ports conferences effective from Jan. 23.
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    WOOL—A NEW RECORD
    42 4 Reuter-AAP. SYDNEY. Thurs. WOOL made another world prire record today, closing day of the Sydney sales, with 266 Australian pence a pound for lc bales oi greasy Merino fleece. Values of all descriptions continued firm at yesterday's hign prices.—Reuter-AAP.
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    Tin Market
    101 4 U.P. LONDON, Thura. SPOT tin eased some £5 to £1,257-1 2 at this morning scssiori whiie three months was unchanged at £1,232-1/2. The turnover for cash was only 10 tons while IDS tons changed hands in the forward market. The noon closing prices were: Spot—£l,2ss buyers and £1.260
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    TRADE FRIENDS
    43 4 Reuter. BUDAPEST, Thurs. Hungary ha s signed a trade agreement with the Chinese Peoples Republic under which China will send Hungary raw materials and domestic products. Hungary will export raw materials and machinery under the agreement, signed in Peking on Monday.—Reuter.
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    BOSE'S BIRTHDAY
    29 4 BOMBAY, Thurs. THE 55th birthday of Sudhas Chandra Bose. who organised the Indian National Army in Singapore during the Japanese occupation was celebrated all over India yesterday.
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    London Stocks Steady
    121 4 Reuter. LONDON. Thursday. ALTHOUGH active interest in the London Stock Exchange was restricted by international and domestic political situations today, industrial shares emerged with buoyancy. Provincial support for textiles gave the market a lead which was followed by several other industrial groups. Selected mis. cellaneous leaders including
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    Shares Firm
    211 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs. rE tin and rubber sections of the local market were very firm and prices showed improvement in most issues. Industrials were also firm but overwhelmed by the interest in tins and rubbers. The day's price changes were: F. B. Petrol 40 9 41 9 Fraser and
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    HONGKONG EXCHANGE
    23 4 U.P. HONGKONG, Thurs Money market quotations were: HKS6.OI 6.01 per US«I. HK115.40 per Sterling. HKS33O 00 per tael of gold. —UP.
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    WAS CRUEL TO FOWLS
    25 4 YEW Ching Seah, a 36-year-old Chinese, was fined $15 in j the Fourth Police Court yester- day for cruelty to fowls.
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    BURMA MAY GO TO POLLS IN APRIL
    164 4 A.P. RANGOON, Thursday. DURMA'S overdue first General Elections will take place in April this year, if the Government accepts a recommendation by the Elections Advisory Commission, according to a s:urce close to the commission. He said the commision had advised that government elections
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    POLICE FAREWELL
    30 4 A large crowd of policemen andTriends came on board the Corfu to say farewell to A.S.P. J. W. Chilton and his wife who are going on a holiday.
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    Divers Home After 9 Years
    150 4 VERY happy and glad to be back in Singapore, after an absence of nine years, were two Malay pearl divers, who returned to Singapore, on the Blue Funnel ship the Gorgon. With a broad grin on his face Layman bin Sirat. said that his home
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    Rubber Easier
    155 4 THE rubber commodity mar- ket was easier yesterday closing at 206 buyers a pound for February and 207 sellers. Hongkong was out c T the market but there were some orders from South America which were responsible for the intiaial steadiness. The stalemate between Far Eastern shippers and
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    BAIL GIVEN IN PEN THEFT CASE
    49 4 How Food Cheong. aged 22. was charged in the Second Folice Court yesterday with stealing a pen worth $30 belonging to Noordin Jalnansah on Jan. 24. How claimed trial and th j case was postponed to Feb. 3. Bail of $100 was fixed.
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    Water-Pole Trial For Asian Games
    184 5 WITH a view of sending a vrolony water-polo team to the Asian Games at New Delhi, a Selection Committee of *he Singapore Amateur Swimming Association comprising Dr. M. C Bain. Messrs. Tan Wee Chwet, Tan Sin Whatt and G. L McCabe (Hon. Secretary) met on
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    RUGBY UNION RESULT
    24 5 Reuter. LONDON Thurs. LEICESTER defeated Royal At Force by 21 points to 3 in a Rii»;bv Union game played today.— Reuter.
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    M.C.C, Tourists Gain 3rd Successive Win
    636 5  -  By n rvn* m. REGINALD HAYTER Reuter-A.A.P. THF M rr 5'^ 0uth Australia, Thursday. l fhX,f ai fd thflr third successive win and South Ii.ci n t! ie tour when thc y defeated a il" Country XI today by an inning /lis with about
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    BRITISH MEN VERSUS AMERICAN WOMEN GOLF MATCH PROPOSED
    87 5 A.P. SCARBOROUGH. ENGLAND. Today. Around robin professional coif tournament matching British men and against American women was proposed here yesterday. The town of Scarborough offered to put up £1.000 in prize money, plus expenses for the eventThe tournament would provide action for
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    BURMA CHAMPION ARRIVES FOR FIGHT AGAINST BOBBY NJOO
    171 5 M" AGNIFICIENT built, 26--year-old Maung Thaung, Burma s 135 lb. hghtwcignt Champion, and latest importation by local promoter Wally Oanes arrived by Malayan Airways plane yesterday lor a series of light engagements in Singapore Wally said last night that Maung Thaung's first
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    SWEEPING CHANGES IN INDIA'S TEAM FOR FIFTH "TEST"
    137 5 Reuter. NEW DELHI, Thurs. INDIA today announced sweeping changes fur me fifth and last match in the unoificiai Test series against the Commonwealth touring team Witt the Commonw-ai'ih one up. India must win bhtl match to draw the series. Five players who
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    ROMERO THRASNES CHALLENGER
    45 5 BARCELONA. SPAIN. Thurs. LUIS Romero of Spain. European bantamweight champion, .stopp-'1 LeWia Lyton South Afr <an champion, in the sixth round of a scheduled 10-round bout here last nighl. Lyton was floored four times in the fifth round and three in the
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    LUCKY CONTRACT
    53 5 A.P. BROOKLYN. Thurs. ROY CAMPAiN r.1.1.A. Hiookivn I dcpi i iable rtr«t string catcher, vepterday sighed his contract for a reported US$lB,OOO .-alary. Campanella luckily escaped «erious injury er-pntlv when a hot water heater n his homr exploded ns he tried to relight it. He suffered face and
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    HOCKEY "BATTLE" FOR SUPREMACY ENDS IN DRAW AGAIN
    744 5  -  SCRC SHOULD HAVE WON By SCOOP OPINIONS were divided before the start as to who would win the second replay of the Colony knockout hockcy semi-final match on the Padang > between the S.C.R.C. and the S.C.C. yesterday. Some predicted a draw,
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    SPORTS BRIEFS NAIR CUP SOCCER POSTPONED
    50 5 nnm ww■ vvvv««> ww-- fODAY'S scheduled «occer match between the Kampong Bahru Sports Club and Tfcmil Brotherhood Association for the Nair Cup donated by Munic.pal Commissioner M. P. D. Nair, has been postponed to Feb. 4 on the Railway Institute ground at Kampong Bahru.
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    B.B. SWIMMING GALA
    69 5 THE recond Annual Swimming I Gala of the Singapore Batta- tion of the Boys' Brigade will < be held on Saturday JAn. 27 at 2.15 p.m. at the Gillman Barracks Pool, Alexandra Road. Companies will compete for the Shield presented by the Officers of the Singapore Engineer
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    DANCE AND SOCIAL
    41 5 fJRIFFITHR School (P. M. Session* Staff will hold a Danre and Social tomorrow at the Trade School Hall, Balestier Road, at 8 p m. This Dance and Social party is jointly sponsored by the "B" Remove Students. T.T.C.
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    R.A.F. BOXING C’SHIPS
    23 5 fHE Royal Air Force Malnva Boxin? Chamtilonshipa will be h»!d at R.A.F. Chans:i on Friday, February 16 at 8.30 p.m.
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    I.R.C. GENERAL MEETING
    33 5 fHE 2nd annual general meeting of the Indian Recreation Club will be held of Sunday, 28. at No. 6. Race Course Lane, at 9.20 a.rii. All members are kindly Invited.
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    TITLE GOUT CALLED OFF
    39 5 A.P. PARIS, Thurs. •pKE Middleweight bout arranged for Monday between British f «rhter. Albert Finch, and Robert Viilemain of France has b*en called off It was today. Viilemain was reported to be suffering from rheumatism.—A.P.
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    T.K.O. WIN FOR GRATTON
    38 5 A.P. CHICAGO. Thura. JOHNNY Bratton, Chicago's welterweight championship aspirant, won by a sensational one-round technical knockout over Bobby Dykes of M ami. Florida, in their scheduled 10-round bout in the Chicago Stadium last night.—A.P.
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    IT RAINEO AGAIN
    66 5 A.P. SYDNEY Thurs. RAIN again prevented play in the auarter-finals of the Australian Tennis Singles Champ onrhips at thf» White City courts here todav. The quarter-fina's were originally fixed for Wednesday but w ll now be decided on Friday, weather permitting. The matches include clashes between American
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    JOE LOUIS SUED
    38 5 A.P. NEW YORK, Thurs. QDESSA Calloway, a 25-year-old Nesrro *omAn eolfer. ha? sued Joe Lou for USJIOO.OOO alleging; he beat hrr in a Cleveland hotel room on Ju)v 4, 1950. during a golf tourney.—A. P.
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    MOVE TO "JUNK" ROSE BOWL PACK
    130 5 A.P. LOS ANGELES, Thurs. PASADENA'S Tournament of Roses Association may seek the support of the deep south if the Pacific Coast Conference votes next month to abandon Its tie-up with the Rose Bowl football game. Paul Zimmerman. sports editor of the Los Angeles Times,
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    Ipoh Races: 3rd Day's Weights
    454 5 IPOH, Thurs. THE following are the 1 weights for all the elffht races tomorrow, concluding day of the Perak Turf Club January i meeting: CLASS 2. DIV. 1 •> FIRS. LADIES FLAME 307 MAJESTIC SCHOLAR Ml CHARLFMVGNE I AIB MAIL 8.10 IMEBCEBBIDGE MM ASSIZE MJ
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    PEKING ISSUES PASSPOR TS
    60 6 U.P. HONG KONG, Thurs. THE Chinese Communist government has begun issuing passports for Chinese going j abroad—for the first time since the inauguration of the government in October, 1949Applications may be forwarded to the Foreign Affairs Department of the Shanghai Municipal Government, accompanied by pertinent documents
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    GURNEY REPORTS BIG STRIDES IN BAND AT WAR
    356 6 CIR Henry Gurney, Federation High Commis- sioner last night told the Federal Legislative Council that there is a feeling atroad toiay Vhat "somethins: is reaily happening" in trn fie.d of "united effort to stamp out our enemies." Here is what he had
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    Firemen Save Big Factory
    79 6 Reuter. BIRKENHEAD, Thurs PIFTY FIREMEN fought a docksidc blaze here today and saved Britain"? biggest industrial grease plant. It was the most severe fire PincA the war on the Birkenhead side of the River Ifersey, one of Britain's greatest port areas on the northwest coast. The
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    GLAD TO BE BACK HOME
    213 6 VVRY happy and glad to be back in Singapore, after an absence of nine years, were two Malay pearl tiivers. who returned to Singapore on MM Blue Funnel snip, the Gorgon. With a broad grin on his fa c I.iyman bin Sirat. told pressmen, that
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    BLOOD BANK
    18 6 Group A—23 Dot Jes. Group AB— 1 bottle. Group B 7 bottles. Group 0—34 bottles. Donors—lB.
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    Bad Weather Caused Berthing Bottleneck
    171 6 THE freighter the Almeria Lykes, which belongs to the Lykes Orient Lin?, nas v nea*lv a week in Singapore's outer roads for a berthing space. The very bad weather has been responsible fcr the hold-up of a very larse number of shins, and no berthing
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    INDIA, U.K. SIGN AIR AGREEMENT
    67 6 Reuter. NSW DELHI, Thurs. BRITISH ■irlinea will operate service* to and across India under a new agreement signed between British and Indian Gov. ernment representatives here today. Indian airine* will operate services to «nd across the Inited Kingdom to the Tinted States and also to
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    The 'Flu Spread Over Europe
    263 6 A.P. MILLIONS in Europe-are sneeziZ temperatures and some thousands hi rUnm an influenza epidemic which appears tr. 3 ing its peak in a number of cSSSes The United Kingdom seems tn k\. by the highly infectious through communities with startiin* sinV* ee Ps laying low
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    Africa To Organise Defence
    73 6 Reuter. LONDON. Thursday. A CONFERENCE :o organise the defence of Africa will !be held in Nairobi. Kenya, in I the Spring, it was authoritatively learned here last night. Countries expected to take part are Britain. South Africa. Egypt. France. Belgium, Italy j and Portugal. It was
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    IKE SURVEYS ICELAND
    178 6 AP. Reykjavik. Iceland, Thurs. I GENERAL Dwighf D. Eis-r.--u hower flew into sn.'wroverod Iceland today. his principal aim being to hep prereni this island Republic trom tai'ing into tho hands of the Russians in case o: a world war. Thre is no question of Iceland—one of the
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    Volunteer Land Force For Malaya
    125 6 jHt Federation ca which wi.i serve in this country T on where in deface of Mag™ me Federal t Council lasuJSL L **ti b.m giving !h n f„ h gN sion-r powers >o s rtmi fore<\ Su up I I The Force win jin c
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    WHAT'S ON TODAY GENERAL
    61 6 5.15:*Raf?i'; e Q*'ajT* 2 J r.A.: M'jpir rjj kWrSi MNGAPORE art mwi.T Piiotopraphic exhibition rff opening by Mr. w T pv, SSi!"» P 2r" INOIAX RKPI Rur IMV P h £m f R I C New W W'ESLEY MYF: Fourth Com, rion meetine. WesW Ha" »i
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    CINEMA
    69 6 CATHAY: "Tripoli «t 11 6 «and 9. .30 p.m. «I ii y Dau Kht»r J" nl,- 4 6 ai"l P-30r.ni 'OK: Her Wonderful L ard ?3n ML c nn r Galahad'' at 1«. U 5.30 and 9.1.i p.m NEU STAR: "Hawk of VV ildernesa" at 6.15 and 9.15 u
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