Morning Tribune, 1 June 1948

Microfilm: NL2347
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1 16 Morning Tribune
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    9 1 MORNING TRIBUNE N J -_a„. MO. 7« irtWl ■bwwj»/.
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    29 1 ¥*v Boyo. PioHmMrw arm m Singapore recentkl Ij the "Devonshire." Picture shows the troops lined up at the wharves waiti.ig for transport to take tlu m tt> Woodlands Camp.
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    REGISTRATION OF NEW VOTERS BEGINS TODAY
    236 1 REGISTRATION OF NEW VOTERS BEGINS TODAY Tribune Staff Reporter) Registration of new voters for the Legislative Council election will begin today and last for a period of six weeks. Then are only 16 sub-offices for registration and one centra! office th s tine. While the reduction of the number of
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    57 1 SIR^JOHN BOYD ORR i above j retiring DirectorGeneral of the Food and Ag- ricultural Organisation of the United Nations, stated at a Press Conference given m London that Britain's distribu- tion of food acoprding to the j needs, its absence of black j markets and extremes of lux- urii and
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    PLANE LOSES WAY, LANDS
    76 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) iaml!^ ■Pec»«lly chartered! P*ty paooengers from Cev- F» Australia, ia believed to Fjtost its bearings and land- j ££fc! an i illr^ r dusklj Si ?2_f x P° c tod to KoUong Airport at 5 g.«d preparationo had beat *2 w0 feceive it.
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    Society To Be Dissolved
    54 1 The society registered m Singapore under the title oi "Weng Mci Kwun" has been ordered to be dissolved, as It has been found that it has been used for unlawful purpuse_ and for purposes incompatible with the peacj and good order of the Colony according to
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    TIN PRICE INCREASED TODAY
    96 1 T IN PRICE INCREASED TODAY .7.// f-P.. *w loda* f '>^... ""*>* No idll Nler, "'<* i ha ton tx **M h 2«"ojJcr '"'"""o^ '/■'■'•'>■ issub**A Mmam f 7 my. flf prescit unforeseen change m conditions such, for example, as might be brought about bi, an alteration m the value
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    LONDON CONFIRMS
    40 1 London, Mag $1. The tfav istry of Supply today MWOUncMalay** tin has toe*™"* from' £r,OJ, sterling to «5i per on ea oiattero. The »clUng price of Malayan tin is up from C5#5H to £555% W" M| omclfcrft- U.P.
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    GENT PROMISES STERN ACTION
    397 1 GENT PROMISES STERN ACTION jM QMamWhr to of m Xl ALA U IfPUB, May ft K ft, Ulzh t tV" X: ll,e mjivp of n-i«r.J 5 ,on 'disorder KfflN (hr return of POMB :tn<! lav r' p—„is.'(l stern :k tion. Sir i-dwaM «rao OBcaktai ot the conclusion of the ate
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    Factory Dispute Ends: Agreement Signed
    167 1 .rlbune Staff Reporter) Ihe dispute, between the workers of the Bin Seng Rubber Factory I which was burnt down on May 11 1 and the management, ended yesterday when both parties signed an agrvement following negotiations which had b"en going on for over a week.
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    ASIAN SECRETARIAT FOR ALL SEAFARING GROUPS
    525 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Mr. George Reed, Special Commissioner of t h c International Transport workers' Federation, is m Singapore to establish an Asian Secretariat under the I.T.F. foi all Asian seafaring groups m South Kast Asia. Mr. Reed will spend two years m this
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      23 1 \o Polio i Yesterday j l For the second conse- cutive day m Singapore j no polio cases or deaths I wer reported.
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    Engineer Describes Attack After Flag Removal
    609 2 A former Municipal water pipeline labourer K. Nallaiah came h^orc the Third Potitt M jlstrate, Mr. F. B. Oehlers v st< rinv to iIUWiT n < h BgB of voluntarily cruising hurt t Mr. G M£3 Alia:: C -amfOfd, a Disttibution Engineer fo< merl
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    PALESTINE: MEDIA TOR ARRIVES
    254 2 PALESTINE: MEDIA TOR ARRIVES HAIFA. May 31. -C oqn 1 1 Folke Bernadotte. the United Nations Palestine mediator, arrived by plane from Cairo at 7 a.m. today. He and his party arrived by chartered Dutch KLM plane fiom Cairo and prepared to leave by car for Tel Aviv. Meanwhile the
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    STUDENT QUANDRY
    121 2 r SINGAPORE s chool .m* teachers may appeal tv tlu Health and Education l Departments to permit the re-opening of Senior i Cambridge classes closed down since the outbrtak of polio. i Tlie teachers are h<dd- mg a meeting to discuss the situatiim. Reprtsent- i ations are likely
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    General Bodet
    80 2 General Bodet. the Com-mander-in-Chief of the French Air Force m the Far East, left Changi by air yesterday morning for Saigon, after his four-day visit to AmCommand Far East. Air Marshal Sir Hugh Lloyd the Commander-in-Chief Air Command Far East. Monsieur Morand. acting French Consul-General, and other senior
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    OPIUM CONVICTION
    51 2 A young Chinese. Tham Chan Tay, (24>, was sentenced to two years' rigorous imprisonment by the First District Judge. Mi. E. P. Shanks, yesterday, when he was found guilty of possession of 36 pounds of opium. Accused was arrested on board the s.s. Kola at noon on April
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    PHOTOGRAPHS OF OVERCOATS
    63 2 Mr. E. V. Fowler, CID Chief, said yesterday that he had a number of photographs of overcoats belonging to people who had lost them m the Hong Kong piracy on board the Van Heutse m December. Any person who is now resident m Singapore and who lost
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    Chinese Remanded
    92 2 Alleged to have been one of four armed men who robbed the inmates of No. 21, Blanco Court of jewellery worth $2,050 at 8.45 a.m. on Oct 24. last year, Ho Tiam Hock (21) of Yeo Chu Kang Road, appeared before Se venth Magistrate A. O. Shears, yesterday.
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    DANGER OF COMMUNALTIN TED SPEECHES
    138 2 (Tribune Staff Reporter) The danger of indulging m speeches and statements of a communal nature which might, m the long run, lead to communal hatred, was stressed by Mr. S. C. Goho (Member for Rural West) at the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday. Mr. Goho said
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    Man On Hurt Charo, Also Wore Bandage
    113 2 With the greater part of hi< head bandaged, a young i'h, lese. Tan Tiow Lai. stood m the dock of the Forrth Polu. Court yesterday to answer charges flf \o"untarily causing luirt and impersonation. The complainant. Lov Yon. aowever. seemed to have comt
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    Motor Car Came Before Court
    387 2 A car. alleged to have bee^ a 1947 model, but registered If a 1943 model, was an exhibit m a preliminary inquiry which 'ommenced before Seventh Magistrate A. G. Sheais. yesterday. In the dock were Tan Chew Seah. of A-33 Kei bau Road defended by
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    More P.& O. Vessels Soon
    102 2 The P 0 c-.mpany arei pleased to aiii^T 3 urn to commercial -i further tw. c On the UK India Fa ba *nrky the -Cam n-. cJS Inf First and Tourism aid passengers. i> theonljp Jq passenger vessel at prese-d runnlng, bu: she will b<
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    First Rice Since War Years
    91 2 LONDON' The first lot oi rice to be brought to Br;:a;a since the early year- of iM ;is now awaiting diatiibaUod Ito the general public undei points system ol rationing, It is part of the allocation (fl 4.500 tons from Siam. A thousand tons irrioei
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    S.A. ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS
    30 2 Over 150 ehildreii at!** a pedal program*. reading, songs and m»H item, arranged W (JJ tion A.my m then hirteffl anniversary celetaattw t* at the YMCA yesterfaj
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    3 SIKHS IN CUSTODY
    88 2 „h__r_re of a A tentative .ug i tempted nniMl.'!^ I against three [V nroo li Singh (23. of No 3l Street, Narian SingJ^ J No. 47 ClK.r-' K£ Raisham SingJ W rt pr Thomson Road. gjJ toced before trate A. O. tho c aS The complainant
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    CLA Increase Accepted, But Discreet Buying Advised
    701 3 \TIYE COUNCIL o.meil yo Uiday unanimously accepted i tOMMMA of the Joint Committee en an J recommended that the first 0 ore month's salary be paid iimm-di-I pubMc sendees m order to em ble C named firnnci.il position. C ia l Secretary. Mr.
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    Salvation Army Annual Appeal
    213 3 B. xv. a list iteot con fin-! I i Salvatkr jnv innual financial appeal fcuh sow ton's 1 18.833: Ann.vrrous $300 850 "each Mes.rs She' c- ss Ltd.; Messrs. CharM Ba of India. Australia C-ina; Messrs Cnif- «i Knktn Ltd. Itftrs. Wm locks A Co. hkyii
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    ALLEGED ASSAULT
    20 3 Si toi v:u,u> J.A Sto* d J :r,:iy to a feJtabk aUlt,n a Police 'IV UUI June 8.
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    INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK BRANCHES DOING WELL
    486 3 "All our overseas branches are working satisfactorily and I I make special reference to om branch at Bangkok which, although it was opened hardly four months ago. is already on a profit-earning basis." said Mr. M. Ct M. Chidambaram Cbettiar. Chairman of the Indian
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    Mac Rae Cashiered, Gets 6 Months' R.I.
    552 3 COURT MARTIAL t.'m.mummv 2i wmmw rtmn today. Capt. Christopher Kacßae. of the Bcaforth ii.<-h--landem win know whether he just carry out the oeatcnee tap «ed oo him vestenl.iv by me court Martial wttcft found Mm puilty on eight of the nine feat-gen on
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    VOLUNTEERS WANTED
    138 3 Volunteers to instruct patients m Singapore hospitals m hand-work, are oaked for by Miss N. Tanhurn, who is acting \W Almoner to hospitals m the 'olony. Assistance m this form la reHiired particularly for patients m the Tan Tock Heng Hospital. The ideas which Miss Tanburn has for
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    GOOD SHEPHERD CATHEDRAL
    162 3 At the desire of IlLs Holi en the Pofe, mlima cerenony oi Conaecratli n to the lacred Heart of Je.sus Of the wople oj Singapore will lake dnoe on Friday at the Cattiel»l o| the Good .Siiephern. m w.ll be preceded by a olemn Triduum comrnenciiM •n
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    FINED FOR GAMBLING
    95 3 Lim Hock Seng. Koo Ah flut, and Si Ho Yock weie mch lined $25. m default two y< eks' rlgOroni impiisonmcn*. it th.' Second Police Court reaterday, for gambling. a police hMpoctor tofettier with a body of p01..( raided v i louse on Pagoda Street a:. about
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    TREASURY BILLS
    71 3 Ihe Government of the 00- lonjf of Singapore will Invite endee.- for an issue oi $I.W million by 'lieasury Bill* 00 June ll). subject to the gene .•id conditions governing the ■one and repayment of Co iony of Singapore Treaenrf Bills. Copies o{ file Conditions t<>/ither with the
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    Malaya In Canada
    40 3 Report* if "m Toronto say that the Malayan .Store arranged by Mr. Khahk at the Canadian T/nde Fhlr li oonlldtred one o| the moat atti active m the whole Fair and is receiving constant attention from rlaltori
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    64 4 SENSATIONAL CRICKET T BRADFORD: Sensational cricket was witnessed at Bradford when Yorkshire were all out m their second innings for #9 runs, leaving the Australians only 60 runs to score for victory. This proved no easy task for sis Australian wickets fell before the runs were hit off. The picture
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    Chen Li-Fu To Tour America
    89 4 SHANGHAI. May 31.— Mr. Chen Li-fu. Vice-President of the Legislative Yuan, arrived here from Nanking yesterday to prepare for his departure for the United States tomorrow. Mr. Chen has been invited by over 30 United States Senators to speak at a meeting m Hollywood Bowl,
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    SINO-FRENCH PACT ON WAR LOOT
    91 4 SINO- FRENCH PACT ON WAR LOOT NANKING. May 31. The French Government, through the French Embassy here, has notified the Foreign Office of its agreement with the Chinese proposal for mutual restitution of the properties of their respective nationals looted by the Japanese during the war In each other's territories.
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    RED ATTACKS ON JEHOL CIEECKED
    140 4 SHANGHAI. MAY 31. —PRO GOVERNMENT REPORTS SAID TWO POWERFUL NATIONALIST COLUMNS WERE RACING TOWARD THE CHENGTEH AREA IN A COUNTER-ATTACK DESIGNED TO TRAP A STRONG COMMUNIST CONCENTRATION ATTACKING THE OUTER DEFENCES OF THE JEHOL PROVINCIAL CAPITAL. One column, under the command of Generals Shang Kuan
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    SHB XI vs Dutch Club
    69 4 The following players are requested to turn up on Thursday at the SRC ground to represent the Harbour Board against the Dutch Club m a soccer friendly: R. H. Bain, Chin Heng Fong. J. Lawther. W Bainbridge. Haniffa, C. E. Saunders, Lav Meng Chee, R.
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    Golfer's Performance
    66 4 Forthworth. May 31.- Confident Clayton Haefner. North Carolina professional, stroked his way to the Colonial National Invitation Crown with one under par and 69 m the final round for a 72-hole total of 272. Haefner broke Bantam Ben Hogan's two year stranglehold on the $3,000 first prize money
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    STABBED TO DEATH
    32 4 Singapore, Monday. A male Hokkien was stabbed last night at 9 o'clock m Veerasamy Road by a gang of Indians. The victim died m hospital a few hours later.
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    Wet Clothing Led To Arrest
    67 4 Wet Clothing Led To Arrest Tl and -I entry int it I tern, stal i. I I mJL* »*einj three po i, r rounee Bast ooesi Ksr rf M wacn. Cumining 5 pcjtee found wet djftff rhey a cre arrested 2flT vtot| Wa red i sum of |9 liberty. w
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    18 Months' Ter For Serviceman
    159 4 A young British soldier J H. Goodman, was senteu yesterday to IS months' rii ous imprisonment by the P District Judge. Mr. c. Shanks, on three charges house breaking and theft. On the first two occassi it was said, he broke 3 flat m the
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    ARMED ROBBER GET $50 & PIPE
    41 4 ARMED ROBBER GET $50 PIPE Two Cantonese were chatl m a room m Malabar Stree| 8 p.m. on Saturday, when tl Chinese, one of whom shffl a pistol, entered, and condd a search. They decamped with 550 a and gchondu gmoklngpM
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    39 4 photograph A J, "'ifl A relic being placed m a decorated lorry to be conveyed to the Smh a U s af Outram Road. Religious ceremonies were performed here wefore by the RPC men to Colombo C imp.— Tribune
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    Around The Town
    878 5  -  VERA ARDMORE WITH N:chilson $*< *a_ Donald 8% x p -.j id Ari\ par East |f1* ,nd Mrs. catbt[•*Tt the child Ng"?J? Ito** Mr J coiiiw Capt E i |CtJ>* G F Uav.:.^ Who .ir...: f l very we.. md white mtraatVjBs\ i i j navy and
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      166 5 mw^ mm^ m^Mm^t^^A^^B^g§BS^KBBBmmmmMMMMMMi Warm Jaegrr woolly Dresses )usl arrived HI? ir^^H PT*Wf_l*-fr-n AT THE PAVIIION RESTAURANT IW TO NIGHT GAMMON STEAK WITH PINEAPPLE AM) I CHATEAU HItIAMI I I THE PICK OF THE MENU v I AND i A SPLENPID PICTURE AT THE CINEMA AS USUAL S I Proprietor: Roy
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      Soul Of The Afrikaner
      246 6 Toe success scored by Dr. Maian's Nationalist Par.y at tne receni South African elections is not an occasion for rejoicing anions the quarter million Indians and six and a half million coloured Africans. For them Nationalist raity rule means an intensification of the drive to keep
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      te Supremacy
      157 6 Had things stopped here these manifestations woii-d nave been no more disturbing than the usual symptons exhibited by most nationalisms. But the Afrikaner ideology manifests a spirit of racial intolerance and prejudice which are comparable with the racial doctrine preached and practiced by the Nazis. Despite the fact
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    A Class Rooms For 400 Million
    374 6 One of the greatest problems facing the governments of India and Pakistan is the liquidation I of illiterarg. Now it is easy to j •say that utl you hav-e to dn ..si to pass a law requesting every] Indian child to attend school j
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    YES, WE HAVE BANANAS!
    66 6 YES, WE HA VE BANANAS! Bananas to the value of £88,000 if ere curporfed from Fiji during 1947 tm4 t%sn still a surplus causvkt by transport difficulties. Matured I, tut are han ukikt rifl greon. Stacked on Isnboo rafts, they are poleet down run to packing ntatUmt ihm or four
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    DANES WORRIED OVER GREENLAND
    712 6 DANES WORRIED OVER GREENLAND COPENHAGEN. Although the Danish Government appears i to be m no hurry to end the wartime agreement with America whereby the United States I undertook the protection of Greenland, theie are signs here that Denmark is anxious to i establish clearly her sovereignty over her only
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      36 6 Shanghai Modern Tailoring 10. BAITER V ROAD. Have m Stock:— A New Variety of Exquisite Afternoon Erocks. also A l-ovel.v Selection of E\ening Gowns at Reduced Prices. Ladies own material Phone 8 081: Inade to order.
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      29 6 Malayan .4//? U '.-ll> li Mir ID gssr 10 PENANG VIA M J mon. J VIIOM ffNANG TC OBM U'Mrii: "A g^d TI ES ,K1 FAKES T i i
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  • ROUND-UP OF CABLED NEWS FROM FAR AND NEAR
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      India Financial Brains For Talks On Sterling Balances
      926 7 mVPON May 31.— Talks on India's sterling 1 computed to be m the region of £1.200,INOOO De«in > n Lcm don on an expert level toW/ t k*\8 188 and di stin uisned dele Kation consist the greatest financial brains m the
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      "OPERATION BARRELS"
      165 7 I ["ribune Staff Reporter* 5 rr ilflc officers wer-j on at E npress Place yeste jay m rning ;«'cl;iect traffic is '0; rati< n Barrels" was launched In that locality m or*! to r luce traffic con- n accidents. ffhite-painted barrels m ted the routei by whicn Irafln
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      HOLY SMOKE!
      40 7 {{CCfttf/m England, f'trishioners of lay ttnrned ycstcr- ntmary ct'e--1 nu. ar^// Werorf ft, w ia wnfcnotm. p«p<? *8l rij i M/ revealed >L ,/r y v-a, wn-fceojwr, im i7 l f** r Ronton, noad kit records te U.P.
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      DERBY FIELD IS BIGGEST EVER
      365 7 LONDON. May 31. -One Ol the biggest Derby Belda of ah time Kill line up at Epson, on Saturday. June 5. m a bi to win Britain's richest Der by ever. This year's race, foi which more than 30 horse may start, will be worth
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      $1,100 HOLD-UP
      65 7 Three armed Chinese entered coffee -hop m Victoria Street it 4.20 a.m. yesterday ond robbed the inmates of oaah and valuables worth si.ioo. They obtained entry by Real* r X the lack wali of the premises. The robbers then fore ed and locked tiM inmates iii I bath
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      40 7 PARIS, May SL r t r n (l rhc territory of Hawaii yesterday placed on the Unknown Soldiers Tomb In Paris a wreath containing more than 1.000 orchids mvi other rare dower- Hosro hi a special container from Honolulu. Reuter
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      Unity Mitford Dies, Her Secret Untold
      428 7 <nrH v? KST SCOTI^NI). May 31.- Unity MitCVi l u U _!i nf an En lish n d at thr out mf ir .^rld W ar as a mend Of Adolf Hitler, died n hospital here yesterday She was sister -in-law to Sir V^
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      NO REGRETS MOVES BEST AT IPOH
      157 7 NO REGRETS MOVES BEST AT IPOH _FQH. May SI. Horses .vith ■ngagements foi Wednesday were given slow work on the •mci track with a few lops over three fUrlougS. The most inipiessive wa.; No 10 T«t. i.i. Doundly) who went m UM company of High Street iSpenceii and I.ueky Ace
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    Singapore Vs. Army-Navy
    73 8 T/ie Singapore and Army-Navy teams photographed before Saturday's Malaya Cup game. The teams were: Sinoapore (topJ—O. Anguillia; Ra'iman, Salleh; Williams, Vass, Harith leapt.); Hoi Meng, Girhan, Yin Kee, Mahmood and Chye Hee. Army-Navy: Wragg; Riddell, Forrest; BUg it, Cushley, Wilkins; Payne, Tjdd, Watson, Woodgatc and Jordan. Abdul
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    FARMERS, SOLDIERS, POLICE BATTLE FLOOD WATERS
    189 8 NEW YORK. May 30. Desperate, bleary-eyed crews of farmers, businessmen, soldiers and police were battling today aeainst surging flood waters that have already taken 15 lives and damaged vast areas of Washington State. Oregon. Montana. Idaho and British Co^'mb-a. The floods, caused by spring
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    28 8 CAMBRIDGE, May 30.— Mrs. Morrow Tait, 24-year-old woman pilot, disclosed today that she will try and fly round the world m a light aircraft early m July.- U.P.
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    15 Million Under Arms
    174 8 LAKE SUCCESS. New York. May 30.— The unofficial "United Nations World magazine estimated m a detailed survey of the world's armies that there now are 15,362,899 men under arms m 57 countries. It added "The regj!.°r aai r of today are definitely inc°pablc either of aggressive
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    UNKNOWN
    298 8 JOHANNESBURG-TV.. found near the Sterkfonte n ••SS_" d considered to provide cone ,d. Plesianthropus 1 or man pe^JT These latest remain, LT_ u W than a mile from the spot JM* scientist Dr. Robert Broom TS&£\ Plesianthropus sku'! m 1936 nhe(l They were excavated by Dr. Charles Camp and
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    No gIn Chiand
    144 8 No gIn Chiand NANKING, > j sklent Chiang mrmitM p -.in ting mfojnj cr*rnnlsri. **n) PWt P-TtfoHoß) WoB2 n >T Ed for I ortfing to i rel day The wm j possibility the issued tonight, Mar m the pi The mandate I however, will date He said there jor change?
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    UNKNOWN
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    4 8 NANKIN'; I ImTm'fm U.P.
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    21 9 Ip s fi on l*lt)l bl otitic value the I with nun> other Kmui.a Lwithttvth BTnotfl y° id sr>«» i
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    JUNGLE UN-DRILL
    38 9 A rm y Photo) Troops of the 2/7 Gurkha Rifles, at present stationed m Kuala Lumpur, hair their jirsi taste of gun-drill during their course of instruction at Tainpin, under tht <"<>' Field *>.egiment, Royal Artillery.— P.R.
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    U.S. Censors Cut Henry V's 'Damn'
    438 9 U.S. Censors Cut Henry V's 'Damn' LONDON, May 31.— 8 rit i s h film men are perturbed because their productions, straying too far and realistically into the seamier sides of life, are increasingly coming into conflict with censorship. At least six current films have felt the snip of the
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    CHILL – ROOSEVELT RTIME LETTERS
    118 9 CHILL ROOSEVELT RTIME LETTERS I Thr ■sanded m That th^ f U n i ec °rres pon JL Astern *> heaid. be fit* Ear ss S?js chills letters should be found there aid it is m the highest degree unlikely that Roosevelt .ailed to keep copies c.f his COmmunJcattOM to
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    28 9 May 31- Mr. V. Krtohna Menon. High Commis•loner for India m Britain, atr ivtd here by air last night from New Delhi after a visit to India. Reuter
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    "MIRACLE MAN" DIES
    82 9 "MIRACLE MAN" DIES -VINTBRTBVR, SWHZKRLAND, May 89: U.nn Daio, the -miraculous Dutch,,U- yoke Ud a sword pass,l through his body 5* times irithout effect, >*«* 23 hl n af* r a rtomacti opciuii Hut his imWCiMIMW claim that ih< onermtion, perform* I 1 [iter hi had .ajlknoed hUuU "> °iT!
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    Plea For World Police Force
    93 9 "1 I BOURNE, May 30. !_<<.d irertdce, authn of tin B ;ai Beeurtty Tan tted a World i tice and aa Intel I Police Four. S.. .7. Church, i The Unit Nation h Halted t-> In ,> i co ia Urn email ptverc <»i Palestine.
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    WHY HE STONED PREMIER'S WINDOW
    162 9 LONDON, Aggrieved at having ha*i "everything stolen from me lately" 43-year-old Robert Pilkinton walked up to the Prime Minister's residence m Downing Street and hurled a brick packed into a black bag through Mr Attlee's window. A few hours later, charged with "Wilfully damaging two
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    PARKER TO TURN PROFESSIONAL?
    72 9 PARIS. May 30. Frankie Farker, former United States amateur tennis champion and recent winner of the French International Tournament, indicated that he may turn proiessional. He dodged a direct "yes or •no" answer but told reporters that turning professional "will all depend on circumstances It was
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    ELECTORAL ROLL RE-OPENS TO-PAY
    65 10 ELECTORAL ROLL RE-OPENS TO-PAY The nejr regi.s;ra.ion <>) voters for the Legislator* Council elections will be<h'> today. This time there will not bi as many registration cent its as there Atere for the first electors' registration early thu\year. There will be one central \office and four or five office* ,m
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    94 10 2* Manchur^ ESSS s*sa W the eM v, 6 Sovu-t SSL* an .i of muti and other nial 1 obstrucnon^' occupation In Germany tl block^ 0 to treat <£ a "<i choked o*. ym-h by ssupp p la tion and torro^ m the case of ftate Department that the
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    93 10 •Tribune tt;.? X Sinjrapc.i s re.r^^B fhe WorM Olyrap'^H this year -High 111 Valberg will Mafl Olympics on J_r.eX He has .^ivedH the Singapore ofl Sports Council whX soring the trip. In an interview.^H the Tribune that thX be just sufficient X expenses foi the I stay m Ur.
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    50 10 NEW YORK, Accidental death! L ht- first dayoftl ia l day weekend At least 92 di« [Tie toll rt'prcseni j a days share of prod.cte for Ihr At lcd^i Dy traffic- accident*" t«, tolled m ire (other tragedies, Miino:- report] mole than any o California JM Michigan with I
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      242 10 \i ona irs: Exclusive to the Morning Tribune 1 "RUGCLES" PSSSS MANNING INKED! JUST CHICKEN I V 7% NO USE OAD. ILETSJtNEl LETS JtNE FIRST THING If? TV 1 kW* Jj? *Vf N ALL HE WANTED WAS A \\fEED EH? A WE SHANT 6EI ANjB*IE*I [GET GOM y( FW WT
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    MURDER BY FORMULA
    1036 11  -  Allan Barron A SIX DAY SERIAL By MH /'</ vA7r Dclaney Gives Pat a Clue -but It's Slurry Who Produces Some Real Evidence n r Anthonu nriWyB£- if;- rSct \\\mm\\a\ <>''" n b a iZirmwwi *P the co* EfJ nwhww wwd C Fading Jn^mpson. EZ w) Sati"n>!
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    "Potential Gangster" in new role
    120 11 KUALA LUMPUR. May 30. A one-legged Chinese boy. ••a potential gangster." taken .Ton. a life of begging ami <ent to the Serendah Boys School. Kuala Lumpur, now teaches 25 orphans how to ■ear fish. The boy was first sent to the school a rebel against
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    Czechs Approve New Parliament
    252 11 Czechs Approve New Parliament Prague. May :.o C_BO* oters most of them b.«.llotine uhlicly turned out to approve Mir new parliament today cue Government rontroil-'-d •»dio reported first retuib* bowed 48 voters for the regime mt of 48 cant m the village of H'orecak. Correspondents who toured Prague under a
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    62 11 LONDON. May 30. Radio Moscow reported the terms last night of a 20-year friendship and mutual assistance treaty signed m Warsaw yesterday morning lietween Poland anil Bulgaria. The broadcast, b .sed on a Tas^ Warsaw report, said both nations will "employ all means at their disposal of prevent aggiession by
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    SCRIPT-READING HELPS COLUMBUS SEE 'LIGHT'
    693 12 Pre-Production Rehearsal LONDON. May 20. IN the panelled Park Suite of the Dorcheater Hotel, twenty four people aat round a huge board-room table rehearsing an adventure that changed the couroe of world -hlotory. They are to help In mak- 1 ing "Christopher Coiumbua", Sydney Box'a
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    MALAYAN SHARE QUOTATIONS
    731 13 r< quotations hv the WWM* J5 LOANS Municipal j Spore so 1926 111.00 113.00 j Spore 5o c 1928 i 00.25 101.25 I Spore *\V%% 1930 117.25 119 25 ,6'pore 3Ci 1935 98.00 99.00 Spore 3c r 1937 99.00 100.25 o'pore 3<"„ 1938 99.00 100.50 Spore 4%
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    BRITISH FAR EAST EXPERT CONFERS ON ORIENT AFFAIRS
    488 13 WASHING lON. May 30 Eastern experts is bar* conf. cials on matters affecting question of the Japanese p. Sp He is M. E. Dening. British Foreign Office Assistant Un dersecretary m charge of Fa: Eastern affairs. He has just finished visiting India.
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    Produce Markets Round-Up
    183 13 Business passing m the sago j flour market yesterday was j mainly confined to Siak flour which was done down to $16 2 Although no overseas enquiries were received m the local i pepper market yesterday, sel- lers were demanding high j prices and the Lampong black
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    CHINESE SILK BOOST
    104 13 CANTON. May 31. Measures are being taken here U rehabilitate the silk industry and to help Kwangtung merchants, according to local reports. A plan covering both objectives is said to have been drafted by Dr. T. V. Soong. the Governor, and the China Silk Corporation, It is
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    BOTANY ABOARD SHIP
    90 13 SYDNEY, May 31— Captain Ulliestierna, master of the Swedish motor ship. Wangaratta, has horticulture as a hobby, and he carries it on board ship. When the Wangaratta reached Melbourne, Victoria, recently his cabin was bedecked with flowers m pot-plants screwed to the walls and window sills. In
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    Rather Be Stateless
    50 13 NANKING, May 31. Many Russians m Thingtao are applying for withdrawal ot Soviet citizenship, according to an official government icport. It said ttWt these Russians announced they WOttW rather be stateless White Russians than Soviet citizens. There are a total of 508 Soviet Russians m Thingtao. U.P.
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    RUBBER QUIET
    63 13 The rubber market was quietly iteOdy throughout yestcduv t^itli little business passing. Talisman Rubber Company Limited Proiit on working $17 179; after adjustment a $15 826 remains to go forward. Buyers. Beuenn M 0 l Jun«- WM 'w 1 l4l No. 2 June- Rfli *J 43K No 3
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    China's New System Of Foreign Exchange
    331 13 SHANGHAI. May 31. The Minister of Finance and concurrently Governor of the Central Bank. Mr. O. K. Yui. announced yesterday that the present foreign exchange open market rates, fixed by the Foreign Exchange Equalization Committee, will be supplemented by system of exchange surrender certificates.
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    SHARES INACTIVE
    19 13 The week opened quietly with i ,jtse busmc,, passing though he turn price level was main- I
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    Britain's No. 1 Has Small Chance At Wimbledon
    372 14 WIMBLEDON. MAY 31 THE WIMBLEDON LAWN TENNIS FORTNIGHT SOON BE HERE EJTO M*Y DECIDE THE QUESTION AS TO WHO IS THE pr'ST AMATEUR PLATER IN THE WORLD NOW THAT JACK KRAMER HAS TURNED PROFESSIONAL. There are half-a-dozen players who conic into the
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    SHIPPING INTEILIGENCE
    66 14 Vessel Godowns Moretia 44 Emp. Humble Sheers ftengam 41 Steel Fabricator 42 /S Mantin 40 Benloraond 38 9 Tung Song 37 Anchises 35 Tydeus 32/3 Katong 31 Wosang 17/18 Vivita 19/20 Angby Emp. Palace 21/2 Eflgar Luckenbach 23/4 Arnold Maersk 25/6 English Prince 27/8 Serempang 30 Borneo 15
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    TIN FOE GREECE AND TURKEY
    48 14 LONDON. May 31. The Mtniatry of Supply announced that an allocation of 75 long tons of tin metal to Greece and an additional 200 long tons to Turkey has been made by the Combined Tin Committee for the first half of 1948.- Reuter
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    COUNTY CRICKET FIXTURES
    291 14 Below are County Cricket fixtures from June 88 SO. JUNE 10 Nottingham England v Australia < First Test 5 days). JUNE 12 i Lord's Middlesex v. Gloui '•e^tershire. i Swanse? Glamorgan v. Kent. Ashby-la-Zouch Leicestershire v. Derbyshire. Northampton Northamptonshire v Warwickshire. Oval Surrey v. Essex. Horsham Sussex
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    Another Financial Cris For Britain?
    320 14 LONDON, May 30. m g mal quarters feared «fe *t BriUin is heading raoidlv r a new economic msis They said bl.intiy that once •'gain the Government hn. •verestimated its ability t 0 re kIZ M rit K n S t,ado Eren Marshall Aid. they
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    S. CHINA INDUSTRIES
    67 14 CANTON. May 31.- The disposal of American loans and the development of South Chimindustries are reported to be the subject of negotiations now being carried on between the Canton Branch of the Central Bank of China and the Government at Nanking. At the same time, it is
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    143 14 IBmi Bruce u-h- T h0bl^1JUII»H (l g relay oi t! <? Gamea «p London toft*! wak ankles whw^v? H« broke bones on «»Wi jvays keen on j Unn 7 to overconv th*""w4 One of the means v s from i springboort, tadi board diving eont:r- je < t <
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    139 14 SYDNEY. May 'fl B. Ja prima, one of tiifl ng greyhound own?r^B breeders of New South fl will sell all his dofi DBd I nent at auction m S.diH June. Two do^ otrva^B well as 100 greyhour.isM been Includtd m tin 1 v fl logue. H "I have been
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      332 14 ON YQM RADIO TODAY HU^NroYOR* Rawsonfrom X.L; WP-^^-t'o^ HAUiY 6 ENOUSH liners' Post; 11 p.m. Last f n rme Su prwl^S^ \zz s—y ana aose^r T n a^wi. v^J^T« TISi l t2:!?S: PROGRAMMES IN MALAY >l,"od 12 DOO Programme Sum- ran CV* I^iir^T i 2?* P°° kr/,i,M mary; 12.05 Musical
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    1149 15 ivn SCORELESS FIRST 30 MIN r v k DW* .rl it OF GOALS IN THE LATTEP 5bE WA V-hWGU BEAT THE AMICABLF fc RA \n, V 1 IN T A SENIOR LEAGUE fjfgKSK YESTERDAY. not t Urn ver. P Uticabte Twg* a thorough!) \wm RAni ImZ pal average. half
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    ISOBEL BAILIE
    54 15 Miss Isobel Baillie. the celebrated soprano, who during the 'ast week has given concerts to packed houses m Singapore. Kuala Lumpur and Penang. will give a farewell concert tonight at the Victoria Memorial Hall here. The programme will include songs from each of her earlier concerts, m addition
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    PI "KEEP FIT" PLAN
    118 15 MANILA. May 31. To provide the city's boys and girls with wholesome recreation and health facilities, the city government is haitenlnj the construction of thnv public swimming pools m the thickly-populated districts of Tondo sampaloc and PacoThe project, which will include buildings, bathhouses, toilets and lobbies,
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    Australia 195 For 1 Against Notts
    179 15 Nottingham. May 31 Ram fell nearly the whole of UM night previous until just before eight o'clock this morning SVe Australian cricket team prepared to resume their Sgs against Nottinghamshire 102 m arrears with nine wickets standing. The match was resumed to time as
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    S.C.S.A. BILLIARDS TOURNAMENT
    58 15 The hnal match of the Singapore Civil Service Association "A* Singles Handicap Billiards Tournament between Tan Thean Teck I 125 and G. W. Jeremiah I 100> will be played at the Association's premises. 60 Tessensohn Road, on Friday, at 7 p.m.. after which distribution of the prizes
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    USEFUL B.P. BEAT F&N
    174 15 The Useful Badminton Tarty beat the Fraser Neave Sports Club by seven games to four m a friendly badminton match played at F N'h indoor court on Saturday. Hesuits (Useful's players irot), are as follows SINGLES Goh Tian Chye lost to Poh Kirn Van. 7-15. 11--1-
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    Mansfield Badminton
    68 15 Players will be selected Irom tin- following to represent the Mansfield Badminton team against the Harrisons and Croslleld Sports Club at No. 19. Lim lua Tow Road oil Saturday. June 5. at 3 p.m. Qu<k Feng Chuan, Lee ioC c San Hassan Muttar lan Wee Hock, Tay Keng
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      257 15 Handicaps For Second Days Perak Races EttLg:- Mh Sumn r 8.09 sZTr?™ l 1V l 6 Furs *2fi (late m Or"nta7 dSS Jg Gold coote v IS star H! d-i- 812 Yutoi 800 X i" C Tt»h UinPVere BJB llorsen, Clasn 2. DU. 6. I „r«. Ktag Ar hur 800
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    GOVT. MUST ADOPT FIRM HAND-Goho
    265 16 'STRIKES, AND VIOLENCE, ORDER OF THE DAY' Strikes accompanied by violence were yesterday condemned at the Colony Legislative Council by Mr. S. S. Goho. Member for Rural West. Mr. Goho railed upon the Government to suppress all acts of violence with a firm hand. "Todfly.
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    STCEU CONSIDER FUTURE ACTION
    103 16 I I'ribur.e Staff Reporter) The Singapore Traction Co Employees' Union will short! approach the management the STC with a view to opes negotiations with th e management In connection with demands for all-round incre ments to rolling-stock workers employed by the company. "The merit of service
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    GOHO TELLS WHAT RURAL AREA LACKS
    194 16 Speaking at the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday. Mr. S. C. Goho (Rural West) drew the attention of Govern- 1 ment to the insanitary condi- j tions prevailing m the Rural I Board area and said that atten- j tion would be paid to that
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    ROYAL WEDDING
    28 16 ATHENS. May 31.— Ex-King Michael of Rumania and Princess Anne of Bourbon Parma will be married on Saturday m private here, according to court sources. Reuter
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    Existing Export Duties To Be Repealed
    289 16 (From Our Oirrt Reporter) KUALA LUMPUR. May 31. —The Government of the Federation is to introduce the necessary legislation which will repeal the existing export duties, payable at Pc nang. with a saving clause m respeqt of stocks which are at present on Penang
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    BUYING LIMITS FOR COPRA, OIL
    64 16 It is announced that the Ministry of Food buying limits for Malay Copra aru Coconut Oil have heen creased. The new prices art £46.3.6 for FMS Copra lA* m bags, and .€74.16.6 IorHJ ff.a. coconut oid l- o bulk. Oil m second-hana drums ia £76.16.6.
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    42 16 SHANGHAI. Ite M toaiSpeltaaatiSS who an- expected 9 here this evenin. a chartered c.nac JM be guests of Prrsidentl Ka-.-she.-: du-.in^ >v ->| Nanking and H^M and entertainer by tl sident. it was learaefl They will arrive mi on June 3- Reuter
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    41 16 NANKING. May 31 Hsiu-yu. director of s fairs cf the Hunan p government today c that 8.000 COO penJ hsiens (counties* m were affected by the floods, the worst m I Altogether there hsiens and a popu 30.000,000 m Hunan.-
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