Morning Tribune, 1 January 1949

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  • 15 1 MORNING Tribune VOL. 1, No. 975 (New Series). SATIKDAV, JANI'ARY 1, 1949. Price 10 Cents.
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  • 748 1 TWENTY-SEVEN Malayans, three of them women, receive honours m the New Year's Honours List published to-day. The list is the twenty-fifth of the King's reign. Don Bradman, Australia's great cricketer, becomes Sir Don Bradman, Sir John Boyd Orr, 68-year-old food expert and lately Director
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  • 891 1 TELL THE PEOPLE Kuala Kubu Silence THE Federation Government yesterday issued this 1 statement on the incident at Batang Kali, Kuala Kubu, Selangor, m which twenty-five Chinesewere shot whUe attempting to escape from a patrol of police and Scots Guards:— "On the instructions of the Attorney Genera an investigation has
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  • 172 1 - MISS Matilde Antoinette Buxton. Better known as "Aunt Nettie" to the children of the Leper Settlement, where she has been a pioneer worker for many years. Miss Buxton. before World War I. was acting Principal of Raffles School. On retirement she opened Plainslield. "I suppose
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  • 211 2 CLERK BURNED TO DEATH KAJANG FridHV. A clerk on Buta< mw» m 3 left him m his house. v.»mh tIiPV set on tire Th,« happenni when a large party ofbond attar ked the enUte but m^t and burn -d all the buildmES except two small houses In the Pautai *re:u
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  • 18 2 HSU rOBK, Fri f :uU Mitt sltaiH^ rutuM (M...- on TiHirMl.iN Tr j o al"b. AP
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  • 33 2 TAIPING. Friday: Tfcre Chin who *-trc foiled guilt.--vi [tntTTtlfm of a.rio and amaiunlti'-n were handed a' T.:;>in;> Oo*l today. Ilr'y were Leong Hee G(V. /Ui V» v Cheng S^-ig Hong.
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  • 54 2 Justice leaving Mr. Jit.stut Jobbng ha, l his la*t day yesterday ut i th' Singapore Hiph Court i Mr. Ju.stue Jo'nina, i rcvyntd frotn tlu poff some months a<iu. //i« 1 Nmirg of .serricc ended > yrxurd-ay. He WtU be i .sailing for Fntjlmui fe." t/i<- Cakhiis" on January L
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  • 170 2 $2,500 for father of girl killed in road accident AW AH LEONG, fathers of 15-year-old schoolgirl V Cecilia, who met her death m a lorry accident at Keppel Road on February 1 1 last, was awarded $2,500 damages by Mr. Justice Jobling m the Singapore High Court yesterday. Ow Ah
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    • 88 2 XI ITION MhWAMILE INOTiTI'TION '.JO9. l^u»Hjn HtrrH Phone 2'ilo. DAY COMMERCIAL ''LASHFIS for h'l com mom*' tub ots. EVENING ('I -ASSES for SrcMthand. Typewriting Hook-K-epmu and RwK Ac eouotftocy, NatbeoMUes, F^n^'li 1. Physics, Clicmistry for :i oratory As^Urtantti and for Settlor and Matriculation Kxamm.'it ion J REMINDER! YOUR NEW YEAR
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    • 39 2 BUCK RYAN RUCCLES \fl l Of^ VOUQL&TjUK&ATOPjmkSti f "m ONLY EP9OM\ VAH!-TH&MU9ICAL UK£ 1 YOM. &YMG, 01 1 Wm,MJOfi?jTROUm IWA9TH9\[ MY EtI&TBOftN ONZ-femWUbOlh/'jTO'&UIMZPLAY &OYJ£LQNGA'I Vt^^cZ^fc^!!** I r^^/fn OUR UFf^ T m£ ONA0 NA Mcm3TiP V YOU MM 'r A-£
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  • 575 3 Committee to examine City funds MUNICIPAL Sub-Committee of five has been appointed to look into Municipal finances m t>« future. In addition to examining Municipal consolidated rates and assessments, the Committee is empowered to make the necessary recommendations for providing essential services funds. Mr. D. Robertson's motion to this effect
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  • 180 3 THE majority of property owners and rate-payers m the Singapore town area are foreigners. This, and not "apathy*, was largely responsible for the imall number of registered Municipal voters, Mr. A. P. Rajah told Municipal Commissioners, yesterday. Ke wai replying to a state me3t made
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  • 251 3 W<- A. P. Rajah, strongly ITI attacked the provision of fundi for special work m < onnecUon with increasing water and electricity presumes m the Tanglin Road et at yesterday's meeting the Municipal Commissioners. Rajah commented on A 'o Committee decisions to spend $36,317 for laying electrical
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  • 66 3 The following have been granted honorary commissions as Cadet 2nd Lieutenants m the Cadet Corps: A. C. James. St. Joseph* Institution; B. E. Nicholas. St. Patrick's School: T. D. Campbell. St. Patrick's School: J. A. Phillips St. Patrick"- I School; J. Tseng Chun Un St. Jottpb'l institution: J.
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  • 101 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) QINGArORE City Fathers yesterday refused a tender *3 for the supply of Japanese cement during 1949 and referred the matter back to the Committee which origin- ally approved the tender. This decision was taken after a strong representa- i tions made by Mr. C.
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  • 102 3 JIM*. Singapore Municipal Commission* at their uurtinj; yesterday stood m silence for a:•■ \r. Irttoti to the la M:. Lazarus Rayman. forrmr Municipal Pmtfdettt who dl rl "i Mmc m Manchester on fursdi>. The Artinu Deputy Muni '-hI I'ic.-k! -nt. Mi J. Hill
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    • 67 3 I I KATCNG REST-HOUSE I WISHING OUR PATRONS A HAPPY I PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR I TO4OCHT I SPECIAL NEW YEAR DINNER I DANCE, Crackers, Novelties, Balloons, I etc. at $6.--(MUSIC BY THE KALOHA ROYAL HAWAIIANS. J PHONE &1716. 107, MARINE PARADE. START THE NEW YEAR RIGHT with PHOENIX I j
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  • 321 4 HAMBURO, British Occupation Z(Mt\ Oerin.'nv Kri. ThS "dmd end kids" among the displaced persona In the Britten jone, tn»- j Ivenilc flotsam and Jetsam of nearly a ww«J countries are now being looked after >n wi\u baa been called the -Boy's Town- of the
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  • 150 4 ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey, Fri. U.S. SenH ator elect Hubert H. Humphrey, Mi '.\nc sota Democrat, says "the Soviet secret weapon m Asia |8 our basic intolerance of coloured people." He said "the seeds of Japanese propaganda against the white man are not dead m the
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  • 103 4 GLASGOW, Friday. A dove son*; neatly two centurlef old will come true soon for Annie Laurie on the bonnie braes of Maxwelton. For a direct doscendent of the Annie Laurie, for whom the son^ was written, will he married there on Jan. 11 to commander Robin
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  • 29 4 NEW YORK, Fri- Foreign hide purchases under ECA may be relatively small during th e lirst quarter of 1949. according to the international Statistical Bureau. AP
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  • 94 4 w w i BOSTON, Fn. Tht l I Christian Science Montr tor said ycstenlay that I i it MM mistake to com- J i part the British point action m Malaya with th< I i Dutch attacks m Indo- I nvsur The editorial said: "The i Malayan
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  • 157 4 SEATTLE. Fri It took a lot of l« |Bl hi^'h hurdling and ■C fancy financial footwork. but <*u\n(\ was walking hand-iP-fiari': vutn BUjf im.kii »»f ,vi.i .Irtva. I M h«T AmiTi can S A( > tin t ■crgMMt Charles R. Smith of Portland Connecticut, mot BUjf
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  • 419 4 MILLION DOLLAR DEAL BY THE BACK STAIRS SHANGHAI, Fri. A million dollar lot of Japanese cement, seized by the Soviets m Manchuria three years ago, has been sold to a firm m the Philippines. The deal took time to finish. It m volved an international triangle with two sides not
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  • 24 4 PHILADELPHDA. Friday: Nearly 10.000 tons of scrap iron and steel from demolishes Japanese buildings, armaments and machinery, arived hero on Thursday.— AP
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  • 103 4 SOUTH PARIS, Maine, Friday. A selfstyled friend of Indian Maharajahs, who had US$l.7B when he was arrested faced prcttCtttion m California on a charge of stealing USSIO.OOO County attorney Robcit T. Smith characterized Harold John O'Rourke. 51. alias Robert Van Horn, as "a smooth
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    • 38 4 Tiers Of Loveliness v ]if\ t J* l You'll love this fashion numlHT with its charming soft Una its graceful torm fitting. Om of ttic many creations hy SHANGHAI MODERN TAILORING 10. BATTERY KOAD. 6'pore. Thone ***** i
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    • 36 4 HP r~\ r~3 r~3 n m m i ffl j It t..t"~iFl HIGH CLAffi PORTRAIT OUTDOOR PHOTOGRAPHERS Agent For 1 v if With Pictures Telephone 6032 to make an appointment THT LARGEST PHOTO STUDIO IN MALAYA
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  • 318 5 AS this is New Year's day it is only natural that our readers should look to us for some information as to what the future holds m store for the world. This thirst for foreknowledge has become keener thanks to the modern fad for a planned society. When everything
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  • 86 5 BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP: Well, sir, maybe my fleece is not as white as snow and it is just as well that it wasn't. You see this winter I got lost m a snowdrift that is so common m the farms on the fells of Yorkshire. My mistress,
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  • 446 5 Within five years atomic energy probably will give medical science a quick, unerring method of telling whether a persons has hidden cancer, according to Dr. Paul Aebersold, the U.S. Government's foremost isotope expert. It may even be possible, he added, to have an atomic energy'
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  • 277 5 A BULGARIAN "Pompei" has been discovered along the right bank of the Danube. The Roman town Ulipa Eseus has been partly excavated near the town of Nicopol. some 200 kilometers from Sofia. Work has proceeded for six months on a site 13 decars m extent to
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  • 2661 6  -  SOPHIE KERR MORNING TRIBUNE SERIAL by }r i Oai m P|| |g ild w !i.i\ wooderful tlsse Hei but 1 l«d is wild dance hneed m the mass rostn hoy :i beautiful rich and luxurfc m.-i sprawled osj i i hei She danced half .1 doasn
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  • 150 7 r>ir.HT VKJUNnta THE FFSS The Welch** d<» n ntu P um P tn '.r Nation Th 9 f*«t irt^rn-jl V in<i ttntkm, whtck u-iU th' firat Omm C«tchmeM Board rompletr flMfti of th* x:\itvr ievels m the Old Bedford end coHnter- .is, 1 dra'ti, irai opened at Welch*
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    • 55 7 m aTpyw a rid lA»t S Shows Today 2— 7.15— 1>.30 pjn. Opening Chapters Clyde Betty m •LOST JUNGLK" [Tomorrow Final Chapters "LOST JUNGLE" Wishing our pufror. A Happy New V< Ai Gala Opt-ninK Toda> At: 3.15-6.30—9.15 r -m. A super Muslim Social' "NATEEJA" (Hindustani) with Rehana, Yakub Shamliv Mldnite
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    • 244 7 ON YOU II HAWIO TODAY BLtE NETWORK News; 1.50 Interlude; 200 RED NETWORK String Serenade; 2.30 Swine: (Every Day) INDIAN PROGRAMMES AND SUNDAY: Time; 2.45 Pot Pourri; 3.30 From 12 noon to 2.00 P.M.: From. 12 noon (Saturday Musical Comedy Memories On +00 metres m the mcdi- 1.15 p.m. Time
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  • 153 8 THE YEAR IN SPORTS SAVED: Wong Kuni Tfeag iimk»>s lirilliant sal** during tht match M«M| S.A.F.A. a;. > M.CJ'.A. IIIKKK KIWIS IN A HOAT: Three little girls adrift m a fatter boat at the Kiv,i Mcr i c at Ayer Biru. R^STi%3ws?ass:»r *^< KOIM) THE BEND: Th< liMrs^^Jj fl bt-nl
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 167 10 VUUSIVK TO THE IWWnJM Ti11... j t~~ "^"^"X [^KAYBA6V....STANPTOTHE A V A JL '^Jfc^ FP.V.2/VIQER 'JP AT Tht^ 0 F THHES PRISOMERS C c 1^ E \aßJ^^ J/)/**< J^UfS^^^^ I. L nu HLiN w— —i f™" I WARNED YOU.I' >/ >*v AIN T f. J,?r/»^ro Uf>'r t *^»i';t>^W^4tv- c;LT IM
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  • 115 11 of a woman** impeccable grooming is the white gloves she wear* to punctuate her costume with touches of a.\» insp^ing frtshniss. To make sure that <your glove* are a* spotless as a diplomat's, wash wisely. White sin-.le, doeskin, and washable leathers need not look like
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  • 550 11  -  Kathleen Hickley HsShS^Bbss^bs^b^Sl IN of the extensive d Qg ;-'.ograsnr.\e being it d out n BtOgapoi the numbei booses a niibie ».s n efully .nadequite (or the pof riation. arrival*, and for I >iJ estabiUhod .>• c tuiTii" er to nc -v and hot H.i attoo.
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  • 37 11 1 SINGAPORE SWIMMING CLUB will miss one of its glamour girls m the abitnce of PauleUe Thompson, who sailed yesterday for Perth on the Gordon. It's "Oom PVuT Verdayne's j birthday today; Many happy [turns. I
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    • 26 11 Lovely evening gowns for the New Year and a beautiful selection of Jacqmar material MRS. "TOMMY" THOMSON Ho* G.H. Building, Battery Rd., Spore. TEL 7997 I*l
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    • 97 11 1 RAFFLES HOTEL I Today -NEW YEAR'S DAY i LUNCH IN THE BALLROOM 12.30 to 2.30 p.m. i ORCHESTRAL CONCERT THE COCKTAIL HOUR 7 to 8 p.m. with Frank Pickford at the Piano DINNER DANCE I (Evening Dress Optional) till midnight FRANK PICKFORD_ft_ JS_ORCHESTRA NO ADMISSION CHARGE. MR. LEE SWEE
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  • 577 12  -  OSWALD HENRY r^.^^—^ Movie Round-up by I'KKF is >our guide to New Your entertainment at the Singapore cinemas. Take your pick. -LUXURY LINER." M ttj Cathay sails down to Rio with coiouifui cargo of romanei laughter and >on.v. Most fi- natin^ passenger on board
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    • 152 12 vi:ah to All! RELENTLESS" ff IST oiiri griatistadv£mtureruvb* gai !iJ l'li im.jMnt'-: TFfUNICOLOR 1 V^^A v &fcl »««m^,,.,,», A'oio Showing ISI \|i X K.-,»..hlirS,rlal) 115 M*S 15 645 A PnK NKU UOKLD 5 9 M T kS" 1 i ALHAMBRA TomornNr: r HANDS \(KOSS THE /7/Tf ]\g?W Y^HV iA Rrpuhlic
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    • 90 12 A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL. I COME AND ENJOY THIS DOWN TO EARTH ROLLICKING, HEART-WARMING COMEDY. TODAY FOUR SKOW^|IJI|!|| IHIH 24.15-6.30-9.30 p.m. pHQNE 69Q3 I ITS HAPPIER THAN HEAVEN../ DON DeFORE ANN HARDING Ac tuc CHARLIE RL'GGLES VICTOR MOORE f U v h c D J <^^" /■^i^'^ifis^
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  • 163 13 MANILA. Fri. President Quirino had warned Filipinos that his administration would discourage any move to scare foreign capital away from the Philippines. In a Rizal Day talk befote the National Economic Protection Association, the President said, "We should invite capital to invest and industrial is
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  • 68 13 Rubber this week THE week has been featuielcs: and the bulk of tho tradini has boon for the squaring o i end of year accounts, says th< j weekly rubber report of Lewi: I Peat Singapore i Ltd. yester day. Fluctuations have been smal and trading has been on a
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  • 25 13 BIENOS AIRES, Fri.— Argentina is expected to have an exportable fresh meat fturplus In 1949 of mere than 400,000 tons.- A.P.
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  • 788 13 Malay an Share Quotations Singapore, Dec. 31 Singapore share quotation day as given by the MaJ •an Sharebrokers 1 JLMooiauo, irt as fellows i Buyers Seller las Ice 14.00 15.00 ex. Brick Prcf. 2.80 2.90 Dfds. 1.95 2.00 B. Petrol 41/- 42/6 M. Trustee 7.50 8.50 ns. Tin (O) 17/9
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  • 14 13 The market will be S J officially closed until 2 Monday. J
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    • 81 13 A HAPPY AND PROSPEKOI s NK\\ YEAR TO ALL. RPW DAILY S CA SHOWS > m 11— J.30— 6.00— 9.15 g WHOLE SERIAL! g 2 w ■T^i JJffHTiiaTß Jl Iff 3 <A REPUBLIC SEBtiL n 12 CHiPTEisg H CHILDREN\S~MATINEE at 9 a.m. TODXy' "THE RETtRN OF FRANK JAMES" M w
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  • 1082 14 (From ALLAN LEWIS) PENANO, Tuda>. A U)N(i nroßrHminf of nine events rounds up t A IVrr.nu Turf Club's Christmas-New Vfir MeetMighlight «>t the mfd h ('onm»isMoner-(M i ncral's up. the m«in (Mf M the rnnl for Omm One hifWi •\»-r I. Miles. Tbt P. and
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  • 64 14 TRIBUNE SELECTIONS Dttnrinff I »r> BAOC »:-C JIAU.MOI Ni iprtag tj» Maiuus** ■Mf »:-< APTAIN VLM Tat Eastern Kar< 4:— FLBPLK KMCHT ll!u«- rrint Jack* Uarlinp OvilsUJ. IViiso tow INDIAN HEATIIKR Kinilfr Gold OvCaMtr: lVrmltn Dorniri i: v g:-viovk on C'vnor Outsider: D.R.B. Race 7:— GLORIFY Thanninda Renoir KMC DAKOTA
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  • 652 14 PHEBE nfl nine ncH today, the bst d.\ .»i the Pen ng Turf C iuh'h Christmas-New Year Meeting. Big Sweep will be run on the Ninth K«i-e m m.owju. UK »he :ureptors und non-aoeeptor> weights ml f .rol»»b'e j«K-keys: RACE ONE i.W I'M. HORSES CLASS. 4 DIV ft,
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    • 109 14 WISHING ALL OUR PATRONS A Very Prosperous, Progressive Cf Peaceful 1949 MEET THE IN SUNNY GIRL WHO *^P SEVILLE PUT FLAME &^f\ m %P£fi clicking j FLAMENCO J^^ CASTANETS! INCARNATE mjifp'LiFE LAUGH Said The Straits Times Ita, c&iouAj is Sup^b.lt adUu&obUi j^yvwe^ tktwoAM^u a^ui fULiiion, owl a%*ocUcfos unfit* its da*ic»iA.
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  • 237 15 1 948 WAS YE AR OF OLYMPIAD I ONDON, Friday. The year IMB will go down to history as one of the most memorable of all time for British sport. Not because of a very special teat accomplished by any British athlete, man or woman, or because it WM the
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  • 171 15 THE WHISKY NOW $25 s of tne twelve bottle* h*u>n*e" Scote* WH» v vmU* to the Tribune jh *m Ctip b a weU Mnjrapore JiportHmaii ,r. Ktiil unclaimed. IM are r©du<4*K the tl4rc ,t tirure ol %M *«d a \*>\V" will iro to •veryone >,> kixes $26 or more to
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  • 152 15 MELBOURNE, Friday. Colins Pride beat Sir Actor by 1 /600 th of a second, or an inch and a quarter Melbourne's closest photo-finish decision, apart from a dead-heat m the Hopetooun Handicap at Caulfield on Dec. 28. The judge used a magnifying
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  • 133 15 SYDNBYi Friday. Dope teftttng of racehorses, trot-{-rs and greyhounds from all rentres m Australia will be <arri»d oot at the Australian l«»ok<'\ Club's laboratory i» Sydney next year. \t present the club* analv't, Miss Jean Kimber, tio»« temporary premises in:tn«d to the club, but per-rr.-t*
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  • 63 15 SYDNEY. Friday: Aust ralian Teiit batsman Barnes announced reeenti/ that he would not be available (or th t Australian XI thit i» to visit South Alrica m tht 1949-50 season. Barnes, *ho has not be?n playing club cricket recently added that temporarily h<> v. not interesteu
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  • 182 15 COACH PLAN FOR GIRLS LONDON. Fri. CiirN of all n thls country. evidently inspired by the efforts of British competitor* ib the Olympic Games, are going m for athletics on a hitherto unprecedented scale. Tlie problem which now facethe Women's Amateur Athletic Association ie not lack of recruits but the
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    • 108 15 V WISHING AUL Ol'ti PATRONS A FRIENDS i A HAPPY ft PROSPtKOI-* > PORTRAITURK I. i Recognised Studio for S j i y s V o_ll0 I1 *^r~* *^r- r I mhmhmm| TO-NIGHT AT 9 V.M. W& rKOUPLV STARTS THK NKW YEAR Aof<J A WITH A GRAND ALL STAR 1
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  • 269 16 CHIANG WILL RESIGN TO MAKE WAY FOR CHINA PEACE NANKING, Friday. Chiang Kai Shek announced tonight that he is prepared to resign after his M-vear career as China's national leader. He said that the action would be taken to open the way for peace talks with the Communists. It is
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  • 330 16 'SOEKARNO WILL NOT COMPROMISE' THE HAGUE, Fri. Dr. J. H. Van Royen, Dutch U 1 representative at the United Nations Security U Council, arriving from Paris here today said it was I 1 not yet certain whether the Dutch Government would 1 negotiate on the interim government for Indonesia, J
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  • 48 16 Between the beginning of the Emergency and December 21, 1948. the Security Forces m Johore arrested 2.827 persons. Of these 1.565 have been re- leased. The remaining 1,262 i have been detained under the Emergency Regulations. Since December 21 seven Bandits have been killed m Johore.
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  • 63 16 LONDON, Fri.— Tass. the Soviet news agency, announced tonight that the evacuation of Soviet troops from Northern Korea was completed on Dec 25. The U.S. Army announced m Washington that portions of the American security forces m Southern Korea, including the 7th Division, were being withdrawn for
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  • 190 16 Bangkok For E.C.A.F.E. Bangkok If likely to be the temporary headquarters of the UN Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East. Professor M. L. Qureshi. an ECAFE official, told the Tribune yesterday. ECAFE Secretary General, Dr. K. S. Lokhanathan, is already m the Siamese capital making preparations to establish
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  • 26 16 The Singapore Royal Yaeh: Club will hold their annuai yacht race this morning. Con- testants will meet at JotoM" ton's Pier, the starting po'^t-
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  • 24 16 The Post Office Savings Bank Ordinance 1948 P*ss ed at the December meeting of the Legislative Council comts into force today.
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